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Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson as a Preacher

Essays on the relation of the natural to the spiritual, a biographical critique of Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson’s preaching style and power, and an introductory symposium on the Epistle to the Romans.
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The Majesty of Law

Discusses the Lollards and Wyclif’s challenge to papal secular power. Argues law—natural, moral, and civil—is the expression of God’s personal will, revealed in nature and conscience.
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Inter-Professional Responsibilities

Two essays: baptism in the Larger Catechism as a sign of union with Christ and spiritual regeneration; and the shared civic duties of medicine, ministry, and law urging mutual cooperation.
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The Broken Home: Lessons in Sorrow

Pastoral reflections on a father’s grief at his infant’s death, exploring submission to God’s will, the baptismal covenant and parental sponsorship, and doctrines of sin and salvation.
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The First Apostasy

Homiletic Review pieces: a study of the Apostle Paul as preacher, an essay on the first apostasy (Cain), practical church counsel, and a sermon outline on the Prodigal Son.
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The Ancient Hebrew Polity

Contrasts God’s immanence and transcendence, then argues the ancient Hebrew commonwealth embodied a divinely given constitutional polity protecting civil liberty.
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Memorial Oration in Honor of William Preston Johnston

Memorial service for William Preston Johnston, Tulane’s first president, featuring prayers, addresses and a memorial oration recounting his lineage, Civil War service, and academic leadership.
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Whitney on Language

Review of Prof. Whitney’s Language and the Science of Language: commends its clarity and breadth in comparative linguistics and pedagogy, while noting some methodological flaws.
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Christian Apologetics

Introductory lectures on Christian apologetics: definition, aims, and methods (historical, metaphysical, inductive), with study of religion’s phenomenology and psychology.
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The Waning Prestige of the Ministry

1880 essay defending Protestantism and diagnosing a decline in ministers’ prestige—blamed on social leveling, reduced deference and learning, suspicion of authority, and accommodation to the age.
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The Bible and Criticism

Two essays: one surveys the eschatology of Westminster and Protestant creeds; the other defends rigorous, reverent biblical criticism, especially textual and historical methods.
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