"A Sermon, Delivered Before His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary Election, January 2, 1839" by Mark Hopkins explores the complex ties between the rule of God and the laws made by people. It suggests that while governments are needed, following God's laws is how people can truly be morally good, and that people must remember the significance of freedom in religious thought and deed
A Sermon, Delivered Before His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary Election, January 2, 1839
By Mark Hopkins
In a call to action for 19th-century leaders, a religious figure asserts for society's benefit that true governance comes from aligning human laws with a higher power, urging them to prioritize moral conscience over all else.
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About the AuthorMark Hopkins was an American educator and Congregationalist theologian, president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872. An epigram — widely attributed to President James A. Garfield, a student of Hopkins — defined an ideal college as "Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."
Mark Hopkins was an American educator and Congregationalist theologian, president of Williams College from 1836 to 1872. An epigram — widely attributed to President James A. Garfield, a student of Hopkins — defined an ideal college as "Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."
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