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,,sermon ,,xxv4  ,,by ,,william         
,,patton1 ,a4,m4  ,,new-,,york4  ,,the  
,,duty ,,and ,,importance ,,of ,,special
 ,,efforts ,,for ,,the ,,conversion ,,of
 ,,cities4      ,,luke xxiv4 #dg4--;,and
 that repentance and remission of       
sins should be preached in his name     
among all nations1     ,,beginning ,,at 
,,jerusalem4   ,here the apostles       
receive from ,christ a commission to    
commence in one of the chief cities of  
the world the great business of         
preaching the gospel to mankind4 ,the   
fulfilment of prophecy required them to 
begin at ,jerusalem4 ,out of ,zion shall
 go forth the law1 and the word of the  

,lord from ,jerusalem4 ,and it shall be 
in that day1 that living waters shall go
 out from ,jerusalem4 ,but there were   
other and more special reasons4 ,it was 
at ,jerusalem that the death and        
resurrection of the ,son of ,god took   
place3--facts1 on which ,christianity   
rested all its claims3 and it was fit   
that the enemies of truth should have   
every possible advantage for            
controverting those facts4 ,in          
commencing at ,jerusalem1 an immediate  
and striking illustration was also      
afforded of the forgiving spirit of     
,christianity--',go at once1 and preach 
unto these mine enemies repentance and  
remission of sins4 ,let them have the   
opportunity of salvation through my     
blood--even that blood which their own  
wicked hands have shed4'  ,this         
direction to the first preachers of the 
cross1 to begin at ,jerusalem1 suggests 
the general thought1  ,,that ,,it       
,,becomes ,,christians1 ,,in ,,all      
,,ages1 ,,to ,,make ,,special ,,efforts 

,,for ,,the ,,conversion ,,of ,,cities  
,,and ,,large ,,towns4  ,this thought   
may be illustrated and enforced1 from   
the example and instructions of ,christ 
and his apostles2 from the early and    
signal visitations of the ,spirit on    
cities2 from the power with which ,satan
 reigns in them2 and from their relative
 importance1 and influence on the world4
   ,i4 ,our ,saviour devoted his        
personal ministry very much to cities   
and large towns4  ,says ,matthew1 ,and  
it came to pass1 when ,jesus had made an
 end of commanding his twelve disciples1
 he departed thence to teach and to     
preach in their cities4 ,mark speaks of 
,him as follows3 ,and in the morning1   
rising up a great while before day1 he  
departed into a solitary place1 and     
there prayed3 and ,simon1 and they that 
were with him1 followed after him4 ,and 
when they had found him1 they said unto 
him1 ,all men seek for thee4 ,and he    
said unto them1 ,let us go into the next
 towns1 that ,i may preach there also3  

for therefore came ,i forth4 ,luke      
informs us1 that1 on another occasion1  
,he said unto those who sought him1 and 
who urged him that he should not depart 
from them1 ,i must preach the kingdom of
 ,god to other cities also1 for         
therefore am ,i sent4  ,from many other 
passages of ,scripture1 also1 we learn  
of ,christ's preaching in cities4 ,and  
behold1 the whole city came out to meet 
,jesus4 ,and all the city was moved1    
saying1 ,who is this8 ,and many of the  
,samaritans of that city believed on    
him4 ,he is also found in ,jericho1 and 
in ,capernaum4 ,his wonders are made    
known at ,chorazin and ,bethsaida4 ,his 
walks are along the shores1 where       
commerce and trade had congregated vast 
multitudes4 ,jerusalem he repeatedly    
visits--especially on the anniversaries 
of religious festivals2 when his        
instructions might fall upon the ear of 
assembled thousands2 and through them be
 conveyed to every town and village of  
the land4 ,on one occasion1 when he was 

come near to the city1 he beheld and    
wept over it1 saying1 if thou hadst     
known1 even thou1 at least in this thy  
day1 the things which belong to thy     
peace2 but now are they hid from thine  
eyes4--,oh ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 thou 
that killest the prophets1 and stonest  
them that are sent unto thee1 how often 
would ,i have gathered thy children     
together1 even as a hen gathereth her   
chickens under her wings1 and ye would  
not6 ,on another occasion1 it is said1  
,then began he to upbraid the cities1   
wherein most of his mighty works were   
done1 because they repented not4 ,wo    
unto thee1 ,chorazin2 wo unto thee1     
,bethsaida2 for if the mighty works     
which were done in you1 had been done in
 ,tyre and ,sidon1 they would have      
repented long ago in sackcloth and      
ashes4 ,and thou ,capernaum1 which art  
exalted unto heaven1 shalt be brought   
down to hell2 for if the mighty works   
which have been done in thee1 had been  
done in ,sodom1 it would have remained  

until this day4 ,but ,i say unto you1   
that it shall be more tolerable for the 
land of ,sodom1 in the day of judgment1 
than for thee4 ,thus it appears that the
 ,all-wise ,saviour thought it proper to
 devote much of his ministry to cities  
and large towns4   ,,ii4 ,christ1 in his
 instructions to his disciples1         
particularly directs their attention to 
cities and large towns4  ,these twelve  
,jesus sent forth1 and commanded them1  
saying1 ,into whatsoever city or town ye
 shall enter1 inquire who in it is      
worthy2 and there abide till ye go      
thence4 ,and whosoever shall not receive
 you1 nor hear your words1 when ye      
depart out of that house or city1 shake 
off the dust of your feet4 ,verily1 ,i  
say unto you1 it shall be more tolerable
 for the land of ,sodom and ,gomorrah1  
in the day of judgment1 than for that   
city4 ,how solemn1 yet well defined were
 these instructions4 ,how strongly must 
the twelve have been impressed with the 
importance of special exertion in large 

towns and cities4 ,after these things1  
the ,lord appointed seventy also1 and   
sent them two and two before his face1  
into every city and place1 whither he   
himself would come4 ,and he said unto   
them1 ,into whatsoever city ye enter1   
and they receive you1 eat such things as
 are set before you1 and heal the sick  
that are therein1 and say unto them1 the
 kingdom of ,god is come nigh unto you4 
,but into whatsoever city ye enter1 and 
they receive you not1 go your ways out  
into the streets of the same1 and say1  
even the very dust of your city1 which  
cleaveth on us1 we do wipe off against  
you4 ,but ,i say unto you1 it shall be  
more tolerable in that day for ,sodom   
and ,gomorrah1 than for that city4      
,wherefore should so much stress be laid
 upon cities1 unless it was peculiarly  
important that they should be converted8
 ,and wherefore so heavy a curse1 unless
 the power of their example was great8  
,but still more particular and urgent   
are his instructions--,the disciples1   

when sent forth1 were admonished that   
they would be as sheep in the midst of  
wolves2--that they would be exposed to  
many and severe trials4 ,and surely1    
under such circumstances1 human nature  
would plead1 that1 when persecuted in   
the city1 they might turn to the less   
prejudiced inhabitants of the country4  
,but no3 the command is1 ,when they     
persecute you in one city1 flee ye into 
another2 for1 verily1 ,i say unto you1  
ye shall not have gone over the cities  
of ,israel1 till the ,son of ,man be    
come4  ,it is true1 that in the last    
great commission1 in which the world was
 spread before them as the field1 every 
limitation was taken off1 save that they
 should begin at ,jerusalem4 ,still the 
example of the apostles is worthy of    
notice4 ,for whilst several of them     
continued for years in                  
,jerusalem1--notwithstanding the        
persecutions which they                 
experienced--others went forth1 and     
immediately preached the gospel of their

