Our Strong Rods Broken And Withered: A Discourse Upon The Recent Decease Of Calhoun, Clay, And Webster - Softcover

John C. Lord

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371942101 ISBN 13: 9780371942109

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Our Strong Rods Broken And Withered: A Discourse Upon The Recent Decease Of Calhoun, Clay, And Webster — John C. Lord. This 1852 sermon, delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church, reflects on the death of three prominent American statesmen and, more broadly, on the providence and vulnerability of a republic. Lord portrays Calhoun, Clay, and Webster as the republic’s “strong rods,” whose lofty talents sustained the nation and who, in death, compel a national meditation on virtue, legacy, and political unity. The discourse weaves biographical sketches with rousing exhortations to future leaders, and it interlaces classical and biblical imagery—Job, Ezekiel, Chatham, Pitt—to argue that earthly honors are transient and that faith provides a lasting horizon. The author emphasizes the role of Christianity as a structuring force in public life, recounts Webster’s religious inclinations, and extolls the necessity of statesmen guided by moral principle and devotion to country. The pamphlet also includes contemporary correspondence and reflective passages on mortality, providence, and the duty of citizens to pursue reconciliation and virtue.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371942101
• ISBN 13: 9780371942109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 43