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Unity in Christ

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Advice on using illustrations effectively in preaching, followed by an outline study of Ephesians emphasizing God's purpose to form one new humanity in Christ and preserve church unity.

An Emergency Fund Needed at Once

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Appeal to fund a new Seamen's Institute and provide emergency aid to Presbyterian churches, missions, pastors and Chinese/Japanese victims after the San Francisco earthquake. Calls for prompt, generous donations.

Appeal from San Francisco

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1906 Herald and Presbyter highlights a Bohemian Presbyterian congregation, urges committed local church membership, and Cuyler's essay on how trials ('head-winds') build Christian character.

The Presbyterian Church in California, 1849–1927

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A history of the Presbyterian Church in California (1849–1927) by Edward A. Wicher, tracing pioneer ministers, presbyteries, missions, women's work, and theological education.

My Story of the Earthquake

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Reverend Edward A. Wicher's first-person account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: violent tremors, fires, evacuation, martial law, ministerial compassion, and the ruin of the seminary.

Story of San Francisco’s Disaster

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Discusses earthquakes, volcanoes and the 1906 San Francisco quake/fire, arguing they're natural events not divine punishment. Urges better construction, sanitation, relief, and civic unity.

Ancient Jewish Views of the Messiah

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Survey of ancient Jewish messianic expectations among Sadducees, Pharisees and scribes. Discusses Davidic kingship, pre-existence, a suffering Messiah, national redemption and resurrection.

The San Francisco Theological Seminary

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October 1906 Assembly Herald: reports on education and seminary recovery after the San Francisco earthquake, advocacy for an educated ministry, and boards' mission work.

The Bright Side of Disaster

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Aug 1907 Assembly Herald urges 'Labor Sunday' outreach to workingmen and church-labor cooperation. It also reports foreign missions work in China, missionaries' returns, and a rescue home for girls.

A Guardian at the Gate

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Miss Donaldina Cameron ran a Presbyterian Mission in San Francisco, rescuing Chinese slave girls from tongs for 18 years, sheltering, educating, and legally defending them.

The Story of Wong So

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Missionary accounts of Chinese women and girls rescued from slavery in early 20th-century America, recounting captivity, conversion, education, and Christian rehabilitation.

Ming Quong Home

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Women-led mission pieces on Chinese communities: returning students' struggles and the Ming Quong home rescuing, training, and supporting orphaned girls.

Henry Clay Cameron, Ph.D., D.D.

Necrological report presenting obituaries of Princeton alumni: a long-serving pastor of Bethlehem Church, Sydney, N.J., and Prof. Henry C. Cameron, longtime Greek professor at Princeton College.

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