Hints on Extravagance and a Call to Christian Charity
A 1836 Illinois College commencement notice blends an anti luxury sermon with college exercises. The piece urges Christians to stop wasteful spending, support the needy, and fund gospel work, arguing voluntary giving reflects true charity and devotion. It also includes an Illinois College program and a missionary letter praising China openness for tracts and presses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samure Dyer
Penang
London Evangelical Magazine
China
Anton
Canton
Leang Afa
Batavia
The Slave Trade and American Stand on Conventions
A summary of the Edinburgh Review on 1830s efforts to curb the slave trade, Britain France and other powers, and the United States refusal to join Right of Search conventions. The piece contrasts treaties with Spain Portugal Brazil and the Netherlands and highlights U S. inaction and calls for stronger naval action. It also includes a long meditation on the early American church history and the Episcopal church's growth and division. A colored Episcopal member offers $500 for a free black church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh Review
England
France
Great Britain
Brazil
Netherlands
Sweden
Portugal
Spain
Europe
United States
Africa
Buenos Ayres
Monte Video
Denmark
Sardinia
Prussia
Russia
Ces
Martinez de la Rosa
Sierre Leone
Cuba
United States of America
West India
Lord Palmerston
Caswall
Alexander VI
Azores
Edward Bigotry
Mary
Holy See
Philip
Elizabeth
America
James I
Canada
New York
Plymouth
Queen Elizabeth
Virginia
Mr. Hunt
James River
North America
Jamestown
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Society of Friends
Church of England
Colonies
Brown
St. Peter's Church
Salem
New England
Philadelphia
Friends
Trinity Church
Vermont
Wentworth
Propagation Society
London
Charles II
Queen Anne
Timothy Cutler
Yale College
Samuel Johnson
Cutler
Christchurch
Boston
Johnson
the Propagation Society
Connecticut
King’s College
The
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Mayhew
East Apthorp
Cambridge
Finsbury
Archbishop Secher
Chandler
Episcopal Church
Missouri and Illinois Clergy Listings Across Towns
A dense roster of names and towns across Missouri Illinois Arkansas Michigan and associated clergy and residents. Includes cities like Palmyra Troy Hannibal Columbia Quincy Farmington and Bloomington with multiple reverends doctors and other individuals named alongside institutions and locales.
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Communications
Alton Observer
Lord’s House
Heaven
Brother
Zion
House of God
Pollok
Paul
W. O
Alton
J. M. Sturtevant
P.S
Benjamin Shurtlift
A. M
Brown University
Harvard
Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
Illinois College
Sacred Music
Mechanic Arts
G. C. Curtis
Galena
R. Goudy, Jr
Jacksonville
West
J. Chandler
Putnam
R. S. Kendall
Tremont
L. M. Green
Morgan County
R. Mears
A. B. Hitchcock
Manchester
Texas
Wm. H. Carlin
Quincy
E. Edwin Hall
Blandford
Mass
R. Perry
Manchester Ct
W. S. Curtis
E. Scofield
Norwalk
R. W. Patterson
Bond County
BRB
A. M. Dickson
J. K. Morse
J. P. Stewart
Harrison
Ohio
Ss. D
Straits of Malacca
American Tract Society
the Journal of Commerce
Observer
Missouri
P. M. Jnesborough
R. Wallace
Pittsfield
Win R. Peters
Knoxville
E. P. Noel
Gresville
E. Holliste
Athens
John N. Moore
Jerseyville
Amos P. Brow
Princeton
E. Hi. Phelps
Chicago
John S. Wright
Rushville
R. H. Hurlbut
Sangam
John Lyman Orora
R. W. Gridley
Hillsboro
Charles Holmes
A. Turner
Greenock
W. D. Ferguson
Batesville
Mr. Lyon
Dayton
R. McCoy
Apple Creek
Cyrus Henderson
Louisville
James Baird
Pleasant Grove
M.S. Harris
St. Charles
Thomas P. Copes
Auburn
Philander Draper
Louisiana
James Watson
Marion College
Wm. Oakley
Franklin
Peter B. Davis
Millersburgh
Martin Baker
Fulier Sones
Tan Yard
Isaac Tate
Potosi
Henry Pease
Caledonia
T. Donnell
Illinois
Abert Stewart
Princes Grove
C. W. Babbitt
Farmington
Geo
W. Lite
Bloomington
Lemuel Foster
Dupage
Col
Wm. Smith
Peoria
J. Porter
Greenville
Albert Hale
F. Bascom
Collinsville
W. Beach
Jacksoville
B. B. Ayres
Springfield
Arkansas
Little Beck, David Fulton
Michigan
Ypsilanti
Jos C. Allen
M.D
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