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James Galloway Cowan

1826–1875

Best known for plainspoken Victorian sermons, this 19th-century Church of England clergyman wrote about faith, hardship, and everyday Christian duty. His surviving works offer a clear window into Anglican religious life in the 1860s.

7 Audiobooks

The Ritual Movement Three plain sermons preached at St. John the Evangelist's, Hammersmith

The Ritual Movement Three plain sermons preached at St. John the Evangelist's, Hammersmith

by James Galloway Cowan

Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street

Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street

by James Galloway Cowan

The Cause and Cure of the Cattle Plague: A Plain Sermon

The Cause and Cure of the Cattle Plague: A Plain Sermon

by James Galloway Cowan

Plain Sermons, preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street. Second Series

Plain Sermons, preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street. Second Series

by James Galloway Cowan

"Bear ye one another's burdens." A Plain Sermon on the Lancashire Distress

"Bear ye one another's burdens." A Plain Sermon on the Lancashire Distress

by James Galloway Cowan

Christian Marriage Indissoluble: A Plain Sermon Preached at Archbishop Tenison's chapel, on the fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1857

Christian Marriage Indissoluble: A Plain Sermon Preached at Archbishop Tenison's chapel, on the fifth Sunday after Trinity, 1857

by James Galloway Cowan

"Hear Ye the Rod, and Who Hath Appointed It" A Sermon for the Fast Day, October 7, 1857

"Hear Ye the Rod, and Who Hath Appointed It" A Sermon for the Fast Day, October 7, 1857

by James Galloway Cowan

About the author

James Galloway Cowan was a 19th-century English clergyman and religious writer, born in 1826 and deceased in 1875. Public-domain library records and author listings consistently identify him with sermons and theological works rather than fiction, and several of those works remain available today in digital archives.

His books include Plain Sermons, The Ritual Movement, Bear Ye One Another's Burdens, and The Cause and Cure of the Cattle Plague. The titles suggest the concerns that shaped his writing: practical faith, public suffering, and debates within Victorian Anglican life. His style appears to have aimed at direct religious instruction for ordinary listeners and readers.

Little widely documented personal detail seems to survive online beyond his dates, clerical role, and bibliography. Even so, his work has lasted through archives such as Project Gutenberg and Wikisource, where modern readers can still encounter the voice of a preacher writing for the moral and social questions of his time.