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John Pike
John Pike was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose Election Sermon exemplified the Puritan intellectual tradition's engagement with political theology and the relationship between divine providence and civil governance. His work reflects the transitional period in New England religious thought, when ministers sought to reconcile Reformed theology with emerging concepts of republican virtue and popular sovereignty. Pike's sermon contributions to the election day discourse demonstrate the significant role clergy played in shaping early American political ideology through theological argumentation.
From Election Sermon
A /SERMON DBLIVERED BEFOKB HIS EXCELLENCY HENRY J. GARDNER, GOVERNOR, HIS HONOR H. W. BENCHLEY, LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR, %\t fonoraWe Crantil, THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE ANNUAL ELECTION^ WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 1857. By JOHN PIKE, PABTOB CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, EOWLBT. BOSTON: WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER TCf'^THE STAm 1 85 7. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (Cninmnninfnltjj nf 3&mn\}m\\%. In Senate, January 8, 1857. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to present the thanks of the Senate to the Rev. John Pike, for the Sermon delivered by him, on Wednesday last, before the Government of the Commdn wealth, and to ask a copy for the press. And Messrs. Ilunking, Warner and Taylor are appointed on said Committee. Attest : P. L. Cox, Clerk. BUniON ^ no'.fy1 r ':'"P1.ICATE ://archive.org/details/sermondeliveredb00pike_1 ConiniDDinEnltl) nf BlnssnclinsElts. In Senate, January 14, 1857. The Committee appointed to tender the thanks of the Senate to the Rev. John Pike, for…
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