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SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
[Baltimore] Sep. 2, 1804.” The last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms to
be recorded in the parish register. This is one of the sermons in which Bend made
extensive use of underlining for emphasis in delivery.
Keywords: worldliness; rich man, parable of; parable of the rich man; eternal life;
78. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“No. 1 Against over-solicitous & inordinate concern for jy [the] O [World].” [1796]
1 + 1 blank + 29 + 1 blank pp. [Acc. No. 2089]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: St Matt: Ch 6, V 34. “Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Sep 4, [17]96,” and “Preached in
St Paul’s, B[altimore]. P M, Sep. 18, 1796. [St. Paul’s] & Xt Ch [, Baltimore] June 17,
1804. Xt ch, [Baltimore,] A M, Sep 29, [18]11. St Paul’s [, Baltimore,] Oct 6, [1811].”
This is the first of two sermons on the same text. See accession number 2090. Bend
occasionally used the symbol “O” for the word “world.”
Keywords: worldliness; Sermon on the Mount; fasting; charity; self-love; last
judgment; Hell; providence, distrust of; idleness;
79. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“No. 2. Against over-solicitous & inordinate concern for this world.” [1796] 1 + 1
blank + 29 + 1 blank pp. [Acc. No. 2090]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: St Matt: Ch 6, V 34 “Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Preached in St Paul’s, B[altimore]. Sep 25,
[17]96. Xt Ch & St Paul’s [Baltimore] June 24, [18]04. [Christ Church, Baltimore] A
M, Oct 13, [18]11. St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Nov. 3, [1811].” The date of composition is
not recorded on this sermon, but, based on the date of the previous and succeeding
sermons, it must have been written in mid-September, 1796. This is the second of
two sermons on the same text. See accession number 2089.
Keywords: Sermon on the Mount; worldliness; Christ, confidence in; anxiety,
inordinate; Mammon; treasure, heavenly;
80. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Against the immoderate Pursuit of Pleasure.” [1794] 1 + 1 blank + 28 + 2 blank pp.
[Acc. No. 1744]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
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