In the book, Reminiscences of James A. Garfield, author Corydon E. Fuller discusses the beginning of the Eclectic Institute in Hiram, Ohio and how the perception of Bethany College played a role in its founding in late 1850. Another reason for the founding of the Eclectic was not set forth in any formal announcement. Just over […]
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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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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) 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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