Source: Moses D. Hoge, “Portraitures of Four Pastors” in Proceedings of the Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of Its Organization [First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Va.], May 1, 1892.

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William Swan Plumer is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

William Swan Plumer is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Scripture Doctrine of a Call to the Work of the Gospel Ministry (1832)

Manual For the Members of the Presbyterian Church in Petersburg, Va (1833)

Revivals of Religion (1834)

August 29, 1835 Letter to Robert G. Scott (1835)

A Call to Personal Labor as a Foreign Missionary (1835)

What Will Not Avail in a Sinner’s Salvation (1836)

What Will Avail in a Sinner’s Salvation (1836)

Thoughts on Religious Education and Early Piety (1836)

Select Remains of the Rev. William Nevins, D.D.: With a Memoir (1836)

Sermons, by the Late Rev. William Nevins, D.D. (1837)

Theatrical Entertainments: A Premium Tract (1837)

August 8, 1837 Letter to the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia; the East Hanover Presbytery; and the Synods of Virginia and North Carolina (1837)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1837)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 1, No. 9 (1837)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 1, No. 30 (1838)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 1, No. 43 (1838)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1838)

Pastoral Letter of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1838)

Pastoral Letter to Foreign Missionaries of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1838)

December 6, 1838 Letter to Andrew Jackson (1838)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 2, No. 52 (1839)

Early Piety (1839)

The Bible True, and Infidelity Wicked (1840)

The Offices of Christ - Abridged from the Original Work of the Rev. George Stevenson (1840)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 4, No. 29 (1841)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 4, No. 47 (1841)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 6, No. 43 (1843)

Missions Will Succeed: A Sermon (1843)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 7, No. 20 (1844)

Watchman of the South, Vol. 7, No. 37 (1844)

November 7, 1844 Letter (1844, 1903)

August 27, 1845 Letter to W.H. McGuffey (1845)

The Substance of An Argument Against the Indiscriminate Incorporation of Churches and Religious Societies (1847)

Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country (1848)

Swedenborgianism (1848)

Polemic Theology (1848)

Duelling — Code of Honour (1848)

Short Sermons to Little Children (1848)

The Inquisition (1849)

Plain Thoughts About Great & Good Things for Little Boys & Girls (1849)

The Ribbon Room and Other Stories, with Thoughts for Boys and Girls (1849)

The Saint and the Sinner (1849)

The Efficiency of the Church: A Sermon Delivered at Inauguration of James W. Alexander, D.D. (1850)

A Chapter of Repentance (1850)

The Works of Algernon Sidney (1850)

Life of Socrates (1851)

South Carolina and the Union (1851)

Great Students of the Bible (1851)

Popery: Bellarmine’s Fifteenth Mark of a Church (1851)

Satan’s Temptations (1851)

Christ the Forerunner (1852)

Man Responsible For His Belief (1853)

The Grace of Christ (1853)

The Incomprehensibility of God’s Nature and Ways (1853)

Is the Church of Rome Idolatrous? (1854)

Addresses Delivered at the Inauguration of Rev. Wm. S. Plumer, D.D. as Professor of Didactic and Pastoral Theology in the Western Theological Seminary (1854)

Rome Against the Bible, and the Bible Against Rome; or, Pharisaism, Jewish and Papal (1854)

A Declining Church (1855)

December 1855 Letter to the Central Presbyterian (1856)

The Church and Her Enemies (1856)

Prayer Shown to be Efficacious (1858, 1859)

Mary Reynolds: A Case of Double Consciousness (1860)

Address on the National Fast Day (1861)

Lessons From the Life and End of Judas Iscariot (1861)

Meroh, a Native African (1863)

The Late Rev. James Hoge, D.D. (1864)

The Law of God, as Contained in the Ten Commandments, Explained and Enforced (1864)

Vital Godliness: A Treatise on Experimental and Practical Piety (1864)

Address at the Funeral of Rev. Dr. William W. Phillips (1865)

Words of Truth and Love (1867)

Studies in the Book of Psalms (1866, 1867)

Jehovah-Jireh: A Treatise on Providence (1867)

The Rock of Our Salvation: A Treatise Respecting the Natures, Person, Offices, Work, Sufferings, and Glory of Jesus Christ (1867)

October 24, 1867 Letter to William Brown (1867, 1892)

Introduction to Robert F. Sample’s Memoir of the Rev. John C. Thom (1868)

The Right Temper for a Student of God's Word - Inaugural Address at Columbia Theological Seminary (1868)

Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth Plumer Fulton (1868, 1893)

Earnest Hours (1869)

Martyrs and Suffers for the Truth (1869)

Commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Romans (1870)

Tribute to the Rev. John McElhenney, D.D. (1871, 1893)

The Promises of God (1872)

Short Sermons for the People (1872)

Commentary on Hebrews (1872)

Naaman the Syrian (1873)

Letter to Levi A. Ward (1873, 1891)

December 8, 1873 Letter to Mrs. Jane White (1873, 1891)

The Martyrdom of Polycarp (1874)

Hints and Helps in Pastoral Theology (1874)

A Word to the Weary (1874)

Truths for the People: Or, Several Points in Theology (1875)

Three Colloquies on Vital Matters in Religion (1875)

Great Questions Answered: Two Colloquies Between D.L. Moody and Wm. S. Plumer (1876)

The Person and Sinless Character of Our Lord Jesus (1876)

John Witherspoon, D.D., LL.D.: His Life, Times, Writings and Services (1877)

The Christian (1878)

In Memoriam: William Swan Plumer (1880)

William Swan Plumer, D.D., LL.D. (1884)

Rev. William S. Plumer, D.D. (1895)

Thoughts Worth Remembering (n.d.)

Narratives of Little Henry and His Bearer; The Amiable Louisa; and Ann Eliza Williams (n.d.)

Family Worship (n.d.)

Am I Self-Deceived? (n.d.)

The Law of the Sabbath Still Binding, and What It Forbids (n.d.)

The Child a Hundred Years Old (n.d.)

To an Old Disciple (n.d.)

To an Old Person Who Has No Hope in Christ (n.d.)

Sin Must Die, or the Soul Must Die (n.d.)

The Western Patriarch, an Authentic Narrative (n.d.)

How to Bring Up Children (n.d.)

The Lord Will Give Grace and Glory (n.d.)

How to Use the Bible (n.d.)

A Friendly Letter to a Young Man (n.d.)

Sins of the Tongue, With Rules and Reasons for Avoiding Them (n.d.)

How Stands My Case With God? A Help to Self-Examination (n.d.)

Will You Have This Christ? (n.d.)

How to Make the Most of Life (n.d.)

Live For the World (n.d.)

Don’t Put It Off (n.d.)

Joy in Sorrow, or Comfort for the Bereaved (n.d.)

Do You Forgive All Your Enemies? (n.d)

How to Spend the Lord’s Day (n.d.)

George Taylor: An Authentic Narrative (n.d.)

Novel-Reading (n.d.)


This letter concerns the issue of abolition.

Source: Miami University Digital Collections (Oxford, Ohio)

Source: Miami University Digital Collections (Oxford, Ohio)

Commentary on Hebrews (book)

Commentary on Hebrews (book)

Letter regarding William S. Wite.

Family Worship (pamphlet)

Family Worship (pamphlet)