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title: '“Our Strong Rods Broken and Withered”: A Discourse upon the Recent Decease of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John Chase Lord'
date: 1852-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Sermons'
- 'Death and Dying'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Ezekiel 19'
- 'Psalms 90'
- 'Job 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lord-1852-our-strong-rods-broken-and-withered-a-discourse-upon-the-recent-decease-of-calhoun-clay-and-webster
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# “Our Strong Rods Broken and Withered”: A Discourse upon the Recent Decease of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster

Funeral discourse (Nov 14, 1852) mourning Calhoun, Clay, and Webster; reflects on mortality, national loss, divine providence, and hope in the resurrection.

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