Wonderful group of 50 full manuscript sermons, ranging from 1864 through 1902, by prominent Brooklyn, Presbyterian divine, John Dunlap Wells [1815-1903]. John's' grandfather emigrated from Scotland with his parents in 1775 and enlisted in the Revolution at just 14 years of age. John's' father was an Associate Reformed / United Presbyterian pastor in New York.

Our John, born in 1815, graduated Union College in 1838, and then from Princeton in 1844. Between 1842 and 1850, he served various missions of the Presbyterian church in New York City and was then finally settled at the church he would give his life to, South Third Street Presbyterian [Brooklyn]. He pastored until his death in 1903 and South Third Street planted several other Presbyterian churches throughout the city. 

Wells authored many works, including The Pastor in the Sickroom [still in use today], Saved by Grace, and many more. He was also a leading member of the New York Colonization Society and active in the fight against slavery and for the rights of black Americans during reconstruction. His diaries and journals are housed at NYU.

Approximately 550 pages of highly legible sermons, 17 in individual manuscripts, and 33 in a manuscript volume, include:

The Immediate Antecedents and the Facts of the Transfiguration. November 30, 1864. 

If any man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall also my servant be; if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. December 8, 1864. 

Where I am, there shall also my servant be; if any man serve me, him will my father honour. December 10, 1864. 

Wherefore come out from among them & be ye separate . . . December 17, 1864. 

My son, give me thing heart and let thine eyes observe my ways. October 19, 1867. 

What think ye of Christ? May 27, 1870.

Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. October 29, 1873. 

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment. June 10, 1870. 

And we have known & believed the love that God hath to us. God is love: and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. June 21, 1874. 

I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you. July 2, 1874. 

How shall not the the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious! August 31, 1884

Ot that day ye shall know that I am in my Father & ye in me and I in you. September 14, 1884

Neither pray I for those above, &c. September 19, 1884.

For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of Hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. September 28, 1884. 

The Syrophoenician Woman. October 5, 1884. 

And rejoice in hope of the glory of God. October 12, 1884. 

We love Him because he first loved us. October 26, 1884. 

He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches. May 7, 1891. 

But the God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory in Christ Jesus - after that ye have suffered . . . October 8, 1891. 

Keep yourselves in the love of God. December 27, 1901. 

The children of God. February 5, 1902. 

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. February 8, 1902. 

Hallelujah. February 24, 1902. 

Truth shall spring out of the ground; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. March 21, 1902. 

Etc. etc. A rare and large assemblage of sermons by an influential and published Presbyterian divine.