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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.

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Signs of the Times in Foreign Fields

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1924

Report of the 1924 General Assembly: conservative affirmation of doctrine, debates on women's membership on Executive Committees, church-year change, and foreign missions' progress.

Our Relations With Japan

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1924

Aug 1924 issue covers a Mount of Olives missionary conference and medical missions in China. It also discusses US–Japan relations and Protestant publishing for Latin America.

Mrs. Albert R. Bauman: A Tribute of Love

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1924

Preview of the 1924 General Assembly in San Antonio on church-order amendments, pastoral supply, and country church needs. Includes a tribute to Mrs. Bauman and a Japan travel sketch.

African Slavery as I Knew It in Southern Arkansas

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1925

'African Slavery as I Knew It in Southern Arkansas' (Tennessee Historical Magazine, Oct 1925) recounts plantation life, portraits of enslaved people, and postwar Reconstruction; includes letters to Polk.

Richard Clark Reed, D.D., LL.D.: An Appreciation

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1926

Memorial sketches of Col. John Q. Dickinson and Dr. Richard C. Reed, honoring their support for Southern theological education and devoted Presbyterian ministry. Highlights service as seminary patrons, teachers, and church leaders.

The Foreign Missionary Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1927

Affirms Westminster-Calvinist doctrine—confession, election, atonement, perseverance. Surveys the Presbyterian Church's foreign missions in China, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Africa, and Mexico.

Death of Miss Irene Hawkins

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1927

September 1927 issue of The Presbyterian Survey covering church agencies: foreign and home missions, stewardship, Christian education, missionary memorials, and Japan's international significance.

Memorial Notice of Miss Charlotte Kemper

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1927

September 1927 Presbyterian Survey issue on missions, evangelism, stewardship, Christian education, and memorials for missionaries; reports from foreign and home mission fields.

Pioneer Days in Arkansas

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1927

Memoir of Scotch-Presbyterian pioneers who settled southern Arkansas, depicting frontier life, family and church stories, and local Presbyterian heritage. By Samuel H. Chester (1927).

Behind the Scenes: An Administrative History of the Foreign Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1928

Administrative history of the Presbyterian Church's foreign missions (1861–1928). Lectures on organization, policy development, missionary–native church relations, and governance.

Memories of Four-Score Years: An Autobiography

Samuel Hall Chester, Sr. ⬩ 1934

Eleanor Chestnut — Extract from Robert E. Speer’s Servants of the King

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1909

A Statement for Non-Exclusion

Ng Poon Chew ⬩ 1905

Rebuttal to Anti-Chinese exclusion in California: documents historical contacts, economic evidence, and outrages, urging equal protection and cultivation of friendly relations.

The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the United States

Ng Poon Chew ⬩ 1908

An 1908 statement by Ng Poon Chew exposing abuses of Chinese Exclusion laws: arbitrary denials, treaty violations, harassment of exempt Chinese, and a call to reform discriminatory policy.

The American

Benjamin Williams Chidlaw ⬩ 1911

Translation of an 1840 Welsh pamphlet by Rev. B.W. Chidlaw. A travel-guide and emigration manual describing Ohio cities, Welsh settlements, prison ministry, and missionary observations.

Julia Jackson Christian

Mary Anna Morrison Jackson ⬩ 1910

Memorial biography of Julia Jackson Christian, daughter of General 'Stonewall' Jackson. Recounts her birth, baptism, and her father's devoted piety.

Review of P.T. Forsyth, The Work of Christ

John Watson Christie ⬩ 1911

Bulletin reviews recent theological books, focusing on the new apologetic, Christ's person and atoning work, and debates on church music and hymnody.

Review of William Newton Clarke, The Ideal of Jesus

John Watson Christie ⬩ 1912

Reviews and reflections on the 'Back to Christ' doctrinal movement, Gospel criticism, and books on Jesus' ethical ideal and competing philosophies of life.

Review of W.P. Paterson, The Rule of Faith

John Watson Christie ⬩ 1913

July 1913 seminary bulletin reporting commencement events and scholarly book reviews—notably a commentary on Judges and Paterson’s The Rule of Faith—examining doctrine, Scripture, and method.

Review of Charles A. Briggs, The Fundamental Christian Faith

John Watson Christie ⬩ 1914

Bulletin reviews recent theological works defending historic creeds and doctrines—Virgin Birth, Resurrection, and Christology—through scholarly analysis of the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian creeds.

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Archives

Signs of the Times in Foreign Fields

Our Relations With Japan

Mrs. Albert R. Bauman: A Tribute of Love

African Slavery as I Knew It in Southern Arkansas

Richard Clark Reed, D.D., LL.D.: An Appreciation

The Foreign Missionary Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

Death of Miss Irene Hawkins

Memorial Notice of Miss Charlotte Kemper

Pioneer Days in Arkansas

Behind the Scenes: An Administrative History of the Foreign Work of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

Memories of Four-Score Years: An Autobiography

Eleanor Chestnut — Extract from Robert E. Speer’s Servants of the King

A Statement for Non-Exclusion

The Treatment of the Exempt Classes of Chinese in the United States

The American

Julia Jackson Christian

Review of P.T. Forsyth, The Work of Christ

Review of William Newton Clarke, The Ideal of Jesus

Review of W.P. Paterson, The Rule of Faith

Review of Charles A. Briggs, The Fundamental Christian Faith

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