SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
Commentary: This sermon is in a folder labeled 1786-1789. The sermon may be
imperfect. There are many notes and cross-outs. It is probably a working copy.
Keywords: God, power of; God, worship of;
1227. MCCORKLE, SAMUEL EUSEBIUS. (NC; Pres.; 1746-1811; lic. 1774;
ord. 1777;) “The Crime & Curse of Plundering[,] A Sermon by Samuel M Corkle.”
[1786-1789] 44pp. [Acc. No. 952]
Repository: Duke University, Durham, NC
Bib. Ref.: Joshua 6.18. & 7.1. And you, in any wise, keep yourselves from the
accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed when ye take of the accursed
thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But the children of Israel
committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zerah took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was
kindled against the children of Israel.
Commentary: The sermon is in a folder labeled 1786-1789. A Duke card catalog
note states that the sermon “must have been written very shortly after the end of
the terrible strife between the Whigs and Tories during the Revolution.” If true, this
comment casts some doubt on the accuracy of the dates noted on the folder. Pages
2, 32, and 44 are blank.
Keywords: plundering; American Revolution; Revolution, American;
1228. MCCORKLE, SAMUEL EUSEBIUS. (NC; Pres.; 1746-1811; lic. 1774; ord. 1777;)
“A Sermon for the Anniversary of American Independence. July 24th. 1786. By
Samuel M Corkle.” [1786] 26pp. [Acc. No. 954]
Repository: Duke University, Durham, NC
Bib. Ref.: Esther IX. 20-28 inclusive. And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent
letters unto all the Jews that wer[e] in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far— V.22 To stablish this among them that the[y] should keep the
fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same yearly &c c.
Commentary: The pages are misnumbered. The sermon is imperfect with page[s]
missing at the end.
Keywords: American Independence; Independence, American;
1229. MCCORKLE, SAMUEL EUSEBIUS. (NC; Pres.; 1746-1811; lic. 1774; ord. 1777;)
“A Sermon from Deut: VIII[,] 19, 20.” [1786-1789] 63 + 1pp. [Acc. No. 953]
Repository: Duke University, Durham, NC
Bib. Ref.: Deut: VIII[,] 19, 20. And it shall be if thou do at all forget the Lord thy
God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship th[em,] I testify
against you this day that y[e shall] surely perish. As the nations which the Lord
destroyed before your face so shall ye perish, because ye would not be obedient
unto the voice of the Lord your God.
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