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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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Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 2

Survey of the Tonghak (Eastern Learning) movement in Korea: its founder Choi Chei Ou, Catholic missionary influence, intense persecution of Christians, and the 1893–94 insurrection.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1

Study of 19th-century global movements (Taiping Rebellion, Indian Mutiny, Boxer Uprising, etc.) and the role of Christian missions in shaping modern history.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

Lessons from the Life of Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull

Eulogy of Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull highlighting his devotion to truth, selfless friendship, union with Christ, prayerful life, and exemplary Christian character.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

The Fundamental Virtue

A collection of poems and essays urging practical fidelity to Christian duty, drawing on Paul's ethic. Includes devotional poetry and Van Dyke's apologetic claim that the Bible is profoundly religious literature.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

The Nourishment of the Psalms

Devotional reflections (Lutheran Observer, 1904) on the nourishment of the Psalms: daily Psalm-reading as spiritual practice. Themes include loneliness, Christ's comfort, and lessons from Marah.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

The Perils of Our Virtues

Essay warns that Christian virtues and active ministry bring subtler perils—absorption in work, loss of simplicity, and hypocrisy—and urges humility, balance, and nearness to Christ.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1904

The Second Coming of Christ

Speer argues Christ's return is essential to Christian faith, sustaining supernatural hope and moral urgency. He warns against reducing it to death or speculative date-setting.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1903

Introduction to Lillian Johnson Curtis, The Laos of North Siam

Lillian J. Curtis's 1903 missionary account of the Laos (North Siam): ethnography, landscape, Buddhism, and the history, trials, and progress of Protestant missions among the Laotian people.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1903

A Memorial of Horace Tracy Pitkin

Memoir of Horace Tracy Pitkin, a Yale‑trained missionary who devoted his life to Christ and was martyred in China; chronicles his ancestry, training, and missionary service.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1903

A Young Man’s Questions

Practical Christian counsel to young men on conduct—companions, amusements, habits, and rights—urging freedom, courage, and surrendering rights to avoid sin or causing others to stumble.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1903

The Layman’s Duty to Propagate His Religion

Argues every Christian — not just clergy — must propagate the faith. Advocates lay evangelism, Bible study, and personal testimony as the practical core of missions.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1903

The Abounding Resources of the Christian Church in the Evangelization of the World

Two pieces: one debates placing “all infants dying in infancy are elect” in the creed; the other catalogs Christian nations' vast financial and human resources and urges mobilization for world evangelism.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

Oneness with the Triune God

Addresses urging world-wide evangelization and consecration of students for foreign missions. Emphasizes union with Christ, the Spirit's witness, and bearing testimony to the ends of the earth.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

The Wonderful Challenge Presented to This Generation of Christians by the Abounding Resources of the Christian Church

Call to mobilize the Christian Church's vast material and human resources for worldwide evangelization, urging Western Christians to greater stewardship, sacrifice and action.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

Surrender, Indwelling, Freedom

An exhortation to surrender, indwelling, and spiritual freedom for authentic Christian life and effective worldwide evangelization. Calls for continual self-renewal, prayer, and right relations with God and others.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

The Principles of Jesus Applied to Some Questions of To-Day

Applies Jesus' principles to modern issues—prayer, relation to the Father, social ethics and daily conduct. Practical devotional guidance for Christian life and personal piety.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

Missionary Principles and Practice: A Discussion of Christian Missions and of Some Criticisms upon Them

Speer argues missions are essential—grounded in Christ's indispensable worth and the world's need, not merely a command. He applies these principles to foreign missions, especially China.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

The Speedy Bringing of the World to Christ

Robert E. Speer calls for urgent global evangelization: the Church has agencies, wealth and the Spirit—by prayer and decisive action make Christ known this generation.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1902

Presbyterian Foreign Missions: An Account of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Brief 1901 account of the Presbyterian Church's foreign missions—organization, key figures, and work in Africa, Asia, and the Americas—emphasizing missionary zeal and institutional development.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1901

Christ and Life

Defines Christian life as wholehearted surrender to Christ's lordship, showing how this shapes prayer, Bible study, habits, friendships, and conduct. Practical counsel for personal piety.

Robert Elliott Speer ⬩ 1901

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Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 2

Missions and Modern History: A Study of the Missionary Aspects of Some Great Movements of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1

Lessons from the Life of Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull

The Fundamental Virtue

The Nourishment of the Psalms

The Perils of Our Virtues

The Second Coming of Christ

Introduction to Lillian Johnson Curtis, The Laos of North Siam

A Memorial of Horace Tracy Pitkin

A Young Man’s Questions

The Layman’s Duty to Propagate His Religion

The Abounding Resources of the Christian Church in the Evangelization of the World

Oneness with the Triune God

The Wonderful Challenge Presented to This Generation of Christians by the Abounding Resources of the Christian Church

Surrender, Indwelling, Freedom

The Principles of Jesus Applied to Some Questions of To-Day

Missionary Principles and Practice: A Discussion of Christian Missions and of Some Criticisms upon Them

The Speedy Bringing of the World to Christ

Presbyterian Foreign Missions: An Account of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Christ and Life

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