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  Preston Taylor, The Status and Outlook of the Colored Brotherhood

  Preston Taylor

  Preston Taylor, The Status and Outlook of the Colored Brotherhood

  
  Delivered at the first National Christian Missionary Convention, this address by Taylor is foundational for African American Disciples of Christ.

  Regarding his address, Cardwell and Fox state:

  "Taylor possibly made the most biting remarks. He criticized Whites for being half-hearted in their approach to the evangelization and cultivation of African-Americans. He deplored the non-committal stance of White Disciples on race, which he said was the reason for the smallness of Black Disciples numbers. Taylor regretted the lack of an effective means for inter-communication among African-American Disciples of Christ. Yet he appealed for greater cooperation between the races in "building the kingdom of God." He pled for a better program for producing adequately prepared ministerial leaders." (Journey toward Wholeness: A History of Black Disciples of Christ in the Mission of the Christian Church, Volume 1 From Convention to Convocation: No Longer 'Objects' of Mission, But 'Partners In" the Work (1700 - 1988) 26).

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  Daniel Sommer, An Address

  Daniel Sommer

  Daniel Sommer, An Address

  This is the written version of Daniel Sommer's one hour and forty-minute speech/address at Sand Creek, Illinois, on August 18, 1889. The original appeared in the Octographic Review (Volume 32, Number 36), September 5, 1889, pages 1, 5, 8.

  This PDF was created from the web page on the Hans Rollmann site, first at Memorial University of Newfoundland and now at Abilene Christian University:

  https://webfiles.acu.edu/departments/Library/HR/restmov_nov11/www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/dsommer/address.html

  Accuracy of the transcription confirmed by viewing the microfilm of the original.

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  Peter P. Warren, Address and Declaration [at Sand Creek, Illinois, August 17, 1889]

  Peter P. Warren and Daniel Sommer

  Peter P. Warren, Address and Declaration [at Sand Creek, Illinois, August 17, 1889]

  This PDF is based on a transcription by A. K. Guthrie of the original article published in the Octographic Review, Volume 31, Number 36 (September 5, 1889) 8.

  https://webfiles.acu.edu/departments/Library/HR/restmov_nov11/www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/dsommer/dec_v1.html

  Technically, this is the Declaration only. The Address by Daniel Sommer preceded the portion read by Warren.

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  Robert Richardson, The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation Urged by A. Campbell and Others, Briefly Stated and Explained

  Robert Richardson

  Robert Richardson, The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation Urged by A. Campbell and Others, Briefly Stated and Explained

  Written in 1852, this is the Third Edition Revised and Enlarged, published in 1877.

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  Isaac Errett, Our Position

  Isaac Errett

  Isaac Errett, Our Position

  This tract/pamphlet was an enlargement of Errett's 1862 "Synopsis of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ," published in Detroit.

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  Isaac Errett, Synopsis of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ

  Isaac Errett

  Isaac Errett, Synopsis of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ

  The PDF is from Lard's Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 1 (September 1863) 95 - 100.

  The Synopsis received considerable criticism from Moses E. Lard and other editors. (Douglas A. Foster, "Synopsis of the Faith," Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement 725.)

  
  

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  Alexander Campbell, Address on War

  Alexander Campbell

  Alexander Campbell, Address on War

  Delivered before the Wheeling Lyceum on May 11, 1848. First published in the Millennial Harbinger, July 1848, with correspondence between the Wheeling Lyceum and Alexander Campbell, pages 361 - 386.

  This PDF is from the undated edition of Popular Lectures and Addresses by Christian Publishing Company, St. Louis, pages 342 - 366.

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  Alexander Campbell, Sermon on the Law

  Alexander Campbell

  Alexander Campbell, Sermon on the Law

  Because of constant requests for this sermon to be republished, Alexander Campbell reprinted it in the Millennial Harbinger (September, 1846; 493 - 521).

  The sermon was first published at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1816, by James Wilson.

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  Thomas Campbell, Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington

  Thomas Campbell

  Thomas Campbell, Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington

  Washington, (Pa.) Printed by BROWN & SAMPLE at the Office of "The Reporter."

  "Appeal for Christian unity based on a common core of evangelical commitments written by Thomas Campbell (1763-1854) and published in 1809 to explain the form and purpose of the Christian Association of Washington; ultimately considered, along with the Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery, a "charter document" of the Stone-Campbell Movement." (Paul M. Blowers and William J. Richardson, "Declaration and Address" Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement 263.)

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  Rice Haggard, An Address to the Different Religious Societies, on the Sacred Import of the Christian Name

  Rice Haggard

  Rice Haggard, An Address to the Different Religious Societies, on the Sacred Import of the Christian Name

  This PDF is extracted from the DCHS publication Footnotes to Disciple History Number Four, where the reader may find more information about Rice Haggard and the rediscovery of this foundational Stone-Campbell Movement pamphlet. Haggard was present at Cane Ridge and later labored alongside James O'Kelly.

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  Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery

  Barton Warren Stone and Richard McNemar

  Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery

  "Founding document of the Christian Church movement associated with Barton W. Stone, signed June 28,1804·

  The Springfield Presbytery, which issued the document, had been organized on September 12, 1803. Two days earlier Barton W. Stone, Robert Marshall, John Dunlavy, Richard McNemar, and John Thompson had withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky rather than suffer censure for having departed from the doctrines of the Westminster Confession." (D. Newell Williams, "Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery' Encyclopedia of the Stone Campbell Movement 453.)