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Desire for Communion

July 1884 Pulpit Treasury: evangelical sermons on memory, work, and anticipation; desire for Communion (Lord's Supper); and the parable of the barren fig tree.
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God’s Great Sacrifice

Sermons reflecting on sacrificial discipleship and Christ’s costly gift—God spared not His Son—promising eternal and present recompense. Meditations on Christ’s passion, thirst, and assured divine provision.
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First Fruits: An Easter Allegory

1884 Electra (belles-lettres monthly for youth). Features a Great Wall of China travel account, the Easter allegory "First Fruits" on Christ's resurrection, plus poems and stories.
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The True Oblation

Two sermons: 'Paul at Athens' examines Paul's apologetic engagement with Greek culture. 'The True Oblation' expounds sacrificial worship—atonement, broken spirit, and personal devotion.
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Henry Robertson Dickson

Memorial biographical sketches of Columbia Theological Seminary students (1884), profiling ministers like Henry R. Dickson and Samuel Donnelly and their pastoral service and deaths.
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Confidence in God

Sermon on Psalm 27 urging steadfast confidence in God amid peril, privation, desertion and calumny. Grounds: God's nature, past deliverances, inner witness, and the promises of God.
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Paul at Corinth

Lesson on Paul at Corinth (Acts 18), showing his discouragement and how God's providence and election secured the church's establishment. Encouragement for city workers.
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Atolls

1883 youth belles-lettres monthly featuring an illustrated essay on coral atolls—their formation, beauty, and moral lessons of perseverance and quiet virtue—plus stories and poems.
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Esau’s Choice

Critiques empty public worship and vocal showmanship, urging worship 'in spirit and truth' and growth by abiding in Christ. Emphasizes prayer's power, urgent repentance, and steadfast conversion.
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Dust Falls

Table of contents for Electra, an 1883 belles-lettres monthly for young readers. Features biographies, travelogues, fiction, and devotional/meditative pieces like "Dust Falls."
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Samuel the Judge

Lesson on 1 Samuel 7: Samuel as judge and Christ-type. Deliverance comes through repentance, covenant renewal, prayer and faithful use of means; Ebenezer commemorates God's help.
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Saul Preaching Christ

Examines Saul/Paul’s conversion and apostolic commission, urging prompt, fearless, scriptural preaching of Jesus as Son of God. Stresses divine call, preparation, and orderly ordination.
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Why Observe It?

1882 Central Presbyterian reports Greek missionary developments and a missionary voyage to Brazil; addresses pastor salary responsibility, seminary elocution, and evangelistic reporting.
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Alpine Echoes

Meditative editorial on John the Baptist and the Word as an 'incorruptible seed' effecting regeneration. Uses Isaiah, Ephesians, James and an Alpine refuge metaphor to urge refuge in Christ.
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Rome and “Conscientious Criticism”

1881 Presbyterian paper: travel letter from England describing an Atlantic voyage, reflections on Jonah and creation, and church news—communions, ordinations, and congregational updates.
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Rome and Morals

1881 Central Presbyterian attacks Roman Catholic casuistry (St. Alphonsus Liguori), condemning mental reservation, equivocation, and permissive rulings on lying, theft, and violence. Also includes local church reports and a week of prayer.
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Rome and “Separated Brethren”

An 1881 Presbyterian paper: a Christmas devotional praising Christ’s humble incarnation and urging gratitude, followed by a polemic criticizing Roman Catholic manuals and Freemasonry.
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Rome and the “Sacred Cup”

Editorial argues Rome’s withholding of the communion cup violates Christ’s command and primitive practice, citing Scripture and councils. Also reports local church news (sermons, ordinations, missions).
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