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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.

The Divine Economy

Critiques modern Unitarian religion. Expounds God's providential economy: nothing God made is lost; nature and history preserve divine value.
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Dr. Parkhurst’s Article on Abraham Lincoln

Newspaper extra reports a tunnel explosion killing two and commemorates Abraham Lincoln on his 100th birthday, recalling his rise, emancipation of slaves, and martyrdom.
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A Little Lower Than the Angels

A sermon collection reflecting on human nature—'made a little lower than the angels'—urging reverence for the soul, recognition of sin, and renewed, Christlike living.
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Church Technique: The Madison Square Presbyterian Church

1906 Homiletic Review notes church controversies (Hilprecht excavation dispute, Rockefeller and Carnegie gifts, labor relations, heresy charges) and Parkhurst's description of Madison Square Presbyterian's new domed church.
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The Sunny Side of Christianity

Parkhurst insists Christianity's aim is to form Christlike affections: heart-conversion and love, not merely doctrinal assent or intellectual change. The church's task is to shape character by cultivating love.
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Nathan Grier Parke, D.D.

Necrological report (1904) presented to the Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni Association: obituaries and biographical sketches of Presbyterian ministers, detailing education, ordination, ministries, and deaths.

James Park, D.D.

Necrological report (Aug 1913) from Princeton Theological Seminary presenting brief biographical sketches and ministerial service of deceased Presbyterian alumni.

“A Little History of the Great World War”

Patriotic pamphlet offering a brief history of World War I, blaming Germany for provoking the conflict, recounting Belgian atrocities and the Lusitania sinking, and urging American unity.
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The Children of the Highest

1918 devotional by Isaac M. Page urging repentance, faith, and prayer to become 'Children of the Highest.' Focuses on conversion, childlike piety, and urban ministry.
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“The Kentuckian” or “A Woman’s Reaping”

1916 novel The Kentuckian (A Woman's Reaping) by Isaac M. Page. A rural Kentucky story of marriage, deception, sickness and moral consequences, urging God’s ideal for the home.
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A Concordance to the Poems of Edmund Spencer

Concordance to Edmund Spenser's poems, compiled and edited by Charles G. Osgood (1915). Preface explains editorial text choice, spelling/compound variants, and indexing method.
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