Sermons

Religious discourses delivered as part of a church service, usually delivered from a pulpit, based upon a text of scripture, and with the purpose of giving religious instruction or exhortation.

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Manuscript

Haworth, Peggy, 1950-: Papers relating to Willow Macky

Date: 1989-1991, 2006-2007

By: Haworth, Peggy, 1950-

Reference: MS-Group-1625

Description: Include sound recording of the funeral of Willow Macky, the order of service, a synopsis of the life of Willow compiled by Peggy Haworth, death notice and obituary, a statement regarding Harp in the Wind, a greeting card and two scores Correspondence between Macky and John Denny of the Puriri Press, who printed the Waitangi Anthem. Also includes a collection of proofs and artwork from the publication. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, holograph, printed matter (photocopies) and cassette

Manuscript

Sermons of John Hooper (b)

Date: [2000]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-111

Description: Sermons of John Hooper (published 1555), `translated' by McLeod into modern English, with letters from Rev Brian Hooper, 2000. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts (annotated)

Manuscript

Sermons of John Hooper (a)

Date: [2000]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7349-110

Description: `An Oversight and deliberation upon the Holy prophet Jonas', sermon of John Hooper (1550), annotated by Jenny McLeod Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Other

Sermon - Blessed are the poor in spirit

Date: [ca 2001-2002]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12580-71

Description: Comprises a sermon, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit', presented in a folder. Inscription on front page reads: "text of sermon given at St James Church, Whitby…". St James' Church is located in Lower Hut, so it is more likely that this sermon was given at St Mary's Anglican Church in Porirua, near Whitby, Wellington. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with annotations.

Manuscript

Sherriff family: Papers

Date: 1877-[ca 1900]

By: Sherriff family

Reference: MS-Papers-9889

Description: Comprises handwritten text of sermon, delivered on Easter 1877 at All Saints' Church, Foxton, by Rev Francis Sherriff. Also, primary school textbooks on geography and spelling, both not dated, inscribed with the names of Audrey Sherriff and Hilda Sherriff Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - Other sermons by Rev Francis Sherriff may be found at MS-Group-0026 Between 1873 and 1877, Rev Francis Sherriff was vicar at All Saints' Church, Foxton Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, printed matter Provenance: Found by Claire Baillie under house at 35 Grant Road, Thorndon Transfers: Poster transferred to Ephemera Section - To Ephemera Collection - Poster.

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Christensen family : Papers

Date: 1882-1958

Reference: MS-Papers-2243

Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Manuscript

Hall, Percy (Rev), 1875-1949 : Papers relating to the Cook Islands

Date: 1844-1929

By: Hall, Percy (Rev), 1875-1949

Reference: MS-Group-0064

Description: These papers relate to Rev Percy Hall's period as a London Missionary Society missionary in the Cook Islands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Includes an extensive collection of inward correspondence; a collection of printed material, much by the mission press in Rarotonga; samples of school work; and some early newspapers, serials, maps and photographs, covering his period in the Cook Islands. Also includes writings in Cook Islands Maori written by students at the mission and also collected by Percy Hall and by his predecessor, John J K Hutchin. Much of this material has been transcribed by Bob O'Brien and the transcriptions are available on the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre website (http://www.nzetc.org) Language - Cook Island Maori Relationship complexity - A purchase from Bethune's Auction in June 1987 of Tereora School children's work illustrating legends and customs of Cook Island Maoris, gives some samples from the 1960s and 1970s. This is to be found at 88-22-42 in Drawings and Prints Section Percy Hall, a trained teacher, was appointed headmaster of Tereora Boarding School in Rarotonga in Jul 1900. In 1905 he returned to England where he trained at the London Missionary School Hackney College in theology and was ordained in 1908. From Feb 1908 he worked in Rarotonga, being appointed to the training institution at Avarua in 1916, when he left Rarotonga for New Zealand and resigned from the London Missionary Society. In 1922, after teaching in Taihape, he taught at Marton District High School, retiring in 1940. Quantity: 58 folder(s). 34 volume(s). 2.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Three maps (See inventory for details) - To Newspaper Collection - See inventory for details - To Serials Collection - See inventory for details - To Photographic Archive - Glass negatives (Cook Island scenes).

