From the works of Lipscomb, Fanning and others
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EDITORSVOL. VIINASHVILLE, DECEMBER, 1861NO. 12 THE LESSON OF THE HOUR In the hour of prosperity we know not our strength. ‘Tis only when the heavy hand of affliction is upon us, and the trials and temptations of the world crowd thick and strong around us that we … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. VII.NASHVILLE, NOVEMBER, 1861.NO. 11. WHO IS THE MAN OF SIN? Answered by B. Eastman, Sempionius, Texas(Continued from page 816.) He has instituted dispensations, indulgences, and professes to absolve from all sins, transgressions and excesses how enormous soever. He has established persecutions, which began as soon as … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, EDITORSVOL. VIINASHVILLE, OCTOBER, 1861NO. 10 APOSTATES BRO. BRENTS: – The summing up of the short comings of the ill-fated and self-doomed Collingsworth, is at hand. The 63d Isa. breaks abruptly upon our vision. A strange vision rises rapidly before the prophet’s eye. A solitary warrior passes by … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors.VOL. VII.NASHVILLE, SEPTEMBER, 1861.NO. 9. SYNOPSIS Of an Address on the memory of a Young Soldier, from Isa. 2, and 15th of 1st Cor.“Shall spring ever visit the mouldering urn? Shall day ever dawn on the night of the grave.” FELLOW CITIZENS:We have met “to weep with … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors. VOL. VII.NASHVILLE, JULY 1861.NO. 7. THE KINGDOM OF GOD TRIUMPHANT OVER THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD. From some cause, which should be understood, Christians generally fail to place the reign of the Messiah in its true light before the world. Hence, the almost universal devotion to … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors.VOL. VII.NASHVILLE, JUNE 1861.NO. 6. FIRST AND SACRED PRINCIPLES AND TWO ORDERS OF PREACHERS. Amongst teachers of religion, we are persuaded we have two dangerous extremes. In the first place, we have long been troubled with an inferior class of preachers—men of bad temper, self-willed, puffed up … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, EditorsVOL. VII.NASHVILLE, MAY, 1861.NO. 5. INFIDELITY Numerous follies and strange conceits have, in the course of human affairs, sprung up in the minds of men. Many of these, as unimportant as they were fleeting, obtained for themselves but the brief existence of an hour, and then silently … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lipscomb, Editors. VOL. VIINASHVILLE, APRIL, 1861NO. 4 HAS A SINNER A RIGHT TO PRAY? This question has been once and again presented to us, and often put upon our file of queries, with full intentional purpose to respond. But by some means, it has been deferred until now. … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. FANNING AND W. LIPSCOMB, Editors.VOL. VII.NASHVILLE, MARCH, 1861.NO. 3. “THE HIGHER LAW.” Both in political and religious circles the phrase, “Higher Law,” is in so general use, that we are disposed to inquire into its true import, and its bearings on society. The only ideas attached to the words is, that … Read more
THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE T. Fanning and W. Lifescome, EditorsVol. VIINashville, February, 1861No. 2 DUTY OF CHRISTIANS IN REFERENCE TO THE POLITICAL CRISIS From the adoption of the “Federal Constitution” September the 17th, 1787 to this date, our country has not been called to pass such an ordeal as the present, and at no period in … Read more