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The World White to Harvest: Reap, or It Perishes

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Dabney urges urgent foreign missions—‘the fields are white to harvest’—arguing all nations are depraved, need regeneration, and only the gospel can avert their perishing.

Call to the Ministry

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Editorial exposition of 1 Corinthians 3:10–15 criticizing revival methods that produce spurious conversions and damage souls and the church. Also includes Mount Vernon notes and a slave’s funeral vignette.

Morality of the Legal Profession

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Critique of the legal profession arguing advocates’ duty to clients often sacrifices moral responsibility, fosters inequality, and undermines true justice.

Review of Theodosia Ernest

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Letter describing Scottish manses, ministers, and literary life; highlights Dr. Witherspoon’s Paisley manse, his emigration to America, and his influence on church and nation.

The Atlantic Monthly

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Essay on Lady Huntingdon’s evangelical labors, conflicts with Anglican bishops, and reflections on women’s role in the church. Includes Presbytery minutes and cited sermons.

The Changes Proposed in Our Book of Discipline

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1859 critique of proposed revisions to the Presbyterian Book of Discipline. Argues the changes create ambiguity, undermine established precedents, and unduly confine discipline to Westminster standards.

What Is to Be Done?

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Reports on American Bible Society grants and urgent need for colporteurs; a friendly dialogue debating infant (paedo) baptism vs immersion; and an essay urging practical, lived religion.

April 20, 1861 Letter to S.J. Prime

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Calls for colporteurs to bring tracts and books to neglected regions; discussions on church courts and discipline, and theological reflection on being "delivered to the power of Satan."

Geology and the Bible

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1861 article argues for defining proper boundaries between geology and theology, urging cautious hermeneutics. Science and Scripture address different spheres and can be harmonized.

June 13, 1861 Letter

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Coverage of wartime ministry—chaplains, soldiers finding comfort in the Bible—and a contentious General Assembly debate over the Board of Publication’s finances, printing, and economy.

The Christian’s Best Motive for Patriotism

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Dabney urges Christians to seek the nation’s good for God’s house, warns that political strife and civil war ruin the Church, and calls for prayer, fasting and confession.

What Is a Call to the Gospel Ministry? (1859)

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Low piety does not excuse one from preaching; he must seek greater grace. Churches should require earnest desire and healthy piety in candidates for ministry.

The Christian Soldier

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A sermon honoring a fallen soldier that defends Christian patriotism. It argues just defensive war is lawful and noble, grounded in Scripture and the spirit of self-sacrifice.

Tried But Comforted

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Editorial condemns wartime extortion and profiteering, urging Christian ethics and sympathy for soldiers’ families. Includes a pastor’s thank-you note and devotional poems on nearing heaven.

True Courage

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A funeral sermon using Gen. Jackson’s life to define ‘true courage’ as moral, God-fearing courage grounded in Christ, faith, and providence.

A Memorial of Lieut. Colonel John T. Thornton

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Memorial of Lt. Col. John T. Thornton: his military valor, conversion to Christianity, preserved prayers, and death at Sharpsburg—offering devotional reflections for soldiers.

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