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Excerpt from The Christian Pulpit, the Rightful Guardian of Morals, in Political No Less Than in Private Life: A Discourse Delivered at Gettysburg, Oct. 26, the Day Appointed by the Governor, for Public Humiliation, Thanksgiving and Prayer
God is moreover, the fountain of our political rights, as well as of all others; and therefore he may justly claim to direct their. Use, and be acknowledged in their enjoyment. Who is it, that gave us the soil we inhabit, the quiet possession of which we regard as one of the fundamental privileges, secured by our civil institutions? Who created the 'very air we breathe, the birthright Of all earth's inhabitants, and who causes the land to bear' its annual fruits? Yea, is not even government itself - sire not the powers that be, who define and defend our possession lof;theseprivileges, ap pointed of God 3 And shall God himself have no wright to ln struct us in the proper use of his own grants? Shall we, the usu fructuaries, claim absolute possession of the property, of which we are mere tenants at his will; and vainly attempt to'cast off'xthe conditions and obligations inevitably connected with its possession?
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