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The Present Crisis and Its Issues

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B.M. Palmer’s 1872 address examines historical ‘epochs,’ urging nations to preserve founding principles while adapting to change to survive crises. He cites Rome, the Reformation, and the U.S. Constitution.

The Family, in Its Civil and Churchly Aspects

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A Presbyterian essay arguing the family is society’s foundational unit, outlining husbands’, wives’, and parents’ duties and the family’s civil and churchly roles.

Rev. B.M. Palmer, D.D.

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Biographical sketches of Southern leaders — a North Carolina agricultural official and Rev. Benjamin M. Palmer, a leading Southern Presbyterian who supported secession and church separation.

The Grandeur of Faith (1875)

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Palmer proclaims the grandeur of Christian faith: it awakens every faculty, secures salvation, and conveys the soul to Christ. Faith is active, comprehensive, and decisive.

A Communion Discourse: Gethsemane in Prospect

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Two sermons on Christ’s incarnation and Gethsemane: Vincent reflects on Christ manifesting God in the flesh; Palmer expounds Christ’s spiritual anguish, responsibility, and dread of death.

Fraternal Relations

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History of post‑Civil War fraternal relations between Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches, tracing coercion, negotiations, and reunion efforts from 1865–1875.

Sanctity of Vows

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Two sermons: ‘Swearing and Cursing’ (james 3) condemns profanity and curses; ‘Sanctity of Vows’ (psalms, deuteronomy) stresses the solemnity and obligation of vows before God.

Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., LL.D.

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Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Northern and Southern assemblies). Includes ministerial biographies, church history, and institutional descriptions.

Biographical Sketch of Rev. William L. Hughes

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Memorial volume of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S.C., containing biographical sketches and obituaries of students and ministers (e.g., W.L. Hughes, J.C. Humphry), recounting lives, ministries, sufferings, and triumphant deaths.

Christ’s Pity for the Sinner

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1884 homiletic sermons on supernatural answers to prayer, Christ’s pity for sinners (Matt. 23), and consolation in John 14. Emphasizes divine compassion, prayer’s efficacy, and hope.

The Gospel the Power of God

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Three sermons reflecting on humanity and the Gospel: Psalm 8 on man’s dignity; Romans 1 on the Gospel as God’s saving power; and faith’s proportion in service.

The Transforming Power of the Gospel

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Two sermons on reconciliation and the Gospel’s transforming power: Christ’s atonement reconciles sinners to God, producing pardon, repentance, new birth, and progressive sanctification.

The Ground of Certitude in Religious Belief

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Summarizes Berkeley’s idealism. Argues Christian certitude rests on complementary external and internal evidences plus divine testimony producing assurance of understanding, faith, and hope.

Formation of Character

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Lectures on forming Christian character, focusing on youth as the decisive formative period; covers piety, habits, parental guidance, temptations, and lifelong consequences.

The Tribunal of History (1872)

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Louisiana Historical Society urges cataloguing and publishing colonial archives. Dr. B.M. Palmer’s "The Tribunal of History" oration reflects on history’s verdict and human conscience.

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