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title: 'Progress of Civil Liberty, A Thanksgiving Discourse: Pronounced in the Presbyterian Church, … 9th Dec., 1847, Being Thanksgiving Day'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Anderson Scott, Sr.'
date: 1848-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Providence'
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 4'
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'John 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/scott-1848-progress-of-civil-liberty-a-thanksgiving-discourse-pronounced-in-the-presbyterian-church-9th-dec-1847-being-thanksgiving-day
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# Progress of Civil Liberty, A Thanksgiving Discourse: Pronounced in the Presbyterian Church, … 9th Dec., 1847, Being Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving sermon (1847) linking religion and civil liberty: argues Providence and Christian virtue are the foundations and progress of national freedom and moral reform.

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