Manuscript

Sherriff, Francis Theodore (Rev), 1843-1923 : Sermons

Date: 1873-1902

By: Sherriff, Francis Theodore (Rev), 1843-1923

Reference: MS-Group-0026

Description: There are 83 sermons in all, annotated with a number, date and church where it was preached, the text and often the occasion of the Church year. Also includes a postcard, two invoices and Holy Bible inscribed "Mary Mackie, 1857". Source of title - Supplied title The earlier sermons were delivered at churches in the lower North Island, but there is a substantial series of weekly sermons preached at All Saints' Church, Foxton between Nov 1876 and Dec 1877; these coincide with the curacy of the Reverend Francis Sherriff and for this reason the collection has been ascribed to him. Quantity: 15 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Collection found in the attic of 35 Grant Road, Wellington

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Joblin, Vernon William (Archdeacon), d 1990 : Sermon notes and addresses

Date: 1922-1962, n d

By: Joblin, Vernon William (Rev), -1990

Reference: MS-Papers-10069

Description: Sermon notes and addresses of Rt Rev E J Rich (Asst Bishop to the Primate, Archbishop R H Owen) (1922-1962); sermon notes and addresses of the Very Rev D J Davies, (ca 1940-1960); and sermon of Rt Rev G M McKenzie, n d Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s) (10 volumes). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Manuscript

Hadfield, Octavius (Rev), 1814-1904 : Papers

Date: 1833-1902

By: Hadfield, Octavius, 1814-1904

Reference: MS-Group-1027

Description: Comprises Hadfield's missionary activities at Kapiti and Wellington and includes correspondence outwards (1833-1886) (238 items); inwards (1839-1902) (15 items); Henry Williams to Hadfield (1860-1865) (13 items); Catherine Hadfield's letters (1851), 1858-1859 (24 items); Hadfield's diary (Sep-Oct 1839, Jun 1846); sermons (ca1888-1891); Catherine Hadfield's diary (1853); and other minor items Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 7 volume(s). 0.14 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (35-37 cm, ¼ maroon morocco, red buckram) Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available (copy also at qMS-0902).

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Powell, Richard (Rev), b 1811 : Sermons, speeches and diary

Date: 1867-1882

By: Powell, Richard (Rev), 1811-

Reference: MS-1788

Description: Mainly sermons and speeches but also contains diary kept during the voyage of the `Mermaid' to Lyttelton as a cabin passenger, having left London about 3 Nov 1867; and a continuation of it, 17 Nov 1867-22 Jan 1868; arrived Lyttelton on 3 Jan 1868; travelled to Wellington on the steamship `Omeo' arriving on 23 Jan. Mentions feeling an earthquake in Wellington on 28 Jan 1868. Resident in Masterton, 1879-1882; then Marton Sep 1882. Records reaching age of 71 years, 29 Sep 1882 and that he came from Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Variations in title - Lettered on spine: Barnes on the Hebrews Presbyterian minister Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 300 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; faded maroon cloth, in phase box)

Manuscript

Fison, Lorimer (Rev), 1832-1909 : Papers

Date: 16 Oct 1873-15 Oct 1878

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1041

Description: Correspondence. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1992

Manuscript

McKenzie, William Henry Purvis, 1888-1958 : Papers relating to his life

Date: [1920-1981]

By: McKenzie, William Henry Purvis (Rev), 1888-1958

Reference: MS-Group-0551

Description: Comprises book of press clippings in New Zealand (1920s) and `Presybterian messenger' (Melbourne) (1956-1957); copy of charges brought against McKenzie (1920s); notebook of talks/sermons on worship, prayer etc; letter, Rev Peter McKenzie to Miss Adele Rooney (1981); biographical notes on McKenzie compiled by Tom Haslett Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr F G Engel, Roseville, NSW, Australia, Mar 1997 Transfers: To Book Collections - Frank Engel, `Living in a world community' (1994).

Manuscript

Wesley Methodist Church (Taranaki Street, Wellington) : Records

Date: 1840-1988

By: Wesley Methodist Church (Taranaki Street, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: MS-Group-0190

Description: Extensive records of the church, church organisations, circuit, Central Mission and other Wellington Methodist churches Papers of Rev P G Paris Records of Sydney Street Primitive Methodist Church and circuit Source of title - Supplied title Founded 1840 Quantity: 7.36 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available for main collection (MS-Papers-1185); see Back file for details of later accessions Each folder in A96-306 (MS-Papers-5691, f 1-2 and MS-Papers-5691) has a list of contents; list of contents in fMS-Papers-6414 and Back file Also in back file is a copy of `Wesley Church Archive 75 Taranaki Street, Wellington. Revised holdings - May 2002'.

Manuscript

St Martin's Lutheran Church (Marton, N.Z.): Records of Rev Clem I Koch

Date: [ca 1910-1985]

By: St. Martin's Lutheran Church (Marton, N.Z.)

