William Anderson Scott, Sr. (1813-1885)

Biography (Presbyterians of the Past)

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“Robert, Calvin, Martha and William Scott and Mila” (c. 1843-1845), a painting which depicts some of Rev. Scott’s children and a slave owned by the family, during his pastorate in New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Robert, Calvin, Martha and William Scott and Mila” (c. 1843-1845), a painting which depicts some of Rev. Scott’s children and a slave owned by the family, during his pastorate in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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William Anderson Scott, Sr. is buried at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, California.

William Anderson Scott, Sr. is buried at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, California.

April 21, 1841 Letter to Andrew Jackson (1841)

The Duty of Praying For Our Rulers: A Discourse, Delivered in the Presbyterian Church in the City of New-Orleans, on Sabbath the 21st May, 1843 (1843)

Progress of Civil Liberty, A Thanksgiving Discourse: Pronounced in the Presbyterian Church, on Lafayette Square, New Orleans, on Thursday, 9th Dec., 1847, Being Thanksgiving Day (1848)

Hope of Republics; or, The Elements of Permanence in Modern Civilization (1849)

City Missions: In View of Our Emigrant Population (1852)

A Word For the Bible (1852)

Baal-Peor; or, What is Shame? (1852)

Uniqueness and Superiority of Our Lord’s Teaching (1853)

Emigration of Free and Emancipated Negroes to Africa (1853)

The House of God (1853, 1861)

The Bible, God's Crystal Palace For All Nations: an Address Delivered Before the South-Western Bible Society, at Odd Fellows Hall, New Orleans, Sunday, January 15, 1854 (1854)

Lecture on the Chinese Empire (1854)

Gospel Minister’s Character and Platform: A Sermon Preached in the Third Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, April 16, 1854, at the Installation of Rev. James Richards, D.D., as Pastor (1854)

Daniel, A Model For Young Men (1854)

The Wedge of God: or, Achan in El Dorado (1855)

Trade and Letters: Their Journeyings Around the World (1856)

A Discourse For the Times (1856)

Idolatry (1857)

The Giant Judge, or, The Story of Samson (1858)

The Bible and Politics: or, An Humble Plea For Equal, Perfect, Absolute Religious Freedom, and Against All Sectarianism in Our Public Schools (1859)

Esther: The Hebrew-Persian Queen (1859)

The Pacific Expositor, Vol. 1 (1860)

The Pacific Expositor, Vol. 2 (1861)

My Residence In and Departure From California (1861)

The Church in the Army: or, The Four Centurions (1862)

Moses and the Pentateuch: A Reply to Bishop Colenso (1863)

The Christ of the Apostles’ Creed: The Voice of the Church Against Arianism, Strauss and Renan, With An Appendix (1867)

The Centurions of the Gospel: With Discourses on “The Choice of a Profession,” “Our Responsibility For Our Fellow Man,” and the “Piety and Patriotism of Praying For Our Rulers” (1867, 1868)

William Anderson Scott, D.D., LL.D. (1885)

William A. Scott, D.D., LL.D. (1907)