White, William, 1748-1836]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Sermons]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania]]> Christianity]]> Confirmation]]> Charity]]> Episcopal Church]]>
In this bound manuscript, Reverend White shares his thoughts on the spread of Christianity, the necessity to fund the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania, and his thoughts on the Ordinance of Confirmation, the last of which, it is noted, "stood in connection with the last sermon ever preached by Bishop White."]]> Sermons]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Sermons]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania]]> General Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)]]> House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Charity]]> Missionaries]]> Orphan Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)]]> Episcopal Church]]>
This text is a collection of additions Reverend White wrote for sermons delivered to "the Advancement Society & the Theological Seminary & Orphan School & H [House] of Refuge." The Advancement Society was a missionary organization, and the House of Refuge was an alternative to prison, meant to reform "juvenille delinquents."]]> Sermons]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]>