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Title: The Religion of Politics
A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis,
Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The
Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts,
At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842.

Author: Ezra S. Gannett

Release Date: March 3, 2010 [EBook #31490]

Language: English

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THE RELIGION OF POLITICS.

A SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN DAVIS, GOVERNOR, HIS
HONOR GEORGE HULL, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL, AND THE
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION, JANUARY 5, 1842.

BY EZRA S. GANNETT,

Junior Pastor of the Federal St. Church in Boston.

Boston:
DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, PRINTERS TO THE STATE.
1842.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 6, 1842.

_Ordered_, That Messrs DUGGAN, of _Quincy_,
GREELE, of _Boston_, and
READ, of _Pawtucket_,

be a Committee to present the thanks of the House to the Rev. EZRA S.
GANNETT, for the able and eloquent Discourse, delivered by him
yesterday, before the Government of the Commonwealth, and to request a
copy thereof for publication.

L. S. CUSHING, _Clerk_

SERMON.

1 CORINTHIANS, x. 31.

WHETHER YE EAT OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL TO THE
GLORY OF GOD.

The solemnities of this occasion belong to a Christian people. By them
religion is solicited to throw her protection and authority around the
institutions of the State. The citizen and the magistrate recognise
their common relation to a higher Power than the functionary or the
State, and in such recognition exchange the pledge of a mutual
fidelity. The custom which this day renews comes to us from the
founders of the Commonwealth--men of strong faith and religious
heart