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Descriptive Summary
Biographical note
Scope and Content Note
Restrictions
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Description of Series
Volume of transcribed sermons:
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Henry Brown sermons,
1847-1876
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Creator: |
Brown, Henry, 1804-1881 |
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Henry Brown sermons |
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1847-1876 |
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Abstract |
One bound volume of thirteen hand-transcribed sermons (452 pages). All sermons are believed to have been written by Henry Brown, a 19th century Presbyterian minister. |
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2007-001 |
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1 volume |
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Materials are in English. |
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Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. |
Henry Brown (1804-1881), a Presbyterian minister, was born in Rockbridge County Virginia to the Rev. Samuel Brown and Mary Moore Brown. He and his wife, Mary S. McNutt had seven children and served congregations in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Henry Brown died in Marlin, Texas in 1881.
Their son William Morton Brown was a Confederate soldier. He served as a Texas State Senator, and as a state oil inspector.
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One bound volume of thirteen hand-transcribed sermons (452 pages). All sermons are believed to have been written by Henry Brown. The transcriptions were done by the author and other persons.
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Access Restrictions
Materials are available by appointment only. Contact the archivist for details.
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Personal Names |
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Brown, Henry, 1804-1881. |
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Sermons, English--Texas. |
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Henry Brown sermons, 1847-1876, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
This volume was found on the shelves in the archivist’s office in 2007 and little is known about its provenance.
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[p. 1] “Luke XX, 35, 36,” undated |
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[p. 34] “The value of the soul, Mark VIII, 36, 37,” “Transcribed for
H. Brown by a friend and left as a legacy to his son, Wm. Morton of Marlin, Texas, 1876. For much of the matter of this discourse the author is indebted to Dr. Griffin, President of Williams College, Massachusetts,”
1876? |
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[p. 57] “A mutual future recognition is in accordance with the
Scriptures, II Cor. VIII, 9, 10, 11, 12,”
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[p. 86] “No night in heaven, Rev. XX, 5,” “This sermon was given
to me shortly after the death of my oldest son, followed by a very severe spell of sickness, from which I was not fully recovered, Henry Brown,”
circa 1847 |
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[p. 114] “The salvation of all who die in infancy proved, Mathew
XIX, 13,”
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[p. 139] “The favor of God, the life of his people, Psalms XXX, 5,”
“Transcribed for the author / For the astronomical part of this discourse the author is indebted to Professor Mitchel of the Cincinnati Observatory,”
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[p. 171] “The Lord is a great King, Psalms XLVII, 2,” “Transcribed
for the author by Jennie Calkins of Chicago, Ill. / The paragraphs of the ms almost totally disregarded by the transcriber, H. B.,”
circa 1868? |
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[p. 213] “The future greatness and glory of the redeemer, Gen. II,
26, 27, 28,” “Transcribed by the author,”
1871 |
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[p. 258] “Broken cisterns that can hold no water, Jeremiah II, 12,
13,”
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[p. 295] “God the strength of his people, Isa. XI, 28-31,”
“Transcribed for H. Brown / This sermon was (as it were) given to the author for the comfort of several friends under deep affliction,”
1868 |
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[p. 328] “Christ made sin for us, II Cor. V, 21,” undated |
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[p. 369] “The pious blessed in dying, Rev. XIV, 13,” “A funeral
discourse preached on the occasion of the removal of the remains of Mrs. Lavinia Walker and her daughter Mary Lavinia from Alabama to the family burial ground at the Church of New Providence, Rockbridge County Virginia,”
October 1855 |
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[p. 430] “The destruction of death, a Christian’s last enemy, I Cor.
XV, 26,” “A funeral discourse,”
undated |
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