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Publications by Charles Simeon

Simeon, Charles. An Appeal to Men of Wisdom and Candor, or, Four Discourses Preached Before the University of Cambridge in November 1815. Baltimore [Md.]: Schaeffer & Maund, 1817.

_____. Christ Crucified a Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge on Sunday, March 17, 1811. Cambridge: J. Smith, 1811.

_____. Christ Is All in All: A Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday, Oct. 31, 1830, in Aid of the Funds of the Old Charity Schools. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, printer to the University, 1830.

_____. The Christian, His Conflicts and His Armour. Christian heritage. Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 1998.

_____. The Danger of Neglecting the Great Sacrifice. A Sermon, Preached at the Assizes at Cambridge, August 22, 1797. By the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Printed by John Burges printer to the University; sold by J. Deighton, Cambridge; J. Matthews, No. 18, Strand, and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, London; J. Cooke, and Messrs. Fletcher and Hanwell, Oxford; John Ogle, Edinburgh; and Messrs. Brash and Reid, Glasgow, 1797.

_____. Discourses in Behalf of the Jews. London: Samuel Holdsworth, 1839.

_____. Dr. Marsh's Fact, or, A Congratulatory Address to the Church-Members of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Cambridge: Printed by James Hodson, 1813.

_____. Evangelical and Pharisaic Righteousness Compared: A Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday, November 26th, 1809. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, 1809.

_____. Evangelical Preaching. Classics of faith and devotion. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1986. Zondervan Call No. 252.03 Si45e

_____. Evangelical Religion: A Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge. Cambridge: Printed at the Pitt Press, by John W. Parker, 1837.

_____. The Excellency of the Liturgy: In Four Discourses, Preached Before the University of Cambridge, Nov. 1811 ; Also, Christ Crucified, a Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday 17 March 1811. London: [Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for T. Cadell and W. Davies], 1816.

_____. The Fountain of Living Waters: A Sermon Preached Before the University, May 14th, 1809. Cambridge: Printed by R. Watts, 1809.

_____. The Glory of Christ, a Sermon On Occasion of the Death of the Honourable and Reverend William Bromley Cadogan, Preached in St. Giles's Church, Reading, Jan. 29, 1797, and Since Enlarged; to Which Is Added, a Brief Account of His Death, by the Rev. Charles Simeon. [Reading]: Printed by Smart and Cowslade, and sold by Smart and Cowslade, and Rusher, Reading: Dilly, and Matthews, London: [and 1 in Cambridge, 2 in Oxford, 1 in Edinburgh, and 1 in Glasgow], 1797.

_____. The Gospel Message A Sermon Preached Before the University, Nov. 13, 1796 to Which Are Annexed Four Skeletons of Sermons Upon the Same Text, Treated in Four Different Ways, .... By the Rev. Charles Simeon, ... The Above Is Intended As an Appendix to Claude's Essay and the Hundred Skeletons Before Published. Cambridge: printed by John Burges; and sold by J. Deighton; J. Matthews, and C. Dilly, London; and J. Cooke, and Mess. Fletcher and Hanwell, Oxford; John Ogle, Edinburgh; Mess. Brash and Reid, Glasgow, 1796.

_____. Jews Provoked to Jealousy a Sermon Preached on Wednesday, June 5, 1811, at the Church of the United Parishes of St. Antholin and St. John Baptist, Watling Street. London: London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, 1811.

_____. Let Wisdom Judge; University Addresses and Sermon Outlines. Chicago: InterVarsity Press, 1959. Zondervan Call No. 252 S58L

_____. The objection of the Jews to Christianity, founded on Deuteronomy XIII. 1-3., answered, and faith in Christ shown not to be prohibited in that passage: in a sermon, preached at Ely Chapel, Ely Place, Holborn, April 24, 1817: the monthly lecture instituted by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. London: MacIntosh, 1817.

_____. The Offices of the Holy Spirit: Four Sermons, Preached Before the University of Cambridge, in the Month of November, 1831. New York: Swords, Stanford, and Co, 1832.

_____. On the King's Accession: Prayer for the King the Duty and Interest of the People ; a Sermon Delivered (in Substance) at Trinity Church, Cambridge, February 20, 1820. London: [Printed by Richard Watts], 1820.

_____. Pastoral Admonition to an Affectionate Flock Delivered October 1, 1832. London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1832.

_____. The Royal Edict, Being a Sermon Preached at the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam, June 18, 1818. 1818.

_____. A Sermon, Preached in the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, on Saturday, April 20, 1822, Before the Irish Auxiliary Society, for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. Dublin: Printed by William Underwood, sold at the office of the Society, and by Richard Moore Tims, 1822.

