- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- The Christian Life
- Creator:
- Johnston, Robert Zenas, 1834-1908
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Christian life
Conduct of life
Enslaved persons
God (Christianity)--Attributes
God (Christianity)--Knowableness
Holy Spirit
Law and gospel
Law--Biblical teaching
Natural theology
Philosophers
Presbyterian Church--North Carolina
Presbyterian Church--South Carolina
Presbyterians--North Carolina
Presbyterians--South Carolina
Seminarians
Prayer--Christianity
Slavery
Bible--Colossians--Sermons
Johnston, Robert Zenas, 1834-1908--Sermons
Back Creek Presbyterian Church (Mount Ulla, N.C.)
Columbia Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church (Concord, N.C.)
First Presbyterian Church (Statesville, N.C.)
First Presbyterian Church (Union, S.C.)
Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church (Pineville, N.C.)
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Sermons
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Theology
Providence Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Sharon Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Third Creek Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, N.C.)
Charlotte (N.C.)
Cleveland (N.C.)
Columbia (S.C.)
Concord (N.C.)
Newberry (S.C.)
North Carolina
Pineville (N.C.)
Rowan County (N.C.)
South Carolina
Statesville (N.C.)
Union (Union County, S.C.) - People:
- Breckinridge, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson), 1800-1871
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
Page, Harlan, 1791-1834 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, North Carolina, Cabarrus County, Concord, 35.40888, -80.58158
United States, North Carolina, Iredell County, Statesville, 35.78264, -80.8873
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Pineville, 35.0832, -80.8923
United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, 35.63954, -80.52464
United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Cleveland, 35.7332, -80.67701
United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Mount Ulla, 35.65847, -80.72674
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, South Carolina, Newberry County, Newberry, 34.27458, -81.61872
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, 34.71541, -81.62371 - Medium:
- manuscripts
notes
outlines
sermons - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Manuscript sermon by Robert Zenas Johnston concerning the place of prayer, faith, and the law of God in Christian action and how the knowledge of God and the gospel shape Christian character. This sermon was composed at Simons Hall, Columbia Theological Seminary, February 11, 1861, when Johnston was a student, and immediately after the formation of the government for the Confederate States in America. This sermon was delivered at Smyrna or Aveleigh Presbyterian Church (Newberry, S.C.), February 17, 1861, and delivered multiple times subsequently throughout the Spring and Summer of 1861: Sharon Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.), March 17; First Presbyterian Church (Union, S.C.), March 24; First Presbyterian Church (Concord, N.C.), April 14; Third Creek Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, N.C.), May 19; First Presbyterian Church (Statesville, N.C.), June 6; Back Creek Presbyterian Church (Mount Ulla, N.C.), June 9; Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church (Pineville, N.C.), August 18; Providence Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, N.C.), August 25. Sermon on Colossians 1:9-10. Transcription and added historic detail provided by Suzanne Boliek Veazey, June 11, 2020. Also contains an outline of the sermon, as well as notes entitled "Christian Fortitude" concerning Colossians 1:11, composed at Columbia Theological Seminary, February 15, 1861.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/11729
- IIIF manifest:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:11729/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 33 pages
- Original Collection:
- Robert Zenas Johnston papers, 1853-1914.
C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
