Samuel Thayer Spear (1812-1891)

Samuel Thayer Spear is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Samuel Thayer Spear is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

The Law of Grace in the Bestowment of “The Increase,” Considered in Its Application to Christians (1844)

The Politico-Social Foundations of Our Republic: A Sermon, Preached by the Rev. Samuel T. Spear, Pastor of the South Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1844 (1845)

Old and New School Presbyterianism (1849)

The Law-Abiding Conscience, and the Higher Law Conscience; With Remarks on the Fugitive Slave Question: A Sermon, Preached in the South Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, Dec. 12, 1850 (1850)

The Future of Christianity (1857)

Two Sermons For the Times: Obedience to the Civil Authority; ad Constitutional Government Against Treason (1861)

The Dying Christian’s Retrospections and Anticipations: Discourse Delivered on Occasion of the Death of John Boynton, May 4, 1862 (1862)

Radicalism and the National Crisis: A Sermon Preached in the South Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, October 19th, 1862 (1862)

The Nation’s Blessing in Trial: A Sermon Preached in the South Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, November 27th, 1862 (1862)

The Duty of the Hour (1863)

Our Country and Its Cause: A Discourse Preached October 2d, 1864, in the South Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn (1864)

The Punishment of Treason: A Discourse Preached April, 23d, 1865, in the South Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn (1865)

“The Political Value of Religion” (1870)

The Money of the World (1873)

The Legal-Tender Acts, Considered in Relation to Their Constitutionality and Their Political Economy (1875)

Religion and the State; or, The Bible and the Public Schools (1876)

The Law of the Federal Judiciary: A Treatise on the Provisions of the Constitution, the Law of Congress, and the Judicial Decisions Relating to the Jurisdiction of, and Practice and Pleading in the Federal Courts (1883)

Prohibition in Politics - Question: Ought Prohibition To Be Made a Political Question? If So, With What Limitations? (1885)

Meditations on the Bible Heaven (1886)

The Humanity of Christ (1889)

This 2-part article appeared in the January and April 1849 issues of The Biblical Repository and Classical Review.