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NHG-P.758.020
2 Jun 1758:11 (87)
From the London Chronicle, To the Printer. [ ] Street,
Jan. 8, 1758.
Sir, . . . [19 lines of description of a sermon presented by
Mr. Whitefield on a day of thanksgiving for the victories of
the King of Prussia] he concluded with thanksgiving for the
precious life of the King of Prussia on the day of battle.
This prayer made a deep impression on the audience, and was
followed by a hymn suited to the occasion.
. . . [31 more lines describing this sermon, 13 lines]
He then told them how the Prussians were employed in prayer
& singing of hymns for some time before the battle; and
that many had their Bibles in their hands at the time the
King gave the command to march up to the French.
Then, says he, the command was, In with your Bibles, and
out with your swords. The Lord of Hosts fought this battle,
and gave him a complete victory. The King of Prussia
acknowledged this conquest to be the greatest deliverance
from the hands of his numerous enemies that the almighty had
ever wrought for him. He further told them that the Jews
settled at Halle sung Te Deum in a very solemn manner, and
kept a day of thanksgiving very strictly for their
deliverance from their persecutors the Catholics, by the
signal victory obtained by the King of Prussia at Rosbach.
. . . [16 more lines on Dr. Whitefield's three-hour sermon]
He then concluded with a hymn and prayer in which he
exhorted them all to put their trust in God, and hoped that
none of them would prove cowards, or run away if ever they
were put to the trial.
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