Title
College Chapel Sermons
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Description
This collection of 24 sermons was edited by Henry M. Kieffer, a member of the Class of 1870 at Franklin and Marshall College. Like many preachers represented in the Library, Nevin rarely prepared complete manuscripts of his sermons; with the exception of the baccalaureate sermon at the end of the volume, which had previously been published in a periodical entitled The Mercersburg Review, the texts presented here are based on the “very full and careful notes” Kieffer took while Nevin spoke (p. 6, 11). While they “do not profess to be exact and verbal reports,” Kieffer was confident that they nonetheless captured, “with some degree of fidelity, the peculiar style of Dr. Nevin, both as to the thought and the expression” (p. 11).
These sermons were delivered outside Appalachia; they are included in the Library to help illustrate the full range of Nevin’s oratory.
Publication Date
1891
Publisher
Reformed Church Publication House
City
Philadelphia, PA
Keywords
Appalachia, Pennsylvania, John Williamson Nevin, Presbyterian Church, Reformed Church in the United States, Sermons
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Digital Humanities | Other Religion | Rhetoric
Type
article
Recommended Citation
Nevin, John Williamson and Kieffer, Henry M., "College Chapel Sermons" (1891). Nevin, John Williamson, 1803-1886. 4.
https://mds.marshall.edu/nevin_johnwilliamson/4
Comments
Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio. Like all other books published in the United States in the 19th century, it is in the public domain.