The Presbyterian Preacher, Vol. 2
A sermon defining true faith as personal trust in Christ, illustrated by Noah and Abraham. Explores faith's role in salvation, obedience, and divine drawing.
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The Presbyterian Preacher, Vol. 2
The Presbyterian Preacher, Vol. 3
A plea to enlarge the ministry: the church must raise and send many more ministers to fill vacant pulpits and evangelize the heathen, using prayer, training, and means.
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The Presbyterian Preacher, Vol. 4
Sermon defending God's complete sovereignty over hearts and history, explaining election and the permission of sin, and insisting that conversion (effectual calling) is God’s work.
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The Presbyterian Preacher, Vol. 5
Sermon urging Christians to practice generous charity: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Appeals to Paul’s example, stewardship, compassion, and spiritual growth.
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The Excuses of Sceptics for Rejecting the Gospel
Sermons (1834) defending divine sovereignty and human inability, stressing the need of divine grace. Also rebuke skeptics' excuses and affirm Christ's exclusive sufficiency.
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The Nature and Duties of the Office of Ruling Elder
Two sermons: one celebrates the desirability of God's house (Psalm 84); the other expounds the office, duties, and qualifications of ruling elders—oversight, feeding the flock, and godly character.
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The Proper Acquirements in Female Education
Two sermons: one on infants’ moral state—Scripture guides duty and limits curiosity; another on female education—foundation of health, intellect, piety, and useful accomplishments.
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Recollections of Useful Persons and Important Events, Within Seventy Years
A Presbyterian minister's 70-year memoir recounting synods, ministers, revivals, missions, slavery drives, temperance, and pastoral experiences in early 19th-century America.
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The Mohammedan Missionary Problem
Henry H. Jessup surveys Islam's rise, history, and global spread. He frames Islam as a missionary challenge and urges urgent Christian evangelism among Muslim peoples.
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Twenty-Six Years’ Work in Syria
First-person review of 26 years of American Presbyterian mission work in Syria: Arabic Bible translation, schools (including for girls), and founding native evangelical churches amid opposition.
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The Prospects of Asia Minor
1882 Presbyterian assessment of British influence in Turkey, arguing reforms have faltered, denying imminent Jewish colonisation of Palestine, and summarizing missionary and educational work in Syria and Palestine.
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Foreign Missions: Sermon Delivered at the Opening of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
A sermon urging renewed consecration to foreign missions: uphold the pure gospel, send varied laborers, and employ modern means to gather the nations for Christ.
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It Shall Not Return Unto Me Void
Devotional reflection on the wheat and tares (Matt. 13:30), urging patience, charity, and trust in God's final judgment. Leave sinners' outcome to God; bear with human frailty.
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The Greek Church and Protestant Missions: Or, Missions to the Oriental Churches
Jessup surveys Oriental Christian sects, critiques Greek and Latin practices (sacraments, image-worship, works-justification), and urges Protestant missions to Muslims.
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The Religious Mission of the English Speaking Nations
Excerpts from the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions on the English-speaking nations' missionary duty, interfaith relations, and the Armenian Church's apostolic, tolerant character.
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American Missions in the Turkish Empire
Overview of American Board missionary work in the Turkish Empire: founding evangelical churches, schools and colleges, an Arabic Bible and press, medical missions, and girls' education.
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The Setting of the Crescent and the Rising of the Cross: Or, Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian Convert from Islam to Christianity
Biography of Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian who converted from Islam and became a missionary. Illustrates the gospel's power, evangelistic tact, and persecution he faced.
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From Whence Does the Church Derive Its Missionary Inspiration?
A late-19th-century reflection arguing the Bible is the enduring foundation for foreign missions and calling for church-wide education, prayer, and commitment to evangelism. Cites global mission activity and needs.
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The Sacred Mountains
Illustrated 1847 sketches of biblical mountains (Ararat, Sinai, Tabor, Zion, etc.), reflecting on their sacred history, natural grandeur, and role in God's revelation.
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