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Fell’s-Point, [Baltimore] Octr. 3, 1792. in St Paul’s, B[altimore] A M, Sep. 29, 1793.
[The same] P M, Jan 15, 1808.” The front and back covers are separated from the
body of the sermon and from each other. The inside of the back cover, page 29, has
ragged edges, and small parts of the initial letters of left-hand lines are missing, but
the text is legible and virtually complete.
Keywords: charity; love, universal;
494. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“On the unsearchable Wisdom of God, in his dealings with men.” [1787] 1 + 34 + 1
blank pp. [Acc. No. 1757]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Job. Ch 11, Ver 7, 8, 9. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou
find out the Almighty to perfection? It is as high as heaven, what canst thou do?
deeper than hell, what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the
earth, & deeper than the sea.
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Scr[ipsit] June 1786,” and “Preached at
Amboy, July 29th, 1787. Brunswick, Aug. 5, [1787]. St G[eorge’s] & St Paul’s, New
York, Octr. 7, [1787]. Elizatown [Elizabeth, N J], [Oct.] 14, [1787]. Xt Church &
St Pet[er’s], Phila, Novr. 25, [1787]. St Paul’s, Phila A M. Novr. 16, 1788. Preached
at Bristol, Jan’ry 25, 1789. in St Pet[er’s] & Xt Ch, Phila, Nov. 14, 1790. at Fell’spoint,
Balto., [Nov.] 23, 1791. in St Paul’s, Balto., A M July 8, [180]2. Xt Ch &
St Paul’s [Baltimore], Octr. 18, 1807.” The inside back cover contains a lengthy
addition, continued on the inside front cover, about frequently partaking of Holy
Communion. The sermon says that the famous scientific discoveries of Boyle,
Bacon, and Newton show extraordinary intellect, and that by philosophy, men
war with their gross bodies toward heaven, exploring it with aerostatic machines,
but the greatest minds must declare God incomprehensible, unable to fathom his
dealings with men.
Keywords: God, unsearchable wisdom of; wisdom of God; communion; Boyle;
Bacon; Newton; scientific discoveries, meaning of;
495. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Comparison between the upright poor man & the perverse rich one.” [1794] 1 + 1
blank + 29 + 1 blank pp. [Acc. No. 1985]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Prov: Ch 28, V 6. “Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than
he that is perverse in his ways, tho’ he be rich.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] April 5, 1794,” and “Preached
in St Paul’s, B[altimore], P M, April 6, 1794. at Fell’s-Point, [Baltimore, April]
30, [1794]. in St P[aul’s] & Xt Ch, [Baltimore] Sep. 27, 1801. Xt Ch, [Baltimore]
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