The Doomed Man (1837)
Anthology of poems and prose reflecting on life’s brevity, mortality, and moral responsibility. Urges repentance and reflection on God’s patience and judgment.
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The Doomed Man (1837)
Bishop Doane and the Oxford Tracts
Discusses 1840s debates over public funding for religious schools, the Catholic claim to common school funds, and controversies around Bishop Doane and the Oxford Tracts.
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General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Review of works on the primitive church and a detailed report on the 1843 General Assembly and the Church of Scotland’s Disruption—conflict over patronage, the Veto Act, and church-state jurisdiction.
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Sacerdotal Absolution
Critical review of a sermon defending sacerdotal (clerical) absolution. Examines historical and scriptural proofs (John 20; Matt. 16, 18) and argues ministers lack an authoritative power to forgive sins.
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Dr. Spring on the Power of the Pulpit
Review of Dr. Spring’s charge that the pulpit has deteriorated because of seminaries. The reviewer disputes this, defending theological education and warning against nostalgic bias.
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Notes on New Testament Literature and Ecclesiastical History
Lecture fragments on New Testament literature and ecclesiastical history: canon, Septuagint, Greek of the NT, Apostolic Fathers, historiography, and periodization of church history.
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Henry’s Christian Antiquities
Review condemning C.S. Henry’s abridgment of Bingham’s Christian Antiquities as misleading and poorly compiled. Criticizes errors on baptismal sponsors and early liturgy.
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Moral Aesthetics
1852 essay on moral esthetics: nature’s beauty reveals God’s goodness and calls the soul to spiritual contemplation. It contrasts Christian interpretation of creation with pagan views.
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National Literature, the Exponent of National Character
Reviews John Owen’s critical edition and defends Protestantism and Scripture as the sole infallible rule, opposing Romanism. Argues national literature reveals a nation’s character through its writers.
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Journal and Letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D.
Review of Henry Martyn’s journals praising his missionary sacrifice, intense self-examination, and Protestant convictions. Celebrates the Bible’s cheering gospel and missionary devotion.
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The Poetical Element of the Bible
Report: Presbytery endorses separate congregations and instruction for coloured people. Essay: the Bible’s poetical element reveals God and suits human faculties.
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The Zurich Letters
Review of The Zurich Letters: examines the English Reformation’s mixed political and religious origins, its church government, and links with Continental Reformed theology.
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The True Path: Or, The Young Man Invited to the Saviour
A series of evangelical lectures inviting young men, especially students, to Christ. Emphasizes divine revelation, conversion, holy living, and pastoral preaching.
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Casting Our Burden on the Lord
Sermon urging the afflicted to cast their burdens on the Lord, accept God’s chastening, and trust Christ’s sustaining grace (psalms-55; hebrews-12; matthew-11).
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God, the Giver of Victory and Peace: A Thanksgiving Sermon
Rev. Joseph M. Atkinson’s 1862 Thanksgiving sermon (Raleigh) attributes Confederate victories to God’s providence and urges faith, gratitude, and dependence amid the war.
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The Puritans
Critical review of Samuel Hopkins’ The Puritans: faults Hopkins’ style and irreverence, defends Puritan character and Presbyterian role, linking their principles to Southern cause.
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Female Education
An 1866 Presbyterian essay arguing women’s education must prioritize moral and spiritual formation, early childhood training, and practical intellectual skills.
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The Ministry and Its Duties
Argues the gospel ministry requires a divine, individual call; stresses ministers’ personal inadequacy, required moral and intellectual qualifications, and the Church’s role in authenticating that call.
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Natural Law in the Spiritual World
Review of Drummond’s Natural Law in the Spiritual World, praising its use of natural analogies to defend Christian faith and reconcile science with Scripture.
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