The United States elevated to Glory and Honor

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The United States elevated to Glory and Honor is a book by Ezra Stiles, published in 1783.

Synopsis[]

The book is a transcript of a sermon given to the Connecticut General Assembly, on May 8, 1783. At the time, Stiles was the President of Yale College.

The sermon draws parallels between the United States and the Biblical nation of Israel. Stiles refers to the US as an "American Israel, high above all nations which He hath made, in numbers, and in praise, and in name, and in honor", suggesting that the White Americans are like the Chosen People of Israel. He opined that "in God’s good providence" Indians and Africans "may gradually vanish".

See also[]

• Ezra Stiles
• Haim Isaac Carigal
• Jacob's Pillow-Pillar Stone
• Stone of Scone
• British Israelism
• Lost Ten Tribes

External links[]

• extracted pages and commentary
• The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor (1783) online full text (pdf)