Ordination Sermons

Ordination Sermons:

A Bibliography[1]

Aikman, J. Logan. The Waiting Islands an Address to the Rev. George Alexander Tuner, M.B., C.M. on His Ordination as a Missionary to Samoa. Glasgow: George Gallie.. [etc.], 1868.

CCC. The Waiting Islands an Address to the Rev. George Alexander Tuner, M.B., C.M. on His Ordination as a Missionary to Samoa. Glasgow: George Gallie.. [etc.], 1868.

Aitken, James. The Church of the Living God Sermon and Charge at an Ordination of Ruling Elders, 22nd June 1884. Edinburgh: Robert Somerville.. [etc.], 1884.

Allen, William. The Minister's Warfare and Weapons a Sermon Preached at the Installation of Rev. Seneca White at Wiscasset, April 18, 1832. Brunswick [Me.]: Press of Joseph Griffin, 1832.

Allen, Willoughby C. The Christian Hope. London: John Murray, 1917.

Ames, William, Dan Taylor, William Thompson, of Boston, and Benjamin. Worship. The Respective Duties of Ministers and People Briefly Explained and Enforced the Substance of Two Discourses, Delivered at GreatYarmouth, in Norfolk, Jan. 9th, 1775, at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Worship, to the Pastoral Office. Leeds: Printed by Griffith Wright, 1775.

Another brother. A Sermon Preach't at a Publick Ordination in a Country Congregation, on Acts XIII. 2, 3. Together with an Exhortation to the Minister and People. London: Printed for John Lawrance.., 1697.

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Appleton, Nathaniel, and American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress). How God Wills the Salvation of All Men, and Their Coming to the Knowledge of the Truth as the Means Thereof Illustrated in a Sermon from I Tim. II, 4 Preached in Boston, March 27, 1753 at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Stephen Badger, as a Missionary with a Special Reference to the Indians at Natick... Boston: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland.., 1753. LC Number: 97163097; LC Call Number: BX7233.A62.

Arnot, William. Pure Gospel the Only True Gospel a Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ebenezer Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Inverkeithing, May 24, 1780. Edinburgh: Published by Waugh & Innes.. [etc.], 1827.

Arundel, John. The Excellency of the Gospel an Ordination Sermon Preached in UnionStreet Chapel, North Shields, August 23d., 1809, When the Rev. John Millar Was Set Apart to the Pastoral Care of the Church of Christ in That Place. London: Printed for Baynes, Bagster, and C. Law, 1810.

Ashburner, Edward, Harry Trelawny, William Kingsbury, and John Crisp. A Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Sir Harry Trelawny, Baronet, and A.B. (Late of Christ Church, Oxford) to the Pastoral Office in the Church of Christ in West Looe, Cornwall: Preached at Southampton April 22, 1777. Southampton: Printed and sold by T. Baker: sold also by Vallance and Simmonds, 1777.

Atkinson, Benjamin Andrews. Mr. Atkinson's Confession of His Faith Deliver'd at His Ordination, Janu. the 7th 1712/13 Now Reprinted by His Order with a Short Preface to Satisfy the World, That He Hath not in the Least Given in to any New Notions Concerning the Ever Blessed Trinity in Unity, but Sincerely Believes That There is One Onely Living and True God, and That This God is Father Son and Holy Ghost. London: printed for Richard Ford.., 1719.

Austin, Samuel. The Nature, Extent, and Importance, of the Duty, Binding on the Christian Minister Divinely Commissioned to Bear the Warnings of God to Men: Illustrated in a Sermon, Preached in Fitchburgh, Massachusetts, on the 27th Day of September, 1797, at the Ordination of the Rev. Samuel Worcester; and Again, by Particular Request, in Granville, in the State of NewYork, on the 4th Day of the Following October, at the Ordination of the Rev. Nathaniel Hall. Printed at Worcester: by Leonard Worcester, 1798.

Axtell, Henry. Sermon Preached May 3d, 1816 at the Ordination and Installation of the Rev. Miles P. Squier as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Congregation of Buffalo. Buffalo: Printed by S.H. and H.A. Salisbury, 1816.

