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San Marino, CA 91108
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Sermons by Jonathan Mayhew on John, 3:4 (1749, Mar.); Luke 12:32 (1750, Mar.; John 18: 36 (1759, Mar.); Matthew 3:8,9 (1762, Dec.); Matthew 3:8 (1763, Jan.); Revelation 2:11 (Sermon 1 (1764, Feb.) and 2 (1764, Mar.)).
mssHM 8046-8053
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The manuscript is a record of some sermons William Kidd heard from 1805 to 1814. Each entry includes: date, location, name of the person giving the sermon, and topic. Some of the entries include notes from the sermon.
mssHM 46984
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The log book kept by William H. Allen onboard of the Chesapeake. The entries cover the periods of June 6 - July 11 and Sept. 2-6, 1807; and June 11-13, July 13-23, Aug. 2- Sept. 1, 1808.
mssHM 564
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This small group of material consists of handwritten sermons by Brier and notes for sermons. Some of the sermon titles are: "Churchism," "The Dispensation of the Spirit," "Divine Union," and "The Existance [sic] of God." Also included are sermons and notes regarding baptism, and church history. There is also one notebook of Brier's with religious notes. The majority of the collection is undated (the notebook is dated 1887). There is also one letter written by Reverend Brier to Reverend J. E. Dwinelle, of Sacramento; it is about Charles Eliot Norton, evolution and religion (letter is also undated). It is assume that all of this material was written after Brier came to California in 1850.
mssHM 79810-79823
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ff. 1-122v. [Antonius Azaro de Parma]. Sermones. Latin. ff. 123-126v. [Sifridus, abbas S. Crucis]. [Four sermons]. Latin. Four sermons commemorating a soul, of which only the first is attributed to Sifridus. On ff. 127-128v, an added sermon. Back pastedown. Latin. Added prayers to St Livinus: (i) "Dextera tua quesumus [...] per intercessionem beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ... eripiat. Per ..."; (ii) "Deus quidam(?) ... sancti livini martiris tuis atque pontificis ..."; (iii) "Deus qui es vigo(?) ..."; (iv) "Tribue quesumus omnipotens et misericors deus intercessionibus beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ..."; and miscellaneous notes including "stadium est spacium ccor. xxv pedes" (?) and pen-trials. 1 item. [Donatus]. [Ars minor]. Latin. Contains part of the section De nomine, with a red initial at "Magister nomen appellativum ...". This fragment serves as spine-lining for the main codex; it is conjoint with the front pastedown.
mssHM 58203
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The collection consists of 551 manuscripts and 4 pieces of correspondence, which are arranged in chronological order by type. The majority of the manuscripts consist of sermons written by Laurentine Hamilton between 1858 and 1882. The sermons are ordered by the date they were first given, but Hamilton often reused his sermons. These dates are usually written on the manuscript or on the bindings that Hamilton used to hold together the loose pages of many of his sermons. One sermon which illustrates Hamilton's arguments for posthumous salvation was given on May 16, 1869 and is titled, "The Judgment." Hamilton also gave sermons incorporating the theories of Darwinian Evolution into Christianity beginning in 1878. There is also a seven-page biography of his life, which was read at Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at UC Berkeley on December 17, 1956. It is unclear who wrote the speech. It may have been the donor, Clark Edward. The speech itself is a brief overview of Hamilton's life and then a short analysis of the events triggered by his controversial sermons regarding posthumous salvation. The ephemera, consisting of 25 items, are arranged by type. The ephemera consists of issues of the Oakland Daily News with Hamilton's printed sermons, from 1874 to 1875, issues of the Oakland Daily Evening Tribune with an article by Hamilton and his obituary, and an issue of the Sunday Chronicle from 1882 with Hamilton's obituary. Also included are three lists of Hamilton's sermons, a copy of one of Hamilton's sermons, his academic diplomas and certificates, notes by an unknown author, and a tract by Hamilton, titled "The Future State and Free Discussion; Four Sermons Preached in the First Presbyterian Church" dated 1869.
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