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Discipliana - Archival Issues
1947
Discipliana Vol-07-Nos-1-4-April-1947-January-1948
Claude E. Spencer Disciples of Christ Historical Society, [email protected]
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VOL. 7 APRIL 1947 NO.1
OFFICIAL SEAL APPROVED
The official seal of the Disciples of can origins of the movement. Many sug- Christ Historical Society, as shown gestions for the seal were made by above, was approved by the E.xecutive interested individuals. All were con- sidered by the President and the Cu- Committee at its meeting in St. Louis, rator v.110 finally drafted the first rough Mo., January 13, 1947. design. Their ideas were then submit- In designing the seal, every attempt ted to Junior W. Everhard, Cleveland, was made to suggest the heritage of Ohio, architect who is drafting plans for Disciples as Protestants and the Ameri- see page 12 2 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 MISSOURI MESSENGER PUBLISHED
with this name were published) Chris- Story of Missouri Journalism tian Blade, Christian Companion, Chris- tian Disciple, Christian Evidence, Chris- tian Harbinger, Christian Preacher, A new state ,paper was started in De- Christian Quarterly, Christian Quarterly Review, Christian Review, Christian cember 1946 when vol. 1, no. 1 of the Worker, Daily Bible Readings, Eye-Open-. Missouri Messenger was issued from the er, Footp'rints of Time, Gospel Banner, office of the Missouri 'Christian Mis- Helper, Just Think, Little Seeker, New sionary Society in Kansas City. J. H. Christian Quarterly, The Non-Sectarian, Old Paths Advocate, Our Task, Ozark Tilsley, new state secretary, is the editor. Call, Pastoral and Missionary Helper, Missouri Disciples have been without a Pettis County Christian, Practical Chris- paper since 1937 when tile Missouri Mes- tian, Southwest Christian, Valley Record, sage (3rd series) was suspended. Western Preacher and Western Specta- tor. The story of Disciple journalism in Missouri is filled with the names of From the above listing was omitted periodicals, a few of which like the the publications of the state's more than Christian-Evangelist had records of long forty educational institutions, the many service, but the m
Christianity has largely relied upon St. Louis; C. M. Chilton, ,pastor of F~rst the work of women's organizations. It Christian Church, St. Joseph, Missouri. has heen difficult to secure a general and continuous cooperation of men in R. A. Long was elected President and church work. Men generally recognize Acting Treasurer and P. C. MacFarlane church work as an appropriate activity was elected Secretary of this ,commit- for women, but -often regard much of tee. The committee determined that the such activity as unbusinesslike. movement could be best strengthened and supported through the publication The minister frequently fails to put of a magazine devoted to the activities his theology in terms that appeal to the of Christian men. businessman. There is often a clash of ideas if the businessman with no theo- In January, 1909, a magazine known logical training attempts too much lead- as Christian Men was launched and its ership activity in church work. There objective stated: has, therefore, existed a continuing need "To find the men and to relate of providing a program which will -com- them to one another, by ,churches, mand the general support of laymen, in QYcities, by States, by nations, and which they can work in cooperation with by the whole round world, to dis- the ministry. cover the maturity budding in our The Layman's Missionary Movement boys, to wake the dormant rugged- of 1907 was an interdenominational ness of masculinity that slumbers movement which made a bid in practi- in our pews, to find and to attach cally all churches for lay support. It the roving spirits of unenlisted inspired church banquets, conventi-ons of manhood in every congregation; n:en and was an inducing ,cause for much and having brought these men to- lay activity in many churches. gether, to thrill them with a sense of what they are, and to fill them Tbe Disciples reacted to this general with the vision of what they might upsurge of lay interest by organizing become to the church, to their fel- ;roups of men in various churches from lowmen and to the cause of Christ 1907 to 1909. To unify and strengthen at large." this movement, a "Committee on Men's Organization, Disciples of Christ" was Elsewhere in the salutatory it was stated- created in 1908. This committee consisted of R. A. "Not dogma is our destined end or way, but the great ,practical T,cng, Kansas City, President and owner problems that concern the honest of Long-Bell Lumber Company; J. H. hearts and minds of earnest men Allen, a cotton mer,chant of St. Louis; who desire to be led into ways of Burris A. Jenkins, pastor of Linwood greater usefulness." oulevard Church in Kansas City; Fletch- er Cowherd, President of the Board of Mr. Long in a statement said- Church Extension and active in real es- tate business in Kansas City; Thomas S. "It has been more and more Ridge, for 15 years active on the official borne in upon me that the great board of the First Christian Churcb in crying need of the hour among us Kansas City and General Agent of the is a more efficient organization of United States Fidelity and Guaranty our men." Company; W. Daviess Pittman, Business The first issue carried a proposed plan Manager of Christian Publishing -Com- of organization or ,constitution using the pany (now Christian Board of Publica- general tile of "The Men's League of tion) and actively identified with the ------.------Churc)1" and also pre- Christian Businessmen's Association of sented a suggested form of By-Laws. 4 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947
After a campaign for a name, the com- Of this convention a local newspaper mittee selected "Brotherhood of Dis- in part said: ci,ples of Christ", a name which was sug- gested by S. M. Perkins, pastor of the "'To the accompaniment of a mili- First ,Christian Church of yavenport, tary band, mor~ than 5,000 men, Iowa. The design presentea by A. N. cheering· and waving hats and Daniels of San Francisco, California, handkerchiefs, sang 'Onward, for a brotherhood emblem was adopted. Christian Soldiers' in the dancing P. C. Macfarlane became Editor and pavilion of Luna rpark yesterday Business Manager of the new publication. afternoon .... P. C. Macfarlane, E. E. Elliott of Peoria, Illinois, soon be- of Kansas City, Mo., who awakened came active as S-ecretary and F. J. Ban- his hearers to the fact that the nister became Treasurer. Mr. Elliott women had been doing the work of was Secretary of a Businessmen's As- the church, and that now the sociation of Central Christian Ohurch psychological moment had arrived of Peoria and was assistant to the 'Man- for the men to organize to take ager of the Iowa and Illinois Demurrage up the work, and no longer sit by Association. He took an active and en- while wives, mothers and sisters thusiastic interest in promoting Chris- advance the Kingdom of God. . . . tian Men. Mr. Bannister had been con- The meeting was perhaps the most nected with the Long-Bell Lumber Com- remarkable religious gathering that pany of Kansas City as Secretary and was ever assembled under a roof. At Treasurer for a number of years. times it resembled a political meet- ing in its enthusiasm .... The oc- Charles C. Cha,pman, the Orange King casion was perha.ps the nearest to of America, Marshall T. Reeves, a man- the realization of dreamers,-the ufacturer of Columbus, Indiana, E. L. materialization of the brotherhood Powell, pastor of the First Christian of man. Senators, congressmen, I Church of Louisville, Kentucky, T. W. farmers, mechanics, doctors, and Phillips, financier, statesman, philan- lawyers were there from every sec thropist.and author, of Newcastle, Penn- tion of the country, lines of sec- sylvania, W. R. Warren of Pittsburgh, tionalism, politics and ,creed were Crayton S. Brooks, of Jefferson City, broken down. It was a demonstra- Missouri, John Ray Ewers, J. Brecken- tion of what the president of the ridge Ellis, Alva W. Taylor, Herbert Brotherhood stated the Christian Moniger, P. H. Welshimer and many church stood for, 'not a new reli- others were active in the councils of the gion, but a unity of the old reli- new organization and assisted in pro- gions'." moting Christian Men. An effort was made to firtd actIvities Robert Perry Shepherd, Marion Stev- that would secure the continuing sup- enson, Myron C. Settle, Garry L. Cook, port of men. Much assistance was given Clarence L. DePew, W. T. Fisher, J. H. to the Layman's Missionary Movement Bryan and many others were among the and the Men and Religion F'orward writers who contributed to Christian Movement, but the most successful con- Men. tribution was in developing large Bible classes. These sprang np in different Christian Men soon secured 12,000 paid parts of the country and many of them subscribers and it was not long until it have continued until the present. had a subscription list of 15,000 paid-up subscribers with an estimated 50,000 At the fifth annual convention in readers. Louisville in October, 1912, there was The brotherhood ,convention held in an attendance of approximately 500. This Pittsburgh in 1909 was one of the great convention elected a full complement of events of the early years of this move- officers and directors. ment. At this convention, in addition to 'The new officers and directors were the addresses by President R. A. Long, confronted with the budget for Chris- and General Secretary P. C. Macfarlane, tian Men and after a ,poll of various addresses were made by J. H. Allen, C. leaders of the Disciples, the publication C. Chapman, T. W. Phillips, T. W. Graf- was discontinued. As the movement no ton, W. F. Richardson, Walter S. Goode, longer had an o;fficial organ, national' Charles M. Wat.son, Stephen J. Corey, and stat'e conventions and other large and Arthur Holmes. see page 11 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 5
HISTORICAL CARA VAN INCORPORATION
