1799 CYPRIAN STRONG. Early Fourth of July Sermon on American Independence & the Wisdom of the American System. Vellum Wesley's Minutes [John Fletcher]

Wesley's Minutes [John Fletcher]

He pastored churches in Stratford and Vergennes

accompanied by Leonard Woods’ sermon upon her death

and his family sent him to Brown University

1799 CYPRIAN STRONG. Early Fourth of July Sermon on American Independence & the Wisdom of the American System. Vellum Wesley's Minutes [John Fletcher]Fascinating sermon on God's agency in the formation and promotion of the United States by Cyprian Strong [1764 1816]. He graduated Yale in 1763 and was Pastor in Portland, Connecticut from 1767 until his death. Strongly Edwardsian, he opposed the half way Covenant and was a leading voice toward integrating the convictions of the Solemn League and Covenant into the documentary framework of America. . . . The enlargement of [our] territory can never be