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Samuel Miller Collection
Miscellany Collection #122

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller
[1769-1850]
Box number tba
Content Summary: One of the Center's larger miscellany collections, consisting of published works by or about Dr. Samuel Miller of Princeton Theological Seminary. The collection is a mixture of original print editions, photocopies and printouts from electronic sources.
Span Dates: 1793-2005
Size: 1.25 cu. ft.
Access Restrictions: None
Collection Citation: Samuel Miller Collection, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO.
Related Collections:
J.J. Janeway Collection; Princeton Theological Seminary Collection.


Online Resources at the PCA Historical Center:

"Church Attachment and Sectarianism" [1854 article in The Presbyterian]
"The Earth Filled with the Glory of the Lord" [1835 sermon on Num. 14:20f.]

This PCA Historical Center collection is properly termed a collection of miscellany in archival terminology, and consists of materials gathered from various sources by the staff of the PCA Historical Center.
The Papers of Dr. Samuel Miller are preserved in the Special Collections Department at the Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. The finding aid for that collection, as published in The Confessional Presbyterian Journal 1 (2005): 31-40, is included as part of folder 1 below.
Finding Aid is normally located in folder number 1 of each box.

Subject

Box

File

Finding Aid [folder also includes the finding aid for the Miller Papers at Princeton Seminary]

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1

Bibliography for Dr. Samuel Miller, compiled by Wayne Sparkman, as published in The Confessional Presbyterian Journal, 1 (2005): 11-30 . - 2

Anonymous, 1825, “Duncan and Miller on Creeds,” in The Christian Examiner, 2.5 (September-October 1825): 364-377. [in review of, in part, Miller’s The Utility and Importance of Creeds and Confessions; photocopy]

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Anonymous, 1827, Review of Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits, by Samuel Miller, in The Christian Examiner, 4.4 (July-August 1827): 324-333 [photocopy]

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4

Anonymous, 1834, Review of Letters to Presbyterians, by Samuel Miller, in The Christian Examiner, 17.65 (New Series, 12.35): 137-155 [photocopy]

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5

Bacon, Leonard, 1870, Review of The Life of Samuel Miller, D.D., LL.D., by Samuel Miller, Jr., in The Princeton Review 42.1 (Jan. 1870) 33-49; Anonymous, Review of The Life of Samuel Miller, in The New Englander and Yale Review, 28.108 (July 1869): 620-626. [printed from the Making of America web site]

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“Biblicus” [one of Miller’s pseudonyms], 1825, “Samuel Miller’s Letter on Christmas Observance, December 25, 1825” [source: www.fpcr.org/blue_banner_articles/miller1825.htm [3pp.]

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7

Bowden, John, 1808, The Apostolic Origin of Episcopacy Asserted in a Series of Letters Addressed to the Rev. Dr. [Samuel] Miller (New York: T&J Swords, 1808), Vol. 1, 384pp.; 18.5 cm.

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8

Campbell, Iain D., 2001, “Ministerial Excellence,” [in re : Miller’s 1825 commencement address], printed from www.backfreechurch.co.uk/Gazette/ministerial_eminence.htm

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9

Chinard, Gilbert, 1953, “A Landmark in American Intellectual History: Samuel Miller’s A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century,” in The Princeton University Library Chronicle 14.2 (Winter 1953): 55-71 [photocopy]

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10

Hart, D.G. and John R. Muether, 1997, “Samuel Miller : Discipline on the Frontier,” in Ordained Servant, 6.2 (April 1997): 40-42. [printed from http://opc.org/OS/pdf/OSV6N2.pdf]

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11

Jantz, Harold S., 1943, “The Samuel Miller Papers at Princeton,” in The Princeton University Library Chronicle 4.2/3 (February-April 1943): 68-75 [photocopy]

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12

Lane, Belden C., 1985, “Miller and the Eldership : A Knickerbocker Goes to Nassau,” in The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 6.3 (1985): 211-224 [photocopy]

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13

Miller, John [in re], 1882?, “ ON TRIAL FOR HERESY. REV. JOHN MILLER TRIED FOR TEACHING STRANGE DOCTRINE—HIS SUSPENSION FROM THE MINISTRY” [transcript from a news clipping pasted into a scrapbook given to Mabel Witherspoon by her parents, the Rev. T.D. Witherspoon and his wife Catherine. No date or publication indicated for the clipping, but presumed early 1880s, based upon adjacent clippings, perhaps 1882. Scrapbook is in the possession of a donor of other T.D. Witherspoon materials at the PCA Historical Center.]

