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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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Chapel Hymns: A Selection of Hymns, With Appropriate Tunes; Adapted to Vestry or Other Social Religious Meetings

Lowell Mason's 1842 Chapel Hymns: a small evangelical collection of simple, singable tunes for vestry and social religious meetings, emphasizing repentance, invitation, and new birth.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1842

Little Songs for Little Singers

1840 children's hymnbook of short songs, prayers, and moral pieces for family and primary-school singing; simple devotional, nature-themed lyrics.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1840

The Boston Glee Book

The Boston Glee Book (1838), ed. Lowell Mason & George J. Webb — a compact collection of glees, madrigals and rounds selected to make secular vocal music affordable, accessible, and morally suitable.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1838

Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes

Collection of church psalmody and hymn tunes (Lowell Mason et al.), featuring musical settings and texts for congregational worship, including Psalm-based hymns.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1837

The Musical Library

Preface to the 1836 Musical Library outlining its aim to provide accessible, high-quality vocal and instrumental music, promote musical education, and supply sacred pieces for church and home.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1836

Manual of the Boston Academy of Music for Instruction in the Elements of Vocal Music, on the System of Pestalozzi

1834 Boston Academy of Music manual teaching vocal music by a Pestalozzian, step‑by‑step method for children and adults, covering rhythm, melody, harmony, expression, and practice.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1834

Spiritual Songs for Social Worship

1832 hymnal 'Spiritual Songs for Social Worship' — a manual of familiar, devotional hymns for families, revival and missionary meetings, promoting chaste melodies and musical reform.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1832

Church Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship

Preface (1831) outlining principles for selecting psalms and hymns for public worship—emphasizing lyrical quality, doctrinal soundness, and musical structure for congregational devotion.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1831

Juvenile Psalmist; or, The Child’s Introduction to Sacred Music

Lowell Mason's 1829 Juvenile Psalmist: a concise Sabbath‑school manual teaching children sacred music—staff, clefs, notes, solmization, rhythm, and simple tunes for congregational singing.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1829

Address on Church Music

1826 address arguing church music is a divinely‑instituted devotional art needing cultivation. Criticizes showy, untrained performance and urges reverent musical education.

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1826

The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music

Lowell Mason ⬩ 1822

John Mason, D.D.

Sketch of Rev. John Mason (1734–1792), Scottish‑born American minister noted for pastoral fidelity, preaching (John 3), and leadership in the 1782 Associate Reformed Church union.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1869

Erskine Mason, D.D.

Biographical sketches of American Presbyterian clergy (e.g., Erskine Mason), emphasizing pastoral character, theological convictions, ministry, and accounts of death and legacy.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1858

A Pastor’s Legacy: Being Sermons on Practical Subjects

Posthumous collection of Rev. Erskine Mason's practical sermons with a memoir, addressing death, pastoral ministry, faith, providence, and the nature and extent of the atonement.

Erskine Mason, Sr. ⬩ 1853

God’s Hand in Human Events: A Sermon, Preached in the Bleecker Street Church on the 14th July, 1850, In Reference to the Death of President Taylor

Sermon: God sovereignly directs all human events; providence works through secondary causes, using prosperity and affliction to accomplish wise, loving ends and reform hearts.

Erskine Mason, Sr. ⬩ 1850

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Chapel Hymns: A Selection of Hymns, With Appropriate Tunes; Adapted to Vestry or Other Social Religious Meetings

Little Songs for Little Singers

The Boston Glee Book

Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes

The Musical Library

Manual of the Boston Academy of Music for Instruction in the Elements of Vocal Music, on the System of Pestalozzi

Spiritual Songs for Social Worship

Church Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship

Juvenile Psalmist; or, The Child’s Introduction to Sacred Music

Address on Church Music

The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music

John Mason, D.D.

Erskine Mason, D.D.

A Pastor’s Legacy: Being Sermons on Practical Subjects

God’s Hand in Human Events: A Sermon, Preached in the Bleecker Street Church on the 14th July, 1850, In Reference to the Death of President Taylor

“Signs of the Times”: A Sermon Delivered Before the Foreign Missionary Society of New-York and Brooklyn

An Evangelical Ministry, the Security of a Nation: A Sermon, Preached in Behalf of the American Home Missionary Society

The Promise of the Spirit

New Year’s Sermon for 1848: Dependence on the Future

Sabbath-Schools: A Sermon Preached in the Bleecker-Street Church, New York

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