THE MAN MOSES. By J. W. McGarvey I WRITE not of Moses the wonder-worker, of Moses the prophet, or of Moses the law-giver; but of Moses the man. I have endeavored to sift the materials of his history, to gather out its personal features, and to combine them in a portraiture which we may admire. […]
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BIBLE By Daniel Sommer MATTHEW – CHAPTER 1 A great and mighty commander of a multitude of armies wished his eldest son to command those armies for a period of years. In order to prepare that son to command them, also in order to prepare those armies to have confidence in
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SACRED HISTORY IN THE EDUCATION OF PREACHERS. by J.W. McGarvey FACTS are the basis of correct knowledge in all departments i of human study. No deductions in the physical sciences are conclusive unless they are derived from well-established facts; and even in psychology certain facts of consciousness are the guides to investigation and the tests
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CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE: By John T. Johnson Whatever has a tendency to promote the happiness of Christians, should be their daily study and constant pursuit. As this is a matter of the very first importance, we should endeavor to ascertain those sources, or principles, or institutions, from which alone happiness can be derived. It
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SERMON BY ELDER J. T. JOHNSON. ROM. v. 10: “ For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved from wrath by his life.” 1. The doctrine of Reconciliation is fundamental in our holy religion, as it regards both
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ABNER JONES (1772-1841) Abner Jones entered this world in Boylston, Massachusetts on April 28, 1772. He was born into a very religious, Baptist family whose father was a strong adherent of the doctrine of Calvinism. His father was a leading man in that denomination and was known by a great many people in the area
The following was written by Moses E. Lard (1818-1880) in an article about Allen Wright (1810-1860), a gospel preacher in Missouri. Though a faithful man and a beloved preacher, the Churches always managed to keep Brother Wright poor, very poor. Not one tenth of his time during his life if the horse he rode had
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“But suppose that a man will arise and say, ‘There is no God,’ and will, therefore, say, ‘I do not believe that I shall have any existence beyond this life.’ Such a man we may answer in the words of David, king of Israel, ‘The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God’
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