Sprague, William B. Glorifying God in the Fires, 1861 Union Civil War Sermon

Sprague, William B. Glorifying God in the Fires; A Discourse delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, November 28, 1861, the Day of the Annual Thanksgiving, in the State of New York. Albany: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1861. First Edition. [6145] Green printed wrappers, 9 x 5 3/4 inches, 58 clean pp., a little edge-wear to the wrappers, unsigned gift inscription by Sprague on verso of front. Good. Pamphlet. Dedicated to "Major General McClellan, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Sates...with profound Admiration for the unsurpassed Ability and Heroic Devotion to the Interests of his Country, with which he is conducting the Grandest Military Enterprise of the Age."The text is Isaiah 24:15, "Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires." By fires, Sprague takes it to mean troubles, and he sets out to tell his hearers how to glorify God in what was the first year of the American Civil War. He extols patriotism, voluntary enlistment, martyrs of the Union cause, and ma