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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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RELIGIOUS ELEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION.-NOT SUFFICIENTLY DWELT ON BY
HISTORIANS.-Influence AND ACTION OF PASTORS.-EXAMPLE IN STOCK-
BRIDGE, MASS.-INTERESTING SCENE..
CHAPTER II.
SYSTEMATIC INFLUENCE OF THE CLERGY.-ELECTION SERMONS BEFORE THE
REVOLUTION.-ELECTION SERMONS A PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE-SAMUEL COOK'S SERMON'S, 1770.-MR. TUCK-
ER'S, IN 1771.-CHARLES TURNER'S, IN 1778.-GAD. HITCHCOCK'S, IN 1774.—
"THE TEA OVERBOARD."-PRESIDENT LANGDON'S, IN 1775.-"BUNKER
HILL, MONITIONS OF THE COMING STORM."-THESE SERMONS THE POLITICAL
PAMPHLETS OF THE TIMES..
CHAPTER III.
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ELECTION SERMONS, PREAChed after thE ASSEMBLING OF THE CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS AND ORGANIZATION OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.-REV. WM.
GORDON. REV. SAMUEL WEST, of DartmoUTH, IN 1776.—BOLD APPEAL. 35
CHAPTER IV.
SERMONS DURING THE WAR.-SERMON OF SAMUEL WEBSTER, IN 1777.-BOLD
AND PATRIOTIC PRAYER.-DISCOURSE OF PHILLIP PAYSON, of Chelsea,
1778.-ELOQUENT APPEAL.-PROPHETIC VISION...
CHAPTER V.
PERSONAL INFLUENCE OF THE CLERGY.-APPOINTMENTS OF CHAPLAINS.-COR-
RESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE MINISTERS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHU
SETTS.-THAXTER, FOSTER AND PAYSON FIGHTING AT LEXINGTON AND
CONCORD. WASHINGTON ASKS CONGRESS FOR CHAPLAINS.-NUMBER AND
NAMES OF, IN THE ARMY AT CAMBRIDGE.-WASHINGTON'S SECOND LETTER
TO CONGRESS ON THE SUBJECT.-HIS ORDER RESPECTING CHAPLAINS.-DAVID
ELY. JOSEPII FISH.-JONAH STEARNS.-JOHN MILLS.-DAVID CALDwell.
-THOMAS READ.-ROBERT DAVIDSON.-ELIZUR GOODRICH.-WM. GOR-
HAM.-JOIN STEELE-FRANCIS CUMMINGS.--AZEL ROE.-Hezekian BALCII.
-CHARLES NOKNIGHT.-MANASSEH CUTLER.-NATHAN STRONG.-NATHAN-
IEL PORTER.-ANNIE ROBINS.-JOHN CLEVELAND.-SAMUEL MCCLINTOCK.
-HEZEKIAH RIPLEY.-ISAAC LEWIS.-DR. Latta.-Dr. ARMSTRONG..........
CHAPTER VI.
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JONAS CLARK.-THE PASTOR OF LEXINGTON. HIS MINISTERIAL LIFE.-EARLY
TEACHINGS.-PATRIOTIC CONDUCT AND ABILITY AS A STATESMAN.-HAN-
COCK AND ADAMS FIND REFUGE IN HIS HOUSE.-NEWS OF THE APPROACH OF
THE ENEMY. HIS ACCOUNT OF IT.-SUMMONING OF THE MILITIA.-SCENE
ON THE GREEN.-APPROACH OF THE ENEMY. THE SLAUGHTER.-MR. CLARK
AMONG HIS SLAIN PARISHIONERS. HIS FEELINGS and PREDICTION.............. 74
CHAPTER VII.
JACOB DUCHE-OPENS THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS WITH PRAYER.
JOHN ADAMS'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE. HIS PATRIOTIC SERMONS.-
GIVES HIS PAY AS CHAPLAIN TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE SLAIN In Battle.
-BECOMES ALARMED, AND TURNS AGAINST HIS COUNTRY.-IIIS INSULTING
LETTER TO WASHINGTON.-FLEES THE COUNTRY.-IIIS RETURN TO PHILA-
DELPHIA. HIS DEATH.-HIS CHARACTER..................................
