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.
Hugh Knox, D.D.
Biographical notices of American Presbyterian clergy (18th–early 19th c.), tracing conversions, ministerial careers, church disputes, and colonial Presbyterian life.
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Hugh Knox
Biographical sketches of early American Presbyterian ministers (Hugh Knox, Henry Martin, John Hoge), recounting careers, church disputes, and debates on Hopkinsianism and moral inability.
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A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Jacob Green, of New-Jersey, Pointing Out Some Difficulties in the Calvinistic Scheme of Divinity, … and Requesting a Solution of Them
Hugh Knox's 1809 letter critiques aspects of Calvinism—free will, divine decrees, particular redemption and reprobation—urging a view of God's benevolence and human responsibility.
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A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Jacob Green, of New-Jersey, Pointing Out Some Difficulties in the Calvinistic Scheme of Divinity, … and Requesting a Solution of Them
Letter critiquing Calvinist doctrines (free will, divine decrees, particular redemption, reprobation), wrestling with God's sovereignty, justice, theodicy, and eternal punishment.
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Personal Observations in Brazil
Survey of 1889 missions: Japan faced catastrophic natural disasters and a new constitution promising religious liberty; Brazil shifted toward republicanism and liberty of worship, affecting Presbyterian missions.
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David the King: With a Study on the Location of the Psalms in the Order of David’s Life
Biographical study of King David linking his life, Bethlehem birthplace, and the Psalms to illuminate Scripture. Includes historical, geographical, and devotional notes.
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Love to the End: A Book for the Communion Sabbath
Devotional exposition on Christ's "love unto the end" at the Last Supper. Focuses on foot-washing, humility, and the high-priestly prayer (John 13, 17).
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A Bright and Glorious Kingdom
Title page and hymn lyrics for a Sabbath-school song by W. B. Bradbury celebrating children’s praise and the kingdom of Christ. Includes biblical references to Matthew 21 and John 18.
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A Year with St. Paul: Or, Fifty-Two Lessons for the Sundays of the Year
Youth Bible lessons introducing St. Paul's infancy and childhood in Tarsus: his Hebrew and Roman background, Pharisaic upbringing, tentmaking trade, and formative influences.
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A Sermon Delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, Utica, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. John F. Seymoour, September 9, 1860
Funeral sermon (Philippians 3:13-14) urging Christians to forget past failures and press toward Christian perfection through Scripture study, piety, virtue and active witness to the world.
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Rev. John Lycan Kirkpatrick, D.D.
Selections from the Presbyterian Encyclopedia giving biographical sketches of ministers and accounts of Presbyterian institutions, assemblies, education, and revival activity in the U.S.
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Retiring Moderator’s Sermon
A sermon on Ephesians 3: the eternal, hidden purpose of redemption revealed in Christ and the Church's God‑ordained role to display God's manifold wisdom and glorify Him.
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The Waldenses and Infant Baptism
Two 1861 essays: a religious interpretation of the Battle of Fort Sumter calling for divine aid, and a historical defense arguing the Waldenses practiced infant baptism from antiquity.
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A Funeral Discourse, Delivered on Sunday Morning, April 10, 1859, … on the Death of the Rev. Reuben Post, D.D., Late Pastor
Funeral sermon (1859) for Rev. Reuben Post by J. L. Kirkpatrick. Uses Acts 11:24 to commend Barnabas-like goodness — a pastor full of the Holy Spirit, faith, charity, and commitment to church unity.
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The Moral Tendency of the Doctrine of Falling from Grace Examined: A Sermon Preached … October 24th, 1844
1844 sermon arguing the doctrine of "falling from grace" is dangerous: it disparages God's character and the sufficiency of Christ's work, undermining faith, assurance, and holy practice.
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Report from Selma, Alabama
1900 issue of The Christian Nation, the Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) weekly: synod and presbytery reports, mission updates, Sabbath concerns, and contemporary news.
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Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, D.D.
Reports on 1870 missionary activity (China, Brazil, Italy, Cherokee, Choctaw) and a biographical sketch of Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury’s fifty years among the Choctaws.
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