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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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Correspondence Between the Right Reverend Bishop Doane and Rev. H.A. Boardman on the Alleged Popish Character of the Oxford Tracts

1841 correspondence between Bishop Doane and Rev. H. A. Boardman debating the alleged 'popish' character of the Oxford Tracts and disputes over publication and rebuttal.

Henry Augustus Boardman ⬩ 1841

The Christian Ministry Not a Priesthood

Boardman argues the Christian ministry is not a sacerdotal priesthood but a moral, declarative office appointed to preach, administer sacraments, and govern the church.

Henry Augustus Boardman ⬩ 1855

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 1

Reports Maryland's Cape Palmas colony and urges immediate African colonization. Warns delay, rising pro-slavery sentiment, and political obstacles will frustrate removing the slave population.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1835

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1836)

Baltimore Literary & Religious Magazine (Jan 1836): an evangelical, Protestant journal defending liberty and contesting Roman Catholicism; opens with a sermon on the church’s beauty.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1836)

Sermon defending the historical reality of Christ’s resurrection, using eyewitness testimony, the guarded tomb, and its theological consequences for Christ’s divinity and reign.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1836)

A sermon on Isaiah 40:1 emphasizing God's rich grace. It surveys Christians' sorrows—conviction, sin, sympathy, trials—and the consolations of God's enduring, sanctifying love.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1836)

A sermon on Job 10:2 exploring why God 'contends' with people through sickness, death, disappointment, and awakened conscience. It urges prayer, self-examination, and repentance to discern divine chastening.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1836)

Sermon arguing that faith is indispensable to pleasing God and true religion. Faith grounds prayer, love, obedience, and salvation; without it all is sin.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1836)

Sermon on Psalm 27:5 arguing that Christ is the immutable rock — durable, stable, a sure foundation and refuge in trials; contrasts Peter with the true Rock.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1836)

A sermon defining biblical faith, its prerequisites (conviction of sin, renouncing self-righteousness, belief in Christ's atonement) and effects—living faith yields works (Moses).

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1836)

Funeral sermon urging readiness for death, illustrated by Hezekiah’s illness. Death is certain but timing uncertain; prepare by faith, repentance, and reliance on Christ.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1836)

Travel notes from London (May 1836) describing numerous religious anniversary meetings at Exeter Hall, missionary societies, Sabbath observance, and English church politics.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1836)

R. J. Breckinridge defends American churches against British abolitionists, charging British hypocrisy over colonial slavery, apprenticeship, and religious policy in colonies and India.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1836)

An 1836 sermon urging importunity in prayer—ask, seek, knock—promising God grants pardon, reconciliation, and eternal life through Christ. Encourages earnest faith, submission, and assurance of answers.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1836

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 3 (1837)

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1837

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1838)

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1838

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb. 1838)

1838 magazine condemns abolitionism after the Alton riot and Lovejoy's death, calling abolitionist principles dangerous to social order and warning they will lead to bloodshed.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1838

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1838)

Examines the 1837 Presbyterian Assembly's struggle over unequal presbyterial representation, defending standing rules to curb disproportionate party power and secure fair church governance.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1838

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1838)

Funeral sermon on Rev. 14:13: 'Blessed are the dead in the Lord.' Affirms dying in Christ (union and assurance) brings rest from earthly labors and the believer's reward at the resurrection.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Andrew Boyd Cross ⬩ 1838

Address Before the Maryland Colonization Society

Rev. R. J. Breckinridge defends the American Colonization Society, urging state-supported, gradual emancipation via African colonization and condemning abolitionists as disruptive.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge ⬩ 1838

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