Guide to the Eli Hawley Canfield papers
Brown University Library, Special Collections
Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2006
Collection Overview
| Title: | Eli Hawley Canfield papers |
| Date range: | 1844-1898 |
| Creator: | Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Extent: |
1140 items |
| Abstract: | The papers of Rev. Eli Canfield, Episcopal clergyman and prominent member of the evangelical faction of the church, consist of sermons reflecting the religious and social beliefs of the period 1845 to 1885, personal manuscripts, and letters mainly to his son, James Hulme Canfield, educator. Canfield was born in Arlington, Vermont and served as a pastor in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | Brown University Library, Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Ms. 78.12 |
Scope & content
The Canfield papers consist of an appreciable volume of both correspondence and sermons. There are approximately 300 letters within the collection, being primarily letters Rev. Canfield wrote to his son, James Hulme Canfield, one-time president of the University of Ohio, later the University Librarian at Columbia, and the father of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, the novelist. These letters, with only occasional references to politics, religious affairs, or other individuals, relate largely to normal, common family problems and hopes. The sermons and related materials, however, represent an uncommon and valuable collection of research material at the primary source level. The 500 sermons, lectures and essays, dating from 1840 to 1870, amply illustrate the social, political, and religious thought of this one individual. As would be expected, the sermons are essentially religious in nature, but although Canfield exhibited a stronger interest in the spiritual aspects of life than the political and moral, he does comment frequently upon life. His comments upon the Civil War, the administration of Andrew Johnson and his various Sermons to the children are of particular interest.Access Points
Subject Names- Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898
- Canfield, James Hulme
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Assassination.
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 4 series:
- Series 1. Personal manuscripts
- Series 2. Professional manuscripts
- Series 3. Printed matter
- Series 4. Photoduplicates
Biographical note
The son of a tanner and part-time farmer, Eli Canfield was born in Arlington, Vermont in 1817. Though raised in that small rural community much like any other child, Canfield as a youth exhibited a strong and unusual interest in his own education. By attending a series of schools over a period of years and by supporting himself first as a farm laborer and later as a school teacher and principal, the young man provided himself with the rudiments of an education. Then, under the tutelage of the Rev. Herman Dyer, the religious educated and writer, Canfield's interest in religion greatly intensified.In 1841, the 24-year-old Canfield entered the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. The location of the seminary, incidentally, proved important. During the three years he spent there preparing for the ministry, his views regarding the South came to reflect the friendships he established with his fellow seminarians. He never lost this sympathy although it proved to be a source of conflict within his own family. Canfield's mother, it seems, was an early and an outspoken Abolitionists at a time when such views were not thought of sympathetically, even in New England. As an adult, Canfield generally shared his mother's views on slavery, but he only reluctantly supported the Union in the Civil War.
After his ordination, the Reverend Canfield served as pastor of a parish in Ohio for five years. His stay in Ohio was followed by brief pastorates in Pennsylvania and New York City. Finally, in 1853, he became the first rector of Christ's Church in Brooklyn, New York. He remained there for 15 years, until 1868, when he retired to Arlington. He died there on his family farm in 1898.
As co-editor of the Protestant Churchman (later the Christian Times) and by serving on the boards of many benevolent and religious societies, Canfield assumed an active role in the ecclesiastical politics of his day. He was for many years a prominent figure within the Episcopal Church, and especially within its low or evangelical wing. While his personal reserve may have prevented him from assuming an even greater role in the religious history of his day than he did, his views as expressed in his sermons are nonetheless representative of the social and religious thought of his day.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. These materials are stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. |
| Use of the materials: | Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: | Eli Hawley Canfield papers, Ms. 78.12, Brown University Library. |
| Contact information: | Brown University Library, Special Collections Box A, John Hay Library Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-2146 E-mail: hay@brown.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | This collection was donated to Brown University in 1967. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Clifton H. Jones, Manuscripts Curator. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Sarah Shaw 2006 September 13 |
| Revisions: |
2006 Sep 21 |
Additional Information
| Other information: |
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Inventory
Series 1. Personal manuscripts
A. Correspondence
67 folders
Box 1, Folders 1-60, 62-68
Folder 61 (Correspondence 1882-1883) contained 0 items when the collection was first processed and described in 1978. The empty folder has subsequently been discarded from the collection. Arrangement is chronological.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Correspondence 2 items Contents Note: Two letters, dated 1859 Aug 10 and 1860 Jan 7, to Canfield from the Rev. Herman Dyer, the religious writer and educator, and Canfield's mentor, discussing general matters. Dyer, Rev. Herman, 1833-1900 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1859-1860 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In an unsigned letter from Savannah, GA, dated 1861 Jan 11, a Southerner laments the lack of sympathy between the North and South. Four letters concerning religious matters, especially missionary service. Missionary, American Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1861-1862 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: In three letters, dated July through August, to his mother and daughter, Martha "Mattie" Canfield, the Rev. Canfield casually discusses Switzerland, and briefly, the British Parliament. His son, in another letter, James Hulme Canfield offers an anecdote about Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and illustrates British attitudes towards the American Civil War. United Kingdom--Parliament Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, Martha Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 |
