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THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVol. VNashville, October, 1859No. 10 “THE LIMITS OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT” By Henry Longeville Mansel, B. D., Reader of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, England. THE BAPTIST LECTURES FOR 1858 The fact that the above named work has excited a much wider influence with the scholars … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. V.NASHVILLE, SEPTEMBER, 1859.NO. 9 ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY By the Rev. R. H. Rivers, D. D., President of the Wesleyan University, Florence, Ala. Edited by Thomas O. Summers, D. D., Nashville, Tenn. Southern Methodist Publishing House. 1859. The above is the style of a book of … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors. VOL. V.NASHVILLE, JANUARY, 1859.NO. 1. CHURCH OFFICERS, NO. 4. BISHOPS. In the present number we really begin our examination of the subject of church officers. The work of an Evangelist scarcely entitles him to the designation of an officer in the church. His labor, as we … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, Editors.Vol. VNashville, July, 1859.No. 7. THE NAME CHRISTIAN As this is an age in which many are disposed to investigate all matters of interest, we venture a few remarks upon the name Christian. We hope our essay may not darken counsel if it should prove worthless. In … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors.VOL. V.NASHVILLE, JUNE, 1959.NO. 6 PRAYER.-No. 4. Having as we think, shown that the children of the kingdom alone have the right to ask the Father for the blessings of religion, and that God does really and truly answer prayer, we next wish to examine the evidence … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. V.NASHVILLE, MAY, 1859.NO. 5. PRAYER—No. 3 In our examination of the subject of Prayer, the importance of various questions involved, suggests the propriety of keeping the points, which we flatter ourselves we have clearly made out, constantly before our readers. We also deem it quite as … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE Editors: T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMBVol. VNashville, April, 1859No. 4 PRAYER. NO. 2 We endeavored in our first number, to show that our kind Father in Heaven, has guaranteed to all responsible beings the right of petition for admission into the kingdom, but this right we consider not as equivalent to the … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, Editors. VOL. V.NASHVILLE, MARCH, 1859.NO. 3. The following essay was written some years ago for the Tennessee Baptist, but as the editor, after publishing several pieces from our pen by agreement, refused to give this to his readers, we have concluded to print it as it was … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors. VOL. V.NASHVILLE, FEBRUARY, 1859.NO. 2. CHURCH OFFICERS, NO. 5. DEACONS. With the prevailing views of religion, it is scarcely possible to appreciate the labor of the deacon. The practice of ministering to the wants of the widow and orphan is regarded as less spiritual than finely … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EDITORS.VOL. IV.NASHVILLE, DECEMBER, 1858.NO. 12. CHURCH OFFICERS.-No. II. Although preachers, by common consent, seem to be regarded as church officers, upon a critical examination of the New Testament, their position and labor differ widely from such officers in the congregations as deacons or ministers and teachers. Strictly … Read more