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View of the State of Religion in the Churches Under the Care of the Synod of Virginia

Synod of Virginia reports general prosperity: awakenings, growth in prayer, catechizing, seminaries, and urgent missionary needs. Also includes a Jewish convert’s testimony.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1816

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 10 [Jan. 18, 1817]

1816 Christian Monitor: Richmond bill of mortality and a believer’s death testimony, followed by a moral essay condemning domestic slavery and urging urgent reform.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 11 [Feb. 1, 1817]

An 1817 Christian Monitor piece warns against vain visits, gossip, and dogmatism; urges charity, guarded speech, and self-examination. Also notes a reported revival of card-playing.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 12 [Feb. 15, 1817]

An 1817 plea calling Christians to brotherly love and unity across denominations, rejecting sectarian bigotry and urging cooperative gospel work and mutual aid.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 13 [Mar. 1, 1817]

Reports revivals in New England and New York with many conversions and renewed church covenants. Also summarizes the American Bible Society’s officers, auxiliaries, and Bible distribution plans.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 14 [Mar. 15, 1817]

Winchester Presbytery’s pastoral letter urges ruling elders to attend church courts and faithfully discharge duties, and exhorts professing Christians to personal piety and diligent Bible reading.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 15 [Mar. 29, 1817]

A Christian Monitor account recounts a 1650 Hungarian Jewish council that debated whether Old Testament prophecies refer to Christ, discussing virgin birth, miracles, and conversion.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 16 [Apr. 12, 1817]

Argues that only a sincere, experiential profession of faith (by parents and individuals) should qualify for baptism; criticizes lax, broad administration and appeals to Acts and confessional standards.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 17 [Apr. 26, 1817]

Review of R.C. Maturin’s tragedy ‘Bertram’. Praises its poetic power but condemns its immoral depiction of passionate heroes, adultery, and the misrepresentation of female virtue.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 18 [May 10, 1817]

1817 Richmond piece laments Virginia’s decline in learning, lost libraries, and untrained professionals; calls for a revival of education. Also reports new Sunday schools and a funeral sermon on faith.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 19 [May 24, 1817]

Argues causes for America’s decline in learning after the Revolution: war, party spirit, pursuit of wealth, slavery, and lax domestic discipline undermined education and character.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 20 [June 7, 1817]

Defense of traditional education: reject gimmicky shortcuts, combine moral and intellectual training, follow the natural order of faculties, focus studies and use patriotic examples.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 21 [June 21, 1817]

Advice to young preachers: make Christ central, study Scripture, preach practically and plainly, avoid affectation, pray, prefer extempore delivery, and steward sermon time.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 22 [July 5, 1817]

Review of Thomas Chalmers’ sermons linking Christian revelation with modern astronomy. Argues other worlds may be inhabited and defends Christianity against cosmic objections.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 23 [July 19, 1817]

Sermon on 1 John 2:3—assurance of knowing Christ is evidenced by keeping his commandments. True assurance grows from sincere, universal, and persevering obedience and sanctification.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 24 [Aug. 2, 1817]

Report highlights the Bible Society of Virginia’s donations and wide distribution (including a Chinese translation), celebrates global growth of Bible societies, and promotes Sunday schools and domestic missions.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 25 [Aug. 16, 1817]

Account of forming a United Foreign Missions Society (Presbyterian, Reformed Dutch, Associate Reformed) in NYC, with reports from missions in India urging patient, sustained evangelism.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 26 [Aug. 30, 1817]

Reports on the British and Foreign Bible Society’s global distribution of Scriptures and missionary progress; essays on divine favour, ministerial usefulness, and divinity training.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 9 [Jan. 4, 1817]

Presbytery report: licensing and training ministers, accounts of revival and missionary work (Tahiti, New Zealand, Hayti), praise for Bible societies, and critique of classical education.

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

The Importance of the Gospel Ministry

John Holt Rice ⬩ 1817

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View of the State of Religion in the Churches Under the Care of the Synod of Virginia

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 10 [Jan. 18, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 11 [Feb. 1, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 12 [Feb. 15, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 13 [Mar. 1, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 14 [Mar. 15, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 15 [Mar. 29, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 16 [Apr. 12, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 17 [Apr. 26, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 18 [May 10, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 19 [May 24, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 20 [June 7, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 21 [June 21, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 22 [July 5, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 23 [July 19, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 24 [Aug. 2, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 25 [Aug. 16, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 26 [Aug. 30, 1817]

The Christian Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 9 [Jan. 4, 1817]

The Importance of the Gospel Ministry

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