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John Chester Backus, D.D.

Reference work on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.), offering biographical sketches of ministers and editors, and notes on assemblies, publications, and historic decorations.
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John Chester Backus, D.D., LL.D.

Obituary of John Chester Backus (1810–1884), longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, seminary director, and 1861 General Assembly moderator.
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Address at the Funeral of the Rev. Dr. Nott

Funeral address (1866) for Rev. Dr. Nott, honoring his piety, educational leadership, magnanimity, peacemaking, pastoral care, and meditations on death and Divine Providence.
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J. Trumbull Backus, D.D., LL.D.

Entry from the Presbyterian Encyclopaedia (1884) on the U.S. Presbyterian Church, detailing editors, General Assemblies, and biographical sketches of ministers and missionaries.
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False Definitions of Faith, and the True Definition

Critiques narrow definitions of faith (mere intellectual assent or feeling) and argues true faith is a voluntary trust in Christ that entails repentance, obedience, and love, per Scripture.
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The Family and the Church

Intro to Father Hyacinthe's The Family and The Church: Notre-Dame lectures on marriage, domestic society, and a Catholic critique of papal authority that led to his excommunication.
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An Inside View of the Vatican Council

Critical inside account of the 1870 Vatican Council exposing secrecy, manipulation, and the imposition of papal infallibility; includes Archbishop Kenrick's speech and minority protests.
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A Crime Against Society

Bacon denounces Norwich officials for knowingly granting liquor licenses to criminals and brothel-keepers, arguing such licensing corrupts public morals and undermines temperance.
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God’s Wonderful Work in France

Report of a late-19th-century Protestant revival in France: Paul Bouchard, Eugène Réveillaud, widespread conversions, the McAll Mission, and a deputation to American churches.
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