Memorial plaque located at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.

Historical marker located at the First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Palmer served as the pastor of this congregation from 1856 until his death in 1902.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer is buried at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Benjamin Morgan Palmer is buried at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Influence of Religious Belief Upon National Character: An Oration (1845)

The Relation Between the Work of Christ and the Condition of the Angelic World (1847)

The Intellectual and Moral Character of the Jews (1847)

An Inquiry Into the Doctrine of Imputed Sin (1848)

Funeral Address Over the Remains of the Late Ira C. Tunison: Member of Company H, Palmetto Regiment; Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., October 27, 1848 (1848)

A Plea For Doctrine as the Instrument of Sanctification (1849)

Social Dancing Inconsistent with a Christian Profession and Baptismal Vows: A Sermon (1849)

Church and State (1849-1850)

Christianity Vindicated From the Charge of Fanaticism (1850)

A Discourse on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. John Calhoun (1850, 1857)

Pastoral Letter on the Observance of the Sabbath (1851)

Baconianism and the Bible (1852)

The Claims of the English Language: An Address Delivered Before the Phi-Delta and Thalian Societies of Oglethorpe University, Georgia, on Commencement Day, November 10, 1852 (1853)

Mormonism: A Lecture Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association of Charleston, S.C. (1853)

Mormonism (1853)

Warrant and Nature of Public Worship: A Discourse Delivered at the Dedication of the New Presbyterian Church Edifice, Columbia, South-Carolina, on Sabbath Morning, October 8th, 1853 (1853)

Warrant and Nature of Public Worship (1853, 1906)

August 9, 1854 Address Delivered at the Philomathean Hall of Erskine College: "The Love of Truth, the Inspiration of the Scholar" (1854)

Christianity, the Only Religion for Man: A Discourse (1855)

The Antidote of Care (1855)

Import of Hebrew History (1856)

April 16, 1857 Letter to William B. Sprague (1857, 1858)

Our Historic Mission: An Address Delivered Before the Eunomian and Phi-Mu Societies of La Grange Synodical College, July 7, 1858 (1859)

The Pious Physician; or, The Claims of Religion Upon the Medical Profession: A Discourse Delivered Upon the Occasion of the Death of the Late John M.W. Picton, M.D., in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, Dec. 26th, 1858 (1859)

The General Assembly of 1859 (1859)

Grieving the Spirit (1860)

The South: Her Peril, and Her Duty: A Discourse, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, on Thursday, November 29, 1860 (1860)

The Rights of the South Defended in the Pulpits (1860)

National Responsibility Before God: A Discourse, Delivered on the Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, Appointed by the President of the Confederate States of America, June 13, 1861 (1861)

Thanksgiving Sermon, Delivered at the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, on Thursday, Nov. 29, 1860 (1861)

A Vindication of Secession and the South (1861)

Sermon Preached at the Opening of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (1861)

Tekel (1861)

The Art of Conversation (1862)

A Discourse Commemorative of the Life, Character, and Genius of the Late Rev. J. H. Thornwell (1862)

Address Delivered at the Funeral of General Maxcy Gregg, in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., December 20, 1862 (1863)

The Rainbow Round the Throne; or, Judgment Tempered With Mercy: A Discourse Before the Legislature of Georgia, Delivered on the Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer (1863)

Sermons of Bishop Pierce and Rev. B.M. Palmer, D.D. Delivered Before the General Assembly at Milledgeville, Ga., on Fast Day, March 27, 1863 (1863)

The Oath of Allegiance to the United States Discussed in its Moral and Political Bearings (1863)

A Discourse Before the General Assembly of South Carolina, on December 10, 1863, Appointed by the Legislature as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer (1864)

The Proposed Plan of Union Between the General Assembly in the Confederate States of America and the United Synod of the South (1864)

Christianity More Than a Philosophy (1867)

Christianity (1867)

Tribute of New Orleans to the Memory of Lee: Eulogies by the Rev. Dr. B.M. Palmer, Hon. Wm. Burwell, Hon. Thos. J. Semmes (1870)

Reunion Overture of the Northern General Assembly to the Southern Presbyterian Church, Considered: or, The Records of the Northern O. S. Assembly, from A.D. 1861 to 1869, Reviewed (1870)

Christianity and the Law; or, The Claims of Religion Upon the Legal Profession (1871)

