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William Henry Ruffner, LL.D.

Necrological reports and annual proceedings of the Princeton Theological Seminary alumni (1900–1909), offering obituary notices, biographical sketches, ministerial records, and publication lists.

November 13, 1846 Letter to Robert L. Dabney

Excerpts from The Life and Letters of Robert L. Dabney: personal correspondence and sketches of seminary faculty, revealing 19th-century Presbyterian ministry and student life.
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Edward Huntting Rudd

Necrological report of Princeton alumni ministers John P. Engstrom and Edward H. Rudd. Summarizes education, ordination, pastorates, family, publications, deaths and burials.

The Cause and Cure of the Ills of Mexico

Union Seminary Review (1920): G. Campbell Morgan urges prayerful spiritual discipline, study and dependence to sustain the ministry; W. A. Ross diagnoses Mexico's racial, educational and governmental ills.
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Rev. Jno. Wm. Rosebro, D.D.

Address honoring the Scotch‑Irish founders of Old Greenville Church, tracing Scottish→Ulster→American migration, their Presbyterian devotion, hardships, and early ministers' labors.

Origin and Progress of the Sabbath School

Survey of the Sabbath-school’s origins (Jewish synagogues, Raikes), Reformation renewal, and American growth; urges Bible-centered instruction, trained teachers, and pastoral devotion.
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William Childs Robinson 1897–1982

Presbyterian Journal reviews works on pneumatology and Pentecost from a Reformed/cessationist stance; editorial calls for balanced theology, church unity, and caution about deifying teachers.

Honoring the Prince of Peace

Urges repentance as the gateway to the Holy Spirit and revival. Stresses faithful preaching, responsible churchmanship, and the binding nature of pastoral vocation.
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The Centurion’s Confession

Nov 22, 1978 Presbyterian Journal covering alcohol/temperance, church-state issues (school prayer), missionary concerns in Equatorial Guinea, and a note on the centurion's confession (Mark 15).
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Support for the Virgin Birth

Editorials debate abortion and the duty to protect life while criticizing absolutist stances; discusses hermeneutics and eschatology and offers a brief defense of the virgin birth.
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Three Codes of Laws

1978 Presbyterian Journal: letters debate end-times vs civil cycles; editorial criticizes the WCC; feature explains the Pentateuch's three law codes and the enduring moral law.
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What Is an Offense?

The magazine critiques Theonomy's claim that Mosaic law governs nations and believers, and argues church offenses should be defined by Scripture, not human constitutions.
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Polity or Faith: Which?

1978 Presbyterian Journal discussing churchmanship, denominational stewardship and polity, PCA Assembly disputes (including women's ordination), rising postmillennialism, and evangelistic ministry.
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As We Are

Argues modern preaching neglects Paul's doctrine of justification by faith and urges recovery of Reformation teaching. Also highlights pastoral visitation and PCA stewardship problems.
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