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Orville Dewey (1794-1882) graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1819. He held jobs as a teacher, a clerk, and an agent for the American education society. Dewey was pastor for the Unitarian Church in New Bedford (1823-1833), the 2nd Unitarian Church of New York (1835-1848), a church in Albany for a [...]

This sermon was preached by Joseph A Copp on August 8, 1858 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. It was preached to celebrate the completion of a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable between America and England on August 5, 1858. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: AS ILLUSTRATING THE PROVIDENCE AND BENEVOLENT DESIGNS OF GOD. A DISCOURSE, PREACHED IN [...]

William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) was the grandson of one of the Newport Sons of Liberty, John Channing. William graduated from Harvard in 1798 and became regent at Harvard in 1801. He was ordained a preacher in 1802 and worked towards the 1816 establishment of the Harvard Divinity School. The following sermon [...]

Joseph Lathrop (1731-1820) Biography: Lathrop was born in Norwich, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale, he took a teaching position at a grammar school in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he also began studying theology. Two years after leaving Yale, he was ordained as the pastor of the Congregational Church in West Springfield, Massachusetts. [...]

The Rev. Jacob Duche´ (1737-98) was born in Pennsylvania, a descendant of Huguenots who immigrated to America with William Penn. He attended the College of Philadelphia (graduated in 1757) and the University of Cambridge in England. He was made rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia in 1775. Rev. Duche´ was the [...]

This sermon was preached by Charles Turner on a day of Fasting and Prayer in Massachusetts on May 15, 1783. Due Glory to be given to God. A DISCOURSE CONTAINING TWO SERMONS PREACHED IN CAMBRIDGE MAY 15, 1783. BEING A DAY APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLICK FASTING AND PRAYER. BY CHARLES [...]

The following election sermon was preached by Charles Boardman in New Haven, CT on May 5, 1830. THE DUTIES AND EMBARRASSMENTS OF RULERS. A SERMON, ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION IN NEW-HAVEN, MAY 5, 1830. BY CHARLES A. BOARDMAN, Pastor of the Third [...]

William Rounseville Alger (1822-1905) preached this sermon in 1861 on the Civil War. OUR CIVIL WAR, AS SEEN FROM THE PULPIT:  A SERMON   PREACHED IN THE BULFINCH-STREET CHURCH, April 28, 1861. BY WILLIAM R. ALGER. SERMON. Isa. Ii. 3: “COME, LET US GO UP TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND [...]

Jonas Clark (1730-1805) Biography: Jonas Clark was born on Christmas Day in Lexington, Massachusetts. He graduated from Cambridge University at the age of 22 and was ordained as a minister three years later. While serving as a minister, he also worked a farm of 60 acres in order to supply his [...]

William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) was the grandson of one of the Newport Sons of Liberty, John Channing. William graduated from Harvard in 1798 and became regent at Harvard in 1801. He was ordained a preacher in 1802 and worked towards the 1816 establishment of the Harvard Divinity School. This sermon was [...]