Backus, Charles. The Benevolent Spirit of Christianity Illustrated in a Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Thomas Snell, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church in Brookfield, Mass., June 27th, 1798.. Printed at Worcester: L. Worcester, 1798.

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Bacon, Leonard, Hiram Bingham, and George Park Fisher. A Sermon Preached in the North Church, New Haven, Nov. 9, 1856, at the Ordination of Rev. Hiram Bingham, Junior, to the Work of an Evangelist. New Haven: T. H. Pease, 1856. LC Number: 58054292; LC Call Number: BX7233.B228.

Bagot, Richard, and H. B. Wilson. A Sermon on St. Mark I, 16, 17 Preached at the Ordination Held in the Cathedral of Christ Church, Oxford, on Trinity Sunday, 1843, by the Honourable and Right Reverend Richard, Lord Bishop of the Diocese. Sermons Preached by Ministers of the Church of England. Oxford: [s.n.], 1843.

Bailey, Rufus William. The Magnitude of the Ministerial Office Illustrated from the Value of the Soul a Sermon Delivered July 4, 1821 at the Ordination of Rev. Clayes, to the Pastoral Care of the Church and Society in Meriden Parish, Plainfield, N.H. Hanover, N.H.: Printed by Ridley Bannister, 1821.

Baker, Franklin., Charles. Wallace, William. Tate, John Gooch. Robberds, John Kentish, and James Hews Bransby. The Services at the Ordination of the Rev. Franklin Baker, M.A., in the MeetingHouse, BankStreet, BoltonLeMoors, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 1824 Consisting of Prayers on the Occasion by the Rev. Ch. Wallace.. and by the Rev. William Tate; the Questions, by the Rev. John Gooch Robberds, with the Reply, by the Rev. Franklin Baker; the Charge, by the Rev. John Kentish; and the Sermon, by the Rev. James Hews Bransby. London: Printed by Richard Taylor [etc.], 1825.

Baldwin, Thomas, and Mass.) Second Baptist Church (Boston. A Sermon Delivered at Boston, July 11, 1799, at the Ordination of the Rev. William Collier (Ordained at Large). Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799.

Balguy, Thomas. A Sermon Preached at Lambeth Chapel on the Consecration of the Right Rev. Jonathan Shipley, D.D., Lord Bishop of Landaff, February 12, 1769. London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1970.

Balkam, Uriah, and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress). The Christian Workman a Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. John M. Prince, Jr. as Colleague Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Georgetown, Feb. 3, 1847. Georgetown: Watchtower Office, 1847. LC Number: 96184923; LC Call Number: YA 10474.

Barker, Ralph. A Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, on Whitsunday, May Xxxi, 1691 at the Consecration of the Most Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and Primate of All England. London: Printed for James Adamson.., 1691.

CCC. A Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, on Whitsunday, May Xxxi, 1691 at the Consecration of the Most Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and Primate of All England. London: Printed for James Adamson.., 1975.

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Barnard, Edward. A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Gyles Merrill to the Pastoral Care of the Church and Congregation in Plastow, and the North Part of Haverhill, March 6.1765. Boston, NewEngland: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1765.

Barnard, Thomas. A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Aaron Bancroft to the Pastoral Office Over the Second Christian Church and Society in Worcester, February 1, 1786. Worcester, Mass.: Printed by I. Thomas, 1786.

Barstow, Z. S., and Acworth (N.H.). The Ministers of Christ Should not Miss Their Aim. A Sermon Preached at Acworth, N.H. October 14, 1829, at the Installation of Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor, as Pastor of the Congregational Church. ... Boston: T. R. Marvin, printer.., 1829.

Bartol, C. A. Christ the Way a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. George M. Bartol, as Minister of the First Church of Christ in Lancaster, Mass., Wednesday, August 4, 1847... Lancaster, Mass.: Printed by Ballard & Messinger, 1847.

Bartol, Cyrus Augustus, Christopher Toppan Thayer, and Alonzo Hill. Christ the Way. Lancester: Printed by Ballard & Messinger, 1847. LC Number: 27012443; LC Call Number: BX9843.B3.