Publicity has been sent out from CYF On November 21, 194.6, the secretary offices annoUl1cing the' first Historical of state of Missouri issued the certificate Caravan, June 23 to July 18, to be held of incorporation for the Disciples of at DCHS headquarters. Christ Historical Society. For the first ten days students will be The application' for incorporation given intensive courses in (1) the his- which was drawn by attorney Fred S. tory of the Restoration movement; (2) literature of the Disdples; and (3) prob- Hall of St. Louis was presented to the lems and methods of research. Upon Circuit Court of Lewis County, October completion of these courses the students 11, by attorney Harry S. Rouse. Due to will work for the remainder of the time the fact that the court was in session sorting, filing, cataloging, and helping only one day, the application was not on special projects. acted upon until the next session of Henry K. Shaw of Elyria, Ohio, will court, November 8. teach the course in Disciple history with The incoporators were J. Edward perhaps some visiting lecturers. The Moseley, president, W. H. Hanna, vice- curator of the society, Claude E. Spen- president, Alfred T. DeGroot, secretary- cer, will conduct the courses in literature trea::;urer, Claude E. Spencer, curator, and research, and direct the activities of Raymond McCallister, director, and W. the students dUling the last part of the P. Harman, director. J}I'ogram. Included as a part of the project are some trips to places of Disciples interest. CAMPBELL MANSION PICTURES Special attention will be given to the early relationship of the Disciples and Local church organizations can arouse the Mormons through a trip to Nauvoo, an interest in the Alexander Campbell Illinois. . Home at Bethany, West Virginia, by selling sets of ten colored postcard views Not more than four students above of Campbell, the mansion, its interior and high school age will be accepted this year. its furnishings. The cards, purchased These students will be housed in Cuver- wholesale in lots of a thousand, are to Stockton dormitories and will have the be sold at twenty-five cents a set. use of all the recreational facilities of the college. The ,profit to be realized from the sale of these cards is large enough that Application should be made through it should be shared with the committee regular CYF channels. which is working for the repair, restora- tion, and development of the mansion. The producer of the cards is a commer- cial concern having no connection with RESEARCH CONFERENCE the home. Plans are being made for a conference For further information concerning of rearch workers, church history teach- these cards, write to Campbell Mansion ers, and librarians during the World Con- Historical Pictures, General Delivery, vention at Buffalo this summer to dis: Huntington, W. Va. cuss "How Cun the Disciples of Christ Historical Society Best Serve Research Single sets of the' cards may be se- Workers 7" cured from DCHS headquarters for 28 cents a set, ,postpaid. Invitations will be given to about thirty individuals to participate in the dis- cussion. The meeting will be. open to all interested -persons. Charles C. Ware has added another rare item to his North Carolina Histori- cal Collection. It is A Brief account of the Life and Experience, Call to the Gospel Preachers in Texas and Okla- Ministry, Travels and -Afflictions of homa, 1911, compiled by Mrs. C. Nichol, Peter Young, Preacher of the Gospel is on our want list. Written by Himself. 6 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947
MISSOURI MESSENGER HERE AND THERE continued from page 2 The Christian Messenger, July, 1832, Two reasons for discontinuation were advertised the Christian Hymn Book for given in the last issue, vol. 19, no. 1, July 1910: "First: The largely increased sale at 43%, cents for single copies. When cost of publication. S-econd: The offer Dr. Garrison and Dr. DeGroot were at by the Christian Evangelist of larger 'headquarters, the question came up as space in the two Missouri editions now to how could change be made to ,pay this reaching 10,000 subscribers every week." amount. The problem was solved to our The Missouri Movement, "a weekly satisfa.ction. Will someone acquainted bulletin of information regarding the two with coins and their early usage in the million dollar .campaign for the colleges United States send us the solution in and missions of the Christian churches order that we may check our conclusion. of the state of Missouri", edited by E'. E. Elliott, was the next publication of the organized work in Missouri. Vol. 1, no. 1 was issued September' 6; 1919 and each The Campbell House is the name of a week thereafter until May 22, 1920, after residence housing Disciple students at which it became a monthly. (We have the University of Indiana. It is under not seen any copies of Vol. 1, no's 7 and the auspices of the First Christian 8, October 18 and 25, 1919). The issue Church of Bloomington. for Novemb'er 22, 1919 had a two .page "extra." Vol. 2 started with January 1, 1920 Fraser Allen Thomason, Mt. Eden, Ky., offers 14 x 17 framQd pictures of the although that issue was incorrectly .printed vol. 1, no. 17. With vol. 2, no. 12, Cane Ridge Meeting House as shown in Mar,ch 20, 1920, the name was changed to January DISCIPLIANA. Price $7.50. Disciples World Movement in Missouri with this sub-title as a part of the mast- head: "A weekly bulletin of information From the Christian-Evangelist of 1910 devoted to the interests of education we learned that Richard W. Gentry, and missions among the Disciples of Chicago, 111., proposed to write a his- Christ," Caspar C. Garrigues and W. D. tory of the Disci.ples in Missouri and Endres became the editors with the June was asking for materials. We can ·only issue. surmise as to what happened to this project. The name was changed back to The Missouri Movement with the December number, and the Missouri Educational Mrs. Frances Hensley, Marionville, Commission of the Christian Church was Mo., has completed the i;!tory of Isaac announced as the ,publisher. The editors Errett for serialization in The Lookout. remained the same. One of her sources was a duplicate set of The December 1920 issue was labeled Memoirs of Isaac Errett by Lamar which vol. 2, no. 1, which should have been vol. our society lent her. In preparing her 2, no. 28. The January 1921 number story she made an index of the Lamar which should have been vol. 3, no. 1 was books which she sent to us when the marked vol. 2, no. 2, and this mistake in books were returned. numbering of the volumes was con- tinued through the life of the .paper. No- vember and December 1921 were com- 'J. M. Pickens, Mountain Home, Ala., bined as no. 12. advertised in the Gospel Echo. January April and May numbers, 1922, were 1871, that the Millennial Harbinger was combined as no's 4 and 5 olVOl. 3, and to be republished as soon as orders were November and December of the same received for a thousand sets. Does any- year were combined as no. 11 and 12. one know whether this ,project ever got Twelve num:bers were issued in 1923. under way? With the January 1924 issue of the periodical became became a quarterly, We still need copies of DISCIPLIANA, .(We do not have the April 1924 number), Vol. 1, no's 2 and 3; Vol. 2, no. 1; Vol. 4, see page 15 no. 1; and Vol. 6, no. 2. DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 7
mimeographed reprint of Instrumental ACCESSIONS Music in Worship, a discussion between Material received December 18, 1946, H. L. Calhoun and M. C. Kurfees, a to March 30, 1947, and not mentioned pamphlet published orginally in 1901. elsewhere in this issue. (R) after an He also gave a co,py of Hinsdale-How entry means that it was credited to the to Study and Teach History. Several of Robison Collection. the new ,periodicals listed in another column came from Mr. Bales. Purchases G. S. Bennett, New Castle, Pa., sent a Campbell-The Genesis of Power. (R) 23-pag pamphlet, published ,by the First Christian Church of New 'Castle, con-· Chism-Campbellism-What is it? taining two addresses delivered at the (R) 113th annual convention of Disciples in Pennsylvania in 1946. The addresses are: Cist-Cincinnati in 1841; its Early The New Testament Church Pattern Annals .and Future Prospects. by P. H. Welshimer and The Disciples Garfield-Kann del' demokratischen of Christ and the World Tomorrow partei die Verwaltung des Gouverne- by A. Dale Fiers. ments mit sicherheit anvertrant- wer- W. L. 'Blessing, Denver, Colo., sent den? copies of two of his booklets: .Melchize- Gospel Luninary, new series, vol, 5, dek, the Miracle Message of the Twen- no's 1-2, October-November, 1831. (R) tieth Century, sixth printing, and The Semitic Race. Houghton-Ki~gs of Fortune. M.rs. Cornelia Bowlin, Canton, gave a Kentucky Historical Society-The check for $10.00, 6'anuary 28 (Culver- Register, July, October 1946 and Janu- Stockton Founders Day) "in loving re- ary, 1947. (Contains a BIbliography of membrance of the founders of old Chris- Lexington, Ky. tian University." Mrs. Bowlin is a granddaughter of D. Pat Henderson, first MacLean-A Biblography .of Shaker president of the Board of Trustees of Literature. Christian University. See DISCIPLI- McLean-A Sermon Commemorative ANA, October 1944, for a sketch of Hen- of the Life and Public Services of James derson's life. (R) Abram Garfield. J. O. Boyd, Keokuk, la., sent a copy of Mahoning Baptist Association Minutes. the 60th Anniversary Program of the (Microfilm of the original minutes now First Christian Chur·ch of Keokuk. in the Hiram College Library.) Genevieve Brown, Indianapolis, sent Mann-Speech on the Right of Con- Walking India's Roads, a packet of six gress to .Legislate for the Territories of programs for adult groups. the United States and its Right to Ex- W. A. Burgdorf, Canton, gave a copy clude Slavery Therefrom. of Perkins-The Emperor's Physician, Richards-In Memory of James Abram People book club edition; anI! a record I Garfield. The Lord's Prayer II The Bells of St. Mary's, with Robert Shaw, conductor. Udell-Incidents of Travel to Cali- fornia (Microfilm secured from the Li- Donald P. Burke, Enid, Okla., on his brary of Congrass). return trip home from work at our head- quarters found these four books in a Exchange used book store in St. Louis: Coombs- Campaigning for Christ; Violette- The American Baptist Historical So- Training for Soul Winning; Lappin- ciety of Chester, Pa., sent 15 different Where the Long Trail Begin;;; and years of the Minutes of the New Jersey Lappin-Training of the Church. Since Christian Conference, ranging from the our copies of the first three titles were 36th annual session in 1866 to the 75th almost worn out, we are placing these in 1905. almost new books in their places. Gifts James A. Crain, Indianapolis, Ind., James D. Bales, Searcy, Ark., sent a sent us these issues of the Social Action DISCIPLIANA; APRIL 1947
