Sermon – Moral View of Rail Roads – 1851 */?>

Preached by Samuel Clark Aiken – 02/23/1851 Samuel Clark Aiken (1791-1879) was born in Windham, Vermont. He became the first permanent pastor of Cleveland, Ohio’s well-knownRailRoadscover Old Stone Church (also known as First Presbyterian Church) in 1835; and pastored there until his retirement in 1861. Rev. Aiken was also an outstanding civic leader in Cleveland.

Sermon – George Washington's Birthday – 1863 */?>

Preached by George Richards – 02/22/1863 This is a transcript of a sermon commemorating George Washington’s Birthday. It was preached on February 22, 1863 in Connecticut by the pastor of the First Congregational Church, George Richards (1816-1869). THE MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.  A SERMON Preached in the First Congregational Church, Litchfield, Conn., February 22, 1863.  

Sermon – Memorial Day – 1875 */?>

Preached by Rev. Dr. Jewell – 05/29/1875 THE NATION’S DEAD CELEBRATION OF MEMORIAL DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1875, BY THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. THE DECORATION OF SOLDIERS’ GRAVES, SERVICES AT THE CEMETERIES – PRAYERS AND ORATIONS, THE EVENING AT PACIFIC HALL, ORATIONS BY GOV. PACHECO AND REV. DR. JEWELL. SAN FRANCISCO: ALTA CALIFORNIA BOOK AND JOB PRINTING HOUSE, No.

Sermon – Communism in Churches – c. 1960 */?>

Bishop Gerald Kennedy (1908-1980) was a pastor and instructor in various colleges and churches in Connecticut, California, and Nebraska. He was the head of the United Methodist Church in southern California for 20 years (1952-1972). In the following sermon, Bishop Kennedy addresses the evils of Communism and how the Bible relates to this issue. Communism in the Churches

Sermon – Dueling – Albany, 1838 */?>

Preached by William Sprague, in Albany, New York, on March 4, 1838. William Sprague (1795-1876) was born in Andover, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1815, attended Princeton theological seminary for two years (he later received advanced degrees from Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton), and in 1819 was installed as a pastor of the West Springfield, Massachusetts’ First