1863 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: In two letters to his son, Rev. Canfield offers congenial advice. Church matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1864-1865 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In a long letter dated 1866 Feb 6, [Rev.?] Andrew Fisher describes the destitution of the Southern clergy, feeling "too poor to be proud," willingly accepts donations for his work. Seeks further support. Expresses his belief that the freedmen need to feed their families before they can be educated. A J.M. Barrister discusses (1866 Feb 15) white attitudes in Alabama towards the freedmen; stresses the need of work before education. Family matters. Canfield discusses his son's education. Freedmen Religious education Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Reconstruction, 1865-1876 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Barrister, J.M. Fisher, Andrew Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1866 Jan-Feb |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: In three letters to his son, Canfield is concerned with family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1866 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In one of these six letters to his son, dated 17 May, Canfield briefly describes a convention in Cleveland of friends of the freedmen. Remainder, family matters. Freedmen Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1866 Apr-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: In four letters to his son, Canfield writes of family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1866 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: In a series of five letters to his son, Canfield discusses family and parish news, and in one letter, dated 1867 Feb 8, supplies reasons for the potential greatness of the United States. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1867 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Family news and a father's advice to his son. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1867 Apr-Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Correspondence 7 items Contents Note: In another series of letters to his son, Canfield discusses his son's education, and is concerned with both family and church. Religious education Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1867 Aug-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In these five letters to his son, Canfield discusses church affairs, family news, and a visit to Arlington, Vermont. A clergyman in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, requests funds for the building of a church. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1868 Jan |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: Canfield expresses concern for his son's health. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1868 Feb |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: In five letters to his son, Canfield discusses church news, and briefly mentions his work amongst the poor and unemployed. Labor Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1868 Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General church and family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1868 Jul-Aug |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Church and family news. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1868 Sep-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: In a letter dated 1869 Jun 15, A.O. Canfield describes an overland journey to Iowa and the availability of government land around Algona. Church and family news. Canfield, A.O. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1869 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Now living in Arlington, Canfield, in a series of letters to his son, spends greater time than ever in discussing family news. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1870 Jan-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Correspondence 2 items Contents Note: General family correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1870 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Correspondence 10 items Contents Note: In a letter to his son, Canfield expresses his displeasure with his son's engagement. General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1871 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Canfield discusses a brawl in Arlington, asks his son to invest some money for friends. General family correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1872 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Correspondence 7 items Contents Note: In several letters to his son, Canfield describes the effects of a severe winter storm, briefly mentions his work on his farm, and states that he has agreed to take charge of the church in Arlington for one year. Investments. Farming life Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1873 Jan-Apr |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: In reference to his son's approaching marriage, Canfield discusses the early days of his own marriage. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1873 May-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 24 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Family matters, investments. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1873 Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Family matters, investments Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1873 Aug |
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1873 Sep 1-15 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: Family news: mother's sickness. Briefly discusses the financial panic in New York. Panic of 1873 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1873 Sep 16-30 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Family matters. Effects of financial panic on Arlington, Vermont. Panic of 1873 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1873 Oct |
| Box 1, Folder 29 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Discusses Arlington Manufacturing Company. Personal finances. Discusses briefly changes in the structure of the Episcopal Church. General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Arlington (Vermont) Manufacturing Company |
1873 Nov-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 30 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Episcopal Church letters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Jan |
| Box 1, Folder 31 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Feb |
| Box 1, Folder 32 | Correspondence 2 items Contents Note: Family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Mar-Apr |
| Box 1, Folder 33 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 May |
| Box 1, Folder 34 | Correspondence 7 items Contents Note: Mother's health. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 35 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Death of mother. General news. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 36 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Advice to his son, James. General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1874 Aug-Sep |
| Box 1, Folder 37 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1874 Oct-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 38 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Investments. Advice to son. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1875 Jan-Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 39 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1875 Aug-Oct |
| Box 1, Folder 40 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Trip to Baltimore. Offers views on a career in education. General news. Religious education Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1875 Nov-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 41 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: In Florida--describes climate. Describes political nature of South Carolina. Exploring Florida. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1876 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 42 | Correspondence 2 items Contents Note: In Tallahassee, Florida. Describes social conditions. Residents accept defeat in Civil War but are against black suffrage. Discusses local church squabbles. Returns to Vermont. Freedmen United States--History--Reconstruction, 1865-1876 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1876 Apr-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 43 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: A trip to Chicago. General, concern over son's illness. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1876 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 44 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Investments. General family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1877 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 45 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1877 Apr-May |