News Letter: March and May 1938, Mrs. Robert R. Gum, Frankfort, Ky .• February 1939, and April 1943. February sent a copy of her Park of Kentucky, 1938 is needed to complete our file. 1947-1929 (a genealogical work) i Cen- tennial Frankfort Christian Church, E. L. Day, Indianapolis, Ind., sent a 1832-1932; Darnell-Af~er the Manner copy of the Historical Anniversary of the Oak, a Study of the Growth of Booklet, Indianapolis and Marion Coun- the Frankfort Christian Church, and a ty. complete file of The Christian Messenger, First .christian Church paper, since its A. T. DeGroot, Los Angeles" Calif., beginning January 12, 1944. Mrs. Gum. sent the following: McClure-General who is librarian of the Philip Fall Mem- Garfield, From Log Cabin to the White orial Library of the chul'ch at Frank- House (including eulogies by Isaac Er- fort, also sent check lists of the writings rett, B. A. Hinsdale and J. Z. Tyler); of Mrs. Ermina Jett Darnell, Bayless E. manuscript history of the First Chris- Hayden, and Miss Annie Bell Fogg, all tian Church of Littre Rock,. Ark.; pho- members of the church. tographs of portraits of Alexander Campbell, Jr., and his wife; and apho- A. 1.,. Haddon, New Zealand, sent tograph of J. W. McGarvey. copies of his booklets: The Coming of the World Church; Union in Truth; Lois Anna Ely, Indianapolis, Ind., sent and Towards a World Church. He also several items connected with her father, sent They met at Christ Church, a full Simpson Ely, 1849-1908. Included are a report of the Conference on Christian scrapbook made by Mr. Ely about 1880{ order in New Zealand, which met August a scrapbook of his writings arranged by 28 to S.eptember 4, 1945. Principal Had- his daughter Mary, 1893; several single don .participated as chairman of the printed sheets of his li/oems; and these section on Christian Order and Educa- pamphlets written by him j Ten Chapters tion. Against Tobacco; A Normal Bible Drill; and Tragedy in High Life. R. L. Harrell, Kankakee, Ill., sent Annual Report 1945-46, Hyde Park Alberto Acosta Esculto, Edina, Minn., Christian Church, Austin, Texas; Rededi- sent a copy of his 1946 Christmas .greet- cation Yearbook, 1946, First Christian ing Christmas is Life in its Wholeness. Church, Shelbyville, Ill. j Yearbook, 1946, First Christian Church, Centralia, Larry Evans, Washington, D. C., sent Ill.; and Alvanley Messenger, December a copy of a booklet edited by him in 1946, Church of Christ, Grange Road, 1945: Minnesota Avenue Christian 'West Birkenhead, England. Church, 1911-1945. Mrs. J. O. Helsabeck, Richmond, Va., E. P. Gabriel, Des Moines, Ia., sent a sent a copy of the Centennial of the copy ·of the Crusade .pamphlet issued by Gravel Hill Christian Church, Craig Co., the Grant Park Christian Church of Des Va., 1935. Moines. Paul Deane Hill, Ellensberg, Wash., W. E. Garris·on, Chicago, sent a rare sent a copy of Annual Report and Plan item, Constitution and Prospectus of the of Work of the First Christian Church Campbell Institute, April 20, 1897 (mim- of Ellensberg. eographed) and The Scroll for February 1925. J. B. Hunley, Pendleton, Va., sent a program of the first showing of mis- Homer A. Gay, Lebanon" Mo., sent a sionary drama Shelton and the Crimson copy of his pamphlet Building a Chris- Trail, April' 20, 1923; together with some tian Home; and The Communion by letters concerning the drama's presenta- Waters. tion at Peoria, III. B. C. Goodpasture, Nashville, Tenn., Richard L. James, Richmond, Va., sent sent a copy of !tis Henry Leo Boles, a a bound file of the orders of worship Biographical Sketch. for 1946 of the Battery Park Christian Church. A. Preston Gray, Kinsport, Tenn., sent Lester G. McAllister, St. Louis, sent a steel engraving of James A. Garfield, the following: Ames-Proust and San- framed in a hand-made walnut frame, tayana; Atwater - Jehovah's War which he purchased at a public sale near Against False Gods; Bruner-Which Jonesboro, Tenn. Gospel Shall I Preach; Darsie-Adult DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 9
lleligiOUSTeaching; and Morrison-The del.' Campbell and the printing of a hristian and the War. pamphlet in Hannibal, Missouri. In ad- dition, Mr. Moseley sent several pack- ' Raymond McCallister, Webster Groves, ages of clippings, p·amphlets, and pro- 0., sent a copy of Our Church, How it motional material. ptarted,~ What it Does, Where it's Go- ~g, issued by the Webster Groves The National City Christian Church, r.hurch. Washington, D. C., sent a series of four pamphlets on the subject Dangerous W. H. McDonald, Canton, gave a copy Symptoms in America, sermons preached f Lhamon-An Address to the Members by the pastor J. Warren Hastings. f the Commission for the Restudy. of he Disciples of Christ and More Broadly Nebraska Christian College, Norfolk, o our Disciple Fellowship at Large. Neb., sent a copy of its first yea~book The Alpha, 1945-46. Hollister B. Miller, Bakersfield, Calif., tent the First Christian Church Annual, Ronald Osborn, Eugene, Ore., sent [946, of the Bakersfield church. sypescript copies of History of the Amity (Oregon) Church of Christ, com- I Locke Miller, Youngstown, Ohio, sent piled by William F. Morse; and The D.is- ~ copy of his book of poems Battle Songs ciples of Christ in Montana by Harvey [or Slaves and Other Lyrics and Satires; Hartling.' nd a post card picture of his painting he Mayflower Landing. George L. Peters, wintering in Ot- tumwa, Iowa, continued to send his usual Mayme Garner Miller, Wellington., amount of pamphlets, ,programs, and an., sent a copy of her booklet of ~ pape.rs. ~oems In a Rio Grande Garden. O. M. Morgan, Lexinton, Ky., sent a Orval Peterson, Yakima, Wash., sent ~opy of Mark Collis' History of the several packages of pamphlets, pro- Broadwl;ly Christian Church of Lexing- grams, paper, orders of worship, etc. Included was a pencil sketch of the F'irst on. Christian Church of Yakima. J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind., pent the foHowing \books: American Guide The First Christian Church of Port- Series for Illinois, Alabama, and Ohio; land, Ore., sent a co.py of its Directory, l\de-Newton County, Indiana; Beal January 1947. ~nd others-What South Americans The Kern Park Christian Church of Irhink of Us (includes two chapters by Portland, Ore., sent its 1946 Annual Re- ~. G. Inman); Bower-Church and State; port. . / Carmichael-Hoagy Carmichael Song D. J. Reid, Lexington, Ky., sent the ~ook; Esary-History of Indiana; vol. 4; Minutes of the Seventy-fourth Annual ~igdon-Faith Triumphant in the Phil- State Missionary Convention of the 'fPines; Indianapolis \ Men of Affairs Kentucky Christian Churches, July 23- includes many Disciples); Lewis- egends that Libel Lincoln (with a chap- 27, 1946. el' about Thomas Lincoln); McGavran- M. C. S.chollenberger, Baltimore, Md., . ig Tree Village; McGee-History of sent a copy of Gottschall-Across a Cen- Wennessee, ed. by C. B. Ijams; McKeller tury, the history of the First Christian 'ennessee Senators (inc. Henry Ward Church of Baltimore. ~arma.ck); Merrill-Life and Letters W. E. Schultz, Bloomington, 111.,sent ~chapters concerning Butler University); a copy of Word Study, February 1947, ~icholson-The Hoosiers (mention is which has What Language is Most Ex- JIDade of several Disciples); Pictorial pressive by Harold C. Kime. • ~nd Biographical Memoirs, Indianapolis nd Marion County (includes many Dis- Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio, sent a iples); Pocket Book of Verse (includes copy of Yearbook of the First Christian achel Lindsay and Edwin Markham); Church of E1yria, and several clippings ~ ran sylvania College Yearbook, The from the, Sunday Cleveland Plain Dealer. Crimson, for 1898, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1909, One item included a .picture and story and 1910. about Junior W. Everhard, DCHS ar- chitect. Mark Twain's Autobiography, vol. 2, which contains 'Twain's hilarious story Mrs. H. W. Sigrist, Fort Wayne, Ind., (of dubious authenticity) about Alexan- sent from the Women's Council of the 10 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947
First Christian Church: De Moss- DISCIPLES IN CHICAGO How the Missionary Works; and Moon- Spying out Congo Land. At the suggestion of Herbert L. Wil- lett in 1936, .Perry J. Rice, Executive Dwight E. Stevenson, Bethany, W. Va., Secretary of the Chicago Disciples Union sent an Autobiographical Note on the began writing the history of the Dis~ Writing of Walter Scott: Voice of the ciples in Chicago which he completed in Golden Oracle together with correspond- 1940. Mr. Rice, retired in 1938, after enCe concerning the publication of Wal- twenty years as secretary of the ter Scott. The manuscript presents the Union and now living in California, had story behind the writing of the !book. several typescript copies made of the history. . '.,Edwin S. Sweeney, Danville, Ind., Our 'l!ociety has recently secured one sent a copy of Centennial Danville of these copies for our archives. The Christian Church, 1845-1945, a cloth- title ,page reads: The Disciples of Christ hound 128-page book filled with histori- in Chicago and Northeaste'rn Illinois, cal sketches and illustrations. 1839-1939. There are 668 typewritten From Tacoma, Washington, came a 6x9 pages including index, durably bound copy of First Retreat of the' Business in library keratol. and Professional Woman's Guilds of 8-ince only a few copies exist of this Washington and North Idaho. valuable book which Mr. Rice calls "Es- Roy L. Thorp, Centrali