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SAMUEL SPRING, D.D.-HIS EARLY LIFE.-BECOMES CHAPLAIN IN THE ARMY.—
THE ONLY CHAPLAIN IN ARNOLD'S EXPEDITION ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WILDERNESS.-HIS DESCRIPTION OF ITS FORMATION.-PREACHES AT NEW-
BURYPORT TO THE ARMY.-VISITS THE TOMB OF WHITFIELD. DESCRIPTION
OF THE MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.-HIS SUFFERINGS AND LABORS.
-FAMINE-HIS DESCRIPTION OF SHOOTING A MOOSE.-HIS LABORS AT
POINT AUX TREMBLES.-STORMING OF QUEBEC.-HE LEADS ARNOLD OUT
OF THE FIGHT.-LEAVES THE ARMY.-SETTLED AT NEWBURYPORT.-HIS
INTERVIEW WITH AARON BURR.-HIS DEATH...
CHAPTER IX.
EBENEZER PRIME. HIS PATRIOTISM.-DRIVEN FROM HIS CHURCH.-IIIS LI-
BRARY DESTROYED.-HIS DEATH.-INSULT TO HIS GRAVE...
CHAPTER X.
SAMUEL EATON.-IS SETTLED IN HARPSBURG, MAINE.-PRACTICES THREE PRO-
FESSIONS. ATTENDS A POLITICAL MEETING.-HIS STIRRING ADDRESS.-
NARROW ESCAPE OF AN OFFICER OF THE KING.-RECRUITING OFFICER
SEEKS HIS AID.-EATON ADDRESSES THE PEOPLE ON SABBATH EVENING.-
THRILLING SCENE.-SOLDIERS OBTAINED.-HIS DEATH....
CHAPTER XI.
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WILLIAM TENNENT. HIS BIRTHI AND EDUCATION.-SETTLEd at Norwalk,
CONN.-REMOVES TO CHARLESTON, S. C.-HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.-
HIS ELOQUENCE. HIS BOLDNESS AND ZEAL IN THE CAUSE OF THE COLO-
NIES. MAKES PATRIOTIC APPEALS ON THE SABBATH.-IS ELECTED MEMBER
OF THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH CAROLINIA.-SENT WITH HENRY
DRAYTON TO BACK SETTLEMENTS TO BAFFLE TORIES.-LETTERS TO HENRY
LAURENS AND CONGRESS.-AGAIN SENT TO CONGRESS.-HIS CHARACTER... 115
CHAPTER XII.
PETER GABRIEL Muhlenburg.—Fighting ClerGYMEN.-MUHLENBURG'S BIRTH
AND EDUCATION.-GOES TO ENGLAND.-SETTLES IN VIRGINIA. TAKES A
PROMINENT PART IN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.-BECOMES MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE OF BURGESSES.-RAISES A REGIMENT, OF WHICH HE IS CHOSEN
COLONEL-PREACHES HIS FAREWELL SERMON.-ORDERS THE DRUM TO
BEAT FOR RECRUITS AT THE CHURCH DOOR.-MARCHES TO CHARLESTON.-
CAMPS AT VALLEY FORGE.-FIGHTS BRAVELY AT BRANDYWINE.-AT MON-
MOUTH.-COMMANDS THE RESERVE AT STONY POINT.-MAKES A DESPERATE
ASSAULT AT YORKTOWN.-IS MADE MAJOR GENERAL.-POLITICAL CAREER
AFTER THE War.-Defence OF COURSE IN ABANDONING PROFESSION.......... 121
CHAPTER XIII.
