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Robert Bartlett
Robert Bartlett was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose theological contributions reflected the intellectual currents of colonial New England Protestantism. His election sermon exemplifies the genre's role in articulating connections between religious doctrine, civic virtue, and political authority during the formative period of American religious thought. Bartlett's work demonstrates the enduring influence of Reformed theology on early American ministerial discourse and the pulpit's significance as a venue for theological and social commentary.
From An Election Sermon
AT MONTPELIER, OCTOBER 13, 1825, BEFORE THE HONORABLE BY ROBERT BARTLETT, Minister of the Universalist Church and Society in Hartland. MONTPELIER: PRINTED BY E. P. WALTON. Feheneeeeee See eee eee ELECTION SERMON. s Our text is contained in the Acts of the Apostles, xvii. Chap. 28 verse. ** For we are also his offspring.” } THE language of our text expresses the relation which connects man to his Creator. ‘This relation _ is of the most endearing kind, and merits at all times the reverential consideration of every human being. In no sense does the christian religion present itself to us with a greater or more important interest, than in the representations it gives of the character of God, his relation and love to his creatures. * This relation and love form a theme, upon which _ the contemplative mind dwells with rapture and delight ; and are the very…
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