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Recollections of Dr. Girardeau

March 7, 1917 Christian Observer issue reporting clergy pensions and ministerial relief, missions and Sunday School extension, revival recollections of Dr. Girardeau, and stewardship appeals.
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Pastorate After the War

Account of Rev. John L. Girardeau’s post–Civil War pastorate in Charleston—his imprisonment, return, and ministry to Black and white congregations. Emphasizes his preaching, evangelical convictions, and worship practices.
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Dr. Thornwell as a Preacher and a Teacher

Centennial addresses honoring J. H. Thornwell, recounting his conversion, adoption of the Westminster Confession, a supernatural call to the ministry, and his service as pastor and professor.
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Thomas Hart Law

Brief biography of Thomas Hart Law (b.1838), a South Carolina Presbyterian minister, evangelist, American Bible Society field worker, synod clerk, and D.D. honoree.

Dr. Benjamin M. Palmer

1902 New York Observer: a travel sketch of Nassau's coral islands and sea-gardens, followed by tributes and obituaries for Presbyterian ministers Benjamin M. Palmer and Joseph A. Saxton.
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Selections from Sidney Lanier: Prose and Verse

Introduction to Selections from Sidney Lanier, with poems and prose. Traces Lanier's boyhood, musical gifts, college years, Civil War service, and emergence as a poet-writer.
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Poem Outlines

Selections of Sidney Lanier's poem sketches and fragments with editorial notes, offering lyrical drafts on nature, faith, and human compassion.
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Hymns of the Marshes

Sidney Lanier's Hymns of the Marshes evokes marshland dawns—live oaks, tides, and deep silence—blending vivid nature imagery with spiritual longing and contemplative praise.
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Robert Lathan

Centennial history containing biographical sketches of ministers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1803–1903), documenting pastoral careers, education, and church institutions.
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Man’s Way and God’s Way — With the Turk

Sept 1923 Missionary Survey (Presbyterian) reporting on home and foreign missions: Lausanne/Turkish crisis and Near East, Muslim conversions, Japan, publications, programs and personnel.
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“Sunrise in Aztec Land”

1923 issue of The Missionary Survey summarizing Presbyterian home and foreign mission work—reports from China, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Near East relief, and Christian education.
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The Saving of Doctor Dryasdust

Account of Dr. Dryasdust's change from dry, scholarly preaching to plain, expository, evangelistic ministry. His new methods revived the Sunday School, grew membership, and increased benevolence.
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Books Which Every Pastor Ought to Have

Two essays: one on relics; the other lists essential books for ministers—experimental religion, revivals, sermons, hymnology, and biographies to strengthen pastoral ministry.
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Turn or Burn!

Defends the scriptural doctrine of eternal punishment, answering objections from notions of God's fatherhood, justice, and liberal theology; examines sin, divine government, and infant-salvation debates.
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What God Wants His Church to Be

Sermon outlining what God wants His church to be: beautiful, ministering, evangelistic/missionary, redeemed, and victorious. Draws on Psalm 84 and New Testament writers.
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