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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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A Discourse Commemorative of the Late Rev. Robert Baird

A commemorative discourse urging ministers to adopt Christ’s single ruling passion: doing the will of God. It examines ministerial duty, scope, influence, and eternal results.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

A Discourse Delivered at Spencertown, N.Y. at the Funeral of the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge

Funeral sermon (1862) by W. B. Sprague on Revelation 7:15. He depicts the redeemed’s eternal service as intelligent, holy, varied, social, joyful, grateful, and unending.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

A Discourse, Delivered at the Funeral of the Rev. Samuel Osgood

Funeral discourse urging integrity in the Christian ministry. Argues a conscience-led integrity produces diligent, bold, lasting, and effective pastoral work.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

An Address Delivered in the Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer Church, Albany, on Occasion of the Funeral of Mrs. Susan C. Pohlman

Funeral sermon on hope in death: God’s sovereign grace turns doubt into final assurance through diverse trials. Illustrates Mrs. Pohlman’s late triumph and comforts the bereaved.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

Review of Memoirs of the Rev. Nicholas Murray, D.D., (Kirwan)

Reviews of Hopkins’ Lectures on Moral Science and a memoir of Rev. Nicholas Murray: his Irish Catholic origins, conversion to Protestantism, wide ministry, character, and death.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

The Undeveloped Resources of the Church

Sprague argues the Church’s undeveloped resources are talent, learning, money, and above all living piety; he urges cultivating intellect, funding missions, and nurturing devotion.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1863

A Discourse Addressed to the United Presbyterian Congregation, Troy

Funeral sermon (Feb 21, 1864) by W. B. Sprague for Rev. Peter Bullions. Expounds “I am now ready to be offered” — Christian readiness for death — and sketches Bullions’ life.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

A Discourse Delivered August 2, 1864, in Plymouth Church, Syracuse, on Occasion of the Funeral of Rev. Daniel W. Waldo

Funeral discourse (Aug 2, 1864) by W. B. Sprague for Rev. Daniel Waldo (nearly 102). Reflects on Methuselah (Gen. 5) to draw lessons on divine providence, long life, and life’s brevity.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

An Address Delivered, March 31, 1864, on Occasion of the Funeral of Rev. John N. Campbell

Memorial for Rev. John N. Campbell (d.1864) recounting his funeral and services. Rev. W.B. Sprague’s sermon urges preparation for death, faithfulness in ministry, and hope in the resurrection.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

January 25, 1864 Letter to John G. Nicolay

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

Memoir of Joseph Lathrop, D.D.

Memoir of Joseph Lathrop, D.D., recounting his conversion, Yale education, long pastoral ministry, controversies (baptism, false teachers), and steadfast devotion to preaching.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

Memoir of President Davies

Memoir and sermons of Rev. Samuel Davies, 18th-century Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey, recounting his conversion, education, and missionary labors in Virginia.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

Memoirs of the Rev. John McDowell, D.D., and the Rev. William A. McDowell

Memoirs of Revs. John and William A. McDowell. Traces John’s upbringing, conversion, Princeton education, ordination, and ministry at Elizabethtown; a Presbyterian pastoral biography.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

The Influence of the World — Death Comes to All

Friends’ Review selections: Isaac Sharp’s 1863 Iceland travel and meetings; counsel urging Bible-classes and Christian unity; essays on the world’s lure, death, sanctification, and farming’s drawbacks.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1864

A Discourse Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Succeeding the Assassination of the President of the United States

Funeral sermon delivered Apr 16, 1865 after the U.S. President’s assassination. Reflects on God’s providence, the depth of human depravity, and urges repentance and regeneration.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1865

A Discourse, Delivered Sabbath Morning, September 3, 1865, on Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany

1865 commemorative sermon tracing Second Presbyterian Church’s 50-year history, arguing ‘one soweth and another reapeth’—founding shaped by revivals, missions, peace, and faithful leaders.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1865

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A Discourse Commemorative of the Late Rev. Robert Baird

A Discourse Delivered at Spencertown, N.Y. at the Funeral of the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge

A Discourse, Delivered at the Funeral of the Rev. Samuel Osgood

An Address Delivered in the Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer Church, Albany, on Occasion of the Funeral of Mrs. Susan C. Pohlman

Review of Memoirs of the Rev. Nicholas Murray, D.D., (Kirwan)

The Undeveloped Resources of the Church

A Discourse Addressed to the United Presbyterian Congregation, Troy

A Discourse Delivered August 2, 1864, in Plymouth Church, Syracuse, on Occasion of the Funeral of Rev. Daniel W. Waldo

An Address Delivered, March 31, 1864, on Occasion of the Funeral of Rev. John N. Campbell

January 25, 1864 Letter to John G. Nicolay

Memoir of Joseph Lathrop, D.D.

Memoir of President Davies

Memoirs of the Rev. John McDowell, D.D., and the Rev. William A. McDowell

The Influence of the World — Death Comes to All

A Discourse Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Succeeding the Assassination of the President of the United States

A Discourse, Delivered Sabbath Morning, September 3, 1865, on Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany

An Address, Delivered on the 9th of August, 1865, Before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg

Annals of the American Pulpit, Volume 8 (Unitarian)

Introduction to D.A. Harsha, The Christian’s Present for All Seasons

Recollections of Dr. Dana

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