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The Confession of Faith as Revised in 1903

1903 revision of the Presbyterian Confession: Declaratory Statement reaffirms the eternal decree and clarifies God’s love, the gospel’s offer, infant salvation; adds chapters on Spirit and missions.
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The Millennium and the Apocalypse

Essay links the Great Awakening (Edwards, Wesley, Whitefield) to American revivalism and argues a symbolic, recapitulative reading of Revelation’s millennium as an intermediate state.
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The Mower

News of Philander C. Knox’s surprise Senate appointment amid railroad and trust influence; a poem, "The Mower"; and an article on Roman theaters’ capacities and fire risks.
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What Fatalism Is

Editorial defending the traditional Gospel: the Church aids social needs but its chief task is saving souls. Also argues predestination differs fundamentally from fatalism.
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Faith (1898)

Dictionary entry on ‘faith’ analyzing Hebrew and Greek roots, LXX and Philo influences, and contrasts OT and NT meanings with examples (Gen 15; Hab 2; Ps 78).
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William Miller Paxton: A Memorial Discourse

Defends the doctrine of the Incarnation against cosmic-insignificance objections. Also a memorial biography of Rev. William M. Paxton, detailing his ancestry, ministry and preaching.
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Children

Survey of Jesus’ treatment of children and the family: his blessings, teachings (e.g. Matthew 18, Mark 10), his own childhood as an exemplar, and the social import of childhood.
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Dr. Dods’ Doctrine of Holy Scripture

Warfield critiques Dr. Dods’ reduced view of Scripture as chiefly a human record, defending apostolic canonicity, the Bible’s divine origin, supernatural inspiration, and infallibility.
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The Children in the Hands of the Arminians

Critique of Rev. Rishell’s Arminian claim that all children are born ‘saved’ or ‘safe.’ Affirms covenantal baptism and church nurture for children, but rejects universal infant salvation as mistaken.
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The Princeton Seminary of the Future

Eliot urges ethical corporate management—responsible, attentive directors, transparency, and restraint. Also celebrates Princeton Seminary’s centennial, missionary sacrifices, and expanded theological training.
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The Supernatural Birth of Jesus

Scholarly defense of Jesus’ virgin, supernatural birth as essential to New Testament Christianity, arguing it undergirds the incarnation, supernaturalism, and redemption.
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God’s Revelation of Himself to Israel

Warfield: the Old Testament records God’s self-revelation to Israel — a personal, unified, holy, and merciful God whose revelation culminates in redemption.
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A Symposium on the Problem of Natural Evils

Symposium on natural evil: theologians debate whether disasters (Flood, Lisbon quake, Siloam tower) are punishments, providential chastening, or part of redemptive suffering.
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Annihilationism

Encyclopedic treatment of annihilationism: definitions (pure mortalism, conditional immortality, annihilation proper), historical development, and theological debate on soul, death, and final punishment.
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Apologetics

Encyclopedic entries on Apollonius, Apollos, and apologetics: definition, its place among theological disciplines, and sources of divergent views.
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Atheism

Schaff-Herzog entries on Athanasius, atheism, and Athenagoras: Trinitarian development and writings, varieties and history of atheism, and early Christian apologetics on the resurrection.
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