Vacation with Christ
Urges Christians to take judicious rest with Christ present: leave cares behind, avoid worldly excess on vacation, and use leisure for renewal and quiet service to others.
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Vacation with Christ
What Is Your Life?
Exhortation to live with eternal perspective: lives are bound to Christ, charged with responsibility and accountability. Urgent call to soul-winning and holy living.
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Are the Children Safe?
Selections from The Christian Treasury: essays on the spiritual relation of Christian work to church and individual; protecting and nurturing children's faith; and the Bible's history and preservation.
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Making Memories
January 1884 Christian Treasury: essays on the spiritual relation of Christian work to church and individual, memories and family devotion, and Luther’s reform to 1525.
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A Good Man
Selections from the 1883 Christian Treasury: sermons on the preaching of the cross, a portrait of Barnabas' goodness and ministry, and a defense of the historicity of the Book of Esther.
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Home-Making
Practical Christian guidance for building a God-honoring home: duties of husband, wife, parents, and children; marriage’s sacredness and the need for loving patience and selfless devotion.
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Week-Day Religion
Practical guide urging Christians to live their faith daily—consecration, Bible reading, home piety, service, and steadfastness—turning doctrine into weekday life.
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Woman’s Ministry, and Other Papers
Argues for women's personal ministry—teaching children, charity, and tender service—grounded in secret devotion. Emphasizes prayerful personal piety as the source of effective Christian activity.
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Biographical Sketches and Sermons, of Some of the First Ministers of the Associate Church in America
History and biographical sketches (with sermons) of early ministers of the Associate (Secession) Church in North America, tracing its origins, unions, divisions, and documentary record.
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Missouri’s Memorable Decade, 1860–1870: An Historical Sketch, Personal - Political - Religious
Personal and historical sketch of Missouri (1860–1870) covering Civil War border violence, Reconstruction, and Presbyterian church life from a Southern-born minister's perspective.
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The Presbyterian Origin of American Independence
Surveys medieval church-state debates (Wyclif, Lollards), defends Presbyterian polity as ancient, and argues religion undergirds liberty and the American national life.
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The Restoration of the Jews
Outlines Berkeley's idealism—denying material substance and asserting 'esse est percipi'. Argues for the biblical promise of Israel's future restoration to land and covenant.
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Report on Fraternal Relations, Presented to the Presbytery of Mecklenburgh, at Mallard Creek Church, May 14, 1883
1883 report to the Presbytery of Mecklenburg condemning Atlanta Assembly's fraternal dealings with the Northern General Assembly—accusing duplicity, humiliation, and improper retractions.
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The Law of the Tithe, and of the Free-Will Offering
Treatise arguing tithes are a moral, divinely ordained support for the Church and ministry, distinct from alms or ceremonial law. Defends tithes as pre‑Levitical, perpetual, and not judicial.
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Annals of the English Presbytery
Report on the 1872 General Assembly and review of M'Crie's Annals tracing English Presbytery: early British/Celtic Christianity (St. Patrick, Columba, Culdees) and Wycliffe's role.
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Christ and the State
Argues the state is a moral, religious institution ordained by God and mediated by Christ. Nations bear collective responsibility and need Christianity and natural law.
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Southern Views and Principles Not “Extinguished” by the War
Reflects on prayer amid disaster and God's permissive providence; defends Southern state sovereignty and constitutional rights in the wake of the Civil War.
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The Relation of Baptized Children to the Discipline of the Church
Argues that baptized children are full church members subject to ecclesiastical discipline, defending historic Presbyterian and Reformed standards with historical examples.
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Report on the State of the Church
Urgent call for the Southern Presbyterian Church to renew its evangelistic mission amid war—restore ordinances and the office of evangelist to spur revival and growth.
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The Status of the Baptized Child
Argues that children of church members are born into the visible Church by the Abrahamic covenant; baptism is the covenantal seal, placing infants under church care, government, and discipline.
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