Sermons

Pamphlet announcing public meeting at Calvary Baptist Church

A pamphlet, likely produced by the Baron and Baroness De Hirsch Monument Association, with two sections. The first part announces an address by Wu Ting-Fang, diplomatic Minister from China, entitled “To Eradicate Racial Prejudice.” The second part is an address by the Association’s secretary, Theodore F. Seward, about the Golden Rule. He describes why the Golden Rule is important and asks sermons to be preached on the topic all around New York City on March 24.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-03-07

Invitation from George William Carter

Invitation from George William Carter to attend the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the New York Bible Society. The anniversary sermon will be given by John Henry Jowett on Bible Sunday, December 3, 1911.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12

Plea for Jews and Catholics

A reprint of John E. White’s sermon on the Young Men’s Christian Association’s relation to Jews and Catholics. He calls for inclusivity, declaring the institution “is avowedly without ecclesiastical character.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-17

Back from a strenuous vacation

President Roosevelt holds the “big stick” and “peace” papers as he looks towards the United States Capitol building. A number of papers fall out of his briefcase: “cotton scandal airing,” “magazine article written,” “investigation of Castro,” “beef trust jostle,” “a submarine trip,” “cabinet changes,” “speeches made,” and “sermon preached.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-01

Mr. Roosevelt’s sermon

This Saturday Review article begins by observing the American penchant for lectures. President Roosevelt’s annual message is one example of a lecture, which the author calls a “sermon.” However, the author suggests Roosevelt does not understand that “there is nothing weighty in [his annual message] but its style.” The author concludes by mentioning the dichotomy of Roosevelt lecturing the rest of the world but letting the American people off.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Henry Darlington

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Darlington for the sermon, which he enjoyed reading.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-29

A sunday show – profit for pagan and preacher

Print shows Robert Green Ingersoll speaking from a stage in an auditorium filled with an audience whose heads are half-dollar coins. Dangling from a cord at the edge of the stage is T. De Witt Talmage as a marionette or wooden toy, with one hand pinned to the Bible.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-05-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt hopes that his parents are having a good time at the old Burlington house. He always found the house fascinating. The boys of Oyster Bay formed a club for running and jumping and are having “great fun.” William Emlen Roosevelt is the best jumper and Theodore the fastest.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1875-08-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Thompson

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Walter Thompson for the sermon and appreciates the reference to his father, Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George E. Talmadge

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that George E. Talmage’s sermon was published and is glad to have him in the parish.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-31

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Walter H. Johnson

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Walter H. Johnson for the copy of the sermon, which Roosevelt read with interest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-26

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Chester F. Ralston

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Chester F. Ralston for his sermon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Underwood Kellogg

Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Paul Underwood Kellogg and asks that he read an article by the Englishman Jacks in the Yale Review, which comments on an article Roosevelt had sent Kellogg. Roosevelt finds Jacks’ article immoral and refers to Kellogg’s mention of the U.S. Constitution binding the states in unity. Roosevelt chastises Kellogg for not recognizing that “two million men” fought for that unity during the Civil War and that the U.S. is committed to going to war to protect that unity.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William D. Murphy

President Roosevelt thanks William D. Murphy for sending him an extract from Robert Stuart MacArthur’s sermon. Roosevelt asks Murphy to also thank MacArthur for what he said, as he highly values MacArthur’s opinion of him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ivy L. Lee

President Roosevelt thanks Ivy L. Lee for the gift of a nicely bound book on Uncle Remus. He looks forward to reading both the sermon by Lee’s father, James W. Lee, as well as Lee’s own character sketch of Joel Chandler Harris.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Roland Cotton Smith

President Roosevelt commends Reverend Roland Cotton Smith on a recent sermon that he gave.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ulysses G. B. Pierce

President Roosevelt praises Ulysses G. B. Pierce, a Unitarian minister, for the sermon he gave at a service Roosevelt attended.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Chalmers Richmond

President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Richmond for the letter and enclosure, and is glad about some of the things which Richmond has spoken about in his sermon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jeter Connelly Pritchard

President Roosevelt thanks Judge Pritchard for sending him the sermon. He is sorry to hear of Pritchard’s daughter’s illness, but is glad to hear she is getting better.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Madison Clinton Peters

President Roosevelt is touched by Reverend Peters’s sermon and letter and asks him to have lunch at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-21