Drifting
Sermon warning against moral and spiritual drifting—habits, social currents, and neglect carry Christians from duty. Urges vigilance, responsibility, and steadfastness.
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Drifting
Notes from Lectures by Archibald Alexander on Systematic Theology
Corrupted/illegible text: the file contains garbled characters and non-sensical strings. Unreadable manuscript needing re-submission, OCR correction, or source recovery.
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The State of Religion in France
Lecture on adoption from the Westminster Shorter Catechism—God’s gratuitous adoption of sinners; plus a report on religion in France: Protestant worship, societies, and missions.
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Journal of European Travels
Garbled, largely unreadable text composed of symbols, punctuation, and fragments. No coherent topic, theological argument, or scripture can be identified.
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Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J., Nov. 7, 1828
Charles Hodge (1828) defends religious liberty and church self-government against state control. He urges vigorous theological education to supply pastors.
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Public Education
An 1829 survey of public education comparing English, French, and German systems, classical curricula, teacher qualifications, and practical challenges in schooling.
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Reply to Dr. Moses Stuart’s Examination of the Review of the American Education Society
Defense of the American Education Society’s methods for training indigent candidates for the ministry, arguing for detailed financial returns and frugal support of ministers.
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Inquiries Respecting the Doctrine of Imputation
A 1830 review defending the doctrine of imputation and original sin, arguing the church’s historical consensus supports Calvinist readings. It critiques New England and Unitarian objections.
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Professor Stuart’s Postscript to His Letter to the Editors of the Biblical Repertory
Jan 1830 Biblical Repertory reviews a book on the Second Advent. It also prints editorial exchanges with Professor Stuart concerning the American Education Society, repentance, and editorial responsibility.
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Review of Cox’s Sermon on Regeneration, and the Manner of Its Occurrence
Critical review of Samuel H. Cox’s sermon on regeneration (John 5:24), defending the Calvinist view that regeneration is a moral change rather than a physical one. Includes notes on church music and temperance.
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Review of Sprague’s Lectures for Young People
Review of Sprague’s lectures urging faithful religious education of youth: parents, pastors, and teachers must use Scripture and the Spirit to form children’s moral and religious character.
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The American Quarterly Review on Sunday Mails
A review rebukes an American Quarterly Review article defending Sunday mails and festive Sabbath observance, arguing the Sabbath is primarily religious—commemorating creation (Ex. 20).
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Hengstenberg on Daniel
Reports Neander’s essay on early Christian rites and worship. Reviews Hengstenberg’s vindication of Daniel, defending its genuineness against German critical objections.
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On the Nature of the Atonement
Hodge defends penal substitution: Christ vicariously bore the law’s penalty, satisfying divine justice and securing sinners’ reconciliation (Rom. 5; Isa. 53).
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Stuart on the Romans
Review of Moses Stuart’s Commentary on Romans (1832): praised for philological learning but criticized for theological departures on imputation and original sin (Rom 5:12–19).
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Lachmann’s New Testament
Contains a commencement address urging repentance and dependence on God for conversion. Also an essay tracing New Testament textual criticism from the Complutensian and Erasmus editions to the Textus Receptus and Griesbach.
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The Place of the Bible in a System of Education (1833)
Charles Hodge urges making the Bible central to education to form youth’s intellect and morals; Scripture supplies truth, Christ’s example, and a perfect rule of duty.
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Barnes on the Epistle to the Romans
Review of Albert Barnes’s Notes on Romans (1834), praising research and clarity but criticizing dogmatic tone, lack of analytic method, doctrinal immaturity, and misinterpretation.
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Narrative of Reed and Matheson
Addresses and reviews discussing presbyterian principles, warning against patristic innovations, and the nature and ubiquity of religious revivals in America and Britain.
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