The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints: A Sermon, Delivered at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 15, 1823, at the Ordination of the Rev. Laommi Ives Hoadly

Lyman Beecher's 1823 ordination sermon defends the historic evangelical faith against liberal reinterpretation, outlining core doctrines and urging churches to contend for the Gospel.

Lyman Beecher was a prominent American Presbyterian minister, revivalist leader, and moral reformer who played a key role in the Second Great Awakening and helped found influential institutions including the American Temperance Society and the Lane Theological Seminary. He was widely known for his powerful preaching, prolific writings on theology and social issues, and for being the patriarch of a notable family including Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.

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