Biographical note: Born in Marion County, SC in 1862, Joseph Marion Rogers was a member of the freshman class at Trinity College before enrolling at Wofford College. He earned the A. B. degree at Wofford in 1887 and the A. M. degree in 1891. Joining the South Carolina Methodist Conference in 1889, he was ordained a deacon in 1891 and an elder in 1091. He taught high school and at Columbia College before embarking on his career in the ministry.
Organization note: Original order was maintained, and each item has an individual listing in the finding aid by title.
Access note: unrestricted
Summary note: The collection consists largely of sermons with a few other types of addresses. The sermons were delivered in various locations around South Carolina in the period 1890-1930.
Citation: Cite as: Papers of Joseph Marion Rogers, Archives, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College
Location: Archives, Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Administrative notes: Processed October 2010 by Kate Conner and Phillip Stone
Finding Aid: item listing
Folder 1:
“The Witness of the Spirit” Sermon
Folder 2:
“The Choice of Moses” Sermon
Folder 3:
“Justification by Faith” Sermon
Folder 4:
“The Mission of Christianity to the World”. Speech read before the Rock Hill District Conference at Richburg. March, 1904.
Folder 5:
“Repentance”
Folder 6:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “Restoring the Lost Years”. Salem, Dec. 28, 1930. Conclusion attached at the end.
Second Packet: “The Three Crosses”
Third Packet: “The First Christmas Carol”
Fourth Packet: “Zenas, The Lawyer” Story of Zenas by Paul.
Folder 7:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “Serpents in the Camp”
Second Packet: “Not Weary in Well Doing” (?) – Prayer included (Folded page in middle)
Third Packet: “Such as I Have” – Personal Notes or a Sermon?
Fourth Packet: “Mothers Day” Sermon (1911?)
Fifth Packet: “The Leaven” (?)
Sixth Packet: “Sowing and Reaping”
Seventh Packet: “The Profit in Godliness”
Folder 8:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “The Farther Step” Sermon
Second Packet: No Title; Notes on Mark 10:44
Third Packet: “Christ the Living Water” Sermon- Two Sermons both Titled “Christ the Living Water”
Fourth Packet: “Bearing Our Own Burdens” Sermon- Several notes attached.
Folder 9:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “He Saved Others” Sermon
Second Packet: Newspaper clippings- The Pentecostal Herald- The Herald Pulpit: “The Cross of Christ Article” by Rev. J.F. Harvey (Wednesday September 16, 1936)
Third Packet: No Title; Notes/Sermon on Galatians 6:14
Fourth Packet: “Mothers Day” Sermon (1920) *Mothers Day Sermon also in Folder 7 Packet 4.
Fifth Packet: No Title; Notes/Sermon on John 1:41,42
Folder 10:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “Paradise” Sermon
Second Packet: “Paul and Felix” or “Paul before Felix” (Title on Back) Sermon
Third Packet: “Pure and Undefiled Religion” Sermon
Fourth Packet: “Lois and Eunice” Another Mothers Day Sermon
Fifth Packet: “Yoke and Burden” Sermon
Folder 11:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: (loose papers, not bound) “Wisdom Without God” Sermon (March 1917?)
Second Packet: (loose papers, not bound) “Zaccheus I” and “Zaccheus II” Sermons
Third Packet: “Lydia’s Conversion” Sermon
Fourth Packet: “Filled with the Holy Ghost and Witnessing” Sermon
Fifth Packet: “Sin and Grace” Sermon
Sixth Packet: “Sin” Notes
Seventh Packet: “Losing and Finding Life” Sermon
Eighth Packet: “Repentance” Sermon
*Loose pages in back: Notes on Matthew 28:20, no title/incomplete
Folder 12:
Newspaper Article Clippings- “The Mission of Christianity to the World” by Rev. J. Marion Rogers in The Southern Christian Advocate, Thursday March 31, 1904. Accompanied by Notes from Rev. Rogers
Packet Two: Title not Legible; Matthew 21:19
Folder 13:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “The Coming Kingdom” Sermon
Second Packet: “The (?) Entry?” Sermon
Third Packet: “The Wedding Garment” Sermon
Fourth Packet: “Where are the (?)” Sermon/ “The Ten Lepers” (back)
Fifth Packet: “Apostasy” Sermon (loose papers, not bound)
Sixth Packet: Not a Sermon, “Memorial Day at Denmark”
Folder 14:
Collection of Sermons:
First Packet: “Help Those Women” Sermon
Second Packet: “Playing the Game; or Living Life Successfully” Sermon
Third Packet: “The Value of a Definite and Resolute Purpose in Life” Sermon
Fourth Packet: “Books and Reading” Notes
Fifth Packet: More “Reading” Notes- March 4 ‘87