Tupelo
Memoir of Rev. John H. Aughey, a Southern Unionist, detailing arrest, imprisonment, brutality, escapes, vigilante violence, and the realities of slavery during the Civil War.
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Tupelo
The Fighting Preacher
Memoir by Rev. John H. Aughey recounting secession-era Mississippi: debates over slavery, Unionist persecution, prison life, escapes, and wartime chaplaincy.
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Two Sermons
Sermon on 'Judge not' (Matt. 7:1) arguing it forbids uncharitable, obtrusive judgments—not civil or ecclesiastical authority—and urges loving, responsible rebuke and discipline.
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Memorial of the Presbytery of Georgia to the Presbyteries of the Southern States on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes
1846 memorial urging Southern Presbyterian churches to evangelize enslaved Black people and place their religious instruction under the Assembly's Board of Domestic Missions.
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Address at the Funeral of the Rev. Dr. Nott
Funeral address (1866) for Rev. Dr. Nott, honoring his piety, educational leadership, magnanimity, peacemaking, pastoral care, and meditations on death and Divine Providence.
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Congregational Church-Music; With 150 Psalms and Hymns
Preface and directions for a 19th-century Congregational hymnbook emphasizing congregational singing, distinguishing choir and congregation, and teaching familiar tunes.
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An Historical Discourse, on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Connecticut
1860 historical discourse marking the 200th anniversary of Hopkins Grammar School (New Haven), tracing its founding by John Davenport and Edward Hopkins and its colonial origins.
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Suggestions Concerning the Ritual of a Puritan Church
Essay on the ritual of a Puritan (Congregational) church advocating a printed, tradition-aware order of worship, balanced rites, and active congregational singing.
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False Definitions of Faith, and the True Definition
Critiques narrow definitions of faith (mere intellectual assent or feeling) and argues true faith is a voluntary trust in Christ that entails repentance, obedience, and love, per Scripture.
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Discourses on Various Occasions by the Reverend Father Hyacinthe
Translation of Father Hyacinthe's potent discourses on Christianity, family, church, and civil society. An ecumenical appeal for unity amid critique of abuses in Catholicism.
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The Family and the Church
Intro to Father Hyacinthe's The Family and The Church: Notre-Dame lectures on marriage, domestic society, and a Catholic critique of papal authority that led to his excommunication.
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A Sermon Concerning Theatres and Theatre-Going, Preached Sunday Evening, Jan. 22, 1871, at the Congregational Church, Baltimore
1871 sermon urging Christians to judge theatre-going by conscience, condemning Pharisaical exclusion, and calling for charitable, thoughtful engagement with the stage.
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An Inside View of the Vatican Council
Critical inside account of the 1870 Vatican Council exposing secrecy, manipulation, and the imposition of papal infallibility; includes Archbishop Kenrick's speech and minority protests.
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Church Papers: Sundry Essays on Subjects Relating to the Church and Christian Society
Essays by L. W. Bacon critiquing congregationalism and church polity, addressing church–state relations, Catholic reform, temperance, theatre, and other social issues.
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A Life Worth Living: Memorials of Emily Bliss Gould, of Rome
Biographical travel journals of Emily Bliss Gould (1860s–1870s). Records her European travels and charitable work in Rome and the Waldensian valleys — schools, orphanage, and missions.
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A Crime Against Society
Bacon denounces Norwich officials for knowingly granting liquor licenses to criminals and brothel-keepers, arguing such licensing corrupts public morals and undermines temperance.
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God’s Wonderful Work in France
Report of a late-19th-century Protestant revival in France: Paul Bouchard, Eugène Réveillaud, widespread conversions, the McAll Mission, and a deputation to American churches.
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