The following article is in the book, A Plea for the Union of All Christians: A Collection of Articles by Barton W. Stone. Barton W. Stone (1772-1844) wrote this near the end of his life after traveling to visit brethren in three different states. As we read about the conditions he observed, we may notice some […]
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ON THE NEW JERUSALEM, By Elias Smith. The NEW JERUSALEM, where the saints shall dwell forever after all the wicked shall be punished with the second death.” The same sure word of prophecy which has been a light shining all the way through these sermons, while attending to those things that have and are to
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SACRED HISTORY IN THE EDUCATION OF PREACHERS. FACTS are the basis of correct knowledge in all departments 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 of truth. It
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DOES GOD TAKE PART IN THE CONFLICTS OF THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD? David Lipscomb It is a question of interest with man, whether God, in his providence, takes part in, or in any manner overrules the strife and conflicts in which people and nations frequently engage in the present age of the world. It
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PREACHING. IF callings are to be estimated by the results they yield, then is preaching the first calling of earth. Of course, the reader does not understand me to speak of pecuniary results. Estimated by this standard, preaching is the last of callings. I speak of such results as are best for man, best in
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“WHY WE DIVIDE” The illuminating discussion at the recent Butler Institute of the so-called “Lunenburg Letter” of Alexander Campbell, by Marion Stevenson and Daniel Sommer, called attention to the fact that most of our differences have arisen because there were really two Alexander Campbell’s instead of one as we frequently assume. The young man who
War Tolbert Fanning War by Tolbert Fanning From the Christian Review, Vol 4. Franklin College, March, 1847. No. 3. ATTENTIVE READER, — Will you consent to forget your former impressions, and stifle your prejudices, while we examine, by the light of Revelation, a theme most dear to the interest of Messiah‘s kingdom? At no period
What Are You Eating? Among the many mysteries of life, one is often impressed with the different things eaten and how life may be sustained by the same. The bee eats honey, the sheep eats grass, the horse eats corn, and the buzzard eats offal; yet each fleshens on what it eats. Of the idolater
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CHRISTIAN EXPOSITOR. 1. Tim: 1. 5. “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” This may be called properly the golden chain of divine truth. The end of it is charity, or love—the beginning is unfeigned faith—and the middle is a
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“ADDRESS OF J. T. JOHNSON,DEDICATED TO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN KENTUCKY.Beloved Brethren:—If the undersigned has any claims on your confidence and gratitude, you are entreated to read and consider what is herein presented with the design of advancing the cause in which we sire engaged, and for the success of which we have pledged
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