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title: 'Sermon on the Death of President Abraham Lincoln'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joel Edson Rockwell'
date: 1865-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Providence'
- 'Capital Punishment'
- 'United States'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Jeremiah 48'
- 'Micah 6'
- 'Genesis 9'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/rockwell-1865-sermon-on-the-death-of-president-abraham-lincoln
---

# Sermon on the Death of President Abraham Lincoln

A funeral sermon on Lincoln's assassination: reflects on God's providence, national sins (slavery, Sabbath neglect), urges trust in God and calls for just punishment of treason.

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