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THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EDITORS.VOL. III.NASHVILLE, JUNE, 1857.NO. 6. RELIGIOUS EXPEDIENTS Our teaching has been from the commencement of the Gospel Advocate, that Christianity is a subject of authoritative revelation; and admits of no compromises, substitutes or expedients. We are to believe what is written, as it is written, or lay … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVol. IIINashville, May, 1857No. 5 MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES We think it due to ourselves, to the cause we plead, and to the brethren especially who seem to differ widely from us, to state our teaching in reference to co-operative labor—embracing missions and missionaries—in very plain terms. It … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. III.NASHVILLE, APRIL, 1857.NO. 4. THE THREE WITNESSES “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree in one.”— JOHN 5:8 “We walk by faith and not by sight.” The Christian religion is a matter, … Read more

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

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 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

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 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 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 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