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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.
The Curse of God Against Political Atheism: With Some of the Lessons of the Tragedy at Harper’s Ferry
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Sermon asserting God's law should govern personal and political life, condemning political atheism and unjust human laws and urging conscience-led resistance to tyranny.
The Right of Conscience Towards God in the Citizens of the United States and the Violation of That Right by the Senate in the Imprisonment of Thaddeus Hyatt
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1860 sermon by G. B. Cheever defending conscience rights and condemning the Senate's imprisonment of Thaddeus Hyatt. Denounces unjust laws—especially slavery—and urges resistance.
The Salvation of the Country Secured by Immediate Emancipation: A Discourse
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Arguments for immediate emancipation under the war power, drawing on John Quincy Adams' speeches. Claims Congress and military may emancipate slaves in wartime; cites Esther 4:14.
Rights of the Coloured Race to Citizenship and Representation: And the Guilt and Consequences of Legislation Against Them
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1864 sermon condemning laws and theology that uphold slavery; urges legislative abolition and equal citizenship for the coloured race, invoking Ezekiel's divine indictment.
Protest Against the Robbery of the Colored Race by the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution
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Rev. George B. Cheever denounces a proposed constitutional amendment to exclude Black citizens from voting, arguing it violates Christian justice, constitutional principles, and equal citizenship.
Impartial Suffrage a Right, and the Infamy of the Revolution Against It in the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution
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Rev. Cheever argues that suffrage is a God-given right and condemns a proposed constitutional amendment to let states disfranchise Black citizens, grounding political equality in Scripture.
“Pictorial Life,” or, Man’s Life: Setting Forth His Nature, Views, Harmonies and Contrasts, Virtues and Vices
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Devotional study using emblematic art to portray the human soul, virtues, and vices. Urges pious self-examination, Scripture's authority, and reliance on Christ and the Holy Spirit.
The Prose Writers of America
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Collection of eloquent American prose extracts—essays on creation, night and study, Franklin, national character, and notable authors; a common-place anthology.
Faith, Doubt, and Evidence: God’s Vouchers for His Written Word, With Critical Illustrations from the Autobiography of Dr. Franklin
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Preface arguing for the divine inspiration and historic reliability of Scripture, addressing doubt, manuscript evidence, miracles, and the canon through biography and critical analysis.
The Death Penalty
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A late-19th-century theological essay defending the death penalty as divine law and an essential, deterrent civil sanction, argued from Scripture and moral theology.
The Log-Book of a Voyage to the Celestial Country: A Christian Allegory of the Sea
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An allegorical sea-voyage portraying the Christian pilgrimage to the Celestial Country, instructing how to come to Christ, persevere, and claim heavenly promises.
Memorabilia of George B. Cheever, D.D., Late Pastor of the Church of the Puritans, Union Square, New York, and of His Wife, Elizabeth Wetmore Cheever
Memoir of Rev. George B. Cheever, a 19th-century Puritan pastor, author, and activist who led temperance and anti‑slavery campaigns and preached vigorous biblical reform.
Knowledge and Holiness the Sources of Morality: A Sermon
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John Chester (1821) preaches that public happiness requires knowledge of God and personal holiness; morality apart from faith fails. He urges education, industry, and virtue.
Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Azel Backus, S.T.D.
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Biographical sketch of Rev. Azel Backus: his conversion from infidelity, Yale education, ministry, presidency of Hamilton College, and posthumous collection of sermons (1824).
John Chester, D.D.
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Obituary and biographical sketch of Rev. John Chester, tracing his education, pastoral ministry, illness, death, and the memorial tributes to his character and work.
The Rev. John Chester, D.D.
Biographical sketches of RPI's early presidents—Samuel Blatchford, John Chester, and Eliphalet Nott—highlighting their Presbyterian ministry and leadership in education.
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