1778 ISAAC LEWIS. Unpublished Sermon Preached on a Fast Day After the Sacking of Wilton, CT by British Troops Great Awakening *Life of J

*Life of J

with due regard

George Matheson

Isaiah Thomas

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1778 ISAAC LEWIS. Unpublished Sermon Preached on a Fast Day After the Sacking of Wilton, CT by British Troops Great Awakening *Life of JA wonderful, unpublished piece of Americana with direct reference to the earliest stages of the American Revolution. In 1777, a brutal sacking of Wilton, Connecticut, where the present was preached, led to the preaching of a particularly fiery Annual Fast Sermon by their pastor, Isaac Lewis [1746 1840]. The following year, April 1, 1778, the Annual Fast approached again. And Lewis was deeply concerned that his people would forsake the duty of self