Eliphalet Nott, D.D., LL.D.
Biographical sketches of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute officers and graduates (1824–1886), highlighting Eliphalet Nott’s life as educator, preacher, inventor, and temperance advocate.
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Eliphalet Nott, D.D., LL.D.
Memoirs of Eliphalet Nott, D.D., LL.D.: For Sixty-Two Years President of Union College
Concise biography of Eliphalet Nott, long-serving president of Union College, minister, educator and temperance advocate, tracing his ministry, college leadership, reforms, and personal life.
The Resurrection of Christ: A Series of Discourses
Introductory defense of Christ's resurrection by Eliphalet Nott: a historical, evidential apologetic against modern criticism, linking the risen Christ to revival and evangelical testimony.
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Lectures on Temperance
Introduction to Eliphalet Nott's temperance lectures advocating total abstinence, grounding the cause in Scripture, Christian ethics, and classical learning.
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Lectures on Temperance
Eliphalet Nott argues for total abstinence from intoxicating liquor, using Scripture, science, and social-economic evidence, urging action by merchants, parents, and youth.
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Ten Lectures on the Use of Intoxicating Liquors
1846 Enquirer publishes Eliphalet Nott's lectures arguing against the use of intoxicating or adulterated wines at Communion and for temperance. Includes medical debate and public responses.
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Counsels to Young Men on the Formation of Character
Commencement addresses urging young men to pursue education, virtue, and piety; subdue passions, reject dueling, gambling, and revenge, honor parents, and trust God's providence.
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Miscellaneous Works
Eliphalet Nott's collected sermons include an 1801 Presbyterian discourse celebrating America's 25th independence anniversary, arguing God's providence guided the nation's deliverance like Israel's exodus.
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A Sermon Preached Before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church …; by the Appointment of the Standing Committee on Missions, May 16, 1806
A 1806 missionary sermon urging Christians to abound in the Lord's work, grounded in the certainty and perpetuity of Christ's reign, illustrated by Ezekiel's dry bones and millennial prophecy.
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The Fall of Hamilton
Eliphalet Nott's sermon mourning Hamilton condemns dueling as a barbaric violation of 'Thou shalt not kill,' appealing to Christian ethics and public conscience.
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A Discourse…Occasioned by the Death of General Alexander Hamilton
Eliphalet Nott's funeral discourse for Alexander Hamilton (1804) denounces duelling as deliberate murder, a breach of God's law and civil law, and urges Christians to reject the practice.
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A Discourse, Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in the City of Albany; Before the Ladies’ Society, For the Relief of Distressed Women and Children
Eliphalet Nott's 1804 sermon urging Christian charity to relieve distressed women, children, widows, and the poor. He argues charity is essential to true faith and everlasting reward.
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History of the Presbyterian Church, in the State of Illinois
A.T. Norton’s 1879 volume documenting the history of the Presbyterian Church in Illinois (south of the Wabash RR), detailing presbyteries, ministers, churches and synodical records.
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The Cost of an Education at Princeton
1896 Princeton pamphlet compiling student expense data and letters showing that capable, moderate-income students could attend for about $300–$500/year using scholarships and self-help.
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The Story of a Thirtieth Anniversary: Rev. George Norcross, D.D., in the Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA
Record of the 30th‑anniversary services (1899) for Rev. George Norcross at Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, with a historical sermon on Presbyterian divisions and church life.
The Story of the Westminster Assembly
Anniversary addresses recount the Westminster Assembly: its Puritan origins, Solemn League and Covenant, debates on doctrine, worship and church government, and the drafting of standards.
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The Centennial Memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle, Vol. 2
Centennial biographical volume of the Presbytery of Carlisle documenting ministers' lives, church origins, and Presbyterian influence in central/eastern Pennsylvania.
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The Centennial Memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle, Vol. 1
Preface to the 1889 Centennial Memorial of the Presbytery of Carlisle, compiling historical and biographical papers on Presbyterianism in central and eastern Pennsylvania.
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