Research Guides: Religious Aspects of the American Civil War: 1861

1861

Dewey, Orville. A Sermon, Preached on the National Fast Day at Church Green, Boston. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1861.

Mayo, Amory Dwight. American Dangers and Duties. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, printers, 1861. [Exact date of delivery unknown]

January

Phelps, Austin. The Relations of the Bible to the Civilization of the Future: A Sermon Delivered before His Excellency Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor, His Honor Eliphalet Trask, Lieut. Governor. Boston: W. White, printer to the State, 1861.

Bennett, Lorenzo Thompson. Our Present Duties and Responsibilities as Christian Patriots: A Sermon Delivered on the Day of the National Fast, in Christ Church, Guilford, Conn., January 4, 1861. New Haven: Printed by E.G. & H.B. Storer, 1861.

Cummins, George David. The African a Trust from God to the American: A Sermon Delivered on the Day of National Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, in St. Peter's Church, Baltimore, January 4, 1861. Baltimore: John D. Toy, 1861.

Duffield, George, 1818-1888. The God of our Fathers: An Historical Sermon Preached in the Coates' Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Fast Day, January 4, 1861. Philadelphia: T.B. Pugh, 1861 (Philadelphia: H.B. Ashmead).

Fiske, John Orr. A Sermon on the Present National Troubles Delivered in the Winter Street Church, January 4, 1861, the Day of the National Fast. Bath, [Maine]: Printed at the Daily Times Office, 1861.

Handy, Isaac W. K. Our National Sins: A Sermon, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Portsmouth, Va., on the Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, January 4, 1861. Portsmouth, Va.: Office of the Daily and Weekly Transcript, 1861.

Hovey, Horace Carter. The National Fast: A Sermon Preached at Coldwater, Mich., January 4, 1861. Coldwater, Mich.: Republican Print, 1861.

Hudson, Henry Norman. Christian Patriotism: A Sermon Preached in St. Clement's Church, New York, Friday, Jan. 4th, 1861. New York: F. D. Harriman, 1861.

Humphrey, Heman. Our Nation: A Discourse Delivered at Pittsfield, Mass., January 4, 1861, on the Day of the National Fast. Pittsfield, Mass.: Henry Chickering, printer, 1861.

McGill, Alexander Taggart. Sinful but not Forsaken: A Sermon Preached in the Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth Street, New York, on the Day of National Fasting, January 4, 1861. New York: Trow, printer, 1861.

Mercer, Alexander Gardiner. American Citizenship, Its Faults and their Remedies: A Sermon for the Day of National Fast, January 4, 1861. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861.

Bouton, Nathaniel. "Days of Adversity," or, Admonitions against Disunion: A New Years's Sermon Preached in Concord, N.H., January 6, 1861. Concord: P. B. Cogswell, printer, 1861.

Hall, Nathaniel. Truth Not to be Overthrown nor Silenced: A Sermon Preached at Dorchester, Sunday, Jan. 27, 1861. Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1861.

February

Schuyler, Anthony. Slaveholding as a Religious Question: A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Oswego, on the Evening of Febrary 3d, 1861. 1861.

Bartholomew, John Glass. Men of Principle: A Discourse Delivered before the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society (late Theodore Parker's) at the Music Hall, Boston, Sunday, February 10, 1861. Roxbury: Published by John Backup, 1861.

April

Bellows, Henry Whitney. Duty and Interest Identical in the Present Crisis: A Sermon Preached in All Souls' Church, on Sunday Morning, April 14, 1861. New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, printers, 1861.

Bartholomew, John Glass. The Hour of Peril: A Sermon Delivered in the Universalist Church in Roxbury, Sunday, April 21, 1861. Boston: Published by Abel Tompkins, 1861.

Bellows, Henry Whitney. The State and the Nation--Sacred to Christian Citizens: A Sermon Preached in All Souls' Church, New York, April 21, 1861. New York: James Miller 1861.

Craig, Wheelock. Our Duties at this Crisis: A Sermon Preached in the Trinitarian Church, New Bedford, April 21, 1861. New Bedford: Mercury Job Press, 1861.

Proudfit, John Williams. The Sanctuary of God Consulted in the Present Crisis: A Sermon Preached in the First Reformed Dutch Church, New Brunswick, N. J. on Sunday morning, Aprtil 21st 1861. 2nd ed. New Brunswick, N. J.: Terhune & Van Anglen, 1861.

Reed, Sylvanus. The Duty of the Citizen in these Times: A Sermon Preached in the Church of the Innocents, Albany, Sunday Morning, April 21, 1861. Albany: Munsell & Rowland, 1861.

Woodbury, Augustus. Courage: A Sermon which Was to Have Been Preached on Sunday Morning, April 21, 1861. Providence: Cooke & Danielson, Printers, Evening Press Office, 1861.

Alger, William Rounseville. Our Civil War, as Seen from the Pulpit: A Sermon, Preached in the Bulfinch-Street Church, April 28, 1861. Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1861.

