COLLECTION OF AMERICAN SERMONS Harvard College Genealogy/19 Discourses 1794-1812

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EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COLLECTION OF 19 AMERICAN SERMONS; DATES RANGE FROM 1794 TO 1812. Very rare, original collection/sammelband of nineteen important American sermons to include Evans #35133, 30426, 31267, 30008, 27773, 24810, 30425, 28932, 34283. Shaw & Shoemaker #14675, 25444, 18307, and others, by prominent men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. An incredible assemblage that includes a separate complete typed list of all the sermons/discourses in this historically invaluable volume, that apparently the original owner went to great pains to compile, and then loosely tucked the list in the pages of this historical work. Names of those in the Graduating Class of Harvard College 1794. "A Discourse Delivered In The Chapel Of Harvard College, June 17, 1794, At The Request Of The Senior Class Students, On Occasion Of Their Approaching Departure From The University, Preparatory To Their Receiving Its Public Honors. By David Tappan, Hollis Professor Of Divinity In Said College. Published By Desire Of The Hearers, Printed At Boston, By E. W. Weld and W. Greenough, 1794." This particular Sermon includes the names of the Senior Class to whom the Discourse was especially addressed, in alphabetical order to include: David Abbot, Oliver Ainsworth, Timothy Alden, George Washington Appleton, Charles Humphrey Atherton, John Atkinson, William Biglow, James Bowers, Thomas Bowman, Isaac Braman, Daniel Brooks, Luke Brown, Francis Dana Channing, William Crosby, Christopher Cushing, Elijah Dunbar, Daniel Emerson, Samuel Flagg, Jacob flint, Thomas Geyer, James Blake Howe, Edward jackson, David Kendall, Joseph Mackean, Jesse Olds, Stephen Peabody, Joseph Perkins, Samuel Stearns and Hall Tufts, The graduating class from Harvard College for the year 1794. . Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and it is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; established in 1636. Additional Sermons include: "Address Delivered Before the officers and Brethren Of Jordon lodge, At The Annual Installation Of officers; Danvers: December 25, A. L. 5811. By Andrew Nichols, Jun. [Citation:] "As bees mix'd nectar draw from fragrant flowers/ so men from friendship, wisdom and delight" - Young. Salem: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing. 1812, 16 pages."... "Salvation To Be Obtained only Through Christ. A Sermon, Preached Before The Society In Scotland, [Incorporated by Royal Charter] For Propagating Christian Knowledge, In the Highlands and Islands; At Their Anniversary meeting, in the High Church Of Edinburgh, Thursday, June 2, 1803. By the Rev. David Saville, A.M. , Canongate, Edinburgh. EDINBURGH; Printed by H. Inglis. Sold by W. Creech, High Street; W. Laing, South Bridge Street. Ogle & Aikman, Parliament Square: etc. London: 1803. 44 Pages". "A Discourse, Delivered Before The Lieutenant-Governor, The Council, and the Two Houses Composing the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, may 31, 1809. Before the Day of General Election. By David Osgood, D.D., Pastor of the Church in Medford. From the Press of Russell & Cutler Printer, 1809. 28 pages. with Appendix; A List of Those who have Preached on this Anniversary from 1631 - 1809."... "A Sermon Preached in Boston at the Annual Convention Of The Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts, May 31, 1810. By Eliphalet Porter, D.D., Pastor of the First church in Roxbury. Boston, From The Press of John Eliot, Jun. 1810. 34 pages. With Appendix, List Of Those Who Preached On This Anniversary from 1650 - 1810." "The Two Olive Trees: Or, Zerubbabel and Joshua. Religion the leading qualification of Civil Rulers and Christian Ministers, Illustrated in a Sermon Preached at Hatfield, MA, Nov. 4, 1804. Being the Day Preceding the Choice of Electors in Massachusetts, Also God the Sure Foundation of Confidence and Joy. A Thanksgiving Sermon Delivered Nov. 29, 1804. By Joseph Lyman, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Hatfield. Northampton: Printed by William Butler, 1804. 29 pages." Antique volume includes further Sermons preached by Charles Backus; Pastor of a Church in Somers, Connecticut. Nat... read more

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