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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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The Testimony of the Organic Unity of the Bible to Its Inspiration

Argues the Bible's unity—structural, prophetic, didactic, historical and even scientific—as evidence of divine inspiration, asserting one guiding Author across ages.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1912

Dr. Pierson’s Farewell Missionary Message

Memorial issue honoring Arthur T. Pierson with tributes, missionary reports, and his farewell charge urging prompt obedience to God's call and unity in missions.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1911

Arthur Tappan Pierson: His Life and His Message

Aug 1911 Missionary Review issue featuring the life and message of Arthur T. Pierson, reports on the Edinburgh Continuation Committee, missionary unity, and international mission work.

1911

The Home-Going of the Editor-in-Chief: Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, D.D., Passes Away at His Brooklyn Home

July 1911 Missionary Review: global mission news, cooperation in China, threats to assembly rights, and the obituary of Rev. Arthur T. Pierson. Reports on missions and training.

1911

The Testimony of Foreign Missions to the Superintending Providence of God

Shows God's superintending providence in foreign missions—preparation, co-operation, and blessing—seen in Moravians, Methodists, Carey, Livingstone, martyrs, and native churches.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1910

The Proof of the Living God, as Found in the Prayer Life of George Müller, D.D.

Account of George Müller's faith-filled life and work: sixty-five years of orphan care sustained by prayer and God's providence, demonstrating trust, stewardship, and answered prayer.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1910

Knowing the Scriptures: Rules and Methods of Bible Study

Practical guide to rules and methods of Bible study, stressing Scripture's supreme authority, its self‑interpreting character, and the necessity of prayerful, obedient study.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1910

The Bible and Spiritual Life

Pierson argues the Bible is divinely authored, self-authenticating, and structurally unified; its form mirrors God's character and perfectly meets humanity's spiritual needs.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1908

A Spiritual Clinique: Four Bible Readings Given at Keswick in 1907

Pastoral counsel on four chronic spiritual maladies—unsubdued sin, unanswered prayer, persistent darkness, habitual unbelief—urging repentance, radical renunciation of sin, and reliance on the Spirit.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1907

The Believer’s Life: Its Past, Present, and Future Tenses

Examines the believer’s past (sin and God’s redemption), present (life in Christ, church, sanctification), and future (death, Christ’s return, millennium, and the eternal state).

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1905

God’s Living Oracles

Pierson defends the Bible's divine inspiration and authority, urging candid, rational inquiry to vindicate Scripture. He seeks to strengthen believers and answer honest doubters.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1904

The Keswick Movement in Precept and Practise

History and outline of the Keswick Movement: its origins, conventions, and teaching on deeper spiritual life, holiness, and victory over sin by the Spirit.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1903

The Modern Mission Century Viewed as a Cycle of Divine Working: A Review of the Missions of the Nineteenth Century …

Pierson reviews the nineteenth-century missionary movement as a divinely guided cycle, emphasizing God's providential action in missions. He reads Acts as the model for modern missions.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1901

Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers

A compendium of illustrations, anecdotes, and sermon outlines for preachers and public speakers. Includes devotional reflections and scriptural examples on providence, conscience, and Christian life.

Arthur Tappan Pierson ⬩ 1907

General Andrew Pickens

Biographical sketch of Gen. Andrew Pickens (b.1739). Traces his Huguenot roots, frontier militia experience and key Revolutionary actions (Ninety-Six, Kettle Creek).

Douglas Kellogg Turner ⬩ 1909

March 10, 1781 Letter to William Preston

Virginia Magazine excerpts: Roll of Honor listing Virginians who died in WWI (July–Sept 1918) and Preston Papers containing Colonial-era correspondence (Andrew Pickens, 1781).

Andrew Pickens, Sr. ⬩ 1918

Efficiency

Argues that today's search for truth requires moral and spiritual efficiency. Churches need trained pastors, Sunday-school leaders, deacons and missionaries; training is the remedy.

Alexander Lacy Phillips ⬩ 1910

Men and Religion

Two essays: a defence of the Virgin Birth amid modern criticism, and practical guidance for organizing men's brotherhoods focused on Bible study, prayer, missions and accountability.

Alexander Lacy Phillips ⬩ 1908

Missions in the Sunday School

Contains a sermon on the unpardonable sin and a practical handbook for Sunday-school missions: lesson treatments, missionary libraries, maps, entertainments, offerings and organization.

Alexander Lacy Phillips ⬩ 1906

The Call of the Home Land: A Study in Home Missions

1906 study of home missions in America: traces the spread of Christianity, denominational roles, and social challenges such as immigrants, African Americans, urban poverty, and rural isolation.

Alexander Lacy Phillips ⬩ 1906

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Archives

The Testimony of the Organic Unity of the Bible to Its Inspiration

Dr. Pierson’s Farewell Missionary Message

Arthur Tappan Pierson: His Life and His Message

The Home-Going of the Editor-in-Chief: Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, D.D., Passes Away at His Brooklyn Home

The Testimony of Foreign Missions to the Superintending Providence of God

The Proof of the Living God, as Found in the Prayer Life of George Müller, D.D.

Knowing the Scriptures: Rules and Methods of Bible Study

The Bible and Spiritual Life

A Spiritual Clinique: Four Bible Readings Given at Keswick in 1907

The Believer’s Life: Its Past, Present, and Future Tenses

God’s Living Oracles

The Keswick Movement in Precept and Practise

The Modern Mission Century Viewed as a Cycle of Divine Working: A Review of the Missions of the Nineteenth Century …

Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers

General Andrew Pickens

March 10, 1781 Letter to William Preston

Efficiency

Men and Religion

Missions in the Sunday School

The Call of the Home Land: A Study in Home Missions

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