What Is a Call to the Gospel Ministry? (1859)
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.
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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.
What Is a Call to the Gospel Ministry? (1859)
The Christian Soldier
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.
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Tried But Comforted
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.
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True Courage
A funeral sermon using Gen. Jackson’s life to define ‘true courage’ as moral, God-fearing courage grounded in Christ, faith, and providence.
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A Memorial of Lieut. Colonel John T. Thornton
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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Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), Vol. 1
Early biography of Lt.-Gen. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson by R. L. Dabney, tracing his ancestry, faith, West Point years, Lexington professorship, and early Civil War campaigns through 1861.
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Concerning Conceit
Essay critiques conceit—personal, national, intellectual, and religious—exposing pride’s absurdities and dangers and urging humility and self-examination.
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Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, (Stonewall Jackson)
Biography of Lt.-Gen. Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson by R. L. Dabney, recounting his life, Christian character, Civil War campaigns, and legacy with maps and primary documents.
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Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), Vol. 2
Preface and contents of R. L. Dabney’s Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, defending his Christian character and recounting his military campaigns and motives.
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Sketches of Gen. Jackson
Civil War report and sketches recount Chickamauga operations and intimate anecdotes of Gen. Jackson—his character, habits, horse Little Sorrel, and camp life.
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The Christian’s Duty Towards His Enemies
Examines the Christian’s duty toward enemies, reconciling imprecatory Old Testament language with New Testament commands to love and forgive, while reserving vengeance for God.
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The Crimes of Philanthropy
R.L. Dabney argues that crusades, the Inquisition, colonialism and revolutions often used ‘philanthropy’ and religion as a cover for violence, hypocrisy and oppression.
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A Defence of Virginia, and Through Her, of the South
1867 polemic defending Virginia and slavery against abolitionism. Argues biblical, ethical, and economic grounds (Old/New Testament, Philemon) to justify African servitude.
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John Milton
1867 issue of The Land We Love: Gen. Beauregard’s May 1864 report on Richmond, a biographical sketch of John Milton, and Southern literary and military essays.
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The Matron of Old Virginia
Penitential poem and reflection on the Christian’s ‘first love.’ Also Archibald Alexander’s missionary letter urging frontier missions, and a review of a book on baptism.
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Ancient Roman Wit
Article from The Land We Love (Mar 1868) on responsibility for Columbia’s 1865 burning, followed by a collection of Ancient Roman anecdotes and wit.
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Ecclesiastical Relation of Negroes
Post‑Civil War Southern Presbyterian speech opposing ecclesiastical equality for Black ministers, arguing Blacks are unfit to rule over white congregations and threaten church unity.
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Industrial Combinations
Traces corporate charters from medieval guilds to modern monopolies. Warns that privileged corporations and state–corporate fusion threaten liberty; urges limited, regulated charters.
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The Duty of the Hour
Civil War-era diary and a sermon urging youth to preserve virtue and resist despotism; laments moral decline under oppression and honors patriotic sacrifice.
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The Partisanship of The “Spectator”
An 1868 Southern essay defending antebellum slavery and criticizing abolition and Northern rule, arguing emancipation harmed both races and lamenting Southern decline.
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