SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Repository: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
SeRMon entRieS
Bib. Ref.: “I Cor. 10. 16. ‘The Cup of Blessing wc we bless, is it not ye communion of
ye blood of Christ? The bread wc we break, is it not ye Communion of ye body of
Christ?’”
Commentary: This is the fifth of eleven sermons (see accession numbers 999-1009)
bound together in a small volume (see accession number 998). Parts of the text
appear to have been originally recorded as outlines, which were subsequently
filled in using a smaller script. Notes on the sermon read “19 (12) 1715/6 [Dec. 19,
1715/6] also preached at Chath[am, Mass.] Dec. 1, 1728.” The sermon begins with
“D. [Day] 3” but focuses upon the applications of the three propositions previously
discussed in accession numbers 1000, 1001, and 1002 and deals with the topics of
“Information” and “Exhortation.”
Keywords: Lord’s Supper; Lord’s Supper, exhortation; communion;
1197. LORD, JOSEPH. (SC; Cong.; 1672-1748; in SC c.1693 to at least 1716)
“[To Whom is the Cup in the Sacrament a Cup of Blessing?]” [1715] 11pp. [Acc.
No. 1002]
Repository: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
Bib. Ref.: I Cor. 10. 16.
Commentary: This is the fourth of eleven sermons (see accession numbers 999-
1009) bound together in a small volume (see accession 998). Notes on the sermon
indicate that it was preached at Dorchester on Dec. 25, 1715, and at Chatham, Mass
on April 30, 1728. The sermon begins with “D. [Day] 3” and focuses on “To wm is
ye Cup in ye Sacramt a Cup of Blessing?”
Keywords: Lord’s Supper, cup in; communion;
1198. MACRAE, [CHRISTOPHER]. (VA; Epis.; Lic. for VA 1765-1808)
“[Sermon on the death of Col. George Carrington and his lady.]” [1785] [Acc. No. 931]
Repository: none
Bib. Ref.: 35th Psalm, 37 verse. “Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for
the end of that man is peace.”
Commentary: The correct biblical reference is Psalm 37, 37. There is a half-page of
quotation from the sermon in Meade, including the conclusion. Meade says that
the sermon is moralizing rather than evangelical. Goodwin notes that Macrae was
a Scotchman who was a Tory during the Revolution and served Littleton Parish,
Cumberland County from 1773 to 1787 and perhaps later. There is a sketch of
Macrae in Meade. See Goodwin, The Colonial Church in Virginia, p. 290; Meade,
Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, I, 153 and II, 35-38.
Keywords: funeral sermon; sermon, funeral; Carrington, Col. George, funeral of;
1199. MANNERS, MATHIAS. (MD & PA; Cath.; 1719-1775; in MD 1750-1775)
“[On doing honor to priests.]” [1764] 10pp. [Acc. No. 308]
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