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Daniel Dana served as the third pastor of Old South Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1820.

Daniel Dana is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Daniel Dana is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts.

A Discourse on the Character and Virtues of General George Washington: Delivered on the Twenty-Second of February, 1800: The Day of National Mourning For His Death (1800)

The Deity of Christ: A Sermon Delivered July 31, 1810, Before the Haverhill Association; and Published at Their Request (1810)

The Deity of Christ: A Sermon Delivered July 31, 1810, Before the Haverhill Association; and Published at Their Request (1810, 1819)

A Sermon Preached November 26, 1812, the Day of Public Thanksgiving in Massachusetts (1812)

A Discourse delivered in Newburyport, July 4, 1814, in Commemoration of American Independence, and of the Deliverance of Europe (1814)

A Sermon Delivered Before the Gloucester Female Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, at their Anniversary Meeting, April 18, 1815 (1815)

Charge at at the Ordination of the Reverend Messrs. Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Edward Warren, Horatio Bardwell, Benjamin C. Meigs, and Daniel Poor (1815)

Two Discourses to Townsmen (1824)

Evangelical Preaching is Rational Preaching: A Sermon (1826)

Objections Against the Gospel Refuted: A Sermon Preached March 4, 1829, at the Installation of the Rev. John Brown, D.D. as Pastor of Pine Street Church, Boston (1829)

March 22, 1832 Letter to William B. Sprague (1832)

A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Harriot Putnam (1832)

The Importance of a Purified Literature: An Address Delivered at the Anniversary of the Associated Alumni of Dartmouth College, August, 1833 (1834)

Hints on Reading: An Address Delivered in the Ipswich Female Seminary, January 15, 1834 (1834)

Ministerial Firmness: A Sermon Preached at the Installation of the Rev. John M.C. Bartley, as Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society, in Hampstead, N.H., October 12, 1836 (1836)

A Sermon Delivered at the Annual Election on Wednesday, January 4, 1837, Before His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts (1837)

Letters to the Rev. Professor Stuart, Comprising Remarks on His Essay on Sin, Published in the American Biblical Repository for April, and July, 1839 (1839)

The Importance of Seriousness to the Christian Minister (1840)

A Sermon in Commemoration of William Bartlet, Esquire, an Associate Founder of the Theological Seminary in Andover (1841)

A Discourse Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in Newburyport on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1844, It Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Author’s Ordination (1845)

Memoir of the Rev. John C. March and Funeral Sermon (1847)

The Faith of Former Times: A Sermon (1848)

The New Song: A Sermon, Delivered in Bowdoin-Street Church, Boston (1849)

Have the Churches the Presence of Christ? A Sermon, Addressed to the Presbytery of Londonderry, at Their Semi-Annual Meeting, Bedford, (N.H.) April 30, 1851 (1851)

Introduction to D.A. Wallace, The Theology of New England (1856)

Charge to the Rev. Heman R. Timlow (1857)

The Life of Daniel Dana, D.D. (1866)

“Give Me Thy Heart” (n.d)


Rev. Dana’s charge follows the ordination sermon by Samuel Worchester.

Dana’s 1823 election sermon is the second discourse.

On revival.

On revival.

Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center.

Courtesy of Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center.

Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center

Courtesy of Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center.

Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center

Courtesy of Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center

Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center

Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center

Written by family members, especially William Coombs Dana

Written by family members, especially William Coombs Dana