The Gospel Advocate – March 1857

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. III.NASHVILLE, MARCH, 1857.NO. 3. THE LORD’S TREASURY Whence the Scriptures teach that “the love of money is the root of all evil,” without it nothing good can be accomplished. Money supplies the comforts of home, enables us to traverse the earth, and cross the seas, and … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – February 1857

GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. IIINASHVILLE, FEBRUARY, 1857NO. 2 METAPHYSICAL DISCUSSIONS.—No. 5 We have endeavored to set forth in plain terms, the chief speculative systems of our times, but we have not attempted a discussion of the merits of any one of them. Neither do we regard a critical examination of any … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – January 1857

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE Conducted byT. Fanning and W. Lipscomb Volume III Nashville:Cameron & Fall, Book and Job Printers, Corner College and Union Streets.1857 Document Contents The document appears to be blank with no visible text or images. INDEX TO VOLUME III INDEX Letters of Encouragement Lines in Memory of Miss E. Locke Meeting, Tent Metaphysical … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – October 1856

TH GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOOMB, EDITORSVOL. IINASHVILLE, OCTOBER, 1856NO. 10 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 12 THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY Little did we think when we closed our remarks, in the September number, in reference to “the work of the Evangelist,” and especially touching his reward, that circumstances would so … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – September 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. IINashville, September, 1856NO. 9 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 11 “THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST” In the August number of our paper we merely suggested a few items in the Evangelist’s labor, but the transcendent importance of the subject demands a much fuller examination than … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – August 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. II.NASHVILLE, AUGUST, 1856.NO. 8.THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 10. EVANGELISTS Although in our various essays relative to the Church, and on “First Principles,” we have made many incidental remarks in regard to Evangelists, we deem the subject of such practical moment that we are disposed … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – July 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. IINASHVILLE, JULY, 1856NO. 7 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 9 THE WORSHIP OF THE SAINTS In the church of Christ alone can the worship of God be correctly performed; and consequently, the statement that “men can as acceptably serve God out of the church as … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – June 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. IINASHVILLE, JUNE, 1856NO. 6 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 8 DEACONS AND DEACONESSES The New Testament Deacons and Deaconesses were the servants of the respective congregations. Of course the term servant is not here employed in the sense of the word slave, but merely to … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – May 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVol. IINashville, May, 1856No. 5 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 7 THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH – DISHOP, OVERSEERS AND PASTORS Every government on earth implies a right somewhere to ordain laws, subjects and executors of the laws. A democracy, in its widest and wildest sense, … Read more

The Gospel Advocate – December 1856

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. PANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. II.NASHVILLE, DECEMBER, 1856.NO. 12. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 14 CHRISTIAN UNION – CONCLUSION OF SERIES Can order, harmony, love and union be evolved from the hostile elements of the religious world? Men left to their own thoughts, we opine, will never harmonize. They must … Read more