Albert Barnes papers, 1840 -- 1859

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Albert Barnes papers, 1840 -- 1859

This series is open for research.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains 29 manuscript sermons, numbered and titled by Barnes, with dates reflecting use of the sermons. Sermons are written in ink, with notes, cancellations, and marginalia. Barnes burned a number of his sermons towards the end of his life; the sermons in this collection were saved due to an intervention by Fanny M. Gibbs.

This series is arranged numerically, according to the numbering system used by Barnes.



Box 1 Folder 1 75. Proverbs 15.18-Christian Theology, 1845 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 2 76. 1 Thessalonians. 5.23-Christian Theology, 1843 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 3 77. John 17.17-Christian Theology, 1843 -- 1854


Box 1 Folder 4 78. 1 Peter 1.15, 16-Christian Theology, 1843 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 5 79. 1 John 3.9-Christian Theology, 1843 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 6 80. 2 Peter 3.18- Christian Theology, 1842 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 7 81. Philippians 3.12 -14-Christian Theology, 1843 -- 1859


Box 1 Folder 8 462. Col. 3.12; Rom. 12.10-Blessings of a Benignant Spirit, 1840 -- 1841


Box 1 Folder 9 512. Acts 8.4-Duty of Christians When Scattered Aboard, 1842 -- 1857


Box 1 Folder 10 527. 1 Thessalonians. 4.13-Hope in the Christian's Death, 1842 -- 1857


Box 1 Folder 11 529. 2 Timothy 4.6-8-Prospect of Death to a Christian, 1843 -- 1848


Box 1 Folder 12 570. Jeremiah 41.50-Duty of Remembering, circa 1840 -- 1849


Box 1 Folder 13 587. Acts 20.22-Our Ignorance of the Future, 1846


Box 1 Folder 14 591. Joshua 24.17, 18-God Our Preserver, 1846


Box 1 Folder 15 603. Genesis 5. 24-Practicality of a Life of Eminent Piety, 1847 -- 1855


Box 1 Folder 16 621. Luke 10.42-Mary's Choice, 1848 -- 1851


Box 1 Folder 17 631. Genesis 3.8-19-What Shall Be Done with Sin?, 1848


Box 1 Folder 18 641. Matthew 7.1-Censorious Judging, 1849


Box 1 Folder 19 643. 1 Timothy 6-Contentment, 1849


Box 1 Folder 20 647. Romans 8.2-Law of the Spirit of Life, 1849


Box 1 Folder 21 650. Thessalonians 5.19-Quenching the Spirit, 1849


Box 1 Folder 22 662. Lamentations 4.1-Gold Become Dim, 1849


Box 1 Folder 23 674. Matthew 15.19, 20-Human Heart, 1848


Box 1 Folder 24 681. Matthew 13.31, 32-Christian Experience, 1850


Box 1 Folder 25 682. Matthew 13.33-Christian Experience, 1850


Box 1 Folder 26 683. 1 Peter 1:15, 16-Christian Experience, 1850


Box 1 Folder 27 684. 1 John 3. 8-10-Christian Experience, 1850


Box 1 Folder 28 685. John 17.17-Christian Experience, 1850


Box 1 Folder 29 706. John 20.29-Blessings of Faith Compared With Sight, 1851