Davies’ Sermons
Assesses Popery’s weakened yet tenacious power, then profiles Samuel Davies, his conversion, itinerant ministry, success in Virginia, presidency of New-Jersey College, and early death.
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Davies’ Sermons
January 10, 1752 Letter to the Bishop of London (1752)
Rev. Davies’ 1750 letter to the Bishop of London defending Virginia Presbyterian dissenters, explaining itinerant ministry amid scarce pastors and pleading for lawful toleration.
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Samuel Davies
Defines revivals as increased piety among believers and conversions among the ungodly, urging spiritual renewal in churches. Includes missionary conversion accounts and a biography of Samuel Davies.
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Substance of Sermons
Collection of Samuel Davies’s sermons (1761) addressing the authority of Christianity, salvation, repentance, regeneration, resurrection, judgment, and practical holiness.
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September 29, 1753 Letter to Joseph Bellamy (1753)
1853 proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society: minutes and correspondence, with Bellamy manuscripts and 1753 letters concerning the College of New Jersey and a minister’s voyage.
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July 4, 1751 Letter to Joseph Bellamy (1751)
Critiques the English rendering of 1 Cor. 10:13 via its Greek, publishes Samuel Davies’ letters recruiting Jonathan Edwards to Virginia, and reviews Archibald Alexander’s biography.
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October 2, 1750 Letter to Philip Doddridge (1750)
Excerpts on 18th-century Virginia church history: Episcopal clerical lists, Fulham MSS, and correspondence about Samuel Davies, dissenting meeting-houses, licensing, and toleration.
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Extracts from a Funeral Sermon for David Cowell (1760)
History of Rev. David Cowell’s illness, death (1760) and funeral in Trenton. President Davies’s funeral sermon praises Cowell’s character, ministry, and urges labor to enter God’s rest.
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Sermons, Vol. 1
Volume 1 of Rev. Samuel Davies’ sermons with memoirs and a funeral sermon. Topics include salvation, spiritual life, judgment, and pastoral exhortation.
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Sermons, Vol. 2
Samuel Davies exposits Christ’s substitutionary sufferings and their saving fruits, urging sinners to repent and trust. Draws on Isaiah 53 and Acts 8 to explain atonement and conversion.
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Sermons, Vol. 3
Samuel Davies argues that the success of gospel ministry depends entirely on divine influence: ministers plant and water, but God alone gives the increase. Without the Spirit, all labors are in vain.
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Commencement Ode (1759)
1759 New Jersey newspaper extracts: College of New-Jersey commencement with Rev. Samuel Davies and James Lyon’s ode lauding King George and General Amherst. Includes an estate settlement notice.
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Life Sketches from Scottish History, or, Brief Biographies of the Scottish Presbyterian Worthies
Short biographical sketches of Scottish Presbyterian martyrs and worthies—Patrick Hamilton, George Wishart, Jerome Russell and others—highlighting their faith, preaching, and martyrdom.
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Oh! For More Feeling!
A collection of short papers on the American Revival (1857), highlighting daily intercessory prayer, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, cross-denominational conversions and renewed devotion.
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Review of The Pilgrim’s Progress
Examines editions and origins of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, arguing for Bunyan’s authorship and originality written in Bedford jail. Reviews influences, manuscript history, and publication details.
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History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Condensed history of the Irish (Ulster) Presbyterian Church from early independent Christianity through papal corruption to Reformation-era struggles over authority and Scripture.
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Russian America
Article recounts Russian exploration and colonization of the North Pacific and Alaskan coasts, tracing voyages from Siberian fur-hunters to Bering, Cook, and later Russian expeditions.
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Address of Rev. S.D. Alexander, D.D. at the Centennial Celebration of Old Pine Street Church (1868)
Report of Old Pine Street Church’s centennial in Philadelphia, with addresses celebrating 100 years and highlighting faithful gospel preaching and Christian education as causes of progress.
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