SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: 1 Ep: Tim: Ch 4, V 7. “Exercise thyself rather unto godliness.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] July 18. 1793,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, B[altimore] P M, Aug. 4, 1793. at Fell’s-point, [Baltimore] Ap’l 23, [17]94.
At Elk-ridge landg [Landing: Gazetteer of Maryland says Baltimore County; other
records say Howard (formerly Anne Arundel county). First church at Elkridge
Landing not founded until 1845 apparently. The reference may refer to Elk Ridge
Church, Queen Caroline Parish, then Anne Arundel County.] May 2, [1794]. at
the Chapel, [Back River, Baltimore County, May] 16, [1794]. in Xt Church & St
Paul’s, [Baltimore] June 30, [17]99. St Paul’s & Xt Ch [Baltimore], Sep. 13, [18]07.”
The last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in the parish
register. The cover has a small hole torn out at the fold, but the text of the sermon is
complete.
Keywords: duties, religious;
249. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Godliness profitable unto all things.” [1795] 31pp. [Acc. No. 2043]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: 1 Tim. 4. 8. “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of
the life that now is, & of yt [that] w’h [which] is to come.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Scr[ipsit] Aug. 6, [17]95,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, B[altimore], A M, Aug 9, 1795. [The same] & Xt Ch [, Baltimore], Nov. 14,
1802. [St. Paul’s, Baltimore] P M, Aug 31, [18]11.” The original text of the sermon
may have ended on page 28, but what may be a later addition continues on the
inside back cover of the sermon, then to the inside front cover, then to the outside
back cover, and finally to the outside of both front and back cover, reading straight
across. The last line at the bottom of the outside back cover has been largely lost
through wear, although some letters remain. The last line on the inside back cover
is legible.
Keywords: piety; Sermon on the Mount; Lord’s Supper; charity;
250. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Godly & worldly sorrow, with their effects.” [1795] 1 + 1 blank + 27 + 2 blank +
1pp. [Acc. No. 2045]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: 2 Cor. 7, 10. “Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be
repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Preached in St Paul’s, B[altimore] P M,
Aug. 16, [17]95. [The same] & Xt Ch [, Baltimore, Aug.] 18, [18]05.” No date of
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