Marshall Digital Scholar

Title

Banners of a Free People Set Up in the Name of Their God. A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached before the First and Third Presb. Congregations, in the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Thursday, November 24, 1864

Authors

Herrick Johnson

Files

Description

On October 20, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring “the last Thursday in November next” as “a day of thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God” (p. 4). Johnson, who was pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh at the time, preached this sermon to commemorate the occasion.

Publication Date

1864

Publisher

W. S. Haven

City

Pittsburgh, PA

Keywords

Appalachia, Pennsylvania, Herrick Johnson, Presbyterian Church, Sermons

Disciplines

Appalachian Studies | Digital Humanities | Other Religion | Rhetoric

Comments

Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at The College of Wooster in Ohio. Like all other books published in the United States in the 19th century, it is in the public domain.

Type

article

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Herrick, "Banners of a Free People Set Up in the Name of Their God. A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached before the First and Third Presb. Congregations, in the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Thursday, November 24, 1864" (1864). Johnson, Herrick, 1832-1913. 1.
https://mds.marshall.edu/johnson_herrick/1