THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS The field of biblical archeology and the science of textual studies are not usually what one would expect to find on the front page of the newspapers but in 1947, that is just what happened. A veritable goldmine was found in the land of Palestine, near […]
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Apostasy There has been apostasy in one form or another since the beginning of recorded time. Were not the actions of Eve and her compliant husband a form of apostasy? This was at the very beginning of our race. It continues its relentless crawl down through the centuries even up until our present
Samuel K. Hoshour S.K. Hoshour was born in York County, Pennsylvania on December 9, 1803. His ancestors had come to this country nearly a century earlier from the French and German borders. His father was a Mennonite while his mother was a dyed-in-the-wool Lutheran who clung to her faith and taught young Samuel how to
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF ELDER DAVID PURVIANCE … (Dayton: B.F. & G.W. Ells, 1848; reprint. 1940), 57-73. Constitution, Unity, and Discipline of the Church of Christ, addressed to the brethren of the Christian Church, by David Purviance. “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the
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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REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. BY ELDER JOHN ROGERS. BRO. FRANKLIN:—I am now holding a meeting in Harrison Co., on Beaver, at the Republican meeting house, in the vicinity of which I preached at least thirty- seven years ago. I was then a mere boy, not yet twenty years old. I am now an old man.
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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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