Church and State
Acheson, Thomas Houston - Why Covenanters Do Not Vote (1912)
In this brief article, Acheson gives six reasons that are NOT the reason why Covenanters do not vote; his six-fold reason why Covenanters do not vote; and the response to twelve objections to the Covenanter position.
- Why Covenanters Do Not Vote, Pt. 2 (1912)
Adams, William - Christianity and Civil Government: A Discourse (1851)
Aiken, Samuel Clark - An Address, Delivered in Utica, Before the Sunday School Societies, on the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence (1827)
Aikman, William - The Future of the Colored Race in America (1862)
Anderson, Samuel James Pierce - The Dangers and Duties of the Present Crisis! A Discourse (1861)
Annan, Robert - Observations on Capital Punishments (1788)
Armstrong, George Dodd - The Christian Doctrine of Slavery (1857)
- A Discussion on Slaveholding (1858)
Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss - Religion and Politics (1880)
Bacon, Leonard Woolsey - A Crime Against Society (1880)
- The Sabbath Question (1882)
- Lessons From the Riot in Cincinnati (1884)
- The Services of Leonard Bacon to African Colonization (1900)
- Anti-Slavery Before Garrison (1903)
- Four Lost Legacies of the Early New England Civil Polity (1906)
Baird, Samuel John - Southern Rights and Northern Duties in the Present Crisis (1861)
Balch, Hezekiah James - Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1775, 1902)
Barrows, Elijah Porter - A View of the American Slavery Question (1836)
Blackburn, William Maxwell - The Lord's Day, and the Labourer's Right to Rest (1860)
Bourne, George - Address to the Presbyterian Church, Enforcing the Duty of Excluding All Slaveholders from the "Communion of Saints" (1833)
- Picture of Slavery in the United States of America (1834)
- Man-Stealing and Slavery Denounced by the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches (1834)
- Slavery Illustrated in Its Effects Upon Woman and Domestic Society (1837)
- A Condensed Anti-Slavery Bible Argument (1845)
Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson - Discussion on American Slavery Between George Thompson and Robert J. Breckinridge (1836)
- Hints on Slavery (1843)
- Our Country: Its Peril and Its Deliverance (1861)
- The Civil War: Its Nature and End (1861)
- Two Speeches on the State of the Country (1862)
- The Divine Origin and Supremacy of Civil Government (1864)
Breed, William Pratt - Jenny Geddes, or, Presbyterianism and Its Great Conflict With Despotism (1869)
- Presbyterianism, and Its Services in the Revolution of 1776 (1875)
- Presbyterians and the Revolution (1876)
Brevard, Ephraim - Mecklenburg, or Charlotte Town, Resolves (1775)
Brown, Isaac Van Arsdale - Slavery Irreconcilable With Christianity and Sound Reason; or, An Anti-Slavery Argument (1858)
- White Diamonds Better Than "Black Diamonds"; Slave States Impoverished by Slave Labor (1860)
Brownlee, William Craig - A Dissertation on the Nature, Obligations, and Form of a Civil Oath (1825)
Bryan, Sr., William Jennings - The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896 (1896)
- The Second Battle, or, The New Declaration of Independence, 1776-1900: An Account of the Struggle of 1900 (1900)
- “The Causeless War” and Its Lessons For Us (1915)
- “The War in Europe” and Its Lessons For Us (1915)
Caldwell, Sr., David Stewart - The Character and Doom of the Sluggard (1776, 1842)
Catto, William Thomas - Overview of a Brief Speech Denouncing African Colonization (1862)
Coleman, James Melville - Social Ethics: An Introduction to the Nature and Ethics of the State (1903)
Cornish, Samuel Eli and Wright, Theodore Sedgwick - The Colonization Scheme Considered (1840)
Craighead, Alexander - Renewal of the Covenants, National and Solemn League (1748)
Craven, Elijah Richardson - The Religious Defect of the Constitution of the United States (1868)
Cummings, Charles - Fincastle Resolutions (1775, 1900)
Dabney, Robert Lewis - A Defense of Virginia, and Through Her, of the South (1867)
Davies, Samuel - Religion and Patriotism: The Constituents of a Good Soldier (1756)
- Religion and Public Spirit: A Valedictory Address to the Senior Class, Delivered in Nassau-Hall, September 21, 1760 (1762)
Duffield, II, George - Who Should Be Our Rulers? (1787, 1861)
Duffield, IV, George - A Sermon on American Slavery: Its Nature, and the Duties of Christians in Relation to It (1840)
Duffield, V, George - Courage in a Good Cause; or, The Lawful and Courageous Use of the Sword: A Sermon (1861)
Edwards, Jonathan - Address of Dr. Edwards to the National Convention to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States (1872)
Ely, Ezra Stiles - The Duty of Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers (1828)
Foster, Finley Milligan - What Voting Under an Unchristian Constitution Involves (n.d.)
