All Items 7 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 7 Contributor 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 7 Location 1 Massachusetts 6 Topic 9 Christianity 7 Prayer 7 Sermons 7 Sermons, American 6 Apostasy 1 Christian life 1 Meditation 1 Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1 Piety 1 show more 4 show fewer Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 7 Genre 3 Sermons 7 Notes 1 Outlines (documents) 1 Subject 8 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Sermons 7 Prayer – Christianity – Sermons 7 Sermons, American – Massachusetts – 19th century 6 Apostasy – Christianity – Sermons 1 Christian life – Sermons 1 Meditation – Christianity – Sermons 1 Piety – Christianity – Sermons 1 Sermons – Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1 show more 3 show fewer Edward Hitchcock sermon notes, 1855 November Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Sermon notes by Edward Hitchcock for a sermon delivered at Amherst College in November 1855 and again in June 1861, on the circumstances causing people to fervently turn to prayer. Using the prayerful cries in Psalm 130:1, Lamentations 3:55, and Jonah 2:2 as examples, Hitchcock notes that men demonstrate the true spirit of prayer when they have no hope of help from other people, are in such a low condition that God can grant them great mercies, and when they have strong earnestness and faith. Such prayers are most likely to obtain an answer from God, and can come from many conditions of existence, such as deep anxiety due to sin, or peril due to sickness, accident, poverty, persecution, or other afflictions. Hitchcock has written related hymns on the last page. Edward Hitchcock sermon notes, 1855 November Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 117, "Grades of Apostacy," 1822 August Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Edward Hitchcock's sermon on apostasy, based on Matthew 26:58 - "But Peter followed him afar off." Hitchcock enumerates the practices by which professing believers follow Christ from a distance until they abandon their faith completely. He shows that the "fatal root of all apostacies [sic] in religion" start with the Christian's neglect of his closet - earnest, fervent, secret prayer and self examination - and his abandonment of ejaculatory prayer - "short mental petitions during the day wherever he may be." Hitchcock noted the dates and places where he had delivered this sermon between 1822 and 1851. Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 117, "Grades of Apostacy," 1822 August Edward Hitchcock sermons no. 119 & 120, 1824 August Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Based on Acts 7:51, these two companion sermons by Edward Hitchcock focus on natural man's hostility to religious doctrine and religious practice. He states that "most men are ignorant of the modes in which their enmity to God displays itself" and that "it is one of the grand objects of the faithful preacher to convince men of their deep rooted opposition & enmity to God." In sermon 119, he provides examples of the ways in which even a man who believes himself sincere and honest in his beliefs will oppose "the system of revealed truth our fathers have delivered down to us." Sermon 120 continues his examination of "our opposition to vital godliness" and Hitchcock enumerates ways in which this hostility manifests itself as "our natural opposition to experimental or practical religion." Edward Hitchcock did not provide a title for either of these sermons. Twice within the second sermon, he mentioned that his remarks on "native repugnance" to the doctrines of the Gospel were delivered in the "morning" and "forenoon," suggesting that both sermons were presented on the same day. As was his habit, on the first page of each sermon Hitchcock noted the dates and places where he had delivered these sermons between 1824 and 1831. Edward Hitchcock sermons no. 119 & 120, 1824 August Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 160, "Secret Prayer," 1823 March Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Edward Hitchcock's sermon on private prayer, based on Matthew 6:6 (But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.). Hitchcock noted on the first page the dates and places where he had delivered this sermon between 1823 and 1836 as well as Bible chapters and hymns related to the sermon. Hitchcock contrasted prayer undertaken in privacy and solitude with ostentatious, public prayer which could be too easily tainted by insincerity and religious performance. He regarded secret prayer as a duty of supreme importance to be practiced at the start and close of each day, not just at times of spiritual conflict or physical danger. These periods of immediate communion with God were to be earnest, fervent and persevering. As the biblical injunction promised, a humble Christian who maintained such a habit of prayer in his closet would be rewarded with strength, grace and blessings from heaven. Moreover, he would be rewarded openly before all of creation on the day of Judgment. Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 160, "Secret Prayer," 1823 March Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 27, 1820 December Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A sermon by Edward Hitchcock in which Hitchcock discusses the influence of prayer by true Christians. He claims that the "irreligious" are dependent upon the prayer of Christians to save them, and uses the example of Moses saving the Israelites from God's wrath by praying. Psalms 106:23 is quoted. Hitchcock has noted on the first page the dates and locations where he delivered this sermon as well as Bible chapters and hymns related to the sermon. Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 27, 1820 December Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 64, "Efficacy of Prayer," 1821 August Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A sermon by Edward Hitchcock discussing prayer. Hitchcock details what he believes to be the many different results of prayer, including teaching dependence on God, enlightening men, and producing humbleness in men. James 5:16 is quoted. Hitchcock has noted on the first page the dates and locations where he delivered this sermon as well as Bible chapters and hymns related to the sermon. Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 64, "Efficacy of Prayer," 1821 August Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 28, "Neglect of Vows," 1820 September Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A sermon by Edward Hitchcock in which Hitchcock discusses people turning to religion in times of need and making vows to God for help. Hitchcock states that most people forget these vows once their time of need has passed. Ecclesiastes 5:4 is quoted. Hitchcock has noted on the first page the dates and locations where he delivered this sermon as well as Bible chapters and hymns related to the sermon. Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 28, "Neglect of Vows," 1820 September
