A Discourse on National Sins: Delivered May 9, 1798; Being the Day Recommended by the President of the United States to Be Observed as a Day of General Fast
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William Linn's 1798 Fast Day sermon urges national repentance, blaming calamities on sins: neglect of family religious instruction, Sabbath and public worship, infidelity, and disunion. He calls reform and return to God.