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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:
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:
Milton Galamison sermons, May-Dec. 1965.
Description:
Sermons by Milton Galamison, community activist and pastor at Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Milton Galamison papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Creator:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988. (author)
Subject names:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Sermons, American--African American authors.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288704
Title:
Milton Galamison sermons, Oct. 1964-Apr. 1965.
Description:
Sermons by Milton Galamison, community activist and pastor at Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Milton Galamison papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Creator:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988. (author)
Subject names:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Sermons, American--African American authors.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288600
Title:
Milton Galamison sermons, Dec. 1963-Sept. 1964.
Description:
Sermons by Milton Galamison, community activist and pastor at Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Milton Galamison papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Creator:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988. (author)
Subject names:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Sermons, American--African American authors.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288512
Title:
Milton Galamison sermons, Jan.-Nov. 1963.
Description:
Sermons by Milton Galamison, community activist and pastor at Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Milton Galamison papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Creator:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988. (author)
Subject names:
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Sermons, American--African American authors.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288430
Title:
John Morton Ellis sermons, 1960-1965.
Description:
Sermons by John Morton Ellis, Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist.
Creator:
Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001. (author)
Subject names:
Ellis, John Morton, 1919-2001.
Topics:
African American clergy., African American Presbyterians., Sermons, American.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:221462
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:
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:
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:
KFAB Church of the Air, Dundee Church choir and Dr. Louis Evans, 1957.
Description:
Performance by the choir of Dundee Presbyterian Church, Omaha, Nebraska, and sermon by Dr. Louis Evans entitled, "The Lord is my Shepherd or What science is thinking," at 169th General Assembly, Omaha, Nebraska, 1957.
Creator:
Evans, Louis Hadley, 1897- (speaker)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (169th : 1957 : Omaha, Neb.), Church of the air (Radio program)
Topics:
Religious broadcasting.
Geographic subjects:
Omaha (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116514
Title:
Katie Cannon interviewed by Alice Brasfield, December 7, 1987, side 2.
Description:
Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.
Creator:
Cannon, Katie G. (interviewee), Brasfield, Alice, 1931- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Cannon, Katie G.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., Women in the Presbyterian Church., Womanist theology., Presbyterian women--United States., African American women clergy.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116459
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 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

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