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title: '“A Nation’s Right to Worship God”: An Address Before the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies of the College of New Jersey. Delivered June 28, 1859 [tract]'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joshua Hall McIlvaine'
date: 1859-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Acts 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcilvaine-1859-a-nations-right-to-worship-god-an-address-before-the-american-whig-and-cliosophic-societies-of-the-college-of-new-jersey-delivered-june-28-1859-tract
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# “A Nation’s Right to Worship God”: An Address Before the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies of the College of New Jersey. Delivered June 28, 1859 [tract]

An 1859 college address defending a nation's right to worship God and examining the proper relations of civil government and religion in America, tracing social progress through history.

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