PRE CIVIL WAR ABOLITION Anti-Slavery MANUSCRIPT SERMONS
An Abolitionist Ministers Original Sermons 1824-1866
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OUR APOLOGIES : U.S. BIDDERS ONLY ON THIS ITEM. An Exciting & Valuable Historical Find! The Second Great Wakening. Newly Discovered and Hitherto Unknown to History. Ninety Plus Original Hand-Written Manuscript Sermons & Addresses 1824 - 1866 by Abolitionist / Temperance Preacher Rev. Henry Boynton Supply Minister for the Congregational Church Includes Four Great and Courageous Anti-Slavery Sermons Delivered 1836 - 1847 The Contents of which Should Excite the Historian in all The Two Great Anti-Slavery Sermons may be viewed on our Me Page. Just click on the following link: Texts of the Great Anti-Slavery Sermons Sermons and Addresses Delivered from 1824 through 1864 and ... Including a Stunning Genealogical Find! Marriage Records for Suffolk County, Long Island and Sussex County, New Jersey Over 200 Marriages Performed by Rev. Boynton from 1832 to 1866 Names of the married as well as witnesses and places performed. African American as well as White Marriages We are excited to present what is a truly historical find. This is the collected Sermons and Addresses of Rev. Henry Boynton that he delivered from 1824 to 1866 in New York State. Rev. Boynton was a supply Minister for the Congregational Church, although he gladly gave his services to all Protestant denominations. These amazing sermons, in their passion and heart-felt religious emotion, represent the highest and the best that came out of what is called, historically, The Second Great Awakening. These are all original hand-written documents, hitherto unrecognized to history. Their presentation here is the first that they have seen the light of day since Rev. Boynton delivered them so long ago. Included with the Sermons and Addresses is Rev. Boynton's Marriage Record Book, in which are recorded over 200 marriages that he performed from 1832 to 1866. These records contain, of course, the names of the married couples, but also the names of witnesses, where the marriages were performed, and sometimes a few brief particulars about the persons involved. Of especial note, and of important historical significance, are the four Anti-Slavery Sermons, or addresses, that Rev. Boynton delivered. Slavery was the great issue that divided the country. Attempts by Abolitionists to discuss this publicly were akin to a person applying a match to a pile of tinder, the subject was so explosive. Rev. Boynton not only labored in Upstate New York as a Congregational Supply Minister, but also worked as a direct representative of the Anti-Slavery Society. He announced himself publicly as an avowed Abolitionist, and even though his work was in the North, there were a great many, even there, whose sympathies lay with the South, or who were either afraid of the Abolitionists or contemptuous of them. Riots sometimes occurred when Abolitionists attempted rallies and meetings. Any person publicly speaking on behalf of the Anti-Slavery Societies risked not only ridicule, but possible physical injury from those who feared such change. Southern newspapers labeled the Abolitionist Doctrine as unholy. Rev. Boynton was a truly devout Christian, fervently spreading the word of God; but he was equally a staunch and outspoken Abolitionist who bravely dared to raise his voice on behalf of African Americans, demanding the immediate abolition of slavery and the establishment of equality and parity for all blacks in America. What follows below are two of the Anti-Slavery Sermons that Rev. Boynton delivered in various places from 1836 to 1847. It is hard to imagine anyone reading or hearing Rev. Boynton's words and not being stirred in conscience to heartfelt action. Henry Boynton was born in 1800 in Cornwall, Vermont. His parents were, I believe, John Boynton and Mary Smedley(?). Little is known of his personal life, but it is known that, in his boyhood, Henry was apprenticed to a Mr. Asa Bond as a tanner and shoemaker. But, early on, young Boynton felt a calling for the ministry, and so entered years of study under Rev. Josiah Hopkins in New Haven, Connecticut. Rev. Hopkins was a renown minister, who authored several religious books. Henry Boynton was ordained and licensed to preach by the Addison Association of the Congregational Church. Early in his career he ministered in Bristol, and New Haven Vermont, which we can see from these notebooks. As well, Rev. Boynton ministered at the Congregational Church in Starksboro, Vermont. Eventually, after taking up a residence in West Babylon, Long Island, Rev. Boynton commenced his long and arduous service as a supply minister for various widely scattered villages in upstate New York. At some point well along in his career, the Congregational Church of Richfield Springs, N. Y. offered a full-time, permanent position as pastor, but Rev. Boynton declined. Included among the Sermons and Addresses here offered is a gracious and grateful statement by Rev. Boynton in reply to the folks in Richfield Springs. He continued to remain a supply minister. I do not know the date of Rev. Boynton's death, but I assume he died somewhere in upstate New York, possibly in or near Bridgewater. The contents of this auction consist of 95 Hand-Written Manuscript Sermons and Addresses, in pamphlet or unbound booklet format, and one hardcover notebook of unlined rag paper, bound with leather spine and marbled boards, consisting of 16 double pages of marriage records written in ink, mostly of people in villages on Long Island; and Augusta, Sussex Co., New Jersey. There are also a few marriages from Pennsylvania. The records comprise approximately 218 marriages from 1832 to 1866. There are approximately 540 hand-written pages having dimensions approximately 6 1/4" x 7 1/2". There are approximately 1516 hand-written pages having dimensions approximately 4" x 6 3/4". This material is all completely new to history, having remained stored and ignored for many years . It is absolutely unique. It was completely hand-written by Rev. Boynton. Aside from the fact that we have had to read and transcribe Rev. Boynton's handwriting for the purposes of assessing the material for auction, the lucky purchaser of these notebooks will likely be the first to hold and view this important historical material, which has been stored away for years -- an amazing and effecting record of one