THOMAS ALLEN. HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION.-SETTLES IN PITTSFIELD.—
TAKES DECIDED PART WITH THE COLONIES.-IS MADE CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE OF SAFETY AND CORRESPONDENCE.-HIS LABORS.-HIS INTER-
EST IN THE CONQUEST OF TICONDEROGA.-NEW AND INTERESTING LETTER
TO GEN. SETH POMROY.-JOINS THE ARMY AS CHAPLAIN. HIS DIARY AT
THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS.-GOES TO TICONDEROGA.-ADDRESS TO THE
SOLDIERS WHEN EXPECTING AN ATTACK-HIS DISGUST AT THE RETREAT.-
RALLIES THE MILITIA TO THE AID OF STARKE, at BennINGTON.-SUMMONS
THE ENEMY TO SURRENDER, AND IS FIRED AT.-FIGHTS IN THE RANKS.—
FIRST OVER THE BREAST-WORK.-HIS CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.-RE-
TURNS TO IIIS PARISH.-DIALOGUE WITH A PARISHIONER.-VOYAGE TO
ENGLAND AFTER AN INFANT GRANDCHILD.-PRAYS WITH AND ADDRESSES
THE CREW IN EXPECTATION OF AN ATTACK.-HIS CONDUCT IN THE SHAY'S
REBELLION.-HIS STATESMANSHIP.-HIS DEATH....
CHAPTER XIV.
JOHN ROSSBURGH.-AN IRISHMAN BY BIRTH.-HIS EDUCATION.-IS SETTLED
AT THE FORKS OF THE DELAWARE."-HIS PATRIOTISM.-JOINS A COMPANY
FORMED IN HIS OWN PARISH AS A SOLDIER.-HIS PAINFUL PARTING WITH
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HIS WIFE.-MAKES HIS WILL.-CHAPLAIN OF A REGIMENT.—Marches
AGAINST THE ENEMY.-IS TAKEN PRISONER, AND MURDERED WHILE PRAY-
ING FOR HIS ENEMIES. THE MUTILATED CORPSE STEALTHILY BURIED.-HIS
LETTERS TO HIS WIFE JUST BEFORE A SKIRMISH.-HIS CHARACTER......... 158
CHAPTER XV.
ABNER BENEDICT.-HIS BIRTII AND EDUCATION.-SETTLED AT MIDDLETOWN.
BECOMES CHAPLAIN IN THE ARMY AT NEW YORK.-DESCRIPTION OF A TER-
RIFIC THUNDER-STORM.-THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND.-HIS FEELINGS.—
THE LAST TO LEAVE THE SHORE IN THE RETREAT.-INVENTIONS IN SUB-
MARINE NAVIGATION.-MANUFACTURES SALTPETER FOR POWDER.-ELECT-
ED PROFESSOR IN YALE COLLEGE. HIS CHAracter and DEATH.........
CHAPTER XVI.
WILLIAM WHITE, D.D.—HIS BIRTH AND EARLY STUDIES.-GOES TO ENGLAND.—
FRIEND OF GOLDSMITH AND JOHNSON.-SETTLED IN PHILADELPHIA.—
TAKES THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.-NOBLE DETERMINATION.-ELECTED
CHAPLAIN OF CONGRESS.-HIS CONDUCT AFTER THE REVOLUTION.-IS
MADE BISHOP.-HIS CHARACTER AND DEATH......
CHAPTER XVII.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT.-PATRIOTISM OF OUR COLLEGES.-DWIGHT'S BIRTH.-HIS
EARLY LIFE.-TUTOR OF YALE COLLEGE.-IS LICENSED TO PREACH.-HIS
PATRIOTISM.-BECOMES CHAPLAIN.-ADVOCATES COMPLETE INDEPEND-
ENCE. DESOLATE APPEARANCE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.-SERMON AFTER
THE VICTORY AT SARATOGA.-ANECDOTE OF PUTNAM.-COMPOSES THE ODE
TO COLUMBIA.-DEDICATES A POEM TO WASHINGTON.-SHARES THE SUFFER-
INGS OF THE SOLDIERS AT WEST POINT IN THE WINTER OF 1778.-HIS
FAITH.-DEAD UNBURIED AT FORT MONTGOMERY.-DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
-LEAVES THE ARMY.-SETTLES AT Northampton.-GOES TO LEGISLATURE.
-PUBLISHES SEVERAL POEMS.-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.-A
FEDERALIST IN 1812.- EMINENCE AS A THEOLOGIAN. HIS DEATH..
CHAPTER XVIII.
NAPHTHALI DAGGET.-PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN YALE COLLEGE.-THE
COLLEGE BROKEN UP.-INVASION OF TRYON.-TERROR OF THE INHABITANTS.