 ascended ,saviour in other great cities
 of the world4  ,paul and ,barnabas are 
found at ,antioch1 the capital of       
,pisidia4 ,from ,antioch they went to   
,iconium1 the metropolis of ,lyconia4   
,thence to ,derbe1 another city of      
,lyconia4 ,in that embassy1 they also   
preached at ,lystra1 and ,perga1 and    
many other cities4 ,soon after this1    
,paul said unto ,barnabas1 ,let us go   
again1 and visit our brethren in every  
city where we have preached the word of 
the ,lord1 and see how they do4 ,paul   
expressed an ardent desire to be at     
,jerusalem on the feast-days3--,for he  
hasted1 if it were possible for him1 to 
be at ,jerusalem1 the day of ,pentecost2
 for then thousands of strangers would  
be there assembled--,parthians1 ,medes1 
and ,elamites1 and the dwellers of      
,mesopotamia1 and of many other places4 
,in ,rome1 too1 that imperial city1 did 
this apostle continue for two years1    
preaching the gospel of ,christ4 ,there 
he established a ,christian church1 to  

which he addressed the noblest epistle  
ever written4 ,of ,philip it is         
recorded1 that passing through1 he      
preached in all the cities1 till he came
 to ,cesarea4 ,the apostles and         
disciples1 then directed their attention
 very particularly to cities4   ,,iii4  
,cities were the theatres of the ,holy  
,spirit's first and most illustrious    
achievements4  ,open the book of the    
,acts1 and mark how and where the       
,spirit of ,god accompanied the labours 
of the apostles4 ,it was at ,jerusalem1 
the city whose million voices had just  
before demanded the death of their      
,lord1 and imprecated his blood upon    
their own heads1 that the first and     
greatest effusion of the ,holy ,spirit  
took place4 ,there was spiritual        
wickedness in high places4 ,there       
iniquity was strongly intrenched4 ,the  
strong arm of the civil as well as      
ecclesiastical power was its defence2   
and human calculation could look for no 
visits of mercy4 ,still the ,savior's   

command1 to begin at ,jerusalem1 was    
obeyed4 ,nor was it long before that    
city was filled with the presence of the
 ,most ,high--before the ,spirit came   
down in power1 and thousands were       
converted to ,christ4  ,but this is not 
a solitary case4 ,at ,antioch1 also1 the
 ,spirit was poured out4 ,indeed1 there 
are two places of this name mentioned in
 the ,acts of the ,apostles2--both      
visited in saving mercy4 ,one1 the      
capital of ,syria1 a city of great note4
 ,it was about ten miles in             
circumference2 and1 in population1      
wealth1 and splendour1 esteemed the     
third city of the age4 ,here ,paul and  
,barnabas preached4 ,here the disciples 
were first called ,christians4 ,here the
 ,church continued long to flourish4    
,here the eloquent ,chrysostom1 at the  
close of the fourth century1 preached   
with great power and success3 and here  
the ,holy ,spirit descended4 ,now they1 
which were scattered abroad1 upon the   
persecution that arose about ,stephen1  

travelled as far as ,phenice1 and       
,cyprus1 and ,antioch1 preaching the    
word to none but the ,jews only4 ,and   
some of them were men of ,cyprus and    
,cyrene1 which1 when they were come to  
,antioch1 spake unto the ,grecians1     
preaching the ,lord ,jesus4 ,and the    
hand of the ,lord was with them3 and a  
great number believed and turned unto   
the ,lord4 ,then tidings of these things
 came unto the ears of the ,church which
 was in ,jerusalem2 and they sent forth 
,barnabas1 that he should go as far as  
,antioch4 ,who1 when he came and had    
seen the grace of ,god1 was glad1 and   
exhorted them all1 that with purpose of 
heart they would cleave unto the ,lord4 
,so great was this work1 so important   
this field of usefulness1 that to secure
 the best assistance1 ,barnabas departed
 to ,tarsus to seek ,saul2 and when he  
had found him1 he brought him unto      
,antioch4 ,and it came to pass1 that a  
whole year they assembled themselves    
with the church1 and taught much people4

 ,so powerful was this work of ,god1 as 
to demand1 for a whole year1 the special
 labours of two of his most favoured    
servants4  ,the other ,antioch1         
mentioned in the ,acts1 was the capital 
of ,pisidia2 a place where many things  
opposed the advance of holiness4 ,but   
there also ,paul and ,barnabas laboured2
 and there souls were born into the     
kingdom4 ,the record is1 ,they came to  
,antioch1 in ,pisidia1 and went into the
 synagogue on the ,sabbath day4 ,and    
,paul preached of ,jesus and the        
resurrection1 and faithfully warned     
against lightly esteeming the work of   
,god4 ,beware1 therefore1 lest that come
 upon you1 which is spoken in the       
prophets3 ,behold1 ye despisers1 and    
wonder1 and perish2 for ,i work a work  
in your days1 which ye shall in nowise  
believe though a man declare it unto    
you4 ,and when the ,jews were gone out  
of the synagogue1 the ,gentiles besought
 that these words might be preached unto
 them the next ,sabbath4 ,and the next  

,sabbath day came almost the whole city 
together1 to hear the word of ,god4 ,and
 when the ,gentiles heard this1 they    
were glad1 and glorified the word of the
 ,lord2 and as many as were ordained to 
eternal life believed4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord was published throughout all  
the region1 and the disciples were      
filled with joy and with the ,holy      
,ghost4  ,ephesus1 too1 was visited by  
the ,holy ,spirit4 ,this was one of the 
most famous cities of ,asia ,minor4 ,by 
historians1 it has been called the      
ornament of ,asia--the greatest and most
 frequented emporium of the continent4  
,here stood one of the seven wonders of 
the world--the idolatrous temple of     
,diana4 ,paul paid two visits to this   
city3 the first1 a very short one4      
,after some months1 he returned1 and    
continued for three years1 and had great
 success4 ,many things opposed the      
influence of truth4 ,iniquity was deeply
 rooted3 their established religion was 
a source of revenue2 and countenanced   

them in unhallowed courses4 ,but the    
,spirit of grace prevailed4 ,the result 
was1 that many that believed1 came1 and 
confessed1 and showed their deeds4 ,many
 of them1 also1 which used curious arts1
 brought their books together1 and      
burned them before all men4 ,and they   
counted the price of them1 and found it 
fifty thousand pieces of silver2 or1    
according to our currency1 nearly       
twenty-eight thousand dollars4 ,thus    
multitudes made a public renunciation of
 idolatry1 and a public profession of   
their faith in ,christ4 ,so mightily    
grew the word of ,god1 and prevailed4   
,the last city that we shall mention1 as
 blessed with a revival1 is ,corinth1   
the capital of ,achaia4 ,here stood the 
temple of ,venus2 for the support of    
whose costly and debasing services1 a   
thousand human victims were continually 
kept6--,the multitude in this city were 
given to a species of crime1 most       
deadening to the conscience1 and damning
 to the soul4 ,yet all this did not     

discourage the intrepid apostle4 ,for1  
about the year of our ,lord fifty-two1  
he came to ,corinth1 and reasoned in the
 synagogue every ,sabbath day1 and      
persuaded the ,jews and the ,greeks4    
,the persecuting spirit of the ,jews was
 marshalled against him4 ,yet he was    
successful1 for ,god was with him4      
,crispus1 the chief ruler of the        
synagogue1 believed on the ,lord with   
all his house2 and many of the          
,corinthians1 hearing1 believed and were
 baptized4 ,then spake the ,lord to     
,paul in the night by a vision1 ,be not 
afraid1 but speak1 and hold not thy     
peace1 for ,i am with thee1 and no man  
shall set on thee to hurt thee2 for ,i  
have much people in this city4 ,and so  
great was the work1 and so important the
 station1 that he continued there a year
 and six months1 teaching the word of   
,god among them4 ,here a large church   
was gathered1 to which he addressed two 
epistles4  ,we could mention other      
ancient cities as blessed with revivals4

