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Stone’s Life of Milnor

Review of a biography of James Milnor tracing his conversion from Quaker and lawyer to Episcopal clergyman, his move toward evangelical Calvinism, and his advocacy for Christian unity.
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Mornings Among the Jesuits

A review of Seymour's Mornings among the Jesuits exposing Jesuit superstition, alleged miracles, and the growth of Mariolatry. It also defends Protestant church publishing to oppose such errors.
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Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

Review of Richard Chenevix Trench defending the reality and reasonableness of Christ's miracles against skeptics (Hume, Spinoza), arguing miracles attest divine authority.
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Mercantile Morals

Review endorses mercantile morals—honesty, Sabbath observance, temperance, and charity—and profiles Samuel Budgett as a model Christian merchant. It urges pastors to address businessmen's ethic of life.
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Letters to a Recent Convert

Pastoral letters to a recent convert urging steadfastness, watchfulness, repentance, faith, assurance, holiness, and Christian disciplines: prayer, Scripture reading, and doing good.
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Elijah: A Sacred Drama, and Other Poems

1860 volume of sacred poems by Rev. Robert Davidson, headlined by 'Elijah: A Sacred Drama' — a poetic dramatization of Elijah's Mount Carmel contest with Baal, prophets, and divine fire.
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Relation of Baptized Children to the Church

Argues that baptized children are covenant members — a birthright from the Abrahamic covenant — and that the church must watch, teach, and nurture them rather than ignore or claim them tyrannically.
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Historical Sketch of the Synod of Philadelphia

Concise historical sketch of the Synod of Philadelphia: its 18th-century origins, growth, organizational changes, revivals, the Old/New School division, and membership statistics.
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Robert Davidson, D.D.

Necrological report (1877) presented to the Alumni Association with biographical sketches of deceased ministers, notably Robert Davidson, D.D., and Harrison G. Park.
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Lecture: Natural Christology

Nature testifies that creation was made for Christ to manifest God's gracious character through the atonement. A sermon proposing a 'Natural Christology' that reads creation in light of redemption.
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Sermons on the Parables

Editor's preface and biographical sketch introducing a posthumous volume of William Davidson's sermons on the Parables, lauding his preaching, oratory, and pastoral ministry.
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