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Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 Date: 1752/1755 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaratio... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 Date: 1756/1775 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaratio... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 Date: 1763/1777 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaratio... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1751/1761 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent supports his exhortation to follow God's teaching and statutes in this sermon by citing Psalms 25:5, "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my sa... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1742/1761 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. "The Law of God" sets forth the ever-present dangers of pervasive sin in the world, in diverting people from moral law and consequent harmony with the purity of God, and the ... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1743/1744 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. The title of this sermon, which Tennent delivered in 1743 or 1744, translates to "About being chosen." It is a rumination on God's rejection of the Jewish people as "neither t... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1747 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent delivered this sermon at the ordination of Mr. John Prudden in Maidenhead, N.J. in 1747. He begins the sermon by citing 1 Timothy 4:16, "Take heed unto thyself, and un... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1748/1761 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent begins this sermon, on the subject of meditation, by citing several Bible verses: Genesis 24:63, Psalms 19:14, Haggai 1:5, Ecclesiastes 7:14, and Psalms 39:3-4. From d... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1748/1764 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent begins this sermon, "On governing one's tongue," with reference to Psalms 39:1, James: 3:8, and James 1:26. From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent ... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 and Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1748/1751 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening. Tennent begins this sermon, "On the manifold work of God," by referencing Psalms 104:24 and Psalms 136:5. From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this ... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society