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.
An Historical Address Delivered at the Dedication of Back Creek Church, March 21st, 1857
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Dedication address for Back Creek Church (1857), recounting its founding amid the 1802 revival, separation from Thyatira, early pastors, and the Haggai prophecy of ‘latter house’.
The Stone Kingdom
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Late-19th-century study arguing the United States fulfills biblical prophecies (Daniel, Isaiah, Revelation), identifying America as the ‘Stone Kingdom’ in the end-times.
An Address, Delivered in Utica, Before the Sunday School Societies, on the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence
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Samuel C. Aikin’s 1827 Independence Day address urges Sunday Schools and religious instruction to form virtuous, industrious citizens and to safeguard the republic.
Moral Reform
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1834 sermon condemning lewdness and libertinism, urging public denunciation and moral reform to defend marriage, public morals, and society from prostitution’s ruin. Calls for courage and action.
Moral View of Rail Roads
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1851 sermon reflecting on the moral and providential significance of railroads and steam power, linking them to civilization, commerce, religion, and peace.
Samuel Clark Aiken, D.D.
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Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, covering Northern and Southern assemblies, with biographies and historical descriptions of ministers and institutions.
Sermons on Important Subjects, Vol. 1 (1766)
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Collection of Samuel Davies’s sermons with a preface and memoir. Praised for evangelical zeal, eloquence, and his academic leadership as president of the College of New Jersey.
Sermons on Important Subjects, Vol. 2 (1766)
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Samuel Davies’ sermon ‘The Universal Judgment’ urges repentance, presents Christ’s resurrection as assurance of a final judgment, and describes Christ as the appointed Judge.
Sermons on Important Subjects, Vol. 3 (1766)
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Samuel Davies’ sermon ‘The Vessels of Mercy and the Vessels of Wrath’ (Rom. 9) examines God’s sovereign election, human fitness for glory or destruction, and the need for repentance.
March 2, 1751 Letter (1751)
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Magazine republishes ‘Lives of the Apostles and Fathers,’ featuring St. Stephen (Acts 7). Includes Rev. Samuel Davies’ letter on poetry, pride, and Christian temper (Psalm 73; Romans 14).
Memoirs of President Davies
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Memoir of Samuel Davies recounting his conversion, zealous evangelical ministry and revival successes in Virginia, and his later presidency of the College of New Jersey.
Sermons on Important Subjects (Additional Volume)
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Collection of Samuel Davies’ sermons addressing signs of the times, divine providence, revival, death, war, and ministerial duty—urging preparedness, piety, and pastoral zeal.
On the Birth of an Infant (1752)
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Argues clergy should learn Latin and Greek to better study Scripture and interpret originals. Includes a devotional poem reflecting on an infant’s immortal soul and destiny.
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