 ,we could tell you of ,athens1 the eye 
and glory of ,greece2 of ,philippi1 the 
chief city of ,macedonia2 of ,iconium1  
where a great multitude1 both of the    
,jews and also of the ,greeks1 believed2
 of ,rome too1 and many others2 but we  
forbear1 since enough is already before 
you to illustrate the position1 that    
cities were the theatres of the ,holy   
,spirit's first and most illustrious    
achievements4 ,indeed1 what is the book 
of the ,acts1 but one continued history 
of revivals in cities and populous      
places8   ,,iv4 ,we should seek the     
conversion of ,cities1 because in them  
the ,adversary reigns with peculiar     
power4  ,experienced ,generals bend     
their most powerful forces against those
 positions most strongly intrenched2    
well knowing1 that if these are subdued1
 the courage of the enemy is daunted1   
his plans marred1 and that what remains 
may fall an easy conquest4 ,why then    
should ,christians leave to ,satan the  
quiet dominion of cities8 ,he would     

rather give up a thousand inland posts1 
than these strong holds of his empire4  
,but1 ,oh1 could he be dislodged from   
these1 how paralyzed would be his       
arm--how feeble his resistance--how lost
 his influence6 ,would you see the power
 of ,satan in cities8 ,cast your eye    
back upon the past4 ,what were ,sodom   
and ,gomorrah8 ,what were ,tyre1 and    
,sidon1 and ,ninevah8 ,what was         
,babylon8 ,what was ,jerusalem in its   
latter days1 when given up accursed of  
,god8 ,what were they1 but sinks of     
pollution and fountains of ruin8 ,and   
could we draw aside the curtains of     
darkness1 what might we see in modern   
cities6 ,oh1 the pollution1 and dark    
waters1 that are open to the eye of     
,god6 ,oh1 the thousand lures to vice6  
,oh1 the frauds1 the oppressions1 the   
numberless wrongs1 which break down the 
integrity of the young2 which harden the
 middle-aged1 and cover gray hairs with 
shame1 and wretchedness1 and ruin6 ,oh1 
the dissipations1 over which custom has 

thrown an influence well nigh           
omnipotent6 ,oh1 the tauntings1 and the 
high looks1 the stiff neck1 and the     
contemptuous sneer1 with which wealth   
and station conduct themselves towards  
the lowliness of ,christian meekness6   
,oh1 the power that nerves itself       
against holiness6 ,wealth and imposing  
splendour1 eloquence and numbers1 are in
 its ranks4 ,perjury and cruel mockings 
are among its weapons4 ,oh1 the chains  
of darkness and gates of death1 with    
which the strong man armed here holds   
his prisoners6 ,how loudly then do these
 demand the commiseration and special   
effort of those1 who would proclaim     
liberty to the captives1 and life to the
 dead6 ,and for the encouragement of the
 faithful1 we add1   ,v4 ,there are     
peculiar advantages for the promotion of
 ,religion in cities4  ,god is wont to  
accompany the efforts of his people with
 special grace1 whenever they are       
exposed to extraordinary hazards4 ,so1  
where peculiar difficulties obstruct the

 advance of truth1 there will also be   
found other circumstances1 which1 if    
properly seized1 will greatly facilitate
 the work of reformation4  ,in cities1  
ministers and good men can readily and  
effectually co-operate in plans of      
usefulness4 ,the inhabitants of smaller 
towns and villages are too scattered to 
allow of ready co-operation2 but in our 
cities1 a few minutes may assemble many 
of those who love the ,lord4 ,the       
dangers which threaten1 or the hopes    
which gladden1 quickly circulate4 ,the  
weakness of one portion may be readily  
sustained by the greater strength of    
some other portion4 ,in the multitude of
 professing ,christians1 may be found   
men of wisdom1 of wealth1 of enterprise1
 of leisure1 of devotedness2 all of     
whose varied gifts and talents may be   
concentrated for good4 ,surely these are
 advantages peculiar to cities4 ,too    
long have we looked upon the might of   
opposing interests1 and neglected the   
power which ,god hath given us4 ,too    

long have churches stood alone1 and     
feebly exerted their separate           
influences4 ,but in a union of the      
efforts of churches the increase of     
power may be immense2 for whilst one    
shall chase a thousand1 two shall put   
ten thousand to flight4  ,it is by the  
means which cities afford for ready     
co-operation1 that ,satan and his       
followers have in all ages achieved so  
much4 ,they make common cause4 ,they    
suffer no differences to divide their   
strength2 knowing that an house divided 
against itself cannot stand4 ,they      
combine their forces1 in any plan which 
promises injury to the ,christian       
interest4 ,cities furnish to ,christians
 the very same opportunities for united 
effort1 and thus present peculiar       
advantages4  ,again1 cities also furnish
 advantages for individual exertion4    
,here a minister's influence may at once
 reach1 not merely to his own           
congregation1 but far beyond4 ,every    
month he is brought in contact with some

 thousands1 who may be affected by his  
faithfulness4 ,and under his influence1 
many benevolent and pious institutions  
may rise and shine to bless the world4  
,but it is not to ministers alone1 that 
cities present large fields for         
exertion4 ,private ,christians also have
 abundant opportunities for usefulness4 
,in the walks of business1 the influence
 of one inflexibly just man is felt as  
far as his name is known4 ,if           
,christians1 in our cities1 would       
conduct themselves agreeably to the     
,bible1 how awful to the wicked would be
 their example6 ,what reformations would
 be wrought among the worldly and       
profane6 ,how many haunts of poverty and
 wretchedness would be searched out6    
,how many souls1 once in communion with 
the saints1 would be brought back from  
their wanderings6 ,how many children1   
rescued from vice1 would be brought to  
the ,sabbath school2 and there1 perhaps1
 be taught of ,god to become themselves 
angels of mercy6 ,how many meetings for 

prayer and exhortation would every week 
be sustained among the poor and the     
wretched6 ,how many of these degraded   
immortals might be rescued from temporal
 and eternal darkness1 to become lights 
in the world1 and stars in the kingdom  
of our ,father's glory6 ,what field then
 offers so rich and large an harvest to 
faithful labour8 ,the same exertion1    
that would instruct hundreds in the     
country1 may reach thousands in the     
city4 ,public sentiment has too long    
checked the movements of sympathy for   
these congregated thousands4 ,a voice1  
almost unbroken1 has sounded out2       
',peculiar and insuperable difficulties 
prevent a general revival in cities3    
such are the occupations1 such the      
habits1 such the temptations1 and such  
the superabounding iniquity1 that it    
were visionary to hope for any general  
and powerful work of mercy4' ,well1     
then1 had we not better give all up2 and
 let human nature here sink into its    
natural channels2 and let multitudes    

