1778 ISAAC LEWIS. Unpublished Sermon Preached on a Fast Day After the Sacking of Wilton, CT by British Troops Prayer and Prayer Meetings Effects of Sound Doctrine

Effects of Sound Doctrine

that we may please Thee in all things and at least hear that welcome applause

and general in their application

whereof she had been sick twelve years

It is touching to see a minister of such social and educational prominence urging so strongly for the simplicity of a heart moved by the Spirit to love and appreciate the Christ

1778 ISAAC LEWIS. Unpublished Sermon Preached on a Fast Day After the Sacking of Wilton, CT by British Troops Prayer and Prayer Meetings Effects of Sound DoctrineA wonderful, unpublished piece of Americana with direct reference to the earliest stages of the American Revolution. In 1777, a brutal sacking of Wilton, Connecticut, where the present was preached, led to the preaching of a particularly fiery Annual Fast Sermon by their pastor, Isaac Lewis [1746 1840]. The following year, April 1, 1778, the Annual Fast approached again. And Lewis was deeply concerned that his people would forsake the duty of self