Archives
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.
Benjamin Morgan Palmer, Orator-Preacher of the Confederacy
Profile of Benjamin M. Palmer, New Orleans Presbyterian pastor whose 1860 sermon ‘The South: Her Peril and Her Duty’ defended slavery as divinely ordained and urged secession.
Benjamin Morgan Palmer’s Lottery Speech, New Orleans, 1891
Academic article recounting Benjamin M. Palmer’s 1891 New Orleans anti-lottery oration, condemning the Louisiana lottery as immoral, corrupting labor ethics and threatening the state.
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights
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Scholarly defense of the Christian faith against modern criticism, surveying science, evolution, psychology, philosophy, other religions and biblical criticism, centered on Christ and the Resurrection.
Allen’s Reminiscences of Texas, 1838–1842
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Reminiscences of early Texas (1838–1842) recounting Galveston and Houston life, pioneer ministers, church founding, temperance, and social conditions.
A Saint of the Greenbrier Valley: The Late Michael Henry Bittinger
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Obituary of Rev. Michael H. Bittinger, a devoted long‑serving Greenbrier Valley pastor who shaped generations; includes a young people's prayer‑meeting topic urging Christians to seek peace.
George A. Blackburn, D.D.
Memorial for Rev. George A. Blackburn, D.D., longtime pastor of Arsenal Hill Church in Columbia, S.C. Highlights his devoted ministry, Sabbath advocacy, tithing, and pastoral legacy.
Gideon Blackburn, the Founder of Blackburn University, Carlinville, Illinois
Biography of Gideon Blackburn, a Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Cherokee who founded Blackburn University in Illinois, raised land endowments, freed his slaves, and litigated to secure the college property.
Gideon Blackburn
Biography of Gideon Blackburn (b.1772), a New School Presbyterian frontier minister in Tennessee—pastor, educator, eloquent revival preacher and community leader.
Rev. John Cavitt Blackburn
Presbyterian bulletin: a devotional warning from Solomon's fall and the dangers of prosperity; notice of the 1959 Montreat church-music conference; obituary of Rev. John C. Blackburn.
In Memoriam: Andrew Watterson Blackwood 1882–1966
Princeton Seminary Bulletin (Oct 1966) featuring sermons and essays on church and the secular, ministry and the Confession of 1967, faculty memorials, and book reviews.
Rev. Hunter Bryson Blakely
Short biographies of Tennessee figures: a Democratic lawyer and Baptist layman; Rev. Hunter B. Blakely, president of Bryson College; and banker James W. Lynn. Focus on education, faith, and civic service.
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