man's labors on behalf of God, Jesus and the Christian religion, as well as his efforts on behalf of Temperance and, as well, his eloquent, fiery and passionately heart-felt orations in the cause of Abolition as a representative of the Anti-Slavery Society. Rev. Henry Boynton was an unsung, and mostly unrecognized, hero in the cause of Abolition, racial equality and harmony amongst mankind. I doubt we will ever see the likes of such material again. PROVENANCE: Ada Y. Harris Trust. Miss Harris of Bridgewater, N.Y., descendant of Dr. William Yates of Butternuts (Morris) , N.Y. CONDITION. The condition of the Marriage Records Book: The binding is tender with the front cover attached by only a couple of cords. The boards are much rubbed and abraded, with some peeling of marbled surface paper on rear cover, but otherwise the notebook is clean and presentable, with the the records inside clear and legible. There remains a goodly amount of unused rag paper in this notebook, contemporary to the 1830s. The Sermons and Addresses are contained in 94 notebooks, self-wrapped and held together by string. They were hand-written by Rev. Boynton in various inks, predominately India and blue. Rev. Boynton may or may not have, constructed the notebooks himself. 18 of these have dimensions approximately 6 1/4" x 7 1/2". 76 of these are in dimension approximately 4" x 6 3/4". The sermon notebooks are surprisingly and gratifyingly well-preserved, considering their many journeys in saddlebags by horseback through, I imagine, all sorts of weather, clear and inclement. In evidence are scattered ragged edges, various creases and smudges, a few small, insignificant nibbles by mice, etc. The earlier notebooks, of course display the greater amount of wear. Rev. Boynton repeated his sermons in various locales, keeping record of each place and the date for each delivery. There is a goodly amount of editing as he revised sermons through the years. A few of the notebooks have been given new exterior sheets, with the new sheets being pasted over the older exterior sheets and, it seems, but for places and dates, the writing on the old sheets copied to the new; thus a few places and dates are covered up. Some of these can be viewed if the edges are lifted carefully. Some are totally covered. It may be that a paper conservator could lift the added sheets. While there are a few instances of words near the edges of various sheets being slightly effaced, the great bulk of the sermons is quite clear, the only obstacle to reading being the deciphering of Rev. Boynton's sometimes quickly scrawled and somewhat archaic hand. There are also a few extraneous sheets with various notes . Consider the nature of these. Consider their survival through long and hard journeys by horseback, and all sorts of weather conditions, and through all the various seasons, as Rev. Boynton traveled, year-round, state to state, county to county, village to village. These Sermons and Addresses cover a large amount of subject matter, using biblical text as a base for each sermon, and covering such things as sin and salvation, God's Law, the Golden Rule, Repentance, Sabbath Worship, Evangelism, etc. -- basically all the various tenets and concerns of Protestant theology, tempered for public hearing. Rev. Boynton was a Temperance Man, and there is one long Temperance Address, along with, possibly, a few returns to that subject through his various talks. Of especial interest though, in these original manuscripts, and of key historical significance, and the crowning wonderment of the collection, are the Sermons and Addresses that deal with Slavery and Abolition. There are four grand Anti-Slavery Sermons wherein Rev. Boynton delivered eloquent and passionate orations as a direct representative of the Anti-Slavery Society. In these Sermons he demolished the institution of slavery using as a basis for his argument, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and various Biblical texts, including the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus, and of course, specifically the Golden Rule. Boynton displayed a solid understanding of Southern slave laws, setting forth the various statutes and presenting to his audience, a closely reasoned and logical, yet heart-felt and passionate analysis and demolition of the slave laws of the Southern slave-holding states. He compared these legislated Southern slave laws against the Laws of God and the teachings of Jesus Christ, and against Protestant Christian theology in general. In all instances he found the slave laws to be a great evil, a perversion of civil law and in direct contravention to the Laws of God and the teachings of Jesus Christ. He stated unequivocally, and in no uncertain terms that the direct aim of the Anti-Slavery Society was the immediate abolition of slavery. He addressed the fears of Southerners about violence and slave uprisings, but he showed no sympathy whatsoever for slave owners, or their arguments, which he also closely analyzed and dismissed as specious. These great Anti-Slavery Sermons were delivered in various places from July 24, 1836, through March 14, 1847 in the following places: Jefferson, N.Y., July 24, 1836; Islip, N.Y., July 31, 1836; Sennett, N.Y., April 2, 1838; Cato 4 Corners, N.Y., June 30, 1839; Red Creek, N.Y., March 11, 1843; Cornwall VT, March 14, 1847. Rev. Boynton was born in Cornwall; his permanent residence as an adult was in West Babylon, near Islip, on Long Island. Much of the text of the two longer Anti-Slavery Sermons can be viewed on our eBay Me-Page. These two sermons are stunning in their breadth and scope; exhilarating in their passionate defense of the Black man's right to equality and parity; humbling in their extreme compassion. Here is the link, which takes you to the Me Page of Brothertown Books : Texts of the Great Anti-Slavery Sermons There are two other, shorter Anti-Slavery sermons preached, each just as exciting and arresting. One of these was a passionate Oration delivered at the Methodist Meeting House in Babylon on Long Island on December 12, 1844 and at Bridgewater, N.Y. on November 24, 1849. ("Oh, Slavery, thou cruel monster; thou child of the Devil! ") It is a wonderful and fiery sermon against slavery ... in it Boynton mentions the Mexican War ... cites the Revolution ... ... cites the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence against slavery .. and waxes generally passionate