The Christian Crusader, Indiana,polis, Periodicals Ind., is published by A Crusade for a The Town and Country Pastor, vol. 1, Christian World. Vol. 1, no. 1, is dated No.1, is dated Summer 1946. It will be January 1947. published quarterly by the Department Christian Life is published by the of Church Development and Evangelism Christian Home and Bible School of Mount of the U.C.M.S. Edwin L. Becker is the Dora, Fla. It is in its fourth year. editor. The Mississippi Christian, a weekly' The Conifer, vol. 1, no. 1, new ,series published in the interests of the Churches' was issued November 1, 1946, by J. Ed- of Christ in Mississippi ,by the Gentral ward M08eley, who intends to publish Church of Christ, Jackson, began publi- the mimeographed bulletin occasionally cation in January 1947. for the purpose of giving news of alumni and ex-students of Spokane University, The Twelfth Basket is the new ,paper 1913-1933. published by E. B. Hensley of Marion- ville, Mo., for the churches of the 12th Friendly Chats with Children's Work- District. Mr. Hensley is the new pastor- ers, published hy the 'Children's Work at-large for the district. Committee of the Christian Church of Northern California since September Green Pastures, Eugene, Ore., Vol. 1, 1943, is now complete in our files ex,cept no. 1, dated January 1947, is edited by for no. 4, 1944. Charles Clesson Davis and ,published by the Gospel Publishing Co. Preach Magazine, Minneapolis, Minn., vol. 1, no. 1, was issued in October 1946. The new monthly, edited hy Harrold McFarland, carries this sub-title: a jour- THE BROTHERHOOD MOVEMENT nal for life-work recruits of the Churches continued from page 4 of Christ. Local chuch bulletins being received group gatherings ceased. * Local or- for the first time are: Glad Tidings, ganizations here and there continued First Christian Church, Granby, Mo.; serving only locally. The Call to Worship, Wyatt Park Chris- During the greatest activity of this tian Church, St. Joseph, Mo.; and The movement numerous tracts and bulletins First Christian, First Christian Church, were printed which contributed much Portland, Odegon. toward stimulating the organization of E. W. Stovall, Church of Christ, men in numerous churches. Christian Blytheville, Ark., is the editor and ,pub- Men itself was largely inspirational. At lisher of The Noble Searcher, Vol. 1, no. no time was there any definite state- 1, is dated February 20, 1947. ment of memberi:1hip for the movement. Nearer Christ's Cross is a monthly The movement no doubt made sub- paper published hy the students of Ne- stantial contribution in the way of braska Christian College. The first stimulating activity in those churches number appeared in October 1946. having a hrotherhood organizatoin. Christian Men was distributed at too The White Horse is a Church of Christ nominal a subscription ,price. There paper published in Atlanta, Ga., Vol. 2, were no membership dues unless imposed began in January 1947. locally and the movement failed to set up an activity that challenged the con- The Student Volunteer, Vol. 1, no. 1, tinuing support of men. It made its February 1947, is published by the Stu- contribution in the enthusiasm of a few dent Volunteer Association of Butler years and then ceased so far as large- University, Indianapolis, Ind. scale operations are concerned. The Way of Love, EI Paso, Texas, a Church of Christ publication, is in its * The Brotherhood movement was second year. merged with the Bible school depart- The Uttermost Evangel is another ment of the American Christian Mis- new Church of Christ publication, Vol. sionary Society at the Atlanta Conven- 1, no. 1, January 1947, from Tucson, tion in 1914., according to the Christian Arizona. Standard, October 24, 1914. Editor. 12 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 New Books Received Wiegmann, Fred William. Christian Happiness in the Home. Going to Church with Betty and Bob. St. Louis, Bethany press, 1947. 96 pages. Cincinnati, Standard Publishing Co., 1946. 48 pages. A manual which ap,plies Christian principles in a study of family life by A beautifully illustrated booklet for the minister of the Downey Avenue children learning to read; well· selected Christian Church, Indianapolis, Ind., and songs, poems, and prayers. a member of DCHS.
Nations, Gilbert Owen. OFFICIAL SEAL APPROVED Save the World Now, the True Church continued from page 1 c~n Quickly Save the War-torn World, but an Apostate and Divided Church the repair and restoration of the Alex- Never Can. Munday, Texas, 1947. 28 ander Campbell Home. Mr. Everhard's pages. orginal draft was submitted to the joint A plea for Christian unity based on meeting of the Planning and Executive Bible teaching. Committees in January. On the basis of numerous suggestions for changes, Mr. Everhard prepared a revised design Overton, William Morton. for the seal. Leaves From Life's Autumn, Written After ~he Age of Sixty-four. Phila- The revision was then turned over to delphia, Dorrance & company, 1946. 127 artists at the Indianapolis Engraving ,pages. Co., who prepared the final copy under the direction of Carman Thomas of that Poems on a variety of subjects. firm. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Northwood Christi-an Church of India- napolis. Pay leI', Esther Miller. The cross and the open Bible on the seal suggest the Protestant heritage Christ in the Far Countries. Cincinnati, which Disciples share in common with Standard Publishing Co., 1947. 189 other Christians. The drawings of the pages. fOUl:"Founding Fathers" are intended to Twenty missionary stories for juniors. suggest the Am~rican origins of the brotherhood. As will be readily recog- nized by members of the Historical S'0ciety, the four faces, from left to Vieth, Paul Herman. right (counter-clock-wise) are: Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, Walter The Church and Christian Education. Scott and Barton W. Stone. It was de- St. Louis, Christian Board of Publication, cided that these drawings of the pioneer 1947. 314 pages. leaders, prepared from very 'familiar pic- This volume is a popular statement of tures, would not need identification the findings of a two-year study of the through the use of names or initials. status of Christian education by a com- The letters, "U.S.A." were used, fol- mittee of educators and churchmen. lowing, "Canton, Mo.," because of fu- ture world-wide relationships of the His- torical Society. "Founded 1941," refers, Vonk, Idalee Wolf. of course, to the date of the establish- ment of the Historical Society in St. Transformed. Cincinnati, Standard Louis, Missouri. Publishing Co., 1946. 204 pages. It is expected that the seal will be- Twenty-four wor:ship and expressional come the basis for the official book- programs built around the twelfth chap- plate of DCHS. Also, it will appear on ter of Romans for young people and leaflets, 'booklets, and other materials adults. of the society in the future. DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 13
CALLING ALL' MEMBERS Dues Again! New Members A total of 204 individual annual mem- bers have paid $265 past, present, and A list of members whose applications future dues ,since January 1. Since 60 were received December 18, 1946, to members had paid in advance of 1947, March 26, 1947. we can easily see that over 300 are yet owing for 1947, and approximately 100 Abrams, A. C., St. Louis, Mo. of them owe for 1946. Baker, Ray H., Kansas City, Mo. Barnett, Hubert L., Wheeling, W. Va. If you haven't paid your 1947 dues Bell, R. M. Kimberlin Heights, Tenn. yet, put a check in the mail today and Carty, Jim, 'Chicago, Ill. include any :back dues you may have Gaylord, Raymond, Cuyahoga Falls, O. missed. If you .became a member since Gripp, Mildred B., Saginaw, Mich. 1941, the year of founding, why not send Gum, Mrs. Robert R., Frankfort, Ky. a dollar for every year you have not Harrell, R. L., Kankakee, Ill. been a member? A gold membership Miller, Raphael H., St. Louis, Mo. card will be sent to you promptly. Million, Paul E., Jr., Minneapolis, Minn. All checks should be made payable to Noble, La ny, Elyria, O. Disciples of Christ Historical Society and Parks, Sam T., Bay Village, O. addressed to the society headquarters, Ross, Emory, New York, N. Y. P. O. Box 226, Canton, Mo. S'ansbury, Marvin 0., Des Moines, la. Sharp, Paul F., Minneapolis, Minn. If your records of pa'yment of dues .swain, William A., St. Paul, Minn. do not agree with !fe statement mailed Thomason, Fraser A., Mt. Eden, Ky. by the curator in January, please write Valentine, Ralph E., Huntington, W. Va. to him immediately. Van Bos;kirk, J. J., Chicago, Ill. Committees Meet . Life Members An all-day joint meeting of the Orval Peterson, minister of the First Executive Commitee and the Planning Christian Church of Yakima, Wash., be- Committee was held in St. LOUIS,Janu- came a life member early in Mar,ch. Mr. ary 13, at the Hotel De Soto. Those Peterson's historical interests are well present were J. Edward Moseley, Claude known as he is the author of Washing- .E. Spencer, Chester Hensley, Louis A. ton-Northern Idaho Disciples, pub- Warren, Lin D. Cartwright and W. P. lished in 1945. Harman. At the noon luncheon Fred S. Hall was a guest. Local Church Members President Moseley ap,pointed Dr. The First Christian Church of Port- Howard Elma Short, Professor of land, Ore., became a local church mem- Church History, College of the Bible, ber in March. Clay J. ,Pomeroy, associ- Lexington, Ky., as a member of the ate minister, and Horton D. Robinson Planning Committee to fill the vacancy have been named members of the so- caused by the resignation of W. P. Har- ciety by the church. Myron C. Cole, man. Mr. Harman remains a member minister of First Church, has been a of the Executive Committee. member of DCHS for several years. Among the itemsl under discussion The First Christian Church of Union were: (1) the Historical ,Caravan; (2) City, Tenn., in renewing its membership research conference; (3) research man- for the current year delegated Lewis C. ual; (4) nature and extent of exhibit at Bramham of Union City as its member the two conventions this summer; (5) of the society in addition to the minister, form of union catalog-book or cards; J. David Kidwell. (6) adoption of seal; (7) adoption 0:( "Preserving the Br·otherhood Heritage" Institutional Members as the society slogan; and (8) indexing of Millennial Harbinger and other peri- A new institutional member is the odical files. National Benevolent Association of St. Louis. Several other organizations have One important resolution adopted signified their intention of becoming reads: "That the curator be instructed members, but we have not yet received to notify members having unpaid dues their membership dues. for the .past year or years that their
