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Sermon on the Death of President Abraham Lincoln

Funeral sermon on President Lincoln’s assassination, lamenting national grief, considering Providence, rebellion and slavery, and urging justice tempered by Christian restraint.
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Thanksgiving

A collection of Thanksgiving essays urging cultivation of gratitude, remembrance, and national religious thankfulness rooted in prayer, providence, and family reunion.
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Address on John Witherspoon

Address commemorating John Witherspoon, extolling Scotch Presbyterianism’s contribution to American liberty and urging firm separation yet mutual respect between church and state.
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A Fifty Years’ Pastorate

Warns against the rising influence of Romanism and defends doctrinal, Christ‑centered preaching. Commemorates a fifty‑year pastorate committed to ‘Christ and him crucified.’
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Latter-Day Judaism

Review of Dr. Charles’ literalist premillennial exposition equating the papacy with the prophetic ‘little horn’, forecasting Jewish restoration, Armageddon, and a literal millennium.
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The Comings of Our Lord

Examines the various senses of Christ’s ‘comings’—spiritual, providential, and final—arguing Scripture speaks of multiple advents and engaging premillennial claims.
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The General Assembly — New Orleans — 1898

Discusses biblical inspiration and reports the 1898 General Assembly in New Orleans—noting unity, conservative decisions, and Dr. B. M. Palmer’s solemn sermon from Genesis 22:8.
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The Future of the Colored Race in America

1863 essay: the Civil War springs from slavery; emancipation and Lincoln’s policy have shifted public sentiment, making abolition acceptable and promising freedom.
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Government and Administration

Sermon (July 1863) applying Romans 13:1–5 to urge obedience to civil authorities, arguing government and its administration are ordained by God and necessary for social order.
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The Moral Power of the Sea

Argues the sea’s commerce unites nations, spreading both vice and gospel. Explores commerce’s impact on colonies, missions, and the moral care of seamen.
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Life at Home: Or, The Family and Its Members

Practical sermons on the Christian family: God’s design for marriage, duties of husbands, wives, parents and children, and the necessity of family worship and the household altar.
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A Powder-Mill Explosion

An intro on studying sociology followed by an eyewitness account of a Brandywine powder‑mill explosion, describing Dupont mills, safety measures, blast effects and aftermath.
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Heavenly Recognitions

A devotional essay arguing the Bible supports recognition and reunion with loved ones in heaven, showing memory, fellowship, and resumed relationships after the resurrection.
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God Shall Wipe Away All Tears from Their Eyes

Devotional reflection on ‘Blessed are they that mourn’ (Matt. 5), portraying Christ as the sympathizing Savior who gives present rest and will one day wipe away all tears (Rev. 21).
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