Scenes in the Indian Country
1859 Presbyterian account of mission work among the Creek Indians in Indian Territory. Describes daily life, travel, preaching, and social problems like whiskey and poverty.
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Scenes in the Indian Country
The Profits of Godliness
A sermon arguing that godliness is both pleasant and profitable now and forever, outlining practical benefits: assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy, growth, and perseverance.
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How to Die Happy
A 19th‑century Presbyterian tract advising Christians how to die happily. It contrasts the dread of the unrepentant with believers' hope in Christ’s atonement and resurrection.
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Scenes in Chusan, or, Missionary Labours by the Way
Sketches of missionary labors in Chusan (1845–46): island life, English occupation, and evangelical work—preaching, prayer meetings, hospitals, and conversions.
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Learn to Say No, or, The City Apprentice
A country youth entering a city apprenticeship is urged to "learn to say no" — resist temptation, keep family worship, read Scripture, be diligent, and guard his conscience.
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September 24, 1849 Letter
1850 Presbyterian Home and Foreign Record: reports boards' work in education and missions, appeals for ministerial support and parsonages, missionary letters from China, and Omaha/Otoe mission reports.
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James Adair Lyon, D.D.
Necrological report (Princeton Seminary Alumni Assn., 1883) containing obituaries and biographical sketches of Presbyterian ministers and educators, recording careers, offices, and deaths.
The Baltimore Committee
Contains a Noah/ark poem, a review arguing baptism is a spiritual change rather than mere immersion, a devotional on hidden saints, and a proposed plan for church benevolence.
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The Southern Presbyterian University
Argues for a church-controlled Southern Presbyterian University to preserve denominational influence, elevate ministerial learning, and counter rival denominations' schools.
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Charge at the Inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Plumer
Argues for studying church temporalities as a science and charges a seminary professor to rigorously train ministers: test conversion, ensure qualifications, and resist infidelity.
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Slavery, and the Duties Growing Out of the Relation
1863 Southern Presbyterian Review defends slavery as biblically and providentially sanctioned, condemns reopening the African slave trade, and urges Christian stewardship of enslaved people.
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Religion and Politics
Argument defending the Southern war and insisting religion must guide politics; condemns separation of church/state, anti-Sabbath and 'Woman's laws', and barring ministers from office.
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The General Assembly at Augusta
Report of the 1861–62 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States. Inaugural address, organization and officers, with reflections on unity amid national separation.
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A Supernatural Revelation Necessary
Argues that nature and human faculties cannot fully develop conscience, holiness, or pardon, so a supernatural revelation from God is necessary to fulfill mankind's moral ends.
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A Lecture on Christianity and the Civil Laws
Rev. James A. Lyon defends the pulpit's right to address civil morality, urging Christians to obey civil law while holding ministers responsible to denounce public sin. He appeals to "Render unto Caesar" and Pauline teaching.
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The New Theological Professorship — Natural Religion in Connexion with Revealed Religion
Urges a seminary chair on natural science and revealed religion to equip ministers to rebut scientific attacks on Christianity while avoiding indiscreet, ignorant opposition to true science.
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Christianity — A Disciplinary Element in an Education
Argues Christianity must be a disciplinary element in education, cultivating abstract thought, moral faculties, and taste. Christ's life and Scripture uniquely refine and ennoble character.
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London, and Its Fine Arts
Collection from The Casket (1852): a sermon on Psalm 72 urging prayer for rulers, parental duty and domestic missions; a father's letter condemning novel-reading; poems and sketches.
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Vauxhall Gardens
Sermon on Psalm 72 urging prayer for rulers, parental duty to teach children, and support for domestic/city missions among emigrants. Also reports on urban amusements and a fever memoir.
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An Address on the Missionary Aspect of African Colonization
1850 address arguing African colonization (and even the slave trade) may be used by Providence to civilize and Christianize Africa, sending back converted Africans as missionaries.
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