Garnet, Henry Highland - Speech Praising the Charity of Women Working to Abolish Slavery (1838)
- Speech of Henry H. Garnet Before the American Anti-Slavery Society (1840)
- Speech in Support of the Liberty Party of Massachusetts (1842)
- Address to the Slaves of the U.S. (1843, 1848)
- Speech Regarding the Oppression of Slavery (1845)
- Speech Regarding the Silent Sanctioning of Slavery by the North (1847)
- Speech Calling For an End to Slavery (1847)
- Speech in England Regarding the Suffering of American Slaves (1850)
- Speech in England Encouraging the Consumption of Free-Labour Products (1850)
- Speech Expressing Thanks for Kindness Received in England and Germany (1850)
- Plea For the Bondsman (1850)
- Speech in England on Slave Labour Products (1850)
- Speech in Scotland Regarding the Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
- Brief Speech on the Fugitive Slave Law (1851)
- Speech in Belfast Against the Fugitive Slave Law (1851)
- Brief Speech Outlining the Conditions of Slavery (1851)
- Speech Denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law (1851)
- Speech Regarding the Negative Impact of American Slavery (1851)
- Speech Opposing the Fugitive Slave Law and the Participation of the Church in Support of Slavery (1851)
- Speech in England Condemning American Slavery (1851)
- The Sham Freedom of America (1851)
- 1859 Speech Supporting African Colonization (1859)
- Speech Regarding the Participation of the Church in Slavery (1859)
- Speech on the Death of John Brown (1859)
- Speech in Support of the African Civilization Society (1860)
- Speech in Support of the African Aid Society (1861)
- Speech Rejoicing that Slavery Was No Longer National, But Sectional (1862)
- Speech Celebrating the End of Slavery in Washington, DC (1862)
- Speech on Violence Against Free Persons of Color (1862)
- Speech Regarding the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- Speech Encouraging African American Men in New York to Enlist in the Army (1863)
- Speech in Support of Equal Rights in the Military (1863)
- Speech Defending the African Civilization Society (1864)
- Speech Celebrating the Emancipation of Maryland (1864)
- A Memorial Discourse in the Hall of Representatives (1865)
- Equal Suffrage: Address From the Colored Citizens of Norfolk, VA., to the People of the United States (1865)
Girardeau, John Lafayette - Conscience and Civil Government: An Oration (1860)
- Confederate Memorial Day Address (1871)
Gloucester, James Newton - Brief Speech Expressing Optimism About the Coming End of Slavery (1862)
Graham, William - Address to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1785, 1850)
- A Declaration of Rights, also, The [Proposed] Constitution or Form of Government, Agreed to, and Resolved upon, by the Representatives of the Freemen of the State of Frankland (1786, 1896)
Green, Jacob - Observations, on the Reconciliation of Great-Britain, and the Colonies (1776)
Gurley, Ralph Randolph - Address of the Managers of the American Colonization Society to the People of the United States (1832)
- Address at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society (1839)
- Mission to England, in Behalf of the American Colonization Society (1841)
Hays, George Price - The Individual Life of the Nation (1874)
Herring, Amos - The Independent Republic of Liberia; Its Constitution and Declaration of Independence; Address of the Colonists to the Free People of Color in the United States (1848)
- Information About Going to Liberia: With Things Which Every Emigrant Ought to Know (1852)
Hodge, Archibald Alexander - Address Concerning a Religious Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1874)
Hodge, Charles - Slavery (1836)
- Essay on Abolitionism (1844)
- The Fugitive Slave Law (1860, 1969)
- The Bible Argument on Slavery (1860, 1969)
Hopkins, Erastus - The Objections to African Colonization Stated and Answered (1833)
Johnston, Nathan Robinson - “Political Dissent” (1892)
Junkin, George - The Integrity of Our National Union vs. Abolitionism; An Argument From the Bible, in Proof of the Position That Believing Masters Ought to be Honored and Obeyed by Their Own Servants, Not Excommunicated From, the Church of God (1843)
- Political Fallacies: An Examination of the False Assumptions, and Refutation of the Sophistical Reasonings, Which Have Brought On This Civil War (1863)
Kerr, David Reynolds - Moral Responsibility of Nations (1874)
Keteltas, Abraham - God Arising and Pleading His People's Cause; or, The American War in Favor of Liberty, Against the Measures of Great Britain, Shewn to be the Cause of God: In a Sermon (1777)
