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Filtering by Tag: James Renwick Willson
1829-James Renwick Willson.-A sermon on the duties and responsibilities of the civil authorities with respect to enforcing proper Sabbath observance among Christians. It is notable for its assumption that the magistrate does have an obligation to uphold the whole law of God.
Read More1831-James Renwick Willson.-This sacramental sermon focuses on the doctrine of oaths and vows. It discusses the implications of vows for people in various connections, from members of the church to nations. In this, Mr. Willson has much to say about public social covenanting in church and state.
Read More1832-James Renwick Willson.-In this very short article, written for the American Christian Expositor, Willson tries to explain to the New Lights why they are the ones causing a breach in the Synod by violating Scripture, covenant and church law.
Read More1832-James Renwick Willson.-Two essays: the first, examining the claims of Christ over the nations; and, the second, the application of these claims to the present constitution of the civil government in the United States.
Read More1836-James Renwick Willson.-A sermon that calls attention to the several lamentable dispensations of providence as provoked by national infidelity and negro slavery.
Read More1838-James Renwick Willson.-This address by Willson contains a survey of a report by members of the Emancipation society. Willson, who was an ardent supporter of ending negro slavery, spends time vindicating people of African descent from many frivolous charges leveled to deny them freedom. This address is of interest both as a vigorous criticism of slavery while, at the same time, giving assurances that racial integration was not a recipe for miscegenation. Interestingly, Willson asserts that slavery was responsible for mulattoes, quadroons, etc. because it degraded the morals of slave owners.
Read More1838-James Renwick Willson.-A sermon showing that Christ as Mediator is God equal with the Father, has received a mediatorial kingdom from the Father and that the law of God revealed in Scripture is his law binding all Christian nations in all things.
Read More1839-James R. Willson.-This paper, published in overture by the Synod, is an excellent overview of the Covenanter indictment of the civil institutions of the United States together with a very good critique of some of the deficiencies of the U.S. Constitution.
Read More1847-James Renwick Willson.-In this article, Willson discusses the place of deacons in the church consistory. He makes several interesting points respecting Presbyterian church government and also asserts that the office of deacon points to the mediatorial claims of Christ over temporal matters.
Read More1847-James Renwick Willson.-Dissent over the allowance of the Synod of 1847 dispensing with the necessity of lining of the Psalms in the public worship of God. Undoubtedly his reasons are still unpopular with those whose mindset rejects order and charity in the worship of God.
Read More1847-James Renwick Willson.-In this article, Willson decries the immorality which abounds in the literature of the heathen and the unsound principles which they might inculcate. Although a proponent of learning and mastering Latin, Greek and Hebrew, Willson does not wish to see the heathen classics made into schoolbooks corrupting the morals of the youth.
Read More1847-James Renwick Willson.-This unfinished piece, obviously written while the debate over deacons raged in the Reformed Presbyterian church, is burdened to demonstrate the continuity between the Levites and the New Testament deacons. Toward the close, Willson cautions against applying every passage about Levites to deacons because only one order of Levites were commissioned to teach and they are not comparable to the common deacon.
Read More1848-James Renwick Willson.-In this article, Willson sets forth his vision for a truly Christian college. This is a college wherein both faculty and students are Christians striving together to improve their minds without sacrificing their spirits. Building on his desire to exclude heathen classics as textbooks, Willson advocates the use of Christian texts for better acquisition of Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
Read More1849-James Renwick Willson.-A terse defense of the binding obligation of the Solemn League and Covenant upon the United States. Willson treads where few American Reformed Presbyterians wish to go explicitly; yet, he demonstrates both the how and why of this obligation with arguments which every real Covenanter must acknowledge as demonstrations.
Read More1849-James Renwick Willson.-A short article calling for covenant renovation with special reference to the relation of the Solemn League and Covenant to the United States.
Read More1850-James Renwick Willson.-In the first letter, Willson describes the early growth of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America. He commends the acquisition of useful knowledge. The second letter details the organic growth of the church through large families and the education of the youth. It is of interest to see the thoroughness of reading encouraged.
Read More1850-James Renwick Willson.-This very short article calls for a renovation of covenants together with issuing a warning to public leaders using the example of Athaliah.
Read More1850-James Renwick Willson.-A short article pressing for covenant renewal, including the Solemn League and Covenant, because the signs of the times warrant such practice.
Read More1850-James Renwick Willson.-In this third letter, Willson explains the growth of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the west. He speaks of the accessions from various Presbyterian bodies in England, Scotland and Ireland, especially those which used the 1650 Psalter.
Read More1851-James Renwick Willson.-In this introductory lecture at the theological school of the Reformed Presbyterian church, Dr. Willson gives his catalog of the pagan and worldly elements which have entered the church. He explains how the lust of the eye and the pride of life have allowed practices, including the use of immoral pagan literature and opulent forms of worship, into the life of the church.
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