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Curtis, Thomas Fenner, 1815-1872

 
Information about Curtis’ life and work has proven difficult to find. We know from his published works that he was in Appalachia in the mid-1840s, pastoring a Baptist church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and teaching theology at Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham. His books include The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last Hundred Years (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855) and Anastasis…The Temptations of the Wilderness, Bathsheba, and Other Poems (New York: Leavitt & Co., 1850).
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  • Curtis User Guide by Robert H. Ellison

    Curtis 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 Curtis' sermons. It includes the title, scripture 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.

  • Christian Preacher: A Sermon Delivered in the Baptist Church, Tuskaloosa, Ala., at the Ordination of the Pastor Elect, the Rev. Joshua H. Foster, on Sunday, March 13th, 1853 by Thomas Fenner Curtis

    Christian Preacher: A Sermon Delivered in the Baptist Church, Tuskaloosa, Ala., at the Ordination of the Pastor Elect, the Rev. Joshua H. Foster, on Sunday, March 13th, 1853

    Thomas Fenner Curtis

    Joshua Hill Foster (1819-1904) was a professor at the University of Alabama and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. Upon his election to the pastorate, Curtis, a previous pastor of the church, preached his ordination sermon. In the concluding paragraph, he wrote, “And you too, my dear young friends…will not you, too, retire and pray that the ministrations of your new pastor may be blessed to your own souls. That will be the greatest of all encouragements he can receive” (p. 24).

  • Certainty of Divine Purposes and the Contingency of Second Causes by Thomas Fenner Curtis

    Certainty of Divine Purposes and the Contingency of Second Causes

    Thomas Fenner Curtis

    This sermon, on Acts 27:22-31, appeared in the April 1851 issue of the Richmond, Virginia-based Baptist Preacher; at the time of its publication, Curtis was teaching at Howard College (now Samford University) in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Fears of the Flock Calmed, By the Voice of the Shepherd by Thomas Fenner Curtis

    Fears of the Flock Calmed, By the Voice of the Shepherd

    Thomas Fenner Curtis

    This sermon, on Luke 12:32, appeared the November 1845 issue of the Richmond, Virginia-based Baptist Preacher. At the time of its publication, Curtis was working in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

 
 
 

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