Barton, Charles. Sermon Preached at the Ordination Holden by John Lord Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church, on Sunday, June 5, 1803. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1803.

Batchelder, William. A Sermon Delivered at Buxton, A.D. 1802, at the Ordination of Abner Flanders to the Work of the Ministry. Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed by N.S. & W. Peirce, 1803.

Bates, Stewart. The Approved Workman a Sermon, Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. William Stevenson, to the Pastoral Charge of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation of Stirling, on Wednesday, 12th Sept. 1827. Glasgow: Printed by Andrew Young, 1827.

Beecher, Lyman. The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints. A Sermon Delivered at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 15, 1823, at the Ordination of the Rev. Loammi Ives Hoadly, to the Pastoral Office Over the Calvinist Church and Society in That Place. 2d ed. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1824.

CCC. A Sermon, Delivered at Woolcot (Con.) Sept. 21, 1814, at the Installation of the Rev. John Keyes, to the Pastoral Care of the Church in That Place. Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1815.

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Bellows, Henry W. Relation of Christianity to Human Nature a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of Mr.Frederick N. Knapp, as Colleague Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Brookline, Mass., on Wednesday, October 6, 1847. Boston: Wm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1847.

Bellows, Henry W., and Samuel Gilman. Sermon Preached November 26, 1843 at the Ordination of Mr. Dexter Clapp, Over the Unitarian Church at Savannah, Ga. New York: Charles S. Francis and company, 1843.

Booth, Abraham. Pastoral Cautions an Address to Mr. Thomas Hopkins, When Ordained Pastor of the Church of Christ, in Eagle Street, Red Lion Square, July 13, 1785. London: John Hill, printer.., 1826.

Booth, Abraham, Benjamin Wallin, and Samuel Stennett. A Confession of Faith Delivered at His Ordination. British Baptist Historical Resource Materials. [S.l.: s.n., 1769.

Boston, Thomas. The Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ Crucified a Sermon, Preached, October 22d 1761, at Colinsburgh, Fifeshire, Upon the Admission of the Reverend Mr Thomas Collier to the Exercise of the Holy Ministry in the Dissenting Congregation There. Edinburgh: printed by G. Martin & J. Wotherspoon, 1762.

Bowen, William. On Preaching the Gospel. A Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Jeremiah Kelley, as an Evangelist, in Brewster, Massachusetts, October 2, 1828. New Bedford, Courier Office: B.T. Congdon, 1829.

Boyse, J., and B. J. The Office of a Scriptural Bishop Describ'd and Recommended, from I Tim. Chap. III. Vers. I. An Ordination Sermon, with an Appendix to It: And a Postscript, Containing an Apology for the Publication of It. Dublin: Printed by A. Rhames, 1709.

Bradford, John. An Address to the Inhabitants of New Brunswick, NovaScotia, in North America Occasioned by the Mission of Two Ministers, John James, and Charles William Milton, Sent Out by the Countess of Huntingdon, from Her College in SouthWales, to Preach the Glad Tidings of Salvation by Jesus Christ to Lost Sinners. London: Printed for and sold by Hughes and Walsh, 1788.

Bradford, John. An Address to the Inhabitants of New Brunswick, NovaScotia, in North America, Occasioned by the Mission of Two Ministers... London: printed for and sold by Hughes and Walsh, Inner Templelane, 1958.

Braman, Isaac. A Sermon Delivered, September 28, 1814 at the Ordination of the Rev. Gardner Braman Perry, Over the Second Church and Society, in Bradford, Mass. Haverhill: Printed at the Intelligencer Office, for C. Chase., 1814.

Brammer, G. P. Prästen Og Menigheden. En Samling Af Taler Ved Präste Og KirkeIndvielser. ... Knöbenhavn: C. A. Reitzels forlag, 1859.

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Bray, Thomas. Apostolick Charity, Its Nature and Excellence Consider'd in a Discourse Upon Dan. 12. 3, Preached at St. Pauls, Decemb. 19, 1697 at the Ordination of Some Protestant Missionaries to Be Sent Into the Plantations: To Which is Prefixt, A General View of the English Colonies in America, with Respect to Religion: In Order to Shew What Provision is Wanting for the Propagation of Christianity in Those Parts. London: Printed by W. Downing for W. Hawes, 1974.

