Away so carefully, or I know it is here somewhere…by Barton W. Stone

A few days ago I received some valuable communications from brother T. M. Allen.  I intended them to appear in this number, but had put them away so carefully, that I have despaired ever to find them.  I hope brother Allen will replace them in my possession as early as possible.  One thing I distinctly [...]

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S. H. Hall remembers James A. Harding

S. H. Hall remembers James A. Harding Part 3 (of 3) of Samuel Henry Hall’s reminiscences of three men who significantly influenced his life and ministry: David Lipscomb, T. B. Larimore and James A. Harding. I prefaced the first installment, on David Lipscomb, with a brief biographical sketch on Hall. By way of footnotes I again insert [...]

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S. H. Hall remembers T. B. Larimore

S. H. Hall remembers T. B. Larimore Part 2 of Samuel Henry Hall’s reminiscences of three men who significantly influenced his life and ministry: David Lipscomb, T. B. Larimore and James A. Harding.  I prefaced the first installment, on David Lipscomb, with a brief biographical sketch on Hall.  By way of footnotes I again insert a few clarifying details.    [...]

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“To be a historian”: Quote without comment

This from Doris Kearns Goodwin via Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac” (with thanks to Don Haymes for passing it on to me):  To be a historian is to discover the facts in context, to discover what things mean, to lay before the reader your reconstruction of time, place, mood, to empathize even when you disagree. You read [...]

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Why I Became A Preacher, James A. Harding, concluded

[see part one here] … after their business transaction was closed. No amount of business, no success, no adversity could cause him to forget God and the souls of men. The good he did is incalculable. Blessed is the memory of “Uncle Minor.” I had not been long at Hopkinsville, teaching, before he wanted to [...]

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The Sayings of the Fathers on reading Scripture

The nature of water is soft, that of a rock is hard. But if a narrow-necked bottle is hung above a stone, drop by drop the water wears away the rock. So it is with the word of God: it is soft and our heart is hard. But when a person hears the word of [...]

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M. C. Kurfees remembers J. W. McGarvey

Practice of the “Fathers” on Opinions [Kurfees marshalls quotes from the Restoration Fathers...he says that "those who did express themsevles leave no room for doubt that they all stood as a solid unit against the practice.  We now call upon this distinguished roll of reformers with their associates and successors to speak for themsevels:"].   23. [...]

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M. D. Clubb remembers J. W. McGarvey, part 4

Tenth Affirmative Brother Boles’ reply to my argument from apostolic ex-[page 137]ample is so weak and void of reason that I pass it by with one brief remark.  My argument gives no consequence to the burning of incense.  The ninth chapter of Hebrews plainly says that the censer (in which the incense was burned) was a definite [...]

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M. D. Clubb remembers J. W. McGarvey, part 3

Eighth Affirmative To sum up, Brother Boles has given twenty-eight commentaries, and what do we find?  Ten of them are neutral–that is, in the comments quoted, they have nothing to say one way or the other.  Only six definitely support the negative.  they are: Adam Clarke, Dr. Whedon, John Calvin, Moses E. Lard, J. W. [...]

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H. Leo Boles and J. W. McGarvey, part 2b

Seventh Negative …J. W. McGARVEY: “To sum up these arguemtns, you can now see that this practice is one of recent origin among Protstant churches, adopted by them from the Roman apostasy; that is was one of the latest corruptionss adopted by that corrupt body; that a large part of the religious world has never [...]

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