Circular Letter
Presbyterian 1861 appeal urging Christian forbearance, prayer, and virtuous voting to avert disunion. It defends the Union and urges church unity.
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Circular Letter
Inaugural Sermon
Inaugural discourses urging an earnest, feeling ministry; preachers need holy emotion alongside learning. Condemns sectarian strife and defends a catholic, charitable church spirit.
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The Richmond Eclectic, Vol. 2
Sketch of Isaac Taylor and his literary family: their biblical scholarship, translations (Calmet), children’s hymns, and influence on 19th-century literary and religious culture.
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Destiny of the Colored Race
Argues for colonizing free Black Americans in Africa to establish a prosperous, Christianized nation. Presents colonization as a moral, providential means to uplift the race.
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The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 1
Front matter and table of contents for the Danville Quarterly Review (Mar 1861), a Presbyterian evangelical periodical. Essays address Presbyterian vs Congregational doctrines, predestination, imputation, and national peril.
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The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 2
Argues for the proper use of reason: it discovers facts and must submit to Scripture. Warns against exalting human reason over divine revelation, which leads to error and atheism.
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The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 3
A theological inquiry arguing that civil government and citizens' allegiance are grounded in divine revelation. Christians must honor rightful authority and reject rebellion and lawlessness.
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The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 4
1864 Danville Review essay defending the church's authority to expound Scripture and address political questions, replying to James Brown's critique of clergy involvement in politics.
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Discourse Delivered by Rev. R.J. Breckinridge on the Day of National Humiliation, Jan. 4, 1861, at Lexington, KY
January 1861 sermon urging national repentance to avert God's judgment, advocating preservation of the Union and condemning nullification and secession as ruinous.
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Our Country: Its Peril and Its Deliverance
1861 essay warns that rising lawlessness and anti-slavery agitation endanger the Union. Examines slavery as cause of secession and urges constitutional, measured action.
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The Civil War: Its Nature and End
1861 argument: lasting peace requires preserving the Federal Union and Constitution. It defends crushing the rebellion and warns slavery and secession make permanent peace impossible.
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Two Speeches on the State of Our Country
Rev. R.J. Breckinridge's 1862 speech argues for preserving the Union and crushing secession. He urges prosecuting the war to restore national unity and invokes God's providence.
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The Divine Origin and Supremacy of Civil Government
Argues the Bible isn't a science textbook and defends civil government as divinely ordained, condemning lawlessness and secession (esp. over slavery).
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The Political Campaign in Kentucky — Speech of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge
1864 Central Presbyterian: appeal for funds for army chaplaincies; poems and tributes to Stonewall Jackson; moral essays on children and ministry; soldier anecdotes and an Andersonville prison report.
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