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REMARKABLE ASSOCIATION ITEM. EZRA STILE'S' COPY OF DWIGHT'S SERMON. Stiles, 1770?1771 7th President of Yale University In office 1778?1795. Preceded by Naphtali Daggett as pro tempore. Succeeded by Timothy Dwight IV String bound. Disbound. Early American Imprints., First series ;, no. 17144. OCLC Number: 1013296887 Attributed to Timothy Dwight in BAL. Trumbull suggests [1782?] as date of publication.Description: 34, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm. (octavo). Ever so light 1 1/2 square inch stain at upper right corner of title page, else clean and tight throughout. "Just as before the war, sermons were still an important means of reflecting on and spreading news. This sermon, preached by Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) at Northampton, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1781, puts news of the British surrender at Yorktown into a historical and religious context. Dwight had served as a chaplain in the Continental army from 1777 to 1778, resigning his commission to return to Northampton, his birthplace, upon his father?s death. In this sermon, Dwight reflects on why the revolution was necessary, tracing what he saw as Britain and Parliament?s moral corruption and decline, particularly their selfishness, greed, pride, and acceptance of moral relativism. With the American victory at Yorktown, however, the tide had shifted. The British ?have seen one great and prosperous effort overcast all their shining prospects, and dissolve the gay air castle they have been so long employed in building?.Conquest, their beloved object, although long viewed by us, and by other nations, as a dream, with which none but a sleeping country could amuse itself, will now probably awake them also; when they will perceive, that all the alluring scenes it presented, all the golden mountains it promised, are?removed forever beyond the power of recovery.? And though Dwight had great hopes for progress and freedom of thought and religion in the establishment of America, he warns his congregation that ?Sins of the deepest dye, and of an inconceivable multitude, blacken our character also, and provoke the vengeance of Heaven.? While there was reason for hope, there should also be repentance and caution of repeating the same mistakes. The news of the victory was cause for joy, but also for reflection as to what might come next. Dwight became a prominent author, preacher, educator, and theologian. He served two terms in the Massachusetts legislature and over twenty years as the president of Yale University, and was an influential force in the Second Great Awakening. Title A sermon.Occasioned by the capture of the British Army, under the command of Earl Cornwallis Alternative Title A sermon, preached at Northampton, on the twenty-eighth of November, 1781: Occasioned by the capture of the British Army, under the command of Earl Cornwallis. Creatorr Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817 Date 1781 Publisher Nathaniel Patten Hartford, Conn. 18 cm. Battle of Yorktown, Pamphlet, Sermons Citation Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817, ?A sermon.Occasioned by the capture of the British Army, under the command of Earl Cornwallis,? Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009405
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