before our eyes continue to crowd the   
gates of the second death6 ,o ,god1     
forbid such cowardice1 cruelty1 and     
treachery in thy servants6 ,no2 we will 
not thus surrender immortals4 ,while    
there is grace or even nature in our    
hearts1 we will not4 ,we have1 indeed1  
heard of difficulties1 till the heart is
 pained1 and the soul is wearied4 ,but  
where are these insuperable difficulties
 to be found8 ,not in the ,scriptures of
 ,god1 surely2 not in the result of     
apostolic labours2 but in the unbelief  
and inaction of modern ,christians4 ,god
 is no more hostile to cities than to   
villages3 his ,spirit is as free1 and   
his offers of salvation as full1 to the 
people of the crowded city1 as of the   
open country4 ,let the advantages then  
be embraced4 ,let the power be          
concentrated4 ,let the sacramental host 
arise2 and the work is done4 ,and       
instead of being overwhelmed with shame 
and deserved reproach1 we may joyfully  
say to such as pass by2 ,walk about     

,zion1 and go round about her3 tell the 
towers thereof2 mark ye well her        
bulwarks1 consider her palaces2 that ye 
may tell it to the generation following4
 ,for this ,god is our ,god for ever and
 ever4 ,then the sons also of them that 
afflicted ,zion shall come bending unto 
her2 and all they that despised her     
shall bow themselves down at the soles  
of her feet2 and they shall call her the
 ,city of the ,lord--the ,zion of the   
,holy ,one of ,israel4   ,,vi4 ,a sixth 
reason for special efforts in behalf of 
,cities is1 the influence which they    
exert on the country and on the world4  
,look to any nation1 whether ancient or 
modern2 throw the map before you2 fix   
your eye upon the spots that bear rule2 
that command the attention of the       
enterprising1 and busy the thoughts of  
statesmen4 ,you have fixed it upon the  
cities of the world4 ,where was the     
strength of ,italy1 if not in ,rome1    
once mistress of the world8 ,where the  
strength of ,greece1 if not in ,athens1 

the mother of arts and refinement8 ,and 
where is the strength of our ,republic1 
if not in our cities and large towns8   
,there talent in every art and          
profession is fostered1 and exerts      
peculiar influence4 ,there wealth       
concentrates its millions upon millions1
 to exert extensively a blasting or     
brightening influence on society4 ,there
 the press daily sends out its thousands
 and its tens of thousands of winged    
messengers1 to excite the passions1 to  
influence the opinions1 to control the  
energies of a nation4 ,powerful as is   
this engine1 for corrupting or          
sanctifying the people1 who does not    
know that its munitions and magazines of
 strength are placed principally in     
cities2 and that the character which the
 press there sustains is diffused       
throughout the land8 ,in cities1        
commerce is concentrated4 ,the products 
of the soil flow from every county1     
town1 and village1 to the cities2 and   
thence they are distributed to the      

world4 ,the riches1 the luxuries1 the   
products of other climes and nations are
 brought to cities1 and thence          
distributed through the land4 ,how      
manifest then1 that cities must exert a 
mighty influence on the country and on  
the world4 ,who1 that reflects on their 
extended intercourse1 does not know1    
that they regulate the prices of        
commodities2 that their fashions are    
imitated2 that their maxims of trade are
 common law2 and that their moral habits
 and opinions1 good or bad1 have an     
influence on the whole community8 ,their
 influence is great1 whether we consider
 them in a moral or political point of  
view4 ,the capture of a city has decided
 the destiny of nation4 ,when ,babylon  
was taken1 a mighty empire was given to 
the invader4 ,when ,jerusalem was       
vanquished1 all ,judea was subdued4     
,when ill-fated ,france was tossed with 
revolutions and counter-revolutions1 the
 possession of her metropolis gave to   
either party the supreme command4  ,now 

suppose that all this influence of      
cities is of a worldly1 immoral1        
irreligious character2 what must be its 
blasting power on the general interests 
of religion6 ,it was when the pretended 
successor of ,peter established his     
authority in ,rome1 that that mystical  
,babylon became the mother of harlots1  
and made the nations drunk with the wine
 of the wrath of her fornications4 ,and 
not until the angel shall cry1 with a   
mighty and strong voice1 ,babylon the   
great is fallen1 is fallen1 will the    
strong man armed be vanquished1 and the 
earth be encompassed with glory4 ,not   
until the evil influence of cities shall
 be arrested1 will the mighty obstacles 
to the world's redemption be removed4   
,how immeasurably important then1 that  
great efforts be made for their         
conversion2 and how merciful in ,god to 
destroy such of them as will not repent4
 ,oh1 it was mercy infinite1 that rained
 down fire upon ,sodom1 and poured it   
heavily upon ,gomorrah2 and thus saved  

millions from the contagion of their    
wickedness6  ,but suppose that all the  
influence of cities were of an heavenly 
character--suppose the intelligence     
could be circulated along all our       
navigable rivers and canals--suppose it 
could be communicated from village to   
village1 and from family to family1     
throughout the country1 that the ,spirit
 of ,god1 as on the day of ,pentecost1  
had come down in awful majesty and power
 among us2 that all our men of business1
 and youth of folly1 had been arrested  
in their worldly career2 that all our   
theatres and resorts for vain pleasure  
had been forsaken2 that our temples were
 crowded and overflowing with devout    
worshippers1 and anxious inquirers2 that
 the universal voice of our city's      
population had become1 ,what shall we   
do1 that we may glorify ,god and extend 
his kingdom8 ,suppose1 ,i say1 that this
 mighty change in our city could be told
 throughout the country2 who can        
estimate the overwhelming influence it  

would carry along with it8 ,where is the
 solitary village that would not feel   
the impulse1 and have its eye and heart 
lifted to ,heaven1 in view of the bright
 cloud of incense1 ascending from these 
hundred temples1 and these thrice ten   
thousand family altars8 ,and to extend  
our view still further2 suppose that    
every city of our land--that every city 
of the world--should experience such a  
change2 what almighty strength and zeal 
would it give to the ,angel having the  
everlasting ,gospel to publish6 ,how    
soon would the universal acclamation of 
mankind be1 ,glory1 and honour1 and     
power be unto ,him that sitteth upon the
 throne6 ,and how soon would that       
blessed voice be heard from the heaven  
of heavens1 ,the kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of the ,lord1   
and his ,christ2 and he shall reign for 
ever and ever6  ,these are not mere     
pictures of the imagination4 ,the       
realities are at hand4 ,and the         
influence of cities1 in introducing     

them1 must be felt4 ,for they of the    
city shall flourish like the grass of   
the earth4 ,the name of the city from   
that day shall be1 ,the ,lord is there4 
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 it shall
 yet come to pass1 that there shall come
 people1 and the inhabitants of many    
cities2 and the inhabitants of one city 
shall go to another1 saying1 let us go  
speedily to pray before the ,lord1 and  
to seek the ,lord of hosts4 ,thus the   
day shall yet be1 when the presence and 
power of the ,holy ,god in cities shall 
so absorb the affections1 and command   
the energies of their inhabitants1 that1
 throughout the land1 they shall be     
known and celebrated1 not for their     
wealth1 their splendour1 their numbers1 
or their worldly enterprise1 but as the 
places where ,god has fixed his         
tabernacle4 ,yes1 the day shall yet come
 when the intercourse between cities    
shall be chiefly for purposes of        
religious improvement--when combinations
 for political intrigue1 or mercantile  