against slavery. Here is an excerpt: "I speak to you of the glorious principles embodied in a little instrument called the Declaration of Independence. I would glory in expatiating a little upon the excellent form of government which God permitted our forefathers to establish; of its Republican nature; of its original design to secure to the citizens of this Republic Equal Human Rights - however it may have been abused & perverted by the avarice & cupidity of the Southern portion of this Common Wealth. No man can doubt that this Government was designed to be based upon pure Republican Principles; & that the framers of it designed to have it secure to every citizen, white and black, life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. "I know of no principle embodied in the Declaration of Independence or that forms a component part in the Federal Government which the speaker deplores, but it is the perversion of these principles & the abuse of this form of government, over which an Angel might weep. I refer to the sentiments of those who affirm that the Constitution of these United States authorizes one man to hold property in the flesh, bones & sinew of his fellow man. This doctrine I conceive to be a gross perversion of that instrument called the Constitution of the United States. "Oh! Slavery thou cruel monster; thou child of the Devil! thou seperater [sic] of husband & wives! & and of parents and children, & of brothers & sisters! Thou who causest thy victims to break the Sabbath, disobey parents, commit adultery & to place other Gods before the God of the universe!! Thou who hast taken away the Key of Knowledge from those on whom thou hast laid thy iron & oppressive arm; thou who hast usurped man from his sweat and labor!thou who hast oppressed thy fellow & tramped him in the dust and mard [sic] the image of God in him, & taken from him the right to himself, & every other right, & converted him into a brute, & reduced him into chattel, a thing personal in the hands of his pretended owners; thou enemy of God, & the greatest foe to man; May thy days soon be all numbered! May thy death be sudden & effectual; May thy grave be deep and dark, & the day of thy ressurrection never come! May thy promoters be ashamed, & confounded, & give the most indubious evidence of their repentance. May the more remote & secrete advocates look at thee in all thy ugliness & oppressions & commence trying thee by the Golden Rule & begin to open their mouths & to cast in their votes for the poor, dumb & downtrodden of this our fair & God favored Republic!!! ..... " Strong stuff, and this is just part of that Sermon, which fills 44 pages, 4" x 6" in size. In Aurelius, N.Y., on June 11, 1854, and again in Bridgewater, on November 10, 1851, Rev. Boynton preached another Abolition sermon against Prejudice and Slavery. He was eloquent as always. Here is an excerpt: "It [prejudice] develops itself in those who allow themselves to think & speak diminutively and dismissively against all those who have a complexion dissimilar to their own; & merely on the ground that they are of a different hue from themselves. Those who treat ill and despise [sic] the African & Indian Races, on account of their complexion are of this stamp. [Prejudiced] The hatred & disgust of such persons is not so much against the forms, spirit & acts of these races of the human family, as it is against their color. Are not such prejudices & hatreds unreasonable & (vile? vain?) "1) Are these races to blame for the color of their skin? 2) Did they make themselves? 3) Is God to be blamed for their existence? 4) Do any of you say, there must in the present state of society be slaves, & hewers of wood, & drawers of water, & the African race is well adapted to these ends? 5) Have they not rights as well as the whites? 6) Does God give us permission to think and speak lightly & diminutively of any of his rational and accountable offspring & to treat them worse than we treat our beasts of burden? To bring the image of his son into the shambles & sell it to the highest bidders? I know of no such authority for myself. God has made of one blood all nations. ...." Rev. Boynton may have delivered these orations at other times and places, but the above-mentioned locales are the only places which he recorded. Consider the times. The nation was divided sharply on the issue of slavery. Consider that sympathizers for the South did not only reside south of the Mason Dixon line. There were many in the North who, while not owning slaves, favored the South, and looked upon the Abolitionists with distrust and fear. Many disliked slavery, but were afraid of taking risks, of rocking the boat, as it were, of offending Southern whites, of agitating the slaves. Representatives of the Anti-Slavery Societies, such as Rev. Henry Boynton, took great chances, often even risking their lives to spread the Doctrine of Abolition. While in the North one would not hear the cause of Abolition cited as unholy, as some in the South deemed it, all the same, many were frightened by the prospect of a freed slave population. Anti-Abolition riots were not unheard of, and, sadly, not so uncommon. Even in Upstate New York, home to several well-known Abolitionists, and where Rev. Boynton labored, there were strong anti-Abolition sentiments. Consider the case of the Whitesboro Seminary, the first institution of higher education to matriculate both blacks equally with whites, and situated in a village near Utica, which city was one of the larger centers of population near the area wherein Rev. Boynton preached. This fine school chose to host a rally and meeting in support of Abolition. White citizens of Utica , upon hearing this, became enraged, and rose up and rioted, forcing the school to abort the rally. Rev. Boynton risked ridicule and personal physical injury by daring to speak out publicly against slavery in such a heated atmosphere. Many would have considered his actions poor, and tantamount to agitation of public unrest. One wonders how many of his listeners took his heart-felt message to their own hearts. Also consider the remoteness of villages in upstate New York, when Rev. Boynton first arrived there to preach in the 1820s and 1830s. Roads were rough and crude - when they existed. Rev. Boynton, of necessity traveled by horse. Looking at his itinerary, as recorded in his notebooks - one can see the dates and places - and figure the long distances