SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
April] 5, [180]7.” The numerous abbreviations in the sermon may indicate haste in
composition.
Keywords: life, overfondness for; death, contemplation of; last judgment; paradise,
meaning of the word; charity; good works; providence, resignation to;
460. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“St Paul’s Discourse to Felix.” [1795] 1 + 1 blank + 28 + 2 blank pp. [Acc. No. 2042]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Acts. 24 Ch. 24 & 25. “He sent for Paul, & heard him concerng the faith
in Christ: And as he reasoned of temperance, righteousness, & judgement to come,
Felix trembled.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] July 29, 1795,” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore], A M, Sept. 27, [17]95. Xt Ch. & St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Dec
31, [18]04.” Some passages of the sermon were bracketed by Bend for apparent
deletion at a subsequent preaching. The sermon contains an oblique reference to
judgment on the Roman Catholic Church for persecution of the excommunicated
(Protestants) in the past.
Keywords: John the Baptist; resurrection; morality; Christ, imitation of; imitation of
Christ; last judgment; temptation;
461. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“On a State between Death & the Resurrection.” [1793] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1 blank
pp. [Acc. No. 1844]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: St Matt, 22 Ch, 32d V. “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] July 27th, [17]91,” and “Preached
at Fells-Point, [Baltimore] May 1, 1793.” The sermon was written soon after Bend’s
election as Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Baltimore on June 17, 1791, and seems to be
the first we have after that event.
Keywords: death; resurrection; soul, immortality of; Lazarus, parable of the rich
man and; judgment, last; parable of the Rich man and Lazarus;
462. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“The State of the wicked considered.” [1792] 1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1 blank pp. [Acc.
No. 1886]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Prov. 21, V 12. “The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the
wicked; but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] March 23, [17]92,” and
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