speculation1 which now waken such       
intensity of interest in our cities1    
shall dwindle to their comparative      
nothingness2 and when the world's       
redemption shall assume its proper      
magnitude2 and all be stimulated to more
 holy devotedness1 and more heavenly    
effort4 ,oh1 what a day1 when all our   
increasing facilities of intercourse    
with the land1 and with foreign nations1
 shall be used mainly for advancing that
 kingdom which consists in righteousness
 and peace6--when thousands shall       
prayerfully wait the arrival of every   
post1 and hail the coming in of every   
vessel1 for intelligence1 not of this   
world's riches and glories1 but of the  
glories and victories of ,zion4  ,such1 
however1 is the present power of the    
adversary in cities1 that no ordinary   
effort will dispossess him4 ,still it   
must be done4 ,the triumph of the cross1
 the salvation of the world can never be
 perfected without it4 ,i know there are
 difficulties2--that cities do          

congregate vast assemblies of active    
depravity2--that they present multiplied
 enchantments to ruin2--that in every   
city wickedness displays a stern and    
lofty front4 ,but ,i also know1 that    
before the coming ,spirit of ,god these 
obstacles shall melt away like wax1 and 
vanish like smoke2 for strong is his    
hand and high is his right hand4  ,it   
was when revivals prevailed in cities1  
that the gospel spread with such amazing
 rapidity3 and so1 when the ,spirit     
shall again descend upon them1 will the 
work of reformation move forward with   
such power and grandeur1 as shall make  
manifest that ,god is in ,zion2 that the
 chariots of ,god are twenty thousand1  
even thousands of angels2 and that the  
,lord is among them1 as in ,sinai1 in   
the holy place4 ,let all1 then1 who love
 ,zion1 seek for the reviving influences
 of the ,spirit upon cities4 ,while     
every hand is faithful in the discharge 
of duty1 let every heart be impressed   
with the sentiment1 ,not by might1 nor  

by power1 but by my ,,spirit1 saith the 
,lord of hosts2 and let every eye be    
directed to ,him who hath promised1 that
 when iniquity cometh in like a flood1  
the ,spirit of the ,lord shall lift up a
 standard4  ,in urging the importance of
 special effort and prayer for the      
renovation of cities1 we do not overlook
 the interests of the country2 but would
 thus guard every town and village from 
an influence heavily impregnated with   
moral poison and death4 ,the merchants  
of the interior1 in the prosecution of  
their business1 regularly visit the     
metropolis4 ,many of them1 on the       
enticement of friends and acquaintance1 
attend the theatres1 and other places of
 vain amusement and sin2 they become    
familiar with their glare and           
dissipation4 ,they return1 and tell what
 their eyes have seen1 and what their   
ears have heard1 and thus create in the 
bosom of the young1 the ardent1 the     
rich1 and the worldly1 a thirst for     
similar pastimes1 and a disrelish for   

sober realities4 ,many faithful pastors 
in the land weep over the growing       
immoralities occasioned by the influence
 of cities4 ,many churches lament the   
defection of their members1 having      
become worldly in their spirit1 and vain
 in their imaginations1 by reason of    
their frequent intercourse with cities4 
,if such1 then1 is their influence upon 
the country1 well may the churches1     
planted throughout the land1 feel deeply
 interested in the moral character of   
cities1 and pray for their conversion to
 ,god4  ,let our cities become places of
 holiness3 let holiness to the ,lord be 
written upon the heart of every         
merchant1 of every mechanic1 of every   
statesman1 of every counsellor1 of every
 officer1 upon every hall of            
legislation1 and every splendid edifice2
 and an influence sweet1 holy1 and      
happy1 shall go forth to revive the     
hearts of ,god's people1 to awe and     
confound opposers1 and to dress up the  
wilderness like the garden of ,god4  ,o1

 what a scene of grandeur and glory1    
when the thousands of the saints shall  
wrestle in the spirit of ,jacob for the 
blessing3 when they shall rise up in the
 spirit of their ,master1 and display an
 untiring zeal for the salvation of man6
 ,o1 what a scene1 when the immense     
crowds of immortal beings1 who throng   
our streets1 shall be deeply impressed  
with the conviction of their            
accountability6--,when every man shall  
feel that he is acting continually under
 the eye of ,god1 and in full prospect  
of the judgment4 ,let these scenes be   
realized1 and already ,i see the holy   
city1 the new ,jerusalem1 coming down   
from ,god out of heaven1 prepared as a  
bride adorned for her husband4 ,and ,i  
hear a great voice out of heaven1       
saying1 ,behold1 the tabernacle of ,god 
is with men1 and he will dwell with     
them1 and they shall be his people1 and 
,god himself shall be with them1 and be 
their ,god4  ,friends of the ,redeemer1 
the hastening of this blessed           

consummation depends very much upon your
 will4 ,god has intrusted great power in
 your hands4 ,in the revelation of his  
,son1 he has given you that word1 which 
is as a fire1 and like a hammer1 that   
breaketh the rock in pieces4 ,in        
shedding down a spirit of union1 and    
guiding to the formation of great       
benevolent associations1 he has given   
you facilities for extended influence   
hitherto unparalleled4 ,he has given you
 wealth1 and knowledge1 and all the     
means for using these facilities4 ,and  
in the article of prayer1 he has endued 
you with a power well nigh omnipotent4  
,his condescending language is1         
,concerning the work of my hands        
,,command ,,ye ,,me4 ,i see among you   
men of wealth1 who can count your tens1 
your fifties1 and your hundreds of      
thousands1--all of which has been       
solemnly consecrated to ,god4 ,i see    
among you men of talent1--capable of    
intimidating the collective vices of a  
nation or an age4 ,i see among you men  

of enterprise1 and courage1 and         
resistless perseverance4 ,i see among   
you men1 who have strong confidence in  
,god4 ,and shall these varied powers of 
resistance and aggression be            
circumscribed by the walls of individual
 churches8 ,shall they not rather be    
combined for raising a higher and higher
 tone of moral feeling1 and ,christian  
enterprise8 ,shall they not send a      
strong1 concentrated light into every   
dark retreat of wickedness8 ,shall not  
the tide of dissipation1 and crime1 that
 would overflow and mar every thing     
sacred1 be met and turned back8 ,shall  
not thousands and tens of thousands on  
our borders1 and in our midst1 be       
rescued from the iron sway of the       
destroyer1 and be saved from going down 
to the pit8 ,shall not new temples be   
opened for their reception8 and shall   
not ,god1 even our ,god1 be a wall of   
fire round about them1 and a glory in   
the midst of them8  ,do you ask more    
particularly1 how this shall be done8   

