My Secret Talks With FDR
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Mary McLeod Bethune recounts private talks with FDR about the New Deal, racial discrimination, and NYA access for Black youth. Issue includes ads and magazine contents (1949).
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.
My Secret Talks With FDR
First Lady
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1949 magazine issue profiling Black women leaders (Mary McLeod Bethune and others), the National Council of Negro Women, and cultural coverage of race, rights, and progress.
What Has Italy Contributed to the Triumph of the Reformation?
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Survey of Italy's contribution to the Reformation. Recounts pre-Reformers (Arnold of Brescia, Marsiglio, Valla, Savonarola), papal corruption, and Renaissance influence.
Italy’s Contribution to the Reformation
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Survey of Italy's role in the Reformation, tracing precursors, Renaissance influences, the Waldensian witness, papal corruption, and why Reformation failed to root deeply in Italy.
Italian Evangelical Pioneers
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Profiles Italian evangelical pioneers who evangelized Italians in America, tracing biblical Italian converts and Italy’s Reformation legacy. Focuses on sacrificial missions and church-building.
Manual of Law and Usage:
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Alphabetical manual of Presbyterian law and usage compiling Standards and General Assembly deliverances, with guidance on discipline, baptism, and judicatory procedure.
The Germans in Colonial Times
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A concise history of German emigration to colonial America, highlighting religious persecution, Pietism, Palatine and Moravian migrations, and their settlement and influence in Pennsylvania.
Bittinger and Bedinger Families, Descendants of Adam Büdinger
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A concise genealogical history of the Bittinger and Bedinger families: German origins, 1737 emigration to Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War service, and descendants into the 19th century.
Studies in the Lives of the Saints
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Two essays: one argues for studying the Bible as literature, defining literary qualities; the other surveys lives of the saints, recounting martyrs and edifying hagiography.
Culture and Restraint
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Examines the tension between culture (self-expression) and restraint (self-denial), contrasting aesthetic and ascetic ideals and seeking a Christian reconciliation rooted in Jesus' teaching.
Work
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Argues for the moral dignity of labor, condemns idealized idleness, and urges personal duty and Christian character through faithful daily work.
The Practice of Self-Culture
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Hugh Black urges balanced self-culture: develop body, mind, heart, conscience and spirit in proportion. Practical advice stresses self-knowledge, unity of character, and service.
Edinburgh Sermons
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Collection of Edinburgh sermons by Hugh Black emphasizing humility, listening to God, faith, and pastoral guidance for Christian life and conscience.
Listening to God
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Collection of sermons by Hugh Black urging believers to 'incline the ear'—cultivate humble, receptive faith and listen for God's guidance in prayer, Scripture, and silence.
Christ’s Service of Love
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Devotional sermons on the Lord's Supper emphasizing Communion as memorial, means of grace, thanksgiving and unity, urging self-examination, consecration and service.
University Sermons
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University sermons aimed at students and faculty on practical Christian living, God's personal (anthropomorphic) character, and the pathos of God's thwarted appeals (Jer.44:4).
The Gift of Influence
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A volume of university sermons by Hugh Black on the gift of influence, leadership, character, and service, using biblical examples (notably Joseph) to inspire students and youth.
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