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14

Miller, Samuel, Jr., 1862, Prayer for Our Country : Three Sermons (Philadelphia : Henry B. Ashmead, 1862), 46 pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, Jr., 1866, A Treatise on Mercersburg Theology; or, Mercersburg and Modern Theology Compared (Philadelphia: Published by S.R. Fisher & Co., 54 North Sixth Street, 1866), hb, 131pp.; 17 cm. [origina printing]

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Miller, Samuel, Jr., 2002, The Life of Samuel Miller (Stoke-on-Trent: Tentmaker Publications, 2002; reprint of 1869 edition), 2 volumes: vol. 1: 381pp.; vol. 2: 562pp.

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17

Miller, Samuel, 1792, "Faith Shewn by Works: A Sermon on James 2:18" as published in The Confessional Presbyterian Journal 1 (2005): 3-9. Transcription by Mr. Christopher Coldwell. -

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Miller, Samuel, 1793, A Sermon, Preached in New-York, July 4th, 1793, being the Anniversary of the Independence of America (New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, 1793), 38pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1795, A Sermon, delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New-York, July fourth, 1795 : being the Nineteenth Anniversary of the Independence of America : At the Request of, and before, the Mechanic, Tammany, and Democratic Societies, and the Military Officers (New-York : Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, 1795), 33pp. [photocopy]

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20

Miller, Samuel, 1797, 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, 36pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1798, A Sermon delivered May 9, 1798, Recommended, by the President of the United States, to be Observed as a Day of General Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, (New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1798), 46pp.; 22 cm. [original printing]

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Miller, Samuel, 1799, A Sermon, delivered February 5, 1799, recommended by the clergy of the city of New-York, to be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving, Humiliation, and Prayer, on Account of the Removal of a Malignant and Mortal Disease, which had Prevailed in the City some time before, (New-York : Printed by George Forman, 1799), 36pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1800, A Sermon, Delivered December 29, 1799, Occasioned by the Death of General George Washington, Late President of the United States and Commander (New York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1800), 39pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1802, A Sermon, delivered before the New-York Missionary Society, at their Annual Meeting, April 6th, 1802 (New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1802), 81pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1805, The Guilt, Folly and Sources of Suicide (1805), 72pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1808, A Sermon, preached March 13th, 1808, for the Benefit of the Society Instituted in the City of New-York, for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children (New York : Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, 1808), disbound, 31pp.; 23 cm. [original printing]

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Miller, Samuel, 1812, “A Sermon delivered January 19, 1812, At the Request of a Number of Young Gentlemen of the City of New-York, Who Had Assembled to Express Their Condolence with the Inhabitants of Richmond, on the Late Mournful Dispensation of Providence in that City” (New-York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1812), 18pp.
Source : www.covenanter.org/SMiller/millertheatre.htm

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Miller, Samuel, 1812, “An Able and Faithful Ministry,” [originally published as The Duty of the Church to Take Measures for Providing an Able and Faithful Ministry, as part of Miller’s sermon delivered at the inauguration of the Rev. Archibald Alexander as professor at Princeton] , 17pp. Source: www.swrb.com/newslett/actual/NLs/AbleFait.htm

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Miller, Samuel, 1812, A Sermon, delivered January 19, 1812, at the Request of a Number of Young Gentlemen of the City of New-York, who had assembled to express their condolence with the Inhabitants of Richmond, on the late mournful dispensation of providence in that City (New-York : Published by Whiting and Watson, 1812), 42pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1813, Memoirs of the Rev. John Rodgers, D.D., Late Pastor of the Wall-Street and Brick Churches, in the City of New-York (New-York : Published by Whiting and Watson, Theological and Classical Booksellers; J. Seymour, printer, 1813), leather, 432pp.; 22 cm.

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Miller, Samuel, 1821, A Letter to the Editor of the Unitarian Miscellany, in reply to an attack, by an Anonymous Writer in that Work, on a late Ordination Sermon delivered in Baltimore, (Baltimore : Published by E.J. Coale, 1821), 34pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1822, A Sermon, delivered in the Middle Church, New Haven, Con. Sept. 12, 1822, at the Ordination of the Rev. Messrs. William Goodell, William Richards and Artemas Bishop, as Evangelists and Missionaries to the heathen (Boston : Crocker and Brewster, 1822), 48pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1823, The Literary Fountains Healed : A Sermon, preached in the Chapel of the College of New-Jersey, March 9th, 1823 (Trenton : Printed by George Sherman, 1823), 42pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1824, The Utility and Importance of Creeds and Confessions : An Introductory Lecture, delivered at the Opening of the Summer Session of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, Princeton, July 2, 1824 (Princeton, N.J. : Printed and Published by D.A. Borrenstein, 1824), disbound, 34pp.; 20 cm.

