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The Angels and Their Ministrations

Survey of the biblical doctrine of angels: their nature, ranks, and ministries to humans, defending belief against materialism and pseudo‑spiritualism.
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The Church in Philadelphia

Presbyterian (Nov 7, 1900) issue: essays on right motives in discipleship, the tongue as a moral danger, Philadelphia Sabbath-school decline, and Ruskin on education.
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A Century Ago

Argues weak faith, not methods, causes much failed Christian work; urges a revival of faith and prevailing prayer in homes and churches. Also reviews Presbyterian growth since 1801.
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Reaffirmation, Not Revision

1900 editorial urges reaffirmation, not revision, of the Westminster Confession; calls Presbyteries to defend doctrine, preserve unity, and resist liberalizing change.
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The Job Mystery

Editorials address the missionary crisis in China, defend evangelicalism and urgent preaching to the unconverted, and reflect on suffering and divine providence (Job).
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Ecclesiastical Philadelphia

Editorial on church centennials and a religious census, honoring past laborers whose faith built congregations. Urges preservation of local church history and renewed labor in missions and ministry.
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A Statistical Correction

Editorial defending the Westminster Standards against liberal revision (Briggs, McGiffert controversies), noting corrected church statistics and reporting presbytery news.
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Funerals of the Irreligious

Affirms the Gospel's transforming power, recounts Baxter's Kidderminster revival, and urges pastors to persist in faithful pastoral labor amid declining church interest.
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A Tribute to Prof. W.H. Green

Calls for hopeful, active Presbyterianism—condemning anxious despair and urging faithful work and prayer; reports on Presbyterian work in the Philippines and a tribute to W.H. Green.
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A Model Church Member

Editorial urges faithful New Year living—trust, keep vows, serve. Critiques the 'new theology' as rationalistic and defends orthodox theology; sketches a model church member.
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American Presbyterianism in Its Development and Growth

History of American Presbyterianism in Pennsylvania: origins, presbyteries and synods, the Old/New Side schism and reunion, and numerical and missionary growth through the 18th–19th centuries.
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Log-College Evangelists

Appendix on the Log College: its founding, revivalist leaders (Tennent, Davies), and its influence on Princeton and the growth of colonial American Presbyterianism.
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Presbyterian Worship

Argues that New Testament worship is non-liturgical, rejects prescribed written forms for congregational prayer and liturgies, and emphasizes Scripture, sermon, and sincere prayer.
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The Biblical Blank

Surveys the Revised New Testament and the 'biblical blank' between Malachi and Christ, covering intertestamental history, the Apocrypha, the Septuagint, and pagan influences.
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Church Extension in Large Cities

1880 Presbyterian Alliance report urging vigorous church extension in rapidly growing cities, addressing urban poverty, Roman Catholic competition, and methods of urban evangelism.
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