Sermons.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Religious discourses delivered as part of a church service, usually delivered from a pulpit, based upon a text of scripture, and with the purpose of giving religious instruction or exhortation.
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Papers, undated, of Thomas Rattray, bishop of Dunkeld, consisting of a sermon on 2 John 6, with an appendix; copy of a letter on miracles; and a paper on authority in matters of faith with a copy of a covering letter., [1731-1743.]
File
Identifier: MS.20485
Photostats of three sermons delivered by Thomas Livingstone, Abbot of Dundrennan, before the Council of Basle., [?1433], 1435.
File
Identifier: MS.484
Scope and Contents
The manuscript of the third sermon has the heading '... per reverendum patrem dominum Nicolaum, Abbatem de Scocia, sacre theologie professorem'.
Dates:
[?1433], 1435.
Physics lecture notes, incomplete., 1686, 1689.
File
Identifier: MS.2075
Scope and Contents
The notes were apparently taken from the lectures of Mr Herbert Kennedy (folio 33), by Edward Lewis (folios 33 verso, 46 verso).
At the end are notes of sermons in English, also incomplete.
Dates:
1686, 1689.
Pocket journal of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts., 1751.
Item
Identifier: MS.25418
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Pocket journals of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts.
Pocket journal of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts., 1754.
Item
Identifier: MS.25419
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Pocket journals of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts.
Pocket journal of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts., 1758.
Item
Identifier: MS.25420
Scope and Contents
Included are miscellaneous verse and notes.
Dates:
1758.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Pocket journals of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts.
Pocket journal of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts., 1759.
Item
Identifier: MS.25421
Scope and Contents
Included are miscellaneous verse and notes.
Dates:
1759.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Pocket journals of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts.
Pocket journals of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, in in which he noted engagements, sermons heard, and his personal accounts., 1751-1759.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25418-25421
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
1751-1759.
Poems and a mock sermon (on marriage) in the hand of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer.
File
Identifier: MS.17895
Scope and Contents
Various dates between 1743 and 1757 occur.
Dates:
1743-1757.
Prayers, sermons, addresses and lectures of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8095/1-40
Dates:
1924-1976, undated.
'Preaching Book', apparently the property of Sir Hugh Campbell of Cessnock.
Item
Identifier: MS.1759
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes of sermons preached in various Edinburgh churches late in 1659 and in 1660.
Dates:
1659-1660.
Presbyterian sermon on Joel, ii, 15, calling for a fast and for repentance for the sins of Scotland, probably of the early eighteenth century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3808
Dates:
?Early 18th century.
Press cuttings, publications and other printed items., [1883]-1932, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12680/41-44
Probably sermons or notes for sermons, written in shorthand., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2792
Scope and Contents
Some of the headings are in longhand and these are simply references to book, chapter, and verse of the Bible.
Dates:
18th century.
Religious commonplace book, of the Napier family, containing, "A copy of some familiar letters which passed between intimate friends, as they were written from the originall's for the transcriber's private use".
Item
Identifier: MS.3008
Scope and Contents
The items are numbered, and there is a list of contents at the beginning and end.Most of the letters, which cover the period 1721-1781, with a few of 1707, are addressed by Archibald Napier of Bowhopple, Minister of Kilmadock, the transcriber's grandfather (see number 61), and his son, Thomas Napier of Greenhill, watchmaker in Glasgow, to Archibald Napier, apothecary in Edinburgh, and other members of the family. There are also copies of letters of other writers, hymns, sermons,...
Dates:
1707, 1721-1781.
Religious manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey., 15th century-18th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5765-5772
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
15th century-18th century.
Reports and publications by various authors., 1793-1799, 1811-1814, 1828-1854, 1871-1889, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7617/79-99
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1793-1799, 1811-1814, 1828-1854, 1871-1889, undated.
'Seauenth Book' of a series of volumes of sermons., 1705-1706.
Item
Identifier: MS.2752
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The sermons, of which there is a list at the beginning of each volume, were apparently copied out during the years 1704 and 1706 by one Stephen Ewens, whose name is inscribed in MS.2751, folio iv.
Dates:
1705-1706.
Series of sermons of George Reith., 1886-1941.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.3564/55-69
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Dates:
1886-1941.
Sermon., 1798.
File
Identifier: Acc.7617/34
Sermon, 1743, and lecture, 1744., 1743-1744.
File
Identifier: Acc.7617/4
Sermon and other notes of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1773.
Item
Identifier: MS.8234
Dates:
1773.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Notebooks of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance containing sermons and other religious writings.
Sermon by the Reverend Andrew Lothian., 1797.
File
Identifier: Acc.7617/13
Sermon delivered at Cathcart, possibly by John Hamilton, minister there., 1774.
Item
Identifier: MS.8235
Dates:
1774.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Notebooks of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance containing sermons and other religious writings.