The United States elevated to Glory and Honor is a book by Ezra Stiles, published in 1783.
The book is a transcript of a sermon given to Jonathan Trumbull and the Connecticut General Assembly, on May 8, 1783.Belcher Foundation website At the time, Stiles was the President of Yale College and a Congregationalist minister.
Synopsis The sermon draws parallels between the United States and the Biblical nation of Israel. Stiles refers to the US as an "American Israel, high above all nations which He hath made, in numbers, and in praise, and in name, and in honor", suggesting that the White Americans are like the Chosen People of Israel. He opined that the number of Indians and Africans in the country would go down and that "Slavery may ... in God’s good providence ... be abolished and cease in the land of liberty.".Digital Commons, online document, page 14
The sermon ran for 30,000 words (100 pages) and would have taken more than two hours to deliver.Digital Commons website, University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
He believed that according to the Bible,Bible Gateway, Deuteronomy Chapter 30, And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous ... If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments obedience to God was required for national happiness and prosperity.GoodReads website He summed up his sermon by stating "Holiness ought to be the end of all civil government.".The American Vision websitge
Update Three years after the speech, Stiles sent a second, corrected version of the sermon to George Washington.Founders Online website, Archive page
See also
Ezra Stiles Haim Isaac Carigal Jacob's Pillow-Pillar Stone Stone of Scone British Israelism Lost Ten Tribes
References
External links Christian Heritage News website, extracted pages and commentary Digital Commons website, The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor (1783) online full text (pdf)