Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Thomas Beveridge
Biography of Rev. Thomas Beveridge, an Associate Presbyterian minister who served in Scotland and America, recounting his ordination, pastoral labors, and pious death.
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Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Thomas Beveridge
The Liturgical Position of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Examines US Presbyterian liturgical history: the Westminster Directory’s legal status, colonial freedom in worship, and the psalmody controversy over Watts’s imitations.
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Nathan Sidney Smith Beman, D.D.
Brief biographical sketches of 19th-century Rensselaer Polytechnic officers and presidents, outlining careers in education, ministry, publications, and invention. Notes temperance advocacy and long tenures.
Trial and Acquittal of Lyman Beecher, D.D. Before the Presbytery of Cincinnati, on Charges Preferred by Joshua L. Wilson, D.D.
Report (1835) of Lyman Beecher’s trial before the Presbytery of Cincinnati over original sin, total depravity, free agency and perfectionism; charges brought by J. L. Wilson.
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Memorial Volume of the Westminster Assembly, 1647–1897
Memorial volume of eleven addresses to the 1897 General Assembly commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Westminster Assembly, examining its doctrine, worship, polity and influence.
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Radical Criticism: An Exposition of the Radical Critical Theory Concerning the Literature and Religious System of the Old Testament Scriptures
A conservative critique of radical Higher Criticism defending the Mosaic origin, unity, and trustworthiness of the Old Testament. Examines the documentary hypothesis, codes, prophets, psalms, and archaeological evidence.
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George Addison Baxter, D.D.
A historical sketch of Union Theological Seminary centering on George A. Baxter. Covers his ministerial and academic career, pedagogy, and forceful preaching on judgment.
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A Memoir of the Rev. Joseph W. Barr, Late Missionary Under the Direction of the Western Missionary Society
Memoir of Rev. Joseph W. Barr, who died in 1832 before departing for Western Africa. Features an essay urging foreign missions, Barr's letters, and a Princeton funeral sermon.
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The Throne of Iniquity, or Sustaining Evil by Law: A Discourse in Behalf of a Law Prohibiting the Traffic in Intoxicating Drinks
Albert Barnes (1852) argues that licensing and regulating the liquor traffic validates evil. He advocates total legal prohibition of intoxicating drinks, appealing to moral and state police powers.
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An Oration on the Progress and Tendency of Science Delivered Before the Connecticut Alpha of Phi, Beta, Kappa at New Haven, August 18, 1840
Albert Barnes' 1840 Phi Beta Kappa oration surveys the history and impact of science, contrasting utility-driven modern inquiry with ancient speculative philosophy and its social effects.
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Hezekiah James Balch
Sketch of Rev. Hezekiah Balch (1741–1810), a Presbyterian frontier minister and founder of Greenville College; recounts his ministry, ecclesiastical controversies, and legacy.
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William Mumford Baker, D.D.
Obituary-style necrological report of Presbyterian ministers, recounting lives, ministries, deaths, and dying testimonies (notably “I know that my Redeemer liveth”).
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William M. Baker
Biographical sketch of William M. Baker, a Presbyterian minister and author, with an excerpt from his frontier tale "The Hunt of the Bears" (The New Timothy).
Robert Baird, D.D.
Biographical sketches from the Biblical Repertory & Princeton Review (1825–1868) profiling ministers such as Robert Baird and colleagues—their ministries, missions, education, and publications.
Memorials of the Rev. Charles W. Baird, D.D.
Memorial volume collecting a biographical sketch, funeral addresses, selected sermons and sacred poems of Rev. Charles W. Baird, longtime Presbyterian pastor, historian, and liturgist.
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Joseph Badger
Life of Rev. Joseph Badger (1757–1846), a New England minister and missionary who served on the Ohio Western Reserve, acted as brigade chaplain, and endured hardship.
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J. Trumbull Backus, D.D., LL.D.
Entry from the Presbyterian Encyclopaedia (1884) on the U.S. Presbyterian Church, detailing editors, General Assemblies, and biographical sketches of ministers and missionaries.
John Chester Backus, D.D., LL.D.
Obituary of John Chester Backus (1810–1884), longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, seminary director, and 1861 General Assembly moderator.
John Chester Backus, D.D.
Reference work on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.), offering biographical sketches of ministers and editors, and notes on assemblies, publications, and historic decorations.
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David Austin
Sketch of Rev. David Austin, a popular Presbyterian pastor whose millennialist predictions of Christ's imminent reign led to delusion, church conflict, and his removal.
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