involved, traveling from one village to another. The life of a supply minister was hard and rigorous, and not a little perilous. Boynton's life was a life in the saddle, keeping notebooks filled with sermons, and a few personal effects in his saddlebags, as he traveled yearly out from his home on Long Island in Babylon to the distant villages of the rural and often near wild upstate. One can come to the conclusion, that the efforts of Rev. Boynton were in no small part responsible for the central New York region in which he preached later becoming centrally active in the promotion of Abolition. And ... consider how welcome the arrival of supply ministers - fulfilling the calling of their yearly circuit - how welcome and important an event it must have been for villagers in places like Red Creek and Cato 4 Corners. Not all the villages were remote, and many grew quickly, but roads and, thus, distances did not necessarily develop apace with the growth of the communities. Consider that marriages, baptisms, and funeral rites were often postponed until the supply minister could arrive. Rev. Boynton performed all those rituals for the thankful villagers, who frequently provided the reverend with food and supplies, a place to sleep and eat, as well as the pittance that constituted his salary. The Marriage Record Book of Rev. Henry Boynton. This consists of a full record of marriages, many on Long Island in such places as Islip, Osyster Bay, Babylon; and many in Sussex Co., New Jersey, and a few from Northeast Pennsylvania. There are also a few death records. A great many marriages were performed in Augusta, N.J. An interesting thing about the Marriage Record book , aside from the wealth of genealogical information as to names of married couples and witnesses, was that Rev. Boynton performed marriages for black couples as well as white. This was surely in keeping with his position as an Abolitionist and a public representative of an Anti-Slavery Society. There are approximately 218 marriages recorded in the book. There are 95 Sermons and Addresses in all. The following are some particulars of each. I apologize if I have missed or misread any: SERMONS - LARGER SIZE ( approx. 6 1/4" X 7 3/4") 1. ~ The Two Great Anti-Slavery Sermons (Proverbs 31: 8, 9) "Open thy mouth for the dumb ..." - 48 pages Jefferson Township NY -- July 24 1836 ' I '- (Islip NY -- July 31, 1836 Sennett NY -- April 2nd, 1838 Cato 4 Corners NY -- June 30, 1839 Red Creek NY -- March 11, 1843 Cornwall, Vermont -- March 14, 1847 (where Boynton was born) 2. ~ Genesis 3: 9 -- "Where art thou?" -- 34 pages -- One of the earliest if not the earliest of the notebooks. Dated to August 24th, 1824 when Rev. Boynton, only 24 years old was just starting in his calling as a minister, having been licensed to preach by the Addison Association Fairfax, Vermont -- August 24, 1824 St, Albans, Fairfax, Milton, Williston, New Haven, Bristol, Wayland, Starksborough [Starksboro] Vermont -- [likely 1824 - 25] Champlain, NY -- December 1827Keesville, NY -- April 6, 1828 Moriah, NY -- August 10, 1828 Crown Point, NY -- January 17, 1830 Cato 4 Corners, NY -- September 13, 1840 Red Creek NY -- July 21, 1844 3. ~ 2 Corinthians, 2:16 --"And who is sufficient for these things?" -- 36 pages Bristol, Vermont -- May 6, 1825 Bristol, Vermont -- ND Starksboro, Vermont -- ND 4. ~ "Communion Sermon" -- St. Luke -- "There they crucified him." -- 24 pages -- a note with this sermon: " seven adults, five children. One professor Bill of mortality in Moriah in 1829. 12 deaths. Moriah, NY -- December 30, 1829 Moriah, NY -- January 3, 1830 Sennett, NY -- September 2, 1832 5. ~ Matthew 18: 15-18 -- "Moreover, if thy brother trespass against thee ..." -- 28 pages Moriah, NY -- November 4, 1829 6. ~ Jeremiah 23: 28 -- "The prophet that hath a dream ...." -- 28 pages [on false prophets and preaching] Bristol, VT -- August 8, 1826 Starksboro, VT -- August 20, 1826 Champlain, NY -- July 23, 1827 Moriah, NY -- July 12, 1828 Sennet, NY -- December 1831 Catlin, NY -- Feb 11, 1834 Cato 4 Corners, NY -- August 13, 1842 Bridgewater, NY -- May 20, 1849 7. ~ Luke 19: 42 -- " If thou hast known, even thou at least ...." -- 28 pages some rare personal notes on rear exterior: "I came onto Paris Hill N.Y. July 25, 1831, & preaching my first sermon on Friday following." "Is this the place where the Lord will have his servant to labour?" [Paris Hill as the name suggests, is one of the highest points in Oneida County] °>[a small drawn pointing hand] " I commenced labor permanently with the people in Havanna, March 20th 1834 & with the people in Catlin, Stuben [sic] Co. April 18th 1834" "My salary is to be #500 per year paid in quarterly payments" Bristol, VT -- May 19, 1825 Bristol, VT -- June 19, 1826 Hinesburgh, VT -- July 16, 1826 Starksborough VT -- July 24, 1826 Plattsburgh NY -- October 15, 1826 New Haven VT -- December 24, 1826 Keeseville, NY -- May 12, 1828 Champlain -- May 29, 1828 Burlington VT -- June 2, 1828 Adison [Addison] VT -- August 1829 Moriah NY -- December 28, 1828 Crown Point -- July 12 1829 Paris NY -- July 30 Canton NY -- October 23, 1831 Port Byron NY -- October 30, 1831 Havanna NY -- April 20, 1834 Catlin NY -- May 12, 1834 Cato 4 Corners NY -- December 1, 1834 8. ~ Psalm 121 -- "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God." -- 28 pages [against atheism] Champlain NY -- Dec 20, 1827 Champlain NY -- December 23, 1827 Keeseville NY -- May 12, 1828 Moriah NY -- December 13 1828 Camillus NY -- June 18, 1831 Sennett NY -- December 11, 1831 Havanna NY -- June 1, 1834 Weedsport NY -- June 21, 1834 Jefferson NY -- June 24, 1836 Cato 4 Corners NY -- December 22, 1838 Red Creek -- March 5, 1843 Bridgewater NY -- Feb 29, 1852 Aurelius NY -- July 30, 1854 [in pencil and seems rather shaky] 9. ~ Hebrews 13: 16 -- "But to do good and to communicate, forget not ... " -- 22 pages [ against Antinomian notions] -- [Rev. Boynton added another folded sheet, but pasted it to the front and rear existing sheet. there are places and dates but they are not viewable, being pasted over - if one holds the page up to the light one can discern their presence] Red Creek NY -- March 15, 1846 Bridgewater NY -- June 10, 1844 10. ~ Ezekiel 18:31 -- "For why will ye die?" -- "Eternal Death" -- 46 pages -- [much edited - one sheet pasted in, another with much of the sheet excised by Boynton - final sheet pasted on] Cato 4 Corners NY -- March 31, 1839 Havanna NY, Jefferson NY, Sennett NY, FairfaxVT, Milton VT , Hinesburgh VT -- ND Red Creek -- June 11, 1843 11. ~ Revelation 10: 6 -- "And swear by him that liveth forever & ever ..." -- 32 pages Bridgewater NY -- December 29, 1850 Aurelius NY -- December 31, 1854 12. ~ 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20 -- "Ye are not your own ..." -- 32 pages [similar to sermon 9 above with pasted extra sheet, covering up places and dates plus some text - which may have been copied onto the new sheet] Bridgewater NY -- February 22, 1852 [plus covered up places, which are earlier - one can make out Port Byron & Sennett and dates 1832 & 1833] 13. ~ Isaiah 52: 3 "Thus saith the Lord, ye have sold your selves for naught." 