Would God this might once again be true for America!
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"The enemy has reproached us for calling on His name, and professing our trust in Him. they have made a mock of our solemn fasts and every appearance of Christianity in our land. On this account, by way of contempt, they call us saints, while their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. And may we not be confident that the Most High who regards these things will vindicate His own honor, and plead our righteous cause against such enemies to His government as well as to our liberties? O may our camp be free of every accursed thing. May we truly be a holy people, and all our towns and cities of righteousness. Then the Lord will be our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble, and we shall have no reason to be afraid, though thousands of our enemies set themselves against us round about, though all nature should be thrown into tumults and convulsions. He can command the stars in their courses to wage war with His enemies. He can destroy them with innumerable plagues, and send faintness into their hearts, so that the men of might shall not find their hands. May the Lord hear us in the day of trouble and the name of the God of Jacob defend us, send us help from His sanctuary, and strengthen us out of Zion."
~sermon by Dr. Langdon, president of Harvard College, delivered in 1775.