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title: 'Our Country for the Sake of the World: A Sermon in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society, Preached in the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, May 1851'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'David Hunter Riddle'
date: 1851-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'United States'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 67'
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Isaiah 60'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/riddle-1851-our-country-for-the-sake-of-the-world-a-sermon-in-behalf-of-the-american-home-missionary-society-preached-in-the-cities-of-new-york-and-brooklyn-may-1851
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# Our Country for the Sake of the World: A Sermon in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society, Preached in the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, May 1851

1851 sermon urging American Christians to advance domestic missions and patriotic piety so the U.S. may spread God's salvation worldwide, citing Psalm 67 and the Great Commission.

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