16 pages [ a single sheet, pasted to front, covers up earlier places and dates] Red Creek NY -- July 20, 1845 (plus covered up earlier places and dates) 14. ~ John 10: 27-29 --"My sheep hear my voice ..." -- 28 pages [final sheet pasted to rear and covering up text, possibly copied to pasted sheet] Bridgewater NY -- April 13, 1851 [ no earlier places or dates - I think they may have been taken out by Rev. Boynton] 15. ~ Hebrews 2: 3 --" How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?" -- 28 pages [ similar to the above with extra sheet pasted to front and rear and places, dates and text covered up - text possibly transferred to new sheet?] Visible: New Haven [Vermont ? or Connecticut ?] -- 1826 -- Champlain, Moriah, Sennett NY - 1827? or '29? On front: Red Creek NY -- August 3, 1845 Bridgewater NY -- June 29, 1851 16. ~ Acts 8th & 5th -- "Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ unto them." -- 16 pages -- [front with paste-down covering places, dates & text - only edges are pasted and page contents are viewable with care] Bristol VT, Starksboro VT, Moriah NY & Cato 4 Corners NY -- 1826 - 1841 Red Creek NY - February 25, 1844 17. ~ Joel 1: 14 -- "Sanctify ye a fast" -- 24 pages Bristol VT -- April 11, 1825 Starksborough VT -- April 19, 1826 Keeseville NY -- March 28, 1828 18. ~ St. John 5: 39 -- "Ye search the scriptures" -- 48 pages [ first page much faded] New Haven VT -- June 24, 1825 Starksborough VT - Bristol VT -- ? Moriah NY -- November 19, 1829 Sennett NY, Cayuga Co. -- June 30, 1833 SERMONS - SMALLER SIZE (approx. 4 X 6) 1. ~ Atonement of Christ and Proof of its Existence -- 4 pages 2. ~ II Cor. 8. 1,2 -- "Moreover brethren ..." 16 pages Red Creek, Aug. 8th, 1844 Bridgewater, May 11, 1851 3. ~ John 15. 2 -- "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit ..." -- 26 pages Bridgewater - March 21 1852 Aurelius - Aug. 27, 1853 Clinton - Feb 10 1864 4. ~ Hosea 6:4 --"O Ephraim, what shall I do unto you..." -- 8 pages Cato 4 Corners Jan 2, 1841 Red Creek - Jan 7, 1844 Bridgewater - Nov. 8, 1850 5. ~ Isaiah 49: 16 -- "Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands" -- 4 pages Cato 4 Corners April 7, 1834 6. ~ II Corinthians 4th, 1.2 -- "Therefore seeing we have this ministry..." -- 16 pages Red Creek - April 23, 1843 Bridgewater - July 21, 1850 Aurelius - Nov. 19, 1854 "Christ wants no under-handed, double-dealing among his Ministers in presenting the truth. he wants no dishonest arts & tricks such as are adopted by the heathen priests & some professed teachers of Christianity..." 7. ~ II Cor. 6 4th to 11th "but in all things..." -- 24 pages Red Creek - March 8, 1846 Bridgewater - Dec. 24, 1850 Aurelius - Dec. 24, 1854 *8. ~ "Oh that men would praise the Lord ..." -- 44 pages -- On slavery & abolition + 4 pages on Cholera Preached at the Babylon, Long Island Methodist Meeting House Dec 12th 1844, and in Bridgewater - Nov. 24 , 1849 Great sermon against slavery ... mentions the Mexican War ... cites the Revolution ... cites the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence against slavery .. waxes passionate in oratory against slavery, to wit: "I speak to you of tthe glorious principles embodied in a little instrument called the Declaration of Independence. I would glory in expatiating a little upon the excellent form of government which God permitted our forefathers to establish; of its Republican nature; of its original design to secure to the citizens of this Republic Equal Human Rights - however it may have been abused & perverted by the avarice & cupidity of the Southern portion of this Common Wealth. No man can doubt that this Government was designed to be based upon pure Republican Principles; & that the framers of it designed to have it secure to every citizen, white and black, life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. I know of no principle embodied in the Declaration of Independence or that forms a component part in the Federal Government which the speaker deplores, but it is the perversion of these principles & the abuse of this form of government, over which an Angel might weep. I refer to the sentiments of those who affirm that the Constitution of these United States authorizes one man to hold property in the flesh, bones & sinew of his fellow man. This doctrine I conceive to be a gross perversion of that instrument called the Constitution of the United States. "Oh! Slavery thou cruel monster; thou child of the Devil! thou seperater [sic][sic] of husband & wives! & and of parents and children, & of brothers & sisters! Thou who causest thy victims to break the Sabbath, disobey parents, commit adultery & to place other Gods before the God of the universe!! Thou who hast taken away the Key of Knowledge from those on whom thou hast laid thy iron & oppressive arm; thou who hast usurped man from his sweat and labor!thou who hast oppressed thy fellow & tramped him in the dust and mard [sic][sic] the image of God in him, & taken from him the right to himself, & every other right, & converted him into a brute, & reduced him into chattel, a thing personal in the hands of his pretended owners; thou enemy of GOd, & the greatest foe to man; May thy days soon be all numbered! May thy death be sudden & effectual; May thy grave be deep and dark, & the day of thy ressurrection never come!May thy promoters be ashamed, & confounded, & give the most indubious evidence of their repentance. May the more remote & secrete advocates look at thee in all thy ugliness & oppressions & commence trying thee by the Golden Rule & begin to open their mouths & to cast in their votes for the poor, dumb & downtrodden of this our fair & God-favored Republic!!! ..... " 9. ~ Mark 13th, 