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History of Presbyterian and Reformed church governance, congregations, ministers, and theology. See the following related collections: Presbyterian General Assemblies; Church buildings; Protestant Reformation; and Sermons. Featured image: Synod of Catawba clergy and lay commissioners.

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Title:
Freedom in the Presbyterian Pulpit
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York City, November 16, 1924.
Creator:
Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-1954. (author)
Subject names:
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Freedom of religion--Sermons., Liberty of conscience--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Doctrines., Sermons, American--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356170
Title:
Hebrews 12:3, on the afflictions of the Hebrews.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, December 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353380
Title:
Luke 15:3, on forgiveness of sins.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, October 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353367
Title:
Earth, Earth, Earth hear the word of the Lord.
Description:
Sermon preached by Rev. David Youngs, Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, November 1749.
Creator:
Youngs, David. (author)
Subject names:
Setauket Presbyterian Church (Setauket, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century.
Geographic subjects:
Setauket (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353356
Title:
Presbyterian Church of East Africa First Day of Celebration.
Description:
Text transcribed from label: P.C.E.A. 1st Day of Celebration - Jim Preaching - Sept. 20, 1993. Features Rev. James Costen preaching (from 00:01:22 to 00:27:51) in Kenya for the 100th anniversary of the PCEA.
Subject names:
Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300745
Title:
God's House of Prayer.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Elias R. Beadle. Preached on Sabbath evening, October 13, 1872, at the opening of Second Presbyterian Church at 21st and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia.
Creator:
Beadle, E. R. (Elias Root), 1812-1879. (author)
Subject names:
Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Archives., Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sermons, American--19th century., Church dedication sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293188
Title:
The Sanctuary.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Elias R. Beadle. Preached on Sabbath morning, October 13, 1872, at the opening of Second Presbyterian Church at 21st and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia.
Creator:
Beadle, E. R. (Elias Root), 1812-1879. (author)
Subject names:
Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Archives., Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sermons, American--19th century., Church dedication sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293133
Title:
A thanksgiving sermon, preached January 1, 1808, in St. Thomas's, or the African Episcopal Church, Philadelphia
Description:
By Absalom Jones, Rector of the said church.
Creator:
Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818. (author)
Subject names:
St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Slavery--United States--19th century., Antislavery movements--United States--19th century., Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity., Slave trade--United States--19th century., Sermons, American.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177233
Title:
Faith in God:
Description:
Printed version of the original manuscript. Dedicated to the 152nd General Assembly Meeting at Rochester, N.Y.
Creator:
Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (author), Pears, Thomas Clinton, Jr., 1884-1943. (author)
Subject names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial., New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (152nd : 1940 : Rochester, N.Y.)
Topics:
Sermons, American., Funeral sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:176418
Title:
Man's chief end: glorifying God : a sermon preached January 11, 1885, and: Eternal enjoyment : a sermon preached January 18, 1885.
Description:
Two sermons given by Rev. John H. Barrows, D.D. in January 1885 at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Illinois.
Creator:
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902. (author), Shepard & Johnston. (Chicago) (publisher)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.), Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.
Topics:
Sermons, American., Theological anthropology--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150634
Title:
Why should I join the church?
Description:
Written by Abbott E. Kittredge, pastor of Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
Creator:
Kittredge, Abbott E. (Abbott Eliot), 1834-1912. (author), Whiting, C. H. (publisher)
Subject names:
Third Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Evangelistic work., Church membership.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150597
Title:
Address of the Rev. John H. Barrows, D.D., at the Sixty-First Anniversary of the American Sunday-School Union 1885.
Description:
Rev. John H. Barrows' speech given at Clinton Avenue Reformed Church in Newark on May 17, 1885 in celebration of the sixty-first anniversary of the American Sunday School Union.
Creator:
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902. (author)
Subject names:
American Sunday-School Union--Anniversaries, etc., Clinton Avenue Reformed Church (Newark, N.J.)
Topics:
Evangelistic work., Sunday schools.
Geographic subjects:
Newark (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150576
Title:
Azel Roe sermons, 1784 and undated.
Description:
Three sermons delivered by Azel Roe, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Woodbridge, New Jersey. His first sermon from 1784 was given at a funeral. The second sermon, undated, is rooted in the Gospel of Luke. The third sermon, also undated, is rooted in the Book of 2 Peter. Azel Roe was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Woodbridge for over fifty years.
Creator:
Roe, Azel, 1738-1815. (author)
Subject names:
Roe, Azel, 1738-1815--Archives., Presbyterian Church (Woodbridge, N.J.)
Topics:
Sermons, American.
Geographic subjects:
Woodbridge (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146390
Title:
A semi-centenary discourse, delivered in the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on the fourth Sabbath of May, 1857:
Creator:
Catto, William T. (author)
Subject names:
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Gloucester, John, 1776 or 1777-1822.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141202
Title:
Francis Alison sermon, 1763.
Creator:
Alison, Francis, 1751-1813. (author)
Subject names:
Alison, Francis, 1751-1813--Archives.
Topics:
Sermons, American.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138716
Title:
A Thanksgiving sermon preached in the Presbyterian Church, Greeneville, Tenn.
Description:
A Thanksgiving sermon preached by Rev. Ira Morey in the Presbyterian Church, Greeneville, Tennessee, Thursday, November 30, 1854. Published by request.
Creator:
Morey, Ira, 1814-1864. (author)
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Greeneville, Tenn.)
Topics:
Providence and government of God Sermons., Presbyterian Church Sermons., Thanksgiving Day sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Greeneville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116247
Title:
A discourse delivered at the opening of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, July 4, 1852 by John C. Backus.
Description:
The published discourse delivered at the opening of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, in Baltimore on July 4, 1852 by John C. Backus. Included is the plat of the graveyard on which the church is built.
Creator:
Woods, John H. (Printmaker), Guiteau, S. (Publisher)
Subject names:
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, Md.), Backus, John C. (John Chester), 1810-1884.
Topics:
Cemeteries--Maryland--Baltimore., Church dedication sermons--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:115560
Title:
Valentine Pentzer sermons, 1840s.
Description:
Sermons by Presbyterian minister Valentine Pentzer, including list of sites preached in 1846, among them Cumberland camp meetings, Greenfield, Mo., and Springfield, Mo.
Creator:
Pentzer, Valentine, 1811-1849. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (Greenfield, Mo.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Sermons.
Geographic subjects:
Greenfield (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:89962
Title:
A discourse delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Washington, Pa., April 13, 1823, on the occasion of his resigning his charge of that congregation.
Creator:
Brown, Matthew, 1776-1853. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (Washington, Pa.)
Topics:
Farewell sermons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83141
Title:
Christian zeal : a sermon preached before the Third Presbytery of New York, in Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Pennington, James W. C., 1809-1870. (author)
Subject names:
Thirteenth Street Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Third Presbytery of New York.
Topics:
Enthusiasm--Religious aspects., Slavery and the church., Presbyterian Church--Sermons.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82947

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