Gospel Messenger

Marion Franklin Harmon and Oscar Pendleton Spiegel edited the Gospel Messenger in Nashville, Tennessee during most of 1897. James Madison Watson moved to Nashville in September and became the sole Editor in late November. Many issues feature biographical sketches of Stone-Campbell ministers from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The motto for the Gospel Messenger is Devoted to the Cause of Christ in all the South and throughout the World

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Gospel-Messenger-8-01-January-7-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-01-January-7-1897

Biographical sketch of Samuel Minor Bernard, II (December 12, 1873 - January 9, 1945)
Gospel-Messenger-8-02-January-14-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-02-January-14-1897

Biographical sketch of John Alpin Stevens (December 26, 1857 - January 29, 1935)
Gospel-Messenger-8-03-January-21-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-03-January-21-1897
Gospel-Messenger-8-04-January-28-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-04-January-28-1897
Gospel-Messenger-8-05-February-5-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-05-February-5-1897
Gospel-Messenger-8-06-February-12-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-06-February-12-1897

Biographical sketch of James Madison Watson (November 28, 1869 - ?)
Gospel-Messenger-8-07-February-19-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-07-February-19-1897

Biographical sketch of Frank LaFayette Adams by James Sanford Lamar
Gospel-Messenger-8-08-February-26-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-08-February-26-1897

Biographical sketch of John Morgan Talley (May 13, 1867 - May 17, 1924)
Gospel-Messenger-8-09-March-5-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-09-March-5-1897

Biographical sketch of William Washington Phares by Charles J. Burton on page 2.
Gospel-Messenger-8-10-March-12-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-10-March-12-1897

Biographical sketch of Edward Virgil Spicer on page 2.
Gospel-Messenger-8-11-March-19-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-11-March-19-1897

Biographical sketch of Mansel Kendrick (March 12, 1846 - March 11, 1898)
Gospel-Messenger-8-12-March-26-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-12-March-26-1897

Biographical sketch of Howard J. Brazelton (January 3, 1874 - August 26, 1935) on page 2.

Joel Baer Lehman ends editing "Movements of the World," an article he had written for the Gospel Messenger (earlier the Messenger) since around 1892.
Gospel-Messenger-8-13-April-2-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-13-April-2-1897

Biographical sketch of James Laurel Haddock (August 16, 1862 - October 11, 1943) on page 2.
Gospel-Messenger-8-14-April-9-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-14-April-9-1897

Biographical sketch of Ashley Sidney Johnson (June 22, 1857 - January 15, 1925) on page 2.

Accusations by John A. Stevens about Robert Wallace Officer's financial status on page 3.
Gospel-Messenger-8-16-April-23-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-16-April-23-1897

Biographical sketch of John Washington Ligon (January 16, 1865 - April 9, 1934) on page 2.

Ligon takes over the lead article "Movement of the World" formerly edited by Joel Baer Lehman.
Gospel-Messenger-8-17-April-30-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-17-April-30-1897

Biographical sketch of James H. Brooks (March 18, 1857 - ?) on page 2.

John A. Stevens reports on his trip to Indian Territory to visit R. W. Officer on pages 3 and 4.
Gospel-Messenger-8-18-May-7-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-18-May-7-1897
Gospel-Messenger-8-19-May-14-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-19-May-14-1897
Gospel-Messenger-8-20-May-21-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-20-May-21-1897

Biographical sketch of Augustus B. Herring (September 12, 1857 - ?) on page 2.
Gospel-Messenger-8-21-May-28-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-21-May-28-1897

Biographical sketch of Thomas David Moore (January 27, 1854 - March 1927) on page 2.
Gospel-Messenger-8-22-June-3-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-22-June-3-1897

Article by Ausbun Cicero Henry (September 1836 - September 24, 1903) on page 3, continued on page 6, features the work of John Allen Branch (October 27, 1847 - September 5, 1926) in eastern Alabama.
Gospel-Messenger-8-23-June-11-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-23-June-11-1897

Includes biographical sketch of Marion Franklin Harmon (November 25, 1861 - March 20, 1940)
Gospel-Messenger-8-24-June-18-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-24-June-18-1897

Several references to tent meetings. There are plans to purchase another tent. See pages 2, 4, 9 and 11.
Gospel-Messenger-8-25-June-25-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-25-June-25-1897

Some names of people added to virtual cemetery from this issue:

George Wallace Nutter (1866 - 1943)

Samuel Flewelling Fowler ((1844 - 1917)

Daniel J. Cochran (1862 - 1898)
Gospel-Messenger-8-26-July-2-1897

Marion F. Harmon and Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel-Messenger-8-26-July-2-1897

O. P. Spiegel recounts his three years as State Evangelist for Alabama (page 2).

Frank O. Lanehart (1858 - 1922) added to Virtual Cemetery. Minister in Louisiana and Texas.

Ivy Holbert Teel writes from Central City, Kentucky.