The United States elevated to Glory and Honor
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The United States elevated to Glory and Honor is a book by Ezra Stiles, published in 1783.
The book is a transcript of a
Congregationalist
minister.
Synopsis
The sermon draws parallels between the United States and the Biblical nation of
Africans in the country would go down and that "Slavery may ... in God’s good providence ... be abolished and cease in the land of liberty.".[2]
The sermon ran for 30,000 words (100 pages) and would have taken more than two hours to deliver.[3]
He believed that according to the Bible,[4] obedience to God was required for national happiness and prosperity.[5] He summed up his sermon by stating "Holiness ought to be the end of all civil government.".[6]
Update
Three years after the speech, Stiles sent a second, corrected version of the sermon to George Washington.[7]
See also
- Ezra Stiles
- Haim Isaac Carigal
- Jacob's Pillow-Pillar Stone
- Stone of Scone
- British Israelism
- Lost Ten Tribes
External links
- Christian Heritage News website, extracted pages and commentary
- Digital Commons website, The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor (1783) online full text (pdf)
References
- ^ Belcher Foundation website
- ^ Digital Commons, online document, page 14
- ^ Digital Commons website, University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
- ^ Bible Gateway, Deuteronomy Chapter 30, And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous ... If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments
- ^ GoodReads website
- ^ The American Vision websitge
- ^ Founders Online website, Archive page