On the Fundamental Principles of Mathematics
Essay on the foundations of mathematics: examines truth, math as relations of things, species of quantity, limits, and the nature of zero with philosophical grounding.
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On the Fundamental Principles of Mathematics
Hicock’s Rational Cosmology
Review of doctrines of perception and a critique of L.P. Hickok’s Rational Cosmology, challenging its eternal-principles account of creation and the notion of matter-as-force.
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A Philosophical Confession of Faith
Argues language reflects thought and that consciousness, causation, and physical forces imply a pre-existent intelligent Cause. A natural-theology defense of God's existence.
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Statement and Exposition of Certain Harmonies of the Solar System
Detailed 1874 analysis of numerical harmonies in the solar system: planetary distances, masses, satellites, rings and asteroids, with a modified Laplace nebular hypothesis and supporting tables.
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The Nation’s Hope
A patriotic Christian poem portraying the nation as a modern land of promise. It urges faith, domestic mission, and public praise, calling citizens to spread the gospel and charity nationwide.
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Memorial of Messrs. Robinson and Brush to the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky
1849 Kentucky constitutional convention debates claims, corporate charters, and a proposal barring clergymen from the legislature. Memorial contends this infringes religious liberty.
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The Difficulties of Infidelity
1850–51 University of Virginia lecture by Stuart Robinson critiquing infidelity. He insists skeptics must propose a coherent theology and ethics and defends Christianity as the true remedy for human guilt.
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Christ’s Kingdom on Earth
1855 sermon: Christ is King and His kingdom—the church—is a self-expanding missionary society, grounded in the atonement and displayed in parables, ordinances, and evangelism.
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The General Assembly of 1854
Analysis of the 1854 General Assembly: creation of new synods, unequal representation and proposed reform, suspension of German Reformed correspondence, and seminary expansion.
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Trustees of Church Property — Their Functions and Relations to the Deacons of the Church
Argues that trustees should protect church property legally while deacons manage the church’s temporal affairs; warns against state incorporation and loss of ecclesiastical authority.
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The Church of God as an Essential Element of the Gospel
Inaugural 1858 discourse presenting a Calvinist Presbyterian doctrine of the Church: its idea, government, offices, ordinances, and sacraments, with a historical appendix of Presbyterian documents.
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January 26, 1865 Letter to President Lincoln
Presbyterian Rev. Stuart Robinson appeals to President Lincoln over military suppression of his journal and repeated abuses of property and persons, defending church-state separation and religious liberty.
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Slavery, as Recognized in the Mosaic Civil Law
Rev. Stuart Robinson argues the Mosaic civil law recognizes and regulates slavery, defends the New Testament’s toleration of slaveholding, and critiques anti-slavery philanthropy.
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