Sermon – Marriage – 1837

The Rev. Henry Handley Norris was a British clergyman who served as Rector of South Hackney in Middlesex County, England. Rev…

Sermon – Election – 1829, Vermont

The following election sermon was preached by Charles Walker in Montpelier on October 8, 1829. A SERMON, PREACHED AT MONTPELIER, BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, ON THE DAY OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 8, 1829. BY CHARLES WALKER, PASTOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, EAST RUTLAND. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE.   […]

Sermon – Pilgrims – 1827

Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) graduated from Yale in 1797, having studied theology with Timothy Dwight (the president of Yale)…

Sermon – Fugitive Slave Bill – 1851

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites…

Sermon – Christmas – 1841

In the history which the evangelist, Luke, gives us of the birth of our blessed Savior, we are told that, “The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had seen and heard.” It is in the twentieth verse of the second chapter..[…]

Sermon – Snow and Vapor – 1856

Cyrus Augustus Bartol (1813-1900) graduated from Harvard divinity school in 1835. He was a co-pastor with Charles Lowell at the West Church in Boston in 1837…