Election Sermon, by Rev. Timothy Stone, Hartford CT, 1792
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, REV. TIMOTHY STONE
ELECTION SERMON, MAY 10TH, 1792
A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, ESQ. L.L.D. GOVERNOR, AND THE HONORABLE...
John Leland: Religious Liberty Promotes Greatest Revival of True Religion
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS: JOHN LELAND
1791
Divines generally inform us that there is such a time to come (called the Latter-Day Glory) when...
John Woolman’s Ministry: Learning to Suppress ‘My’ Will
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, JOHN WOOLMAN
From an inward purifying, and steadfast abiding under it springs a lively operative desire for the good of others. All...
Jonathan Shipley’s Speech—1774
Background of the American Revolution
Following the Boston Tea Party, Dr. Jonathan Shipley—Bishop of St. Asaph—writes a speech intended for the debate in the House...
Thomas Jefferson Testimonial for Reverend Charles Clay
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA, THOMAS JEFFERSON
15 August 1779
The reverend Charles Clay has been many years rector of this parish, and has been particularly...
Elisha Williams: The Great End of Civil Government
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS
Elisha Williams, 1744
I shall first, briefly consider the Origin and End of Civil Government.
First, as to the origin—–Reason...
Civil Magistrates Must Be Just, Ruling in the Fear of God
Called Unto Liberty, Founding Era Sermons, Charles Chauncy
Charles Chauncy (1705–1787). The most influential clergyman in the Boston of his time and—apart from Jonathan Edwards...