-A COMPANY OF A HUNDRED YOUNG MEN RAISED TO RESIST HIM.-DR.
DAGGET AND HIS BLACK MARE.-ADVANCES ALONE TO RECONNOITER.—
THE FIGHT.-THE RETREAT.-DR. DAGGET REFUSES TO RUN.-INTERVIEW
WITH THE BRITISH OFFICER.-FORCED TO GUIDE THE COLUMN.-BRUTAL
TREATMENT.-RESCUED BY A TORY.-HIS SICKNESS.-DEATH.
CHAPTER XIX.
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EZRA STYLES.-HIS PROPHECY RESPECTING THE COLONIES, IN 1760.-PRESI-
DENT OF YALE COLLEGE.-CHANCELLOR KENT'S EULOGY OF HIM.-HIS
PATRIOTISM.-KEEPS A DIARY OF REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS.-HIS DEATH.. 205
CHAPTER XX.
JOEL BARLOW.-EARLY EDUCATION.-A FRIEND OF DWIGHT.-HIS POEM,
"THE PROSPECT OF PEACE."-BECOMES CHAPLAIN.-WRITES PATRIOTIC
BALLADS. HYMNS FOR YANKEE REBELS."-THE BURNING OF CHARLES-
TOWN."-OCCUPATION IN THE ARMY.-FRIEND OF WASHINGTON.-SERMON
ON ARNOLD'S TREASON.-BECOMES LAWYER AND EDITOR AT HARTFORD,
CONNECTICUT.-REVISES WATT'S PSALMS AND HYMNS-AGENT OF SCIOTO
LAND COMPANY.-VISITS ENGLAND AND FRANCE.-IN FRENCH REVOLU-
TION OCCUPATIONS IN EUROPE.-CONSUL AT ALGIERS-MAKES A FOR-
TUNE IN FRANCE.-RETURNS TO AMERICA.-REMARKABLE PROPHECIES IN IIIS
COLUMBIAD.-MINISTER TO FRANCE.-CHARGE OF RELIGIOUS APOSTACY... 207
CHAPTER XXI.
JAMES CALDWELL.-HIS BIRTHI AND ANCESTRY. -PERSONAL APPEARANCE.-
POWER OF HIS VOICE.-HIS CHARACTER. HIS CONGREGATION AT ELIZA
BETHTOWN.-MADE CHAPLAIN.-HIS TOAST ON THE RECEPTION OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.-HIS ACTIVITY.-REWARDS OFFERED
FOR HIS CAPTURE.-REMOVES TO CONNECTICUT FARMS.-GOES ARMED.—
HIS SERVICES.-LETTER TO LEE.-ASSISTANT COMMISSARY GENERAL.-
LAST INTERVIEW WITH HIS WIFE. HER MURDER.-FIGHT AT SPRING-
FIELD. GIVE 'EM WATTS."-MURDER OF CALDWELL. HIS FUNERAL.—
HIS CHILDREN.-MONUMENT TO HIM...
CHAPTER XXII.
BENJAMIN TRUMBULL-HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION.-TAKES SIDES WITH THE
COLONIES-ENTERS THE ARMY AS CHAPLAIN.-FIGHTS IN THE RANKS.-
CURIOUS INTERVIEW WITH WASHINGTON.-FIGHTS AT WHITEPLAINS.--
ANECDOTE-FIGHTS AT NEW HAVEN.-KETURNS TO HIS PARISII.-WRITES
THE HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT.-HIS DEATH-HIS PUBLICATIONS.........
CHAPTER XXIII.
SAMUEL KIRKLAND.-HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION.-A TEACHER IN DR.
WHEELOCK'S SCHOOL.-GOES A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS OF NEW
YORK STATE. HIS LABORS AND PERILS.-HIS MISSION BROKEN UP BY THE
REVOLUTION.-EMPLOYED BY CONGRESS TO KEEP THE INDIANS FROM JOIN-
ING THE BRITISII.--PREVENTED BY BRANDT.-A CHAPLAIN IN SULLIVAN'S
BRIGADE. ACCOMPANIES IT TO GENESEE FLATS.-HIS SERVICES REWARDED
BY CONGRESS-SETTLES AMONG THE ONEIDAS AFTER THE WAR.-FOUNDS
HAMILTON COLLEGE.-IS THROWN FROM HIS HORSE-IIIS DEATHI..