| Box 1, Folder 46 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: Investments. Weather. Family matters. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1877 Jun-Aug |
| Box 1, Folder 47 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: General correspondence. In a letter to his son, dated 1877 Sep 25, Rev. Canfield encloses a copy of a letter he received from R.H. Bendell which is concerned with a notorious murder and divorce case in New Jersey. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1877 Sep-Oct |
| Box 1, Folder 48 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Health. General views. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1877 Nov-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 49 | Correspondence 2 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1878 Jan |
| Box 1, Folder 50 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In Philadelphia; health. Books to read. General information. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1878 Feb |
| Box 1, Folder 51 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: In Brooklyn, Rev. Canfield regrets not being able to undertake extensive parish work. speaks of the importance of friendship and the hardship of loneliness. General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1878 Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 52 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1878 Apr-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 53 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: General correspondence to Canfield's son. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1878 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 54 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Family health. Investments. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1879 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 55 | Correspondence 5 items Contents Note: Rev. Canfield briefly discusses, in a letter dated 1879 Mar 17, the relations between capital and labor. Advises his son against buying a home on interest. Visits old parish in Brooklyn. Labor Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Canfield, James Hulme, 1847-1909 |
1879 Mar-Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 56 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Canfield works to fill a contract for poles for the American Telegraph Company. Discusses prenatal influences and education as effects in the development of an individual. Lumber Religious education Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Telegraph Company |
1879 Aug-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 57 | Correspondence 6 items Contents Note: Family assets, productivity of farm. Lack of snow hurting lumbering business. Farming life Lumber Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1880 Jan-Jul |
| Box 1, Folder 58 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Discusses Vermont politics, Republicans, Democrats and the Irish. General correspondence. Irish Vermont--Politics Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1880 Jul-Aug |
| Box 1, Folder 59 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1880 Sep-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 60 | Correspondence 1 item Contents Note: Reminiscences of a meeting years earlier at which he discussed the annexation of Texas. Mentions that he was on board the steamer "Princeton" when the cannon the "Peacemaker" exploded. "Peacemaker" "Princeton" Texas--Annexation to the United States Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Houston, Samuel, 1793-1863 |
1881 |
| Box 1, Folder 62 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Letters to his grandchildren, including Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
1884-1885 |
| Box 1, Folder 63 | Correspondence 1 item Contents Note: Letter to granddaughter. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
1886 |
| Box 1, Folder 64 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Discusses the Rev. Henry Beecher Ward. Letters to granddaughter, discussing gathering of maple sap. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Ward, Henry Beecher Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
1887 |
| Box 1, Folder 65 | Correspondence 3 items Contents Note: Discusses severe weather. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1889 Jan-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 66 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: Letters to his grandchildren. Discusses personal finances and his farm. Farming life Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 |
1889 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 67 | Correspondence 4 items Contents Note: In a letter dated 1896 Aug 28, William Dean Howells expresses his pleasure upon learning that Rev. Canfield enjoys his writing - apparently at one time the two individuals were friends. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Howells, William Dean, 1837-1919 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1889-1898 |
| Box 1, Folder 68 | Undated 11 items Contents Note: General correspondence. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
B. Miscellany, letters of condolence, photographs of Eli H. Canfield
3 folders
Box 1, Folders 69-71
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1, Folder 69 | Miscellaneous items, various dates 5 items Contents Note: Includes receipt, quote and wedding invitation. |
| Box 1, Folder 70 | Letters of condolence 20 items Contents Note: Concerning the death of the Rev. Canfield. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1898 Jun-Sep |
| Box 1, Folder 71 | Photographs, undated 2 items Contents Note: Photograph and negative of the Rev. Eli H. Canfield. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
Series 2. Professional manuscripts
A. Sermons and lectures
88 folders
Box 1-4, Folders 72-159
Dated sermons and lectures
Arranged chronologically.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1, Folder 72 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Gospel Hidden to the Lost;" Galatians III.24; Genesis XIX, 17th Verse; Ezekiel XX Ch., 44th Verse; and No. XXXI. Contents: See titles. Canfield also discusses divine inspiration for the Bible. Law of obedience. Divine justice - Sodom and Gomorrah. A sermon of Thanksgiving. The church as the mystical body of Christ-faith. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1844 |
| Box 1, Folder 73 | Sermons and lectures 8 items Contents Note: Titles: Romans XII, 11th verse; "Justification by faith;" " God may reward the actions of men while he punishes their motives;" "Christian diligence;" "Good Friday;" "The Resurrection of Christ-Easter day;" "Special Providence;" and "Avarice." Contents: See titles. Canfield also discusses the common practical duties of every Christian; absolute sovereignty of God-free will. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1845 Jan-Apr |
| Box 1, Folder 74 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: The Parables, No. 13; "The two sons;" The Parables, No. 15; "The Wedding Garment;" and "Spiritual Leprosy." Contents: Authority of Christ; ministers of Christ as sentinels. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1845 May |
