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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The following is an excerpt from an article by Foy E. Wallace, Jr. titled, Divine Revelation, from Torch. If the Bible is a mere fable, why do infidels single it out and seek its destruction? There are thousands of fables in the land, and they let them pass—why not let the Bible pass, if it is
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The following is an excerpt from The Gospel Restored by Walter Scott. The true faith, in its journeyings from the days of primitive man, has had to contend with powerful obstacles, and has never yet triumphed over them in such a manner as to become the religion of the world. It has suffered by foes and
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The following was written by Moses E. Lard (1818-1880) From the outset of the great work in which we as a people are engaged, purity of speech has been an object never lost sight of. We looked at first and still look upon the mixed and unsanctified dialect current in religious circles, not only as
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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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This article is taken from A Book of Gems: Choice Selections from the Writings of Benjamin Franklin It is admitted on all hands, by all Protestants, that we should receive nothing more than is contained in the Holy Scriptures. It is also admitted, that we should receive nothing less than is contained in the Scriptures. It
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This article is taken from A Book of Gems: Choice Selections from the Writings of Benjamin Franklin First. This matter of gaining wealth does not depend altogether nor chiefly on loving money. If it depended altogether or chiefly on loving money, many more would gain wealth than do, for no doubt more love money as ardently as those that
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One of the most significant events of the Restoration Movement was the introduction of a melodeon in the assembly of the church in Midway, Kentucky. According to L.L. Pinkerton, the preacher at Midway, this was the first time an instrument had been successfully introduced among those of the Restoration Movement. He made this claim in
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