SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
a small piece of it is missing at the top, but the text is complete. The last page of the
sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in the parish register.
Keywords: Lord’s Prayer; God, greatness of; God, will of; prayer, public;
476. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Things in w’h [which] we ought not, & that in w’h [which] we may glory.” [1796] 1
+ 1 + 29 + 1pp. [Acc. No. 2066]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Jerem: Ch 9, V 23, 24. “Thus saith the Lord, ‘Let not the wise man glory
in his wisdom, neither let ye mighty man glory in his might; let not ye rich man
glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth, glory in this; that he understandeth
& knoweth me, that I am the Lord, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, &
righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight,’ saith the Lord.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Feb. 25, 1796,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s B[altimore], A M, Feb. 28, [17]96. [St Paul’s] & Xt Ch [, Baltimore], Stp 18,
[18]03. Xt Ch [, Baltimore] A M Nov 10, [18]11. St Paul’s [Baltimore, A M Nov.]
17, [18]11.” The last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to be recorded in
the parish register. The second page contains a note about a wedding. The sermon
has many underlinings for emphasis. A long passage on the horrors of war may
have had topical significance for the Federalist Bend’s hearers. The reference to the
“Father of his Country” may have had some topical political significance also, but
does not refer to Washington. The order of some of the passages was rearranged
by Bend. This is the first of two sermons on the same biblical text. See accession
number 2067.
Keywords: human mind, limitations of; science, limitations of; Charles I, execution
of; James II, dethroned; Stanislaus, imprisonment of; Lafayette, imprisonment of;
Louis XVI, murder of; Marie Antoinette, murder of; war, horrors of; riches, vanity
of; Federalist sermon; sermon, Federalist;
477. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Things, in which we ought not, & that, in w’h [which] we may glory.” [1796] 1 + 1
blank + 29 + 1pp. [Acc. No. 2067]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Jerem: Ch 9, V 23, 24. “Thus saith the Lord, ‘Let not the wise man glory in
his wisdom; neither let ye mighty man glory in his might; let not the rich man glory
in his riches: But let him that glorieth, glory in this; that he understandeth & knoweth
me, that I am the Lord, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, & righteousness in
the earth, for in these things I delight,’ saith the Lord.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Mar 3, 1796,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, B[altimore], A M. Mar 6, [17]96. Xt Ch & St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Sep 25,
180