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Bascom, Henry Bidleman, 1796-1850

Bascom, Henry Bidleman, 1796-1850

 
Bascom spent much of his life in Appalachia. He was born in Delaware County, New York, spent part of his adolescence in Cattaraugus County, and, at age 16, was licensed to preach in Highland County, Ohio. His work as a Methodist Episcopal circuit rider and agent of the American Colonization Society took him to the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and what is now West Virginia. He was also the first president of Madison College in Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1827-29). He passed away in September 1850, shortly after his election as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Additional information can be found on Bascom’s Wikipedia page; in Matthew Simpson, Cyclopaedia of Methodism (Philadelphia: Everts & Stewart, 1878); and especially Moses Montgomery Henkle, The Life of Henry Bidleman Bascom: Late Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Louisville, KY: Morton & Griswold, 1854).

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  • Bascom User Guide by Robert H. Ellison

    Bascom User Guide

    Robert H. Ellison

    The User Guide for the Library of Appalachian Preaching is a Google Sheet that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded for offline use.

    This part of the Guide provides information about Bascom's sermons. It includes the title, sermon text, date and place the sermon was preached (if known), and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well. At the moment, Cross of Christ is the only sermon in the Guide; information about Bascom's other works will be added soon.

  • Lectures on Mental and Moral Philosophy, on Natural Theology, and on the History and Philosophy of Letters by Henry Bidleman Bascom

    Lectures on Mental and Moral Philosophy, on Natural Theology, and on the History and Philosophy of Letters

    Henry Bidleman Bascom

    This is Volume 3 of Thomas Neely Ralston’s 4-volume Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, D.D., LL.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It contains 1 “Lecture on Moral Science,” 27 “Lectures on Mental Science,” 21 “Lectures on Moral and Political Philosophy, 1 “Lecture on Natural Theology,” and a “Glance at the History and Philosophy of Letters.”

  • Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, D.D., LL.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South by Henry Bidleman Bascom

    Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, D.D., LL.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

    Henry Bidleman Bascom

    This is Volume 2 of a 4-part series; unlike the other volumes, it does not carry a separate title. The contents include 5 “Lectures on the Relative Claims of Christianity and Infidelity,” Bascom’s inaugural discourse as president of Madison College, speeches on temperance and the history of Methodism, and 2 commencement addresses.

  • Sermons, and Sketches of Sermons, from the Pulpit by Henry Bidleman Bascom

    Sermons, and Sketches of Sermons, from the Pulpit

    Henry Bidleman Bascom

    This is Volume 4 of Thomas Neely Ralston’s 4-volume Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, D.D., LL.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It contains 21 sermons on such subjects as “Angelic Agency,” “Christ’s Mediatorial Character,” and “The Truth and Importance of Christianity.”

  • Cross of Christ: Being a Sermon, Preached by the Late H.B. Bascom ... Before the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South ... To Which is Added a Brief Sketch of His Illness and Death; Together With the Funeral Discourse ... September 21st, 1850 by Henry Bidleman Bascom

    Cross of Christ: Being a Sermon, Preached by the Late H.B. Bascom ... Before the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South ... To Which is Added a Brief Sketch of His Illness and Death; Together With the Funeral Discourse ... September 21st, 1850

    Henry Bidleman Bascom

    The title page indicates that Bascom preached this sermon “Immediately preceding his Ordination to the Episcopal Office, in St. Louis, Missouri, May 12th, 1850.” It was delivered outside Appalachia; it is included in the Library to help paint a complete picture of his preaching.

  • Sermons from the Pulpit by Henry Bidleman Bascom

    Sermons from the Pulpit

    Henry Bidleman Bascom

    The 12 sermons in this collection address such topics as “The Death of Christ,” “The Triumph of Christianity over Death,” and “Heaven” and “The Judgment.” The book was republished as Volume 1 of Posthumous Works of the Rev. Henry B. Bascom, D.D., LL.D., One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Nashville, TN: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1905).

 
 
 

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