The Evangelist and the Presbytery
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Contains a Sabbath defense and argues the General Assembly has no constitutional power to create foreign presbyteries; outlines the evangelist’s missionary powers and limits.
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The Evangelist and the Presbytery
The General Assembly [of 1877] at New Orleans
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Report on the 1877 General Assembly at New Orleans: organization, debates over the Revised Book of Order, elections and committee work, and the opening sermon citing Luke 11 and John 16.
The Late General Presbyterian Council at Edinburgh
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A critique of the General Presbyterian Council at Edinburgh, assessing speeches on Christian unity vs denominational identity. Affirms true Christian unity can coexist with Presbyterian distinctives.
Plans of Church Finance
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Examines church finance and the diaconate, comparing plans (subscriptions, pew rents, weekly collections) and debating secrecy, weekly offerings, and allocation for benevolence vs. expenses.
The General Assembly [of 1879] at Louisville
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Report on the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly at Louisville: committees, Sustentation renamed Committee of Home Missions, debates over leave, and declining support for foreign missions. Calls for renewed giving.
The Question of Dancing from Another Point of View
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Discusses whether dancing is sinful or disciplinable. Argues dancing is questionable and should be discouraged, but usually not subject to formal church discipline.
The Recent Ordination at Hangchow
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Discusses ordination and church jurisdiction in foreign missions, debating whether evangelists may ordain and Assemblies may form presbyteries abroad; defends flexible missionary ordination.
Deliverances of Church Courts
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Debate at the General Assembly over whether in-session deliverances of church courts are merely advisory or carry legal, binding authority under Presbyterian constitution and standards.
A Brief Reply to Dr. Wilson on Our Home Missions
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Defense of centralized Executive Committees and Secretaries in the Southern Presbyterian Church. A rebuttal to Dr. Wilson’s critique of home missions, sustentation, and church governance.
A Call to the Ministry
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Examines how the Church discerns a divine call to the ministry: inward conviction, a people’s desire, and the presbytery’s judgment. Discusses reluctance, providence, and missionary example.
A Thoroughly Educated Ministry
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Defends a classically educated Presbyterian ministry against lowering standards for rapid growth, urging fidelity to doctrine, true revival, and measured methods.
Memorial of James Henley Thornwell
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Memorial of James H. Thornwell praising his steadfast defense and restoration of Presbyterian church government, discipline, and Scripture-based worship; likened to Calvin.
The Chief Glory of the Nineteenth Century
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Addresses evolution and, chiefly, the rise of nineteenth-century foreign missions— providential openings in Turkey, India, China, and William Carey’s sacrificial labors.
The Church One, the Word One, and the Covenant with Abraham Stands
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Affirms one continuous Church across dispensations and that Old and New Testaments form one authoritative Bible. Defends the covenant with Abraham against Baptist views.
The New York Observer’s Southern Correspondent
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Defense of Genesis and Mosaic authorship against critics who cite antiquities; argues archaeology confirms rather than overturns Scripture. Also reports Presbyterian presbytery meetings and missions.
A Calm and Candid Review of Some Speeches on Evolution
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An 1885 Southern Presbyterian Review piece critiques debates at Columbia Seminary over teaching evolution, disputing whether seminary instruction must strictly follow church standards or permit scholarly freedom.
Harbingers of the Reformation
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An 1885 survey of medieval movements (Cathari, Paulicians, Waldenses, Arnold of Brescia, Peter Bruys) as harbingers of the Reformation, criticizing Church secularization and stressing Scripture and baptismal controversies.
John Bailey Adger, D.D.
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Necrological report (1899) of Princeton Theological Seminary alumni, giving concise biographical sketches of deceased ministers, missionaries, and professors.
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