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Lessons from the Riot in Cincinnati

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Sermon urging Christians to submit to civil authority, renounce private vengeance, and enforce law firmly; advocates decisive, lawful use of state power to prevent riots.

The Double Function of Music in the Church

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Essay argues church music has two functions—congregational praise and didactic/choir performance—and urges worship orders that assign distinct, edifying roles to each.

Of Uncertainty and Partial Knowledge

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Argues the Epistle to the Romans is a situational letter, not a systematic theology. Reflects on Christ's boundless love and on human partial knowledge as a divine discipline urging diligent seeking.

Of the Petition of Certain Greeks

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Argues Revelation's imagery draws on the Old Testament and rabbinic sources; reflects on John 12:20–33, where devout Greeks show Gentile readiness and open the way for the gospel.

William Lloyd Garrison

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Review of William Lloyd Garrison: a mild-mannered but uncompromising abolitionist whose strategic vitriol, pacifism, and temperance advocacy provoked enemies and divided allies.

John Brown

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A critical review of F.B. Sanborn's Life of John Brown, calling it a literary failure despite rich material. Traces Brown's upbringing, character, and abolitionist fame.

The New Method of Church Discipline

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Critiques the 'pamphlet and post-office' method of church discipline as bypassing New Testament private admonitions, trivializing heresy charges, and promoting reckless public denunciation.

Our Little Eirenicon

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Discusses the Presbyterian dispute over Scripture's inerrancy (Dr. Briggs), contrasting Princeton's original-autograph infallibility claim with higher textual criticism at Yale and Union.

Two Sides to a Saint

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A critical reassessment of St. Francis de Sales contrasting hagiographic legend with historical evidence. Examines his life, letters, vocation, and English reception of his cult.

How the Rev. Dr. Stone Bettered His Situation

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Critique of Rev. Dr. Stone's conversion to Roman Catholicism, examining assurance of salvation, sacraments, and the Council of Trent's teachings on baptism and penance.

William Lloyd Garrison

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A 1895 critical portrait of William Lloyd Garrison emphasizing his fierce abolitionism, calm personal temper, polemical methods, and tensions over temperance and colonization.

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