Jonathan Dickinson
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Biographical sketches of early American Presbyterian ministers (Jonathan Dickinson, Samuel Gelston) addressing ministry, ordination disputes, doctrines of sovereign grace, and revivals.
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Jonathan Dickinson
Jonathan Dickinson
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Biographical notice of Jonathan Dickinson (1688–1747), influential American Presbyterian minister, college president, and Calvinist leader engaged in revival controversies and writings.
Jonathan Dickinson, D.D.
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Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, covering Northern and Southern assemblies with biographical sketches of ministers and historical ecclesiastical notes.
Exhortation to the Greeks, by Justin the Martyr
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A Christian exhortation to the Greeks arguing that poets and philosophers misrepresent the gods and fail as teachers of true religion; urges abandoning pagan errors for Christian belief.
Refutation of the Hypothesis of the Papists, in Relation to the Interpretation of the Scriptures. Extracted from the Works of John Alphonso Turretin
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Turretin refutes the Roman Catholic rule that Church tradition and councils alone determine Scripture’s meaning, defending believers’ duty to read, test, and interpret Scripture.
The Fastidious Man
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Satirical sketch of George Lesslie, a morbidly fastidious gentleman whose perpetual dissent and refined affectation alienate him in college, theatre, and society life.
Archy M’Morrow
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Short 1828 magazine pieces: a satirical sketch of the self-important lawyer M’Morrow and a poem on the fading feelings of youth. Themes: vanity, pride, transience.
Oriental Literature
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Magazine pieces: a satirical sketch on visiting cards and an essay comparing Greek (Attic) sobriety with Eastern richness in poetry, praising Oriental imagination yet valuing Attic correctness.
The Complacent Man
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A literary sketch contrasting fastidious Lesslie and easygoing Barlow, exploring manners, hypocrisy, and how acquiescence or perpetual dissent shape reputation and friendship.
Flatt’s Dissertation on the Deity of Christ
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Translation of Flatt’s dissertation defending the deity of Christ, arguing Christ’s consubstantiality with the Father and a real personal distinction, grounded in exegetical argument.
History and Religious Opinions of the Druses
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Reviews antitrinitarian arguments and defenses of Christ’s deity; also presents the history and religious practices of the Druses amid Sunni–Shia divisions.
Life of Erasmus
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Review of a biography of Erasmus tracing his illegitimate birth, education, aversion to monastic life, pursuit of learning, and influence on the revival of letters and the Reformation.
Review of the Arguments and Theories of Antitrinitarians, Being the Second Section of Flatt’s Dissertation on the Deity of Christ
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Defends the Deity of Christ against antitrinitarian objections, examining philosophical and scriptural arguments and reconciling texts that appear to show Christ’s inferiority.
Anthon’s Horace
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Review of American editions of classical and Oriental works (Sadi’s Gulistan; Anthon’s Horace), critiquing scholarship, editorial excess, typographical taste, and American Latin style.
Life of Augustus Hermann Francke
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Biography of Augustus H. Francke: his pietist formation, conversion (inspired by John 20), ministry, and role in reviving practical Christianity in Germany.
Madden’s Travels
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Two reviews: the doctrine of original sin and Augustine’s conflict with Pelagianism; and a critique of R.R. Madden’s travelogue on the East, noting missionary, medical, and cultural observations.
Mohammedan History
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Review essays on Oriental literature and Mohammedan history, examining Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliphate, and the nature of Oriental historiography.
The Gulistan of Sadi
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Review of the Gulistan of Sadi (1828) criticizing superficial Western Orientalism, praising the popularizing work of Sir William Jones while noting his philological and grammatical shortcomings.
Arabic and Persian Lexicography
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Reviews: children’s books and education; critique of Richardson’s Persian–Arabic–English dictionary (new edition); and an article on the Koran examining Islam’s relation to Christianity.
Art of Reading
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Calls ministers to fervent national prayer amid a looming Southern crisis and recounts John S. Newbold’s conversion, piety, Princeton studies, and missionary calling.
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