Broad Churchism
Critiques ‘Broad Churchism’, arguing true unity is spiritual/invisible rather than an institutional merger of denominations. Warns that enforced organic unity endangers truth and conscience.
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Broad Churchism
Dr. Bledsoe’s Philosophy of Volition
Review of A.T. Bledsoe’s Philosophy of Volition: argues his free‑agency theory is inconsistent and tends toward Pelagianism, examining mind, motive, and original sin.
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Reason and Understanding
Two essays: reassessing John Knox from newly found papers; and a philosophical article arguing that reason and understanding are not separate, since perception involves causal, rational judgment.
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Wilson’s Slave Power in America
A 1877 Presbyterian Review critique of Henry Wilson’s ‘Slave Power in America,’ defending Southern slavery and accusing Wilson of historical misrepresentation and partisan malice.
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God’s Indiscriminate Proposals of Mercy as Related to His Power, Wisdom, and Sincerity
Examines the Reformed vs. Arminian debate over God’s indiscriminate offers of mercy, election, and efficacious grace, using human-volition analogies to reconcile God’s sincerity, wisdom, and power.
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The Popular Arguments Against Endless Punishment Unsatisfactory as a Sure Ground of Hope
Two 1878 sermons defending eternal punishment against modern doubts and Universalism. The preachers appeal to Scripture, argue everlasting condemnation is real, and warn that sin deceives and hardens hearts.
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Endless Punishment
Review criticizes Canon Farrar’s restorationist Universalism, defending orthodox belief in eternal punishment and arguing Scripture and theology support endless penal suffering.
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Free Schools
1879 editorial condemns state-run public schools as wasteful, levelling, and anti-religious, warning they foster socialism, overtaxation, moral decline, and threats from negro suffrage.
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Secularized Education
Defends Christian education against state secular schooling, arguing education is spiritual; warns state control secularizes morals, fuels sectarian conflict, and erodes liberty.
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The Bible-Revision Committees
Argues the Bible is law for nations as well as the Church and calls for careful English Bible revision to correct key translations (oikos/oikia, doulos/servant, metanoia).
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The Dancing Question
A Presbyterian polemic arguing that dancing is morally dangerous and should be opposed and, when necessary, disciplined by the church, citing antiquity and church courts.
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The Public Preaching of Women
A 1879 Southern Presbyterian Review article argues that women should be excluded from public preaching, appealing to Scripture, church order, and the dangers of innovation.
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An Examination of the Leading Points of the System of Alexander Campbell
A Presbyterian critique of Alexander Campbell arguing creeds and subscription are necessary for doctrinal clarity, church unity, and proper baptism and church order.
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July 10, 1880 Letter
Letters to Central Presbyterian report European travel, English debates, and praise preachers; they condemn Germany’s lax Sabbath practice and urge revival of family worship.
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June 24, 1880 Letter
Dabney warns Britain’s monstrous urban growth and fragile imperial order may collapse. A following letter attacks Roman Catholic claims of "no salvation outside the Church" using catechism quotes.
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May 29, 1880 Letter
1880 Central Presbyterian: R. L. Dabney reports from Scotland on agriculture, labor conditions and comparisons with slavery; includes church news — Gloucester Co. mission and Franklin St. church statistics.
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Popular Education as a Safeguard for Popular Suffrage
Argues that popular education alone cannot secure safe suffrage; safeguards require moral restraint (notably Christianity) and constitutional distribution of powers to prevent majority tyranny.
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September 21, 1880 Letter
Dabney praises Spurgeon’s plain, powerful ministry but warns that personal-centered succession risks prelatic drift. He urges Presbyterian order and simple Protestant worship.
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The Sabbath of the State
Critiques the National Liberal League’s secularism, linking abolitionism and radicalism to atheism and communism, and defends Sunday laws and church-state order.
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Dr. Alexander and Immersionism
Editorial reflections celebrating Christmas as a home-centered reminder of Christ’s humble incarnation and its inspiring power; urges charity toward Roman Catholics while critiquing certain Roman teachings.
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