_____. Sovereignty and Equity Combined, or The Dispensations of God Towards Jews and Gentiles Illustrated: A Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge, May 5, 1822. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, printer to the University, and sold by Deightons, and Nicholsons, Cambridge, and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1822.

_____. Substance of an Address Delivered at a Meeting of Undergraduates at Cambridge, in Behalf of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews on Monday Evening, October the 27th, 1834. London: Printed by A. Macintosh, 1837.

_____. The True Test of Religion in the Soul: Or Practical Christianity Delineated : a Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge, March 8, 1817. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, 1817.

Simeon, Charles and Jean Claude. Expository Outlines on the Whole Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1956.

Simeon, Charles, William Carus, and William Meade. A Faithful Servant; The Life and Labors of the Rev. Charles Simeon. New York: Depository of Protestant Episcopal Society for Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1853.

Simeon, Charles and Thomas Hartwell Horne. Horæ Homileticæ: or Discourses (Principally in the Form of Skeletons): Now First Digested into One Continued Series, and Forming a Commentary Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament. London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1832.

Simeon, Charles and William Carus. Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. Charles Simeon: With a Selection from His Writings and Correspondence. London: J. Hatchard, 1847. Zondervan Call No. 920 S589

Publications Edited by or Contributed to by Charles Simeon

Brown, David, and Charles Simeon. Memorial Sketches of the Rev. David Brown: with a Selection of His Sermons, Preached at Calcutta. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816.
    
Claude, Jean, 1619-1687. Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon: with Notes and Illustrations, and One Hundred Skeletons of Sermons, by the Rev. Charles Simeon. 1844.

Jenks, Benjamin, and Charles Simeon. Prayers and Offices of Devotion; For Families, and for Particular Persons, Upon Most Occasions. London [etc.]: Nelson and sons, 1861.

Simeon, Charles. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns from Various Authors, Chiefly Designed for the Use of Public Worship. Eleventh Edition. [Compiled by Charles Simeon.]. 1816.

Charles Simeon’s biblical expositions are collected in the twenty-one volume, Horae Homileticae. This set has been digitized and is available through the Internet Archive: http://goo.gl/9Qj0.  Sermons published during his lifetime are contained in the list above.   Sermon collections printed since his death and listed above are the more recent volumes.  

While this bibliography has not sought specifically to identify letters of Charles Simeon, examples of Simeon’s letters can be found in select biographies; for example: Simeon, Charles, and William Carus. Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. Charles Simeon, Late Senior Fellow of King's College and Minister of Trinity Church, Cambridge, With a Selection from His Writings and Correspondence. London: J. Hatchard, 1848.

Regarding the importance of letters in Simeon’s ministry, see chapter 12 of Moule, H.C.G. Charles Simeon. London: Methuen, 1892.

For the history of St. Edward King & Martyr see Hugh Evan Hopkins, A History of the Church of St. Edward King & Martyr Cambridge (1989) (published by and available through the church office at info@st-edwards-cam.org.uk)

For the history of Holy Trinity Church see, Holy Trinity Church Cambridge (published by and available through the church office).

Publications about Charles Simeon

Sermons Honoring Simeon at his Death

  • by Rev. William Dealtry, D.D., Chancellor of Winchester, and formerly fellow of Trinity College
  • by Rev. James Scholefield, M.A., Regius Professor of Greek
  • by Rev. George Hodson, M.A., Archdeacon of Stafford, late Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Cambridge (these sermons, including Simeon’s obituary and more are reprinted in, The Pulpit, volume XXIX, 1837, pp.17-29).
  • by Rev. Francis Close, Incumbent of Cheltenham (reprinted in his, Occasional Sermons preach in the Parish Church of Cheltenham, 1844, pp.179-218)
  • by Rev. William Mandell, B.D., Fellow of Queens’ College
  • by Rev. J.B. Cartwritght, Minister of the Episcopal Jews’ Chapel, Bethnal Green, London
  • by Samuel Thodey, Minister, Downing Street Meeting-House, Cambridge

Atherstone, Andrew. Evangelical Mission and Anglican Church Order: Charles Simeon Reconsidered. London: Latimer Trust, 2009.

Barclay, Oliver R. Charles Simeon and the Evangelical Tradition. Np.: [Focus Christian Ministries Trust], 1988.

Barclay, Oliver R. Whatever Happened to the Jesus Lane Lot? Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1977. [This work provides a treatment of Simeon’s legacy.]

Barton, J., H.C.G. Moule, and Charles Frederick Childe. Two Sermons Preached in Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, November 12th, 1882. Cambridge: s.n., 1882.

Bennett, John C. Charles Simeon and the Evangelical Anglican Missionary Movement: A Study of Voluntaryism and Church-Mission Tensions. Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Edinburgh, 1992.