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names will be qropped from the official RESEARCH AND WRITING membership list unless payment is re- ceived by October 1, 1947." Theses The Executive Committee will hold its These theses should be added to sup- next meeting in Indianapolis, April 14, as will the Planning Committee, but the plement Theses Concerning the Disciples meetings will not be held jointly as was of Christ: the St. Louis meeting. Edwards. Dorothy Louise. A History Speakers Bureau of Transylvania College from 1865 to W. H. Hanna, Pittsburgh, Pa., W. P. 1940. University of Kentucky, 1940. Harman, Jefferson City, Mo., and Ronald Osborn, Eugene, Ore., have been added Scott, Ellen. The History and Influ- to ·the list of s·peakers available as an- ence of the Old Library of Transylvania nounced in the January DISCIPLIANA. University. University of Kentucky, 1929. Claude E. Spencer, curator, gave a talk "The Disciple Heritage and the Local Church" before the Iowa Christian Young, Matt Norvel. History of the Ministers Institute at Des Moines, Feb- Organization and Development of ruary 6. Churches of Christ Colleges. Ph.D., George Peabody 'College for Teachers, Historical Caravan' 1943. Do you know of any young men or young women above high school age who In Progress are good students, who are historically minded, and who would like a pleasant Dr. A. T. DeGroot visited society head- vacation period with little cost to them? quarters February 7 to 11. Dr. W. E. If so, have them make a,pplication for Garrison was here February 9 to 11. the Historical Caravan this summer. Ap-, These men were working on what Dr. plication blanks may be gotten from Garrison calls "the big book", a history of the Disciples. Laster G. McAllister, 2700 Pine, St. Louis, Mo. William Alva Swain, graduate student Do not forget that the expenses for of the University of Minnesota, visited this project are shared jointly by CYF headquarters March 24, and consulted and DCRS. Money must be raised for with the curator concerning topi·c and our share. We have already received source materials for a thesis n>boutAlex- $40 from two young peoples groups from ander Campbell's social theories. the Fort Madison, Ia., church. More has been ;promised from other churches, Donald P. Burke, graduate student but not enough to carry us through. from the Bible College of Phillips Uni- What can your church do? versity, Enid, Okla., worked in our archives March 25 to· 27. His thesis will RESEARCH MA~UAL deal with the Bible colleges of the Dis- ciples. When graduate schools and seminaries open this fall, DCHS plans to give every Paul E. Million, Jr., at the University student in a Disciple seminary and Bible of Minnesota, is planning a thesis about college and every Disciple student in the Disciples as a frontier religiou~ non-Disciple gradl1ate schools a co,py of people. a research manual which is being pre- ,pared :by the curator. Robert E. Black, graduate student in the School of Religion, Butler University, The ·purpose of the mimeographed is wOl\king on a history of Johnson Bible booklet will be: (1) to acquaint the stu- College. dent with the possibHities for historical research on Disciple .themes; (2) to give Harold W. Ford, graduate student in him a knowledge of the help. he can the School of Religion, Butler Univer- expect from DCHS; and (3) to aid him sity, is stUdying the Restoration plea as in locating sour·ce material ,by giving a a thesis subject. general description of the various col- The title of Harold. Lunger's Ph. D. lections of Disciple material, both in- thesis at Yale will probably be The Po- stitutional and individual. litical Ethics of Alexander Campbell. DISCIPLIANA, APRIL 1947 15
DISCIPLIANA,published January, April, July, and October by the Di~ciples of Christ Historical Society, Canton, Missouri. Founded by the Ministerial Association of Culver-Stockton College, volume 1, number 1, was issued March, 1941. Volumes 1-3 were mimeographed. With volume 6 the Disciples of Christ Historical Society assumed publication. Entered as Second Class Matter April 26, 1944, at the Postoffice at Canton, Missouri, under Act of August 24, 1912. Claude E. Spencer, Editor
.officers of the Society J. Edward Moseley, President W. H. Hanna, Vice-President A. T. DeGroot, Secretary-Treasurer Claude E. Spencer, Curator
Subscription to DISCIPLIANA is included in the membership dues of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society. The price of an annual subscription to non-members is $1.00.
YOLo 7 APRIL 1947 NO.1
OUR SEYENTH YEAR ing deficit each year. Caspar ,C. Gar- rigues, state secretary, was the editor. DISCIPLIANA enters its seventh year A new Missouri Message, vol. 1, no. 1, with the confidence that it has achieved was edited and published by Charles F. a definite ,place in brotherhood life, but Ward of Plattsburg, September 1930. knuwing that many im,provements are Mr. Ward was subsidized by the state yet to be made in its editorial super- society in publishing the new periodical vision, its make-up and its format. When which used the old name, but carried new one examines the past six v,olumes, a numbering. Eleven numbers a year were steady improv.ement can be noted. issued as the July arid' August numbers Since DISCIPIANA is the official or- were combined. Beginning with volume gan of DCHS, it belbngs to the members. 4, September 1933, John Stuart ,Mill was It is your periodical. You can make it the editor while Mr. Ward remained the what you want it to be. If you like it publisher. The April 1934 issue was as it is; write the editor. If you don't omitted, the August-September number like it now; write the editor. If you combined, and volume 5 started with the have suggestions for changes; write the October number. With no. 4, January editor. Volume 7 will be what you make 1935, this series ,passed out of exis- it; write the editor. tence. John Stuart Mill, state secretary, MISSOURI MESSENGER started another series of the Missouri continued from page 6 Message,. volume 1, number 1 appearing in April 1936. This 4 ,page, 8112 x 11, and continued publication until April monthly, conta~ned mostly sermons with 1925 when its discontinuation was an- but few news notes. The last issue we nounced due to financial reasons. can find was dated August 1937, volume Missouri Missions succeeded the Mis- 1, number 15. souri Movement. Vol. 1, no. 1 was issued We expect some time to print the story in March 1926. With number 3, May, the of the Missouri Missionary Council Ad- name was changed to Missouri Message. vance which has been ,published by the The first year twelve numbers were Christian Women's Missionary Council published, but beginning with volume of Missouri since 1906 and of which Mrs. two only 11 numbers were sent out, the Anna Scott Carter has been editor for August one being omitted. The July twenty-two years. Our archives contain 1930 issue, volume 5, no. 5, was the last, few issues, before 1920 and the missing as the state board decided to discon- numbers must be secured before an ac- tinue publication because of the mount- curate account can be given. POSTMASTE&-:'-If undeliverable, notify us on Form 3578
FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was organized May 5, 1941, at St- LOuis, Missouri, and received the approval of the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ which was then in session. The convention at that time appointed the Society Custodian of Convention archives. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further the interest of the Dis- ciples of Christ (sometimes known as Christian Church or Church of Christ) in its religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, and development. Membership is open to any individual, institution or or,ganization that is in ac- cord with the purpose of the Society. In 1946 the Society secured as a gift from Culver-Stockton College, the valuable Henry Barton Robison Collection of Literature Relating to the Disciples of Christ which contains thousands of books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts and illustra- tive materials dealing with the religious groups which grew out of the Restoration movement fostered by Abner Jones, Elias Smith, James O'Kelly, Barton W. Stone, Thomas and Alexander 'Campbell, Walter Scott, and other reformers of the early 19th century in America. The coll,ection is being used as a nucleus for a cOmJPrehensive research library. The Society maintains its headquarters at Canton, Missouri, where authors and publishers are asked to send copies of all new publications. Churches are requested to 'place the Society on their mailing lists to receive orders of worship, papers, re- ports, yearbooks and other printed records. Gifts from individuals are especially w-elcome. Classes of membership are as follows: Individual member, per calendar year $1.00. Individual founding member, $1.00 per year from 1941. Individual life member, one payment $25.00. Institutional member, per calendar year $15.00. Local church member, per calendar year $12.00. Institutional membership is offered to educational institutions and other organi- zations including state boards and national agencies. Local churches should take advantage of the opportunity to share in the work of the Society by becoming members. The local church dues include individual mem- berships for the minister and one layman. Subscriptions to DLSCIPLIANA, gifts for the Society, .payment of dues, and inquiries concerning the work of the Society should be sent to: Claude E. Spencer, Curator Disciples of Christ Historical Society P. O. Box 226 Canton, Missouri iJciP . PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CANTON, MO.
