Peace on Earth
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Reflections on Christ’s birth and the peace he bequeaths believers. Emphasizes the entrusted gospel, assurance of God's care, and Christ's reign from Bethlehem.
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Peace on Earth
Pointed Papers for the Christian Life
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Practical devotional essays urging genuine conversion, immediate discipleship, and faithful Christian living. Addresses seekers, the rich young ruler, and the Ethiopian eunuch.
Popular Amusements
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Presbyterian Alliance proceedings urging temperance, total abstinence and Christian separation from worldly amusements—condemning theatre, promiscuous dancing, and alcohol.
Dean Stanley’s Funeral
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Tribute to Dean Arthur Stanley’s funeral and national mourning. Leonard Bacon urges a renewed, broader approach to home missions, distinguishing them from foreign work.
The Gift of the Spirit
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Two essays: principles for church collections—individual, proportional, grateful, periodic, devout; plus a critique of Vaticanism and Roman Catholicism's influence.
“On the Other Side”
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Poem of urban loneliness; an exhortation against sins of omission urging pastors and members to practice charity (Good Samaritan, final judgment). Report on Scottish church disestablishment agitation.
The Necessity of Earnest Living
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Collection of sermons addressing respect for medical science, the brevity and urgency of earnest Christian living, the balance of worship and work, and the name 'Emmanuel'.
Up to the Hills
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Sermon on Psalm 121 urging seekers to look to God for help and salvation. Essay on temperance proposing heavy spirits taxation and institutions to restrain and rehabilitate inebriates.
Christians for the World — Not of It
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Argues Christians must remain distinct from the world, living holy lives as salt and light to reform society. Calls for integrity in politics, commerce and social life.
Reviving
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Two essays on the power and perceived 'foolishness' of the cross and the need for spiritual reviving. Preaching of the cross, repentance, and abiding in Christ.
Jesus a Saviour: Why Not Yours? A Paper for the New Year
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1883 evangelical essays and sermons urging faith in Christ, repentance, discipleship, and sacrificial giving; they stress the 'foolishness' and power of the cross and personal salvation.
What Next?
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Essays urging faithful preaching of the cross and perseverance in pastoral duty, advocating reliance on the Spirit for revival. Also a biographical sketch of hymn-writer Henry F. Lyte.
Things That Cannot Be Shaken
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Selections from The Christian Treasury (1883): essays on the preaching of the cross as 'foolishness' yet God's power, Christian assurance amid trials, and God's promise to blot out sin.
Business Is Business’
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Selections from The Christian Treasury (1883): Bersier contrasts the 'foolishness' and power of the cross; Cuyler urges Christian honesty in business; includes conversion narratives.
Saving Faith
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Two sermons: 'Foolishness and Power' shows the cross is God's power though the world calls it foolish; 'Saving Faith' defines faith as simple reliance on Christ for pardon and life.
More Abundantly
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Selections from The Christian Treasury: sermons on the preaching of the cross as 'foolishness and power', and on abundant spiritual life and revival; plus a piece on Luther's ties with humanists.
For My Sake
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1883 anthology of evangelical writings: sermons on the cross as 'foolishness and power', an exhortation to live and give 'for My sake' (self-denial, charity, temperance), and a piece on Luther's excommunication.
Head Winds
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Selections from The Christian Treasury (1883): sermons on the 'foolishness and power' of the cross, God's use of instruments, and pastoral head-winds — urging prayer, fidelity, and revival.
Samuel’s Little Coat
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Two pieces: Bersier on the cross as the 'foolishness and power' of the gospel; Cuyler's 'Samuel's Little Coat' on parental influence in forming children's character and piety.
God’s Fatherly Discipline
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Essays and sermons arguing that the cross—foolish to the world—is God's saving power, and that God's fatherly discipline corrects, refines, and shapes believers. Practical pastoral reflections.
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