The Sins Of The Nation The Cause Of Its Calamities And Christian Patriotism Its Safeguard And Salvation A Sermon PDF Download

Excerpt from National Sins the Cause of National Calamity: A Sermon Dilivered in St. Paul's Church, La Porte, Indiana, on the Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, April 30, 1863 Scarcely three years have elapsed since our favor ed land, throughout its length and breadth, was pros pering in its wonted quietness and peace and in the minds of most of our fellow citizens, there were no apprehensions of any disastrous change. With a form of government calculated, and proved to be, eminently conducive to and conservative of the national welfare; with wholesome laws, imposing only wholesome restraints; and with a system of administration which secured equal rights to every citizen, ample protection of life and property, and as much individual liberty as is compatible with pero sonal and social happiness, the people of this feder ative Union were blessed beyond most of the nationsof the earth. There was everything to encourage, and nothing to dishearten us in our anticipations of advancement and permanence. With a fertile soil, yielding in its diversified productions, a rich return to its cultivators with exhaustless mineral wealth in constant development; with manufacturing enter prises of every kind in successful operation; with a remunerative commerce, internal and external, and encircling the globe; with educational institutions, open to all classes, and affording every needful facil ity for intellectual cultivation, scientific attainments, and general knowledge and intelligence; with reli gions privileges, unfettered in their exercise, and universally diffused; in a word, with all the advan tages and appliances calculated to make it a great nation, and perpetuate its growing prosperity, this Republic promised not only to realize, but to surpass, the most sanguine hopes and expectations of its patriotic founders, and become more and more a praise and glory in the earth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.