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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.

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Lectures on Slavery: Delivered in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago

1860 Presbyterian lecture examining whether slaveholding is inherently sinful, urging careful, impartial biblical and legal analysis to preserve church unity and moral clarity.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1860

The Presbyterian Expositor, Vol. 2

Mid-19th-century Presbyterian reply defending its portrayal of Pedobaptist arguments on infant baptism, the Abrahamic covenant, circumcision as a seal, and the Jewish church-state.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1859

The Presbyterian Expositor, Vol. 1

Affirms the biblical God—Creator, Spirit, omnipotent, omniscient, holy and merciful—contrasting Scripture's clear revelation with pagan, philosophical, and materialist errors.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1857

Preaching

Calls ministers to preach in faith and expect tangible results: adapt sermons, pray, follow up, and remove hindrances. God blesses faithful preaching.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1857

Ten Letters on the Subject of Slavery

N. L. Rice argues abolitionists' methods are unwise and harmful. He defends Presbyterian evangelization of slaves and endorses colonization (Liberia) as providential and beneficial.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1856

The Signs of the Times

Eight lectures arguing the world nears a great prophetic epoch: anti‑Christian powers will fall, Jews restored, and Christianity will triumph in a coming Millennium.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1855

Baptism: The Design, Mode and Subjects

Presbyterian 1855 defense of baptism by pouring/sprinkling. Examines baptism's design, mode, and subjects; rebuts Alexander Campbell and gives a historical defense of infant baptism.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1855

A Funeral Discourse of Mrs. Elizabeth Benton

Obituary, funeral account and biography of Mrs. Elizabeth McDowell Benton (1794–1854). Records Dr. Rice's funeral sermon using Luke 10:42 and the reading of 1 Corinthians 15.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1855

Correspondence Between the Believers in the Harmonial Philosophy in St. Louis and the Rev. Dr. N.L. Rice (1854)

1854 exchange: St. Louis spiritualists present 'Harmonial Philosophy' vs orthodox creeds. Rev. N.L. Rice declines debate, criticizing the vagueness of their propositions.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1854

Romanism, the Enemy of Education, and of Free Institutions, and of Christianity

19th-century Protestant polemic arguing Roman Catholicism threatens education, free institutions, and true Christianity; critiques papal infallibility, tradition vs. Scripture.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1853

The Moral Effects of Christianity

Lecture arguing Christianity produces genuine moral transformation through Scripture, Christ's example, and motives (conscience, hope, sacraments), while rebutting corruptions and abuses.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1853

The Old and New Schools: An Exhibit of the Most Important Differences in Their Doctrines and Church Polity

1853 pamphlet by N. L. Rice distinguishing doctrinal and polity differences between Old and New School Presbyterians; defends Old School orthodoxy and criticizes New School errors and the Plan of Union.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1853

Wonderful: The Name of Christ

Sermon on Isaiah 9:6 teaching that Christ is both truly man and truly God. It defends the incarnation, eternal Sonship, and the wondrous nature and work of Jesus.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1851

Campbellism: Its Rise, Progress, Character, and Influence

A 19th-century Presbyterian critique of Campbellism, arguing its ‘Bible-alone’ platform, rejection of creeds, easy conversion, and anti-clergy appeals promote doctrinal error and disorder.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1850

God Sovereign and Man Free: Or, The Doctrine of Divine Foreordination and Man’s Free Agency, Stated, Illustrated and Proved from the Scriptures

19th-century Calvinist defense of divine foreordination and election, arguing Scripture and church history support predestination and answering Arminian objections.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1850

Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent with the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity …

Mid-19th-century critique arguing phrenology and mesmerism conflict with physiology, mental and moral science, and Christian doctrine; defends Scripture against false philosophy.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1849

Address by Rev. Nathan L. Rice, Delivered Before the Chamberlain and Deinologian Societies of Centre College, on the 24th September, 1845

An 1845 college address urging moral science alongside intellectual education. Rice argues moral training forms character, links virtue with happiness, and warns talent without morals.

Nathan Lewis Rice ⬩ 1846

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Lectures on Slavery: Delivered in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago

The Presbyterian Expositor, Vol. 2

The Presbyterian Expositor, Vol. 1

Preaching

Ten Letters on the Subject of Slavery

The Signs of the Times

Baptism: The Design, Mode and Subjects

A Funeral Discourse of Mrs. Elizabeth Benton

Correspondence Between the Believers in the Harmonial Philosophy in St. Louis and the Rev. Dr. N.L. Rice (1854)

Romanism, the Enemy of Education, and of Free Institutions, and of Christianity

The Moral Effects of Christianity

The Old and New Schools: An Exhibit of the Most Important Differences in Their Doctrines and Church Polity

Wonderful: The Name of Christ

Campbellism: Its Rise, Progress, Character, and Influence

God Sovereign and Man Free: Or, The Doctrine of Divine Foreordination and Man’s Free Agency, Stated, Illustrated and Proved from the Scriptures

Phrenology Examined, and Shown to Be Inconsistent with the Principles of Phisiology, Mental and Moral Science, and the Doctrines of Christianity …

Romanism Not Christianity: A Series of Popular Lectures, In Which Popery and Protestantism Are Contrasted

A Discourse on Dancing, Delivered in the Central Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati

A Debate on Slavery

Address by Rev. Nathan L. Rice, Delivered Before the Chamberlain and Deinologian Societies of Centre College, on the 24th September, 1845

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