Ministers — Young and Old
Essays on nature and revelation (God seen in Creation and Psalm 14), a defense of experienced ministers against arbitrary age limits, and the rise of organized women's church work.
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Archives
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Ministers — Young and Old
Healing…All Manner of Disease
Devotional reflection on Christ's healing (cf. Matt. 4:23; John 5:8). The sinner's faith and Christ's saving grace together effect conversion; the Christian life is walking with Christ.
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New Every Morning
Commemorative sermons and devotionals honoring God's presence and power, urging daily dependence on His grace, stewardship of opportunities, and pursuit of personal holiness.
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God’s Children in Dark Hours
Baccalaureate sermons urging trust in God amid trials; afflictions refine faith and often yield deeper fellowship with Christ. Come to Jesus for rest and courage.
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Forty Years in the Evangelist
Anniversary issue of The Evangelist (Dec 28, 1899) reviewing church news: missions, evangelists, editorials, foreign mission reports, Presbyterian reunion and historical reflections.
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A Brand from the Burning
Post–Civil War letters criticize the President's reception of a colored delegation compared to rebels. They urge a constitutional amendment to secure freedmen's voting rights and warn against southern resistance.
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Introduction to Thomas Bradbury’s The Duty and Doctrine of Baptism
Defends infant baptism as a covenantal sacrament tied to the visible church and parental profession of faith, grounded in Reformed (Westminster) standards.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 1
Biography and collected works of Thomas Reid: preface, contents, and Dugald Stewart’s account; examines Reid’s philosophy, critique of Locke, senses, perception, and Aristotle’s logic.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 2
Thomas Reid argues for careful study of the mind’s faculties, distinguishing material and intellectual worlds and urging empirical inquiry into perception, memory, and conception.
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An Address, by Several Ministers in New-York, to Their Christian Fellow-Citizens, Dissuading Them from Attending Theatrical Representations
Ministers urge Christians to withhold support from the theatre, arguing its pagan origins and present constitution are sinful, useless, and demoralizing to society.
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A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of Africa
History of American colonization on West Africa’s coast (Sierra Leone & Liberia), tracing origins, the American Colonization Society, expeditions, governance, conflicts, and missions through 1841.
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March 3, 1797 Joint Letter to George Washington (1797)
Argues that Christianity and morality are foundational to American civil institutions; presents clergy correspondence and Washington’s replies endorsing religion’s role in government.
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Ought the Confession of Faith to Be Revised?
Presbyterian leaders (DeWitt, Van Dyke, Warfield, Shedd) debate proposed revisions to the Westminster Confession, centering on predestination, reprobation, God’s love, and infant salvation.
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Dissent of the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia (1773)
Minutes record a Synod debate over whether presbyteries or the Synod should admit and ordain foreign ministers. The Second Presbytery of Philadelphia formally protests, defending presbyterial rights.
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An Address of the Presbyterian Ministers, of the City of Philadelphia, to the Ministers and Presbyterian Congregations in North-Carolina (1775)
1775 address to North Carolina Presbyterian congregations urging support for colonial resistance to British taxation, lawful unity, prayer, and defense of English rights—not independence.
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George Dodd Armstrong, D.D., LL.D.
Dec 1899 Princeton Bulletin publishes obituary sketches of John I. Blair, George D. Armstrong, Charles Imbrie and others, highlighting philanthropy, trusteeship, Presbyterian ministry, and education.
Preface to Robert Eastburn’s A Faithful Narrative (1758)
Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Eastburn and a captivity narrative by Robert Eastburn (1756). Recounts capture by French and Indians, hardship, providential deliverance, and pious reflection.
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