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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.

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The Higher Criticism: Or, Modern Critical Theories, as to the Origin and Contents of the Literature and Religion found in the Holy Scriptures

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1888

Overview of the rise, methods, and controversies of higher (historical) biblical criticism, examining questions of authorship, dating, sources, and the authority of the Pentateuch.

Bible Giving: Its Nature and Rule

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1888

Argues for biblical tithing and systematic giving as God's financial law. Claims a ten-percent tithe is binding, brings spiritual and material blessing, and sustains the church.

Shields’s “Philosophia Ultima”

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1890

Argues against modern infidelity and atheism; reviews Shields' Philosophia Ultima advocating harmony between science and religion and philosophy as umpire.

Dawson’s Modern Science in Bible Lands

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1890

Rebukes modern infidelity and reviews Dawson's Modern Science in Bible Lands, arguing science supports biblical accounts of creation, early man, and Exodus.

Bixby’s “Religion and Science as Allies”

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1890

Analyzes the Larger Catechism's definition of baptism, contrasting external water baptism with the Spirit's inward baptism that unites believers to Christ. Affirms regeneration and adoption.

Cobbe’s “Scientific Spirit of the Age,” Etc.

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1890

Analyzes the Larger Catechism's definition of baptism, contrasting the external water rite with inward baptism by the Spirit that unites believers to Christ. Includes related book reviews.

Christian Apologetics: Inaugural Address

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1890

Inaugural address outlining Christian apologetics: its function, scope, and the imperative to defend Christianity by reasoned evidence amid modern skepticism.

The Inauguration of Dr. C.A. Briggs at Union Seminary, New York

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Attacks Burney's denial of penal substitution, warning Cumberland theology drifts from Calvinism toward Pelagianism. Notes Briggs' installation and debate over Scripture authority.

Schurman’s Belief in God

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Reviews critique Burney's rejection of penal substitution and Cumberland theology's drift from Calvinism; assesses Schurman's lectures on belief in God, agnosticism, and origins of religion.

Stearns’ Evidence of Christian Experience

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Defends the authority of revelation against modern skepticism; reviews Stearns' evidential apologetic that inward Christian experience—repentance, faith, and the Spirit's witness—confirms the gospel.

Musick’s Genesis of Nature

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Defends authority of revelation and morals against modern infidelity and Spencerian materialism; critiques translations and reviews works on Genesis and Shakespeare.

Morris’s Calm Review of Briggs’ Inaugural, Etc.

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Discusses confessional revision and transatlantic Calvinist sympathy; reviews critiques of Dr. Briggs' views on biblical inspiration, inerrancy, and calls for greater scholarly liberty.

Primeval Man

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1891

Argues that primeval man was already civilized and religiously endowed, critiquing anthropological evolution which posits primitive savagery. Draws on Genesis narratives.

Primeval Man

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1895

Argues against evolutionary and pre‑Adamite accounts, affirming Genesis portrays early man as intelligent, moral, and religious; critiques archaeological and evolutionary proofs.

Taylor’s Origin of the Aryans

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1892

Reviews Gerhart's Christ-centered systematic theology and Taylor's Origin of the Aryans, arguing European Aryan origins from archaeology, craniology, and philology.

Driver’s Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1892

Argues Scripture's inspiration is foundational for doctrines of grace. Reviews S.R. Driver's study of Old Testament literature, noting reconstructive criticism and composite authorship.

Briggs’ The Bible, The Church, and The Reason

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1892

Defends Scripture's authority against Briggs' higher criticism, affirms immortality and inerrancy, upholds church creeds and warns of heresy and doctrinal laxity.

Muller’s Natural Religion

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1892

Critique of Max Müller’s Gifford Lectures: defends biblical teaching of the soul’s immortality and rejects naturalistic/pantheistic treatments that deny miracles and revelation.

The Toronto Council of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches Holding the Presbyterian System

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1893

Surveys misconceptions of Presbyterianism (Calvinism, temperance over the “fruit of the vine”) and reports on the Toronto Council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, its missions and Sabbath observance.

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada

Francis Robert Beattie ⬩ 1893

Discusses methods of Old Testament criticism and logic, followed by a detailed report of the 1893 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada on missions, education, Sabbath-schools, and a libel case.

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