Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 133, "Resignation," 1822 November
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Edward Hitchcock's sermon on resignation to God's will, based on Acts 21:14. Hitchcock opened the sermon with a quotation about "true resignation" from the English author Hannah More. Hitchcock noted that true resignation is required before a Christian can achieve true happiness and that it is "certain evidence that we are the children of God." He enumerated the characteristics of genuine resignation, because resignation was the most difficult virtue to realize and was so very liable to counterfeiting. Hitchcock noted the dates and places where he had delivered this sermon between 1822 and 1840.
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The finding aid gives the text for this sermon incorrectly as Hebrews, Chapter 12 and Romans, Chapter 8. The text for the sermon was clearly noted as Acts 21:14. This is confirmed by Hitchcock's transcription of the end of this verse - "The will of the Lord be done."
