SUNDERLAND, DR. BYRON.--Introduc-
tion by, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; prayers in
Congress, 626, 627, 628, 630, 631;
his sermon on the national crisis,
804, 805.

SYNOD OF NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES.-

Defines the nature of civil govern-
ment and duties of civil rulers, 53,
54.

TAYLOR, ZACHARY.-Messages; speech
at a Sunday-school; his death; re-
marks of members of Congress, 552,
553, 554, 555.
TEMPERANCE, AMERICAN, UNION.
Statement of S. F. Carey, 780.
THATCHER, MR.-Estimate of the in-
fluence of ministers, 335.
THORBURN, GRANT.-Letter on Wash-
ington praying, 297, 298.
THROOP, ENOS T.-Proclamation for
thanksgiving, 568.

TOD, DAVID.Proclamation for thanks-
giving, 578.

TOMPKINS, DANIEL D.-Proclamation
for thanksgiving, 566, 567; remarks
in Convention of New York, 657.
TRACT SOCIETY, AMERICAN, BOSTON.-
Work and influence, 779.
TRACT SOCIETY, AMERICAN, NEW YORK.
-Work and influence, 779, 780.
TROUTE, REV. JACOB.-Sermon on the
eve of the battle of Brandywine,
377, 378, 379.

TRUMBULL, JONATHAN.--Christian cha-
racter, 164, 165.

TYNG, DR. STEPHEN H.-His sermon

on Christian loyalty, 801, 802, 803.

VERMONT.-Christian feature of Con-
stitution, 235.

VICTORIES.-Thanksgiving for, 811,
812, 813, 817; scene of rejoicing and
thanksgiving at Philadelphia, 814,

815.

VIRGINIA COLONY.-Its colonization,

92, 93, 94; Christian feature of Con-
stitution, 232, 233; religious tole-
ration, 232; delegates to form a
Constitution, 247.

WALLACH, RICHARD.. Proclamations
for thanksgiving, 601, 808.
WAR, CIVIL, OF THE UNITED STATES.-

An instructive chapter, 665; origin
and progress, 666, 667; cause, 668;
Congress on the, 668; Christian ele-
ment in the, 669, 670; uses of civil
war, 670; ennobling influence of

the, 671, 672: development of the
Christian element during the, 672.
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.-Necessity
and results, 277, 278, 279, 280; its
Christian features, 282-306.
WARREN, JOSEPH. Patriotism and
speeches, 113, 114.

WASHBURN, ISRAEL, JR.-Proclamation
for thanksgiving, 586, 587.
WASHINGTON, BUSHROD.-Character as
a Christian and a judge, 637.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.-Christian cha
racter, 479; Webster's estimate of,
480; Jefferson's, 480; Fox's, 480,
481; Erskine's, 481; Brougham's,
481: Bancroft's, 481, 482, 483, 484;
Sparks's, 485; Irving's, 485; Win
throp's, 486; early training, 486,
487; religious reading in family.
487; rules of conduct, 493, 494:
advice to young men, 495, 496;
church member, 497; observes the
Sabbath, 499; high regard for min-
isters, 500; habit of prayer, 500,
501, 502; at the communion, 502,
503, 504; emancipates his slaves,
506; liberality to the poor, 504, 505;
a Christian statesman, 509, 510, 511,
512, 513; a Christian politician, 513,
514, 515; a Christian ruler, 514.
515, 516, 517; a Christian patriot
and educator, 518, 519; love of agri-
culture, 519; love of home, 520;
Christian services at inauguration.
271; address, 273; proclaims a day
of thanksgiving, 275; letter to La-
fayette on slavery, 276; appointed
commander-in-chief, 281; appear-
ance at Cambridge, 1775, 285; Chris-
tian military character, 507, 508,
509; Christian orders, 285, 286, 287,
288; recognition of God during the
war, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294,
295; prayer at Valley Forge, 297,
298; reply to the ministers of New-
port, 380; to the ministers of Phi-
ladelphia, 382; to the ministers of
New Haven, 429, 430; to the Church
at Medway, 431; to the General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church.
442; to the First Presbytery East-
ward, 443, 444; to the Protestant
Episcopal Church, 446, 447; to the
United Baptist Churches in Virginis,
451, 452; to the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 455.
456; to the religious Society of
Quakers, 459; to the Reformed Dutch
Church, 462, 463; to the German
Lutheran congregations in and nesi