Reference: 89-067

Description: Comprises diaries, sermons, lists of parishioners (Auckland), collection records, correspondence, records (including financial) of itinerant missionary visits, printed material including `Volks-Kalender fur Australien' (1901-1902,1909-1910), `Lutheran almanac' (1917, 1920, 1921, 1937), and reports of Evangelical Lutheran Church conventions (1928-1985). Also copy of `The Wonderous works of the Lord' by Vigo Pedersen. Language - Volks-Kalender fur Australien is in German; some sermons also Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - The Australian Lutheran almanac (1917, 1920-1921, 1937) Other Titles - Volks-Kalender fur Australien (1901-1902, 1909-1910) Quantity: 1 box(es). 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter Processing information: Not yet listed

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McKenzie, Gordon Melville (Rt Rev), 1898-1978 : Sermons while he was assistant bishop o...

Date: 1961-1976

By: McKenzie, Gordon Melville (Rev), 1898-1978

Reference: 91-149

Description: Quantity: 5 box(es). 1.60 Linear Metres. Processing information: Not yet listed

Other

Printed ephemera from 2019

Date: 2019

From: Watkins, Gareth, 1972-: PrideNZ collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12747-11

Description: Printed ephemera from 2019 collected by Gareth Watkins for PrideNZ. Comprises: - 'Wellington International Pride Parade 2019' guest pass - 'ILGA [International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association] World Conference, Wellington 2019' brochure - 'ILGA Farewell Concert' flyer - 'Wellington Pride Festival, 2019 @ St Andrew's on The Terrace' flyer - 'The Glamaphones Greatest Hits, 2015-2018' programme, 21 March 2019 - 'International AIDS Candlelight Memorial' programme, 19 May 2019 - 'Lent 1, Pride 1: 1st Sunday of Wellington Pride Festival' Order of Service, 10 March 2019, St Andrew's on The Terrace - 'Lent 2, Pride 2: Bible - reinterpreted, Christchurch 2019' Order or Service, 17 March 2019, St Andrew's on the Terrace - 'Holy Communion with the community at St Andrew's on The Terrace in Pride Month' programme - 'Regenerate Magazine' issue 14, March 2019 - 'Wellington Pride Festival, Tū Whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-tara 2019' festival programme - 'Featherston Booktown' programme, 10-12 May 2019 - 'St Andrew's on the Terrace, Lent 2, Pride 2, Sunday 17 March 2019' reflections for the gathering Title taken from label in original enclosure. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a plastic sleeve labelled "2019" inside file box two. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 13 pieces of ephemera.. Transfers: Oversized material removed from the folder is at Library reference MSI-Papers-12747 and fMS-Papers-12747-2.. Processing information: Material removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in archival enclosure for conservation and storage purposes. Oversized material stored separately. Plastic sleeve not retained by Library.

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Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998 : Papers

Date: [ca 1869]-1997

By: Arnold, Rollo Davis, 1926-1998

Reference: 99-257

Description: Note books containing research notes from various sources including archives, manuscripts, newspapers, serials and monographs compiled in the course of research for `The Farthest promised land', `New Zealand's burning', `Settler Kaponga' and articles and talks on Australia-New Zealand relations and migration, ca 1900-1910. These note books are accompanied by card indexes providing subject access to their contents; drafts, correspondence and working papers relating to the above monographs and articles; papers relating to children's literature including drafts of published and unpublished children's novels by Arnold including `Bracken block' and `The Freedom of Ariki'; papers relating to education, in particular teachers in the Wellington Education Board district in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Other Titles - The farthest promised land Other Titles - New Zealand's burning Other Titles - Settler Kaponga Other Titles - Bracken block Other Titles - The Freedom of Ariki Rollo Davis Arnold was an educationalist and historian Quantity: 27 box(es). 9 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Betty Arnold, Wellington, 1999

Manuscript

Long Acre Episcopal Chapel : Sermons, vol II

Date: 1840

Reference: MS-1154

Description: Copies of sermons preached at Long Acre Episcopal Chapel (possibly in Chester-le-Street, Durham), mostly by T B Paget, also S Ridsdale and T B Baker. Fly leaf bears name William Causton Smith. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (206 pages). Physical Description: Holograph and mss (19 cm; dark green morocco)

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Metcalfe, Arthur S (Rev), fl 1965-2007 : Some history of the Miramar Baptist Church

Date: 2 Oct 1988

By: Metcalfe, Arthur S (Rev), active 1988-2007

Reference: MS-Papers-8778

Description: Sermon preached by Metcalfe to the parishoners of the Miramar Baptist Church on Sunday, 2 Oct 1988. Material covers the period 1965-1988 and details the building of the Miramar Baptist Church and Metcalfe's career in the Church. Source of title - Record title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Some history of the Miramar Baptist Church from a sermon I was asked to preach at the Miramar Baptist Church's fiftieth jubilee. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Rev A Metcalfe, Waikanae, Jun 2007