Household Religion
Urges Christian heads of households to maintain daily family worship — Scripture reading and united prayer — as a duty, means of spiritual growth, and covenantal blessing for children.
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Household Religion
The Moral Quality of Conscientious Error
Essay argues that sincerity does not excuse error or sin; conscientious wrongdoing is moral disease. Using Paul's conversion and Scripture, it warns against dogmatism and self-deception.
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Supremacy of the Moral Law
Yeomans asserts the supreme, immutable authority of the moral law as shown in the Decalogue, providence, miracles, and the Incarnation. Luke 16:17 frames the argument.
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Wines on the Hebrew Laws
Review of E.C. Wines' Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews, lauding Moses as lawgiver and the Mosaic system's shaping of civil government, moral law, and providence.
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A Parent’s Private Thoughts
Encouragement to parents to train children in the gospel, stressing progressive Christian growth, household piety, dependence on God, and parental responsibility for spiritual formation.
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Domestic Missions
Annual report urging vigorous domestic missions and the Christianizing of nations. It argues Christ’s national ties model nation-focused evangelism and patriotic piety.
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Review of J.W. Alexander’s Thoughts on Family Worship
Review of James W. Alexander’s Thoughts on Family Worship. Urges revival of daily household devotion rooted in the family covenant, illustrated from Noah, the patriarchs, and apostolic practice.
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Forms of Worship
Survey of Christian public worship: diversity of forms arises from circumstance; apostolic worship was simple—prayer, singing and gifted speech—for edification and unity.
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Upham on Spiritual Life
Critical review of Upham's Principles of the Interior Life, examining signs of true religion, Edwards' criteria, and the dangers of perfectionism and speculative tests for assurance.
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The Record of St. John Concerning the Raising of Lazarus from the Dead
Bushnell analyzes John 11, defending belief in Christ's dual (divine and human) nature through the Lazarus miracle. He examines reason, testimony, and the credibility of miracles.
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Bush on the Resurrection
Review of George Bush’s Anastasis: defends the scriptural doctrine of the bodily resurrection and critiques attempts to deny it by appeals to progressive hermeneutics.
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Adaptation of the Eternal World to the Intellectual Culture of Man
Reviews historical works and Mark Hopkins' addresses arguing that broad education fosters human dignity and virtue, linked to creation's testimony and the needs of republican government.
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The Pastoral Office
Affirms the pastoral office as divinely instituted and distinct from apostles, prophets, and evangelists, outlining pastoral duties, authority, and origin in the early church.
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Address Delivered in Easton, Pa., August 18, 1841, on the Occasion of the Author’s Inauguration as President of La Fayette College
Inaugural address (1841) urging education to cultivate the mind and virtue, framing learning as duty to God and society rather than merely a means to wealth, power, or pleasure.
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Dr. Skinner’s Religion of the Bible
Review of the origin of the episcopate and Dr. Skinner’s Religion of the Bible. Critiques his literary style and his sharp division between 'spiritual' and lower forms of Christian piety.
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Supremacy of Conscience
Review of Joseph Butler's sermons arguing conscience as the supreme moral principle rooted in human nature and relation to the Creator, addressing criticisms and ethical implications.
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European Civilization
Review of Guizot's lectures tracing European civilization from Rome's municipal/imperial structures, the Christian Church, and barbarian influences shaping modern Europe.
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Baptist Translation of the Bible
Surveys Tyndale’s New Testament and the 1836–37 Baptist dispute with the American Bible Society over translation policy, prompting Baptists to form the American and Foreign Bible Society for missionary translations.
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Physical Theory of Another Life
Reviews Melanchthon's letters and critiques Oxford Tracts' church arrogance; examines theories of the afterlife, human imperfection, and how nature corroborates Scripture.
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A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Governor, His Honor Samuel T. Armstrong, … on the Annual Election, January 1, 1834
1834 election sermon urging civil leaders to 'Seek first the kingdom of God' — religion should guide public life and true prosperity follows prioritizing God's kingdom.
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