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DCHS-CYF HISTORICAL CARAVAN
WORKS THREE WEEKS IN SOCIETY ARCHIVES
Finney Spencer Smith Enoch Brewer Shaw
.Four tired young people came to So- tinued through Canton since June 5 and ciety headquarters Thursday afternoon, bus service had not been resumed since June 26, after having been delayed five the last of the two floods, tbe group had days en route to Canton because of the to be met at Taylor (two filling stations record flood' on the Mississippi. These and a skating rink), fifteen miles south three young women and one young man of Canton. composed the bistorical unit of the 1947 Selected to pioneer in the experimental CYF Caravans. historical car:lvan because of their in- terest in Disciple history' and literature, The training center for 'the Mid-west- the students came from widely separated ern section of the Caravans was sched- reguions of the United States. Alpha- uled for Canton, June 21-28, but was lntically arranged they were: transferred to Eden Theological Semi-' Claire Marie Brewer, Huntington, W .. nary' at Webster Groves,' Mo., the eve- Va., has been a student at Marshall Col- .ning of the ~Otb. The Historical Cara- lege for three yea~s, but expects to transfer to Bethany this fall. She is a vaners were on their way to Canton long member of the Central Christian Church before then, and had to be rerouted to of Huntington' of which Joseph Garshaw St. Louis. is the minister. Since· train service had been discon- see page 26 18 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947
CAMPBELL HOME RARE VOLUMES COMMITTEE ORGANIZED TO BE MICROFILMED
Dwight E. Stevenson, ,newly elected Disciples research libraries have long professor of Homiletics of the College of wanted files of Barton W. Stone's Chris- the Bible, Lexington, Ky., is the chair- tian Messenger and the proceedings and man of the recently announced personnel minutes of the American Christian Mis- of the Campbell Home Committee' which sionary Society. No one library has been is to engage in raising money for the able tp make a complete collection of repair and restoration of the house in The Christian Messenger, although the which Alexander Campbell lived for more College of the Bible and the Butler School than fifty years. The Committee will of Religion have notable holdings of the also have supervision and management periodical. Only the library of the Unit- of the Hozpe. ed Christian Missionary Society has many of the minutes and proceedings of Other officers are J. Edward Moseley, 'the missionary organizations, and its Indianapolis, Ind., vice-chairman; Claude file lacks the 1852 and J.855 proceedings. E. Spencer, Canton, Mo.,. secretary; and Newton W. Evan,S, Bethany, W. Va., The library of the United S'Ociety is treasurer. Irvin T. Green, Bethany, W. having the following items. microfilmed Va., Henry K. S.haw,. Elyria, Ohio, and according to Mrs. Ada Mosher, libra- Wilbur H. Cramblett, Bethany, W. Va., rian: Proceeding's of the General Con- will complete the Committee. The Com- vention of the Christian Churches and mittee has made arrangements for the Other Societies Reporting to the Conven- Home to be open before, during, and tion, 1849-1896; Minutes. of the Ameri- after the conventions this summer; a can Christian Missionary Society, 1897- convenience for those who wish to visit 1917; and Minutes of the Foreign Chris- the Home as a part of their convention tian Missionary Society, 1875-1917. These activities. films will be made available to the insti- tutional and other members of DCHS on In.dividuals and churches who wish to a cost basis. help financiaIIy in the important task of making the Campbell Home one of the There is also a plan to microfilm the great shrines in America should send Christian Messengers if copies cim be checks to Newton W. Evans, treasurer, located to supply the missing numbers The Campbell Home Committee, Bethany, in the file located at the Butler School West Virginia. of Religion. T'he following issues are needed: April, May and June 1828; Sep- tember 1835; and January, and March OUR WANTS to November 1836. Every issue of DISCIPLIANA has Anyone interested in securing sets of carried a list of out wants; some issues these microfilms and who has not been have had forty or fifty titles while others contacted should write immediately to have had only a few. At least a hundred the Curator at DenS headquarters. volumes have been received as a direct result of these lists. ' Boswell-Hardeman·De.bate, 1924. Even thougQ the response to our want ads has been good, there are many Brents-Herod Debate. titles needed yet. We are listing only a small number, but, these are evidently Briney, J. B., The Relation of Baptism hard to locate because this is the third to the Remission of Alien Sins. or fourth time they have been published Butl~r, M. R., Riverside. as.wants. Butler, M. R., Rose Carlton's Reward. Beaue,hamp,.J. B., Maplehurst; or, Campbellism not Christianity. Coleman, C. B., Memoirs of Louis Har- rison Coleman. Brigance, W. N., Jeremiah Sullivan Black. Davis, D. B., CampbeIlism in Christian Caldwell, R. G., James A. Garfield, Costume. Party Chieftain. s.ee page 26 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 19
THE CAMPBELL HOME AS AMERICANA by Eva Jean Wrather
. Editorial note: Miss Wrather, Nashville, Tennessee, well known for her research concerning Alexander Campbell and his time, has been a member of the Board of Directors of DCHS since its organization. Her Portraits of Alexander Campbell appeared in DISCIPLIANA, April, 1942. When, one fall day in 1810, Alexander not for beauty but for protection against Campb~ll came riding up for the first Indian attack, was a rather pretentious time to Lhe home of farmer John Brown affair of three stories, having alarge stone- in Brooke County, Virginia, he came to walled basement kitchen, a parlor ..~ndtwo an interesting house, already noted in small bedrooms on the main floor, and its sector, and destined, under his own other bedrooms on the third story above; hands in the years ahead, to become en- constructed f oak timbers and hand-cut
Photo by C. B. Robinson CAMPBELL HOME GUEST PARLOR
larged in size and enriched in ornament walnut weather-boarding, painted dark and tradition until it stands today as a red f.nd put together with wooden pegs shrine of Americana fascinating alike to and nails made by a blacksmith on near- the historian and to the general public. by Buffaloe Creek. The parlor, in which Alexander Campbell and Margaret The org-inal house, some twenty years Brown took their wedding vows on a old when Campbell first saw it and M:lTch day in 18H-kneeling on two erected in a period' when most houses prayer benches of black walnut trimmed of the region were -log stockades built in gold that remained a part of the fur- · .
