Mormonism
Two Presbyterian Quarterly pieces: one considers why societies punish crime (law, justice, reformation vs retribution); the other gives a historical and theological critique of Mormonism.
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Mormonism
Has the Assembly a Right to Veto a Change in Our Book of Church Order, Even After a Majority of the Presbyteries Have Voted for the Change?
Argues the General Assembly may veto amendments to the Book of Church Order despite presbyteries' approval, defending representative Presbyterian polity and its reading of paragraph 142.
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Review of Charles F. Adams, ‘Imperialism’ and ‘The Tracks of Our Fathers’
Union Seminary Magazine (Oct–Nov 1899) discusses iconoclasm—biblical commands to destroy idols, Jehu and Muhammad as reformers turned politicized—and reviews books on imperialism and history.
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Review of Paul L. Ford, The Honorable Peter Stirling, and What People Thought of Him
Union Seminary Magazine reviews: an essay on iconoclasm and idolatry (Israel, Jehu, Mohammed), a critique of American imperialism, and a moral biography of Peter Stirling.
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Review of J.M. Wells, The Influence That Formed the Puritan Party
Union Seminary Magazine (Oct–Nov 1899). Essays and reviews on iconoclasm and idolatry, a dissertation on Puritan origins, and a review of the novel David Harum.
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Review of Edward N. Westcott, David Harum: A Story of American Life
Union Seminary Magazine (Oct–Nov 1899) literary reviews: iconoclasm and idolatry, Puritan origins, a review of David Harum, and William James on human immortality.
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Review of William James, Human Immortality — Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine
Union Seminary Magazine (Oct–Nov 1899) offers literary reviews: an essay on iconoclasm and idolatry, a critique of William James on human immortality, and reviews of recent novels.
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Review of S. Weir Mitchell, Hugh Wynne: Free-Quaker, Sometimes Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of His Excellency, General Washington
Literary reviews on iconoclasm and idolatry, a critique of philosophical views on immortality, and a review of S. Weir Mitchell's historical novel Hugh Wynne stressing moral responsibility in fiction.
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The Veto Power of the General Assembly, Once More
Two Seminary essays: one urges pastoral house-to-house visiting as the wellspring of faithful preaching; the other defends the General Assembly's veto on constitutional amendments.
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God’s Ordained Missionary Society, and the Way in Which all Voluntary Missionary Societies Should Be Regarded
Stresses that pastoral visiting is essential to faithful ministry and enriches preaching. Argues the church is God's ordained missionary society, grounded in the Abrahamic covenant and the Great Commission.
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Review of John B. Adger, My Life and Times
Essay urging pastoral house-to-house visiting to know and shepherd congregants. Review of John B. Adger’s memoir praising his ministry, Calvinian views, and controversially defending Southern slavery.
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Review of Ian Maclaren, Kate Carnegie
Urges pastors to know and shepherd congregations through home visiting. Reviews critique Ian Maclaren's anti‑Calvinist tone and condemns Christian Science and skeptical Higher Criticism.
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Review of William P. McCorkle, Christian Science, or the False Christ of 1866
Urges ministers to supplement pulpit work with house-to-house pastoral visiting to know, shepherd, and win people to Christ, enriching preaching through pastoral sympathy.
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The Duty of the Church to Quit Robbing the Masses of the Gospel
Argues that churches 'rob the masses' by relocating to affluent districts, neglecting neighborhood worship, and secularizing the Sabbath; urges local, compassionate ministry to the poor.
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Review of G.F.R. Henderson, Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War, and R.L. Dabney, Life and Campaigns of Lieut-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson
Examines the Reformed Church in America's history and distinctiveness, and reviews biographies of Stonewall Jackson, appraising his military skill, Christian character, and secession views.
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Review of Peyton H. Hoge, Moses Drury Hoge: Life and Letters
Magazine reviews the Reformed Church in America and Moses D. Hoge's biography, and includes a Confederate veterans' critique of Fiske's Civil War histories.
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Review of Hunter McGuire, Official Report of the History Committee of the Grand Camp of the Confederate Veterans, Department of Virginia
Surveys the Reformed Church in America's history and identity, arguing its kinship with Presbyterianism yet separate existence. Includes reviews defending Confederate views on the Civil War and slavery.
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Review of John S. Wise, The End of an Era
Affirms the unity and Pauline authorship of 2 Corinthians against fragmentary criticism. Also reviews John S. Wise's memoir—vivid storytelling but uneven historical sympathy.
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Review of Paul L. Ford, Janice Meredith: A Story of the American Revolution
Defense of the unity and Pauline authorship of 2 Corinthians; reviews a novel's treatment of the Westminster Confession and defends historic Presbyterian views on infant salvation.
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