| Box 1, Folder 75 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The profession of religion;" "The religious instruction of children;" "God's forbearance abused;" "Godliness profitable to all things;" and "Christ the light of the world." Contents: See titles. Religious education Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1845 Sep-Oct |
| Box 1, Folder 76 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The duty of confessing Christ before men;" "Self-examination--the prayer of David;" "The Lord's side;" "Opportunity wasted;" "Sinners Redeemed;" "A call to the careless sleeper" and "Christianity--the foundation and protection of civil liberty--Thanksgiving 1846." Contents: See titles. Piety, salvation, the Lord's law, the kingdom of God and sin. Liberty, civil Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1846 |
| Box 1, Folder 77 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The unfruitful fig tree;" "Salvation free to all;" " Easter Sunday;" "Thanksgiving Sermon, 1847;" "A continuing city;" and "The sin of Adam." Contents: See titles. The church as unfruitful, glad tidings, "The Bible does teach us the true philosophy of history"--America, a nation of God and greed. United States--Opinion of Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1847 |
| Box 1, Folder 78 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Necessity of repentance;" Lecture XIV, Col. III; Lecture XXXVII; "The Christian church--a light in the dark world" same; "The Christian men made all things to all men." Contents: See titles. Practical Christian duties, salvation. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1848 |
| Box 1, Folder 79 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "And he not conformed to this world;" "The temptation of Christ;" "Emmauz;" "Easter Evening;" "The way, the truth and the life;" "Christ our peace: Good Friday" and "Easter Sunday-after." Contents: See titles. Remarks also on lust, pride-reform of our nature and the resurrection of Christ. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1849 Jan-Apr |
| Box 1, Folder 80 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The new birth;" "Decision for God;" "The inward conflict;" "Regeneration;" "National fast, A.D. 1849;" and "The bruised reed." Contents: See titles. Also, spiritual rebirth, struggle for the soul and nations, like individuals, must be righteous. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1849 May-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 81 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "Sermon to Children;" Luke XII.32; "Faith the antidote for fear;" "Insensibility to sin;" and "The joy of angels over a repenting sinner." Contents: See titles. Also, repentance. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1850 Jan-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 82 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "On reconciliation;" "The strait gate;" "The Christian race;" "Guilty silence in the cause of Christ?;" and "Evidence of genuine faith." Contents: See titles. Also, are only a few to be saved? Faith. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1850 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 83 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Prodigal Son;" "Rest on God;" "The government of the tongue;" "The way, the truth and the life;" "Another Gospel: No. 1;" "Another Gospel, No. 2;" and "Pure religion." Contents: See titles. Unworthiness, faith vs. fatalism; morality, heresy, the practical duties of personal religion. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1851 |
| Box 1, Folder 84 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The period of full revelation;" "Missions foreign;" "Doing good to the household of faith;" "1;" untitled; "2;" untitled; and "Spiritual conflict." Contents: See titles. False beliefs, spreading of the gospel by the Protestant Episcopal Church--missionary efforts, duty of faith, last day of Christ, and the mortification of sin. Missionary, American Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1853 Jan-Jun |
| Box 1, Folder 85 | Sermons and lectures 9 items Contents Note: Titles: "Freedom;" "The importance of truth;" "Supreme love to Christ;" "The duty of believers to imitate God;" "God's ordinance rich and poor;" "The Am[erican] S[unday] S[chool] Union;" "The world and the soul contrasted, No. 1;" "The world and the soul contrasted, No. 2;" and "The Holy Catholic Church." Catholic Church Political freedom United States--Opinion of Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Sunday School Union |
1853 Jul-Dec |
| Box 1, Folder 86 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "The primitive Christian;" "Strong delusion;" "The parable of the tares;" and "The seal of God." Contents: See titles. Also, Antioch-history of Christianity, disciples, apostasy, formalism and grace. Primitive Christianity Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 Jan-Mar |
| Box 1, Folder 87 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "All welcome to Christ;" "No neutrality in religion;" "The deceitfulness of the human heart;" "Barrabbas;" and "Our merciful high priest." Contents: See titles. Also, God's mercy to man, universality of the Gospel, the Bible and Christian mercy. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 Mar |
| Box 2, Folder 88 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Parental obligations, No. 1;" "The dangers of a worldly spirit;" "Barrabbas;" Mark XV.34; John XIX.28; John XIX.30 and "The resurrection of the body." Contents: See titles. Also, spiritual as well as temporal needs of children, crucifixion. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 Apr |
| Box 2, Folder 89 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Parental obligation, No. 2;" "Parental obligation, No. 3;" "The compassionate Saviour;" "The duty of children, No. 1;" "The duty of children, No. 2;" and the wicked men as opposed to sinners. Contents: See titles. Also, Man's character and destiny, Children's duties to parent--obedience, wicked men as opposed to sinners. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 May-Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 90 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Spiritual emancipation;" "Present ignorance and future knowledge;" "Our own mind;" "God's judgement and mercies;" "Love to Christ;" "Commercial pressure a spiritual test;" and "The offence of the Gospel." Contents: See titles. Also, slavery of the soul, the mysteries of Christ, Job, faith, practical goodliness, backsliders, commercial crises and religion. Backsliders Commercial crises and religion Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 Jul-Oct |
| Box 2, Folder 91 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "An important question;" "The salt of the earth;" "The light of the world;" "The pertinent tone of Satan;" "Seed time and harvest;" "The tests of the final judgement;" "Wise men warned against civil associations and unsound principles;" and "God's remedy for dying sinners." Contents: Job-faithfulness, final judgement, submission, spiritual crises, discussion of the parables. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 Nov-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 92 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Slander;" "Sermon to Children, 1855;" "Always rejoicing;" "Christ our example in prayer;" "Salvation for sinners;" "Eve's temptation, No. 1;" and "Eve's temptation, No. 3." Contents: See titles. Also, false witness, conscience, the need for children to pay attention to sermons, the fear of the Lord, conformity to Christ and mercy and salvation. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1855 Jan-Feb |
