Archives
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.
The Sovereignty of God
Sermon defending God's absolute sovereignty over nations and human hearts. Argues election, permission of sin, and conversion are acts of Divine will, answering Arminian objections.
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An Essay on the Abolition of Slavery
Argues immediate emancipation is dangerous; law and Christian civilization must prepare slaves for freedom. Advocates gradual, legal reform over mob action.
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Farmville Convention
John Bunyan's Confession of Faith summarizes core Christian doctrines: God, Trinity, incarnation, atonement, resurrection, Christ's mediatorship and final judgment.
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Memorial Tributes to the Rev. George A. Baxter, D.D.
Memorial tributes to Rev. George A. Baxter, D.D., praising his scholarship, preaching, humility, and leadership at Washington College. He is remembered for his lasting influence on students and the church.
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Siam and Laos, as Seen by Our American Missionaries
Late 19th-century Presbyterian compilation on Siam and Laos: missionary accounts of geography, culture, customs, schools, medicine and history, richly illustrated.
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March 12, 1795 Letter to Elias Boudinot
Letters of Elias Boudinot (1795) reporting European political events — revolutions in Holland and France, Irish unrest, naval concerns, parliamentary debates, and personal civic matters.
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March 14, 1795 Letter to Elias Boudinot
Elias Boudinot's letters report late-18th-century European politics: the Dutch revolution, French Convention trials, and British affairs under Pitt, including Ireland and Spain.
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April 27, 1795 Letter to William Bradford
Collection of letters and addresses of Elias Boudinot (President of the Continental Congress), 1795. Political correspondence reporting French captures, news, and appointments.
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July 13, 1795 Letter to William Bradford
Volume II of Elias Boudinot's letters and addresses (1896). Contains 1795 correspondence on public office, politics, family matters, and social connections.
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An Abstract of Those Laws of the United States
1804 legal abstract by Samuel Bayard summarizing U.S. laws on the duties and authority of inferior state court judges and justices of the peace, with an appendix of precedents.
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A Catechism for Youth
Early 19th-century catechism for youth, translated from Professor Osterwald. Presents doctrines and abridged sacred history (Creation to Israel's settlement), revised by the Presbyterian General Assembly.
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An Address, Delivered Before the Washington Benevolent Societies of Princeton & Cranford
Samuel Bayard's 1813 address honors George Washington's patriotism, disinterested leadership, military and civic virtues, and Christian piety, urging imitation of his example.
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Oration Delivered Before the Somerset County Bible Society, 20th August, 1822
Lecture defending Scripture and tracing God's providence in biblical history, focusing on Jacob's dream (Gen. 28) and the Bible's power to convert and guide individuals and families.
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Letters on the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Pastoral letters guiding timid Christians on the Lord's Supper: its institution, obligations, who should be admitted, duties before and after communion, and key scriptural exegesis.
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The Sacredness of the Medical Profession: A Sermon
Sermon asserting the medical profession as a sacred Christian vocation: physicians serve humanity, guard life, and minister to the poor, modeled by Luke, "the beloved physician."
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The Old and the New, 1743–1876: The Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia
History of the Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia), its 1743 founding and growth amid the Great Awakening under revivalists George Whitefield and Gilbert Tennent.
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