Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1864 Connecticut
A sermon preached by Reverend Charles Little on the day of a National Thanksgiving. Rev. Little uses Titus 3:1 as the basis for his sermon…
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Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1864
You can not have failed to notice how small a part of the peculiar rhetoric of war has ever come from the great makers and masters of war…
Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1863
It is the usage of the divine Word to speak of God’s mystery as the believer’s peace. Concealment, we are told, is a part of the glory of God; and the very darkness…
Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1862 New York
Alexander Hamilton Vinton (1807-1881) graduated from Yale in 1828 and from a theological seminary in 1835. He was pastor of congregations in: Portland (1835-1836)…
Sermon – Thanksgiving – 1853
Charles Wadsworth (1814-1882) graduated from Union College in 1837. He was pastor of congregations in: Troy, NY (1842-1850)…
Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day – 1944
The following is the text of a national Thanksgiving proclamation issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on November 1, 1944. The Thanksgiving day was to take place on November 23, 1944. The images of the Proclamation are from the National Archives and Records Administration.
Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day – 1933
I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do set aside and appoint Thursday, the thirtieth day of November 1933, to be a Day of Thanksgiving for all our people….
Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day – 1777
The committee appointed to prepare a recommendation to the several states, to set apart a day of public thanksgiving, brought in a report….
Calling the Nation to Prayer and Fasting
Thoughts on Ezra 8 In Ezra 7, Babylonian King Artaxerxes commissioned the priest Ezra to gather Jewish captives, return to their ancient homeland, and set up a civil government. They were also to rebuild the holy temple in Jerusalem, which had lain in ruins for decades. In chapter 8, Ezra assembled the people. But before […]
The Duty of Nations
Thoughts on Psalm 9:17 Proverbs 3:5–6 reminds us that in all our ways (public as well as private) we are to acknowledge Him. And while it is wisdom for individuals, it is also true of nations. In response to the idolatry of others or their failure to acknowledge God, Psalm 79:6 and Jeremiah 10:25 call […]
