Sermons.
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous literary papers and poems, mostly by members of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1740-1778.
Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items, including notes and extracts, sermons, verses, and memoirs, together with invitations and photographs., 1832-[circa 1930], undated.
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript items., 1581-1908, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly theological and political., 1590-18th century.
Miscellaneous material., 1608-circa 1801.
The contents include: a sermon of Principal William Robertson (folio 11), notes made by Lord Robertson for 'Account of the life and writings of William Robertson, D.D.' (folio 22), and papers concerning Ceylon (folios 28-38).
Miscellaneous papers collected by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo., 18th century.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.
Miscellaneous papers of John Pinkerton., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
The contents comprise materials relating to John Pinkerton's collections of poetry (folio 1), edition of Barbour (folio 29), geographical works (folio 35), mineralogy (folio 104), ‘Recollections of Paris’ (folio 129), etc.; plans for works which were not subsequently carried out (folio 153); original poems (folio 164); and miscellaneous matter (folio 173).
Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1683-early 19th century.
Note-book of the Reverend Ralph Erskine, inscribed on the outside paper cover, 'Rev. Ralph Erskine 1714-1720'., 1714-1720.
The note-book is wholly in shorthand.
Note-book of the Reverend Ralph Erskine, inscribed on the outside paper cover, 'Rev. Ralph Erskine (underneath 'Rev. Ebenr. Erskine') 1709'., 1709.
The note-book also contains some letters and notes of later dates, and is mainly in shorthand.
Note-books of the Reverend Ralph Erskine, containing notes of sermons., 1709-1720.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Notebook containing a chronicle of events in Scotland from the landing of Charles II in 1650 to the prohibition of official church meetings, 1661., 1614-1664.
The book also contains parts of Dell's sermon given in MS.3160 (inside front and back covers), part of a sermon of 'Mr. George Hutchisone', probably the Minister of Irvine (folio xiii verso), a note of the date of a disposition and assignation made by Christine Rollo to George Cockburne of Piltoun, 1664 (folio ii), a medical recipe and other medical notes (folios ii-iii), mention of a star seen in daylight, 1649 (folio iv verso), a list of game dated 1614 (folio vi), and other material.
Notebook containing biblical notes and sermons on various texts by Andrew Macghie, minister of Aberlady., 1647.
Signatures of Andre Macghie are written inside the back cover and at folio 1 inverted.
A leaf is torn out after folio 147.
Notebook containing chiefly sermons and summaries of sermons., 17th century.
The notebook contains: 'The heads of a sermon called Right Reformation preached by Mr. Dell at a fast befor the Parl of England at Westminster, 1650' (folio 1), and summaries of sermons of Mungo Law (folios 5 verso, 12), Andrew Steuart, perhaps Stewart, Minister of Penninghame (folio 8), and Robert Traill (folio 9). The book also contains a medical recipe and one for making ink (folio 1), and lines of verse beginning, 'Love not the world, the world is vaine' (folio 1 verso).
Notebook containing notes in an unidentified hand of lectures on scripture given apparently by Samuel Rutherford, Principal of Saint Andrews followed by sermons on various texts with an index., 1654.
A scrap of paper inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand 'M.S. note book 1653-4’ is pasted to the outer front cover.
Notebook containing twelve sermons for use at Communion.
Each sermon is followed by notes of the occasions on which it was delivered, from which it appears that the owner was an itinerant preacher working mainly in East Fife, 1817-1845, but with a few visits to Edinburgh and Glasgow. There is also a record of the numbers of communicants from 1814 to 1841 (folio i verso).