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Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1743/1763? 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. This manuscript includes fragments of Tennent's sermons and his copious notes on many Biblical subjects. The manuscript is undated, but it is likely that the various components date from 1743 to 1763. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1752? 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. In this manuscript, dated around 1742, Tennent discusses his thoughts on James 4:12, "There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?" (The first scanned page is a typed transcript of page 10 of the manuscript.) View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1743/1763? 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 wrote this sermon on Ecclesiastes 1:2, "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." The manuscript is undated, but it is likely Tennent wrote it between 1743 and 1763. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1743/1763? 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. This manuscript contains two sermons on the subject of love; both are undated, but it is likely that Tennent wrote them between 1743 and 1763. The first sermon begins with reference to Ephesians 5:2, "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." The second sermon begins with reference to Ephesians 3:19, "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1743/1763~ 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 wrote this sermon on the subject of gratitude, and begins by citing Psalm 116:12, "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" The manuscript is undated, but was likely written between 1743 and 1763. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1759/1761 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. This manuscript contains Tennent's many thoughts on the spiritual life and the requirements of the ministry. He begins by citing Psalms 34:8, "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him." He also cites Romans 8:5, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit." From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent worked on this manuscript from 1759 to 1761. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1763 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 wrote this sermon in 1763, and based it on Matthew 11:12, "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force." View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1763 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 wrote this sermon in 1763, and based it on Psalms 18:23, "I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity." View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1763 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 wrote this sermon, "On the office of the prophet," in 1763, and begins by citing Deuteronomy 18:15, "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken." View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Tennent, Gilbert, 1703-1764 Date: 1756/1761 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 security, by citing several Bible verses: Zephaniah 1:12, "And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil." Proverbs 23:34, "Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth upon the top of a mast." Amos 6:1, "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!" From dates noted in the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1756, then delivered it again in 1761. Note: The first page in the manuscript is numbered as page 12, with page 1 coming after that. Also, the last pages of the manuscript are torn at the corners, obscuring some text. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society