Adams, Ezra Eastman. Government and Rebellion: A Sermon Delivered in the North Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Sunday Morning, April 28, 1861. Philadelphia: T.B. Pugh, 1861 (Philadelphia: H.B. Ashmead).

Bartol, Cyrus Augustus. The Duty of the Time: A Discourse Preached in the West Church Sunday Morning, April 28, 1861. Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co., 1861.

Bosworth, George Whitefield. The Soldier's Commission against Rebellion: A Sermon, Preached before a Portion of the First Regiment of the Volunteer Militia of Maine, Portland, April 28, 1861. Portland: James S. Staples, printer, 1861.

Hovey, Horace Carter. Freedom's Banner: A Sermon Preached to the Coldwater Light Artillery, and the Coldwater Zouave Cadets, April 28th, 1861. Coldwater, Mich.: Republican Print, 1861.

Lord, Charles Eliphalet. Sermons on the Country's Crisis Delivered in Mount Vernon, N.H., April 28, 1861. Milford: Printed at Bontwell's Newspaper, Book and Job Office, 1861.

Mason, Javan Knapp. The Sword: A Sermon Preached at Hampden, Me., April 28, 1861. Bangor: Printed by Samuel S. Smith, 1861.

Quint, Alonzo Hall. Christian Patriot's Present Duty: A Sermon Addressed to the Mather Church and Society, Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 28, 1861. Boston: Hollis, 1861.

May

Clapp, Alexander Huntington. God's Purpose in the War: A Sermon Preached in the Beneficent Congregational Church, Providence, R. I., May 12, 1861. Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers, 1861.

Walker, James. The Spirit Proper to the Times: A Sermon Preached in King's Chapel, Boston, Sunday, May 12, 1861. Boston: Press of G.C. Rand & Avery, 1861.

June

Austin, Charles H. The Origin of our National Difficulties Examined. Utica, N. Y.: Keeling & Griffiths, 1861.

Randall, George M. The Benefits of the Rebellion: A Sermon Preached in the Church of the Messiah, on the Evening of the First Sunday after Trinity, June 2, A.D. 1861. Boston: E.P. Dutton, 1861.

Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland. The Causes, Principles and Results of the Present Conflict: A Discourse Delivered before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, on its CCXXIII Anniversary, June 3, 1861. Boston: Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, 1861.

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks. The Let-Alone Policy: A Sermon, June 9, 1861. New York : Published at No. 5 Beekman Street, 1861.
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Coombe, Pennel. A Sermon on the Divine Origin of Civil Government and the Sinfulness of Rebellion: Delivered in the Ebenezer M. E. Church, Sabbath, June 30, 1861. Philadelphia: Barnard & Jones, Printers, 1861.

July

Oakey, P. D. The War: Its Origins, Purpose, and Our Duty Respecting It: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, L. I., on the Day of Prayer, July First, 1861. New York: John A. Gray, 1861

Bushnell, Horace. Reverses Needed: A Discourse Delivered on the Sunday After the Disaster of Bull Run, in the North Church, Hartford. Hartford: L.E. Hunt, 1861.

Ware, John Fothergill Waterhouse. Our Duty under Reverse: A Sermon Preached in the Church of the "Cambridge Parish," Sunday, 28 July, 1861. Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1861.

August

Eliot, William Greenleaf. Loyalty and Religion: A Discourse for the Times, Delivered in the Church of the Messiah, St. Louis, August 18th, 1861. St. Louis: Printed by George Knapp & Co., 1861.

September

Murray, James Ormsbee. Loyalty to Country and its Duties: A Sermon Delivered in the Prospect Street Church, Cambridge, Sunday Morning, September 15, and Repeated, by Request, Sunday Evening, September 22. Cambridge: Printed by Allen & Farnham, 1861

Adams, Ezra Eastman. The Temple and the Throne, or, The True Foundations: A Sermon Preached in the North Broad Street Presbyterian Church, September 26th, 1861. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theodore Bliss, 1861.

Bellows, Henry Whitney. The Valley of Decision: A Plea for Unbroken Fealty on the Part of the Loyal States to the Constitution and the Union, Despite the Offences of the Rebel States. New York: H.B. Price, 1861.

Carpenter, Hugh Smith. The Relations of Religion to the War: A Sermon Delivered on Fast-day, Sept. 26, 1861 by Hugh Smith Carpenter, Pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, South Brooklyn. New York: W.A. Townsend, 1861.

Dana, John Jay. The Acceptable Fast: A Sermon Preached in the Village Church in Cummington, Mass., on the Day of the National Fast, September 26, 1861. Northampton: Metcalf & Company, 1861.

Doggett, Thomas. A Sermon Preached on the Fast Day, September 26, 1861. Haverhill: E.G. Frothingham, printer, 1861.

Furness, William Henry. A Discourse Delivered on the Occasion of the National Fast, September 26th, 1861, in the First Congregational Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: T.B. Pugh, 1861.

