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Sermons by John Hamilton (1713-1780), minister of the High Kirk, Glasgow

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Identifier: MS HAM 4
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Sermon notebook of John Hamilton, Minister of the High Kirk, Glasgow (1713 - 1780).

Sermons preached at the Barony Church, Glasgow, 1741 - 1749, and at the High Kirk, 1749 - 1750. Notebook is quarter-bound octavo, with dense text in Hamilton's own hand. Each sermon is prefaced with a brief title, date, and place of preaching. 182 numbered pages. Contain bookplates of the library of Rev. David Welsh.

Dates: 1741-1750
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by Rev Thomas Gillespie (1708-1774), minister at Carnock

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Identifier: MS GIL 3
Scope and Contents 8 bound notebooks of sermons.1. 1761. Includes sections on Luke 14:23, Romans 8:12, 1 John 3:2, 1 Peter 4:7, philippians 1:6 and Isaiah 60:12. 1761. Includes sections on Psalms 68:18, Acts 17:11, Isaiah 59:19 and Acts 17:313. 1761. Includes sections on Hosea 7:16, Job 29:2-3, Job 13:15, Hebrews 9:14, Isaiah 43:5-6, Matthew 17:20, Luke 17:6 and Psalms 73:13-144. 1761-1762. Not indexed.5. 1762. Includes sections on Ephesians 1:16 and...
Dates: 1761-1764
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by Robert Bowis (c.1672-1741), ‘The historie of the origine and progress of saint-invocation and adoration’etc., Samaritan Pentateuch (1909), biography of Rev John Ritchie, Kilmarnock; and address by Rev Dr Hugh Watt (c.1880-1968)

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Identifier: MS BOX 24.1 to MS BOX 24.5
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1711-1946
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by Thomas Key (c.1688-1756), minister of Kilrenny

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Identifier: MS KEY
Scope and Contents

Volume of sermons on Romans 8, preached in Kilrenny, Fife.

Oblong volume with 95 numbered folios. The hand is a very small but is a clear secretary, with some italic features. No shorthand is immediately apparent, but a key is written in pencil on the front board.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 2 December 1738 - 13 May 1739
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by Thomas Shaw (1684-1745), minister of Scone

 Collection
Identifier: MS SHA3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1709-1711
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by William Fraser (1779-1853), Burgher minister at Alloa

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Identifier: MS FRA 5
Scope and Contents

Sermons of William Fraser (1779-1853), Burgher minister at Alloa. Contents is mostly long hand, with sermons in shorthand.

Also contains statistics on the students in the Burgher Divinity Hall, Selkirk, 1798 from when Fraser was a student there under Dr. George Lawson. Fraser tracks their ordination status and service until 1818.

Dates: 1816-1818
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons collected by R. Jardine

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Identifier: MS JAR
Scope and Contents

Sermons and lectures by various authors compiled into a manuscript volume by R. Jardine. Noted as volume 5 with writing starting from both ends of the volume. Envelopes have been laid in with references to Stirling on them. 'Janet Renny' inscribed on last page verso. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1714
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Alexander Wodrow (1674-1706), minister at Tron Kirk, Glasgow

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Identifier: MS WOD1
Scope and Contents

Sermons, possibly in the author's hand, mainly preached at Laigh Kirk, later Tron Kirk [Collegiate charge], and Outer Kirk, Glasgow. Some notes in shorthand.

Dates: 1702-1703
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Andrew Harper (1844-1936), Principal of St Andrews College, Sydney

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Identifier: MS HAR 1
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of manuscript sermons. Spine title reads:

"Manuscript Sermons. 1849 - 1879. By the Reverend Principal Harper D.D."

Volume is written in shorthand, apart from 19 leaves in Latin script at the back.

Presented to New College Library by Harper's granddaughter, Jean A. Hay Wilson, in 1923. Correspondence regarding the donation is laid in the front.

Dates: 1849-1879; Event: 1923
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Angus MacBean (1785-1845), minister of Free Gaelic Church, Greenock

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Identifier: MS MCB
Scope and Contents

Manuscript book of sermons by Rev. Angus McBean, of the Free Gaelic Church, Greenock. 102 pages.

Sermons were begun on the 6 August 1826, and ended on the 11 February 1827. Individual entries are titled but not dated.

Volume title is written on the front board by Hugh Buie of Greenock. A third hand has added the dates 1821-1845 in pencil, presumably in reference to McBean's tenure as minister.

Dates: 1826-1827
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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