Brown, Abner William. Recollections of the Conversation Parties of the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A: Senior Fellow of King's College, and Perpetual Curate of Trinity Church, Cambridge. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co, 1863.

Carus, William. Memoirs of the life of the Rev. Charles Simeon... with a selection from his writings and correspondence. New York: Robert Carter, 1848.

Carus, William, and William Meade. The Faithful Servant: the Life and Labors of the Rev. Charles Simeon; Selected from the Larger Work of Rev. William Carus. Philadelphia: E. Gaskill, 1853.

Charles Simeon, an Interpretation: Addresses Delivered at the Centenary Celebrations, Cambridge, November 1936. London: Lutterworth Press, 1936.

Charles Simeon, or, The Power of a Living Faith. London: W. Macintosh, 1871.

Coggan, Donald. These Were His Gifts: A Trio of Christian Leaders. The Bishop John Prideaux lectures, 1974. Exeter: University of Exeter, 1974.

Edouart, Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fide`le. Charles Simeon Nin Silhouettes. London: Church Pastoral Aid Society, 1914.

Eldridge, Michael. Charles Simeon and the Jewish People: The Warmest Place in His Heart. Farnsfield: Olive Press, 2009.

Gurney, Joseph John. Reminiscences of Chalmers, Simeon, Wilberforce, &C. S.l: s.n., 1833.

Henson, Herbert Hensley. Sibbes and Simeon: An Essay on Patronage Trusts. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932.

Hobson, S. What Mean Ye by This Service?: the Question Discussed in the Trial of George Herbert, Richard Hooker, Charles Simeon, Reginald Heber and Tho. Scott, on the Charge of Heresy: Baptismal Regeneration. 1850.

Hopkins, Hugh Evan. Charles Simeon of Cambridge. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1977.

Hopkins, Hugh Evan. Charles Simeon, Preacher Extraordinary. Grove Liturgical Study, no. 18. Bramcote, Nottinghamshire: Grove Books, 1979.  

MacDonald, Gordon, and Haddon W. Robinson. Charles Simeon An Expositor Who Touched the World. Expositapes, no. 4. Denver, CO: Denver Seminary, 1984.  [Audio cassette]

Moule, H.C.G. Charles Simeon. London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1948.

Nickelsburg, Marilyn Miertschin. An Evangelical Perspective on Love and Marriage: Charles Simeon, Patrick Bronte and Charlotte Bronte. Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Iowa, 1987.

Noel, Horace. Charles Simeon of Cambridge. New biographical series, 75. London: Religious Tract Society, 1890.

Pearson, Edward. Cautions to Hearers and Readers of the Rev. Mr. Simeon's Sermon, Entitled, "Evangelical and Pharisaical Righteousness Compared." 1806.

Piety and Usefulness: A Sermon, Preached at Downing Street Meeting House, Cambridge, Sunday, November 20th, 1836, on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. Senior Fellow of King's College. London: Hamilton, Adams and Co, 1836. 

Piper, John. Desiring God We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering. Desiring God series. Minneapolis, MN: Desiring God Ministries, 1988.

Piper, John, and John Levett. Roots of Endurance Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon and William Wilberforce. Box Hill, Victoria: CBM Australia, 2007.

Piper, John. Brother, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering Meditations on the Life of Charles Simeon. Men of whom the world was not worthy, no. 2.  Minneapolis, MN: Desiring God Ministries, 1989.

Pollard, Arthur, and Michael Hennell. Charles Simeon (1759-1836): Essays Written in Commemoration of His Bicentenary by Members of the Evangelical Fellowship for Theological Literature. London: S.P.C.K., 1959.

Preston, Matthew Morris. Memoranda of the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. London: Printed by R. Watts, 1840.

Seeley, M. The Later Evangelical Fathers, John Thornton, John Newton, William Cowper, Thomas Scott, Richard Cecil, William Wilberforce, Charles Simeon, Henry Martyn, Josiah Pratt. London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1879.

Simpkinson, C. H. Charles Simeon. Little books on religion, no. 53. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927.

Smyth, Charles Hugh Egerton. Simeon & Church Order A Study of the Origins of the Evangelical Revival in Cambridge in the Eighteenth Century. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1940.

Tait, Arthur J. Charles Simeon and His Trust. London: S.P.C.K., 1936.

Warren, Max Alexander Cunningham. Charles Simeon, 1759-1836: Fellow of King's College and Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge. Great Churchmen, no. 11. London: Church Book Room Press, 1949.

Webster, Thomas. God Glorified in His Faithful Ministers: A Sermon Preached at St. Botolph's, Cambridge, on the Morning and Evening of November 20, 1836, on Occasion of the Death of the Late Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. London: Published by L. and G. Seeley, 1836.

Williamson, John. A Brief Memoir of the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. 1848.

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