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.

Browse all archives

The Brazen Serpent, or Faith in Christ Illustrated

Exposition of Numbers 21: Moses' brazen serpent as God's means of healing and judgment. Explains the event, its causes, and spiritual lessons of repentance and trust.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1864

Man, Moral and Physical: Or the Influence of Health and Disease on Religious Experience

Examines how bodily health and disease shape religious experience, combining physiology, case studies, Scripture, and pastoral counsel. Aimed to guide pastors and afflicted Christians.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1861

Autobiography of William Neill, D.D.: With a Selection from His Sermons

Autobiography of Rev. William Neill recounting orphaned childhood, providential preservation, illness, conversion, and life in Presbyterian ministry. Includes commemorative discourse and sermons.

William Neill, Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1861

Biographical Sketch of Dr. [Cornelius] Cuyler

Reviews a New School tract on justification, urges daily family Bible reading, and offers a biographical sketch of Dr. Cornelius C. Cuyler—his pastorates, revivals, and dying testimony.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1855

The Attainments of Men in Secular and Religious Knowledge, Contrasted: A Sermon, Preached in the Church of Rev. H.A. Boardman, D.D., on Sunday, October 8, 1854

Sermon contrasts human achievements in arts and science with humanity's failure to know God by reason alone, arguing natural wisdom cannot fully reveal the divine character.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1854

Seeing Things Invisible

Argues that true Christian faith perceives invisible spiritual realities and guides conduct more powerfully than reason or sense, producing habitual godly living.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1861

A Discourse on the Death of Helen Elizabeth Lawson

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1853

Brief Historical Sketch of the Howard Sunday School

Report on the Howard Sunday School (1843–1848): rapid growth, fundraising and opening of a new hall to reach neglected children and provide free Sabbath gospel preaching.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1848

The Influence of Physical Causes on Religious Experience

Examines how physical causes (disease, temperament) affect religious experience; offers pastoral counsel, medical advice, and case studies to distinguish bodily disorder from spiritual distress.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1846

Outline of a Work of Grace in the Presbyterian Congregation at New Brunswick, N.J., During the Year 1837

Pastor Joseph H. Jones's 1839 outline recounts the 1837 New Brunswick revival: meetings, conversions, fasting, prayer, and providential events recorded for the Presbyterian community.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1839

The Mischiefs of Slander

A Christian tract diagnosing slander: its covert forms, social and personal harms, and counsel to practice charity, self-examination, and prayer to restrain the tongue.

Joseph Huntington Jones ⬩ 1842

Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee

Survey of 1868–69 Smithsonian-sponsored explorations of Tennessee aboriginal remains—burial caves, stone graves, mounds, earthworks, and relics, with plans and artifact descriptions.

Joseph Jones ⬩ 1876

Memorial of Charles Colcock Jones, D.D.

Memorial biography of Charles C. Jones (1804–1863), Presbyterian minister, seminary professor, and missionary to African American slaves. Chronicles his pastoral labors, catechetical work, and peaceful death.

1884

Rev. Charles Colcock Jones, D.D.

Necrology of Rev. Charles C. Jones (1804–1863): Presbyterian minister, seminary professor and missionary to enslaved Africans. Died after a long wasting illness, noted for piety and pastoral zeal.

John Simpson Wilson ⬩ 1869

Address on Religious Instruction of the Negroes Delivered to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States, December 10, 1861

1862 Presbyterian editorial urging domestic missions to enslaved Black people—advocating simple, practical preaching, pastoral care, and the church's role in social stability and salvation.

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. ⬩ 1862

Religious Instruction of the Negroes: An Address Delivered Before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at Augusta, Ga., December 10, 1861

1861 Presbyterian address urging domestic missionary instruction of enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy, affirming their humanity and the church's duty under the Great Commission.

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. ⬩ 1861

Thirteenth Annual Report of the Association for the Religious Instruction of the Negroes in Liberty County, Georgia

1848 annual report (Liberty County, GA) of the Association for the Religious Instruction of Negroes, detailing Sabbath-school and plantation work, teacher reports, deaths, and appeals for family worship.

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. ⬩ 1848

Suggestions on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the Southern States: Together with an Appendix Containing Forms

1847 Presbyterian guide by Charles C. Jones offering plans to evangelize enslaved and free Black people in the Southern States: church action, ministerial duties, plantation schools.

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. ⬩ 1847

A Roster of General Officers, Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives, … etc., in Confederate Service During the War Between the States

Roster of Confederate general officers and officials listing names, ranks, appointments, and departmental duties; compiled 1876 by Charles C. Jones Jr. for the Southern Historical Society.

Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. ⬩ 1876

Letter Forwarded by the American Missionaries of Beyrout, Lebanon, Tripoli, Sidon, etc. to the Evangelical Native Church of Beyrout

1898 letters between American missionaries and Beirut's native Evangelical Church debating union, the adoption of the Presbyterian code, church independence, finances, and governance.

Henry Harris Jessup ⬩ 1898

Showing 12,961–12,980 of 22,007 items