1827 W. B. SPRAGUE. The Religious Celebration of American Independence. July 4, 1827. Slavery The Woman's Christian Temperance Union

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York

seeking a revival of true religion

Presbyterian Board of Publication

Together with Many Occasional Prayers

Later in 1777

1827 W. B. SPRAGUE. The Religious Celebration of American Independence. July 4, 1827. Slavery The Woman's Christian Temperance UnionInteresting sermon on the interaction between Christianity and the observance of a nationalistic or patriotic holiday by one of the leading divines of the day. Sprague was of course author of the classic Lectures on Revivals, which was reprinted by Banner of Truth, etc. No other copies on the market we can trace. Sprague, William Buell. Religious Celebration of Independence: A Discourse Delivered at Northampton, on the Fourth of July, 1827. Hartford.