Archives
The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.
Thomas Houston Acheson, D.D., Ph.D.
Biographical sketches of Reformed Presbyterian ministers, institutions, missions and congregations in North America (1888–1930), with portraits and lists of officers.
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Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections
Autobiographical notes and letters of Thomas Smyth, D.D., recounting family, ministry at Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston), revivals, secession, and Civil War reflections.
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William Addison Alexander, D.D.
Necrological report (1910) summarizing lives of Presbyterian ministers William A. Alexander and Harry V. Rice — education, ordination, pastoral and academic service, editorial work, and deaths.
Biographical Sketch and Bibliography of William Buell Sprague
Concise biographical sketch of William B. Sprague (b.1795): his education, ordinations, long pastorate in Albany, published sermons and lectures, travels, and his Annals of the American Pulpit.
William Clarke Alexander, D.D.
Necrological report listing obituaries of Princeton Theological Seminary alumni and Presbyterian ministers, summarizing careers, ordinations, publications, and burial details.
A Week in the Log College Country
Account of William Tennant and the 18th-century Log College in Bucks County, PA, detailing its founding, deeds, sites, and role in early American Presbyterian education.
Studies of Familiar Hymns Second Series
Historical studies of familiar hymns tracing the development of psalm-singing and hymnody in England, Scotland, and America, with notes on key authors and representative hymns.
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May 24, 1826 Letter to Willie P. Mangum
Excerpts from the Mangum Papers (1826): John Chavis's letter on teaching, politics, and constitutional amendment, and a deed gifting an enslaved man, Plato, to Martha A. Cain.
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The Van Beck Will: A Novel
A 1928 novel in which criminologist John Ethicus investigates a prison escape and the mysterious circumstances surrounding Stuyvesant van Beck's death in a company town.
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Greetings — From the Board of Aid for Colleges
Centennial address of Presbyterian Home Missions highlighting mutual dependence of boards—college aid, education, home & foreign missions, publication, church erection, ministerial relief—to fulfill the Great Commission.
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From Love to Praise
Sermon on God's universal love (John 3:16), explaining the sufficiency of Christ's atonement and the balance between divine mercy and justice; calls for faith to receive salvation.
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Edward North: A Memorial Address
Memorial address for Edward North (1820–1903), Hamilton College Greek professor, celebrating his rare personality, teaching gifts, childlike faith, and lifelong influence on students.
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The Ideal Ministry
Herrick Johnson argues that preaching is the ministry's permanent function: a Christlike, personal proclamation of the Word, essential to the church's mission and adaptable in method.
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Herrick Johnson: An Appreciative Memoir
Biography of Rev. Herrick Johnson (1832–1913), recounting his early life, conversion, pastoral ministry, teaching at McCormick Seminary, and influence as a noted Presbyterian preacher.
Missions in the Nineteenth Century
Two pieces: a critique of the 'New Theology' call to return to Christ; and a survey of 19th-century foreign missions—their explosive growth, achievements, institutions, and urgency.
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The Presbyterian Church in the United States
Annual address tracing the origin, distinctives, growth and agencies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern). Covers polity, church-state relations, missions and ministerial education.
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Should We Assert in Our Creed That All Infants Dying in Infancy Are Elect?
Johnson argues we should not make it creedal that all infants dying in infancy are elect. He offers hopeful biblical reasons but insists creeds need explicit scriptural warrant.
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The Mental and Moral Bearing Proper to Ministerial Students
An exhortation to ministerial students: be vigilant against infidelity, corrupting influences, and error; stand fast in the gospel while growing in biblical study and ministerial preparation.
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