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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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The Confusion and Distress of China

1922 missionary analysis of China's political, economic, and moral crisis — corruption and warlord rule, provincial reform and economic promise, with hope in Gospel-led renewal.
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Proportionate Giving

Speer urges Christians to adopt proportionate giving, advocating the tithe as a practical principle of stewardship rooted in moral, biblical, and pastoral reasons.
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The Gospel and the New World

Speer's 1919 study examines how the unchanging Gospel meets a changed post‑WWI world, addressing foreign missions, race issues, evangelism, and missionary methods.
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The New Opportunity of the Church

Speer urges the post‑WWI Church to resist moral laxity and disunity, embrace loyal service in peace, and lead bold social reconstruction to secure a just, lasting peace.
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The Church — After the War — What?

1918 conference urging Protestant unity and interchurch cooperation to serve community after WWI. Advocates federations and coordinated missions for reconstruction.
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The Witness Bearing of the Church to the Nations

Robert E. Speer's 1919 address urges the church to witness to the nations: proclaim God's love, meet human need, pursue unity, universal righteousness, service, and hope for a new world.
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The Christian Man, the Church and the War

Robert E. Speer examines how Christians should respond to war, weighing pacifism, just-war reasoning, and civic duty; he argues resistance may be necessary to prevent greater evil.
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Looking Through the War Clouds

1918 essay on missions during WWI: missionaries endured war and financial strain yet proved a unifying, constructive force, advancing evangelism, education and social uplift worldwide.
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Studies in the Deity of Christ

Defends the biblical deity of Christ against modern denial, arguing Jesus is Jehovah-God and central to Christian faith. Urges believers to grasp its doctrinal and practical importance.
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The Church and the World Today

Robert E. Speer urges churches to reject contraction or postponement of missions, meeting the world's moral, physical, and spiritual needs now. Carry Christ to all nations.
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Samuel Graham Wilson of Persia

Calls for post-war missionary reinforcements among Muslims and reports the life and death of Samuel G. Wilson, a Persia missionary who ran schools, evangelized, and led relief work.
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Our Work with Christ in Japan

Report on Christian missions in Japan: expanding churches, schools, and conversions. Personal stories show small acts and Scripture (philippians 1) bringing faith and comfort.
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