- Collection:
- John Newton Waddel papers, 1821‐1881
- Title:
- Baccalaureate Sermon, 1872 Ecclesiastes 9:10
- Creator:
- Waddel, John N. (John Newton), 1812-1895
- Date of Original:
- 1872
- Subject:
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Sermons--19th century
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Theology
Labor--Religious aspects--Presbyterians
Work--Religious aspects--Presbyterians - People:
- Waddel, John N. (John Newton), 1812-1895
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- sermons
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Baccalaureate sermon written by John N. Waddel on the subject of work and labor. Waddel posits that "the law of all life is work, the purpose of all animated beings is labor" and that, for lazy men who want more slumber, there is an even greater slumber waiting: the sleep of spiritual death. He then retells the life of Solomon as example and describes in depth four lessons to be learned from it: for every man there is his appointed and appropriate work, this work must be done earnestly, our morality furnishes an argument for immediate earnestness, and that the utter cessation of opportunity for work in the grave is another argument to enforce Solomon's exhortation "whatsoever".
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gcl_waddel_cts02-01-12-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gcl_waddel_cts02-01-12-01#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gcl_waddel_cts02-01-12-01/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 62 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
