Interesting sermon on the interaction between Christianity and the observance of a nationalistic or patriotic holiday by one of the leading divines of the day. Sprague was of course author of the classic Lectures on Revivals, which was reprinted by Banner of Truth, etc.
No other copies on the market we can trace.
Sprague, William Buell. Religious Celebration of Independence: A Discourse Delivered at Northampton, on the Fourth of July, 1827. Hartford. Goodwin & Co. 1827. 29pp.
Good, tidy copy in a c.1900 quarter cloth binding, includes half title, some foxing. Ex library from the Forbes Library. Puncture stamped on title as shown. Other similar. One marginal tear neatly repaired.
