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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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Life and Time: A Birth-Day Memorial of Seventy Years. With Memories and Reflections for the Aged and the Young

Poetic memoir by Absalom Peters reflecting on seventy years—family, ministry, providence, aging, and the meaning of life and time. Devotional, autobiographical reflections.

Absalom Peters ⬩ 1866

Colleges Religious Institutions: A Discourse, Delivered in the Park Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J., Oct. 28, 1851, …

1851 discourse urging promotion of collegiate and theological education in the American West. Argues colleges are religious institutions vital to training ministers and advancing the church.

Absalom Peters ⬩ 1851

Sprinkling, the Only Mode of Baptism Made Known in Scripture: And the Scripture Warrant for Infant Baptism

Absalom Peters argues that sprinkling (aspersion) is the only biblical mode of Christian baptism and presents a scriptural defense of infant baptism, using hermeneutic and historical reasoning.

Absalom Peters ⬩ 1848

Address to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society

1846 Home Missionary article urging revival among American Home Missionary Society's domestic missionaries, calling New England to support evangelistic work and education in the West.

Absalom Peters ⬩ 1846

A Plea for Voluntary Societies, and a Defence of the Decisions of the General Assembly of 1836, Against the Strictures of the Princeton Reviewers and Others

1837 defense of the 1836 General Assembly: argues missions should be pursued by voluntary societies not ecclesiastical boards, rebuts Princeton reviewers and warns against schism.

Absalom Peters ⬩ 1837

Abstract of Biblical Geography

Compact 1835 abstract of Biblical Geography for theological students, covering patriarchal, Jewish and New Testament geography. Discusses Eden, the four rivers, settlement rules and maps.

Matthew La Rue Perrine ⬩ 1835

Nathan Perkins, D.D.

Biographical sketch of Rev. Nathan Perkins (1748–1838) from Annals American Pulpit, outlining his long congregational ministry, publications, revivals, and pastoral influence.

Richard Webster ⬩ 1857

A Half Century Sermon, Delivered at West-Hartford, on the 13th Day of October, 1822: In Which a Church and Congregation are Commended to God …

Nathan Perkins' 1822 sermon commends a congregation to God and the word of His grace, urging ministers' prayerful care, faithful instruction, and unity to guard against error.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1822

A Discourse, Delivered August 12, 1818, at the Ordination of Reverend Eli Moody, at Weybridge, Vermont

Ordination sermon on Luke 3:7–15 urging ministers to preach plainly and solemnly like John the Baptist, calling for genuine repentance, clear duty, and pastoral tenderness.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1818

A Sermon, Delivered at the Interment of the Rev. Nathan Strong, D.D., Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Hartford; Who Died December 25, 1816

Funeral sermon urging ministers to be faithful unto death. Perkins details pastoral duties: a regenerated heart, sound doctrine, diligent preaching, care for sacraments, and the promised crown of life.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1817

A Funeral Sermon, Delivered at Amherst, Sept. 15, 1815, at the Interment of Doctor Seth Coleman, A.M., Who Died on the 9th of the Same Month, Aged 76

Funeral sermon on Philippians 1:21: for the believer, to live is Christ and to die is gain. It consoles that Christ is our life, death frees from sin and suffering, and ushers us into heavenly joy.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1815

A Discourse, Delivered October 10, 1810, at the Ordination of the Rev. Nathan Perkins, Jr., to the Work of the Gospel Ministry

Ordination sermon (1810) expounding Christ’s preaching and doctrines. Emphasizes human depravity, necessity of regeneration, election, divine sovereignty, and Christ’s mediatorial work.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1810

The Benign Influence of Religion on Civil Government and National Happiness: Illustrated in a Sermon… on the Anniversary Election, May 12th, 1808

Election sermon (1808) urging that piety and morality secure national happiness and prosperity. Preached before Connecticut's civil leaders, grounded in Deut. 28:1–2.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1808

A Preached Gospel the Great Instituted Means of Salvation: … in a Discourse Delivered January 20th, 1808, at the Ordination of the Rev. Elijah G. Welles

Ordination sermon: the preached gospel is God's appointed, necessary means of salvation. Ordained ministers teach, convict, convert and edify by the Word and sacraments.

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1808

The Character of a Faithful Minister of the Gospel Delineated: In a Discourse Delivered January 16, 1805, at the Ordination of the Rev. Joab Brace

Nathan Perkins ⬩ 1807

A Good Missionary: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Rev. William Redfield Stocking, Missionary to the Nestorians, Preached at Oroomiah, Persia, July 9, 1854

Justin Perkins ⬩ 1854

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Life and Time: A Birth-Day Memorial of Seventy Years. With Memories and Reflections for the Aged and the Young

Colleges Religious Institutions: A Discourse, Delivered in the Park Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J., Oct. 28, 1851, …

Sprinkling, the Only Mode of Baptism Made Known in Scripture: And the Scripture Warrant for Infant Baptism

Address to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society

A Plea for Voluntary Societies, and a Defence of the Decisions of the General Assembly of 1836, Against the Strictures of the Princeton Reviewers and Others

Abstract of Biblical Geography

Nathan Perkins, D.D.

A Half Century Sermon, Delivered at West-Hartford, on the 13th Day of October, 1822: In Which a Church and Congregation are Commended to God …

A Discourse, Delivered August 12, 1818, at the Ordination of Reverend Eli Moody, at Weybridge, Vermont

A Sermon, Delivered at the Interment of the Rev. Nathan Strong, D.D., Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Hartford; Who Died December 25, 1816

A Funeral Sermon, Delivered at Amherst, Sept. 15, 1815, at the Interment of Doctor Seth Coleman, A.M., Who Died on the 9th of the Same Month, Aged 76

A Discourse, Delivered October 10, 1810, at the Ordination of the Rev. Nathan Perkins, Jr., to the Work of the Gospel Ministry

The Benign Influence of Religion on Civil Government and National Happiness: Illustrated in a Sermon… on the Anniversary Election, May 12th, 1808

A Preached Gospel the Great Instituted Means of Salvation: … in a Discourse Delivered January 20th, 1808, at the Ordination of the Rev. Elijah G. Welles

The Character of a Faithful Minister of the Gospel Delineated: In a Discourse Delivered January 16, 1805, at the Ordination of the Rev. Joab Brace

The Beloved Physician: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Austin H. Wright

Historical Sketch of the Mission to the Nestorians

Missionary Life in Persia

Nestorian Biography: Being Sketches of Pious Nestorians Who Have Died at Oroomiah, Persia

A Good Missionary: A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Rev. William Redfield Stocking, Missionary to the Nestorians, Preached at Oroomiah, Persia, July 9, 1854

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