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Miller, Samuel, 1825, A Discourse, delivered in the Chapel of Nassau-Hall, Before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New Jersey, 39pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1826, A Letter to A Gentleman of Baltimore, in reference to the case of The Rev. Mr. Duncan (Princeton, NJ : Princeton Press; Printed by D.A. Borrenstein, 1826), pb, 91pp.; 24 cm. [original printing]

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Miller, Samuel, 1826, "The Evidence and Duty of Being on the Lord's Side," in The National Preacher, 1.7 (December 1826): 97-112. [photocopy] -

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Miller, Samuel, 1827, Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits; Addressed to A Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (New York : Published by G. & C. Carvill, 1827), hb, xiv, [13]-476pp.; 20 cm. [original printing]

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Miller, Samuel, 1831, "The Duty, the Benefits, and the Proper Method of Religious Fasting," in The National Preacher 5.10 (March 1831): 145-156. [photocopy; sermon text: Daniel 9.3] -

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Miller, Samuel, 1832, An Essay on the Warrant, Nature and Duties of the Office of The Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (Dallas, TX : Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 2nd edition, 1832; reprinted 1987), hb, xiii, 338pp.; 22 cm. Foreword by Rev. Gregory E. Reynolds, pp. iii-vii.

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Miller, Samuel, 1832, An Essay on the Warrant, Nature and Duties of the Office of The Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 2nd edition, 1832), hb, 4, vii-viii, 5-339pp.; 15.5 cm. [original printing]

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42

Miller, Samuel, 1833, Introduction to An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of The Reformation, by C. Villers (Philadelphia : Key & Biddle, 1833), hb, iv, 187pp. Dr. Miller’s introduction appears on pp. 1-12. [original printing]

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Miller, Samuel, 1833, Letters to Presbyterians, on the Present Crisis in the Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, 1833), 314pp. [photocopy] -

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Miller, Samuel, 1834, "The Scriptural Basis for Infant Baptism." From the Book Infant Baptism. Memeographed excerpt printed by Faith Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 4299, Philadelphia, PA, April 1943 , 12 p.; 28 cm. -

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Miller, Samuel, 1835, “The Earth Filled with the Glory of the Lord,” in The American National Preacher 10.7 (December 1835): 289-304 [photocopy; digitized text prepared in pdf format; and online at http://www.pcahistory.org/documents/glory.html]

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Miller, Samuel, 1835, "The Importance of Domestic Happiness," in The American National Preacher 10.4 (September 1835): 241-256. -

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Miller, Samuel, 1837, “The Dangers of Education in Roman-Catholic Seminaries,” reprinted in The Protestant Preacher (London : Francis Baisler, 1888), hb, pp. 369-380.

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Miller, Samuel, 1840, The Christian Education of the Children and Youth in the Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840), hb, 66pp.; 16 cm.

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Miller, Samuel, 1840, Presbyterianism the Truly Primitive and Apostolical Constitution of the Church of Christ (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840), pb, 98pp.; 18 cm. [original printing] -

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Miller, Samuel, 1845, An Address delivered to the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth-Town, N.J., November 24th, 1845, on the Dedication of a Monument, 24pp. [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1849, Thoughts on Public Prayer (Harrisonburg, VA : Sprinkle Publications, 1849, reprinted 1985), hb, xxxxii, 306pp., with biographical sketch by Kevin Reed, pp. i-xxxxii.

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Miller, Samuel, 1852, “The Appropriate Duty and Ornament of the Female Sex,” appearing in The Princeton Pulpit (New York : Charles Scribner, 1852), pp. 9-28 [photocopy]

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Miller, Samuel, 1852, Letters from a Father to his Sons in College (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1852), hb, 240pp.; 20 cm.

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Miller, Samuel, 1852, Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to A Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1852), hb, viii, 9-384 pp.; 20 cm. [“A New Edition, Revised”]

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Miller, Samuel, 1914, Presbyterianism the Truly Primitive and Apostolical Constitution of the Church of Christ (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1914), hb, 98pp.; 19.5 cm. Bound with Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable and Baptism by Sprinkling or Affusion the Most Suitable and Edifying Mode, 122pp.

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Miller, Samuel, 1983, Fasting (Dallas, TX : Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1983), pb, 28pp. [edited from “The Duty, the Benefits, and the Proper Method of Religious Fasting,” two sermons in The National Preacher, 5.10 (March 1831), pp. 145-160.

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Miller, Samuel, 1984, The Ruling Elder (Dallas, TX : Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1984), pb, vi, 28pp.; 21.5 cm. [extract of Chapter XI of An Essay on…the Ruling Elder]

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Miller, Samuel, 1989, The Utility and Importance of Creeds and Confessions, reprinted as Doctrinal Integrity (Dallas, TX : Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1824, 1839; reprinted 1989), hb, xxii, 137pp.; 22 cm. With introductory essay by Kevin Reed, pp. ix-xxii.

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