The Immortality of the Soul
A Presbyterian defense of the soul’s immortality (1892), arguing from common sense, consciousness, and historical/cultural consensus against materialism and agnosticism.
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Archives
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The Immortality of the Soul
Thomas Carey Johnson
Obituary and biographical sketch from the Union Seminary Magazine, celebrating Dr. James F. Latimer and Thomas Carey Johnson’s teaching, scholarship, and faithful Presbyterian ministry.
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Annihilation [PQ] (1889)
Argues against annihilationism, affirms the soul’s immortality and eternal punishment, and defends Presbyterian/Calvinistic doctrine while urging redemption in Christ.
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Reminiscences of John Randolph
Discusses conditions for success in gospel ministry, then offers reminiscences of John Randolph—anecdotes on his preaching, eccentricity, politics, and dealings with enslaved people.
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Shall the Campinas College Die?
Defense of Campinas College and a plea to the Church to preserve it for Presbyterian foreign missions. Argues Christian education is essential to plant lasting churches and counter popery.
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The Attractions of Popery
1894 Presbyterian essay warns that Roman Catholicism is gaining ground in the U.S. due to Protestant laxity, rationalism, and loss of discipline, while Rome offers order and ritual.
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Idealistic Monism
A polemic against idealistic monism, defending biblical creation ex nihilo and the reality of substantive beings; critiques Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and pantheism.
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Review of The Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States
A review condemning the women’s-rights movement and defending traditional, biblically ordained marriage and female domestic subordination as essential to family and social order.
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The Happy Service (1861)
R.L. Dabney urges the weary to come to Christ and take His yoke by faith; Christ’s meek, loving service brings true rest, unlike the crushing yoke of sin.
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A Sonnet to Lee
Front matter for Discussions (Vol. IV, Secular) noting Robert L. Dabney’s professorships, edited by C.R. Vaughan, and including a sonnet to General Lee. Crescent Book House, 1897.
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General T.J. Jackson (1887)
Elegiac funeral discourse mourning General T. J. Jackson, praising his patriotism and sacrifice while framing his death as God’s sovereign act and a hope of heavenly vindication.
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Of Expounding the Parables
Preachers need systematic theology and sound exegesis. Parables should be read by the analogy of faith, guided by didactic texts and Christ’s explanations - avoid allegorizing.
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Sterrett’s “Power of Thought”
Reviews debate over baptism’s ritual vs spiritual meaning and cites Scripture; also reviews Sterrett’s Power of Thought defending active, teleological mind and moral freedom.
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The Christian Womans Drowning Hymn (1886)
Victorian devotional hymns imagining a Christian woman’s faith amid a deadly sea storm, using baptismal imagery to affirm trust in God’s providence and hope of resurrection.
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The Decline of Ministerial Scholarship
Argues that Presbyterian ministerial scholarship is declining due to lax licensure, misuse of "extraordinary cases," and seminary expansion producing superficial training.
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The Doctrinal Contents of the Confession — Its Fundamental and Regulative Ideas, and the Necessity and Value of Creeds
Dabney’s address analyzes the Westminster Confession as a Calvinistic, theocentric, and scriptural system, highlighting its moderation and the continuing necessity and value of creeds.
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The San Marcos River
Poetic meditation on the San Marcos River as a symbol of hidden strength, modest love, and unnamed heroes, ultimately pointing to resurrection hope and renewal.
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The Texas Brigade at the Wilderness (1890)
A stirring poem depicting the Texas Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness—vivid combat scenes, leadership of Lee and Gregg, and heroic sacrifice and patriotism.
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