---
title: 'The Duty of the Hour'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Samuel Thayer Spear'
date: 1863-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'United States'
- 'War and Peace'
scriptures:
- 'Esther 4'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spear-1863-the-duty-of-the-hour
---

# The Duty of the Hour

1863 sermon urging citizens to sustain the U.S. government and prosecute the Civil War to preserve the Union; appeals to duty (Esther 4:14) and support for civil authority.

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