The Tribunal of History (1872)

The Tribunal of History (1872, 1895)

An Address at the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the Nazareth Church and Congregation in Spartanburg, SC (1872)

Christ the Builder of the Church: A Discourse of the Dedication of the New Church Edifice of the First Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Ga. (1872)

The Present Crisis and Its Issues: An Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 27th June, 1872 (1872)

Benjamin Morgan Palmer, D.D., LL.D. (1873)

Rev. Dr. Palmer's Prayer at the Dedication of the Confederate Monument, at Greenwood Cemetery, on Friday, April 10th, 1874 (1874)

An Historical Paper on the Origin and Growth of Presbyterianism in the City of New Orleans (1874)

The Life and Letters of James Henley Thornwell (1875)

Peter’s Repentance (1875, 1881)

Love To An Unseen Christ (1875, 1882)

The Darkness of Providence (1875, 1884)

The Grandeur of Faith (1875, 1881)

Dabney’s Sensualistic Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century Considered (1876)

Looking at the Unseen (1876, 1884)

The Family, in its Civil and Churchly Aspects (1876)

Obedience, the Law of the Will (1877)

Christ’s Universal Dominion (1877, 2002)

Lay Evangelism and the Young Men’s Christian Associations (1878)

Rev. B.M. Palmer, D.D. (1880)

God's Providence Towards the Bible (1881)

Address of Rev. Dr. Palmer at the Funeral of Dr. Stuart Robinson (1881)

God the Chief Object of Search (1882)

Address at the Great Meeting of the Southern Historical Society in New Orleans (1882)

Fraternal Relations (1883)

A Communion Discourse: Gethsemane in Prospect (1883)

Sanctity of Vows (1883)

Christ’s Pity For the Sinner (1884)

The Conversion of the Jailer (1884)

Letter on the Eternal Punishment of the Wicked (1884)

The Gospel the Power of God (1884)

The Transforming Power of the Gospel (1884)

The Transforming Power of the Gospel (1884, 1896)

Opening Address at the Semi-Centennial of Columbia Theological Seminary (1884)

Biographical Sketch of Rev. William L. Hughes (1884)

Death of Believers (1884)

Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., LL.D. (1884)

Feeling After God (1885)

Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson as a Preacher (1885)

Addresses to the Colored Education Day, May 14, 1885 (1886)

The Church a Spiritual Kingdom: A Memorial Address (Southern Presbyterian Quarter-Centennial) (1886)

The Ground of Certitude in Religious Belief (1887)

An Open Letter to the Members of the Southern Presbyterian Church (1887, 1906)

The Majesty of Law (1888)

Formation of Character (1889)

Inter-Professional Responsibilities (1890)

The Broken Home: Lessons in Sorrow (1890, 1891)

A Discourse on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. John Calhoun (1850, 1857)

June 25, 1891 Speech Against the Louisiana Lottery (1891, 1906)

The Representative Life and Character of Dr. T.G. Richardson (1893)

Theology of Prayer as Viewed in the Religion of Nature and in the System of Grace (1894)

The First Apostasy (1896)

The Ancient Hebrew Polity (1898)

The Christian Warrior (1898, 1899)

The Test of Abraham’s Faith (1899)

Memorial Oration in Honor of William Preston Johnston, LL.D. (1900)

Oration at the Louisville Reunion of Confederate Veterans (1900)

Century Sermon (1901)

What God’s House Represents (1902)

The Threefold Fellowship and the Threefold Assurance (1902)

Benjamin Morgan Palmer, D.D., LL.D. (1902)

The Life and Letters of Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1906)

Benjamin Morgan Palmer, Orator-Preacher of the Confederacy (1953)

Benjamin Morgan Palmer's Lottery Speech, New Orleans, 1891 (1958)


This 2-part article appeared in the October 1849 and April 1850 issues of The Southern Presbyterian Review.

This 2-part article appeared in the October 1849 and April 1850 issues of The Southern Presbyterian Review.

Credit: Furman University.

Letter concerning Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1781-1847).

Source: Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections

Source: Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections

Also titled “Slavery a Divine Trust.”

Also titled “Slavery a Divine Trust.”

Abridged.

Abridged.

Palmer's address is found in Part III of this book.

Palmer's address is found in Part III of this book.

Several pages are missing.

Several pages are missing.

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