A Funny Little Mother
Illustrated children's magazine with short stories and poems about farm animals: a patient plough-horse, a kind girl who adopts orphaned chicks, and a playful poem about chickens.
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A Funny Little Mother
Blackberrying
1883 illustrated children's magazine of stories and poems for little ones. Includes the poem 'Blackberrying' about two young maidens rambling through fields to pick blackberries.
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Sir Henry’s Cat
Index and excerpts from Electra (1884), a belles-lettres monthly for young people, featuring poetry, short stories, historical sketches, travel pieces, art essays, and natural science notes.
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Some Notes from a Society
Editorial urging heartfelt, prayerful support for foreign missions, reporting growth and needs, and giving practical guidance for women's missionary meetings and spiritual practices.
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The Promise and Command
Pieces from the 1891 Union Seminary Magazine: a brief biographical sketch of Henry Carrington Alexander and a missionary poem reflecting Eve's fall and Mary's commission to proclaim the risen Christ.
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Woman’s Work at Home for Foreign Missions
A late-19th-century essay celebrating women's organized home work for foreign missions, detailing the growth of societies, fundraising, education, and their vital supportive roles.
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Woman’s Ways
Weekly 1897 journal: editorials on Cuban suffering and U.S. policy, alongside essays on women's roles, motherhood, child-rearing and domestic life.
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The Confederate Treasury
Woodstock (VA) 1882 newspaper page containing local attorney and business advertisements, a poem, community directory, and a Civil War–era reminiscence of the Confederate Naval Academy and Richmond's evacuation.
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A Funeral Discourse, Commemorative of the Rev. Isaac Stockton Keith, D.D., One of the Ministers of the Independent or Congregational Church in Charleston, S.C.
Funeral sermon (1814/1816) by Rev. Andrew Flinn honoring Rev. Isaac S. Keith, D.D., reflecting on godliness, faithfulness, and the loss his death brings to church and community.
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A Funeral Sermon, Occasioned by the Death of the Rev. Urban Cooper, One of the Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Funeral sermon for Rev. Urban Cooper reflecting on Psalm 116:15: the death of God’s saints is precious. Argues death is deliverance, victory in Christ, and entrance to heavenly rest.
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On Repentance
1824 collection of sermons from Southern U.S. ministers, edited by Rev. Colin M'Iver. Covers repentance, atonement, providence, death, and practical Christian piety.
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Andrew Flinn, D.D.
19th-century biographical sketches of American Presbyterian ministers Andrew Flinn and James Inglis, detailing their education, ministry, character, and contributions to church life.
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The General Assembly of 1883
Account of the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly (1883): opening sermon (Isaiah 53), officers elected, Northern delegates received, and debates on committee powers and ministerial education.
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Supernatural Revelation: A Modern Form of the A Priori and Analogical Argument
Reviews Dr. Landis's defense of original sin and presents a modern a priori and analogical case for supernatural revelation: nature and human moral consciousness point to a personal, moral Creator.
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Evolution and Theology
Argues the Southern Presbyterian Church wrongly removed Prof. Woodrow over evolution; defends free scientific inquiry and urges reconciling science and religion.
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A Sermon Delivered in Leominster at the Commencement of the Year, Lord’s Day, Jan. 1st, 1815
1815 sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:29 urging that life is short and uncertain; devote time to repentance, sanctification, and active, ordered Christian duty with self-denial and readiness for judgment.
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