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nishings of the old room-was a charm- rambling, highly individual old house ing place of hand-hewn rafters, walls of more than twenty-five rooms. panelled in black walnut with' h~nd- tooled molding and carved cornIces; And its furnishings and setting, were floors of heavy oak, and massive doors commensurate with its size. For the hung on long hinges of bronze; the new griest-parlor, Campbell imported wainscoting painted white, and the cor- some of the currently-in-vogue scenic nices, the panel-work below the sur-base, French wall paper, his pattern portray- and the mantle a sky-blue. Built-in ing "The Adventures of Telemachus"- bookcases boasted doors of glass, the identical paper also selected in 1836 which with that of the window:;, was by Andrew Jackson for the hall of his said to be the' first glass imported to new Hermitage at Nashville. The new this westernmost mountain frontier of parlor, too, was rich with red silk tapes- Virginia. Little wonder that even l;>e- tried chairs and sofa, a marble-top fore Alexander Campbell I became its cherry table, a grand piano, and trophies master, this house was already Jdistin- from over-seas, some brought back by guished throughout its region of the daughter Decima from her wedding so- Virginia Panhandle as "The Mansion." journ to the Island of Cyprus and the Holy Land. Over the mantle hung the In 1819 Campbell made the first of his third and last of the Bogle portraits of many additions. Having begun Buf- the master of Bethany himself. Down faloe Seminary, he enclosed the west a few steps from the parlor extended porch into a hall and added a large, long the long dining-room with its massive school-room with a dormitory above, the mahogany buffet, 'rare china and old main part of the structure being cut and silver", and the huge mahogany table framed in Pittsburgh, shipped down the that could, and often did, seat more than Ohio to Wellsburg, thence by ox-cart to thirty guests. No less interesting was Campbell's farm. Also, a dining room the "East Room", the old parlor, whose to the rear was added, and a ,porch walls Selina Campbell, "the Bishop's" across the front. The entire house was second wife, had redecorated, the old then painted white and green Venetian sky-blue paneling changed to dark flak shutters put on. When the seminary was to match the floors, with bands of white closed in 1822, a partition was placed between the panels to relieve the som- across the school-room, the front part breness, -and the upper part repainted a becoming the master bedroom, where soft dull blue as a background for the the Rosewood grandfather clock, brought family portraits-the Sully portrait of down the Ohio about 1814, continued Thomas Campbell, the portraits of the through the years to mark off the hours Campbell children painted by 'an artist in its accustomed place, just over the who was "the rage in Pittsburgh". corner-stone of the old seminary. By Across the hall, the master bedroom, the the time Campbell gave his homestead "Clock Room", was a pleasant place the name "Bethany" in 1827, it had be- where the family loved to congregate, a gun to assume an appearance more large, comfortable room to accommodate worthy of its title, "The Mansion." its massive walnut furnishings, with the In 1836 Campbell again turned archi- four-poster bed on which at last, in tect, to add a new wing to his house 1866, the master of Bethany breathed -this time to accommodate the' ever- his last-leaving behind him a "Man- increasing flow of visitors who were sion", indeed, rich in ,history and in romanCE!. making their way from all parts of the country and even from Europe to sit James A. Garfield had sat in his fav- at the feet of the master and imbibe orite chair in the guest-parlor. Jeffer- at their s,ource the tenets of "the Refor- son Davis had come to bring his nephew mation of the Nineteenth Century". He as a student to Bethany College. Judge extended the back part of the former Jeremiah Black and the "Bishop" had seminary into an ell, making a long whiled away evenings before the fire- dining-room to which he connected a place in the old parlor, drinking cooling single-story guest wing, consisting of glasses of wine or steaming cups of tea, a parlor whith two small bedrooms to and matching their wits and reputations the rear and across the front a porch as raconteurs. George D. Prentice had supported by slender white columns. By kissed the "Bishop's" little daughter the time his last additions were com- Demica in the doorway and had written pleted in 1840, Bethany had become a a poem to commemorate the tender DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 21 occasion; and James Lane Allen had ROAD DIRECTIONS come courting the "Bishop's" grand- daughter. Generations of students and TO BETHANY visitors walked the garden paths, admir- ing the imported flowering shrubs and Undoubtedly many persons driving to evergreens set out by the master's own the conventions this summer will wish hands and the great linden tree he loved to visit Bethany and the Campbell Home. near the arbored seclusion of the "Lov- For the convenience of those who are er's Retreat"; the masses of dahlias not acquainted with the Bethany country flanking the stone urns on the guest- wlllg steps, and the picturesque little we are giving these directions for reach- brick Gothic study in a clearing beyond; ing Bethany. and the whole beauty of the setting, in sound of the clear, rushing mountain From Pittsburgh, Penn., to Bethany: waters of the Buffaloe and amid the Route 19-F·ollow 19 to Washington, high encircling "Gothic hills", which re- Penn., and take 31 from there to Waugh's minded one visitor of the delights of Apple Barn. Turn left on 88 and follow Switzerland. Other visitors carried away other impressions: one spoke ad- to 67, turn lefy on 67 and Bethany will miringly of the "old baronial mansion", be about a half-mile ahead. and another was reminded of the simple From Pittsburgh, Penn., to Bethany: "colonial style of ... Mt. Vernon"; a Route 28-Follow 28 until it merges third found it "another 'House of Seven with 31. Turn right on 31 and follow Gables' ", "odd, rambling, unique, many to Waugh's Apple Barn. Turn left on cornered and many gabled", and extravO- 88 until it meets 67, turn on 67 and fol- agantly compared the situation of "the low to Bethany. white house at Bethany" and its college on the opposite hill to the relation of From Steubenville, Ohio, to Bethany: the White House and the Capitol at Cross either bridge into West Virginia. Washington. Turn right on Route 2 and follow through Wellsburg. At the bridge across And even in 1947, though battered by the Buffalo turn left and follow 67 into a century and a half of time and sadly Bethany. left in neglect that was not its due, the old house still remains, largely intact From Wheeling, W. Va., to Bethany: in structure and furnishings, to attract Follow Route 2 to bridge across the Buf- by the magnate of its historic riches a falo and turn right and follow 67 into new generation of visitors alive to the Bethany. beauties and values of our heritage of Americana. There is daily bus service from Wheeling and Steubenville to Bethany.
EQUIPMENT WANTED: QUOTATION Filing cabinets Typewriter In the January 1943 issue of DIS- Safe CIPLIANA the practice of publishing Dictaphone an interesting quotation was started Show Case which was continued for several nub- Microfilm Reading Machine bers, but was finally dropped. With this Mimeograph issue we are continuing the practice. Onr Large Electric Fan quotation for the quarter is: "My days are, however, but twenty- four hours long; and of these nature WANTED: claims for food and repose some seven; for exercise, some two or Lowry-The Martyr in Black three; business requires fourteen, Cunningham-The Blue and the Gray and religion all." Daniels-Fulfillment Alexander Campbell, Millennial Harbinger, Daniels-The Funeral Message June 1844, p. 288 22 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947
ACCESSIONS John Barclay, Austin, Texas, sent a copy of his church's recently published Material received April 1 to June 20, The First One Hundred Years of the 1947, and not mentioned elsewhere in Central Christian Church, Austin, Texas, - this issue. (R) after an entry means 1847-1947. that it was credited to the RoLison Col- lection. Harold E. Davis, Hiram, Ohio, sent a copy of Pickups from the American Purchases Way", series II, no. 2, 1947, published by Hiram Historical Society. This issue Butler, Marie Radcliffe-Poetry and contains articles about two early Hiram Prose. houses: "The Garfield-Hinsdale House" by Adelaide Rudolph and Ellen C. Hins- Jones, E. D.-Roses of Bethany and dale and "The Buckinghom House" by Lilies of Arimathea. Henry Buckingham Mobray. Frederick Gilliland-Twenty-five Years of Re- A. Henry wrote the introduction. Dr. lig-ious Life in Bloomington, 111. Davis also sent copies of other items published by the socity and written by Thomas, John-Elpis Israel. him: 'rhe Pennsylvania-Ohio Canal, 1823-1877; Garfield of Hiram; and Early A bound volume of the Announce- Religion in Hiram. ments and Catalogs of the Eugene Di- vinity' School, Eugene, Oregon, from the Lois Anna Ely, Indianapolis, Ind., sent begjnni.ng in 1895 to 1907. This was sonJe additional material concerning her Eugene Sanders·on's own copy. father, Simpson Ely. Included were the ordination papers given to Mr. Ely by Gifts the church at Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 7, A. N. Allen, Cant.on, gave a photo of 1874, and the diploma granted Mr. Ely the students and faculty of Culver- by the Bible department of Oskaloosa Stockton College, 1946-47. (R) College, June 11, 1874. Most interesting is a letter from Mr. Ely to R. E. Dunlap H. V. Baker, Garden City Kans., sent giving helpful advice for Mr. Dunlap's a copy of Facts About and Basic Teach- beginning. career as a minister. This ings of the Garden City Christian advice was illustrated through the use Church by Berg. of a rusty nail which still remains with °the letter. Miss Ely also sent some R. A. Blalock, El Dorado Springs, copies of her On No Mistaken Errand, Mo., sent a box of books which included: a service for woman's day, 1946. Christian International Lesson Commen- tary, 1887; Ebeling-MoVey Discussion, Alberto Esculto, Minneapolis, Minn., 1906 (a debate on Mormonism); Frank- sent a copy of the Lake Harriett Chris- lin-Ability and Accountability; Hand- tian Church Annual Reports, 1947. D. B. Ray's Textbook on Cambellism Exposed, 3rd. ed.; Herndon-A Review John A. Farr, Frankfort, Ind., sent a copy of Fifty Years of Service, First of a Lecture by Eld. Moses E. Lard on Christian Church of Frankfort. Future Punishment, 1879; Johnson-'- Tennessee Evangelist, 1st ed.; and Mrs. J. H. Fuller, Little Rock, Ark., Wilkes-Tract on Prayer, 1879. This sent a couple of packets which included gift was omitted from our April listing. among other items these pamphlets: How is Baptism Performed?; The Puz- S. B. Braden, Wichita, Kan., sent a zled Dutchman; Cramblet--Christian copy of the 26th Annual Program and Baptist; and Ely-Five Strong Points. Yearbook of the Congress of the Dis- ociples of Christ, 1926. Mr. Braden also The Gospel PUblishing Co., Eugene, sent a file· of Yearbooks 1911-1924 and Ore., sent these pamphlets which it pub- The Christian Century for 1935. lishes: Davis-Triumphant Faith; Davis Believing is Living; CaYs-Indwelling From the First Christian Church, Corning, Calif., came the Annual Report Presence of the -Holy Spirit; Bruton- 1945-46, and some orders of worship. So You are a Church Member?; Vernon Where Will You Spend Eternity?; The Committee of One Thousand, Jef- Vernon-Heavenly Individual Income ferson City, Mo., sent some of its print- Return; and Moreland-The Heart of the ed materials. Church. DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 23
