Vivax and Contumax
Biography of Rev. William Tennent and a moral dialogue defending visible, public piety. It argues believers should assemble, pray, and exhibit holy conduct against Pharisaic hypocrisy.
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Vivax and Contumax
Vivax and Paulinus
Biographical sketch and a dialogue (Vivax & Paulinus) debating religion, clergy, human depravity, conscience, hypocrisy, and the necessity of Christian truth.
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Account of Mr. Jervas
Biographical sketches of Rev. William Tennent and Mr. Jervas emphasizing piety, family life, infant baptism, and parental instruction in training children.
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Religious Intelligence to the Standing Committee of Missions, the Board of Trust of the Western Missionary Society
Adds anecdotes to Rev. John Newton’s life and reports on the Sandusky mission—school, farm, missionary labors, and an inquiry that cleared Mr. Badger amid trader plots and Seneca opposition.
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May 1, 1811 Letter sent as Missionary to the Blacks in Charlotte County, Virginia
Annual address outlining aims to promote Christian instruction and charity, with Sunday-school Bible donations and a missionary’s report on ministry to Black congregants.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 1 [July 8, 1815]
Prospectus of the Christian Monitor promoting Bible societies, missions, revivals, and ministerial education. Affirms total depravity, Christ as sole Savior, justification by faith, and regeneration by the Spirit.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 2 [July 15, 1815]
1815 General Assembly report summarizing the state of religion: revivals, missions, Bible and prayer societies, moral reform, and concerns about intemperance and Sabbath-breaking.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 3 [July 22, 1815]
1815 report of a peaceful revival at the College of New Jersey. Students experienced an awakening through regular Bible study, disciplined worship, prayer meetings, and faculty guidance.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1, No. 4 [July 29, 1815]
History of the British & Foreign Bible Society and its auxiliaries, tracing their founding, printing and global distribution of Scriptures, donations, and local opposition.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1
Report on the British & Foreign Bible Society’s worldwide work: founding auxiliaries, funding translations and printings, and distributing Scriptures across Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 1–2 Index
Index to Vols. 1–2 of the Christian Monitor: concise entries for essays, sermons, missions, Bible societies, revivals, Sunday schools, obituaries, and ecclesiastical reports.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 1 [Sept. 14, 1816]
Editor resumes The Christian Monitor, explains changes in publication, invites essays on education and literature, and urges zeal in evangelism amid reports of widespread revivals.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 2 [Sept. 28, 1816]
Urges young men to value fortitude (steady moral firmness) over showy courage; resist temptation, practice temperance and diligence, and avoid excessive sleep and drunkenness.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 3 [Oct. 12, 1816]
Commends Essays to Do Good and urges honest industry, frugality, and temperance instead of idleness and distilling grain. Views crop failures as divine chastening and calls for repentance.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 4 [Oct. 26, 1816]
Christian Monitor urges benevolence over wealth-seeking and restless emigration. Recommends local institutions (agricultural societies, libraries, churches) and reports Presbytery ordinations and missions.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 5 [Nov. 9, 1816]
Sermon proclaiming Christ crucified as the center of the gospel: the cross secures our justification, sanctification, and glorification, displaying God’s justice and mercy.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 6 [Nov. 23, 1816]
Synod of Virginia reports revivals and increased piety in many churches yet a widespread ‘famine of the word’; urges missionaries, prayer, and renewed pastoral zeal. Includes eulogy for Rev. Charles H. Kennon.
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The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 7 [Dec. 7, 1816]
Synod of Virginia report urging rigorous theological education and ministerial qualifications: deep Scripture study, doctrine, pastoral piety, church history, and seminary funding measures.
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