vention of Universalists, 466; to the
Swedenborgian Church at Baltimore,
467; to Hebrew congregations, 468,
469, 470; to the United Brethren
Church, 472; to the German Re-
formed congregations, 473; to the
Roman Catholic Church, 478; his
death, 520; address of the Senate
of the United States on his death,
521; President Adams's reply, 522,
523; oration of General Lee, 523;
apostrophe on his life, character,
and death, 524.

WASHINGTON, MARTHA. - Character,

412; accompanies Washington to
camp, 413; love of the soldiers, 413;
letter after Washington's visit to the
Eastern States, 414, 415; resolutions
of Congress on the death of Wash-
ington sent to, 416, 417; her reply,
417.

WASHINGTON, MARY. - Her family
training, 411; reverenced by Wash-
ington, 411; farewell visit to his
mother, 412; address and reply, 412.
WEBSTER, HON. DANIEL.-Views of the
Puritans, 58, 59; of the men and
State papers of the Revolution, 169;
describes the scene of the first
prayer in Congress, 214; on its
necessity to sustain civil govern-
ment, 270, 277; defence of Chris-
tianity in the Girard will case, 198,
199, 200, 201, 202; his epitaph, 203.
WEBSTER, REV. SAMUEL.--Election ser-
mon, 1777, 344; his prayer, 345.
WESLEY, JOHN.-His description of
Georgia emigrants, 102; labors in
America, 103.

WEST POINT ACADEMY.-Importance
of religion in the, 329, 330.
WHIPPLE, BISHOP.-Pastoral letter,
678; form of prayer, 679.
WHITE, BISHOP WILLIAM.-Character
and influence in the Revolution, 369,
870.
WHITTINGHAM, BISHOP.-Pastoral let-
ters, 690, 691, 812; form of prayer,
812.

WILSON, JUDGE.-States the progress
and prosperity of the United States
under the Constitution, 268.

government of New England, 71;
his work on the government of New
England Churches, 341; studied by
statesmen, 341; his picture of family
life in New England, 564.
WITHERSPOON, REV. DR.-His sermons,
122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127.
WOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR.-Tribute
to their patriotism, 793, 794, 795;
meeting of two thousand women of
St. Louis, 795; loyal women of New
York, 795; patriotic and Christian
labors of the loyal women of Phila-
delphia, 796; women the great help-
ers and movers, 796.

WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION.-Influ-
ence in, 388; Webster's address to
the women at Richmond, 388; view
of Charles Francis Adams, 390, 391;
patriotic associations of the, 391,
392; the women of Baltimore, 394:
of Philadelphia, and Washington's
tribute, 395; of New Jersey, 395;
of Maryland, 396; letter to a British
officer, 396, 397, 398; women of
North Carolina, 398; letter of an
American woman, 399, 400, 401;
banner presented by the, 401; their
prayers, 402, 403; scene at Philadel-
phia in 1778, 403, 404; women of
Trenton welcome Washington, 418;
position and influence during the
Revolution, 419.

WRIGHT, Ex.-Gov. JOSEPH A.-Pre-
sides at the Lay Convention of
Methodists, 775; resolutions of the
Convention, 774; Christian incident
at a Sabbath-school in Berlin in
connection with, 775, 776.
WRIGHT, SILAS. - Proclamation for
thanksgiving, 570.

YALE COLLEGE.-Early history, 76;
religious character of, 77, 78; in-
fluence of, 80.

YATES, GOV. JOSEPH C.-Proclamation
for thanksgiving, 567.
YATES, Gov. RICHARD.-Proclamation
for thanksgiving, 593.
YOUNG, Gov. JOHN.-Proclamation for
thanksgiving, 570.