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Courtesy of Dr. Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center.

Courtesy of Wayne Sparkman, PCA Historical Center.

Elisha Pope Swift is buried at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Sacred Manual: Containing a Series of Questions, Historical, Doctrinal and Preceptive, on the Sacred Scriptures (1821)

A Sermon Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, October 16, 1825, In Aid of the Funds of the Western Missionary Society (1825)

Duties and Responsibilities of the Professorial Office in Theological Seminaries (1828, 1858)

May 11, 1830 Endorsement of Noah Webster’s Dictionary (1830, 1840)

Preface to John Newton, Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects (1831)

The Character of God (1832)

A Memoir of the Rev. Joseph W. Barr, Late Missionary Under the Direction of the Western Missionary Society (1833)

Introduction to A.G. Fairchild’s Memoir of Mrs. Louisa A. Lowrie (1837)

The Nature and Importance of a Revival of Religion (1837)

Misdirection of Physical and Intellectual Effort: Annual Address to the Franklin and Philo Literary Societies of Jefferson College, PA. Delivered on the Day of the Annual Commencement, September 28, 1837 (1838)

The Calamity of Pittsburgh: A Sermon (1845)

A Funeral Sermon, Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. R. Dunlap, A.M., Pastor of the 2nd Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh: Delivered in that Church, March 28, 1847, on the Sabbath Morning Following His Decease, to which is Prefixed an Address, Delivered in the Same Place, at His Interment, March 23rd, 1847 (1847)

The Charge: Requisites to the Successful Cultivation of Christian Theology (1854)

Judah’s Mercies and Transgressions, Illustrative of the Duties and Dangers of the American Nation, Exhibited in Two Discourses, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, on the 8th and 15th June, A.D. 1856 (1856)

Recommendation to Isaac Ambrose, Looking Unto Jesus (1856)

A Discourse on the Fortieth Anniversary of the Author's Ministry in Pittsburgh and Allegheny: Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Allegheny City, at the Morning and the Evening Services, Sabbath, November 6, 1859 (1859)

“The Prophets, Do They Live Forever?” A Discourse Commemorative of the Character and Labors of the Rev. Robert Johnson, Preached Before the Synod of Allegheny, in Session at New Castle, Pa., September 29, 1861 (1861)


At the inauguration of William S. Plumer as professor at Western Theological Seminary.