Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 50, "De mililite Christians" (On Christian soldiers), 1744
Date
1744/1750
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons050
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
Tennent begins this sermon on Christian soldiers by citing 2 Timothy 2:3-4, "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it appears Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, then delivered it again in 1746 or 1747, and 1750.
Tennent begins this sermon on Christian soldiers by citing 2 Timothy 2:3-4, "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it appears Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, then delivered it again in 1746 or 1747, and 1750.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
7 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
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