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America in the 19th century endured several pandemics. American Presbyterians wrote much about their experiences and their reflections on pandemics in light of the word of God. This collection of sermons, letters, and biographical notes is a great help to 21st-century believers as we walk through pandemics and all the suffering they bring in their wake.
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface, by Dylan Rowland
Foreword, by Dr. James Knox
Chapter 1: Ashbel Green
— Excerpt from The Life of Ashbel Green
— A Pastoral Letter
Chapter 2: William Marshall
— A Theological Dissertation on the Propriety of Removing From the Seat of the Pestilence
Chapter 3: Samuel Miller
— Excerpt from The Life of Samuel Miller
— A Thanksgiving Sermon
Chapter 4: George Dodd Armstrong
— The Lesson of the Pestilence
Chapter 5: Isaac William Ker Handy
— The Terrible Doings of God
Chapter 6: Benjamin Morgan Palmer
— Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Benjamin Morgan Palmer
— Never Too Late
Chapter 7: Francis James Grimke
— Some Reflections, Growing out of the Recent Epidemic of Influenza that Afflicted Our City
Appendix 1: Charles Hodge
— A Letter from Charles Hodge to his Brother