Additional information can be found in Riddle’s Wikipedia page; an obituary published in the Pittsburgh Press on July 17, 1888; and Volume 1 of Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ: C. S. Robinson & Co., 1891).
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Riddle 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 Riddle's sermons and addresses. It includes the title, scripture text, date and place the discourse was delivered (if known), and so on. This information is available in the master list of sermons as well.
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Genuine Radicalism!: An Address Before the Geothean and Diagnothian Societies of Marshall College, Pa.: Delivered on the 26th of September, 1843
David Hunter Riddle
Riddle delivered this address while serving as pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. Marshall College (now Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster) was outside Appalachia, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; the address is included in the Library to help paint a complete picture of Riddle’s oratory.
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Ground of Confidence in Foreign Missions: A Sermon, Preached at Portland, Maine, September 9, 1851, before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Forty-Second Annual Meeting
David Hunter Riddle
Riddle preached this sermon during his time in Pittsburgh. He delivered it outside Appalachia; it is included in the Library to help paint a complete picture of his preaching.
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Historical Address
David Hunter Riddle
On June 1, 1863 the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh was destroyed by a fire. Exactly 3 years later, the cornerstone of the new building was laid, and the finished building was dedicated on November 29, 1868. Riddle, who had been pastor of the church from 1833 to 1857, delivered a “Historical Address” to mark the occasion. The address, along with a “dedicatory prayer” and a sermon by Herrick Johnson, pastor from 1862 to 1867, was published in Dedicatory Services of the New Edifice of the Third Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh, Penn'a: With Some Account of the History of the Church from its Organization, together with a Full Description of the Present Building, and its Appointments (Pittsburgh: W.G. Johnston, 1869).
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Human Depravity
David Hunter Riddle
This sermon, on John 3:6 and Romans 3:23, appeared in the November 1835 issue of the Pittsburgh-based Presbyterian Preacher. At the time of its publication, Riddle was pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.
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Morning Cometh, or, The Watchman's Voice: A Discourse on the Day of National Fast
David Hunter Riddle
The “national fast” mentioned in the title was observed to honor president William Henry Harrison, who passed away on April 4, 1841.
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Nation's Alternative: A Sermon, Preached in Providence Hall, Before the Students of Jefferson College, August 2d, 1840
David Hunter Riddle
Riddle preached this sermon during his time as pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
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Our Country for the Sake of the World: A Sermon in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society, Preached in the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, May, 1851
David Hunter Riddle
Riddle preached this sermon during his time in Pittsburgh. He delivered it outside Appalachia; it is included in the Library to help paint a complete picture of his preaching.
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Pilgrims and Their Principles: A Sermon Before the New England Society of Pittsburgh, on the Evening of December 22d, 1850, in the Third Presbyterian Church
David Hunter Riddle
This sermon marks the anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival at Plymouth Rock. As the title page indicates, Riddle preached it while serving as pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
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Secret of Ministerial Power
David Hunter Riddle
Abraham Polhemus (1812-57) pastored Reformed Dutch churches in New York and New Jersey. On May 3, 1857, Riddle, who was serving in Jersey City at the time, preached at Polhemus’ installation as pastor of the North Reformed Dutch Church in Newark, New Jersey. The sermon was published in Memorial of Rev. Abraham Polhemus, D. D. (Newark, NJ: The Consistory of Said Church, 1858). It was delivered outside Appalachia; it is included in the Library to help paint a complete picture of Riddle’s preaching.
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Sound and Sanctified Scholarship: An Address Delivered at the Dedication of the New Edifice of the Western University of Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, September 8th, 1846
David Hunter Riddle
On April 10, 1845, the Western University of Pennsylvania was destroyed in what is now sometimes known as The Great Fire of Pittsburgh. Riddle, who was a member of Board of Trustees at the time, delivered this address to commemorate the university’s reopening.
