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.
The Secret of Ministerial Power: Sermon Preached at the Installation of Dr. [Abraham] Polhemus as Pastor of the North Dutch Church of Newark, May 3rd, 1857
Memoir and selected sermons of Rev. Abraham Polhemus (1812–1857), recounting his pastoral service in Hopewell and Newark, travels, illness, and funeral discourses.
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Ground of Confidence in Foreign Missions: A Sermon, Preached …, September 9, 1851, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions …
1851 sermon urging confidence in foreign missions: though the church is weak like 'worm Jacob', God will empower it to overcome the mountains of false religion. Trust God's sovereign help.
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Our Mission: A Sermon, Delivered at the Opening of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the City of Utica, May 15th, 1851
1851 Assembly sermon (isaiah-65:8): the church embodies enduring divine purposes and is indestructible until God's mission is fulfilled; affirms religious liberty and a 'living' Calvinism.
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Our Country for the Sake of the World: A Sermon in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society, Preached in the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, May 1851
1851 sermon urging American Christians to advance domestic missions and patriotic piety so the U.S. may spread God's salvation worldwide, citing Psalm 67 and the Great Commission.
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Pontius Pilate
Analyzes Pontius Pilate as representative of worldly leaders whose conscience yields to expediency and fear of power. A warning to church and public men to choose principle over popularity.
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The Pilgrims and Their Principles: A Sermon Before the New Society of Pittsburgh, on the Evening of December 22nd, 1850, in the Third Presbyterian Church
Sermon commemorating the Pilgrims' 1620 landing and Puritan principles, emphasizing Bible-centered faith, religious liberty, and their enduring influence on American life.
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Sound and Sanctified Scholarship: An Address Delivered at the Dedication of the New Edifice of the Western University of Pennsylvania …
1846 dedication address for the rebuilt Western University of Pennsylvania urging sound, sanctified scholarship; recounts the 1845 fire, God's providence, faculty changes, and appeal for support.
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The Morning Cometh, or, The Watchman’s Voice: A Discourse on the Day of National Fast
An 1841 sermon after President Harrison's death urging national humility and repentance. Using Isaiah 21's 'Watchman' motif, it views calamity as divine chastening and calls return to God.
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The Nation’s Alternative: A Sermon, Preached in Providence Hall, Before the Students of Jefferson College, August 2nd, 1840
Sermon: nations prosper when they serve God's purposes; America, founded on Christian principles, must advance the church by its wealth and power or face ruin.
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Human Depravity
Two 1835 Presbyterian sermons defend Adam's federal imputation and the universality of human depravity, arguing from Scripture (Rom.5:12; Rom.3:23; John3:6) and God's justice.
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William Richardson
Biographical sketch of William Richardson, an 18th-century Presbyterian minister trained under Samuel Davies, missionary to the Cherokee towns and minister at Waxhaw; he adopted William R. Davie.
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The Ways of Wisdom and Other Sermons
Sermon urging youth to choose wisdom's path—diligence, purity and temperance—warning against idleness, vice, and fleeting pleasures, illustrated from Proverbs.
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James Richards, D.D.
Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Northern and Southern assemblies), containing ministerial biographies, institutional history, and ecclesiastical records.
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James Richards, D.D.
Memoir of Rev. James Richards—his upbringing, conversion (moved by Psalm 38), pastoral labors at Morristown and Newark, and leadership in theological education and church affairs.
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Lectures on Mental Philosophy and Theology
Biographical sketch of James Richards plus published lectures in mental philosophy and theology, treating the will, creation, fall, native depravity, atonement, election, calling and justification.
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Practical Illustration of God’s Universal Providence
Argues God is the sovereign King whose providence governs both natural and moral events. Illustrates particular providence using Malachi's claim and Ahab's death at Ramoth-Gilead.
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The Great King
A sermon asserting God's sovereignty as the great King who rules and sustains all creation. It calls for reverent worship, trust in his providence, and fear of judgment for sin.
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