,plant1 for instance1 an able and       
devoted minister in the most degraded   
portion of our city4 ,let him employ his
 time in the cultivation of one thousand
 of these minds4 ,let him1 by the aid of
 self-denying brethren1 assemble them in
 one place on the holy sabbath4 ,let him
 visit their houses1 and pray with them1
 every month4 ,let him collect the      
children and youth into sabbath schools 
and bible classes4 ,let him encourage   
among them every means of intellectual  
as well as spiritual elevation2 and how 
astonishing will be the change wrought1 
even in the course of one year4 ,instead
 of being objects of pity1 shame1 and   
aversion2 many of them become pillars of
 light1 and exert a purifying influence 
upon others4 ,is not this elevation     
worth more than all the necessary       
expense1 even leaving out of the account
 all the eternal results8 ,let1 then1   
another and another degraded portion be 
selected1 and in like manner be         
regenerated and ennobled4 ,especially   

let no one who feeds at the table of our
 common ,lord1 and lives from week to   
week on the provisions of his house1    
refuse1 promptly and vigorously to      
co-operate in the work of mercy1 while a
 soul is perishing in ignorance and sin6
  ,in the mean time1 let our civil      
fathers look well to the execution of   
laws1 which themselves have made1 for   
the suppression of sabbath-breaking and 
immorality4 ,and let them inquire       
seriously1 ,whether all our children and
 youth may not be brought under the     
influence of instructors of good        
character1 and other moral restraints1 a
 thousand-fold more efficacious1 for    
preventing crime1 than statutes1 and    
prisons1 and chains4  ,our hearts       
rejoice to see new blocks of buildings  
going up to decorate our city4 ,but what
 is that to the present and eternal     
elevation of these thousand minds8      
,should we not then exult in the        
privilege of lifting all the degraded   
portions of our city1 and of our land1  

into intellectual and moral grandeur8   
,what object of ambition could there be1
 equal to that of thus creating an      
empire of righteousness--a world of     
intellect8 ,such monuments of glory     
shall remain1 when earthly governments  
shall be no more1 and the earth itself  
shall have passed away4  ,never1        
methinks1 was the language of ,god more 
distinct1 than at the present crisis4   
,to the rich he is manifestly saying1   
,bring ye all the tithes into the       
store-house1 that there may be meat in  
my house1 and prove me now herewith1 if 
,i will not open you the windows of     
heaven1 and pour you out a blessing1    
that there shall not be room enough to  
receive it4 ,and ,i will rebuke the     
devourer for your sakes2 and all nations
 shall call you blessed4 ,to the        
ministers of religion1 and to all his   
chosen1 he is manifestly saying1 ,o     
,zion1 that bringest good tidings1 get  
thee up into the high mountain3 ,o      
,jerusalem1 that bringest good tidings1 

lift up thy voice with strength2 lift it
 up2 be not afraid2 say unto the cities2
 ,behold your ,god6 ,behold the ,lord   
,god will come with strong hand1 and his
 arm shall rule for him3 behold1 his    
reward is with him1 and his work before 
him4 ,when the ,lord shall build up     
,zion1 he shall appear in his glory4 ,he
 will regard the prayer of the          
destitute1 and not despise their prayer4
 ,this shall be written for the         
generation to come3 and the people which
 shall be created1 shall praise the     
,lord4 ,for he hath looked down from the
 height of his sanctuary1 to hear the   
groaning of the prisoner2 to loose those
 that are appointed to death2 to declare
 the name of the ,lord in ,zion1 and his
 praise in ,jerusalem4  ,these are great
 privileges for ,god to confer on such  
worms as we are4 ,yet ,god has indeed   
placed them within reach4 ,and if we    
will but do our duty here1 we are only  
ripening for infinitely greater         
privileges and higher honours4 ,he that 

is faithful over a few things1 shall be 
made ruler over many things4 ,yes2 when 
all our cities1 and the earth itself1   
and these heavens shall be wrapt in     
consuming fire1 we may1 with the great  
multitude found faithful1 enter that    
,city1 which hath foundations1 whose    
,builder and ,maker is ,god4 ,in that   
,city1 ,,there ,,shall ,,be ,,no ,,more 
,,curse1 ,,but ,,the ,,throne ,,of ,,god
 ,,and ,,the ,,lamb ,,shall ,,be ,,in   
,,it1 ,,and ,,his ,,servants ,,shall    
,,serve ,,him4 ,,and ,,there ,,shall    
,,be ,,no ,,night ,,there2 ,,and ,,they 
,,need ,,no ,,candle1 ,,neither ,,light 
,,of ,,the ,,sun2 ,,for ,,the ,,lord    
,,god ,,giveth ,,them ,,light3 ,,and    
,,they ,,shall ,,reign ,,for ,,ever     
,,and ,,ever4     ,,appendix4   ,the    
population of ,new-,york city1 in #ahbj1
 was #abc1gjf4 ,in #ahbe1 it was        
#aff1jhf3 making an increase1 in #e     
years1 of #db1chj4 ,allowing the same   
ratio of increase1 there is now a       
population of #ahe1jjj4 ,there are in   

the city #aja churches1 or houses of    
public worship3 ,of which #d are ,roman 
,catholic1 #a ,new-,jerusalem1 #b       
,unitarian1 #b ,universalist1 #b ,jews' 
,synagogues1 #ae ,baptist1 #ac          
,methodist1 #ag ,episcopalian1 and #cd  
,presbyterian churches1 including the   
,scotch and ,reformed ,dutch4 ,the      
remainder are ,lutheran1 ,moravian1     
,friends1 ,german ,reformed1 and        
,independents4 ,the average number of   
regular attendants is estimated1 by such
 as have made it a subject of special   
examination1 not to exceed #djj to each 
house2 which makes the number of those  
statedly attending public worship       
#dj1djj4 ,after deducting #ej1jjj1 for  
children1 for the sick1 and for others  
necessarily absent1 there will still    
remain ,,ninety-,,four ,,thousand ,,and 
,,six ,,hundred1 or more than half the  
population1 absenting themselves from   
the public worship of ,god6  ,there are 
in the city #d theatres and #b circuses3
 most of which are opened from #d to #f 

nights every week4 ,the number of shops 
and other places licensed to sell liquor
 by the small measure1 is three         
thousand2 or about one to every         
,,seventh ,,dwelling-,,house6 ,in       
addition to the violations of holy time1
 occasioned by steam-boats1 and other   
public conveyances1 by butchers1        
grocers1 and other traders purchasing   
their stock from boats arriving from the
 country1 upwards of ,,one ,,thousand   
shops1 and other places1 are opened for 
the sale of liquor or other things on   
the ,sabbath6  ,nor is this view        
peculiar to ,new-,york4 ,a critical     
investigation of facts in other cities  
will develop similar results4 ,in       
,london1 the whole number of churches   
and chapels of all denominations is     
estimated at #djj4 ,if we calculate1    
says a late ,english writer1 that the   
average attendance is #ejj2 which is    
certainly the greatest extent we can    
allow1 and add #bej more for the        
fluctuating hearers1 it will give a     

result of #cjj1jjj persons4 ,the        
population of this metropolis is        
estimated at #a1bgd1hjj4 ,from which    
subtract the feeble minority above1 and 
we find ,,nine ,,hundred ,,and          
,,seventy-,,four ,,thousand ,,eight     
,,hundred persons neglecting the public 
worship of ,god6 ,it appears that of the
 commercial papers published in ,london 
on the ,sunday1 there are circulated1 on
 the lowest estimate1 #de1jjj copies2   
and that upon the most moderate         
computation1 between two and three      
hundred thousand readers of these papers
 are to be found in the metropolis      
alone4 ,while the great number of       
pressmen1 distributers1 master-venders1 
hawkers1 and subordinate agents1 of both
 sexes1 and of all ages1 who are        
employed on the ,sabbath1 all tend to   
the most flagrant breach of the day of  
rest4  ,in the mean time1 the number of 
deaths in ,new-,york is about five      
thousand annually3 in ,london1 about    
thirty-three thousand4                  

