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Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Jan. 9, 1794,” and “Preached in St
Paul’s, B[altimore], P M, Jan 12, 1794. at Fell’s-Point, [Baltimore, Jan.] 22, [1794]. in
Xt Ch & St Paul’s, [Baltimore, Jan.] 3, 1802.” The cover is separated and the stitching
is damaged where the fold occurs, but the text is unaffected. Bend concludes the
sermon with the expression of his hope for the conversion of the Jews.
Keywords: Moses; prophet, promise of a; Christ prophesied; Jews, conversion of;
Moses compared to Christ; Christ compared to Moses; Jews, disobedience to
Christ; Advent sermon; sermon, Advent;
393. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“The Prophecy concerning Shiloh.” [1792] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1pp. [Acc. No. 1925]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Gen: Ch 49, V 10. “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver
from between his feet, until Shiloh come; & unto him shall the gathering of
the people be.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Decr. 29, 1792,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, B[altimore] Decr. 30, 1792. Xt Ch & St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Jany. 16, 1803.”
The last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in the parish
register. Bend did not use opening quotation marks at the beginning of his biblical
quotation. In this sermon, Bend claims that fulfillment of prophecy proves that the
Messiah had already come when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans.
Keywords: Shiloh, prophecy concerning; patriarchs, prophecies of; Judah, Jacob’s
blessing of; Jerusalem, destruction of;
394. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“The prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem.” [1792] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1 blank
pp. [Acc. No. 1905]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: St Luke, 19th Ch, 41 [sic. 43 & 44]. “For the days shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, & compass thee round, & keep
thee in on every side, & shall lay thee even with the ground, & thy children within
thee; & they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest
not the time of thy visitation.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Scr[ipsit] Aug 11, 17[92],” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore] P M, Aug 12, [17]92.” Bend did not use closing quotation
marks after his quotation of biblical verse. This sermon was written in 1792 as an
addition to the earlier sermons on the proofs of Christianity. Bend’s brief references
to patriotism and the danger of the nation again incurring God’s punishment may
have had some political significance to his congregation.
Keywords: Jerusalem, prophecy of the destruction of; Christianity, proofs of;
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