Luther and the Epistle of James
Issue covering Judah’s captivity and Nebuchadnezzar’s inscriptions, linking archaeology to Scripture. Also essays on Christmas giving, charity, and church music.
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Luther and the Epistle of James
University Extension Lectures: Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on American History, Social and Industrial (1789–1829)
Six-lecture syllabus on U.S. history (1789–1829) covering postwar recovery, the Constitution, politics, industrialization, banking, labor, and religious revivals. Emphasizes economic change, party development, and moral reforms like temperance and emancipation.
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The Rise of the Society of Friends
The Sunday School Times issue offers child- and teacher-focused guidance, lessons on Paul’s first missionary journey, an essay on Christ’s resurrection, and a history of the Society of Friends.
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The Sending of the Apostles
Sunday School Times issue with editorials on adaptation, woman's place, peace, and self-reliance; includes lesson helps and "The Sending of the Apostles," explaining apostolic pairings.
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The Aitken Bible
Issue of The Sunday School Times (Dec 9, 1893) with Sunday‑school lesson helps (Matt. 2:1–11), essays on having the mind and spirit of Christ, teaching methods, and Egyptian papyri sketches.
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The National Hymn-Book of the American Churches
1893 National Hymn-Book compiling hymns common to seven American Protestant denominations, with an editor's preface, denominational indexes, sources, and selected hymn texts for union use.
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Ethics and Politics
Three sermons/articles urging Christian unity against sectarian waste, a sober counsel to enjoy youth responsibly (Eccl. 11), and a moral defense of patriotic civic duty.
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The Divine Order of Human Society: Being the L.P. Stone Lectures for 1891, Delivered in the Princeton Theological Seminary
A series of lectures arguing the Bible—and the kingdom of heaven—must ground responses to family, nation, school and church. Calls a renewed, social gospel rooted in Christian principles.
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The Life of George H. Stuart
Autobiography of George H. Stuart, an Ulster-born American Presbyterian leader active in revivals, the Y.M.C.A., missions, the Christian Commission and church reunions during the Civil War era.
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What Became of the Apostles
1892 Sunday School Times issue: essays on poverty, conscience and railroad duty; major feature 'The Divine Holiday' defending the Sabbath as rest, worship, and service; includes Acts 4 lesson helps.
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The Origin and Structure of the “Te Deum”
Andover Review (July 1890): essays on natural grounds for belief in personal immortality and the origin/structure of the Te Deum, with reviews, missions notes, and theological literature.
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The Sending of the Apostles, Two by Two: A Sermon
Sermon on Christ choosing and sending the twelve apostles two by two, showing how he used diverse characters in ministry. Encourages that ordinary people are called and equipped for service.
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Protection to Home Industry
Robert E. Thompson's Harvard lectures advocating protective tariffs to secure national industrial independence, balance agriculture and manufacture, and resist unfair foreign economic dominance.
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Relief of Local and State Taxation Through Distribution of the National Surplus
Argues using the national surplus to relieve state/local taxes—fund education and public works, pay municipal debts—and retain protective tariffs to ease local burdens.
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The Commercial Future
Thompson argues the late-19th-century slump signals a lasting shift: Britain's commercial supremacy is fragile—maintained by coercion and vulnerable to rising rivals like the U.S.
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Hard Times and What to Learn from Them: A Plain Talk with the Working People
1877 pamphlet urging workers to learn from Hard Times, reject self-serving agitators, and pursue cooperation with employers, self-reliance, and industry.
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Elements of Political Economy: With Especial Reference to the Industrial History of Nations
A 19th-century textbook defining political (national) economy as a social science and art. It surveys history, principles, and practical topics—land, labor, money, commerce, and education.
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Political Economy: With Especial Reference to the Industrial History of Nations
Preface and Chapter 1 of a political economy textbook defining national economy as a social science, tracing its history, method, and relation of economic art to scientific principles.
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Social Science and National Economy
1875 textbook 'Social Science and National Economy' by R. E. Thompson. A concise college text on national/political economy covering land, labor, money, commerce, taxation, and education.
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The Origin of Free Masonry
Survey arguing that Free Masonry arose from medieval operative masons' guilds—centered at Strasbourg cathedral—rather than an ancient speculative order; traces guild practices and myths.
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