CHAPTER XXIV.
JAMES HALL-HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION.-SETTLED IN NORTH CAROLINA.-
ROUSES HIS PEOPLE TO OPPOSE THE MOTHER COUNTRY.-IS MADE CAPTAIN
OF A COMPANY OF CAVALRY.-ACTS ALSO AS CHAPLAIN.-MARCHES TO
SOUTH CAROLINA.-OFFERED THE COMMISSION OF BRIGADIER GENERAL BY
GREENE.-DECLINES.-HIS AFTER LIFE...........
CHAPTER XXV.
JOHN GANO. THE BAPTISTS OF VIRGINIA.-GANO'S EARLY LIFE.-VISITS THE
SOUTH AND PREACHES.-ARRAIGNED FOR IT, BUT 18 ACQUITTED AND LI-
CENSED. ANECDOTES OF HIS COOLNESS AND COURAGE.-SETTLED IN NORTII
CAROLINA.-OFFERED A CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION IN THE ARMY AGAINST THE
CHEROKEES.-DECLINES.-RETURNS NORTII.-FINALLY SETTLES IN NEW
YORK. HIS CONGREGATION BROKEN UP.-JOINS THE ARMY AS CHAPLAIN.
-UNDER FIRE AT WHITE PLAINS.-AT TRENTON.-CHAPLAIN UNDER CLIN-
TON AT FORT MONTGOMERY.-HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE TAKING OF THE
FORT.-WITH CLINTON'S BRIGADE AT ALBANY.-ITS CHAPLAIN.-IN THE
EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS.-ANNECDOTES OF HIM IN THIS CAM-
PAIGN. SERMON ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.-HIS FAITHFULNESS.-GOES
SOUTH WITH THE ARMY.-ADVANCING AGAINST CORNWALLIS.-RETURNS
TO HIS CHURCH AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.-REMOVES TO KENTUCKY.—
IIIS DEATH..
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHARLES CUMMINGS.-AN IRISHMAN BY BIRTH.-SETTLES IN VIRGINIA.-EN-
TERS THE MINISTRY.-FIGHTS THE INDIANS.-GOES ARMED TO HIS CHURCH.-
TAKES THE LEAD IN THE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE.-CHAP-
LAIN TO THE ARMY IN THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CHEROKEES.-HIS
DEATH...
CHAPTER XXVII.
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DANIEL MCCALLA.-HIS BIRTH.-GRADUATES AT PRINCETON WHEN EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE.-STUDIES FOR THE MINISTRY.-SETTLES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
-APPOINTED CHAPLAIN UNDER GENERAL THOMSON.-IS TAKEN PRISONER
IN THE ATTACK ON "THREE RIVERS."-THROWN INTO A PRISON SHIP.
HIS SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE.-RELEASED ON PAROLE.-FLEES TO
VIRGINIA. SETTLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-HIS DEATH... 276
CHAPTER XXVIII.
JOHN WITHERSPOON, D.D.-THE CLERGY AS STATESMEN.-WITHERSPOON A
SCOTCHMAN BY BIRTH.-HIS EARLY LIFE.-IS LICENSED TO PREACH.-JOINS
THE ARMY OF THE PRETENDER-TAKEN PRISONER AT THE BATTLE OF FAL-
KIRK.-EMINENCE AS A THEOLOGIAN.-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON
COLLEGE-FLATTERING RECEPTION IN THIS COUNTRY. TAKES SIDES
WITH THE COLONIES.-ELECTED MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY LEGIS-
LATURE-SCATHING ATTACK ON GOVERNOR FRANKLIN.-ELECTED MEM-
BER OF CONGRESS.-HIS SPEECH ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
HIS GREAT SERVICES IN CONGRESS.-HIS DEATH..
CHAPTER XXIX.
DAVID AVERY.-HIS BIRTH AND CHARACTER.-CON Verted under WHITFIELD.
