All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 2 Location 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 4 Creation 2 Sermons 2 Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1 Sermons, American 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 2 Genre 2 Sermons 2 Notes 1 Subject 4 Creation – Sermons 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Sermons 2 Sermons – Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1 Sermons, American – Massachusetts – 19th century 1 Edward Hitchcock sermon notes, 1843 January Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Sermons notes by Edward Hitchcock for a sermon delivered at Amherst College in January 1843, discussing God’s creation of the universe according to a preconceived and perfect plan. Hitchcock uses a line in Hebrews 3:4 to analogize God to an architect planning and building a house, and argues in favor of God’s perfection, the necessity of a predetermined plan and universe, and God’s pleasure in that universe. He also discusses the necessity and rightness of free will and divine punishment in a predetermined universe. The first page notes that the sermon was fully written out in November 1847. Edward Hitchcock sermon notes, 1843 January Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 95, "Works of God," 1821 December Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Edward Hitchcock's sermon on the countless variety of creation as a declaration of God's glory, based on a portion of Psalm 104:24. He also noted: "All the individuals of the human race constitute but one species all having sprung from Adam and Eve....And the varieties in the human contenance and stature in different countries are with little difficulty accounted for by natural causes without supposing these varieties to constitute different species descending from different progenitors." Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 95, "Works of God," 1821 December