Hedge, Frederic Henry. The National Weakness: A Discourse Delivered in the First Church, Brookline, on Fast Day, Sept. 26, 1861. Boston: Walker, Wise, and Co., 1861.

Lord, John Chase. The Justice of Our National Cause and the Momentous Issues for Our Nation, the Church and the World, which are Involved in the Result of the Present Civil War. Buffalo: Clapp, Matthews and Waite's Steam Printing House, 1861.

McCoskry, Samuel Allen. The Blessings and the Sins of the Nation, the Causes and the Remedy: A Sermon reached in St. Paul's Church Detroit, September 26, 1861. Detroit: H. Barns & Co., 1861.

Neill, James. Reasons for our Opposition to the Southern Confederacy: A Sermon Preached in the Central M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Thursday, September 26, 1861. Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 1861.

Skinner, Thomas Harvey. Comfort in Tribulation: An Address Delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, Stapleton, S.I., September 26th, 1861, a Day Kept as a National Fast, by Appointment of the President of the United States. New York: A.D.F. Randolph

Stearns, William Augustus. Necessities of the War and the Conditions of Success in It: A Sermon Preached in the Village Church, . For the College. Amherst, Mass.: H.A. Marsh, 1861.

Steele, Daniel. The Cause, the Crime, and the Cure of our National Suicide: A National Fast Day Sermon Delivered in the Baptist Church, Springfield, September 26, 1861. Springfield, Mass.: Samual Bowles & Company, printers, 1861.

Walker, George Leon. The Offered National Regeneration: A Sermon, Preached in the State Street Church, Portland, on the Occasion of the National Fast, September 26, 1861. Portland, Me.: Advertiser Steam Job Office, Little, Bro. and Co., 1861.

November

Bartol, Cyrus Augustus. Our Sacrifices: A Sermon Preached in the West Church, November 3, 1861, Being the Sunday After the Funeral of Lieut. William Lowell Putnam. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861.

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks. Seeds and Shells: A Sermon Preached in New York, Nov. 17, 1861. New York: Press of Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, 1862.

Beecher, Henry Ward. War and Emancipation: A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. on Thursday, November 21, 1861. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1861?

Mead, Hiram. Occasions for Gratitude in the Present National Crisis: A Sermon Preached in the Meeting-House of the First Congregational Church, of South Hadley. South Hadley, Mass.: G. Morgan Smith; Northampton: Trumbull & Gere. 1861.

Shaw, Linus Hall. The War and its Cause: A Sermon Preached at Sudbury, Mass., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 21, 1861, at a Union Meeting of the Religious Societies of the Town. Waltham: Press of Josiah Hastings, 1861.

Walker, George, Leon. What the Year Has Done for Us: A Sermon Preached in the State Street Church, Portland, on the Occasion of the Annual Thanksgiving, November 21, 1861. Portland: Brown Thurston, 1861.

Whitcomb, William Charles. Praising God in Troublous Times: A Thanksgiving Discourse Delivered in Lynnfield Centre and Stoneham, November 21, 1861. Salem, Mass.: Printed at the Office of the Gazette and Mercury, 1861.

Chidlaw, B. W. A Thanksgiving Sermon: Preached before the Thirty-Ninth O. V., U. S. A., at Camp Todd, Macon, Missouri, Nov. 28, 1861, and a Sketch of the Regiment. Cincinnati: George Crosby, 1861.

Clark, Frederick Gorham. Thankfulness, Its Occasions and Responsibilities: A Sermon Preached in the West Twenty-Third Street Presbyterian Church, City of New York, on Thanksgiving-Day, Nov. 28th, 1861. New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1861.

Dix, Morgan. God's Mercies Towards the Nation: A Sermon Preached in St. Paul's Chapel, New York, Thanksgiving Day, 1861. New York: F. J. Huntington, 1861.

Edgar, Cornelius Henry. Germs and Growth, or Elements and Evidences of National Permanence: A Sermon Preached on the Day of Thanksgiving, November 28, 1861 .... New York: Baker & Godwin, 1861.

Spring, Gardiner. State Thanksgiving during the Rebellion: A Sermon Preached November 28, 1861. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862.

Wadsworth, Charles. Thanksgiving: A Sermon Preached in the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, on Thursday, November 28, 1861. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1861.

West, Nathaniel. Establishment in National Righteousness and Present Causes for Thanksgiving: A Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 28, 1861. New York: J.F. Trow, printer, 1861.

December

Howe, William Bell White. Cast Down, but not Forsaken! A Sermon Delivered in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, December 15th, 1861, being the Sunday after the Great Fire. Charleston: Steam-power presses of Evans & Cogswell, 1861.

Mills, Robert Curtis. The Southern States Hardened until Ruined: A Sermon Preached in Salem on Fast Day, April 13th 1865. Boston: J. M. Hewes, Printer, 1865.

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