Keep Me Not Here
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Argues Christ's exclusive, sufficient atonement—reconciliation and peace effected by his cross (Colossians 1). Includes devotional piece "Keep me not here" on longing for heaven.
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Keep Me Not Here
The Pastor’s Return
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Argues Jesus Christ is the living, sufficient foundation—our unshakable rock—surpassing any man-made righteousness. Includes a thanksgiving hymn and notice of the pastor's return.
Read the Scriptures
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Argues Jesus Christ is the living, sufficient foundation and urges diligent reading of Scripture (including original languages) as vital for ministers and believers.
The Post of Duty the Post of Danger
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Sermon-editorial urging Christians to take posts of duty despite danger, endure hardship like soldiers of Christ. Praises church unity and calls for steadfast missionary service.
The Rev. Dr. Van Rensselaer
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Advocates the Christian duty and patriotism of praying for civil rulers. Includes an obituary praising Rev. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer's devoted service to church education and ministry.
Patient Endurance
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Board of Regents' annual report on founding a Presbyterian grammar school/college in San Francisco, followed by Rev. Burrowes's sermon 'Patient Endurance' calling for steadfast Christian duty and faith.
The Lesson of the Closing Year
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A New-Year devotional urging gratitude and diligence, warning of life's fleeting vanity and decay, and calling sinners to repentance and to life in Christ.
Origin of Our Standards
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Traces the Reformation's recovery of Scripture and the origin of Presbyterian standards in the work of reformers and the Westminster Assembly.
Impressions of Dr. Wadsworth as a Preacher
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Praise of Dr. Wadsworth's preaching: devout, practical, doctrinally rich, and emotionally powerful. Highlights his Scripture-centered, Jesus-focused homiletic skill.
A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of James Couper, M.D.
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Funeral sermon on believers 'caught up into Paradise', comforting mourners with assurance of being with Christ, angelic escort, and the resurrection hope.
Advanced Growth in Grace
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Examines revivals, warns against abuses and fanatical excesses, and urges pure, scriptural revivals with continual growth in grace and sanctification for ministers and believers.
For Your Sakes He Became Poor
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Devotional reflection urging believers to endure suffering, fix their faith on Christ's glory, and follow him sacrificially, using Luke and Joshua imagery.
George Burrowes, D.D.
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Necrological report (1895) of Princeton Theological Seminary alumni presenting obituaries and career summaries of ministers and professors, their ministries, teaching, and deaths.
The Early Days of Union Seminary
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Recollections of Union Seminary's founding (1824): Dr. J. H. Rice's leadership, Hampden‑Sidney location, early students, fundraising, and the push for southern theological education.
Holisso Anumpa Tosholi: An English and Choctaw Definer for the Choctaw Academies and Schools
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1852 English–Choctaw dictionary by Cyrus Byington for Choctaw academies and schools. First edition (1500 copies), published by the American Board for Foreign Missions.
Grammar of the Choctaw Language
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Overview of Rev. Cyrus Byington’s Choctaw Grammar and missionary career—describing alphabet, phonology, grammar features, orthography, and his New Testament translations.
A Talk With My Class
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1885 Sunday-school talk for Virginia children explaining the first four Ten Commandments, urging duty to God, prayer, Sabbath observance, and moral formation.
Sieur George
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A travelogue of California's geyser region and landscapes, followed by a New Orleans short story about the mysterious 'Sieur George' and his secluded life. Nature and local color dominate.
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