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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Powell, Edward Payson, 1833-1915. |
| Title: | E. P. Powell Lectures |
| Inclusive Dates: | undated |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Sixty lectures and one sermon by American journalist and author E. P. Powell, and some advertising material for two of his books. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
E. P. (Edward Payson) Powell (1833-1915) was an American author and journalist. Born in Clinton, New York, he graduated from Hamilton College and Union Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1871. He embarked on his journalistm career in 1886 when he joined the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1886 as an editorial writer; he later (1900) moved to The Independent of New York, a civil rights and anti-slavery newspaper.
[Adapted from Powell's obituary in the New York Times, 15 May 1915, pg. 13.]
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The E. P. Powell Lectures consists entirely of published material. There are sixty lectures or addresses given at the Utice (New York) City Opera House, one sermon delivered at the same location, and two pieces of advertising for Powell's books.
Arrangement of the Collection
The sermons are in alphabetical order by title (see complete list in inventory below).
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
Special Collections Research Center has several collections of sermons; please refer to our main collections list and search on "sermons" for a complete listing.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
E. P. Powell Lectures,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase from Adah C. Blackman Fund, 2010.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 15 Jul 2010
Revision history: 18 Aug 2017 - bio correction (MRC)
Inventory
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| SC 534 | Advertisements 1897, 1903 | ||||||||||
| SC 534 | Sermon, "Free Love" 23 Oct 1881 | ||||||||||
| SC 534 | Lectures | ||||||||||
| Lecture titles are as follows. | |||||||||||
| Are Men by Nature or by Grace Divided into Two Classes -- Saints and Sinners Are the Eyes of Evolution in Its Forehead? Brains Buddha, the Reformer of Brahmism A Bundle of Paradoxes Celibacy, Marriage and Protestantism Character A Christmas Dream The Consolation of Theism Discourse to Young Men (Independent Religious Society) Does Science Indicate the Existence of a Supreme Being? The Doing Creed The Eagle's Nest: or the Outlook of an Age of Skepticism The Evolution of the Church. Lecture An Expurgated Bible Finger Posts and Mile Stones. A New Year's Address A Good Conscience Home, Sweet Home How to Have a Happy Life Hymns and Religion Is Man a Fallen Being, and under the Wrath of God? Is the Average Life Worth the Living? Is the Golden Rule Workable? Is There a Personal God? A Sermon. Second Discourse on Our Heredity from God John Calvin John Calvin and Others Concerning Penal Sundays. Tract No. 2. A Law of Human Evolution Lecture on the New Year Life and Death -- What They Are Martin Luther, the Man Nature New Year, 1888 Not Allopathy Nor Homeopathy, but Sympathy Our Heredity from God The Penal Sunday Once More Religion as a Factor in Human Evolution The Religion of Despair. Tract No. 4 Religion of the Future The Religion of Hope Religious Fables Religious Independence Sin -- A Crime against Life -- Righteousness Obedience to Law Sinning against the Holy Spirit Socrates A Sound Mind in a Sound Body Spirtualism vs. Materialism A Substitute for Orthodoxy A Supposed Sermon by Jesus of Nazareth The Theistic Idea of Deity The Theistic Idea of Future Life The Theistic Idea of God The Theistic Idea of Man The Theistic Idea of Prayer The Trinity The Two Theologies Walking with God Was Jesus a Supernatural Being and Our Attonement with an Angry God? What I Saw and What I Heard on Thanksgiving Day Where the Angels Are Born Why I Believe in Prayer |
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