| Box 2, Folder 93 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Eve's temptation, No. 4;" "Our Saviour's prayer;" Mar XVI, 6; "Christ dying for sin and living for our salvation;" "The love of God for souls;" and "The characteristics and duties of the times: A missionary sermon." Contents: See titles. Also, the matter of the prayer. Missionary, American Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1855 Mar-May |
| Box 2, Folder 94 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The need of the Spirit's influence;" "The danger of self-deception;" "Christ's Church;" "Scoffing at religion;" "The love of God for man as manifested in the Gospel;" and "Covetousness." Contents: See titles. Also, man's depravity, and the founding of the Church. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1855 Jun-Oct |
| Box 2, Folder 95 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "God's workmanship;" "Brotherly love;" "No separation of the believer from God's love;" "The Christian privileges;" and "The Gospel's power in exalting God and humbling man." Contents: See titles. Also, the Pastoral Aid Society and the Corinthians. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Pastoral Aid Society |
1855 Nov-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 96 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The slain Lamb beheld in heaven by the Redeemed;" "Christian tempers;" "Conformity to the world;" "David's prayer for divine scrutiny;" "David's prayer for divine scrutiny, No. 2;" "Idolatry, No. 1;" and "Idolatry, No. 2." Contents: See titles. Also, predictions, happiness as holiness. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1856 Jan-Feb |
| Box 2, Folder 97 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The awful state of backsliders;" "The carnal mind;" "The trembling Christian encouraged;" "The preaching of the cross;" "Hearty Christianity, No. 1;" "Idolatry, No. 1;" and "Idolatry, No. 2." Contents: See titles. Also, considers predestination, only one master, forgiveness, baptism and the Prophets. Backsliders Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1856 Mar-Jul |
| Box 2, Folder 98 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The moral government of God;" "The tenth commandment;" "Sunday Schools and S[unday] S[chool] Teachers;" "The moral benefit of earthly vicissitudes;" Ephesians III, 15th; "The two services;" and Lecture No. 2: untitled. Contents: See titles. Also, sin of the heart, the family, the service of blood, the service of God; the Spirit of God. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1856 Jul-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 99 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The unseen world, No. 4;" "The unseen world, No. 5;" "The unseen world, No. 7;" "The unseen world, No. 8;" "The unseen world, Evil Angels, No. 9;" "The unseen world, demoniac possessions, No. 11;" and "The unseen world, No. 12." Contents: See titles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1856 (No Month) |
| Box 2, Folder 100 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Work with thy might;" "Responsibilities of the heaven of the Gospel;" "The request of Dines for his five children;" "The woe of Chorzin and Bethsaida;" "Earnestness in religion;" and "A Christian." Contents: See titles. Also, neglect of what should be done, immorality, the authenticities of the prophecies, the justice of God and self-examination and prayer. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1857 Jan-Feb |
| Box 2, Folder 101 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "The temptation of Christ;" "A profession of religion;" Lecture 4; and "A Real Christian absolved from condemnation." Contents: See titles. Also, concerned with "the secret intercourse of the soul with God," hypocrisy and concealment, the temptation of Christ and perfect obedience. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1857 Mar |
| Box 2, Folder 102 | Sermons and lectures 8 items Contents Note: Titles: Hebrews II, 18; Passion Week Sermons "Passion week, No. 2;" "Passion week, No. 3;" "Passion week, No. 4;" "Good Friday;" "Temptation;" "Sermon to the Children, Easter 1857;" and "Christian prayers." Contents: See titles. Also, consolation, temptation, compassion, hope and Calvary. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1857 Apr |
| Box 2, Folder 103 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The duty of living peaceably with our fellowmen;" "The first fruits of the Spirit;" "The Christian's confidence in Christ;" "The true tests of faith;" "Help in pressing trouble;" "Messiah the Mighty God;" and "Perseverance in religious duties enforced." Contents: See titles. Resurrection, salvation, doctrine of the Trinity and the trials of Christian duty. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1857 May-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 104 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Counsel to young men;" "The use and abuse of property;" "The history of Jonah set before the young;" "Early in Christ;" "Man's natural enmity to God;" and "Walking worthily of the Christian calling." Contents: See titles. American youth, conduct, men of God - men of the vocation. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1858 Jan-May |
| Box 2, Folder 105 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The suffering of Christians;" "The remedy for the world's wickedness;" "The Christian prospect;" "The omniscience of God;" "The way, the truth and the life;" "The dry bones;" and "David and Goliath." Contents: See titles. A doubt for the salvation of even the righteous, the condition of the Church, explains his belief that God will never forsake those who believe in Him. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1858 Jun-Sep |
| Box 2, Folder 106 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The love of God;" "The dry bones;" "Walking with wise men, No. 2;" "Christ's kingdom upon earth;" "Lost opportunities deplored;" and "The ordinance of the Lord's supper." Contents: See titles. Also, duty and religion as a way of life. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1858 Oct-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 107 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The day approaching;" "The degradation of ruin of intemperance;" "The compassion of our Father in heaven;" "A corrupt Church;" "The true kingdom of God;" and "The Israelites asking a king." Contents: See titles. Also, discusses atonement, final judgement and peace. Temperance Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1859 Jan-Feb |
| Box 2, Folder 108 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "The ten lepers;" "The ten lepers;" "The equity and fullness of Redemption by Jesus Christ;" and Matthew 8, 12. Contents: See titles. Also, the blessings of God and our ingratitude, miracles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1859 Mar |
| Box 2, Folder 109 | Sermons and lectures 11 items Contents Note: Titles: 2 Peter II.9; "The sinner's justification;" 3 Peter II, 9; "A peculiar people;" "A peculiar people, No. 3;" untitled; Zech. XIII, 1; Matthew XVII, 9:10; untitled; "Ruth an example to the young;" and "The resurrection." Contents: See titles. Also deliveries from temptations, justification by faith, Christians as a peculiar people, Judas. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1859 Apr |
| Box 2, Folder 110 | Sermons and lectures 3 items Contents Note: Titles: "A peculiar people, No. 4;" "Church music;" and "The Christian citizen, Thanksgiving, 1859." Contents: See titles. Also, worldliness, sanctuary, relations and duties to civil government. Christianity--Practical duties Government, civil Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1859 May-Nov |
