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9780461329513: The Evangelical Repository

Synopsis

The Evangelical Repository by W.S. Young. This mid-19th-century American evangelical periodical issue (1847) gathers sermons, missionary intelligence, ecclesiastical debates, obituaries, didactic pieces, and doctrinal essays into a multi-genre mosaic. It foregrounds urgent Christian living, piety in worship, and global missions, while addressing church unity, church polity, and covenant theology. The issue surveys domestic piety and family religion, education and culture, church governance and discipline, and expansive missionary activity across regions such as Iowa, Trinidad, China, and Africa, along with abolitionist currents and doctrinal exhortation. It also includes discussions of the Gospel Promise, ministerial formation, licensing and ordination, biographical material, memorials, and devotional/moral pieces for clergy and lay readers. The tone is hortatory and conservative, reflecting a Reformed Presbyterian milieu with a strong emphasis on biblical authority, denominational solidarity, and the spread of evangelical work.

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