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Recollections of the Rev. John McElhenney, D.D.

Memoir by Rose W. Fry recounting Rev. John McElhenney (b.1781): his ancestry, family, education, ministry, and life in Greenbrier and Lancaster in the 19th century.
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Home Scenes: Divine Songs, and Other Poems

Memorial poems reflecting Christian faith, family, and mourning—home scenes, a mother's life, Sabbath devotion, death, and hope in Christ's resurrection.
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Valley of the Genesee: A Poem

A 19th-century poetic tour of the Genesee Valley—landscape, towns, local people and history—with Christian reflections, memorials, and community sketches.
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A Sermon, on 1 Samuel 3:18

1829 Calvinistic Magazine excerpt arguing state rights against federal mail delivery on the Sabbath, followed by James Gallaher's sermon affirming God's sovereign providence: "It is the Lord."
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The Calvinistic Magazine, Vol. 1

Sermons from the 1837 Calvinistic Magazine defending divine election and the perseverance of the saints. Affirms God's sovereign predestination and believers' eternal security (John 10).
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The Calvinistic Magazine, Vol. 2

Editors' review of 1827: reports church growth, revivals, Bible distribution, and mission advances at home and abroad. Defends the enduring Presbyterian Church against sectarian attacks.
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The Calvinistic Magazine, Vol. 3

Calvinistic Magazine (1829) attacks Wesley's New Testament revisions as doctrinally biased. It warns sectarian alterations endanger core doctrines (divinity, atonement, predestination) and church unity.
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The Calvinistic Magazine, Vol. 4

Editorial defending evangelical Calvinism against Unitarianism, urging Christians to 'earnestly contend' for the gospel. Explains free-agency and how divine grace effects conversion.
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The Calvinistic Magazine, Vol. 5

Dr. Beecher's 1831 lectures critique Roman Catholicism as hostile to republican liberty, arguing papal infallibility and church power threaten private judgment and freedom.
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The Ministry of Angels: A Sermon

1831 Calvinist essay on atonement and angels. Argues the atonement is sufficient for all and explains angels as ministering spirits sent to serve and protect Christ's heirs.
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A History of the Jews

A 19th-century devotional biography and apologetic uniting the Gospels into a single Life of Jesus, defending the New Testament's authenticity and tracing Jewish history to Jerusalem's destruction.
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The Western Sketch-Book

Mid-19th-century collection of religious sketches on revivals and frontier life, blending anecdotes and reflections on providence—e.g., the honey-bee as omen of white settlement.
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Memoir of Rev. James Gallaher

Memoir of Rev. James Gallaher (b.1792): a Tennessee frontier upbringing steeped in Scripture shaped his ministry. Covers family background, religious convictions, and formative years.

James Gallaher

Biographical sketch of Rev. James Gallaher (1792–1853), a Presbyterian minister, itinerant evangelist and author, noted for powerful revival preaching across the American West.
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