| Box 2, Folder 111 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Mediator;" Lecture Matthew V 8; "Future rewards and punishments, 1;" "Future rewards and punishments, 2;" "The salvation of infants;" and "Conversion the work of God." Contents: See titles. Also, the atonement of Christ, our conception of God, the pure heart, the day of Judgement and the Church. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1860 Jan-Feb |
| Box 2, Folder 112 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: Ephesians I.7; "Preparation to meet God;" "The crucifixion;" Luke XXIII.46; "The training of the young;" and "Love to Christ." Contents: See titles. Also, redemption through Christ, and practical godliness. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1860 Mar-Jul |
| Box 2, Folder 113 | Sermons and lectures 8 items Contents Note: Titles: "On marriage;" "The sacrifice of Christ;" "Christian perfection, No. 2;" "The unjust steward;" "The Church, No. 1;" "The last congregation;" "Marriage of the Sethites and Cainites;" and "Christ all and in all." Contents: See titles. Also, infidelity, the importance of principles, Christ as a model for Christian perfection, diligence, Catholic unity, and the second advent of Christ. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1860 Jul-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 114 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The offense of Christ;" "Lot's wife;" "The polity and doctrine of the P[rotestant] E[piscopal] Church, 1;" "[The polity and doctrine of the Protestant Episcopal Church], No. 2;" "Peculiarities of the Protestant Episcopal Church, No. 3;" "The Peculiarities of the Protestant Episcopal Church, No. 4" and "The Peculiarities of the Protestant Episcopal Church, No. 6." Contents: See titles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1861 Feb-Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 115 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The one sacrifice for sins;" "Hinderances to Christian progress;" "S[unday] S[chool] Anniversary address;" Lecture: Psalm LXIII, 7.8; "The opening of the Church;" and "The unbelief of the Nazarenes." Contents: See titles. Also, with Christ, sin could be forgiven. Ninth anniversary of the Sunday school. A newly erected church. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Sunday School Union |
1861 Feb-Jun |
| Box 2, Folder 116 | Sermons and lectures 8 items Contents Note: Titles: "Sanctification through the truth;" "Lawfulness and expediency;" "The Church on earth and the Church in heaven;" "A day of National fasting;" "The Pharisees' righteousness;" "Thanksgiving sermon, 1861;" "The recovered demoniac" and "S[unday] S[chool] Anniversary, 1861." Contents: See titles. Also, the necessity and manner of mortification, problems faced by converts, practical problems of Christianity, the dual nature of the church - temporal and spiritual, the meaning of history, our national experience, the Civil War and slavery, and "the work of the Devil." United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Sunday School Union |
1861 Sep-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 117 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "Meekness for heaven;" Lecture - no title; "Indecision;" "Quench not the Spirit;" and "Spiritual religion." Contents: See titles. Also, preparation for eternity, the importance of praying, influence of the Holy Spirit, and the distinction between the visible and spiritual church. United States--Opinion of Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1862 Jan-Apr |
| Box 2, Folder 118 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "The epistle to Sardis;" "Christian grief over Transgressors;" "Encourage him;" "Gratitude for divine blessings: Thanksgiving, 1862;" and "Thanksgiving, 1862." Contents: See titles. Also, backsliders, solicitude, the encouragement of the minister by the congregation, thanks for blessing without reference to national affairs, cause of the War and the praise of God. Backsliders Slavery--United States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1862 Sep-Dec |
| Box 2, Folder 119 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "National Fast Day, 1863;" Lecture: untitled; "The valley of dry bones;" "Christ our example;" "Heaven, No. 1;" and Luke XVIII.13. Contents: See titles. Also, patriotism, the Union and the War, the example of Paul, humility, prophecy, pride. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1863 Jan-Feb |
| Box 3, Folder 120 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: Lecture: no title; Lecture: John III.3; Lecture: Acts XV.9; Lecture: I Pct. 2.21; Lecture: Psalm 87.47; and Lecture: Matthew VI.12. Contents: Discusses the struggle to be Christian, the hope of blessedness, purifying the heart by faith, following in the steps of Christ, Spiritual life and forgiveness. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1863 Mar |
| Box 3, Folder 121 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: Lecture: Psalm 119.32; "National Fasting, April 26, 1863;" "The brand plucked out of the fire;" and Lecture: Phil.III.12. Contents: See titles. Also, holiness, consideration of duty in relation to a public fast and conversion of sinners. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1863 Apr-Jul |
| Box 3, Folder 122 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "Nature and use of liberty;" "National preeminence: Thanksgiving day, 1863;" "Mutual influence and help;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 1;" and "Miracles: the first draught of fishes, No. 3." Contents: See titles. Also, discusses slavery, patriotism, the United States. Slavery--United States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1863 Nov-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 123 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Christian unity;" "Unity in diversity;" "Stilling the tempest, No. 4;" "The Demoniac, No. 5;" "The miracles of our Lord: Demoniac, No. 6;" and "The miracles of our Lord: the raising of the daughter of Jairus, No. 7." Contents: See titles. Also, expresses concern for and the method of attaining Christian unity, and with achieving unity with the Spirit. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1864 Jan |
| Box 3, Folder 124 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The miracles of our Lord, No. 8;" "The Lord's prayer, No. 8;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 9;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 10;" "A humbling confession;" and "Indecision." Contents: See titles. Also, discusses the language of the Lord's prayer, self-examination, spiritual self-knowledge, the duty of professing Christ before men. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1864 Feb-Mar |
| Box 3, Folder 125 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The miracles of our Lord, No. 12;" "Miracles of our Lord, No. 14;" "Asleep in Jesus;" "Saul of Tarsus;" "Appearing before God;" and "Christianity, a system of power." Contents: See titles. Concerned with death, economy of the Gospel, spiritual reality. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1864 Apr-Oct |
| Box 3, Folder 126 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "The miracles of our Lord, No. 15;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 16;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 17;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 18;" "The miracles of our Lord, No. 19;" "Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 1864;" and "Anxiety reproved." Contents: See titles. Also concerned with the appreciation of history and the times of trouble. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1864 [Apr?]-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 127 | Sermons and lectures 3 items Contents Note: Titles: "Our debt to Christ;" "Our duty to the heathen;" and "The gift of God received and ministered." Contents: See titles. Also, Discussed the need for a more faithful discharge of our duties, the need for missionary work, salvation. Missionary, American Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1865 Jan-Feb |
