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A Pacific Appeal to Christians

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1861 circular urging Southern Christians to pursue calm, Christian forbearance, and faithful civic action to avert disunion, preserve the Union, and protect Protestant interests.
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George Dod Armstrong, D.D., LL.D. (1813–1899) was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and educator born in Princeton, New Jersey, who graduated from Princeton College and Princeton Theological Seminary before serving as pastor of congregations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and later as Professor of Natural and Revealed Religion at the University of the City of New York (now NYU). He was a prolific author and editor, known for works defending traditional Reformed theology—such as Christian Theology in Its Relations to the Present Life—and for his leadership in the Church, including service as moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Armstrong’s long and influential career in both pulpit and academy integrated scholarly rigor with practical ministry until his death in 1899.

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) was a Southern Presbyterian minister, theologian, and educator best known for his influential teaching and writing within nineteenth-century Reformed theology. He served for many years as a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, where he shaped generations of Presbyterian ministers through his lectures in systematic and pastoral theology. Dabney was also a prolific author whose theological works and essays continue to be published and read for their rigor, clarity, and strong confessional commitments.

Thomas Ephraim Peck was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, author, and teacher who served in key pastorates in Maryland and Virginia, co-edited influential Presbyterian periodicals, and spent over three decades as a beloved professor of church history and systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary. His writings and teaching, shaped by the Thornwell–Dabney school of Southern Presbyterian thought, made him a significant 19th-century voice for biblical fidelity, ecclesiastical reform, and Reformed doctrine in the American church.

Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson

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