Jane Scott
A Sunday-school lesson teaching a child that prayer is asking, must be earnest, and that Jesus intercedes—God hears prayers offered in Christ’s name.
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Jane Scott
On Certain Errors of Pious Students in Our Colleges
Argues that Christian students and candidates for the ministry must submit to a full, disciplined collegiate curriculum, cultivating diligence, humility, and broad learning.
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On the Use and Abuse of Systematic Theology
Argues that systematic theology, properly used, arranges Scripture’s scattered truths for teaching and memory, traces its history, and warns against historical abuses.
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Statement of Principles Regarding The Presbyterian
1832 Presbyterian periodical reporting local revivals, missionary appointments, Sabbath-school and temperance efforts, foreign mission finances, and Bible distribution in France.
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The Life and Times of John Livingston
Argues Christian duty for the conversion of the world and recounts John Livingston’s life, preaching, and role in revivals and mass conversions. Emphasizes prayer, pastoral zeal, and Presbyterian heritage.
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Amelia Finley: Or, The Careless Reading of the Bible Reproved
A mother’s dialogue teaches Amelia to read the Bible reverently as God’s inspired word. She urges attentive, regular family reading, memorization, and practical application.
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Parables of the New Testament
Reviews a critique of Quakerism and offers an exegetical, homiletic study of Jesus’ parables, exploring their imagery, theological import, and pulpit application.
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The Life of Nicholas Ferrar, M.A.
Sketch of Nicholas Ferrar (b.1591): Cambridge fellow whose travels and austere piety led to founding Little Gidding, emphasizing family worship and daily devotion.
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The Only Son: Or, The History of Jonah Ross and His Mother
A Sunday-school tale of Jonah Ross and his devoted mother, showing her sacrifices amid poverty and a drunken husband, and teaching maternal love, prayer, and gratitude.
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The Religious Condition of Holland
1833 survey of the Reformed churches in Holland: worship, catechism, Sabbath observance, psalmody, sacraments, and church polity. Warns Americans about rising German critical influence.
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Brief Memoir of the Late Rezeau Brown, A.M.
Memoir of Rezeau Brown (1808–1834), a pious Princeton-educated youth whose conversion, studies, and early ministry exemplified zeal, learning, and early death.
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Charles Clifford: Or, The Children at River Bank
A pious mother at Riverbank instructs her children to love and serve God before she dies. The family mourns but finds comfort in Scripture, prayer, and trust in God’s care.
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Cornelius Jansenius
Survey of Cornelius Jansenius and the Jansenist controversy over grace and predestination, its roots, key figures (Baius, Molina, St. Cyran) and Roman responses.
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Dr. Sprague’s Hints
Review urging church reform and orderly internal polity. Praises Dr. Sprague’s Hints on organizing particular churches, defining pastors, elders, deacons, and systematic benevolence.
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Hebrew Customs: Or, The Missionary’s Return
A missionary’s account of Hebrew/Eastern customs—dress, veils, sandals, tents, and houses—used to illuminate Scripture and daily life. It connects contemporary eastern practices with biblical examples.
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Notices of the Monosyllabic Languages of South Eastern Asia
Reviews the Epistles of Ignatius and presents Adelung’s study of monosyllabic languages of SE Asia. Discusses their structure and consequences for missionary translation and evangelism.
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Review of Kirchhofer’s The Life of William Farel
Sketch of William Farel’s life: his conversion from popery to Reformation leadership, embracing Scripture as the supreme authority, public disputations and preaching in Basel, France, and Switzerland.
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Tholuck’s Interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount
Review of A. Tholuck’s critical and doctrinal exposition of the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7). Evaluates his hermeneutic, German philosophical tendencies, and theological conclusions.
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Natural History of the Bible
An address/review arguing that natural history and biblical antiquities are essential for sound Scripture interpretation; reviews Ewing’s Natural History of the Bible with examples.
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Review of A Treatise on the Means of Communicating the Learning and Civilization of Europe to India by C.E. Trevelyan
Reviews Bush’s Hebrew grammar and Trevelyan’s tract proposing English education to civilize and evangelize India, critiquing Sanskrit mania and translation limits.
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