Knapp, Jr., Shepherd - Christianity and War: A Sermon (1917)
- The War’s Need of Christ: A Palm Sunday Sermon (1917)
Loetscher, Sr., Frederick William - Church and State in the Light of the Reformed Faith (1942)
Lord, John Chase - Lectures on the Progress of Civilization and Government, and Other Subjects (1851)
- “The Higher Law” in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill: A Sermon on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments (1851)
- The Justice of Our National Cause, and the Momentous Issues For Our Nation, the Church and the World, Which are Involved in the Result of the Present Civil War: A Sermon (1861)
- “The Throne of Iniquity”: The Moral Contrasts Developed by the Existing War, in its Origin, Objects and Prosecution - A Discourse (1864)
Lyon, James Adair - A Lecture on Christianity and the Civil Laws (1859)
Martyn, William Carlos - Christian Citizenship: A Manual (1897)
McAllister, David - The Aims and Methods of the Movement to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States (1872)
- The Religious Amendment Movement Just, Reasonable, and Necessary (1873)
- Testimonies to the Religious Defect of the Constitution (1874)
McFeeters, James Calvin - “Crown Him” (1884)
McGill, Alexander Taggart - Patriotism, Philanthropy, and Religion: An Address (1877)
McIlvaine, Joshua Hall - "A Nation's Right to Worship God" (1859)
McLeod, Alexander - Negro Slavery Unjustifiable (1802)
- A Scriptural View of the Character, Causes, and Ends of the Present War (1815)
McNish, George and Hampton, John - Petition to Take Dissenting Oath (1705-1706, 1838)
Miller, Arnold De Welles - The Presbyterian Origin of American Independence (1888)
Miller, Samuel - A Sermon, Delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New-York, July Fourth, 1795, Being the Nineteenth Anniversary of the Independence of America (1795)
- Christianity the Grand Source and Surest Basis for Political Liberty (1793)
- A Discourse Delivered April 12, 1797, at the Request of and Before the New-York Society For Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or May Be Liberated (1797)
Nevin, Edwin Henry - The Religion of Christ at War With American Slavery; or, Reasons for Separating from the Presbyterian Church (O.S.) (1849)
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan - A Vindication of Secession and the South (1861)
- The Oath of Allegiance to the United States Discussed in its Moral and Political Bearings (1863)
- The Ancient Hebrew Polity (1898)
Parker, Joel - The Discussion Between Rev. Joel Parker, and Rev. A. Rood, on the Question "What are the Evils Inseparable From Slavery?" (1852)
Pennington, James William Charles - An Address Delivered at Newark, N.J. at the First Anniversary of West India Emancipation (1839)
- Speech Regarding African Colonization (1843)
- Speech in England Regarding Suffrage (1843)
- Speech Protesting British Idea For Africans to Immigrate to the West Indies (1843)
- Speech Given Before the Leeds Anti-Slavery Society in England (1843)
- Speech Celebrating the Anniversary of British West Indies Emancipation (1843)
- Speech Contrasting the Doctrines of Christianity and the Doctrines of War (1843)
- Speech Regarding Prejudice Among Christian Churches (1843)
- Speech Regarding the Impact of Slavery on Universal Peace (1844)
- Speech Regarding the Intent of the African Colonization Society (1849)
- Brief Speech Regarding Peace (1849)
- Speech in Edinburgh Regarding the Injustice of American Slavery (1850)
- Speech Regarding Contentment Among Slaves (1850)
- Speech in England Encouraging Consumption of Free-Labour Products (1850)
- Speech Regarding the Fugitive Slave Law (1851)
- Speech Opposing the African Colonization Society (1852)
- The Reasonableness of the Abolition of Slavery at the South, a Legitimate Inference From the Success of British Emancipation: An Address (1856)
- New England Compared with Old England on the Question of Human Rights (1859)
- Speech Given in Montreal Refuting the Claim that Slaves Were Content in Bondage (1862)
- The Position and Duties of the Colored People (1864)
Pinney, John Brooke - Speech of Mr. Pinney at the Young Men’s Colonization Society of the City of New York (1836)
- Speech of Mr. Pinney at the Young Men’s Colonization Society of Pennsylvania (1837)
Pritchard, John Wagner - Soldiers of the Church: The Story of What the Reformed Presbyterians (Covenanter) of North America, Canada, and the British Isles, Did to Win the World War of 1914-1918 (1919)
Reed, Richard Clark - The Relation of Church and State (n.d.)