,,contributors4   ,the following        
,gentlemen1 7of five different          
,denominations17 among others1 are      
expected to contribute ,sermons for this
 ,work3  ,rev4 ,drs4 ,mason1 ,milnor1   
,mathews1 ,spring1 and ,bangs1 and ,rev4
 ,mr4 ,de ,witt1 ,new-,york ,city2 ,rev4
 ,dr4 ,richards1 ,professor in the      
,theological ,seminary at ,auburn2 ,rev4
 ,dr4 ,proudfit1 ,salem2 ,rev4 ,dr4     
,chester1 ,albany1 and ,rev4 ,mr4       
,beman1 ,troy2 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,m',dowell1   
,elizabethtown1 ,n4,j42 ,rev4 ,dr4      
,miller1 ,professor in ,princeton       
,theological ,seminary2 ,rev4 ,drs4     
,green1 ,staughton1 ,janeway1 and       
,skinner1 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,bedell1       
,philadelphia2 ,rev4 ,professor         
,m',clelland1 ,dickinson ,college1 ,pa42
 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,taylor1 ,professor in      
,new-,haven ,theological ,seminary2     
,rev4 ,mr4 ,fitch1 ,professor of        
,divinity1 ,yale ,college2 ,rev4 ,mr4   
,hawes1 ,hartford1 and ,rev4 ,asahel    
,nettleton1 ,killingworth1 ,con42 ,rev4 

,dr4 ,wayland1 ,president of ,brown     
,university2 ,rt4 ,rev4 ,bp4 ,griswold1 
,bristol1 ,r4,i42 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,griffin1  
,president of ,williams ,college2 ,rev4 
,dr ,humphrey1 ,president of ,amherst   
,college2 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,beecher1 ,boston2 
,rev4 ,professors ,porter1 ,woods1 and  
,stuart1 of ,andover ,theological       
,seminary2 ,rev4 ,daniel ,a4 ,clark1    
,bennington1 ,vt42 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,bates1   
,president of ,middlebury ,college2     
,rev4 ,dr4 ,matthews1 ,shepherdstown1   
and ,rev4 ,dr4 ,rice1 ,prince ,edward1  
,virg42 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,tyler1 ,president of
 ,dartmouth ,college1 ,n4,h4 ,rev4 ,dr4 
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,,massachusetts4  ,boston1 ,a4 ,russel1 
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,lawrence4 ,newburyport1 ,charles       
,whipple4 ,springfield1 ,solomon        

,warriner4 ,northampton1 ,simeon        
,butler4 ,amherst1 ,luke ,sweetser4     
,greenfield1 ,a4 ,phelps4 ,pittsfield1  
,joshua ,danforth1 ,p4,m4 ,williams     
,college1 ,saml4 ,hutchings4 ,plymouth1 
,ezra ,collier4 ,andover1 ,artemas      
,bullard4 ,wrentham1 ,robert ,blake4    
,worcester1 ,james ,wilson1 ,p4,m4      
,berkley1 ,asahel ,hathaway1 ,p4,m4     
,lowell1 ,jonathan ,c4 ,morrill1 ,p4,m4 
,,connecticut4  ,new-,haven1 ,nathan    
,whiting4 ,hartford1 ,peter ,b4         
,gleason4 ,middletown1 ,edwin ,hunt4    
,brooklyn1 ,ambrose ,edson4 ,woodstock1 
,george ,bowen1 ,p4,m4 ,new ,london1 ,e4
 ,chesebrough4 ,norwich1 ,john ,hyde1   
,p4,m4 ,bozrahville1 ,alfred ,holt4     
,stonington1 ,william ,w4 ,rodman4      
,fairfield1 ,gershom ,sturges4          
,litchfield1 ,s4,s4 ,smith4             
,,rhode-,,island4  ,east ,greenwich1    
,john ,brown4 ,providence1 ,alexander   
,jones4   ,,new-,,york4  ,union         
,college1 ,john ,m',dowall4 ,albany1    
,george ,j4 ,loomis4 ,kinderhook1 ,henry

 ,l4 ,van ,dyck4 ,onondaga ,c4,h4       
,hezekiah ,strong4 ,auburn ,seminary1   
,e4,c4 ,beach4 ,pen ,yan1 ,ira ,gould4  
,utica1 ,charles ,hastings4 ,mount      
,pleasant1 ,j4 ,dickerson4 ,east ,ridge1
 ,william ,stone4 ,newburgh1 ,joseph    
,sibbet4 ,rochester1 ,seth ,d4 ,chapin4 
,moscow1 ,felix ,tracy1 ,p4,m4 ,de      
,ruyter1 ,sylvester ,aylsworth4 ,geneva1
 ,j4 ,smith1 ,jr4 ,springville1 ,rufus  
,c4 ,eaton1 ,p4,m4 ,catskill1 ,hezekiah 
,thayer4 ,venice1 ,sherman ,beardsley1  
,p4,m4 ,youngstown1 ,a4,g4 ,hinman1     
,p4,m4 ,troy1 ,edward ,wilson1 ,jr4     
,syracuse1 ,pliny ,dickinson4 ,sidney   
,plains1 ,samuel ,rogers4 ,fort         
,covington1 ,samuel ,l4 ,crosby4        
,,new-,,jersey4  ,princeton1 ,j4,b4 ,van
 ,dyck4   ,,pennsylvania4               
,philadelphia1 ,anthony ,finley4   do4  
,jared ,bunce4 ,carlisle1 ,g4 ,duffield4
 ,huntingdon1 ,i4 ,dorland1 ,p4,m4      
,meadville1 ,d4 ,andrews1 ,p4,m4        
,pittsburgh1 ,robert ,patterson4        
,harrisburgh1 ,william ,graydon4        

,braintrim1 ,h4,w4 ,northup4            
,wilkesbarre1 ,o4 ,collins4 ,bethany1   
,jason ,torrey4 ,alexandria1 ,john      
,porter1 ,p4,m4   ,,delaware4           
,wilmington1 ,robert ,porter4           
,,maryland4  ,baltimore1 ,john ,h4      
,naff4 ,princess ,anne1 ,joshua ,moore4 
,chestertown1 ,joseph ,redue1 ,p4,m4    
,vienna1 ,uriah ,medford1 ,p4,m4        
,,district ,,of ,,columbia4             
,washington1 ,reuben ,post4 ,alexandria1
 ,reuel ,keith4   ,,virginia4           
,richmond1 ,nathaniel ,charter4         
,petersburg1 ,james ,dwight4 ,norfolk1  
,shepard ,k4 ,kollock4 ,weston1 ,g4,d4  
,camden1 ,p4,m4 ,romney1 ,john ,jack1   
,p4,m4 ,ebenezer ,academy1 ,h4 ,clary1  
,p4,m4 ,cartersville1 ,george ,w4       
,hundly4 ,powhatan ,c4,h4 ,thomas       
,scott1 ,p4,m4 ,abingdon1 ,augustus     
,oury1 ,p4,m4 ,gloucester ,c4,h4 ,w4,d4 
,cairns4 ,lynchburg1 ,william ,poe4     
,boydton1 ,james ,brame4 ,charlotte     
,c4,h4 ,john ,morton1 ,p4,m4 ,liberty1  
,james ,mitchell1 ,jr4 ,winchester1     

