Title
German Language: An Address, Delivered Before the Goethean Literary Society, of Marshall College, at Its Anniversary, August 29, 1842
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Description
As Nevin states in his opening paragraph, this is not a tribute to Goethe, after whom the Literary Society was named, but rather an address on “the rich and noble language which [he] spoke, and of which his writings are considered generally to be the brightest mirror, and the brightest ornament at the same time” (p. 3, emphasis in the original). Nevin speaks of the value of German for those students who are “candidates for the sacred ministry, in the bosom of the German Reformed Church” (p. 21). The address is not a sermon, nor was it delivered in Appalachia; it is nonetheless included in the Library to help illustrate the full range of Nevin’s oratory.
Publication Date
1842
Publisher
Printdd [sic] at the Office of Publication of the Ger. Ref. Church
City
Chambersburg, 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, "German Language: An Address, Delivered Before the Goethean Literary Society, of Marshall College, at Its Anniversary, August 29, 1842" (1842). Nevin, John Williamson, 1803-1886. 7.
https://mds.marshall.edu/nevin_johnwilliamson/7
Comments
Marshall does not own this book; according to WorldCat, the nearest physical copy is at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. Like all other books published in the United States in the 19th century, it is in the public domain.