Rice, David - A Kentucky Protest Against Slavery: Slavery Inconsistent with Justice and Good Policy (1812)
Rice, John Holt - Thoughts on Slavery (1819)
Rice, Nathan Lewis - Lectures on Slavery, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati (1845)
- A Debate on Slavery (1846)
- Ten Letters on the Subject of Slavery (1856)
- Lectures on Slavery: Delivered in the North Presbyterian Church, Chicago (1860)
- Our Country and the Church (1861)
- The Pulpit: Its Relation to Our National Crisis. A Sermon (1862)
Robinson, John - The Testimony and Practice of the Presbyterian Church in Reference to American Slavery (1852)
Robinson, Stuart - Slavery, as Recognized in the Mosaic Civil Law (1865)
- Letter to President Lincoln (1865)
Ruffner, Henry - Address to the People of West Virginia; Shewing That Slavery is Injurious to the Public Welfare, and That It May Be Gradually Abolished, Without Detriment to the Rights and Interests of Slaveholders (1847)
- Union Speech; Delivered at Kanawha Salines, V.A., on the Fourth of July, 1856 (1856)
Schaff, Philip - America: A Sketch of the Political, Social, and Religious Character of the United States of North America (1855)
- Slavery and the Bible: A Tract For the Times (1861)
- Church and State in the United States: The American Idea of Religious Liberty and Its Practical Effects (1888)
Scovel, Sylvester Fithian - Natural Morals and the Ten Commandments (1874)
- Presbyterianism in Relation to Civil and Religious Liberty (1880)
Shankland, William and Davis, Sr., Samuel - Address of Loyalty from Somerset County Inhabitants to William and Mary (1689, 1890)
Skinner, Jr., Thomas Harvey - Christianity and the State: A Sermon (1873)
Skinner, Sr., Thomas Harvey - Religion and Liberty: A Discourse (1841)
- Love of Country: A Discourse (1851)
Smith, John Blair - Memorial Petition to the Virginia General Assembly (1784, 1850)
- Memorial Petition to the Virginia General Assembly (1784, 1850)
- Memorial Petition to the Virginia General Assembly (1784, 1856)
Sommerville, William - Southern Slavery Not Founded on Scripture Warrant (1864)
Speer, William - An Humble Plea, Addressed to the Legislature of California, in Behalf of the Immigrants From the Empire of China to This State (1856)
Spencer, Ichabod Smith - Fugitive Slave Law: The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law (1850)
Sprague, William Buell - The Claims of Past and Future Generations on Civil Rulers: A Sermon, Preached at the Annual Election (1825)
- Religious Celebration of Independence: A Discourse Delivered at Northampton, on the Fourth of July, 1827 (1827)
Stanton, Robert Lodowick - Ungodly Nations Doomed: A Discourse Preached on the Occasion of the Annual Thanksgiving, November 29, 1849, Recommended by the Governor of Louisiana (1849)
- Civil Government of God, Obedience a Duty: A Discourse Upon the Duties of the Christian Citizen, Under What is Termed the Present National Crisis (1860)
- The Church and the Rebellion: A Consideration of the Rebellion Against the Government of the United States; and the Agency of the Church, North and South, In Relation Thereto (1864)
Stevenson, Thomas Patton - The Origin and Progress of the Movement to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States (1872)
- The Legal Effect and Practical Value of the Proposed Amendment (1872)
- History of the Movement to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States (1873)
Stobo, Archibald - Affidavit of William Screven and Archibald Stobo (1706)
Strong, William - Call For a National Convention (1872)
- Two Lectures Upon the Relations of Civil Law to Church Polity, Discipline, and Property (1875)
