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title: 'Sermon Commemorative of the Great Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, at Lawrenceville, Penn’a, on September 17th, 1862'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Richard Lea'
date: 1862-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Sermons'
- 'Death and Dying'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 24'
- 'Job 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lea-1862-sermon-commemorative-of-the-great-explosion-at-the-allegheny-arsenal-at-lawrenceville-penna-on-september-17th-1862
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# Sermon Commemorative of the Great Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, at Lawrenceville, Penn’a, on September 17th, 1862

Sermon memorializing the Allegheny Arsenal explosion (Sept 17, 1862): a vivid account of death, heroism, funerals, and a pastoral call to watchfulness and Christian readiness for death.

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