A Letter on Sea Kale (1817)
Practical 1826 guide to cultivating sea-kale (crambe maritima): sowing, soil, bleaching/covering, forcing, harvesting, seed-saving, and cooking tips.
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A Letter on Sea Kale (1817)
A Letter to a Gentleman of Baltimore
Samuel Miller refuses a public reply to Rev. Duncan’s book on Creeds, defending creedal subscription and Scripture as the only infallible rule while critiquing Duncan’s reasoning.
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Christian Weapons Not Carnal, But Spiritual
Argument that Christian warfare uses spiritual, not carnal, weapons (2 Cor. 10:4). Warns against persecution, state-established religion, ceremonial rites, and reliance on worldly learning.
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Outline of the Introductory Lecture, Delivered at the Opening of the Present Session
Diagnoses declining ministerial excellence—mediocre piety, weak classical scholarship, and inadequate professional study—and urges longer, deeper seminary preparation.
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The Evidence and Duty of Being on the Lord’s Side
Sermon on Exodus 32 urging listeners to choose the Lord’s side: embrace biblical truth, love God’s character, repent, and unite with Christ in faith and holy living.
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Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits
Advice to theology students and ministers on clerical manners and habits—study, pulpit deportment, dress, marriage, finances, and church duties. Emphasizes dignity, affability, and usefulness.
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Mole-Hills and Mountains, or, The Difficulties of Calvinism and Arminianism Compared
Argues that Calvinism better explains election, predestination, and the final perseverance of the saints, defending God’s sovereignty against Arminian objections.
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The Importance of the Gospel Ministry. An Introductory Lecture
Samuel Miller (1827) insists the Gospel ministry is of infinite importance and that ministers’ character determines the church’s life. Faithful preaching is indispensable.
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May 6, 1828 Letter to the American Home Missionary Society
Call to fervent prayer and zealous action for domestic missions: ministers and laity urged to evangelize, plant churches, and sustain Sabbath schools nationwide.
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An Address, Adapted to the Monthly Concert for Prayer (Feb 1829)
Samuel Miller urges sincere self-examination, fervent prayer, and active evangelistic zeal. He calls for sacrificial support and sending missionaries to destitute regions like North Carolina.
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“Holding Fast the Faithful Word” — A Sermon on Titus 1:9
Sermon on Titus 1:9 urging ministers to ‘hold fast the faithful word.’ Exhorts pastors to defend and teach sound doctrine, oppose error, and diligently disciple the church.
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Recommendatory Letter to Alexander Gunn, Memoir of John H. Livingston
Memoir of Rev. John H. Livingston (1829) by Alexander Gunn: a biographical account interwoven with the history of the Reformed Dutch Church in America, including ancestry and church documents.
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The Importance of Mature Preparatory Study for the Ministry
Samuel Miller urges that candidates for the Christian ministry undergo a mature, thorough course of theological study (typically 3–4 years) before entering pastoral work.
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Introductory Address to William B. Sprague, Lectures to Young People
A series of pastoral lectures urging young people to embrace Christianity, resist temptation, and form virtuous habits. Covers conversion, profession, and growth in grace.
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Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry (1807)
Samuel Miller’s Letters defend Presbyterian church order against Episcopal claims, surveying Scripture, the Fathers, and Reformers. He rejects prelacy’s exclusive claims while urging Christian charity.
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On the Use of Liturgies
Argument against imposed liturgies, surveying scripture and church history to deny a scriptural warrant for prescribed forms of prayer. Defends Presbyterian practice and views the Lord’s Prayer as a model, not a fixed form.
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Remarks on a Certain Extreme in Pursuing the Temperance Cause
Article on temperance and Sabbath schools: praises temperance yet argues against making a total-abstinence pledge a term of church communion, appealing to Scripture and conscience.
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Review of Cooke’s An Essay on the Invalidity of Presbyterian Ordination
Review attacks John Esten Cooke’s claim that Presbyterian ordination is invalid and that apostolic prelacy existed. Defends Presbyterian practice, arguing prelacy lacks New Testament warrant.
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The Rejection of Revealed Truth Referable to Moral Depravity
Collection of Sabbath-evening discourses delivered at Murray Street Church (March–May 1830) on Christian knowledge, the law, human depravity, atonement, the gospel, and unbelief.
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