Rev. Ezra Stiles (1727-1795)

Rev. Ezra Stiles (1727-1795) was the 7th president of Yale University and in 1783 he preached a sermon before the Connecticut General Assembly and pointed out the similarities of the people who formed the United States and the Israelites of the Bible. In that sermon he called the country “God’s American Israel.” This sermon was later published into a book entitled The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor.