Church and State
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Mid-19th-century essays on preventing war (peace societies, arbitration, disarmament) and a sustained analysis defending the separation of church and state against establishment arguments.
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Church and State
Baconianism and the Bible
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Discusses Christian economy urging moderation amid rising wealth. Argues Baconian science and Scripture are compatible, claiming Protestantism fostered modern science.
Mormonism
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1853 Southern Presbyterian Review article critiquing Mormonism, Joseph Smith’s prophetic claims, and the Latter-day Saints’ migration, settlement, and polity in Utah.
The Claims of the English Language
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Commencement address urging scholarly cultivation of the English language, arguing it merits study equal to classical tongues and central place in education.
The Antidote of Care
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Palmer argues prayer is the antidote to anxious care, directing believers to God’s sovereignty and covenant. Prayer lightens burdens and fosters patient trust.
A Discourse on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. John Calhoun (1850)
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B. M. Palmer’s funeral discourse on John C. Calhoun reads the death as a sign of Divine providence, urging Christian statesmanship, national repentance, and accountability before God.
Our Historic Mission
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1858 address by B. M. Palmer exploring American national character and the philosophy of history. He asks if the U.S. is a ‘historic people’ and outlines four central problems: political, ecclesiastic, intellectual, economic.
The General Assembly of 1859
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Report on the 1859 General Assembly: debate over the Revised Book of Discipline, Presbyterian representation and polity. Includes the opening sermon on “For we walk by faith.”
The South: Her Peril, and Her Duty
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Thanksgiving sermon (Nov 29, 1860) by B. M. Palmer urging the Southern states to regard slavery as a providential trust and to preserve it amid the national crisis.
Thanksgiving Sermon, Delivered at the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, on Thursday, Nov. 29, 1860
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Thanksgiving sermon (1860) by Rev. B. M. Palmer defending domestic slavery as a providential trust and urging the South to preserve its institutions amid national crisis.
Minute on the Death of Stonewall Jackson
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Minutes of the 1863 General Assembly (Confederate PC): committee reports, memorial for Gen. T.J. Jackson praising his piety, a call to evangelize the army, and elections.
The Proposed Plan of Union Between the General Assembly in the Confederate States of America and the United Synod of the South
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1864 critique of the proposed union between the Southern General Assembly and the United Synod, defending the 1837 reforms and demanding a transparent, just process.
Christianity
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Excerpt from Sterling’s Southern Orator: Palmer defends Christianity as a religion of simple facts and faith, affirming God’s creation and the historical Incarnation of Christ.
Christianity More Than a Philosophy
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Palmer insists Christianity is more than philosophy: it requires reconciliation by Christ’s atonement and an inward experience of conversion and sanctification by the Holy Spirit.
Tribute of New Orleans to the Memory of Lee
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1870 De Bow’s Review details Pennsylvania voting disparities and publishes a grand New Orleans memorial to Robert E. Lee, recounting the mourning, decorations, and orations.
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