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Andover and Creed-Subscription

Examines the Andover seminary debate over enforced creed-subscription. Argues subscription is largely futile, may exclude scrupulous candidates, and at most belongs to theological chairs.
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Polygamy in New England

1882 Princeton Review essay comparing New England's legally licensed, consecutive bigamy with Mormon (Utah) simultaneous polygamy, assessing social, moral and legal consequences.
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Divorce Reform

1883 essay advocating divorce-law reform, distinguishing personal Gospel morality from public law, and urging churches to uphold marriage through discipline and stricter statutes.
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Prayer and Miracle in Relation to Natural Law

Essays debating reason vs. revelation and whether prayer and miracles can coexist with fixed natural laws; argues that divine action and scientific law are compatible.
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Lessons from the Riot in Cincinnati

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.
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The Double Function of Music in the Church

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

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.
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Of the Petition of Certain Greeks

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.
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William Lloyd Garrison

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

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.
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The New Method of Church Discipline

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

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.
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