Jedediah Andrews
Biographical sketches of early American Presbyterian ministers—chiefly Jedediah Andrews—detailing ministry, baptisms, congregational disputes with Baptists, presbytery duties, and trials.
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Jedediah Andrews
Rev. Thomas E. Peck, D.D., LL.D.
Historical sketch of Union Theological Seminary and a biographical tribute to Rev. Thomas E. Peck, emphasizing his teaching, preaching, exegesis, character, and influence on students.
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An Historical Discourse: On Taking Leave of the Old Church Edifice of the First Presbyterian Congregation of Baltimore
Farewell discourse on leaving the First Presbyterian Church edifice in Baltimore. Reviews the congregation's origin, growth, and civic and religious influence (Psalm 78:2–4).
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Selections from the Psalter for Use in the Service of the Churches
Selections from the Psalter arranged for use in church services—readings and chant-pointed Psalm excerpts with Gloria Patri for congregational worship.
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Correspondence Between the Right Reverend Bishop Doane and Rev. H.A. Boardman on the Alleged Popish Character of the Oxford Tracts
1841 correspondence between Bishop Doane and Rev. H. A. Boardman debating the alleged 'popish' character of the Oxford Tracts and disputes over publication and rebuttal.
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The Christian Ministry Not a Priesthood
Boardman argues the Christian ministry is not a sacerdotal priesthood but a moral, declarative office appointed to preach, administer sacraments, and govern the church.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 1
Reports Maryland's Cape Palmas colony and urges immediate African colonization. Warns delay, rising pro-slavery sentiment, and political obstacles will frustrate removing the slave population.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1836)
Baltimore Literary & Religious Magazine (Jan 1836): an evangelical, Protestant journal defending liberty and contesting Roman Catholicism; opens with a sermon on the church’s beauty.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Mar. 1836)
Sermon defending the historical reality of Christ’s resurrection, using eyewitness testimony, the guarded tomb, and its theological consequences for Christ’s divinity and reign.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1836)
A sermon on Isaiah 40:1 emphasizing God's rich grace. It surveys Christians' sorrows—conviction, sin, sympathy, trials—and the consolations of God's enduring, sanctifying love.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1836)
A sermon on Job 10:2 exploring why God 'contends' with people through sickness, death, disappointment, and awakened conscience. It urges prayer, self-examination, and repentance to discern divine chastening.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6 (June 1836)
Sermon arguing that faith is indispensable to pleasing God and true religion. Faith grounds prayer, love, obedience, and salvation; without it all is sin.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7 (July 1836)
Sermon on Psalm 27:5 arguing that Christ is the immutable rock — durable, stable, a sure foundation and refuge in trials; contrasts Peter with the true Rock.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8 (Aug. 1836)
A sermon defining biblical faith, its prerequisites (conviction of sin, renouncing self-righteousness, belief in Christ's atonement) and effects—living faith yields works (Moses).
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9 (Sept. 1836)
Funeral sermon urging readiness for death, illustrated by Hezekiah’s illness. Death is certain but timing uncertain; prepare by faith, repentance, and reliance on Christ.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10 (Oct. 1836)
Travel notes from London (May 1836) describing numerous religious anniversary meetings at Exeter Hall, missionary societies, Sabbath observance, and English church politics.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11 (Nov. 1836)
R. J. Breckinridge defends American churches against British abolitionists, charging British hypocrisy over colonial slavery, apprenticeship, and religious policy in colonies and India.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12 (Dec. 1836)
An 1836 sermon urging importunity in prayer—ask, seek, knock—promising God grants pardon, reconciliation, and eternal life through Christ. Encourages earnest faith, submission, and assurance of answers.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 3 (1837)
Sermon (John Tillotson) arguing that Roman Catholic doctrines—papal infallibility, confession/absolution, purgatory, transubstantiation—endanger salvation. Cites 1 Cor. 3 and Acts 15.
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The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1838)
Exposition on union to Christ: the Holy Spirit regenerates sinners and unites them to Christ by faith, producing new life, sanctification, and assurance.
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