Memoir of Dr. Henry
Essay on the theory of the beautiful and taste, followed by a memoir of Dr. Henry—scholar and educator—detailing his life, learning, and academic career.
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Archives
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Memoir of Dr. Henry
Miracles
Survey of 19th-century defenses of New Testament miracles against rationalist criticism, tracing Deist and German approaches that deny the supernatural and challenge Scripture’s authority.
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Plato’s Phædon
Review of Greek studies and Plato’s Phaedo, assessing translations and Schleiermacher’s arrangement, and examining Socrates’ arguments for the soul’s immortality.
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Revelation and Inspiration
Defense of the Reformers’ testimony to the Trinity and of Scripture’s divine inspiration. Argues that faith comes from God’s revealed Word, not private subjective intuition.
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The Sacrifice of Christ, the Type and Model of Missionary Effort
Thornwell expounds Christ’s voluntary sacrificial death and resurrection as the priestly atonement revealing divine glory. He presents this sacrifice as the paradigmatic model for missionary effort.
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Miracles
Survey of 19th-century debates on the reality and meaning of Christ’s miracles. Argues that miracles are essential to Scripture’s authority and to divine revelation.
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Breckinridge’s Theology
Review endorsing the Bible’s public diffusion and a favorable critique of R. J. Breckinridge’s systematic theology, highlighting its objective method and treatment of creation, providence, and Scripture.
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Breckinridge’s Knowledge of God, Subjectively Considered
Review of R. J. Breckinridge’s The Knowledge of God (Vol. II), focusing on subjective theology: experimental religion, covenant theology, election, grace, and the church’s life.
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Revised Book of Discipline
Defense of the Revised Book of Discipline, arguing for brevity, clarified procedures, and the inherent right of church courts to inquire and supervise members for spiritual good and order.
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A Few More Words on the Revised Book of Discipline
Defends the Revised Book of Discipline by limiting judicial prosecution to professing believers, treating baptized non-professors as covenant children to be excluded from sacraments rather than tried.
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Baird’s Elohim Revealed
Review of Samuel J. Baird’s Elohim Revealed, covering creation, providence, and original sin. Praises insight but criticizes his realist theory of hereditary sin.
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Hear the South! The State of the Country
Thornwell defends South Carolina’s secession as a sober, necessary response to perceived constitutional betrayal over slavery, rejecting mercenary motives.
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National Sins
Thornwell’s 1860 fast-day sermon calls the Commonwealth to national penitence, asserting civil government is ordained by God and requires true religion. He warns ministers against partisan pulpit politics.
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The Personality of God, as Affecting Science and Religion
Argues Fort Sumter is under divine providence and critiques the war’s guilt. Defends the personality of God—intelligence, will, simplicity—against pantheism and impersonal systems.
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The State of the Country (Southern Presbyterian Review)
Fast-day sermon (Nov 1860) arguing South Carolina’s secession is a grave, considered response to perceived constitutional threats to slavery. Calls for national penitence and explanation of causes.
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Address of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States to all the Churches of Jesus Christ throughout the Earth
1862 address explaining Southern Presbyterians’ separation to form an independent church, to avoid political rancor in courts and preserve spiritual unity and church-state distinction.
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Enmities and Barbarities of the Rebellion (1861)
Inaugural address on Christian college instruction and governance. An accompanying essay condemns the Confederate rebellion, blaming slavery for its hatred and barbarities.
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Dr. Thornwell on Ruling Elders (1843)
Contains a postwar report on the church’s relations to freedmen and Dr. Thornwell’s defense of ruling elders’ authority, arguing elders are presbyters with ordaining power.
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