Tennent, Gilbert - Defensive War Defended (1748)
Todd, Sr., John - Memorial of the Presbytery of Hanover to the General Assembly of Virginia (1776)
- Address of the Virginia Presbyterian Church to the General Assembly of Virginia (1785)
Van Dyke, Jr., Henry Jackson - Pro Patria: The Spirit of America Fighting For Peace (1921)
Van Dyke, Sr., Henry Jackson - The Character and Influence of Abolitionism (1860)
Whitaker, Nathaniel - An Antidote Against Toryism, or the Curse of Meroz (1777)
Wilson, William - The Great American Question, Democracy vs. Doulocracy: or, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men & Free Speech, Against the Extension and Domination of the Slaveholding Interest (1848)
- The Cause of the United States Against the Rebel Conspiracy, and the Cause of Jehovah, Identical (1861)
- The Curse of Meroz: or, The Curse of the Neutral or Hostile Toward the Complete Extirpation of the Great American Rebellion, Together With Slavery, Which Is Its Cause and Source, of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One and Sixty-Two: A Sermon (1862)
Willson, James McLeod - Bible Magistracy; or, Christ's Dominion Over the Nations (1842)
- Civil Government: An Exposition of Romans 13:1-7 (1853)
Willson, James Renwick - The Subjection of Kings and Nations to Messiah (1820)
- Dialogue on Messiah’s Headship Over the Nations (1823)
- The Sabbath: A Discourse on the Duty of Civil Government, in Relation to the Sanctification of the Lord's Day (1829)
- Juries (1832)
- Prince Messiah's Claims to Dominion over all Governments; and the Disregard of his Authority by the United States, in the Federal Constitution (1832)
- An Address on West India Emancipation (1838)
- The Written Law (1838)
- The Monstrous Government of Slavery (1850)
- The Fugitive Slave Law (1851)
Wisner, William - Elements of Civil Liberty, or, The Way to Maintain Free Institutions (1853)
Wright, Theodore Sedgwick - Brief Speech Addressing the Cruelties and Injustices of Slavery (1836)
- Speech Regarding Equal Opportunities for Both Black and White Races, the Cruelties of Slavery, and the Need for Christian Interaction in Race Relations (1836)
- Speech Given in Response to a Resolution Regarding the "Right of Free Discussion" Which was Being Threatened by Legislation (1836)
- Speech Regarding the Negative Effects of Prejudice on People of All Races in Terms of Self-Esteem Issues, and Educational and Moral Advancement (1837)
- Speech Given Before the Convention of the New York Anti-Slavery Society on the Acceptance of Their Annual Report with an Emphasis on the Tragedies and Injustices of Slavery (1837)
- Speech Made in Support of a Resolution that all Civil Liberties (including Religious, Literary, and Social Liberty) Should be Made Available to All Persons Regardless of Race (1837)
- Speech Given Before the New York State Anti-Slavery Society on the Acceptance and Adoption of the Annual Report with Emphasis Placed on the Efforts Toward Emancipation that the Society had Accomplished Since its Inception (1837)
- Speech Given During the Dedication of the First Free Church of Schenectady Celebrating the Establishment of a Place of Worship and a Small Basement School for Free People of Color in that City (1837)
- Speech Against the Idea of the Colonization of Africa by Freed Slaves and the Societies that have been Organized to Promote it (1838)
- The Colonization Scheme Considered (1840)
Wylie, Richard Cameron - Sabbath Laws in the United States (1905)
- Collapse of Christless Civilizations (1918)
Wylie, Samuel Brown - The Two Sons of Oil; or, The Faithful Witness for Magistracy and Ministry (1803)