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The Life and Services of Ex-Governor Charles Jones Jenkins: A Memorial Address Delivered … on the 23rd of July, 1883

Memorial address (1883) recounting the life, legal career, and public service of Ex‑Governor Charles J. Jenkins, highlighting his education, character, and civic leadership in Georgia.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. ⬩ 1884

The Women of the Arabs

1872 missionary study detailing Arab women's condition from Jahiliyyah through Islam, Druze, and Nusairiyeh, and the history and impact of missionary education and reform.

Henry Harris Jessup, Charles Seymour Robinson ⬩ 1873

A Memorial of the Rev. David Humphreys

Traces baptism's history and mode as a Christian sacrament, arguing for affusion. Also a memorial of Rev. David Humphreys recounting his ministry, convictions, and pastoral labors.

John McLees ⬩ 1870

Salvation for the Sinner!

A pastoral tract diagnosing the sinner's lost state and urging immediate repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the only Savior. It offers gospel promises and assurance to all who come "just as they are."

Isaac William Ker Handy ⬩ 1861

December 15, 1864 Letter to President Lincoln

Phineas Densmore Gurley ⬩ 1864

Nahum’s Prophecy Concerning Nineveh

Argues for balanced ministerial study; reviews Nahum commentary linking Assyrian antiquities and recent excavations to the confirmation and interpretation of biblical prophecy.

William Henry Green ⬩ 1855

Popery and Puseyism: Being Two Discourses … of 1843; and Preached Before That Body, at Pittsburgh, September, 1844

1844 sermon defending the right of private judgment against papal authority; argues for liberty of conscience, free inquiry, and the people's right to read and interpret Scripture.

Lewis Warner Green, Alexander Taggart McGill ⬩ 1844

Sermons and Other Discourses with Brief Biographical Hints

Collection of Beriah Green sermons (1860–1861) urging Christians to devote life and resources wholly to Christ. Themes include Christian obligation, education, and opposition to slavery.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1861

Sermon at the Funeral of Henry D. Ward, July 24, 1858

Funeral sermon on Job 1:21 about God's sovereignty in giving and taking, providence amid suffering, and the duty of faithful obedience and trust in bereavement.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1858

Speech of Beriah Green at the National Liberty Convention

Beriah Green denounces slavery as a moral and political evil, arguing it treats persons as chattel, corrupts civil government, and violates divine law and reason.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1848

Work and Wages: A Sermon Preached in Whitesboro, N.Y., November, 1846

A 1846 sermon urging industrious, honest labor and condemning idleness and profiteering. Contrasts dutiful 'Workers' with 'Unworkers', tying work to wages, public welfare, and Christian duty.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1846

Sketches of the Life and Writings of James Gillespie Birney

Biography of James G. Birney: his Kentucky upbringing, legal and political career, conversion to abolitionism, and selection as the Liberty Party's presidential candidate.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1844

The Miscellaneous Writings of Beriah Green

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1841

The Chattel Principle the Abhorrence of Jesus Christ and the Apostles: Or, No Refuge for American Slavery in the New Testament

Beriah Green (1839) argues the New Testament condemns American slavery, refuting pro‑slavery clergy and biblical defenses and urging Christian opposition.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1839

The Martyr: A Discourse, in Commemoration of the Martyrdom of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy

Discourse commemorating Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy as a martyr for abolition. It condemns American slavery as brutal degradation and appeals to conscience, reason and Christian duty.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1838

The Church Carried Along, or, The Opinions of a Doctor of Divinity on American Slavery

Rev. Beriah Green criticizes pro-slavery opinions and the Colonization scheme, calling slavery a great moral evil that corrupts church and society and urging public moral awakening toward emancipation.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1836

Things for Northern Men to Do: A Discourse Delivered Lord’s Day Evening, July 17, 1836, in the Presbyterian Church, Whiteboro, N.Y.

1836 sermon by Beriah Green urging Northern citizens to repent of complicity in American slavery, to act, pray, and defend the enslaved—grounded in Jeremiah's call to amend ways.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1836

Letter to a Minister of the Gospel

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1836

A Review - The Principles of Reform

An 1835 anti-slavery review arguing slavery is theft of personhood, defending reform as a Christian duty, and warning that resisting needed reform risks revolution.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1835

Four Sermons Preached in the Chapel of the Western Reserve College, On Lord’s Days, November 13th and 25th, and December 2nd and 9th, 1832

Sermon (1833) by Beriah Green condemning the American Colonization Society and compromises with slavery. Urges Christian fidelity, moral clarity, and active reform.

Beriah Green, Jr. ⬩ 1833

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The Life and Services of Ex-Governor Charles Jones Jenkins: A Memorial Address Delivered … on the 23rd of July, 1883

The Women of the Arabs

A Memorial of the Rev. David Humphreys

Salvation for the Sinner!

December 15, 1864 Letter to President Lincoln

Nahum’s Prophecy Concerning Nineveh

Popery and Puseyism: Being Two Discourses … of 1843; and Preached Before That Body, at Pittsburgh, September, 1844

Sermons and Other Discourses with Brief Biographical Hints

Sermon at the Funeral of Henry D. Ward, July 24, 1858

Speech of Beriah Green at the National Liberty Convention

Work and Wages: A Sermon Preached in Whitesboro, N.Y., November, 1846

Sketches of the Life and Writings of James Gillespie Birney

The Miscellaneous Writings of Beriah Green

The Chattel Principle the Abhorrence of Jesus Christ and the Apostles: Or, No Refuge for American Slavery in the New Testament

The Martyr: A Discourse, in Commemoration of the Martyrdom of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy

The Church Carried Along, or, The Opinions of a Doctor of Divinity on American Slavery

Things for Northern Men to Do: A Discourse Delivered Lord’s Day Evening, July 17, 1836, in the Presbyterian Church, Whiteboro, N.Y.

Letter to a Minister of the Gospel

A Review - The Principles of Reform

Four Sermons Preached in the Chapel of the Western Reserve College, On Lord’s Days, November 13th and 25th, and December 2nd and 9th, 1832

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