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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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The Prophets of the Restoration, or, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: A New Translation, With Notes

Introduction to a commentary on Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi exploring the prophetic gift vs. office, prophetic modes, and prophecy’s organic role in redemptive history.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1856

Names and Surnames

Essay tracing the history and significance of personal names and surnames. Argues names mark cultural stages—sense, memory, faith—illustrated from biblical, Egyptian and tribal examples.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1856

God’s University; or, The Family Considered as a Government, a School, and a Church

Mid-19th-century essays on juvenile delinquency arguing the state's duty to reform youth. Recommends Sunday-schools, Houses of Refuge, family-style training, education and vocational prep.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1855

A New Translation and Exposition of Malachi

Translation and exposition of Malachi situating the prophet ~c.424 BC after Haggai; analyzes priestly neglect, tithes, mixed marriages, and the book's messianic import.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1855

God’s Method of Saving the World

Mid-19th-century apologetic arguing Christianity's limited diffusion is purposeful: faith must be voluntary, natural revelation needs Scripture's key, and preaching is God's method of salvation.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1855

To My Sister F— on Her Birthday

June 1854 Southern Literary Messenger: review of John C. Calhoun's works and essays, alongside poems and short pieces, including 'To My Sister' and Elma South's 'The Bunch of Jessamines.'

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1854

Emily: Her Second Birth-Day Among the Angels

April 1854 Southern Literary Messenger: editorials debate the Nebraska bill and slavery, criticizing Sumner/Chase; includes Christian consolation poems and a reply to Putnam.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1854

Christianity and the Fall of the Roman Empire

Argues against Gibbon: Christianity did not cause Rome's fall. Collapse arose from moral, social and economic decay, taxation, slavery and barbarian invasion; Christianity strengthened family and virtue.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1854

The Ethnological Objection: The Unity of the Human Race

T. V. Moore defends the biblical unity of the human race, citing Paul (Acts 17:26) and Romans 5 to link all humans to Adam and to Christ. He answers ethnological objections to this doctrine.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

To Frank, on His Birth-Day

1853 Southern Literary Messenger issue: contents list and selections—essays on Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, travel to China, social sketches, memorials, and poems (including 'To Frank').

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

The Conservative Elements of American Civilization: An Address Before the Philo and Franklin Societies of Jefferson College, … Third of August, 1853

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

Thoughts on Following a Child to the Grave

June 1853 Southern Literary Messenger: a rebuttal to Uncle Tom's Cabin and northern abolitionism, alongside Southern sketches and poems on loss, grief, and an epilogue by Thackeray.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

Socrates

Review examines Socrates, Athenian society, and the Sophists. Argues his ethical life instructs Christians but reveals the limits of pagan wisdom and sophistic rhetoric.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

The Mother’s Vision: The Birth-Day in Heaven of Mary Ann; Her Second Year Among the Angels

Selections from the Southern Literary Messenger (May 1853): literary reviews, prairie travel sketches, and poems mourning child loss that envision heaven and consolation.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

But a Step Between Man and Death: A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Samuel Taylor, Esq., in the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va., Feb. 24th, 1853

Funeral sermon for Samuel Taylor praising his integrity, professional honor, and charity; reflects on sudden death and life's fragility: “there is but a step between me and death.”

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

Importance of Religion to Public Men: A Funeral Discourse on the Death of Robert Craig, of Roanoke, Late a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Funeral sermon for statesman Robert Craig recounting his conversion from skepticism through his mother's piety, urging the importance of religion for public men and offering hope in death.

Thomas Verner Moore ⬩ 1853

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Archives

The Prophets of the Restoration, or, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: A New Translation, With Notes

Names and Surnames

God’s University; or, The Family Considered as a Government, a School, and a Church

A New Translation and Exposition of Malachi

God’s Method of Saving the World

To My Sister F— on Her Birthday

Emily: Her Second Birth-Day Among the Angels

Christianity and the Fall of the Roman Empire

The Ethnological Objection: The Unity of the Human Race

To Frank, on His Birth-Day

The Conservative Elements of American Civilization: An Address Before the Philo and Franklin Societies of Jefferson College, … Third of August, 1853

Thoughts on Following a Child to the Grave

Socrates

The Mother’s Vision: The Birth-Day in Heaven of Mary Ann; Her Second Year Among the Angels

But a Step Between Man and Death: A Discourse Delivered at the Funeral of Samuel Taylor, Esq., in the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va., Feb. 24th, 1853

Importance of Religion to Public Men: A Funeral Discourse on the Death of Robert Craig, of Roanoke, Late a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Zechariah

English Infidelity

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