| Box 3, Folder 128 | Sermons and lectures 11 items Contents Note: Titles: Lectures 20-31: "The miracles of our Lord: The Withered Hand.;" Contents: See titles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1865 [Mar?] |
| Box 3, Folder 129 | Sermons and lectures 8 items Contents Note: Titles: "The riches of God's goodness;" "Christians the light of the world;" "The President's death;" Heb. II, 11: "He is not ashamed to call them heathen;" "Sunday School work;" "Strength for social duty;" "Seasons of trial: times of preparation, No. 11;" and John XIV.6: "I am the way." Contents: See titles. Also, Canfield expresses his interests in the goodness of God, discipleship, the death of President Lincoln, the South and the Confederacy, slavery, causes of the War, service to God, doing God's will, an "era of conflicting opinions," Romanism, and parents and children. Catholic Church Lincoln, Abraham, President of the United States, 1809-1865--Assassination Slavery--United States Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1865 Mar-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 130 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Man's counsellor;" Ash Wednesday, Lent: no title; "Evangelical repentance;" Lent: no title; "David's refuge;" and "Christ our hope." Contents: See titles. Canfield discusses walking with God, personal and religious improvement, primitive Christianity, prayer and growing in grace. Primitive Christianity Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1866 Jan-Apr |
| Box 3, Folder 131 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "Communion Lecture;" "Lamech, No. 3;" "Enoch, No. 4;" "Ministerial encouragement;" and "The wise man's improvement of time." Contents: See titles. Also, Canfield discusses significance of the Last Supper and Communion, the duties which a congregation owes their minister, and time. Bible--Histories Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1866 Oct-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 132 | Sermons and lectures 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Happiness, No. 1;" "Abraham, No. 7;" "Abraham, No. 8;" "Lot, No. 10;" "Communion address;" "Remember Lot's wife, No. 11;" and "Isaac and Esau, No. 12." Contents: See titles. Also, Biblical histories, at war with God and his law. Bible--Histories Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1867 Jan-Feb |
| Box 3, Folder 133 | Sermons and lectures 9 items Contents Note: Titles: "Good Friday, 1867: What caused the death of Christ?;" "Jacob, No. 13;" "Moses, No. 17;" "Moses, No. 19;" "The Passover, No. 20;" "Passage of the Red Sea, No. 20;" "Israel in the Wilderness, No. 21;" "Sinai, No. 22;" and John XIV.1: "I am the truth." Contents: See titles. Biblical histories, truth. Bible--Histories Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1867 Mar-May |
| Box 3, Folder 134 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Hebrew Theocracy, No. 24;" "The Jewish festivals and ceremonials, No. 25;" "Joshua, No. 27;" "Samuel;" and "Ruth." Contents: See titles. Biblical history. Bible--Histories Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1867 [Jun?] |
| Box 3, Folder 135 | Sermons and lectures 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "God our strength in seasons of difficulty;" "Public prayer;" "Public worship;" "Saul of Tarsus;" and "Christian victory, No. 2." Contents: See titles. Also, discussion of Biblical history, path to God, and overcoming evil. Bible--Histories Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1867 Sep-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 136 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Parental duty;" Eph. VI, 12.13; "Conformity to Christ;" "Communion address;" lecture: untitled; and lecture: "To be spiritually minded is life and peace." Contents: See titles. Also, concerned with indulgent parents, war and prayer. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1868 Jan-Mar |
| Box 3, Folder 137 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Superstition;" "Christ in all;" "Waiting upon God;" "Communion address;" "Communion address" and "The object of life." Contents: See titles. Practical Christianity and the young. Christianity--Practical duties Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1868 May-Dec |
| Box 3, Folder 138 | Sermons and lectures 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "Religious profession;" "The living preacher of a living Christ;" "The Trinity in Unity, 1876;" and "The cross of Christ." Contents: See titles. Concerns the public profession of religion, Divine authority, preaching of the Gospel, and the doctrine of atonement. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1869-1878 |
| Box 3, Folder 139 | Sermons and lectures 6 items Contents Note: Titles: "Whitsunday, 1879;" Communion address; "Salvation by faith;" Lecture: untitled; title unknown; and "Invitation to Christian example." Contents: See titles. Also, concerned with Holy Ghost, the Lord's supper, redemption and President Garfield's death. Garfield, James A., President of the United States, 1831-1881--Assassination Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1879-1882 |
Undated sermons and lectures
Arranged by title.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 3, Folder 140 | Undated sermons and lectures: Aa-Bz 2 items Contents Note: Titles: "The A[merican] S[unday] S[chool] Union;" "The Atonement." Contents: See titles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Sunday School Union |
| Box 3, Folder 141 | Undated sermons and lectures: Ca-Cz 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "A call to the secure;" "To children, the new heart;" "Christ a propitiation, No. 1;" "The Church, No. 1;" "The Church, No. 2;" "Communion lecture;" and "Consolation for the afflicted." Contents: See titles. Problems with external happiness, morals, Church of Rome, and the grace of God and the righteousness of men. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 142 | Undated sermons and lectures: Da-Dh 3 items Contents Note: Titles: "Debt;" "Delaware Co. Bible Society: Address;" and "The delay of punishment." Contents: See titles. Also, debt, "the most sacred moral obligation," and the promotion of religion. Catholic Church Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 143 | Undated sermons and lectures: Di-Dz 9 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Divine Authority of Scripture, No. 2-3;" "The Divine Authority for Scripture: Internal evidence continued;" No. [4]-7; and "The Divine Authority of Scripture: Miracles, No. 8-9." Contents: See titles. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 144 | Undated sermons and lectures: Ea-Lz 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "The God's Commandment broad;" "Immortality unfolded;" "The enquirer after happiness guided;" and "The life and death of the Christian." Contents: See titles. Also, omniscience of God, moral law, and death. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 145 | Undated sermons and lectures: Ma-Mz 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Mission, No. 1-7." Contents: Concerns missionary work: lack of interest, the foreign missionary, efforts by the Church of England, history of missionary work, mentions various societies--Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, etc. and William Carey. Specifically, discusses the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Baptist Missionary Union and the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Missionary, American Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Baptist Missionary Union American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church |