37th verse -- "And what I say unto you, I say unto all.Watch" -- 24 pages Red Creek NY - Aug 6, 1848 Butler NY- Aug 13, 1843 Cornwall, VT - March 21, 1847 Bridgewater NY - Dec 14, 1851 * 10. ~ "Ordination Address to the People" -- 18 pages [Rev. Boynton was ordained by the Addison Association of the Congregational Church in either 1824 or 1825 , when he was 24 or 25 years o age. It is not clear that this was the address he gave at his own ordination. It is more likely it was a general Ordination Address he used at the ordination of other ministers.] All places after this point are New York State, unless marked else-wise. 11. ~ John I: 46 -- "and Nathanael said unto him..." -- 28 pages (No. 1) Sermon against Prejudice and Slavery- Bridgewater - Nov. 10, 1851 Aurelius - June 11, 1854 Rev. Boynton speaks eloquently against the institution of slavery: "It [prejudice] develops itself in those who allow themselves to think& speak diminutively and dismissively against al those who have a complexion dissimilar to their own; & merely on the ground that they are of a different hue from themselves. Those who treat ill and despise [sic] the African & Indian Races, on account of their complexion are of this stamp. [Prejudiced] The hatred & disgust of such persons is not so much against the forms, spirit & acts of these races of the human family, as it is against their color. Are not such prejudices & hatred unreasonable & (vile? vain?) 1)Are these races to blame for the color of their skin? 2) Did they make themselves? 3) Is God to be blamed for their existence? 4) Do any of you say, there must in the present state of society be slaves, & hewers of wood, & drawers of water, & the African race are well adapted to these ends? 5)Have they not rights as well as the whites? 6) Does God give us permission to think and speak lightly & diminutively of any of his rational and accountable offspring & to treat them worse than we treat our beasts of burden? To bring the image of his son into the shambles & sell it to the highest bidders? I know of no such authority for myself. God has made of one blood all nations. ...." 12. ~ John I . 46 -- "And Nathanael said unto him..." -- 28 pages (No. 2) Aurelius - June 18, 1854 Bridgewater - Nov 16, 1856 (?) Against prejudice ...touches on color 13. ~ Gallations [sic][sic] 5:1 -- "Stand fast therefore..." -- 8 pages [ against improper ritual] Norwich - May 12, 1829 West Norwich - 1830 Sennett - Oct 28, 1832 Cato 4 Corners - Feb 23, 1840 Red Creek - March 31, 1844 Bridgewater - Nov. 17, 1850 14. ~ James 4:7 -- "Submit yourselves therefore to God..." -- 36 pages -- On God's Moral Government Aurelius - Aug 29, 1854 Bridgewater - Feb 19, 1855 * 15. ~ " 1835 Temperance Address" -- Romans 13:13, prov. 20:1 EPh. 5:18, Isai 5:11 -- 32 pages Vitron? [possibly Veteran NY] -- Feb 11, 1835 Red Creek - Aug 5, 1840 Bridgewater Feb 24, 1850 * 16. ~ " in Speaking of the Syrian & the Holy Land..." 24 pages about Missionaries in Syria and Beirut 17. ~ "What are we to understand .." - 4 pages Cato 4 Corners - Oct 9, 1841 " Oct 1 1844 18. ~ 2 separate parts - more like notes for sermons rather than a sermon ... "See Emancipator for ....?.... 1836 ANTI-SLAVERY "be not thou partaker[s] of other mens sins. 1. - Who are those who are partakers of other men's sins? 1st: Those who justify piracy. 2. - Or those who justify the domestic slave trade 3. - Those who make no effort to do away with the ....?.... of slavery at the North 4. ~ Those who sell distilled spirits 5. ~ Who make it 6. ~ Ruin Grain for the distiller .... note the character of Gallio in connection of the subject of slavery Jeremiah 5.99 ...On the pernicious consequences of lewdness .... reasons people do not fight its influence 19. ~ Matthew 5. 16 "Let your light so shine before men ..." -- 8 pages Skaneatles Dec 27 / '57 (?) ...exhortations to proselytize and make evident one's faith 20. ~ Psalms 74, 9th " Cast me not off in the time of old age ..." -- 16 pages Preached at Red Creek at the funeral of old Mrs. Brewster of Sterling, Oct. 26th, 1844 and [preached] at the funeral of Mrs. Curtlin (?) of Bridgewater - Sept. 8, 1850 good example of frequent emendation of sermons ...much editing 21. ~ I Samuel, 12. 23 - 24 "I will Teach you the good ..." -- 16 pages Fear, obey and serve the lord .... Cato 4 Corners - April 11th, 1841 Red Creek - May 12th 1844 Cornwall, Vermont - Aug 9th, 1846 Bridgewater - April 28, 1850 Aurelius July 16 1854 22. ~ I Cor. 11- 23,6 ... Mat. 26., 26 & 7 & 8 & 9 -- 4 pages Last Supper - New Covenant -- Communion Aurelius - August 7/1853 23. ~ James 2: 26 "For us the body without the spirit is dead..." -- 16 pages .... edited Doubt - true Faith - grace Cato 4 Corners - Sept. 3, 1841 Red Creek - Nov. 3, 1844 Bridgewater - June 17, 1849 Aurelius - Sept 11, 1853 24. ~ II Corinthians 6: 17 "Wherefore come out from among them & be ye separate..." -- 16 pages --The Christian is different but must dwell amongst unbeliever and enemies of the message ... Cato 4 Corners - Sept 20, 1840 Bet's Corners - Sept.. 27th, 1840 Red Creek - Jan 15th 1843 Bridgewater - July 15th(?) 1848 (?) Richfield Springs March 5, 1853 25. ~ Communion Sermon - Mat. 5 - 13 - 14 - 15 -16 "We are the Salt of the earth" 56 pages much edited - The light of Christ's message and Christian faith during a Dark time Sennett - April 20th, 1832 Sennett - April 29th, 1832 Weedsport - May 3rd, 1832 Sennett, Nov. 1st, 1833 Bridgewater-- Sept 7, 1851 26. ~ Proverbs 11: 30 --- Wisdom of winning souls "He that winneth souls is wise..." 20 pages with editing A plea to evangelization ...win souls by doing good necesity of cheerful integrity in the Church... "We are surrounded constantly by a pestilential moral atmosphere. man is exposed to all the evils which are in the world ..." Powerful sermon about evangelizing in an evil world. Red Creek - March 1, 1846 New Haven (Ct ?)- April 27, 1846 Cornwall, Vt. - May 2, 1846 Bridgewater - ...?... 1849 Paris Hill - Feb. 17, 1850 Bridgewater (2nd time), June 1851 Oriskany - July 20, 1851 Richfield Springs - Nov. 7, 1852 Aurelius Oct. 16th, 1853 Fosterville - Aug 19, 1854 27. ~ Proverbs 23, 29, 30, 31, 32 "Who hath no woe?...." Powerful Temperance sermon delivered in Bridgewater on Jan 18th, 1852 ...mentions Temperance League ... possibilities of action by Congress... ... the situation in Bridgewater ( a hops town) -- 36 pages 28. 