Books That Have Shaped the World
Preface celebrating biographies and classics as guides and companions; they connect readers with great minds, teach by example, and inspire moral and intellectual growth.
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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.
Books That Have Shaped the World
Pioneer Women of the Presbyterian Church, United States
History of Southern Presbyterian women’s work (1817–1922): formation of the Woman’s Auxiliary, missionary and church‑building efforts, synod-by-synod accounts and pioneer biographies.
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The Need of Spirituality in Our Missionary Meetings
Urges spirituality in missionary meetings: prayer must undergird missions. Traces prayer-driven origins (Edwards, Carey, the haystack) and calls for committed, prayerful service.
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The Reformed Presbyterian Catechism
Catechism for youth covering duties of parents and children, elements and government of the visible church, worship practices, sacraments (baptism & Lord's Supper), and church-state relations.
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George Alexander Edgar, D.D.
Biographical sketches of Reformed Presbyterian ministers (1888–1930), with institutional histories, mission lists, portraits, and dates of congregational changes.
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Remarks Given for an Address Delivered at the Fourth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, Toronto, Canada
1902 Student Volunteer Movement addresses urging American—especially African American—students to enter foreign missions in Africa, stressing kinship, training, industrial work, and sending boards' support.
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Fisk and Talladega in Central Africa
Calls churches to active missionary zeal; reports Congo atrocities and praises Rev. W. H. Sheppard and Althea M. Brown for fruitful evangelistic work among Bakuba and other tribes.
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Missions in Congo Free State, Africa
Report of the American Missionary Association's work in the Congo: education, evangelism, and community development among Bakuba and neighboring tribes, told via a Black woman's missionary testimony.
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From Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Ibanche, Congo Free State
April 1912 Missionary Survey: editorial urging an Every-Member giving plan; Mrs. Althea B. Edmiston narrates her voyage from Tuscaloosa to Ibanche, Congo, describing river ministry, evangelism, and hardships.
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Ten Dollars and Good Words
Fisk University News (Feb 1921) features an editorial on "scotchers," alumni letters and donations from a missionary, and obituaries and campus news.
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Fisk Woman Working with God on the “Dark Continent”
1921 Fisk University News: an editorial anecdote about Congress misquoting the Bible and Miss Althea B. Edmiston’s letter on Congo mission agriculture—teaching farming to foster self-supporting native churches.
A Testimonial of Appreciation of Mrs. Althea Brown Edmiston
Fisk University News (June 1921) covers Commencement: student addresses grounded in Scripture, prizes and diplomas awarded, and a testimonial honoring missionary Althea B. Edmiston for her Bukuba dictionary.
Grammar and Dictionary of the Bushonga or Bakuba Language as Spoken by the Bushonga or Bakuba Tribe Who Dwell in the Upper Kasai District, Belgian Congo
Grammar and dictionary of the Bushonga (Bukuba) language by missionary Althea B. Edmiston. Presents alphabet, phonetics, vocabulary and ethnographic notes to aid mission work.
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Protestantism in Poland: A Brief Study of Its History as an Encouragement to Mission Work Among the Poles
Overview of Poland's Protestant Reformation to encourage mission to Polish immigrants in America. Surveys reformers, toleration, and opportunities for evangelism.
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Our Latin and Slavonic Population
Reports on Presbyterian mission work among Japanese, Chinese, Italians, Bohemians and other immigrants in the U.S., urging Bible study, colportage, prayer and support.
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Los Von Rom!
Surveys revived English theistic thought and its ties to philosophy. Reports Austria’s Los von Rom movement, where nationalism drives defections from Rome to Protestant (Lutheran/Reformed) churches.
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Foreigners and the Synod
1902 Presbyterian Banner reports labor and free-trade debates, British colonial conflicts, and Synod mission work among immigrant Slavs and Italians—colportage and tent evangelism.
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The Gospel for Foreigners
Presbyterian Banner (May 14, 1903): reports the Board's plan to employ a Slavonic colporteur and extend colportage to reach immigrant foreigners, alongside ads and classifieds.
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