| Box 3, Folder 146 | Undated sermons and lectures: Na-Pz 5 items Contents Note: Titles: "The new birth;" "The new birth;" "No affinity of abominations;" "Profane swearing;" and "Progressive sanctification, No. 2." Contents: See titles. Expresses the belief that man needs to be reborn; concerned with the modern Babylon. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 147 | Undated sermons and lectures: Qa-Rz 3 items Contents Note: Titles: "Religious revival;" "Religious revival, No. 2;" and "Resignation to God's will." Contents: See titles. "Symptoms" of a revival, problem of life. Revivals Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 148 | Undated sermons and lectures: Sa-Sd 2 items Contents Note: Titles: "The Sabbath and its obligations: part second;" and "The Sabbath day, No. 3." Contents: See titles. Sabbath Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 149 | Undated sermons and lectures: Se-So 7 items Contents Note: Titles: "Sermon to Children." Contents: Seven sermons on a variety of interests, including church attendance, accepting Christ, the importance of biblical instruction, materialism and blame for misfortune. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 150 | Undated sermons and lectures: Sp-Sz 4 items Contents Note: Titles: "Spiritual life;" "Subscription to Articles of Religion;" "To Sunday School Teachers;" and "To Sunday School Teachers, No. 2." Contents: See titles. "Man by nature is spiritually dead;" terms of membership in society, religious education. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 3, Folder 151 | Undated sermons and lectures: Ta-Zz 3 items Contents Note: Titles: "The training of the young, No. 2;" "The use of reasons in Religion;" and "The use of reason in Religion." Contents: See titles. Also Religion and Moral training of the young. Religious education Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
Undated and untitled sermons and lectures
Arranged alphabetically by the first word of the manuscript.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 152 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Aa-Bz 4 items Contents Note: Contents: In address to the Graham Institution, an Old Women's Home, Canfield discusses the principle of Christian union. In a second address, he speaks before what is apparently a religious tract society. Last two sermons and lectures are concerned with affliction and infant baptism. Religious tract societies Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 Grahm Institution |
| Box 4, Folder 153 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Ca-Hz 4 items Contents Note: Contents: Concerned with life in Christ, the similarities and differences of nature and grace, Christ's temptations, and affliction. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 4, Folder 154 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Ia-Lz 6 items Contents Note: Contents: Discussion of sacraments, catechism, baptism, grace and peace, Episcopacy, the polity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and religious hypocrisy. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 4, Folder 155 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Ma-Mz 5 items Contents Note: Contents: Texts are all based on the Gospel of Matthew: concerning private prayer, the worth of the soul, Christ and children, temptations of Christ, and Day of Judgement. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 4, Folder 156 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Na-Pz 6 items Contents Note: Contents: Concerning the last supper, baptismal vows, Passion week and Judas. Three tracts based on the Proverbs: bitterness, and the just path. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
| Box 4, Folder 157 | Undated and untitled sermons and lectures: Qa-Zz 5 items Contents Note: Contents: Justification of the catechism and baptismal service. Anabaptists. Ransom. Anabaptists Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
Incomplete sermons and lectures
Unorganized.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 160 | Incomplete sermons and lectures 15 items Contents Note: Contents: Various topics. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
B. Eulogies
1 folder
Folder 160
Arranged chronologically.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 161 | Eulogies, various dates 3 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
C. Miscellaneous manuscripts
1 folder
Folder 161
Unorganized.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 161 | Miscellaneous manuscripts, undated 8 items Contents Note: Contents: Concerning various topics. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
D. Christ Church, Brooklyn, New York
1 folder
Folder 162
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 162 | Christ Church, Brooklyn: Miscellaneous documents, various duties 25 items Contents Note: Contents: Includes a series of quotations, committee list, etc. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
E. Invoices, bills, receipts, etc.
7 folders
Folders 163-169
Unorganized.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 163 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 40 items Contents Note: Unorganized. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1848-1850 |
| Box 4, Folder 164 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 42 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1851 |
| Box 4, Folder 165 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 27 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1852 |
| Box 4, Folder 166 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 46 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1853 |
| Box 4, Folder 167 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 25 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1854 |
| Box 4, Folder 168 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 21 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1855 |
| Box 4, Folder 169 | Invoices, bills, receipts, etc. 32 items Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1857-1877 |
Series 3. Printed matter
1 folder
Box 4, Folder 170
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 170 | Printed Matter: Miscellany, various dates 11 items Contents Note: Contents: concerning rules to live by, donation form for the American Sunday School Union and other items. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 American Sunday School Union |
Series 4. Photoduplicates
2 folders
Box 4, Folders 171-172
A. Autobiographical
1 folder
Folder 171
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 171 | Autobiographical material 4 items Contents Note: At the request of his son, James Hulme Canfield, Rev. Canfield drew up his autobiography. Drawing heavily on his boyhood experiences in Arlington, Canfield also discusses his schooling, his writing of sermons, and working his way through school. The materials within this file are transcripts and photostats of the original manuscripts which are found elsewhere. For further information, see the collection file to this collection. These facsimiles are available for the convenience of the researcher; permission to publish must be gained from the owners of the actual manuscripts. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |
1870s? |
B. Biographical
1 folder
Folder 172
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 4, Folder 172 | Biographical statements, undated 3 items Contents Note: Contains a sketch by Sarah Fisher Scott and excerpts from the reminiscences of James A. Canfield, the Reverend's grandson. Canfield, Eli Hawley, 1817-1898 |