4 pages : John 5: 40 -- Reasons for attending prayer meetings -- 6 pages used in Sennett - 1833, Havanna -1834, Catlin - 1834, Jefferson - 1835 29. ~ Titus 3 : 5 "Not by work or righteousness which we have done...." Christian Regeneration -- renewing the Holy Ghost -- and perpetual holiness .... powerful and lengthy sermon -- 32 pages ... edited Sennett - Oct 4th 1833, Oct 6th, 1833, June 25th(?) 1835 Butler - April 30th 1838 Cato 4 Corners - Dec. 2 1838 Cornwall Old - Dec 14th, 1838 Cato 4 Corners - Aug 1, 1841 Red Creek - May 25, 1842 Victory - Oct. 25th, 1842 Red Creek - March 2, 1845 Cornwall May 24, 1846 Bridgewater - Feb. 21st , 1849 Aurelius- Oct. 16 1853 30. ~ Matthew 19th , 27th - "Then answered Peter & said unto him, behold we have forsaken all and followed thee ..." ... What is involved in following Christ? -- 8 pages Cato 4 Corners June 21, 1841 Red Creek - Oct. 3, 1842 Esq. Decker's Schoolhouse - Dec. 15, 1844 Plainfield - May 20, 1849 31. ~ Deut. 6: 6 & 7 Ephesians, 5:4 "These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart..." The obligations of Parents &c... lengthy & powerful" 40 pages ( slightly mouse-nibbled) Jefferson - April 17th, 1836 Cato 4 Corners - Ap14th, 1834 Red Creek - May 12th, 1845 32. ~ Luke 23: 12 And the same day Pilot and Herod were made friends ..." Sermon on forgiveness ... The Gospel dispels enmity ... 24 pages Bridgewater April 6, 1851 33. ~ Judges 5:23 "Curse ye..." Battles of the Lord ...struggling with evil and disbelief. 22 pages . (two waxed together) Cato 4 Corners - Nov. 22 , 1840 Red Creek - Oct. 13th, 1844 Bridgewater - Feb. 10, 1850 Aurelius [sic] - Jan 21, 1855 34. ~ Matthew 3.12 (he experiments with a back-hand script) John premonitory of Christ -- church serves Christ -- 8 pages Cato 4 Corners - Dec 27th 1840 Red Creek - Sept. 18, 1842 Bridgewater, May 2, 1851 35. ~ Hebrews 10:35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward." -- 8 pages Red Creek - Feb. 22, 1846 Bridgewater, Oct. 31, 1951 36. An address by Rev. Boynton thanking the members of the Richfield Springs Congregational Church for their generosity. -- 4 pages Boynton was a supply minister minister there during the winter of 1852-53. The Richfield Springs church church offered Boynton a permanent position as pastor, but he graciously declined their offer. One thinks the saddle and the circuit were in his blood by then. I think he saw his duty to the many churches rather than just one.This church later voted to change its name to the First Presbyterian. 37. ~ Revelations 3:2 & 3rd "Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain..." -- 48 pages A long sermon and address to the congregation at Aurelius over various crises in that congregation ... lagging membership, discontent, lack of piety .... exhortations to regeneration of Gospel principles and piety -- to continue with a faith renewed and etc... 38. ~ James 1:15 "Then when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin..." 20 pages A powerful sermon on resisting temptations to sin Cato 4 Corners - May 30, 1841 South Butler - June7th, 1841 Red Creek - March 17th, 1844 Bridgewater - Aug. 25, 1850 39. ~ Luke 14: 22. "Lord it is done as thou hast commanded..." 4 pages -- the great feast Victory - March 28, 1842 Red Creek - Jan 14th, 1844 40. ~ Rev. 3 part of the first and the whole of the second ... "I know by thy works..." Strength of the church and the congregation in faih -- 8 pages Cato 4 Corners - Aug 29th, 1841 Red Creek - Sept 25th, 1842 Red Creek - Dec. 3rd 1843 41. ~ Address to the congregation at Red Creek 1843 ... thanking them for provisions and articles of use given to Rev. Boynton by the members of the congregation -- 4 pages 42. ~ Notes based on Isaiah 26:3-4 for an address to a Clinton congregation - 4 pages 43. ~ Galatians 4:19 " My little children of whom I travel [sic] (travail) in birth again..." 16 pages The duties and travails of Christian life...comparing ministers to the apostles Red Creek - Oct 19, 1845 Bridgewater - April 15th, 1850 Aurelius - Nov. 26, 1854 44. ~ II Corinthians 5:14 "For the love of Christ constraineth us..." 24 pages (edited) Love of Christ as solid base for church strength obviously a favorite sermon, much worked on Red Creek - Jan. 3, 1845 Cato 4 Corners - Feb 8, 1845 New Haven - Sept. 28, 1845 Kingsborough - Oct 12, 1845 Bristol, Vt. - Oct. 5, 1845 Cornwall - May 2, 1846 Jordan June 12, 1847 Cornwall East - Aug 1, 1847 Bridgewater - Feb. 3, 1850 Richfield Springs - Aug 29, 1852 Aurelius - May 22, 1853 Skaneateles - Jan 28, 1855 Fosterville - Feb 11, 1855 Bridgewater - Feb 14, 1855 Marcellus - July 24, 1855 Baptist Church Skaneateles (probably) - Aug 12, 1855 45. ~ John 17:17 "Thy word is truth" -- Extolling the Bible against human nature and natural tendencies... Denunciation of Mahomet's teaching ... Bible is divine inspiration -- 28 pages Sennett - June 13, 1833 Weedsport - Aug. 1835 Bridgewater - Oct. 18, 1839 Cato 4 Corners - Feb 23, 1840 Red Creek - April 30, 1843 46. ~ Preached at the Funeral of James Lanson Of Bridgewater on April 11, 1851 - Aged 76 Years -- 2 Kings 20:1 --"Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die and not live." -- 28 pages 47. ~ John 10: 9th " I am the door..." 12 pages -- Jesus is as shelter and as the Polar Star. Cato 4 Corners - March 8, 1841 Red Creek - March 31, 1843 Bridgewater May 6, 1850 48. John 6: 44 - "No man can come unto me except the father which hath sent me draw him..." -- much worked on --- sin , hypocrisy, and the desire to be saved .. 38 pages, Cato 4 Corners - March 17, 1839 New Haven - Aug. 23, 1840 Bets Corners - Sept. 27th, 1840 Barnes (?) - Sept. 12, 1841 Sherburne - Oct 2, 1841 Cato 4 Corners - Oct. 10 1841 Victory - Oct. 25, 1842 Port Byron - Jan 10, 1843 Red Creek - Oct 15, 1849 Bridgewater - Feb 23, 1851 Aurelius - April 9, 1854 49. ~ Kings 20 :1-- "Set thy house in order" .... 12 pages Preached at the funeral of Mrs. Dalis, March 20, 1841 Preached at the funeral of Mr. Molton Crane of Cato N.Y. Aug 11, 1842 50. ~ Luke 16:2 ... "Give an account of thy stewardship..." -- 4 pages Sennett - March 16, 1834 -- probably first Congregational church -- Oldest church in Sennett -- Sennett was on the Underground Railroad Havanna - April 12, 1835 -- Havanna later became Montour Falls 51. ~ Galatians 4:11 - "I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed labor on you in vain..." 30 pages, much worked upon ... frustrations of preaching to deaf ears Sennett - Oct. 6, 1832 Sennett - Oct. 7, 1832 Cato 4 Corners - Aug. 18, 1839 Red Creek - June 18, 1843 Bridge water Jan. 27, 1850 Aurelius - Aug 14, 1854 52. ~ Romans 3: 16 & 17 -- "Destruction and misery are in their ways..." -- 4 pages Cato 4 Corners - Jan - 1841 Victory - March 24, 1842 Red Creek - Dec. 20, 1842 Douglass (Sch(? ... School?) Dec 22, 1844 Gate School House - April 6? - 7? 