Box 2

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on John 9:4, "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is a day: the night cometh, when no man can work." The sermon was delivered multiple times between July 26, 1808 and July 11, 1830. The first page contains the note: "Copied for 1830 and [altered]."

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on Isaiah 9:7, "Of ye increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end. The sermon was delivered first on April 13, 1815 in "Thanksgiving for ye Peace," and repeated multiple times through June 24, 1832. The final pages of the sermon are missing.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten draft of a sermon based on Proverbs 3:9, "Honour ye Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase." The sermon was delivered four times between December 4, 1817 and November 30, 1826.

The last page of the item is numbered 20 and the final pages of the sermon appear to be missing.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten draft of a sermon based on John 17:21, "That they all may be one, as though F[ather] art in me and I in thee...." Notes on the first and last pages indicate the sermon was delivered multiple times between June 14, 1818 and October 29, 1837.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten draft of a sermon based on Proverbs 4:26, "Ponder ye path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established." The sermon appears to be a later draft of HUG 1871 Box 2, Folder 6.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten draft of a sermon based on Proverbs 11:19, "As righteousness tendeth to life; so he [that] pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own death." The sermon was delivered multiple times, occasionally, on fast days, between April 5, 1821 and April 4, 1833.

The last page of the item is numbered 16 and the final pages of the sermon appear to be missing.

Paper notebook containing two versions of a handwritten sermon based on Proverbs 5:11, "Les thou morn at the last." The sermon was delivered multiple times between June 3, 1821 and September 3, 1837. There are also three leaves of an unidentified sermon, with the note "July 14, 1822. Death of Prof. Frisbie" referring to Harvard Latin Professor Levi Frisbie (1784-1822).

Paper notebook with white paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Matthew 23:23, "These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." The sermon was delivered multiple times between February 9, 1823 and February 27, 1831.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on Luke 22:19-20, "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and break it, and gave unto them saying, this is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me." The sermon was delivered on October 26, 1823; January 4, 1824; October 28, 1827; October 29, 1831; February 26, 1837.

Paper notebook with black covers containing part of aa handwritten sermon based on Psalm 145:15-16," The eyes of all wait upon them; and thou givest them their meat in due season..." The sermon was delivered four times between November 9, 1823 and May 17, 1835. The notebook also contains an undated four-page sermon based on Luke 12:6-7, And not one of them is forgotten before God. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered: -Fear not therefore."

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on Psalm 106:1-2, "Praise ye the Lord; O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever." The sermon was delivered on November 20, 1823 and December 2, 1824.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Psalm 119:0, "Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word." The notebook contains two versions of the sermon's introduction. The sermon was delivered October 2, 1825 and September 4, 1831, and the inside front cover has the note: "written to page 10 Sept. 25, 1824."

Paper notebook with green paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Proverbs 9:12, "If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; but if thou scornest, thou alone shall bear it." The sermon was delivered on September 26, 1824; August 30, 1829; and August 30, 1835.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten draft of a sermon based on Judges 1:7, "As I have done, so God hath requited me." The sermon was delivered multiple times between December 12, 1824 and October 23, 1836. There is a penciled note on the inside front cover: "This discourse was written March 1798, & copied with considerable alterations Dec. 9, 1824.

Paper notebook with brown paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on 1 Corinthians 13:3, "And though I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profitteth me nothing." The sermon was delivered multiple times between August 21, 1825 and June 12, 1831.

Paper notebook with green paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Psalm 102:23, "He weakened my strength in ye way." The sermon was delivered in Harvard Chapel on March 26, 1826.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Job 12:9-10, "Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing; and the breath of all mankind." The sermon was delivered on July 16, 1826.

Paper notebook with green paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on 1 Chronicles 29:15, "For we are strangers before thee and sojourners, as were all our Fathers: our day, on ye earth are as a shadow, & there is none abiding." The sermon was delivered on January 7, 1827 and January 9, 1831.

Paper notebook with gray paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on 2 Kings 22:19, "Because they heart was tender." The sermon was delivered four times between April 1, 1827 and May 4, 1832.

Paper notebook with green paper covers containing a handwritten sermon based on Psalm 19:12, "Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults." The sermon was delivered multiple times between May 20, 1827 and January 14, 1838. There is a faded penciled note on the inside cover: "written Feb. 1801. Copied May 1827."

Paper notebook with white paper covers containing two versions of a sermon based on Colossians 3:2, "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." The sermon was delivered multiple times between February 10, 1793 and April 21, 1805. The notebook begins with pages 5-16 of an initial version of the sermon, followed by pages 1-4; pages 1-5 of a later version are laid into the notebook.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on the story of the Syrian General Naaman and the prophet Elisha from 2 Kings 5:13. The sermon is identified as "No. 360" and was delivered on January 18, 1785, July 24, 1803, and November 1, 1812.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon based on Proverbs 22:1: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." The sermon is identified as "No. 368" and was delivered on March 29, 1795, December 19, 1796, and August 18, 1799.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten Thanksgiving sermon based around the 103rd Psalm, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord. O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." The sermon was first delivered on November 29, 1804.

Paper notebook containing a handwritten sermon delivered on June 17, 1807 at the dedication of the New North Meeting House in Hingham, Mass., and based around 2 Chronicles 6.