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Germany: Its Universities, Theology, and Religion

1857 survey of German universities, theology, church–state relations, confessional conflicts, and biographical sketches of leading German divines for Anglo‑American readers.
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Christianity in America

1857 survey arguing American Christianity, shaped by Protestantism, the press, and English heritage, outstrips Catholic regions; examines national growth, religious liberty, and missionary promise.
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Impressions of England

Mid-19th-century American impressions praising England's commerce, institutions, and Christian influence. Argues that religion (righteousness) explains the rise and fall of nations.
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A Presbyterian Liturgy

1857 review explores the New Testament parable and critiques a Presbyterian liturgy, urging a balanced use of historic Reformed forms with space for extemporaneous prayer.
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The Evangelical Alliance at Berlin

Discussion of the New Testament parable's nature, a report on the Evangelical Alliance meeting in Berlin (unity, priesthood, missions), and remarks on German theology.
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John Calvin

Biographical sketch of John Calvin—his Institutes, ministry in Geneva, preaching, discipline, and role shaping the Reformation and modern Protestant life.
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The State Church System in Germany

Analyzes Europe's State Church system (esp. Germany), arguing state control stifles religious liberty and Christian benevolence, contrasted with the U.S. voluntary church model.
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The Evangelical Church Diet of Germany

Account of the German Evangelical Church Diet (Kirchentag), founded in 1848 to unite Protestant churches. Describes origins, aims, and response to 19th-century infidelity and revolution.
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Amerika

Fragmented German preface (c.1858) comparing the United States and Europe: discusses abolition, 1848 political agitation, religious liberty, materialism and social conditions.
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German Theology and the Church Question

Essay surveying German evangelical theology: modern research reappraises the early and medieval Church, resisting anti‑Catholic polemics and showing historical continuity.
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Neander as a Church Historian

Profiles A. Neander as a pivotal church historian who reinstated a Christ-centered, devotional approach to church history, balancing rigorous scholarship with piety.
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Systematic Benevolence

Sermon urging systematic Christian benevolence, rooted in OT tithes/firstfruits and NT practice. Advocates ordered, communal giving to support clergy, institutions, and the poor.
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Recollections of Neander

Portrait of theologian A. Neander: a humble, learned church-historian whose devotion to the Incarnation shaped his view of the Church’s catholicity and exemplified pastoral piety.
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The Life and Character of St. John

Biography of the Apostle John: his youth, discipleship as 'the beloved disciple', apostolic labors in Jerusalem and Ephesus, and his influence in the early church.
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The Birth Day of the Church

Explores Pentecost as the Church's birth — the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, symbols of wind and fire, Old Testament foreshadowing, and the event's foundational role in Acts 2.
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