“Crown Him”
1884 editorial urging a 'Christian Nation'—the religious press should promote national Christianity, seek constitutional recognition of God, and unify reform movements like temperance.
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Archives
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“Crown Him”
Of Church Discipline
Lecture urging strict church discipline and preservation of Presbyterian standards: officers must vet members and ministers, uphold creeds and exclude the unregenerate and doctrinally unsound.
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A Series of Letters on the Relation, Rights, Priveleges [sic] and Duties of Baptized Children
John M'Farland (1828) argues baptized children are church members with rights and duties, to be instructed and disciplined by the session. He appeals to the Confession, Assembly reports, and Scripture.
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Rev. Francis McFarland, D.D.
Hymn on believers' security; an essay arguing 'baptidzo' needn't require full immersion (Dr. J. W. Dale's research); plus pastoral exhortations to seriousness and ministers' rest.
July 8, 1861 Letter
Sermon to soldiers arguing national calamity follows national sin; God governs nations and may use enemies as chastisement. Urges repentance, prayer, fasting, and public piety.
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Progress Towards Self-Sustentation
1857 Presbyterian reports on domestic missions: church debts burden congregations and hinder self-sustenance; urge prudent church-building and describe frontier missionary labors, Sabbath-schools, and prayer meetings.
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May 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
1879 mission report from Fort Wrangell describing Protestant mission work in Alaska, the arrival of Roman Catholic clergy, and a mission home sheltering Native girls from exploitation.
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February 11, 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Letters from Rev. Sheldon Jackson describe flourishing Alaska mission work: a growing girls' home and school, arrival of an organ, urgent building funds, and contests with Roman Catholics.
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January 8, 1879 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Mrs. McFarland's Fort Wrangell letters report a growing mission: school, girls' home, Christmas services, marriages, and an organ. She urgently appeals for building funds and medical aid.
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November 9, 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Account of Rev. S. Hall Young's 1878 arrival at Fort Wrangell, Alaska. He held councils to suppress witchcraft, foster unity, increase church attendance, and advance the school.
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September 3, 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Alaska mission report: Rev. S. Hall Young and Mrs. McFarland start schools and a girls' Home amid witchcraft, suicides, and funerals, working to curb pagan practices and protect children.
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June 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Alaska missionary report recounting work among natives: schools, funerals, dances, witchcraft, and delays in ministerial support. Urgent appeals for missionaries and schools amid Catholic competition.
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March 26, 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Sheldon Jackson's Alaska mission report: a Christian wedding feast, a funeral converted from burning to burial, and chiefs requesting American teachers and ministers.
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March 16, 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Missionary report from Alaska recounting native ceremonies and Rev. John G. Brady’s arrival. Urgent plea for a girls' home and funds to relieve sick Indigenous people.
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January 16, 1878 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Missionary letters from Alaska recount native conversions, school life, Philip McKay's death, Christmas observances, rising whiskey trouble, and pleas for prayer and support.
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November 10, 1877 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Mission letters from Fort Wrangell recount sewing and day schools, the sickness and death of a Native teacher, conversions and baptism, and the urgent need for ministers to marry and preach.
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October 1877 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Missionary report from Fort Wrangell, Alaska: establishing schools and a girls' home, teaching natives, mediating marriages, coping with sickness and scarce resources.
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September 10, 1877 Letter to Sheldon Jackson
Diary letters from Fort Wrangell (1877) describing missionary schooling among Native Alaskans: classes, singing hymns, ministering to the sick, and appeals for teachers and a girls' home.
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Manual of Presbyterian Law and Usage
Manual of Presbyterian law and usage (1873): systematic guidance on constitution, church courts (session, presbytery, synod, General Assembly), discipline, worship and sacraments.
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Infant Baptism: A Discourse
A Presbyterian defense of infant (household) baptism arguing children of church members are church members by covenant, with baptism replacing circumcision as the covenant sign.
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