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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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The Persian Flower: A Memoir of Judith Grant Perkins of Oroomiah, Persia (1853)

Joseph Gallup Cochran ⬩ 1853

Memoir of Judith G. Perkins, daughter of American missionaries to the Nestorians in Oroomiah (Urmia), Persia, recounting her childhood, piety, missionary family life, illness, and death.

A Sermon Delivered at the Installation of the Rev. Samuel Tomb: to the Pastoral Charge of the Presbyterian Church in Salem, February 19th, 1806

Jonas Coe ⬩ 1806

Pastoral Letter

Jonas Coe ⬩ 1817

Reminiscences of Rev. Jonas Coe, including Memorandum and Will

Jonas Coe ⬩ 1892

Centennial proceedings recall Rev. Jonas Coe: rediscovered sermons, parish memoirs, church discipline (excommunication), missionary remarks and a capital‑punishment sermon.

A Sermon Delivered in Rogersville, April 13, 1815: The Day Appointed … as a Day of National Thanks-Giving for the Restoration of Peace

Charles Coffin ⬩ 1815

1815 Rogersville thanksgiving sermon: national peace is God’s gift; a call to gratitude, humility, and dependence on divine providence. Based on Psalm 147.

A Discourse Preached Before the East Tennessee Bible Society: At Their Annual Meeting in Knoxville, April 30th, 1817

Charles Coffin ⬩ 1817

God Entitled to Our Obedience

Charles Coffin ⬩ 1830

Argues God is entitled to obedience as Creator, Preserver, Governor, and merciful Redeemer; human sin denies this, but redemption displays divine glory.

Charles Coffin, D.D.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1858

Biography of Rev. Charles Coffin (1775–1853): Harvard-educated minister and educator, president of Greenville College and East Tennessee University, noted for evangelical preaching and pastoral fidelity.

Solar and Lunar Eclipses Familiarly Illustrated and Explained, With the Method of Calculating Them According to the Theory of Astronomy

James Henry Coffin ⬩ 1845

College textbook (1845) explaining causes and calculations of solar and lunar eclipses. Covers lunar motion, perturbations, eclipse delineation, and tables for practical calculation.

Winds of the Northern Hemisphere

James Henry Coffin ⬩ 1852

1852 Smithsonian memoir mapping winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Analyzes mean wind directions, speeds, seasonal variations and deflecting forces from ~600 stations and sea records.

Psychrometrical Table: for Determining the Elastic Force of Aqueous Vapor and the Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere

James Henry Coffin ⬩ 1856

Smithsonian (1856) psychrometric tables by James H. Coffin presenting Regnault-based formulas and Fahrenheit-adapted tables to compute vapor pressure and relative humidity from wet- and dry-bulb readings.

The Winds of the Globe: Or the Laws of Atmospheric Circulation Over the Surface of the Earth

James Henry Coffin ⬩ 1875

1871 global study of atmospheric circulation compiling wind observations from 3,223 stations and sea voyages; presents tables, charts (isobars, wind-roses), and seasonal/force analysis.

A Sermon Preached Before the Presbyterian Church, at Cheraw, South Carolina, January 20, 1839

John Caulkins Coit ⬩ 1839

A Presbyterian sermon warning against Arminianism and other false doctrines; urges ministers and congregations to watch, reject heterodox teachers, and defend true doctrine.

The Substance of a Discourse Delivered Upon the Occasion of the “Semi-Centenary Celebration” on the Second Sabbath in December, 1839

John Caulkins Coit ⬩ 1840

Sermon (1839) condemning state-established religion and urging the church to self-examine, resist political influence, defend conscience, and bear costly witness to Christ.

Eulogy on the Life, Character and Public Services of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, … on Wednesday, April 24, 1850

John Caulkins Coit ⬩ 1850

Eulogy praising John C. Calhoun as a steadfast statesman who defended national independence, state sovereignty, and the lawful use of force to protect rights.

A Discourse Upon Governments, Divine and Human, Prepared by Appointment of the Presbytery of Harmony, and Delivered … April, 1853

John Caulkins Coit ⬩ 1853

An 1853 Presbyterian discourse on God's sovereign government: creation, Adam's delegated dominion, the giving of divine law, Adam's fall, responsibility, and judicial consequences.

The Antiquities of the Christian Church

Lyman Coleman ⬩ 1841

Abridged 1841 English compilation by Lyman Coleman presenting rites, institutions, and antiquities of the early Christian church—organization, offices, worship, and architecture. Includes plates and indexes.

A Church Without a Bishop: The Apostolical and Primitive Church, Popular in Its Government, and Simple in Its Worship

Lyman Coleman ⬩ 1844

Coleman's 1844 defense of the primitive apostolic church argues against episcopacy and formal liturgies, urging simple worship and popular church government 'in spirit and truth.'

The Apostolical and Primitive Church: Popular in Its Government, Informal in Its Worship: A Manual on Prelacy and Ritualism

Lyman Coleman ⬩ 1875

An Historical Geography of the Bible

Lyman Coleman ⬩ 1850

Lyman Coleman's 1850 Historical Geography of the Bible connects Scripture with maps and place descriptions. It guides readers from Eden and creation to Palestine and apostolic tours.

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