Trust in the Lord
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Sermon urging believers to trust God rather than men; earthly trust disappoints, but trusting God brings inner righteousness, peace, and eternal security (psalm118).
Archives
The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.
Trust in the Lord
Masonry Proved to Be a Work of Darkness, Repugnant to the Christian Religion
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1830 sermon by Lebbeus Armstrong denouncing Freemasonry as a "work of darkness," accusing it of perverting Scripture, using secret rites, and threatening church and republic.
An Address on Temperance Delivered in the Town of Malta
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1833 temperance address warning of alcohol’s social and domestic evils, urging national reform. Includes personal anecdote of the speaker’s father smashing his liquor jug.
The Temperance Reformation of This XIXth Century, the Fulfilment of Divine Prophecy
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Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong (1845) argues the 19th‑century temperance reform fulfills prophecy: Satan’s ‘flood’ (isaiah 59; rev. 12) is alcohol, urging total abstinence.
Who Hath Woe?
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Sermon (1845) by Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong warning against intemperance; expounds Proverbs 23:29–32 and urges avoiding wine and its ruinous social and moral consequences.
Signs of the Times, Past, Present, and Future (1848)
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Clergy endorsements for Lebbeus Armstrong’s Signs of the Times, defending capital punishment as divine law and critiquing abolition, infidelity, and false doctrines.
The Principle of Slavery
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Essays on the economic waste of intemperance and a moral, abolitionist examination of slavery debating immediate vs. gradual emancipation and appealing to conscience.
The Completion of Two Centuries
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Bicentennial discourse (Fairfield, 1839) tracing Puritan settlement, trials, and God’s wondrous providences. Urges remembrance, gratitude, and teaching future generations (Psalm 78).
The Power of Contrary Choice
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Review of Wylie’s Sectarianism and Jonathan Edwards’ essay on the ‘power of contrary choice’, arguing the human will lacks a metaphysical ability to choose the contrary under identical motives; choice reflects moral state.
The Causes of Superficial and Transient Religious Experience
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Sermons on spiritual deception and shallow faith: the adversary’s methods and the causes of superficial religious experience, urging genuine conversion and sound instruction.
Dr. Woodbridge on Revivals
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A critique of the "New Divinity" and novel revival measures, arguing regeneration is a sovereign work of the Spirit, not mere moral choice. Defends orthodox (Calvinistic) doctrine and warns against expedients.
Dr. Edwards’s Works
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Review of Jonathan Edwards’s works and memoir, praising his polemical skill and examining ‘Salvation of All Men’ and ‘Liberty and Necessity’. Covers his life and Calvinist theology.
Congregational Councils and Associations
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Argues Congregational churches require councils/associations (grounded in Acts 15, Matt 18) for mutual counsel, discipline, and unity. Councils are advisory, preserving liberty and order.
The Nature of the Christian Sacraments
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Denison Olmsted argues that Christian sacraments are divinely appointed visible signs and seals—symbols of grace continuous between Old and New rites—not inherently efficacious like Roman claims.
Hon. Roger Minott Sherman
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Obituary sketch of Hon. Roger Minott Sherman (1773–1846), recounting his New England heritage, Yale education and tutorship, legal career, Christian convictions, and character.
Inauguration of President Woolsey
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Account of Theodore D. Woolsey’s ordination and inauguration arguing that college presidents should be ordained ministers, upholding colleges’ Christian foundations and leadership.
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