A Sermon Preached on the Day of the National Fast, January 4th, A.D., 1861, in St. John’s Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Link Singerman ID: supp1628
Year: 1861
Entry: Guion, Thomas Tompkins. A Sermon Preached on the Day of the National Fast, January 4th, A.D., 1861, in St. John’s Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn: I. Van Anden’s Print, 1861. 21 p.
Author/Editor: Guion, Thomas Tompkins
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: A Sermon Preached on the Day of the National Fast, January 4th, A.D., 1861, in St. John’s Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Printer/Publisher: I. Van Anden's Print
Language: English
Notes: Disunity between North and South is likened to the "rebellious Jewish Nation" and its divided kingdom bringing the collapse of central government. "The family bonds are in danger of being sundered, and the Tribes threaten a division. Indeed, they threaten a revolution, which may carry rapine and destruction through all their borders ..." (p. 8).