-LEAVES HIS TRADE TO STUDY FOR THE MINISTRY.-ENTERS DR. WHEEL-
OCK'S CHARITY SCHOOL-GRADUATES AT YALE COLLEGE.-STUDIES DIVIN-
ITY. A MISSIONARY AMONG THE INDIANS.-SETTLED AT GAYSBORO, VER-
MONT. HIS PATRIOTISM.-RAISES A COMPANY AND MARCHES TO BOSTON.-
MADE CHAPLAIN.-NODDLE'S ISLAND.-PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER
HILL. PRAYING FOR VICTORY.-ACCOMPANIES WASHINGTON THROUGH
THE JERSEYS.-WOUNDED AT TRENTON.-AT VALLEY FORGE.-AT TICON-
DEROGA.-AT BENNINGTON.-HIS DEATH..
CHAPTER XXX.
ISRAEL EVANS.-HIS CHARACTER.-ORDAINED CHAPLAIN IN THE ARMY.-RE-
MAINS WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BRIGADE THRough the WAR.-STANDS
BESIDE WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN.-ANECDOTE OF HIM AND WASHING-
TON. HIS SERMON ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.-SETTLED AT CONcord,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.-HIS DEATH.......
CHAPTER XXXI.
COTTON MATHER SMITH.-HIS BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.-A TEACHEr among
THE INDIANS.-STUDIES THEOLOGY.-IS SETTLED AT SHARON, CONN.-IN-
FLUENCE OF THE CLERGY OF CONNECTICUT IN BRINGING ABOUT THE REV-
OLUTION. HIS VIEWS OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND
MOTHER COUNTRY.-THE PART HE TOOK IN IT.-PATRIOTISM OF HIS CON-
GREGATION. IS MADE CHAPLAIN, AND MARCHES TO TICONDEROGA.-HIS
DEVOTION TO THE SICK.-SEIZED WITH THE CAMP FEVER.-RETURNS
HOME. INVASION OF BURGOYNE.-HIS SERMON JUST BEFORE THE FINAL
VICTORY AT SARATOGA. — THRILLING SCENE. HIS CHARACTER.
DEATH......
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CHAPTER XXXII.
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805.
JUDAH CHAMPION, THE PASTOR OF LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT.-HIS PRAYERS
FOR HIS COUNTRY.-EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN CHURCH ON THE ARRIVAL
OF NEWS FROM THE ARMY.-WOMEN WORKING ON THE SABBATH TO PRE-
PARE GARMENTS FOR THE SOLDIERS.-THE PASTOR ON THE FIELD OF
BATTLE. 818
CHAPTER XXXIII.
ALEXANDER MCWHORTER.-HIS EARLY LIFE.-ZEAL IN THE CAUSE OF LIB-
ERTY.-SENT SOUTH BY CONGRESS TO ROUSE THE INHABITANTS.-ACCOM-
PANIES WASHINGTON IN HIS RETREAT THROUGH NEW JERSEY.-MADE
CHAPLAIN OF KNOX'S BRIGADE.-LEAVES THE ARMY.-SETTLES IN NORTH
CAROLINA. HIS LIBRARY AND FURNITURE DESTROYED BY THE British.-
FLEES TO PENNSYLVANIA. SENT TO ENGLAND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PRINCE-
TON COLLEGE.-REVISITS HIS NATIVE PLACE. HIS DEATH.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
MOSES ALLEN. HIS EARLY LIFE.-A FRIEND OF MADISON. -SETTLES IN
MIDWAY, GEORGIA.-HIS PATRIOTIC EFFORTS.-CHAPLAIN IN THE ARMY.-.
HIS HOUSE AND CHURCH BURNED. IN THE BATTLE BEFORE SAVANNAH.—
IS TAKEN PRISONER.-CONFINED ON BOARD A PRISON SHIP.-HIS SUFFER-
INGS.-BRUTALITY OF HIS CAPTORS.-ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE.-IS DROWNED.
-DENIED DECENT BURIAL..
CHAPTER XXXV.
BENJAMIN POMEROY.-HIS EARLY LIFE.-BECOMES A "NEW LIGHT."-IS PER-
SECUTED BY THE STATE, AND FINALLY DEPRIVED OF HIS SALARY.-BE-
COMES CHAPLAIN IN THE FRENCH WAR-HIS LETTER TO HIS WIFE
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