1855-1859

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 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 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

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, Editors VOL. II.NASHVILLE, NOVEMBER, 1856.NO. 11. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 13 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH FROM PENTECOST The law was to “Go forth out of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (Isa. 2), and Christian men everywhere agree that the church was … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. IINASHVILLE, APRIL, 1856NO. 4 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 6 THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH In our last essay, we endeavored to show from the Scriptures of truth, that church organization has reference to planting with Christ, and rising in the body of the Lord, … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVol. IINashville, March, 1856No. 3 THE CHURCH OF CHRIST – NO. 5 CHURCH ORGANIZATION The Church of God is fitly compared to the human body. The infant, the day it is born into the world, exhibits all the organs of the body, as clearly as it ever … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. IINASHVILLE, FEBRUARY, 1856NO. 2 FIRST PRINCIPLES – NO. 8 FAITH, REPENTANCE AND BAPTISM, IN THEIR PROPER ORDER In every instance, confidence in Jesus of Nazareth is the first prerequisite to admission into the service of God; but, as we have endeavored to show elsewhere, “faith alone … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE CONDUCTED BYT. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB VOLUME II NASHVILLE:Cameron & Fall, Book and Job Printers, Corner College and Union Streets.1856 Gospel of the Apostles Title Page Gospel of the Apostles Contents 1. Introduction The Gospel of the Apostles provides an account of the teachings and actions of the apostles following the resurrection … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EditorsVOL. INASHVILLE, SEPTEMBER, 1855NO. 3 FIRST PRINCIPLES NUMBER III Introduction:We have attempted to show that man is not Divinity, and is not capable of spiritual self-government. Our argument is based upon the Platonic and Cartesian speculation recently revived by infidel theologians, who maintain that every human being … Read more

THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EDITORS. VOL. INASHVILLE, AUGUST, 1855.NO. 2. THE CHURCH IN NASHVILLE From various sources, we have learned that many of our readers and fellow-citizens anticipate a review of the new theology in the Nashville congregation; but however anxious our friends or enemies may feel upon this, to us, … Read more