James Ormsbee Murray (1827-1899)

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James Ormsbee Murray is buried at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.

James Ormsbee Murray is buried at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.

The Sacrifice of Praise: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Designed For Public Worship and Private Devotion, With Notes on the Origin of Hymns (1869)

Christian Hymnology: A Sermon (1870)

The Sorrow of a Nation: A Sermon (1881)

Preface to J. Lewis Diman, Orations and Essays: With Selected Parish Sermons (1882)

The Religious Belief of Shakespeare (1884)

Homiletic Illustrations From Shakespeare (1885)

Rev. William Harris, Entered into Rest March 23rd, 1885 (1885)

The Study of English Literature: Its Scope and Method - An Address (1886)

George Ide Chace, LL.D.: A Memorial (1886)

Bunyan, the Allegorist and Preacher, as a Study For Ministers (1887)

The Homiletical Study of Bunyan (1887)

The Doubter (1887)

A Great Court Preacher and His Sermons: A Study of Dr. Robert South (1888)

The Poetry of Browning: Its Value to Clergymen (1888)

The Pulpit and Fiction (1888)

Historical Studies: Their Homiletical Value (1888)

The Study of John Howe (1888)

The Study of Wordsworth’s Poetry (1888)

The Study of Science by Ministers (1888)

How to Form a Minister’s Library (1890)

The Illustrative Element in Preaching (1890)

The Author of Robinson Crusoe (1890)

Periodical Literature: Its Use For the Ministry (1890)

The Study of the Classics by Ministers (1890)

Dr. Isaac Barrow’s Sermons and Their Homiletical Uses (1890)

William Gammell, LL.D.: A Biographical Sketch With Selections from His Writings (1890)

The First Charter of Princeton College: A Discovery (1891)

Francis Wayland (1891)

The Visit of President Ezra Stiles, of Yale, to Princeton in 1754 (1892)

On the Study of Leighton (1892)

Moral Courage: A Sermon (1893)

The Two Faiths (1893)

Christ as a Man of Prayer (1893)

The Transfiguration of Life by Christ (1893)

What the Preacher May Gain From a Study of Coleridge (1894)

What a Preacher May Learn From the Writings of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1895)

Sir Thomas Browne — His Place in a Minister’s Library (1895)

How Shall the Preacher Study Classical Literature Most Profitably? (1897)

Introduction to Selections From the Poetical Works of William Cowper (1898)

James Ormsbee Murray, D.D., LL.D. (1899)

James Ormsbee Murray, D.D., LL.D. (1899)


This is a 2-part article from the January and June issues of The Homiletic Review. It includes suggested lists by Caspar Wistar Hodge, Sr., B.B. Warfield, William Henry Green, James McCosh, Francis Landey Patton, and George Park Fisher.

This is a 2-part article from the January and June issues of The Homiletic Review. It includes suggested lists by Caspar Wistar Hodge, Sr., B.B. Warfield, William Henry Green, James McCosh, Francis Landey Patton, and George Park Fisher.