The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 7
New Year's devotional urging remembrance of God's past mercies, gratitude, and resolve to improve the future; reflects on providence, church blessings, and trials.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 7
The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 6
An exhortation warning believers to guard against apostasy and to contend zealously for the apostolic faith, using Jude and Scripture examples of judgment and judgment's lessons.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 5
Exposition arguing Abraham was called 'friend of God' because his faith looked to the promised Messiah; his faith was imputed for righteousness, illustrating justification by faith.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 3
Argues that Christ's birth, public ministry, miracles, death, and resurrection were openly attested and fulfill prophecy, supporting Christianity's divine origin.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 2
Survey of how Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians, Quakers, and Catholics reciprocally influence Presbyterianism—bringing corrective benefits and some harmful excesses. Advocates mutual learning.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 1
Announcement of The Presbyterian Magazine (1851): a cheap, popular monthly to fill the gap between weekly and quarterly issues, promoting sound Presbyterian doctrine, spirituality, and church activity.
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A Presbyterian Historical Society
1851 Presbyterian Magazine preface launches an affordable monthly to promote Presbyterian doctrine, family edification, and to preserve church records via a proposed Historical Society.
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Home, the School, and the Church, Vol. 5
Argues parents' religious duty to train children in covenant faith through prayer, instruction, and church discipline. Parental influence shapes children's temporal and eternal welfare.
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Home, the School, and the Church, Vol. 4
Argues for covenantal family education: parental piety can convey covenant blessings to children. Household nurture and baptism often accompany salvation, though personal conversion remains necessary.
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Home, the School, and the Church, Vol. 3
Urges diligent Christian education: parents must acknowledge children's sinfulness, depend on God's grace, pray, catechize, and model consistent godliness to raise the young.
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Home, the School, and the Church, Vol. 2
A Presbyterian volume stressing diligent parental religious instruction, Bible-centered home education and catechizing of children to nurture faith and strengthen the church.
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Home, the School, and the Church, Vol. 1
Introductory volume arguing the family is a divinely ordained religious institution and central to Christian education, home nurture, and the church's ministry.
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The Presbyterian Treasury of Education, Religion and General Intelligence, Vol. 2
Index and contents of the 1849 Presbyterian Treasury: a denominational periodical covering domestic and foreign missions, ministerial education, Sabbath-schools, publications and devotions.
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The Presbyterian Treasury of Education, Religion and General Intelligence, Vol. 1
Prospectus and contents of The Presbyterian Treasury (1848), a Presbyterian family periodical promoting piety, education, missions, ministerial training, Sabbath-schools, and publications.
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The Apostasy of Mr. Newman, and Some Traces of Newmania on New Jersey Soil
1845 Presbyterian pamphlet condemning 'Newmania' (Newman/Puseyism) as a drift toward Romanism; critiques Bishop Doane and Episcopal ritual innovations. A polemic defending Reformation principles.
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The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, N.J.
Appeal to endow Princeton Theological Seminary, outlining its mission to train ministers, history, faculty needs, library, scholarships, and a call for denominational support.
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“One Faith:” or Bishop Doane vs. Bishop M’Ilvaine, on Oxford Theology; Exhibited in Extracts from Their Writings (1843)
A 1843 Presbyterian pamphlet compiling critiques of the Oxford Movement (Puseyism/Newmania), warning it mirrors Romanism and urging Protestants to oppose Tractarian influence.
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Man’s Feasts and Fasts in God’s Church: A New-Year’s Gift; Being a Review of “The Rector’s Christmas Offering”
Argument against church-made feasts and fasts, defending God's Sabbath. Traces origins of Easter and other holy days to Jewish or pagan practices and criticizes liturgical innovations.
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Funeral Sermon, Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in Washington, on the Sabbath after the Decease of William Henry Harrison, …
Funeral sermon (1841) for President William H. Harrison by Rev. C. Van Rensselaer. Reflects on human mortality, the vanity of earthly glory, and the enduring Word and Gospel of Christ.
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