CCC. Apostolick Charity, Its Nature and Excellence Consider'd. In a Discourse Upon Dan. 12. 3. Preached at St. Pauls, Decemb. 19. 1697. at the Ordination of Some Protestant Missionaries to Be Sent Into the Plantations. To Which is Prefixt, A General View of the English Colonies in America, with Respect to Religion; in Order to Shew What Provision is Wanting for the Propagation of Christianity in Those Parts. By Thomas Bray, D.D. London: printed by W. Downing, for William Hawes, at the sign of the Rose in LudgateStreet, 1699.

Brazer, John. A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Jonathan Cole as Pastor of the First Congregational Society in Kingston, January 21, 1829. Salem: Foote & Brown, 1829. LC Call Number: AC901.

Brine, John. A Sermon Preached at an Ordination of Deacons March 5, 1735. London: Printed and sold by Aaron Ward.., 1735.

CCC. The Solemn Charge of a Christian Minister Considered a Sermon Preach'd at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. John Ryland, on the 26th of July, 1750. Baptist Pamphlets and Books from Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford. London: Printed for J. Ward, 1750.

Brine, John, and Richard. Rist. Diligence in Study Recommended to Ministers in a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Richard Rist, in Harlow, Essex. December 15, 1756. London: Printed for and sold by John Ward..; by George Keith.. and by John Eynon.., 1757.

Brown, Isaac V. First Principles or, Hints to Suit the Times, and Calculated to Promote Ecclesiastical Union; in a Sermon, from Romans W.2. "For I Bear Them Record, That They Have a Zeal of God, but not According to Knowledge"; Delivered, July 5th, 1820, in Princeton, at the Installation of the Rev. George S. Woodhull, as Pastor of the Congregation in That Place. Trenton: D. and E. Fenton, J. Justice, printer, 1821.

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Browne, Thomas. Concio Ad Clerum Habita Corum Academia Cantabrigiensi Junii II A 1687 Pro Grad u Baccalaur. in S. Theologia Ubi Vindicator Vera & Valida Cleri Anglicani, Ineunte Reformatione Ordinatio; Cui Accessit Concio Habita Julii 3, 1687. de Canonicâ Cleri Anglicani Ordinatione Latinè Reddita & Aucta. Cantabrigiæ: Ex officina Joan. Hayes, CeleberrimæAcademiæTypographi; Impensis H. Dickinson, Bibliop. Cantab. & Sam. Smith, Bibliop. Lond. .., 1688.

Brownell, Thomas Church, William White, Episcopal Church., Protestant Episcopal Press., and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress). A Sermon, Preached in St. John's Chapel, NewYork, on the TwentySixth Day of November, MDCCCXXX, at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Benjamin T. Onderdonk, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of NewYork. New York: Protestant Episcopal Press, 1830. LC Number: 96229446; LC Call Number: YA 30141.

Buckminster, Joseph. A Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster to the Pastoral Charge of the Church in BrattleStreet, Boston. Boston: Young & Minns, 1805.

Bucknam, Nathan. Ability to, and Fidelity in the Ministry Derived from Christ a Sermon Preach'd at Shrewsbury, North Precinct, October 26, 1743, When the Reverend Mr. Ebenezer Morse Was Solemnly Set Apart to the Work of the Gospel Ministry and Ordained Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Shrewsbury. Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for S. Eliot in Cornhil, 1743.

Burder, George, and Robert. Winter. Discourses Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Henry Forster Burder, M.A., to the Pastoral Office at St. Thomas's Square, Hackney, March 2nd, 1814. London: Sold by Josiah Conder, printed by T. Rutt, 1814.

Burgess, George. A Sermon Preached in Trinity Church, Boston, on Wednesday, September 12, 1860, at the Admission of the Rev. Frederick D. Huntington, D.D., to the Holy Order of Deacons. Boston: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1860. LC Number: 96229892; LC Call Number: YA 30156.

Burroughs, Joseph. A Sermon Preached at an Ordination of Deacons July 15, 1730... London: Printed for J. Noon, 1730.

