J. R. Hibbard
Published: 2015-06-27
Total Pages: 30
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Excerpt from A Spiritual Ground of Hope for the Salvation of Our Country: A Discourse Delivered in the New Jerusalem Temple, Chicago, August 6, 1863 We have been invited by our Chief Magistrate to assemble to-day for a special purpose, and special reasons are assigned by him for the invitation. We are called upon "to render homage to the Divine Majesty for the wonderful things he has done in the nation's behalf, and invoke the influence of his Holy Spirit to subdue the anger which has produced and so long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion; to change the hearts of the insurgents; to guide the counsels of the Government with wisdom adequate to the great national emergency; to visit with tender care and consolation, throughout the length and breadth of our laud, all those who, through the vicissitudes of war, have been brought to suffer in mind, body or estate; and finally, to lead the whole nation, through paths of repentance and submission to the Divine will, to the perfect enjoyment of union and fraternal peace." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.