Archives
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.
Interesting Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character, Chiefly in the “Old North State”
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Historical sketches of Revolutionary War incidents in North Carolina (1781), recounting British campaigns under Cornwallis, battles like Cowpens and King's Mountain, and militia actions.
Lectures on Paedobaptism
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1834 lectures defending infant (paedo) baptism, diagnosing abuses in practice, and urging clearer pastoral instruction and covenantal, scriptural, and historical defenses.
Providence and Other Poems
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1838 collection of poems and essays by S. J. Cassels, meditating on literature, national character, and the sovereignty of Divine Providence.
Christ and Antichrist
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19th-century Protestant work defending Jesus’ Messiahship and arguing the Roman Papacy fulfills biblical Antichrist prophecies. Uses Scripture and historical argument.
The Navy Surgeon: Or, the Conversion of Dr. Cha’s H. Broughton, Late of the United States Navy
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Account of Dr. Broughton's conversion amid naval service: conviction, struggle, repentance, assurance, and devotion to missions and Scripture during an 1842 revival.
The Origin of Our Ideas Concerning a God
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Discusses whether ideas of God are innate, derived by reason from nature, or revealed. Rejects innate ideas and argues revelation (not unaided reason) best explains belief in God.
America Discovered: A Poem
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1850 poetic narrative: angelic chiefs debate revealing the American continent, send Abdah and Habdiel to petition God and guide Columbus—exploring providence, discovery, and evangelism.
Liberty Poems
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1851 poetry collection celebrating Southern life, liberty, religion, and civic virtues—Sabbath, charity, education, and patriotism—by S. I. Cassels.
Domestic Literature: Tallulah and Other Poems
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Essay on poetry's primacy in national literature and an appraisal of Henry R. Jackson's Tallulah. Argues the American South lacks an indigenous literature and relies on Northern works.
Arminianism Restrictive of Divine Free Agency
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Argues that Arminianism, by denying predestination, restricts God's agency and yields absurdities; Calvinism affirms both divine predestination and genuine human freedom.
Remarks upon the Will, With Some Strictures Upon the Opinions of McCosh
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Defends the soul as a simple spiritual essence with faculties and conscience. Critiques McCosh, arguing volition expresses choice but moral character springs from prior motives and reason.
Unconditional Decrees
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Discusses systematic Christian benevolence and the doctrine of God's unconditional decrees, defending organized charity and divine providence in election and salvation.
The Holy Scriptures
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Argues for Christian moderation in wealth and defends the Bible as God's revelation, centered on Christ's redemptive work authenticated by miracles and fulfilled prophecy.
Conscience—Its Nature, Office, and Authority
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Argues conscience is a distinct moral faculty that discerns right from wrong, grounds moral responsibility and repentance, and withstands skeptical objections.
The Relation of Justice to Benevolence in the Conduct of Society
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Paleyan moral analysis: justice and benevolence are one virtue. Critiques abolitionist agitation, urging Bible-led moral reform to prevent revolutionary disorder.
April 1853 Letters
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Examines Paley's moral philosophy on theory vs. practice and the nature of right and wrong. Includes obituary/letters and a review of Merle D'Aubigné's History of the Reformation.
Rev. Samuel Jones Cassels
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Necrology of Rev. Samuel J. Cassels: a biographical memorial recounting his education, revival ministry, preaching gifts, sufferings, and serene Christian death and burial.
Geological Speculation, and the Mosaic Account of Creation
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Defends the Mosaic account of creation against pre‑adamite geological theories, arguing geology overreaches and Scripture supports instantaneous divine creation.
A Plea in Behalf of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
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A plea urging the Presbyterian Church to provide sustained financial support for widows and orphans of deceased ministers, appealing to Scripture and historic church practice.
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