Thomas Cleland
Biographical sketch of Thomas Cleland detailing his youth, conversion at Kentucky camp meetings, education, ordination, pastoral labors, and book-collecting for ministry.
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Thomas Cleland
Address at the Sesquicentennial of Princeton University
President Cleveland, at Princeton's sesquicentennial, urges universities to foster educated, patriotic citizens, uphold national honor and moral law, and resist partisan selfishness.
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Dying at the Top: Or, The Moral and Spiritual Condition of the Young Men of America
1887 address diagnosing moral and spiritual decline in American young men—exposing vices (saloons, brothels), a secularized Sabbath, heredity and home influences. Urges public exposure and reform.
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David’s Harp in Song and Story
A defense and history of the Book of Psalms as the inspired hymnbook of the church, its poetic character, worship use, and influence through revivals.
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The Persian Flower: A Memoir of Judith Grant Perkins of Oroomiah, Persia (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.
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Reminiscences of Rev. Jonas Coe, including Memorandum and Will
Centennial proceedings recall Rev. Jonas Coe: rediscovered sermons, parish memoirs, church discipline (excommunication), missionary remarks and a capital‑punishment sermon.
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A Sermon Delivered in Rogersville, April 13, 1815: The Day Appointed … as a Day of National Thanks-Giving for the Restoration of Peace
1815 Rogersville thanksgiving sermon: national peace is God’s gift; a call to gratitude, humility, and dependence on divine providence. Based on Psalm 147.
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God Entitled to Our Obedience
Argues God is entitled to obedience as Creator, Preserver, Governor, and merciful Redeemer; human sin denies this, but redemption displays divine glory.
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Charles Coffin, D.D.
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.
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Solar and Lunar Eclipses Familiarly Illustrated and Explained, With the Method of Calculating Them According to the Theory of Astronomy
College textbook (1845) explaining causes and calculations of solar and lunar eclipses. Covers lunar motion, perturbations, eclipse delineation, and tables for practical calculation.
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Winds of the Northern Hemisphere
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.
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Psychrometrical Table: for Determining the Elastic Force of Aqueous Vapor and the Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere
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.
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The Winds of the Globe: Or the Laws of Atmospheric Circulation Over the Surface of the Earth
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.
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A Sermon Preached Before the Presbyterian Church, at Cheraw, South Carolina, January 20, 1839
A Presbyterian sermon warning against Arminianism and other false doctrines; urges ministers and congregations to watch, reject heterodox teachers, and defend true doctrine.
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The Substance of a Discourse Delivered Upon the Occasion of the “Semi-Centenary Celebration” on the Second Sabbath in December, 1839
Sermon (1839) condemning state-established religion and urging the church to self-examine, resist political influence, defend conscience, and bear costly witness to Christ.
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Eulogy on the Life, Character and Public Services of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, … on Wednesday, April 24, 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.
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A Discourse Upon Governments, Divine and Human, Prepared by Appointment of the Presbytery of Harmony, and Delivered … April, 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.
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