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1111. [HINDMAN, JAMES]. (MD; Epis.; d. 1713; in Md. 1710-1713)
“Sermon on the World.” [1710-1713] 16pp. [Acc. No. 880b]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Hebrews. Ch.13. V.14. “For here we have no continuing city; but we seek
one to come.”
Commentary: The Sermon is attributed to John Gordon by the Rev. Ethan Allen.
The appearance of the name Hindman on the last page is unexplained. There were
two colonial parsons named Hindman (this sermon is therefore also recorded
under Hindman, Jacob, H.). “Rev. Mr. Gordon of St. Michaels” is the name written
in on the first page below “Hebrews Ch. 13 V. 14.” Both Hindman and Gordon
were clergymen of Talbot County. The attribution to John Gordon is doubtful since
Ranney states that the “comparison of handwriting inclines against Gordon.” A note
on the sermon reads “Life and the Life to Come.” See also Rightmyer, Maryland’s
Established Church, pp. 189-190.
Keywords: afterlife; world, sermon on the; Gordon, John;
1112. HOLMES, ABIEL. (GA; Cong.; 1763-1837)
“[Humility and Prayer, On.]” [1788] 24pp. [Acc. No. 11]
Repository: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA (Ezra Stiles Collection)
Bib. Ref.: “2 Chron. vii, 14.—If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Commentary: Additional Holmes papers are located at the CBC and MH. A note on
the sermon reads “Midway, GA, May 4th, 1788.”
Keywords: humility; prayer; sins, forgiveness of; Indian War, Georgia; Georgia,
Indian War; duty in time of calamity; jeremiad;
1113. HOLMES, ABIEL. (GA; Cong.; 1763-1837)
“Sermon occasioned by the death of Deacon Thomas Quarterman.” [1791] 22pp.
[Acc. No. 1028]
Repository: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA (Ezra Stiles Collection of
the Holmes Papers)
Bib. Ref.: “Zechariah I, 5. ‘Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they
live forever?’”
Commentary: The top line of the sermon reads “June 1791—Midway.” There are two
small replacement sheets to be substituted for edited passages found between leaves
1 and 2, and 10 and 11. Another not on the sermon reads “Oct. 28. 1792. Preached
at Cambreidge—Lord’s day after Deacon Hill’s death.—” Differences in ink color
suggest that the editing was done to revise the Midway text for presentation in
Cambridge.
Keywords: Quarterman, Deacon Thomas; Hill, Deacon;
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