Fair-Weather Faith
Devotional sermons and missionary narratives urging self-examination and steadfast faith through trials. Emphasizes trusting God's grace, revival fruit, and the emptiness of worldly glory.
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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.
Fair-Weather Faith
Words to Seekers
Sermons on faith and conversion: faith defined as knowledge, assent, and trusting surrender to Christ, evidenced by a transformed life and obedient works.
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Cross-Bearing for Christ
Calls for self-examination and costly discipleship: renounce worldly gain, take up the cross, and pursue sacrificial service and giving over genteel, comfortable Christianity.
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An Evening With Christ
Devotional essays contrasting Satan the accuser with Christ the Advocate and urging immediate conversion and the new birth (John 3).
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A Woman in the Pulpit
Report on controversy after Quaker preacher Sarah F. Smiley addressed Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler's Presbyterian congregation; the Presbytery debated whether women may preach or be ordained.
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A Thirty Years’ Pastorate, With Some Account of the Pulpit, the Preacher, and the People
Account of Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler's 30-year pastorate at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, detailing his resignation, pulpit ministry, leadership, publications, and pastoral character.
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Thirty-Eight Years in the Independent
Fiftieth‑anniversary issue of The Independent (1898): essays on the Spanish–American aftermath, missions and evangelical journalism, reminiscences, plus Harriet Beecher Stowe’s poem on divine peace.
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Introduction to George D. Dowkontt, Murdered Millions
1894 appeal for medical missions arguing that neglect of heathen peoples is 'murder' by omission; urges Christians to provide medical aid and evangelism to save millions.
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Introduction to John V. Morgan, The Cambro-American Pulpit
Collected 1899 anthology of Welsh‑American sermons and biographical sketches highlighting evangelical preaching, Welsh heritage, and a fund for Welsh scholarships.
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Introduction to W.H. Daniels, The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers
Illustrated 1878 history of American temperance: colonial "Blue Laws," temperance societies, reformer biographies (Beecher, Gough, Murphy), women's crusades, medical and evangelical phases.
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Introduction to One Hundred Years of Temperance: A Memorial Volume of the Centennial Temperance Conference Held in Philadelphia, Pa., September, 1885
Centennial volume (1885) of the Temperance movement: proceedings, essays, and addresses on 100 years of temperance reform, legislation, church work, and the advocacy of total abstinence.
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Introduction to Louis A. Banks, The Saloon-Keeper’s Ledger: A Series of Temperance Revival Discourses
1895 temperance lectures arguing saloons and alcohol cause disease, ruined homes, crime, and political corruption; urges total abstinence and public education.
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Shall Women Be Burdened With the Ballot?
1894 Evangelist issue with essays on science and faith and a lengthy polemic by T.L. Cuyler arguing from Christian duty and social order against women's suffrage.
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Thorough Amendment
Collection of homiletic sermons urging thorough amendment, childlike faith, and practical holiness—calling sinners to repentance and conversion.
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Victory Over Death
Sermons urging devout private worship and sacrificial love as the fulfillment of the law, and affirming Christ's victory in bodily resurrection, promising hope beyond death.
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Pastoral and Sermonic Habits: Personal Experiences of Distinguished Clergymen, No. III
Homiletic journal with a sermon on John the Baptist, pastoral and sermonic habits, and an essay evaluating Darwinian evolution against the Genesis account.
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The Dean of the American Pulpit: An Interview With Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler
Profile and interview of Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, a leading American Presbyterian preacher at age 75, recounting his ministry, writings, influences, and devotion to pastoral service.
“A Merry Heart Doeth Good”: A Talk for Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving sermon urging Christian cheerfulness: a 'merry heart' is good medicine and blesses family life. Cultivate gratitude, contentment, benevolence, and trust in God.
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