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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:
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:
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:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians".
Description:
Address by King delivered at COEMAR breakfast, Presbyterian General Assembly, 1958. Second-generation dub from original recording in 89-0626c.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146281
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

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