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title: 'Fast Day Sermons: Or, The Pulpit on the State of the Country'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James Henley Thornwell'
- 'Benjamin Morgan Palmer'
- 'Robert Lewis Dabney'
- 'Robert Jefferson Breckinridge'
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr.'
- 'William Adams, D.D., LL.D.'
date: 1861-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Sin'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 37'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/thornwell-palmer-dabney-breckinridge-van-dyke-adams-1861-fast-day-sermons-or-the-pulpit-on-the-state-of-the-country
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# Fast Day Sermons: Or, The Pulpit on the State of the Country

Thornwell’s 1860 Fast Day sermon calls the nation to penitence, urging recognition of God’s sovereignty over civil government. He indicts national sin amid the slavery and union crisis.

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