Bush, Joseph. Two Ordination Charges. 3d ed. London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1889.

Calamy, Edmund. The Ministry of the Dissenters Vindicated in an Ordination Sermon Preach'd at Ailsbury... Second edition. London: Printed for John Clark and Richard Hett, 1724.

Caldwell, Robert. The Wisdom That is from Above an Address to Candidates for Holy Orders. Madras: Printed at the Asylum Press, 1863.

Carus, William, Charles Richard Sumner, and Church of England. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels a Sermon, Preached at the Ordination Held by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester, at Farnham, on Sunday, Dec. 17, 1837. Cambridge: Printed by John W. Parker.. [etc.], 1837.

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Cary, Samuel, and James Freeman. A Sermon Delivered at King's Chapel, Boston, January 1, 1809 Being the Sabbath of the Author's Ordination, as One of the Ministers of That Society. Boston: Printed by J. Belcher, 1809.

[Chang, Songsik. [from old catalog]. Ch Uksa Taejon., 1978. LC Number: 79825821; LC Call Number: BV4285.

Channing, William Ellery. A Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Frederick A. Farley as Pastor of the Westminster Congregational Society in Providence, Rhode Island, September 10, 1828. Second edition. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1828. LC Number: 94841044; LC Call Number: AC901.

CCC. A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Jared Sparks to the Pastoral Care of the First Independent Church of Baltimore, May 5, 1819. 7th ed. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1821.

Channing, William Ellery, and John Codman. A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. John Codman to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church of Christ in Dorchester, Dec. 7, 1808. Boston: Joshua Belcher, printer, 1808.

Channing, William Ellery, N. L. Frothingham, and John Prince. A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. John Emery Abbot to the Pastoral Care of the North Church of Christ in Salem, April 20, 1815. Salem, [Mass.]: Printed by T.C. Cushing, 1815.

Chapin, Horace B. A Sermon, Delivered Before the Congregational Church and Society in Lempster, N.H., Sept. 18, 1828, at the Ordination of the Rev. Charles Moulson Brown as Pastor Colleague with the Rev. Elias Fisher, Who Was Ordained Over the Same Church, September 26, 1787. Concord: Henry E. Moore, 1828.

Chapin, Stephen. The Wisdom of Winning Souls a Sermon Delivered at Royalston (Mass.), September 29, 1825, at the Ordination of the Rev. A. Merriam, W. Metcalf, and E. Johnson. Waterville, Me.: Printed by William Hastings, 1825.

Chaplin, Jeremiah. A Sermon Preached at North Yarmouth, February 16, 1825 at the Ordination of the Rev. George D. Boardman, as a Missionary to the Heathen. Waterville: W. Hastings, 1825.

Chapman, John, and Matthias Mawson. A Sermon Preach'd in the Chapel at Lambeth February XVIII, 17389 at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Father in God, Matthias Ld Bishop of Landaff. London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby.., 1739.

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Chase, Carlton. The Faithful Saying the Sermon at the Cosecration of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L., Oxon., to the Episcopate, Preached by Appointment in Trinity Church, New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1852. New York: Church Despository, Daniel Dana, Jr., 1852.

Chase, F. H. Thoughtful Service a Sermon. London: S.P.C.K., 1896. LC Call Number: BV4285; ISBN: 0524071926 (microfiche).

Chase, Irah, and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress). The Value of the Soul a Sermon, Preached, December 28th, 1825, at the Ordination of Mr. James D. Knowles, as Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Boston. 2d ed. Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1826. LC Number: 96183464; LC Call Number: YA 11447.

Chase, Philander. The Law and the Prophets Fulfilled in Christ a Consecration Sermon.. Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Oct. 20, 1844... New York: James A. Sparks, Churchman's Bookstore, 1844.

Chauncy, Charles, Samuel Checkley, and Samuel Cooper. The Duty of Ministers to "Make Known the Mystery of the Gospel" and the Duty of People to "Pray for Them," That They May Do It "with Boldness," or Fortitude. A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Penuel Bowen, a ColleaguePastor of the NewSouthChurch in Boston, April 30, 1766. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1766.