Licentiates
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Argues for Christlike imitation and sanctification, and reports the Philadelphia Sabbath Association’s campaign to cease canal Sabbath labor and to minister to boatmen.
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Licentiates
Open Letter in Reply to “Layman” Concerning Recommendatory Letter to Thomas Scott, The Force of Truth
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Examines the visible vs. invisible (mystical) Church, defining the Holy Catholic Church as the assembly of true believers and distinguishing corrupt, false, and reformable churches.
Open Letter on Confirmation
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Advice to pastors leading revivals: preach often, use neighboring pastors rather than professional evangelists, and retain oversight. Includes a domestic-missions vignette (‘Poor Dinah’) of simple faith and charity.
Review of The Life and Times of Red-Jacket by William L. Stone
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Review of William L. Stone’s Life of Red Jacket, profiling the Seneca orator: his extraordinary eloquence, opposition to Christian missions, intemperance, and decline.
Rights of Ruling Elders 1 [“Canonicus”]
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True piety appears in conformity to Christ, love, and the pursuit of God’s glory. Reports Philadelphia Sabbath Association urging cessation of Sabbath transport and ministering to boatmen.
Letters from a Father to His Sons in College
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A father’s practical letters to sons entering college, offering counsel on study, morals, religion, associations, and diligence. Warns of temptations and urges prayer and self-discipline.
An Address, Delivered Before the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
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Samuel Miller calls the Presbyterian Board to renew missionary zeal, send missionaries, and sacrifice to evangelize the heathen. Missions, he argues, strengthen the church spiritually.
Coleman’s Christian Antiquities
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Address urging strict Sabbath observance, warning that widespread desecration endangers public morality and Christianity. Calls Christians to defend and restore the Lord’s Day.
The Warrant, Nature, and Duties of the Office of the Ruling Elder
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An 1843 sermon by Samuel Miller defining the warrant, nature, and duties of ruling elders in the Presbyterian Church, arguing their scriptural basis and necessity for church discipline.
An Address Delivered Before the New Jersey Historical Society
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Records of the New Jersey Historical Society (1845–46). Samuel Miller urges forming the society to preserve state and ecclesiastical documents, promote faithful history, and reject fictitious narratives.
Letters on the Observance of the Monthly Concert in Prayer
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Urges observance of the Monthly Concert in Prayer, recounting its history and pleading for united, regular corporate prayer for revival and the spread of the gospel.
Notes by David Trumbull from Miller’s Church History Lectures
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Digitized scan of ‘Notes on Church History’ with severe OCR corruption; most text is illegible and filled with digitization artifacts.
Recommendation to J.J. Janeway’s The Internal Evidence of the Holy Bible
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A 19th-century apologetic arguing for the Bible’s divine authority from internal evidence: unity, miracles, fulfilled prophecy, moral excellence, and the redemptive plan of Scripture.
Recommendatory Letter to Archibald Bower’s The History of the Popes
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Announcement of an affordable American edition of Bower’s History of the Popes (to 1758, with continuation), with numerous Protestant endorsements framing it as a critique of the papacy.
Remarks on the Monthly Concert of Prayer
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Samuel Miller urges observance of the monthly concert in prayer, promoting united, persistent intercession for revival and the spread of the gospel. He traces its Scottish origin.
An Address, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth-Town, N.J., November 24th, 1845
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Samuel Miller’s 1846 dedication address honors Rev. James Caldwell, a patriot minister murdered in 1781, celebrating his ministry and arguing Christianity promotes civil and religious liberty.
A Letter to the Churches, Concerning a Theological School (1810)
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Minutes of the General Assembly urging establishment of a centralized theological seminary to train ministers, meet vacant congregations’ needs, and solicit funds.
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