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title: 'War a Discipline: A Sermon Preached in the Calvary Church, San Francisco, on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1864'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Charles Wadsworth'
date: 1864-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Providence'
- 'Public Worship'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'John 15'
- 'Psalms 147'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wadsworth-1864-war-a-discipline-a-sermon-preached-in-the-calvary-church-san-francisco-on-thanksgiving-day-november-24-1864
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# War a Discipline: A Sermon Preached in the Calvary Church, San Francisco, on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1864

A 1864 Thanksgiving sermon urging gratitude for harvest and national blessings, interpreting the Civil War as God's 'pruning-knife' to promote repentance, faith, and national renewal.

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