The DCHS collection has four issues of the Southern Christian, an eight page weekly published in Atlanta, Georgia by Charles P. Williamson (1848-1903). As nearly as we can determine, the World Cat online catalog does not show any other entities with copies of this periodical.
According to Claude Spencer, Periodicals of the Disciples of Christ 123, Williamson first published the Southern Christian in 1892. Our issues are from Volumes 4 and 5, in 1896.
Williamson says the Southern Christian pleads for:
- Christianity versus Sectarianism.
- Faith in Christ and obedience to Him as the basis of Christian character, and for the Bible as the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.
- The union of all Christians in harmony with the prayer of Jesus.
- The hearty co-operation of God's people in preaching the Gospel to the whole world.
- The salvation of the home and the destruction of its greatest enemy--the saloon.
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Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 47 (August 1, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson
Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 47 (August 1, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson (1848-1903) is the only known editor of the Southern Christian.
It was first published in 1892, probably around the first of September, based on the numbering for this issue.
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Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 49 (August 22, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson
Southern Christian, Volume 4, Number 49 (August 22, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson remains editor.
This issue has a biographical sketch of William F. Reagor (1865-1938)
Erastus Lamar Shelnut (1865-1941) is Georgia state evangelist at this time.
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Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 62 (December 12, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson
Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 62 (December 12, 1896)
Pages 1 and 2 give the Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Christian Church of Georgia, held in Athens, Georgia, November 23-26, 1896.
Obituaries for Miss Jannie Wilson (1873-1896) and Bryan Spencer Rutledge (1809-1896).
Several articles address drunkenness.
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Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 63 (December 19, 1896)
Charles P. Williamson
Southern Christian, Volume 5, Number 63 (December 19, 1896)
Williamson mentions a letter from Thomas Munnell (1828-1898), who was the first person hired as a state evangelist (for Ohio) in spite of stiff opposition to the innovation at the Lexington, Kentucky convention in 1863.
Page 4 notes a change in editors for the Christian Guide, from William James Loos (1851-1930) to H. King Pendleton.