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George Richards sermon, September 14, 1862

George Richards

George Richards

Courtesy of Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield Conn.)

Congregational Church in Litchfield, Connecticut

Congregational Church in Litchfield, Conn.

Courtesy of Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield Conn.)

Location
Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, Conn.) External Link
Background
George Richards (1816-1870) was born in New London, Conn., on Nov. 2, 1816. He taught school for a short time, and in 1842 entered Andover Theological Seminary. A year later he removed to the Yale Theological Seminary, and in 1844 became a tutor in that college. He was ordained on Oct. 8, 1845, as associate pastor of the Central (Congregational) Church, in Boston, where he remained until 1859, having become sole pastor in 1851. After a visit to Europe, he took charge of the Congregational Church in Litchfield, Conn., in Dec. 1860. Then he moved at the close of the year 1865 to Bridgeport, Conn., where he was installed over the First Congregational Church on Jan. 3, 1866. He was dismissed from this pastorate in August 1870. He died at Bridgeport, on Oct. 20, 1870.
Contents
Sermon preached by George Richards in Litchfield, Conn., prior to the departure of the 19th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. The sermon forms part of the repository’s George Richards sermons and address, 1862-1869.
“We shd pray for ourselves- that we may know & do our whole duty in this exigency- our duty to man, our duty to God. We shd pray for one another:- for the households among already clad in sack cloth- by tidings of bereavement:- for those who in the morrow may bid farewell to husbands, sons, [brothers?] – bravely consecrating them to their country & their Govt: for those who go so that the Protecting Shield may be over them- that they may be loyal & valiant in the cause- that they may deserve & win the Victory that they may be brought back in Safety, to greet & be greeted by- the loved ones left behind, - above all that they may be [Xsts] soldiers & servants fruitful to his cause our country too- peculiarly needs & demands our supplications heirs to the immortal crown”
Forms part of the repository's George Richards sermons and address, 1862-1869.
(See the NUCMC catalog record)

 

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