A Discourse Before the General Assembly of South Carolina, on December 10, 1863, Appointed by the Legislature as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer

1863 sermon to the South Carolina General Assembly calling a day of fasting and prayer (Psalm 60). Urges state humility, reliance on God, and defense of republican institutions amid war.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who led First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans for nearly half a century and served as the first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States when it formed in 1861. Recognized as one of the most powerful and eloquent preachers of his generation, Palmer’s pulpit ministry drew wide attention throughout the South.

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