Archives

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.

Browse all archives

The Wheat and the Chaff Gathered into Bundles: A Statistical Contribution Towards the History of the Recent Disruption

Statistical account of the Scottish Disruption (1843), listing ministers who joined the Free Church or remained with the Establishment. Considers church–state relations and patronage.

James McCosh ⬩ 1843

On the Use and Functions of Preaching, and the Advantages of Systematic Theology to a Preacher of the Gospel, Being a Sermon

James McCosh ⬩ 1833

Cyrus H. McCormick

Biography of Cyrus H. McCormick and the founding and growth of Union/McCormick Theological Seminary, highlighting his reaper invention and major philanthropic support for Presbyterian education.

Walter William Moore ⬩ 1898

November 17, 1868 Letter

History of McCormick Theological Seminary detailing the 1867–68 disputes over professorships, General Assembly decisions, and Cyrus H. McCormick's withheld endowment amid factional conflict.

Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. ⬩ 1893

Address to the 1866 General Assembly

Account of McCormick Theological Seminary's post‑Civil War history, focusing on governance, endowment disputes, and partisan influence in faculty appointments. Centers on McCormick and MacMaster conflicts.

Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. ⬩ 1893

Christian Science, or, The False Christ of 1866

Pastoral refutation of Christian Science exposing doctrinal errors, pantheism, medical fallacies and faith‑healing claims; addresses associated legal and public‑health concerns.

William Parsons McCorkle ⬩ 1899

Reminiscences of Jacob Henry Smith

Memorial biography of Rev. J. Henry Smith (1820–1897), longtime Presbyterian pastor of Greensboro. Details his life, ministry, death, funeral services, tributes and reminiscences.

William Parsons McCorkle ⬩ 1898

Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, D.D.

Biography of Samuel Eusebius McCorkle (1746–1811), a Presbyterian minister and educator in North Carolina who defended Christianity against deism, led revivals, and ran a classical school.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1858

Our Passover; or, The Great Things of the Law

Explains the Passover as a type of Christ—the sacrificial Lamb—urging believers to purge sin (the leaven) and live holy in light of Christ's atonement and the Lord's Supper.

William J. McCord ⬩ 1865

Lot’s Wife: A Warning Against Bad Examples

Homiletic exposition urging believers to "Remember Lot's wife" as a warning: do not look back or return to sin. Uses Sodom's destruction to urge holy separation and obedience.

William J. McCord ⬩ 1859

Why Will Ye Die? An Expostulation with Self-Destroyers

A 19th-century evangelical exhortation urging sinners to repent and avoid eternal death. It warns of judgment, proclaims Christ's atonement, and invites readers to believe for life.

William J. McCord ⬩ 1854

Salvation; or, The Sinner Directed in the Way of Life

A 19th-century evangelical tract urging sinners to seek salvation in Christ, outlining human sinfulness, God's wrath, and justification through Christ by faith. Calls for repentance and conversion.

William J. McCord ⬩ 1846

The Duty of Prayer for Ministers

An 1844 tract urging Christians to pray for their ministers. It explains the duty, reasons, and how such prayer promotes gospel success and pastoral strength.

William J. McCord ⬩ 1844

The Martial Graves of Our Fallen Heroes in Santiago de Cuba

Chaplain Henry C. McCook documents 1898 efforts around Santiago, Cuba to locate, mark, photograph and preserve U.S. soldiers' graves following President McKinley's order.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1899

The Latimers: A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794

Historical novel set on the 1790s American frontier following Scotch-Irish pioneers during the Western (Whiskey) Insurrection. Explores their lives, motives, and dialect.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1898

Scotch-Irish Women Pioneers

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1896

Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver’s Pixies

A children's natural-history tale personifying spiders as pixies and useful insects as Brownies. The preface explains the scientific origin, illustrations, and an adult introduction.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1895

Address Delivered on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Lecture Hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, February 22, 1892

Dedication address for the Academy of Natural Sciences' new lecture hall (1892). Advocates public support, expanded scientific instruction, inclusivity in education, and civic philanthropy.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1892

Jonathan Edwards as a Naturalist

Survey of late-19th-century debate between materialism and idealism, followed by a profile of Jonathan Edwards as an early American naturalist, emphasizing his accurate observations of spiders and web-spinning.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1890

American Spiders and Their Spinningwork: A Natural History of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States …, Vol. 3

Preface to H. C. McCook's volume on American orbweaving spiders, describing scope, plates, acknowledgements, and publication notes. The author frames the study as natural history that honors Divine providence.

Henry Christopher McCook ⬩ 1893

Showing 11,961–11,980 of 22,007 items