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Gospel Plea, Volume 11 (1906)
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Fourteen issues of this weekly periodical with a focus on African American activity in several states.
Issue three (pages 4 and 5) notes the establishment of the first African American congregation in the Oklahoma Territory, at Guthrie. Andrew Cailloux Chichon, a Southern Christian Institute graduate, is the minister of the congregation.
We note references to Daniel Lee McMickens (1876 - 1916) a graduate of the Louisville Bible School class of 1903.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1014/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 10 (1905)
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This is an incomplete volume, with only thirteen issues of what we would expect would have been 52 issues, since the paper was a weekly.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1013/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 9 (1904)
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50 pages in this PDF.
Andrew Jackson Hurdle (1847 - 1936), President of the North East Texas Convention, writes concerning the effort to build a college at Palistine [sic; Palestine], Texas. (Volume 9, Number 37 (September 28, 1904) 4, 5.)
Editor Lehman holds forth on Reasons Why the Negro Disciples Should Gladly Come into Co-operation with the Work being done by the General Board--C. W. B. M. (Volume 9, Number 40 (October 19, 1904) 1.)https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1035/thumbnail.jp
The Louisiana Christian, Volume 2, Number 15 (April 20, 1904)
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Edited by Walter Oliver Stephens (1871-1953). Assistant Editor Mrs. W. O. (Ruth Almira Blackburn) Stephens (1875-1960).
This issue is the only known copy of this fortnightly periodical published in Crowley, Louisiana.
Officers of the Louisiana Christian Woman\u27s Board of Missions are listed as follows on page four:
Mrs. J. J. Zigler, President, from New Orleans
Mrs. J. C Ramsey, Vice-president, from Lake Charles
Mrs. George G. Earl, Corresponding Editor from New Orleans
Miss Grace Jackson, Treasurer, from New Orleans
Mrs. J. B. Huston, Junior Superintendent, from Shreveporthttps://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/louisianachristiancrowley/1000/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 8 (1903)
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This PDF has nine issues, totaling 76 pages.
Number 42 (October 28, 1903) is a longer issue of twelve pages emphasizing the educational institutions for the African American community. Pages 3 and 10 have A Brief Sketch of the Work of the Church of Christ among the Negro People of the United States.
Number 35 (September 16, 1903) page two states, J. E. Anderson has published his debate held at Bloomington, Illinois. Anyone wishing it can send him 25 cents or 40 cents for two copies. Address him, P. O. Box 364, Kansas City, Kansas.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1033/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 7 (1902)
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T. P. Porter is the State Evangelist for Mississippi.
Number 40 (October 1, 1902) page four mentions a division about rebaptism in the Lyons, Mississippi, congregation has been resolved.
The November 26 issue mentions the resignation of Elder M. T. Brown from the Clay Street Christian Church, Waco, Texas, to accept the pastorate of the South Side Christian Church, Chicago, Illinois.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1030/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 6 (1901)
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Only 45 pages of this year are in the DCHS collection.
Octavius Singleton (1868 - 1950) reports on the work of the Louisville Christian Bible School on pages 3 and 5 in Volume 6, Number 12 (April 3, 1901).
A picture of the school, along with more information, is on page three of Volume 6, Number 42 (October 30, 1901).https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1034/thumbnail.jp
Gospel Plea, Volume 5 (1900)
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The DCHS collection only has four issues of this volume, all from July 1900.
An Original Contribution on Preaching by A. C. Calvert appears in the July 4 number (5.27) 3. The surname Calvert arouses our curiosity since an Asbery [sic] Calvert is a student in 1892 at Southern Christian Institute.
James G. Keyes, recently ousted as the Mississippi State Evangelist for the African American congregations, on the following page, invites Calvert to establish a school on Keyes\u27 property at Hemingway, Mississippi.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelplea/1029/thumbnail.jp
S. R. Cassius, The Letter and Spirit of Giving and the Race Problem
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Samuel Robert Cassius (1853-1931) was an important African American evangelist in the Stone-Campbell Movement. In this pamphlet Cassius first (pages 7-24) draws conclusions about right and wrong giving from the examples of Abel, Cain, Noah, and Abraham. He opposes any giving that is not handled by the local congregation.
In the Race Problem (25-32), he faults the South and the Church for the way African Americans are treated.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_pamphlets/1008/thumbnail.jp
S. R. Cassius, Negro Evangelization and the Tohee Industrial School
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Samuel Robert Cassius (1853-1931) was an important African American evangelist in the Stone-Campbell Movement. This pamphlet is mostly about his concerns for the evangelization of African Americans and his concerns with racism within the United States and within the Stone-Campbell Movement. There is a little more than one page on the Tohee Industrial School at Tohee, Oklahoma.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_pamphlets/1007/thumbnail.jp