Excerpt from National Union, the Test of American Loyalty: An Historical Discourse, November 24th, 1864 Professing as a christian to know no politics but those that come from God and as a citizen, to know only those that come from union; within these limits he dares to speak freely and boldly all that is in his heart. With all this idle talk that we sometimes hear about driving men from the Church by preaching the truth, either religious or political, he has no sympathy whatever. It is neither manly nor christian. As a hearer I would not be driven by the preacher; and certainly, as a preacher, I will not be driven as to what I must or must not say, by the people. This pulpit in which I now stand is a free pulpit. As such I received it from my predecessor, Mr. Curtis,99 and as a free pulpit, I will, by the help of God, hand it down to him who comes after me, if it be necessary so to do, to-morrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.