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The Late Dr. John Breckinridge

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Refutes charges that Dr. John Breckinridge died a Catholic, citing funeral testimony and a retraction; discusses differing worship forms (Presbyterian vs. Episcopal) and a biography of James Richards.

Theories of the Church

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Mid-19th-century review of competing theories of the Church (evangelical, ritual, rationalistic), arguing evangelical ecclesiology: unity by the Spirit, visible vs. invisible Church.

Bushnell on Christian Nurture

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Review of Horace Bushnell’s Discourses on Christian Nurture: argues a covenantal relation between believing parents and children; defends infant inclusion and baptism as the covenant sign.

Finney’s Lectures on Theology

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Review criticizes Finney’s Lectures for subordinating Scripture to human reason, advancing a moral-government rationalism, and rejecting traditional doctrines like total depravity and divine sovereignty.

Support of the Clergy

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Discusses Chalmers’ plea that churches must support ministers. Reviews biblical and historical methods (voluntary gifts, tithes, state) and urges church-wide responsibility.

The General Assembly (Princeton Review)

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Account of the 1847 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church: devotional life, debates over reducing delegate representation, and the constitutionality of appointing commissions.

Exposition of Romans in Matthew Henry’s Commentary

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Editor’s preface to Matthew Henry’s Exposition of the New Testament Epistles, outlining editorial additions, sources, illustrative materials, and the work’s doctrinal and devotional purpose.

Review of John W. Nevin, Antichrist

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Review criticizes John W. Nevin’s ‘Mystical Presence’ Christology as Schleiermacher/Hegelian-influenced, arguing it blurs Christ’s person and treats the church as a continued incarnation.

Review of John W. Nevin, The Mystical Presence

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Review of J.W. Nevin’s defense of the Reformed (Calvinistic) doctrine of the Lord’s Supper, discussing the mystical presence, union with Christ, and Reformation divergences.

The General Assembly of 1848

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Minutes of the 1848 General Assembly: organization and recognition of the New Synod of Memphis; memorials for Drs. Ashbel Green and John Matthews; debate over members’ right to withdraw.

The Teaching Office of the Church

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Charles Hodge argues the church’s primary mission is teaching (Matt. 28:19–20): baptism plus biblical instruction make disciples; knowledge precedes and enables the Spirit’s work.

Bushnell’s Discourses

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Review of Bushnell’s God in Christ: condemns his rejection of orthodox Trinity, Incarnation, and vicarious atonement as inconsistent, half-formed, and rationalist.

Emancipation

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Discusses Port-Royal briefly, then examines Kentucky’s 1849 debate over Negro slavery and a constitutional revision, outlining emancipation proposals, political defeat, and Presbyterian advocacy.

The General Assembly 1849 (Princeton Review)

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Proceedings of the 1849 General Assembly and Boards of Missions: church music, Christian union, domestic and foreign missions, Bible distribution (including to slaves), and missionary statistics.

Memoir of Walter M. Lowrie

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Biographies of Robert Blair and Walter M. Lowrie. Lowrie, a Princeton-trained missionary to China, consecrated himself young, endured perilous voyages including a shipwreck, and persevered in service.

The General Assembly 1850 (Princeton Review)

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1850 General Assembly report: debates on a memorial to Congress urging preservation of the Union; rejection of an Assembly-backed cheap religious paper; and foreign missions reports.

Civil Government

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1851 Princeton Review essay defending obedience to the fugitive slave law, arguing it doesn’t violate Deuteronomy, critiquing abolitionists and urging preservation of the Union.

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