Our Opportunity and Need in Virginia
Calls for aggressive domestic missions and revival services to 'reach the masses,' defending Calvinism and presbyterian polity and urging aid for Virginia's rural churches.
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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.
Our Opportunity and Need in Virginia
The [Southern] General Assembly of 1889
Report of the 1889 Presbyterian General Assembly: debates on education, church polity, and the controversy over James Woodrow's views on human origins and Presbytery discipline.
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Touched with the Feeling of Our Infirmities
Meditation on Christ's suffering: his thirst on the cross fulfilled prophecy and shows true sympathy. He knows our infirmities (Hebrews 4) and saves to the uttermost.
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Kerr’s People’s History of Presbyterianism
Argues the Pentateuch's creation account can harmonize with geological science and defends natural theology and seminary methods. Includes reviews of Presbyterian history and science-faith debates.
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Memorial Day Address
Page from the Staunton Spectator (June 26, 1883) featuring a professional directory, local advertisements, classifieds and merchant notices.
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Moses Roney
1888 history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, offering biographies, congregational sketches, missions, institutions, publications and accounts of activism (e.g., abolitionism).
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Moses Roney
Biographical sketches of 19th-century American Presbyterian ministers—notably Moses Roney—highlighting their preaching, pastoral character, piety, illness, and peaceful death.
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Biographical Notice of Rev. M. Roney
Argues the Witch of Endor's 'Samuel' was a deceptive apparition, not the true Samuel; includes a biographical obituary of Rev. M. Roney, recounting his ministry, illness, and death.
The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 18
Urges Christian parents to prepare solemnly for infant baptism by serious self-examination, faith, and consideration of gospel truths, viewing baptism as a covenantal ordinance.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 17
Exposition of Exodus arguing God authorized Israel's taking of Egyptian wealth as divine justice and recompense. Emphasizes God's providence, judgment, and Pharaoh's hardening (predestination).
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 16
A defense of Reformed Presbyterians after a ministerial trial, arguing that religion must inform civil government and urging nations to align constitutions with God's law.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 15
Argues the Old Testament clearly teaches Divine Providence — from creation and the name 'I Am' to the Abraham–Exodus narratives — calling believers to trust God's wise, constant governance.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 14
Argues that trust in God is the remedy for unbelieving fears: faith, wrought by the Spirit and exercised by the believer, overcomes tormenting fear and promotes sanctification.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 13
Index and selections from The Reformed Presbyterian (1849). Features a detailed critique of Haldane's commentary on Romans for teaching absolute submission to civil rulers and rejecting resistance.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 11
An 1847 Reformed Presbyterian essay urging the people to pray for the ministry—for ministers' personal holiness, wise and faithful preaching, and success in winning souls.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 10
A 1846 Reformed Presbyterian essay examining the Millennium, opposing literalist premillennialism and interpreting Revelation 20 to outline the Church's future triumph.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 9
Sermon on 1 Tim. 4:16 urging ministers to examine motives, heed God's call, reject worldly or literary ambition, and pursue God's glory and the salvation of souls.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 8
1844 Reformed Presbyterian essay contrasting Calvinism and Arminianism, outlining each system's five points. It defends unconditional predestination and doctrines of grace, citing Dort and Scripture.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 7
An 1843 Reformed Presbyterian critique of literal premillennialism arguing Revelation 20 and related texts are prophetic and figurative, not proof of a bodily descent and earthly reign.
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The Reformed Presbyterian, Vol. 6
Reformed Presbyterian article arguing that civil magistrates must suppress heresy and uphold true religion according to the Westminster standards and national covenants.
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