SERMONS - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
by the Rev. John Moncure of Stafford County”. It is transcribed and annotated in
Bond, Edward L. Spreading the Gospel in Colonial Virginia (2004), pp. 522-33. See
note 130, page 522 for the sermon of Archbishop John Tillotson that was Moncure’s
partial source.
Keywords: sermon, fast; French and Indian War; Tillotson, Archbishop John; Ahab;
humility; God, judgments of; Ash Wednesday;
1248. MORRIS, PETER. (MD; Cath.; 1743-1783; in MD 1768-1783)
“[On the Nativity.]” [1769] 8pp. [Acc. No. 458]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Verbum caro &c [And] the word [was made] fleash etc.” [John 1, 14]
alternate text (in the hand of Rev. Sylvester Boarman): “Natus est vobis hodie
Salvator this day is borne to you a Saviour St Luke C2 V11.”
Commentary: A note at the head reads “hbtaa e St Ingos 1769.” Annotations and
emendations throughout and a concluding sentence are in the hand of the Rev.
Sylvester Boarman. Morris, a native of Maryland, was a Jesuit until the suppression
in 1773. He served in Maryland from 1768 until his death.
Keywords: Boarman, Rev. Sylvester;
1249. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“On ye Ascension.” [1763] 11pp. [Acc. No. 326]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Et cum hoc dixisset, videntibus illis elevatus est. Act. Apos: C: 1o. Ver: 9o
And when he had said this, in their Sight he was taken up. & a cloud receiv’d him
out of their Sight. Acts of ye Apostles. Cha: 1st. Ver. 9th.”
Commentary: A note at the head reads “Sakia 1763 Sullivans. 1766. Wye. 1766.
Brownings 1766. Brownings. 1772. Wye 1772. Home 1782. Home 1784. 2d Pars.
/ 1785. 1a Pars. Caroline. 1784.” A note at the end reads “Bourdaloue Tom: 1.
sur les Mys: Ser: sur l’Ascension. Par: 2de.” The sermon is based on the second
part of the “Sermon sur l’Ascension de Jesus-Christ” by the French Jesuit Rev.
Louis Bourdaloue. Cf., for instance, Bourdaloue’s Sermons ... sur les mysteres.
Tome premier. Paris: Chez Rigaud, 1726, pp. 411-427. Mosley, a Jesuit until the
suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1756 until his death.
Keywords: Bourdaloue, Rev. Louis;
1250. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“[On Easter Sunday.]” [1773] 8pp. [Acc. No. 328]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Et dicebant ad invicem. Quis revolvet nobis lapidem ab Ostio
Monumenti? ... Erat quippe magnus valde. Marc: 16. V: 3-4. And they said to one
another, who shall roll us back ye Stone from ye Door of ye Monument? ... for it
was very great. Mark. C: 16. V: 3d & 4th.”
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