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Review of Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley

Obituary of scholar Henry A. White and a review of Southey's Life of John Wesley. Notes White's declining health and praises Southey's industrious, graceful biography.
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Walter W. Moore in the Field of Literature

Biography of Walter W. Moore, Union Seminary professor and author, highlighting his contributions to biblical archaeology, church literature, and seminary life.
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Borderlands of the Mediterranean

A 1924 travel memoir of the Mediterranean tracing biblical and historical sites—Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Rome—combining vivid travel narrative with archaeology and religious reflection.
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The Book of Ruth

Exposition of the Book of Ruth: narrative, authorship, literary character and purposes — domestic life, Davidic/Messianic ancestry, and lessons of unexpected goodness amid much sin.
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The Book of Numbers: Disobedience and Discipline

Essays defending Genesis as moral revelation against higher criticism and evolution; and an exposition of Numbers, recounting Israel's wanderings, rebellion, and God's discipline.
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Teachings of Great Features of the Bible

Two essays: one outlines the church's present business—to gather, nourish and evangelize believers as salt and light; the other surveys the Bible's unique features as God's written, selective revelation.
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Eternity, the Proper Standard of Measurement

Sermon on the ministry of reconciliation: the church's calling to bring sinners home, measuring life and labor by eternity, pursuing holiness and patient endurance amid trials.
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Robert Lewis Dabney [1820–1898]

Sketch of Robert L. Dabney (1820–1898), Southern Presbyterian theologian, professor, author and Confederate-era publicist; reviews his life, writings, and his defense of Virginia.
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The Book Pre-Eminent

Two seminary essays: one contrasts Darwinian chance with providential creation, the other defends the Bible's unique divine origin and its revelation of God, law, sin, Christ and the Spirit.
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David McAllister, D.D., LL.D.

Biographical sketches of ministers of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (1888–1930), with portraits, institutional histories, mission and congregation lists.
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The Rev. David McAllister, D.D., LL.D.

Obituary and tribute to Rev. David McAllister (1835–1907), longtime editor of The Christian Statesman and pastor. It recounts his life, ministry, work for Christian civil government, and funeral.

The Moral Ends of the State

Argues the state's chief ends are moral and divine: beyond material and economic duties, the state exists to promote virtue, glorify God, and shape public education and citizenship.
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The Ultimate Source of the State’s Authority

Argues the state's sovereign authority must be traced to God, with the people as the mediate source. Secularizing the state yields practical atheism; civil power must obey divine moral law.
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The Origin of the State

Christian journal promoting Christian principles in civil government; essays critique social‑contract and secular theories and argue the state's divine origin and civic duties.
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