,samuel ,h4 ,davis4 ,prince ,edward     
,c4,h41 ,francis ,bartlet4 ,otter       
,bridge1 ,j4 ,leftwich1 ,p4,m4   ,,north
 ,,carolina  ,fayetteville1 ,robert ,h4 
,morrison4 ,newbern1 ,thomas ,watson1   
,p4,m4 ,salisbury1 ,thomas ,l4 ,cowan   
,mecklenburgh1 ,s4 ,williamson1 ,p4,m4  
,alfordsville1 ,warren ,alford1 ,p4,m4  
,wilmington1 ,a4,j4 ,de ,rosset4        
,milton1 ,james ,w4 ,douglass4          
,lincolnton1 ,david ,reinhardt1 ,p4,m4  
,raleigh1 ,p4,w4 ,dowd4   ,,south       
,,carolina4  ,charleston1 ,horace       
,utley4 ,camden1 ,thomas ,m',millan4    
,georgetown1 ,peter ,cuttino4 ,beaufort1
 ,david ,turner1 ,p4,m4 ,bradleyville1  
,r4 ,witherspoon1 ,p4,m4 ,edgefield1    
,a4,b4 ,m',whorter4 ,conwayboro'1 ,henry
 ,durant1 ,p4,m4 ,lexington1 ,c4,h4 ,j4 
,meetze1 ,p4,m4 ,sumpterville1 ,jesse   
,hartwell4   ,,georgia4  ,savannah1     
,j4,c4,a4 ,johnston4 ,augusta1 ,timothy 
,edwards4 ,riceboro'1 ,a4,h4 ,sample4   
,wrightsboro'1 ,joseph ,barnes1 ,p4,m4  
,bethsaida1 ,oliver ,morse1 ,p4,m4      

,mount ,zion1 ,m4,h4 ,carrington4       
,powelton1 ,j4,h4 ,burnet1 ,p4,m4       
,clarksville1 ,thomas ,j4 ,rusk1 ,p4,m4 
,sunbury1 ,f4,r4 ,whitwell1 ,p4,m4      
,athens1 ,leander ,a4 ,erwin1 ,p4,m4    
,carmel1 ,isaac ,proctor1 ,p4,m4        
,bethlehem1 ,john ,f4 ,wallis1 ,p4,m4   
,fortville1 ,henry ,w4 ,jernegan4       
,,ohio4  ,columbus1 ,james ,hoge4       
,steubenville1 ,charles ,c4 ,beatty4    
,cincinnati1 ,david ,root4 ,ellsworth1  
,l4,w4 ,leffingwell1 ,p4,m4 ,marietta1  
,l4,g4 ,bingham4 ,burton1 ,luther       
,humphrey4 ,cadiz1 ,thomas ,phillips1   
,p4,m4 ,miami1 ,charles ,atherton1      
,p4,m4 ,rome1 ,elijah ,crosby1 ,p4,m4   
,vernon1 ,harvey ,coe4   ,,indiana4     
,portersville1 ,simon ,morgan1 ,p4,m4   
,salem1 ,burr ,bradley1 ,p4,m4          
,indianapolis1 ,george ,bush4           
,barbersville1 ,timothy ,barber1 ,p4,m4 
,,illinois4  ,belleville1 ,james        
,mitchell1 ,p4,m4 ,greenville1 ,ansel   
,birge1 ,p4,m4 ,canton1 ,nathan ,jones1 
,p4,m4 ,vandalia1 ,james ,hall4         

,,kentucky4  ,munfordville1 ,j4,t4,s4   
,brown1 ,p4,m4 ,princeton1 ,h4 ,cassidy1
 ,p4,m4 ,danville1 ,benjamin ,shaw4     
,cynthiana1 ,a4 ,broadwell1 ,p4,m4      
,henderson1 ,james ,hillyer1 ,p4,m4     
,shelbyville1 ,a4,a4 ,shannon4          
,frankfort1 ,s4,m4 ,noel4 ,hopkinsville1
 ,john ,bryan1 ,p4,m4 ,harrodsburg1     
,thomas ,cleland4 ,augusta1 ,samuel     
,bonde1 ,p4,m4 ,columbia1 ,john         
,montgomery1 ,p4,m4   ,,tennessee4      
,knoxville1 ,james ,campbell4           
,winchester1 ,john ,goodwin1 ,p4,m4     
,nashville1 ,r4,p4 ,hayes4 ,dresden1    
,samuel ,a4 ,warner4 ,paperville1 ,t4,c4
 ,buckhart1 ,p4,m4 ,jonesboro'1 ,d4,a4  
,deadrick1 ,p4,m4 ,murfreesboro'1 ,d4   
,wendell1 ,p4,m4 ,columbia1 ,francis    
,w4,s4 ,frierson4 ,blountsville1 ,samuel
 ,rhea1 ,p4,m4 ,lebanon1 ,a4 ,bradshaw4 
,hillsboro1 ,g4,w4 ,richardson1 ,p4,m4  
,farmington1 ,s4,w4 ,calvert4           
,,alabama4  ,huntsville1 ,william       
,leech4 ,perry1 ,c4,h4 ,g4,w4 ,brame4   
,russelville1 ,peter ,martin1 ,p4,m4    

,somerville1 ,m4,c4 ,houston1 ,p4,m4    
,bainbridge1 ,s4,m4 ,parry1 ,p4,m4      
,florence1 ,john ,craig1 ,p4,m4         
,courtland1 ,john ,white4 ,shelby ,c4,h4
 ,thos4 ,w4 ,smith4 ,p4,m4 ,ashville1   
,archibald ,sloan1 ,p4,m4   ,,missouri4 
,st4 ,louis1 ,salmon ,giddings4         
,fredericktown1 ,thos4 ,mosely1 ,p4,m4  
,clay1 ,c4,h4 ,wm4 ,s4 ,smith1 ,p4,m4   
,,mississippi4  ,natchez1 ,john         
,henderson4 ,port ,gibson1 ,d4          
,greenleaf1 ,p4,m4 ,woodville1 ,g4,a4   
,irion4 ,gallatin1 ,a4,b4 ,ross1 ,p4,m4 
,columbia1 ,a4,g4 ,moore4               
,pinckneyville1 ,james ,wilson1 ,p4,m4  
,,louisiana4  ,baton ,rouge1 ,h4        
,alexander1 ,p4,m4 ,new-,orleans1       
,william ,ross4   ,,florida4            
,pensacola1 ,w4 ,hazell ,hunt1 ,p4,m4   
,,arkansaw4  ,dwight1 ,alfred ,finney4  
,,choctaw ,,nation4  ,david ,folsom4    
,,michigan4  ,detroit1 ,d4,g4 ,jones4   
,,canada4  ,montreal1 ,william ,hedge4  
,kingston1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,foote4   ,,south 
,,america4  ,buenos ,ayres1 ,theop4     

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