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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Thomas Campbell (1763-1854) was one of the leading figures of the Restoration Movement that began in this country in the 19th century. He, along with men like Alexander Campbell (his son), Barton W. Stone, and Walter Scott, sought to unite believers by abandoning the creeds and denominations of men. In a speech delivered in 1808,
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In the same way, insipid preaching about sweet birds and sweet flowers, plants and stars, etc., etc., appears to have streaks of light in it, but after it is over, the darkness appears greater than before. No gospel light is shed forth, no truth of weight and importance in the salvation of man brought forth or
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The question of all questions is “What think ye of Christ?” What one thinks of Christ determines his thoughts and actions on every question. The correctness of faith depends on the correct answer to the superlative question—“What think ye of Christ?” The question of how and when one is saved by faith through Christ is
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If a man has a leading object in view, no matter whether religious or worldly, let him come out in his proper color, declare his object, and drive directly at it. If a man has a favorite political scheme let him declare it, publish a paper advocating it, or maintain it in public addresses; but not
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The following is an excerpt from Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve by Amos S. Hayden. The first discourse in this city, on the “ancient gospel” as plead by the disciples, was delivered by the pioneer, William Hayden. It occurred under the following circumstances: Coming to Armon O’Connor’s, a new convert from
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The following is an excerpt from Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve by Amos S. Hayden. In the opening of our plea on the Western Reserve the iconoclast was among us. He wrought for us, though in a far less honorable sense, the work which Goethe said was accomplished by Lord Bacon.
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