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Sermons

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 346 Collections and/or Records:

Sermons of Ludovick Grant, Episcopal minister at Fortrose

 Fonds
Identifier: MS GRA 1
Scope and Contents Manuscript volume, rebound and with the bookplate of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1798-1868). Title page reads 'Select Sermons written by Mr Ludovick Grant. Fortrose. June 18 1748'.Pagination restarts with each sermon in the front section. From the front, the first entry is dated June 18 1748 and the final entry is dated 27 Feb 1749. From the back, the only visible date is 16 May 1743. The back section is not paginated. There are two flyleaves at the front and back. One is a...
Dates: 1743-1749
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Robert Edmond McIntyre (1889-1961), minister of Morningside High Church, Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCI
Scope and Contents Sermons of Robert Edmond McIntyre (1889-1961), minister of Morningside High Church, Edinburgh.Arranged by texts across 6 boxes. Sermons are mostly typescript, with handwritten annotations. Some have dates noted on the back, ranging from at least 19 June 1927 - 4 March 19571. Genesis to Deuteronomy. Including Exodus and Numbers.2. Nehemiah to Malachi. Including Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastus, Song of Solomon, Isaiah and Jeremiah.3....
Dates: At least 19 June 1927 to 4 March 1957
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Robert Horsburgh (c.1670-1724), minister at Prestonpans

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HOR 2
Scope and Contents

Sermons preached by the Reverend Mr Robert Horsburgh, minister of the Gospel at Prestonpans. 5 sermons preached when minister of Glenholm, and dated 1698.

Robert Horsburgh graduated from the University of Edinburgh, 26 June 1690. He was called to the church 24 June 1696, and was ordained 24 September 1696. He became minister of Prestonpans in March 1702.

Volume is an oblong octavo, and is written from both the front and the back. From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1698
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Guthrie (1620-1665), minister at Fenwick

 Fonds
Identifier: MS GUT 1
Scope and Contents In two parts:MS GUT 1.1. One notebook containing four sermons preached by William Guthrie, Minister of Fenwick. Volume is a thin paper-wrapped notebook, with 36 pages in a clear secretary hand. Previously owned by historian Robert Wodrow:Page 1 - Mark 4:38Page 11 - Psalms 119:120Page 25 - Matthew 15:22Page 30 Matthew 15:26 MS GUT 1.2. Notes of sermons in 7 volumes. The previous catalogue states that this is a transcript...
Dates: c.1655-c.1664
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Henderson (1690-1737), minister of Dalgety

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HEN 2
Scope and Contents

Notebook of the sermons of William Henderson, Minister of Dalgety (1690-1737). Preached at Dalgety between 1723 - 1725. Notebook is an oblong octavo, with 278 numbered pages.

The main body of the text is in a small, sharp italic hand that bears some secretary features. A second hand writes in pencil on the front board and flyleaf. The front board states that this is volume 7, but no other volumes are held.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1723-1725
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons on Hebrews chapter 11 by Robert Bruce

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BRU 2
Scope and Contents Composite volume in one neat secretary hand. 'Ane Anagram: SOB SILLE COR' [Isabell Cor] 'Give me thy hairt And see fyre no more...' 'O louse me from this lothsum lump of clay...' 'The christianis cogniseance...' 'The winter night' ...
Dates: 1590-1594
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons on keeping the holy day, 15th century

 part
Identifier: MS 78/ff. 161r-187v
Contents Three sermons on the celebration of the weekly day of rest and worship, written in cursive hand. All three begin with a verse from the Deuteronomy, in which God reiterates his commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy: observa diem sabbati ut sanctifices eum ('observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy', Deut. 5:12). The scribe has collected the sermons together under the title Sermones de festivando ('Sermons on keeping the...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing fifteen texts

Sermons on the Beatitudes, by an unknown author

 part
Identifier: MS 80/ff. 211r-233v
Contents

Sermons on the beatitudes.


Start on f. 211r with the following words: De Humilitate. Beati pauperes spiritu. And end on f. 233v with the following words: et aliud apertum dimittere proficit.

Dates: early 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including six texts

Sermons, prayers and correspondence of Rev James Mitchell (1759-1835), minister at Montrose

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MIT 2
Scope and Contents Papers of Rev. James Mitchell (1759-1835), Minister at Montrose. Manuscript text spans one small bound volume, and a stack of gathered papers.Events covered in sermons and prayers include: - A celebration of the King's Birthday (4 June, 1794), - A funeral sermon on Mitchell's own death (1835), - A draft of a reply by James Mitchell to a pamphlet by Provost Christie [against the Kirk Session of Montrose, 1790], - A speech delivered by the Rev. James Mitchell...
Dates: 1790-1835
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons, prayers, and lectures, 1831-1847

 Series
Identifier: MS CHA6/20
Dates: 1831-1847
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / The Chalmers Collection / Section 6, Manuscript writings and papers