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Briggs’ The Bible, The Church, and The Reason

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

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.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada

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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Baird’s “The Great Baptizer”

Review of Baird's The Great Baptizer: baptism rooted at Sinai, fulfilled at Pentecost, includes infants in the covenant; defends sprinkling and paedobaptism.
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Robertson’s Early Religion of Israel

Essay examines how the relation of thought and language bears on the doctrine of inspiration. Includes a review of Robertson defending the historicity of Israel against higher criticism.
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Cocke’s Studies in Ephesians

Explores how thought and language affect the doctrine of biblical inspiration and infallibility, with philological and psychological notes. Also reviews works on Christian ethics and studies in Ephesians.
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Bruce’s “Apologetics”

Late-19th-century address and review critiquing modern biblical criticism and Bruce's Apologetics. Defends verbal inspiration, the federal Adamic union, and a conservative Calvinistic apologetic.
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Shedd’s Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy

1894 Presbyterian Quarterly reviews: warns of rising Romanism, attacks monism and modern infidelity, and assesses theological works by Shedd and Rice.
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Vaughan’s “Gifts of the Holy Spirit”

Review of C.R. Vaughan's Gifts of the Holy Spirit: outlines the Spirit's work in unbelievers (awakening, conviction, regeneration, faith) and gifts to believers (illumination).
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Drummond’s “Ascent of Man”

A Presbyterian Quarterly critique of historical rationalism and Drummond's evolutionary naturalism. Defends the biblical account of human origin and warns against minimizing the supernatural.
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Beyschlag’s New Testament Theology

Review of Gerhart's and Beyschlag's New Testament theologies: praises their breadth and method but faults uncertain views of inspiration and excessive critiques of traditional dogmatics.
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Balfour’s Foundations of Belief

Critical reviews of recent theological works. Challenges 'new' Christology and composite readings of Revelation; evaluates Balfour's cautious philosophy of belief.
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Johnston’s Systematic Theology

Review of views on regeneration and soteriology, critiquing a 'moderate Calvinism' systematic theology. Discusses nature and order of regeneration, atonement, election, and ecclesiology.
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Schurman’s Agnosticism and Religion

Affirms regeneration as a real, not figurative, work of the Holy Spirit examined from Scripture and orthodox standards; includes reviews of Schurman and Ely.
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