1742 NATHANIEL APPLETON. Godliness Necessary in Government Leaders. Owned by Satan-Pact Family.

A significant early American sermon attempting to establish Christian piety as a necessary ingredient in the life of any effective political leader. And Nathanial Appleton's [1683-1784] voice would not have fallen on deaf ears. Educated at Harvard, he was from there granted the degree of D.D. [which had only previously been granted to Cotton Mather]. He pastored the influential church at Cambridge, Massachusetts and was a noted correspondent with Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Jeremy Belknap and others.   His 1766 Thanksgiving Sermon on the repeal of the Stamp Act is considered one of the most significant in the run up to the Revolution. And his 1760 sermon on the surrender of Canada is significant as well, a copy having just fetched over $2,000 at Christies. In the present sermon, he at length extols the necessary prerequisite of a deep, abiding godliness for the effectiveness of any ruler, governor, politician, or community leader.  "God forbid that we should have any irrelig