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Broad Churchism

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Critiques ‘Broad Churchism’, arguing true unity is spiritual/invisible rather than an institutional merger of denominations. Warns that enforced organic unity endangers truth and conscience.

Dr. Bledsoe’s Philosophy of Volition

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Review of A.T. Bledsoe’s Philosophy of Volition: argues his free‑agency theory is inconsistent and tends toward Pelagianism, examining mind, motive, and original sin.

Reason and Understanding

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Two essays: reassessing John Knox from newly found papers; and a philosophical article arguing that reason and understanding are not separate, since perception involves causal, rational judgment.

Wilson’s Slave Power in America

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A 1877 Presbyterian Review critique of Henry Wilson’s ‘Slave Power in America,’ defending Southern slavery and accusing Wilson of historical misrepresentation and partisan malice.

Endless Punishment

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Review criticizes Canon Farrar’s restorationist Universalism, defending orthodox belief in eternal punishment and arguing Scripture and theology support endless penal suffering.

Free Schools

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1879 editorial condemns state-run public schools as wasteful, levelling, and anti-religious, warning they foster socialism, overtaxation, moral decline, and threats from negro suffrage.

Questions on Old Testament History

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Catechetical Q&A on Old Testament history for students: discusses Scripture, inspiration, creation, Eden, the Fall, Cain & Abel, covenant, typology and study methods.

Secularized Education

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Defends Christian education against state secular schooling, arguing education is spiritual; warns state control secularizes morals, fuels sectarian conflict, and erodes liberty.

The Bible-Revision Committees

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Argues the Bible is law for nations as well as the Church and calls for careful English Bible revision to correct key translations (oikos/oikia, doulos/servant, metanoia).

The Dancing Question

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A Presbyterian polemic arguing that dancing is morally dangerous and should be opposed and, when necessary, disciplined by the church, citing antiquity and church courts.

The Public Preaching of Women

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A 1879 Southern Presbyterian Review article argues that women should be excluded from public preaching, appealing to Scripture, church order, and the dangers of innovation.

July 10, 1880 Letter

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Letters to Central Presbyterian report European travel, English debates, and praise preachers; they condemn Germany’s lax Sabbath practice and urge revival of family worship.

June 24, 1880 Letter

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Dabney warns Britain’s monstrous urban growth and fragile imperial order may collapse. A following letter attacks Roman Catholic claims of "no salvation outside the Church" using catechism quotes.

May 29, 1880 Letter

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1880 Central Presbyterian: R. L. Dabney reports from Scotland on agriculture, labor conditions and comparisons with slavery; includes church news — Gloucester Co. mission and Franklin St. church statistics.

Popular Education as a Safeguard for Popular Suffrage

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Argues that popular education alone cannot secure safe suffrage; safeguards require moral restraint (notably Christianity) and constitutional distribution of powers to prevent majority tyranny.

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