Two Discourses Delivered October 25Th. 1759. Being The Day Appointed By Authority To Be Observed As A Day Of Public Thanksgiving, For The Success Of . The Capital Of Canada. With An Appendix,

On a cold October day in 1759, a Boston minister climbed into the pulpit to thank God for the fall of Quebec 1759. History speaks from the pulpit. In "Two Discourses Delivered October 25th, 1759", Jonathan Mayhew, one of New England's most influential pre-Revolutionary voices, reflects on victory in the French and Indian War and its meaning for the British Empire in America. This colonial American sermon, preached as a public thanksgiving after the reduction of Quebec, is an arresting eighteenth century discourse on providence, national destiny, and the precarious balance of power in Seven Years War Canada. An extensive appendix recounts earlier failed expeditions against Quebec and the surrounding country, creating a compact yet vivid primary source for historians and for American history students alike. Both a historical thanksgiving sermon and an example of early American political sermons, these discourses show how colonial New England history, religious belief, and imperial ambition were woven together in the years before independence. Readers interested in Jonathan Mayhew sermons, the evolution of political theology, or the everyday mindset of British subjects in America will find a rare, unfiltered window into the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.