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Gospel-Messenger-8-47-November-26-1897
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Allen R. Moore of Memphis, Tennessee, begins his tenure as the First Page Editor, replacing J. W. Ligon. His theme is Current Topics. James Watson gives details about Moore\u27s editorial experience on page 8.
For the first time, J. M. Watson is listed on page 8 as the sole Editor of the Gospel Messenger. M. F. Harmon and O. P. Spiegel are now Associate Editors.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/gospelmessenger/1046/thumbnail.jp
Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 49 (August 22, 1896)
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Charles P. Williamson remains editor.
This issue has a biographical sketch of William F. Reagor (1865-1938)
Erastus Lamar Shelnut (1865-1941) is Georgia state evangelist at this time.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/southernchristian/1001/thumbnail.jp
Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 63 (December 19, 1896)
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Williamson mentions a letter from Thomas Munnell (1828-1898), who was the first person hired as a state evangelist (for Ohio) in spite of stiff opposition to the innovation at the Lexington, Kentucky convention in 1863.
Page 4 notes a change in editors for the Christian Guide, from William James Loos (1851-1930) to H. King Pendleton.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/southernchristian/1003/thumbnail.jp
Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 62 (December 12, 1896)
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Pages 1 and 2 give the Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Christian Church of Georgia, held in Athens, Georgia, November 23-26, 1896.
Obituaries for Miss Jannie Wilson (1873-1896) and Bryan Spencer Rutledge (1809-1896).
Several articles address drunkenness.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/southernchristian/1002/thumbnail.jp
Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 47 (August 1, 1896)
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Charles P. Williamson (1848-1903) is the only known editor of the Southern Christian.
It was first published in 1892, probably around the first of September, based on the numbering for this issue.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/southernchristian/1000/thumbnail.jp
Negro Education and Evangelization. Supplement to the Christian Standard, December 31, 1892
Get PDFNegro Education and Evangelization. Supplement to the Christian Standard, December 31, 1892.
Featured African American evangelists (including portraits or group pictures) are James Singleton, Asbery Calvert, Thomas Frost, Willis A. Scott, Howard Singleton, Robert D. Brooks, James G. Keys, Walter S. Miller and King Brown.
Includes information on Southern Christian Institute, Edwards, Mississippi.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/christianstandard/1000/thumbnail.jp
1892 Yearbook of the Disciples of Christ: Their Membership, Missions, Educational and Other Institutions
Get PDFG. A Hoffmann, et alii, 1892 Yearbook of the Disciples of Christ: Their Membership, Missions, Educational and Other Institutions.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_yearbooks/1004/thumbnail.jp
Peter P. Warren, Address and Declaration [at Sand Creek, Illinois, August 17, 1889]
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This PDF is based on a transcription by A. K. Guthrie of the original article published in the Octographic Review, Volume 31, Number 36 (September 5, 1889) 8.
https://webfiles.acu.edu/departments/Library/HR/restmov_nov11/www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/dsommer/dec_v1.html
Technically, this is the Declaration only. The Address by Daniel Sommer preceded the portion read by Warren.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_foundationaldocuments/1003/thumbnail.jp
Daniel Sommer, An Address
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This is the written version of Daniel Sommer\u27s one hour and forty-minute speech/address at Sand Creek, Illinois, on August 18, 1889. The original appeared in the Octographic Review (Volume 32, Number 36), September 5, 1889, pages 1, 5, 8.
This PDF was created from the web page on the Hans Rollmann site, first at Memorial University of Newfoundland and now at Abilene Christian University:
https://webfiles.acu.edu/departments/Library/HR/restmov_nov11/www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/dsommer/address.html
Accuracy of the transcription confirmed by viewing the microfilm of the original.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_foundationaldocuments/1002/thumbnail.jp
1888 Yearbook of the Disciples of Christ
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Compiled by Robert Moffett, et alii.
This copy of the Year-book of the Disciples of Christ 1888 was loaned to the Disciples or Christ Historical Society with permission to microfilm by the Philip Fall Memorial Library or the First Christian Church of Frankfort, Kentucky, August 23, 1948.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_yearbooks/1000/thumbnail.jp