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Joseph W. Sawyer
Joseph W. Sawyer was a nineteenth-century American clergyman whose theological contributions reflected the evolving religious landscape of the antebellum period. His Election Sermon exemplifies the tradition of pulpit discourse on civic virtue and divine providence that shaped American Protestant thought during this era. Sawyer's work demonstrates the intersection of ecclesiastical authority and political rhetoric characteristic of New England ministerial culture in the decades preceding the Civil War.
From Election Sermon
ELECTION, AT MONTPELIER, OCTOBER 9, 1823. BEFORE THE HONORABLE LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT. BY JOSEPH W. SAWYER, A. M. rll _ ~PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN WHITING. _ tors of Greece and Rome, Minos, Lycurgus, Zaleucus and Numa, nor the _aws of the twelve Roman Tables, for order and regularity, for clear_ Ress and perspicuity, for comprehensiveness and brevity.” —— MONTPELIER, Vr. PRINTED BY E. P. WALTON. SERMON, ST MATTHEW XXIi. 21, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesars ; ; und unto God the things that are God’s.”” THe history of our Lord, in every view, is replete with wonders. ‘Throughout his life we trace a mixture of dignity and abasement. ‘Though he was God, man, mediator; yet was he -crucified through weakness. | In perusing the history of ancient heroes, we often _ admire their skill and valor, and at the same time _ are…
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