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SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] June 28, 1793,” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore] P M, Sept. 1, 1793. at the Chapel, [Back River, Baltimore
County] Oct. 18, [1793]. at Fell’s Point, [Baltimore] Octr. 23, [1793]. Poor-house,
[Baltimore] Mar. 26, [17]94. in St Paul’s, B[altimore] A M, June 29, [1794]. St
P[aul’s, Baltimore] P M, June 15, & in Xt Ch, [Baltimore] A M, Nov. 1800. Xt Ch,
[Baltimore] A M, July 30, [18]09. St Paul’s, [Baltimore] P M, Nov 26, [18]09.” The
last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in the parish
register. One leaf (two pages), numbered “12 1/2,” was inserted later between pages
12 and 13. This inserted leaf deals with the need for order and peace in society and
warns against mob violence threatening the government and dividing the citizens.
This addition was probably inserted for one of the latest preachings of the sermon,
when Baltimore was increasingly referred to as “Mob Town.”
Keywords: piety; conduct, good; duty, Christian; government, duty to; salvation;
self, duty to;
429. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“The Safety & Security of upright walking.” [1792] 1 + 1 blank + 27 + 1pp. [Acc. No.
1902]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Prov: Ch 10, V 9. “He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely; but he that
perverteth his ways, shall be known.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] July 19, 1792,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, Balto. P M, July 22, 1792. at Fell’s-pt. [Baltimore] Feb. 15, 1794. in St Paul’s,
B[altimore] P M, Apl. 24, [17]96. [St. Paul’s] & Xt Ch, [Baltimore] July 10, 1803. [St.
Paul’s, Baltimore] P M, Ap. 28, [18]11.” The last page of the sermon contains a list
of baptisms to be recorded in the parish register. One of the baptisms notes is that
of “Elisha — [son of] George & Jenny, Slaves.” This is one of the sermons in which
Bend made extensive use of underlining for emphasis in delivery.
Keywords: slaves, baptism of; morality, standards of; law, divine; law, human; ; last
judgment;
430. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“On the satisfaction made by Christ.” [1788] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1pp. [Acc. No.
1785]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Col. Ch 1, Ver 21, 22, 23. “And you, that were some time alienated, &
enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, in the body of
his flesh, through death, to present you holy, & unblamable, & unreprovable in his
sight, if ye continue in the faith grounded & settled.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] July 31, [17]88” and “Preached
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