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title: 'The American Birthright and the Philippine Pottage: A Sermon Preached on Thanksgiving Day, 1898'
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authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1898-01-01
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topics:
- 'Sermons'
- 'Politics'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1898-the-american-birthright-and-the-philippine-pottage-a-sermon-preached-on-thanksgiving-day-1898
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# The American Birthright and the Philippine Pottage: A Sermon Preached on Thanksgiving Day, 1898

Henry van Dyke's 1898 Thanksgiving sermon opposes annexing the Philippines, denouncing imperialism and urging the U.S. to preserve its republican birthright rather than pursue colonial conquest.

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