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title: 'Essays and Discourses, Practical and Historical'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Cortlandt  Van Rensselaer, Sr.'
date: 1861-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Old Side-New Side Division'
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 90'
- 'Acts 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-rensselaer-1861-essays-and-discourses-practical-and-historical
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# Essays and Discourses, Practical and Historical

Collection of essays and discourses by Cortlandt Van Rensselaer: memoir, a centennial historical discourse on early American Presbyterianism, the 1741–45 schism, and pastoral themes.

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