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Alexander Henderson

Anniversary address honoring Alexander Henderson and the Westminster Assembly, tracing his role in the Scottish Reformation, the Solemn League and Covenant, and Presbyterian unity.
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Presbyterian Characteristics

1897 Presbyterian periodical summarizing the Church's characteristics—Scriptural doctrine, simple worship, representative government, missions, liberty, education, patriotism and catholicity.
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Laws Relating to Religious Corporations

1896 compilation of U.S. statutes on incorporation and management of churches, covering church–state relations, trusteeship, church property, and legal guidance for Presbyterian bodies.
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The Growth and Future of the Reunited Church

25th‑anniversary addresses on the Old and New School Presbyterian reunion, recounting large growth in members, missions, education and women's societies, and urging renewed evangelism.
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Methods of Control of the Theological Seminaries

Examines St. Paul's central, contested role in the New Testament and provides a historical survey of five methods of control over Presbyterian theological seminaries with examples.
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The Presbyterian Communion

Survey of Presbyterianism: Calvinistic doctrines of grace, representative church polity, and its spread and struggles across Europe from the Reformation into the 19th century.
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Notes on the Negative Criticism

W. H. Roberts defends biblical inerrancy against 'negative' critics, arguing archaeology and positive criticism vindicate Mosaic authorship and Westminster standards.
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New Testament Conversions: Their Manifoldness

Examines New Testament conversions (Andrew, Zacchaeus, the thief, Cornelius, Saul), arguing they differ in form yet are genuine. Pastoral encouragement to trust and follow Christ.
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The Christian’s Unbelief: A Baccalaureate Sermon

Sermon on Christian unbelief using Thomas (John 20) to distinguish legitimate inquiry from destructive doubt, tracing causes (temperament, exhaustion, intellect) and urging trusting faith.
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Higher Education in the West

Critiques George's Progress and Poverty and its followers; analyzes higher education in the American West—no national system, weak moral instruction, and tensions between state and church.
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John Roan

Biographical sketches of American Presbyterian clergy (colonial–mid‑19th c.), documenting ministries, trials, synod disputes (New Side/Old Side), and pastoral service.
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John Roan

Biographical sketches of early Presbyterian ministers in colonial America (to 1760), detailing ministries, New Side controversies, prosecutions, and notable sermons.
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