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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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Introductory Essay to John H. Agnew, A Manual on the Christian Sabbath

A study defending the perpetual moral obligation of the Christian Sabbath and explaining the shift from the seventh to the first day. Surveys early church observance, worship, and communion practices.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1834

Plea for an Enlarged Ministry

Samuel Miller urges the church to raise many more ministers, using training and missions to fill vacant parishes and reach the vast heathen field.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1834

Remarks from the Rev. Dr. Miller on the Late Rezeau Brown

Review of Guerike’s Manual of Church History and a memoir of Rezeau Brown, a Princeton-educated young minister whose conversion, piety, and early death are recounted.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1834

Remarks on the Epistles of Ignatius

1834 critique of the Ignatian epistles’ authenticity and history, arguing many letters are interpolated or spurious and warning against using them to prove early diocesan episcopacy.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1834

Christ the Model of Gospel Ministers

Sermon urging ministers to follow Christ as their model: submit to his teaching, imbibe his Spirit, imitate his example, and devote themselves to advancing his kingdom.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

Introductory Address to William B. Sprague, Lectures to Young People (1830)

Practical lectures urging Christian training of youth: warns against bad company, worldly pleasures, and secular education unconverted; calls young people to embrace, grow, and persevere in faith.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

January 8, 1835 Letter to James Madison

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

New Ecclesiastical Law

Examines the Synod of Philadelphia’s rule restricting complaints to judicial cases and defends the long-standing Presbyterian right of appeal, protest, and complaint with US and Scottish precedents.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

New Ecclesiastical Law No. 2

Argues against restricting appeals and complaints to judicial cases, defending the broad use of protests, record review, and executive functions in Presbyterian church government.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

Presbyterian Policy with Respect to Learning

Defense of Presbyterian policy favoring a learned ministry. Argues piety and liberal learning are inseparable and warns against anti-classical educational radicalism.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

Presbyterianism the Truly Primitive and Apostolical Constitution of the Church of Christ

Samuel Miller defends Presbyterianism as the most primitive, apostolic form of church in doctrine, worship, and government, arguing for elder-led presbyterial polity.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

Review of Episcopacy Tested by Scripture by Henry U. Onderdonk

1835 Biblical Repertory review critiques Bishop Onderdonk’s ‘Episcopacy Tested by Scripture,’ arguing Acts 6 shows deacons aren’t clergy and Scripture gives no warrant for bishops as a superior order.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

The Earth Filled with the Glory of the Lord

Samuel Miller (1835) argues God’s promise that ‘the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,’ affirming the gospel’s ultimate worldwide triumph and urging foreign missions.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

The Good Man

A funeral sermon (Acts 11:24) defining a ‘good man’ biblically: one who holds right principles, is renewed by the Spirit, and shows consistent good works and faith.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

The Importance of Domestic Happiness

Samuel Miller teaches that domestic happiness is foundational to personal and social well‑being. It is attainable for all and prevents many moral and social evils.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1835

Address to the General Assembly in the Case of Mr. Barnes, June 1836

Report of the 1836 General Assembly debating Mr. Barnes’ Notes on Romans, questioning conformity to the Confession of Faith, jurisdiction, subscription, and his suspension.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1836

Address to the General Assembly on the Transfer of the Western Foreign Missionary Society, May 26, 1836

1836 General Assembly debate on transferring the Western Foreign Missionary Society and creating an Assembly Board. Arguments focus on church authority, voluntary societies, and fiscal/legal risks.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1836

Christ Our Righteousness

Samuel Miller’s sermon (Jeremiah 23:6) proclaims Christ’s divinity and mediatorial work — ‘Jehovah our Righteousness’ — grounding atonement, salvation, and believers’ hope.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1836

December 19, 1823 Letter to the Rev. Joseph Sanford (1823)

Memoir and condolence letters to Rev. Joseph Sanford after early bereavement. Fellow ministers console him, urging trust in God’s comfort and sanctifying purposes in affliction.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1836

June 7, 1836 Resolution Condemning Mr. Barnes for His “Notes on Romans”

1836 General Assembly minutes: censures Rev. Barnes’ Romans notes for conflicting with the Confession (original sin, Adam, justification). Debated slavery; report claims the Assembly lacks authority over its existence.

Samuel Miller ⬩ 1836

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Introductory Essay to John H. Agnew, A Manual on the Christian Sabbath

Plea for an Enlarged Ministry

Remarks from the Rev. Dr. Miller on the Late Rezeau Brown

Remarks on the Epistles of Ignatius

Christ the Model of Gospel Ministers

Introductory Address to William B. Sprague, Lectures to Young People (1830)

January 8, 1835 Letter to James Madison

New Ecclesiastical Law

New Ecclesiastical Law No. 2

Presbyterian Policy with Respect to Learning

Presbyterianism the Truly Primitive and Apostolical Constitution of the Church of Christ

Review of Episcopacy Tested by Scripture by Henry U. Onderdonk

The Earth Filled with the Glory of the Lord

The Good Man

The Importance of Domestic Happiness

Address to the General Assembly in the Case of Mr. Barnes, June 1836

Address to the General Assembly on the Transfer of the Western Foreign Missionary Society, May 26, 1836

Christ Our Righteousness

December 19, 1823 Letter to the Rev. Joseph Sanford (1823)

June 7, 1836 Resolution Condemning Mr. Barnes for His “Notes on Romans”

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