J.W. Alexander
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James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859) was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and son of Archibald Alexander, who served as professor at Princeton Seminary before becoming pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. His Thoughts on Preaching and Consolation to the Afflicted are among his most enduring works.
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Letters to Young Ministers - On Devotion to the Work of the Ministry
WHEN I look back on the years which I have spent in the ministry, I cannot but think that much benefit would have arisen from such honest and plain advices as most of my elder brethren could have given me. It is this which induces me to offer you the hints which follow. These must be somewhat like…
Letters to Young Ministers - The Cultivation of Personal Piety
IT is scarcely possible to treat of some subjects without running into commonplaces: their very importance has made them trite, just as we observe great highways to be most beaten. The question has been much discussed, whether a minister should ever preach beyond his own experience. In one sense,…