Details of Melear’s life and work have proven difficult to find. The only verifiable information, taken from the title page of Hopes that Perish, is that he was once the pastor of the Luttrell Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Melear 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 Melear's 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.
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Hopes that Perish, and Other Sermons
James Melville Melear
This collection of 10 sermons was published in Knoxville in 1899 and offered for sale at $1.00 per copy.
