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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 First Steamboat on the La Plata: Or, “The Monogamist”

Narrator recounts an 1823 voyage up the La Plata with Theodore L., a fragile, contemplative young man whose health and ambitions awaken amid pampas, steamboat spectacle, and Andean travel.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1833

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 2, No. 6

Argues that moral and intellectual differences arise largely from innate temperament and organization, not solely from education; education aids but cannot make all minds alike.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1833

The Influence of Education on the Formation of Character

Timothy Flint argues education is important but not the sole shaper of character; innate temperament, biological diversity, and creator-given differences determine moral and intellectual variety.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1833

Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky: Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country

Biography of Daniel Boone recounting his birth, frontier hunting, Indian captivity, role in settling Kentucky, and later life.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1845

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 1

Selections from an 1834 New-York monthly: a humorous piece reviving Diedrich Knickerbocker, reflective poetry on time, and a South American short story about a bachelor heir.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1834

A Chapter in the Life of a Bachelor: A South American Story

Young heir Henry Selwyn inherits a Cuban plantation and journeys to Mexico, where he rescues Conde Agramente and his wife from robbers, forging friendship amid social intrigue.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1834

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 2

A 1834 short fiction by William Leggett. A sloop lies becalmed; anxious crew and ominous signs foreshadow a sudden, perilous night at sea.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1834

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 3

Review of Robert C. Sands' posthumous collected works and memoir; praises editorial care, New York literary circle, and his biography of Cortés.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1834

The Bachelor Reclaimed, or Celibacy Vanquished

Opening and preface of a translated novel following Lord Milford—raised to disdain marriage—through European travels. The story aims to vindicate love and redeem the bachelor.

Timothy Flint ⬩ 1834

The Ministerial Gift

Two essays: the Lord's Supper as an ordinance to promote believers' holiness and union with Christ; and the ministerial gift, arguing a minister's personal holiness determines his influence and success.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1879

“Evolutionary Ethics and Christianity”

1884 Presbyterian critique arguing evolution cannot supply a basis for morality; defends Christianity as furnishing moral ideal, hope, and durable progress.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1884

The Search-Light of St. Hippolytus: The Papacy and the New Testament in the Light of Discovery

Overview of St. Hippolytus and recent discoveries (marble chair, Refutation of All Heresies, Diatessaron, Syriac gospels) arguing early witness to New Testament authenticity and challenging papal claims.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy, Walter William Moore ⬩ 1896

The Diatessaron of Tatian, and Its Evidential Value

1898 essay reviews the discovery and evidential value of Tatian's Diatessaron, its manuscripts, and implications for Gospel authenticity amid 19th-century biblical criticism.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1898

The Massacre of Saint Barthomew — Where Lies the Chief Responsibility for It?

1898 North Carolina Presbyterian pieces: report on a Waldensian colony, a plea for domestic evangelism and spiritual revival (Pentecost joy), plus an account of the St. Bartholomew massacre.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1898

The Discovery of the Kings

Examines claims that Babylonian tablets name Amraphel, Chedorlaomer, Arioch and Tidal (Genesis 14), arguing archaeological evidence supports the Bible amid scholarly debate.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1899

The Bugle from Berlin: The Retrocession of Harnack

Survey of German scholarship (Harnack, Zahn) defending apostolic dating of the New Testament. Recent manuscript finds (Sinaitic palimpsest, Diatessaron) support Gospel eyewitness testimony.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1899

A Prosperous Soul

Magazine editorial and news on church life, polity, missions, and morality. 'A Prosperous Soul' urges spiritual growth and missionary support (3 John 2; Acts 13).

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

The Original Facts of Christianity: Or, Mrs. Humphrey Ward & Our Generation Versus Paul

Defense of Christianity's supernatural facts, arguing Paul’s eyewitness conversion validates Christ's resurrection and that anti-supernaturalist criticism misreads the evidence.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

A Leaf from the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus: Another Discovery and Its Possibilities

Reports the discovery of Hebrew leaves of Ecclesiasticus (Ben Sira) and examines scholarly implications for Hebrew vocabulary, gospel variants, and Old Testament dating.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

Presbyterians Before First Presbytery

Report: Southern Presbyterian missionaries arrive safely in Shanghai amid Chinese unrest; Indian famine relief continues. Includes Psalm 22 meditation and an address on early colonial Presbyterian ministers.

Parke Poindexter Flournoy ⬩ 1900

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The First Steamboat on the La Plata: Or, “The Monogamist”

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 2, No. 6

The Influence of Education on the Formation of Character

Biographical Memoir of Daniel Boone, The First Settler of Kentucky: Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 1

A Chapter in the Life of a Bachelor: A South American Story

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 2

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 3, No. 3

The Bachelor Reclaimed, or Celibacy Vanquished

The Ministerial Gift

“Evolutionary Ethics and Christianity”

The Search-Light of St. Hippolytus: The Papacy and the New Testament in the Light of Discovery

The Diatessaron of Tatian, and Its Evidential Value

The Massacre of Saint Barthomew — Where Lies the Chief Responsibility for It?

The Discovery of the Kings

The Bugle from Berlin: The Retrocession of Harnack

A Prosperous Soul

The Original Facts of Christianity: Or, Mrs. Humphrey Ward & Our Generation Versus Paul

A Leaf from the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus: Another Discovery and Its Possibilities

Presbyterians Before First Presbytery

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