The following is an excerpt from The Biography of Elder David Purviance I Have Lately Read the Biography of Elder Barton W. Stone. In his Journal, written by himself, he has given an account of the GREAT REVIVAL of religion that took place in the beginning of the 19th century. I also find that good […]
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The following is an excerpt from Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve by Amos S. Hayden. While Mr. Raines was on his tour preaching, and previous to his baptism by Bro. Williams, he came to Austintown. It was in April. He already had a high reputation, especially among the Restorationists, who were
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The following is an excerpt from The Plan of Salvation: Made Plain to the Sinner by John H. Hundley. It is not the experience of any age of the world, that twelve men will willingly and mutually co-operate to propagate a lie, which can be readily proven to be a lie by their contemporaries. And
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The following is an excerpt from Plain Sermons: A Volume of Twenty Discourses Offered to the Reader by Daniel Sommer. “Man is what he eats.” This is an old saying, and it is as true of man spiritually as it is of him physically. Man’s body is made up of that which he eats, or
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The following is an excerpt from Men of Yesterday: A Series of Character Sketches of Prominent Men Among the Disciples of Christ. The greatest man in the world is he who is most like the Savior of men; who lays all his honors, gifts and attainments at the feet of Jesus, and gives him all
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A SERMON UPON GOATS, BY THE REV. MR. M—-D, D. D. F. R. S. “And thou shalt have goat’s milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens” Prov. xxvii. 27. FROM the days of Origen, the second century, to the present, it has been fashionable
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Matt. xxviii. 10, 20. “And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying. All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
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