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title: 'American Principles on National Prosperity: A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, November 23, 1854'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Nicholas Murray'
date: 1854-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Temperance'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 118'
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Exodus 20'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/murray-1854-american-principles-on-national-prosperity-a-thanksgiving-sermon-preached-in-the-first-presbyterian-church-elizabethtown-november-23-1854
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# American Principles on National Prosperity: A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, November 23, 1854

1854 Thanksgiving sermon calling prayer for national prosperity. True prosperity requires just laws, moral education, temperate citizens; warns against greed, corruption and anarchy.

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