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December 5, 1923 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Letters praising Grimke's Howard University address criticizing a racist, un-Christian mob action against Dean Woodard; correspondents call for reform and Christian fraternity.
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March 23, 1923 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Selections of letters relating to Francis J. Grimke: condolences, recollections, discussion of church buildings, and principled opposition to racial exclusion in Christian institutions.
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November 30, 1921 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Grimke's letters urge racial cooperation and church-led brotherhood, warn of global racial tensions, and note allies like Robert Kerlin who promoted Black literature despite reprisals.
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March 18, 1921 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Letters to Francis J. Grimke praising a sermon on race issues, urging the Christian principle as the foundation for racial progress and expressing gratitude and hope in faith.
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September 22, 1920 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Two letters from Grimke's collection: Wallace Radcliffe apologizes for a misattributed sermon and vows correction; Charles B. Purvis arranges charity for an elderly widow.
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October 11, 1919 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Letter endorsing Francis J. Grimké's 'Race Problem,' urging equal rights for Black veterans and invoking Christ's command to treat Negroes as brothers to preserve the Republic.
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June 18, 1919 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

1919 letters on Howard University governance, urging trustees to check presidential overreach. Praises Black soldiers' service in France and condemns race prejudice, calling for reform.
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May 24, 1916 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Letters in Grimke's papers protest the American Bible Society's segregated pageant and condemn Christian prejudice; they recount a moral victory at a denominational Assembly.
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1915 Letter to Francis J. Grimké

Letters defending racial equality and protesting The Birth of a Nation. Correspondents condemn whitewashing of slavery and urge moral appeals for justice and patriotism.
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Labor and Capital

Speeches from a 1905 inter-church conference urging a federated church to address labor, capital, and citizenship—emphasizing human dignity and Gospel-driven social reform.
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Pastor’s Wife in the National Capital

Editorial: church groups often die because they're organized before committed workers exist; organize only when workers are ready. Also briefs on church-efficiency congress, missions, and parish news.
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James Addison Quarles, D.D., LL.D.

Necrological report of Princeton Theological Seminary alumni (1907–1908), giving brief biographies, ministerial careers, deaths and burial details of several Presbyterian clergy.

The Sociology of Joseph’s Day

Critiques shifts in Presbyterian scholarship on Scripture's historicity and kenotic views of Christ; analyzes the Joseph narrative's social ethics, virtues, and moral failings in Genesis.
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The Theologies

Survey and critique of false theologies—atheism, polytheism, henotheism, pantheism, ditheism—arguing monism and materialism fail to account for a true, personal God.
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Our Lord’s Hour and Cup

Scholarly essays affirm Christianity's historicity and the resurrection, explaining our Lord's 'Hour and Cup' as vicarious, soul‑agonizing death—not annihilation or merely physical pain.
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Proofs of God’s Existence and Character

Review of classical proofs for God's existence—ontological, cosmological, and teleological—placed in historical debate and defending natural theology. Also examines Calvin and philosophical objections (Kant, Hume).
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The Sinless Christ

Purves argues for Christ's absolute sinlessness and moral perfection, set apart from sinners by Scripture and eyewitness testimony. He urges renewed appreciation of Christ's person.
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Faith and Life: Sermons

Collection of George T. Purves' sermons on faith and life, with an introductory biography by B. B. Warfield. Devotional expositions on Christ, salvation, and Christian living.
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