1850 53. ~ Jeremiah 6:14 "They have healed ..." 8 pages - worked on against false ministers ...Ministers are Zion's watchmen Cao 4 Corners - May 15, 1840 Red Creek - Sept 1, 1844 Bridgewater - April 7, 1850 54. ~ Revelations 14:13 -- 20 pages .... loss to last page and slightly to next to last page Preached at the funeral of Mrs. Doct. (?) Wright of Red Creek Sept 11, 1844 Preached at the funeral of Widow Cook of Manchester, June 4, 1860. 55. ~ James 1:27 - "Pure religion and undefiled before God..." 34 pages much worked on -- True religion ...preaching against Romanism, idolatry etc. ...much worked on ... a favorite ... following the Golden Rule to its very letter ... Cato 4 Corners - March 1840 Cato 4 Corners - April 5, 1840 Sennett - April 19, 1840 Ira - June 21, 1840 New Haven - Aug. 30, 1840 Sherburne - Oct. 3, 1841 Union Springs - May 29, 1843 (?) Bristol - Feb 26, 1848 Bridgewater - Feb 11, 1849 Aurelius - Dec. 1853 Cahaba Ala (Alabama?!) - Nov. 9, 1856 New Hartford - March 2, 1863 Manchester - Aug. 9, 1863 56. ~ Address given in Havana July 6th 1834 before the Sabbath School -- Also Sept. 22, 1844 in the Schoolhouse by Esq. I Deckers (?) .... 22 pages .... soiled 57. ~ Psalms 45 "The scepter of the kingdom..." A Good and moral government must be guided by the laws of God and Christ ... a great sermon ... much worked on ... 42 pages Havana- March 26, 1835 Bristol - April 2, 1848 Sauquoit - Aug 4, 1850 Bridgewater - Aug 11, 1850 Aurelius - Jan 1, 1854 58. ~ Numbers 32:23 -"Be sure your sin will find you out..." sin and salvation ... 36 pages Bridgewater - Aug 25, 1851 (?) Aurelius - Fb 12, 1854 Skaneateles - Sept 10, 1854 Fosterville - Oct 8, 1854 59. ~ Ezekiel 18 and part of the 30th ... "Rpent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions" 40 pages .... A Christian's duty to turn from sin by their own decision , and thus to accept the holy spirit Red Creek - Sept 10, 1843 Bridgewater - Jan 25, 1852 60. ~ II Peter 3:18 .... "Grow in grace." 4 pages .... no places named 61. ~ Acts 5:3,4 .... "Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?" ... discourse on the personality of God in the Holy ghost. .... 22 pages Sennett - May 31, 1833 Sennett - June 2, 1833 Havana - Nov. 23, 1834 Jefferson - Aug 21, 1836 Cato - Oct. 1, 1838 Cato - Aug. 22, 1841 Red Creek - April 16, 1843 Bridgewater - Sept. 23, 1844 Aurelius Feb. 11, 1855 62. ~ Hebrews 11:26 "Esteeming the reproach of Christ ..." ... Christ's recompense for repenting sinners -- 20 pages Cato 4 Corners - July 3, 1841 Red Creek - June 25, 1843 Cato 4 Corners - Sept. 9, 1845 Cornwall, Vermont - April 25, 1847 Bridgewater - 29, 1849 Cornwall, Vermont - Nov. 23, 1851 Richfield Spa - Feb 13, 1853 Aurelius - July 4, 1853 63. ~ Hebrews 12,:11 .... "Now no chastening for the present ...." Afflictions by God on sinners 18 pages Preached at the funeral of Mrs. I. Trippe of Utica on Aug 20 , 1850 in Plainfield Preached at the funeral of Mr. Warren Johnson of linton, April 25, 1860 64. ~ Matthew 9:13 .... "For I am not come to call the righteous ...." on false repentance and "varnished hypocrisy"... 32 pages From Sennett in 1832 to Litchfield in 1850 ( pages waxed together) 65. ~ Matthew 10:33 .... "But whosoever shall deny me ..." Mark 9:38 "Whosoever shall be ashamed of me..." etc. .... 20 pages Bridgewater Nov.10, 1850 66. ~ Luke 9:50 .... "He that is not against us is for us" What is it to be for Christ? -- 4 pages No places mentioned 67. ~ Galatians 3:14 "That the blessing of Abraham might come ...." the everlasting spiritual covenant .... 20 pages Red Creek - Feb 9, 1845 68. ~ Romans 9: 1-2-3 ... "I say the truth in Christ" -- 24 pages Aurelius - Nov 19, 1854 Red Creek - March 29, 1846 Cornwall, Vermont - Jan 17, 1847 Corn[wall] - Old? Ch[urch?] - Dec 24, 1848 New Haven, Vermont - April 20 1851 69. ~ Romans 5:5 "And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts..." the hope of a Christian .... includes a hymn .... 16 pages Cato 4 Corners - Oct. 24, 1841 Red Creek - Dec. 23, 1843 Bridgewater - Oct. 31, 1849 Bridgewater - Aug 31, 1851 Aurelius - Dec 31, 1853 70. ~ Romans 14:22 .... "Happy is he that condemeth himself ..." ... on drink and other "filthy habits" .... 30 pages Winfield - Oct 22, 1851 Bridgewater - Oct 25, 1851 Richfield Spa - Feb 28, 1853 Aurelius - July 17, 1853 Scipio No. 1 - July 24 1853 Baptist Church Skan [eateles] - March 18, 1855 Hampton - Jan. 22, 1860 71. ~ John 17:17 "Thy word is truth" .... Bible the word of God ...the last of the series on the truth of the scriptures .... 32 pages Sennett - June 21 1833 Sennett - June 23, 1833Newsport - Aug 16, 1835 Cato 4 Corners - March 1, 1840 Red Creek - May 7 1843 Bridgewater Nov. 18, 1849 72. ~ I Corinthians 7:14 "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife" speaking on circumcision ... 30 pages Cato 4 Corners - June 14, 1840 Red Creek - April 29, 1845 73. Romans 8:14 " For as many are led by the spirit of god..." how does one become "born of god"? .... 18 pages Red Creek - Nov 11, 1845 Cornwall, Vermont - Aug 9, 1846 Bristol, Vermont - Jan 23, 1848 Red Creek - June 1848 -?- Bridgewater - March 1849 Aurelius - April 1, 1854 74. ~ I Corinthians 11:28 ... "But let a man examine himself..." self-examination .... 20 pages Bridgewater - Jan 4, 1858 75. ~ Ecclesiates [sic] 7:29 ..."Lo this only have I found, that God hath made man upright" On man's primitive character and moral evil .... 28 pages much edited Sennett - Aug 1, 1833 Sennett - Aug 4, 1833 Jefferson - March 13, 1836 Cato 4 Corners - April 28, 1839 Red Creek May 21, 1843 76. ~ Undated anniversary talk GREAT - History! Home Missionary Society - Anniversary talk on "Home Missions" identifies Massachusetts Home Missionary Society establishment in 1799 ... did not "receive a perfect organization & concentration of its operations until 1826 " Names Jebediah Bushnell as early minister to the Western Settlements "Great Valley of the West" (Mohawk Valley?) ... no place of delivery -- 8 pages SHIPPING AND PAYMENT OUR APOLOGIES : U.S. BIDDERS ONLY ON THIS ITEM. 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