The “byline” for “Duty and Reasons of Christian Diligence,” a sermon published in The Presbyterian Preacher, reads simply “By Francis Herron, D. D., of Pittsburgh.” A December 7, 2017 post on This Day in Presbyterian History identifies the author as “Rev. Francis Herron [1774-1860],” and additional information is provided by Barry Waugh in Presbyterians of the Past. According to Waugh, Herron earned a degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; pastored the
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh from 1811 to 1850; and played a major role in founding the Western Theological Seminary (now
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh).
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Herron 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.
At the moment, Herron has only one sermon in the Library; it has a Guide of its own so the records will be complete. It includes the title, sermon text, date and place the sermon was preached, and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well.
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Duty and Reasons of Christian Diligence
Francis Herron
This sermon, on Philippians 2:12-13, appeared in the March 1835 issue of the Pittsburgh-based Presbyterian Preacher. At the time of its publication, Herron was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