Ross J. Griffeth, Eugene, Ore., sent a thing; Tenny-Tithing for His Glory copy of the Dedication Day Program, and Our Joy; Lair-Questions and An- May 25, 1947, First Christian Church, swers About Proportionate Giving'; Fostoria, Ore., which includes a history Wilson-The Tithe Is ... the Tithe is of the church, together with the Annual Not ... !; and Lair-Crusading Through Commencement Program of Northwest Stewardship. Christian College and other programs. Allen W. Lee, Wichita, Kans., sent Mrs. Robert Gum, 'Philip Fall Mem- Orders of Worship, Riverside Christian orial Library, Frankfort, Ky., sent the Church, and oth.er materials and clip- following: Darsie-Sup'reme Duty of pingi'. Kentuckians to Kentucky, a Plea for George W. Manning, Albany, Mo., sent State Missions; 1902; Darsie-Twenty- a copy of The Festival of the Christian five Years at Kentucky's Capital; Home. a selection of daily readings for Menzies-Why Marriage; and a photo- May.11 to June 29, 1947, issued by the graph of the Service Men's Honor Roll First Christian Church of Albany, Mo. of the First Christian Church of Frank- fort. Mrs. Opal L. Mathis, Pendleton, Ore.• sent photograph of Moses E. Lard, issued Colby D. Hall, Ft. Worth, Texas, reo' from Magnolia Gallery (Carpenter and cently rliscovered a 16 page pamphlet Mullen) Lexington, Ky., about 1870. Sketch of the Life of Elder J. A. Clark by Randolph Clark. Dr. Hall presented J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind., a photostat copy to the Society archives. sent a couple of phonograph records made by Hoagy Carmichael, including Mrs. W. M. Hardy, Nashville, Tenn., Ole Buttermilk Sky; Markham-Ode to !'lent two ('opies of Dye-Lone Pine Prin- Boston, an eight page poem signed by cipal, a long wanted item. the author; In Poppy Fields, typewrit- ten poem on ingle sheet of paper, signed R. L. Harrell, Kankakee, Ill., sent a by Edwin Markham; printed poem, communion goblet used by thci congre- Lincoln, the Man of the People, signed gation of the Christian Church of Oko- by Markham; Letters from James Lane lon'l, Miss. The church was established Allen, Harold Bell Wright, and John after a two weeks revival service by M. Muir, and several packages of clip- F. Harmon in 1893. Of the twenty pings, orders of worship, and pr9motional charter members the only surviving one materials. is Mrs. 'Laura Harrell Knox. The cup was purchased when the church was or- Mrs. Ada Mosher, Indianapolis, Ind., ganized. Other items received from Mr. gave a copy of her mimeographed com- Harrell include orders of worship, a pilatio!1 Disciples of Christ-Chronology, leaflet Chicago Disciples Union-Origin With Notes. and Purpose; and Shaw-The Morning Rtar, Christian publishing company re- J. D. Murch, Cincinnati, Ohio, sent a print. . copy of his recently published pamphlet -United Action Now. J. B. Hunley, Pendleton, Va., sent a copy of the 33rd Annual County Church E. C. Nance, Tampa, Fla., sent a copy Day Pro~ram, May 11, 1947, of .the of his Report on the Status of the Uni- Gilboa Christian Church, Cucko, Va. versity of Tampa. Ray C. Jarman, Huntington Park, Orval Peterson, Yakima, Wash., sent Calif .. sent a copy of the history of the several packages of materials including Huntington Park Church. Silver Anniver- orders of worship, programs, clippings, versary, 1921-1946. ,postcards, etc. Richard James, Richmond, Va., sent a W. John Parker, Paducah, Ky., sent a photograph of James H. Curtis, pioneer copy of the Worship Services, Palm Alabama minister. Sunday-Holy Week-Easter, of the First Christian Church of Paducah. Loren E. Lair, Indianapolis, Ind., sent the following Unified Promotion pam- George L. Peters, Canton, gave, among phlets: Demaree-Friends of Jesus many other items, the iollowing:Garri- Around the World: Demaree-Followers son-Religion and Civil Liberty in the of Jesus: Demaree-A Time for Every- Roman Catholic Tradition; Fey-Can 24 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 19.47
Catholicism W'in America? and various Harbinge,r commented upon Comings' programs, reports, etc., from the Mis- periodical. souri Christian Convention, 1947. (R) No mention seems to have been made Galen Lee Rose, Berkeley, Calif., sent in contemporary Disciple periodicals a copy of McNutt-Brief History.of the concerning The Christian Teacher as we Christian Church of Almeda, (Calif.) have not seen it listed before. Perhaps only one volume 'Yas ever issued. Marvin E. Smith, Lewiston, Idaho, sent the History of the First Christian Although most of the articles were Church of Lewiston, 1944. written by Mr. Comings there were a few by other persons. James Shannon The Department of Public Relations of contributed an 8 page article "An In- Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., quiry into the Terms of Christian Union," sent The Crimson, Transylvania year- and the Millennial Harbinger was quoted. book for 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, '1940, Evidently Mr. Comings returned to 1941, 1944, 1945. Our library already full fellowship with the Christian Con- had the ones for 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, nection group in his later life, as his 1905, 1909, and 1910. Who can send the ,name is mentioned in that denomina- years missing from our file? tion's historical works.
From the United Christian Missionary A Campbell Contract Society, Indianapolis, Ind., was secured several scrapbooks, eight boxes of out- John Paul Pack, Chattanooga, Tenn., dated slides, including a set showing the sent photostat copy of a contract be- life of Garfield; a box of pictures and tween Alexander Campbell and Morias negatives; Crown-Romance of the Rural Hansbrough for the purchase of land Ministry; and Ross-Guide' to the Use of from Campbell by Hansbrough. It is the Achievement Chart. dated March 28, 1822, and was signed for Campbell by his agent, James Campbell. Matthew Votruba, Chicago, 111., gave a copy of the Re-dedication Program, It is an interesting document for May 18, 1947, of the Barry (Ill.) Chris- students of Campbell's business inter- tian Church. ests because of a reservation clause at the end of the contract. World Call Office gave several copies of the Centennial Convention Program, Mr. Pack also sent a photostat copy of 1909. the minutes of a meeting of the church at Harrison, Ohio, April 13, 1844. A C. C. Ware, Wilson, N. C., sent a type- resolution to tax each male member of script copy of the last thirteen pages the congregation 12% cents a month for of Lamar's Recollection of Pioneer Days the purpose of paying a proclaimer for in Georgia. the county was defeated. Among the list of contributors was Alexander Campbell Rare Periodical with a pledge of 50 cents, but we doubt The Christian Teacher, vol. 1, 1842, that this was Alexander Campbell of size 6 x 10, 192 pages, a quarterly pub- Brooke bounty, Virginia. lica.tion edited by A. G. Comings, Salem, Scott's Evangelists Massachusetts, has recently been added to our archives by purchase. The Union A few months ago.Merrill L. Cadwell, List of Serials locates only one copy and then minister of the First Christian that at the American Antiquarian S.o- Church of Connelsville, Penn., discovered ciety, Worcester, Mass. _ in the tower of the church issues for several years of The Evangelist edited A. G. Comings was actively identified and published by Walter Scott. Through with the Disciples during the 1840's as the kindness of the official board of the pastor of a church at Salem, Mass., and church these periodicals were sent to the as a publisher of the Genius of Chris- historical society. tianity, a semi-monthly paper issued in the interest of primitive Christianity. The following were additions to our Walter Scott, in his Evangelist, published file of Evangelists: August, October, and letters concerning the work at Salem, November 1839; January to November and Alexander Campbell, in his Millennial 1840; January, February, April to July, DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 25
October and December 1841; January· book is hand-made, leather bound, 3% to April, June, July, September, October by 5% inches in size. It was given to and December 1842. . W. G. Surber, 1844-1914, by a niece of John Smith, when Surber was a student Other numbers in 1838 and 1839 wo.>re at the College of the Bible. The note duplicates and will be placed with our book is now in the possession of. Miss institutional members who need them Carrie Surber, Akron, Ohio, daughter of to complete their files. W. G. Surber." Mr. Shaw adds that "In typing the Valuable Scrapbook notes, page numbers were carried out as in the original; some pages skipped Mrs. L. E. Lakin during the 1930's and a few numbers duplicated. Smith's compiled a scrapbook titled History of spelling was also followed. Notations the 2d District (Missouri) Churches, were all in the same hand writing and Councils, and Missionary Organizations. with a few exceptions, were quite legible. Aft!;r the death of Mrs. Lakin the book The wriiing shows no indication of palsy, was sent to the Society archives at the as suggested in Williams' book." request of Mr. Lakin of Inyokern, Calif. From a casual observation of the note In addition to the history and illus- book and a reading of Wililams' biogra- trative items of the churches of seven- phy a discrepancy is found.' The note teen counties the book contains intro- book is headed Eld. John Smith, Owings- ductory material concerning the origin ville, Ky., and contains entries for 1852 and development of the Disciples. There and 1853. Williams said that Smith sold are interesting photographs of Alexander his home in Mount Sterling and pur- Campbell and the Campbell Home, ex- chased property in Georgetown where terior and interior. he lived' from October 1851 to the death The countries whose history is covered o.f his wif~ in' 1861. According to Wil- by the scrapbook are: Bates, Benton, hams, SmIth had moved from Owings- Cass, Cole, Cooper, Franklin, Gasconade, ville to Mount Sterling in 1849. How Henry, Johnson, LaFayette, Maries, then does one account for Smi~h's address Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, as Owingsville in 1852:? and Saline. Smith preached regularly these years A survey of the 1x>okshows that there at Georgetown, Oxford,' and Old Union. are seventeen original photographs, six printed histories and fifty-four manu- The Christian Almanac script histories among the various items. A copy of The Christian Almanac, Photographs include those of John A. published by L. H. Dowling, Indianapolis, Brooks, J. A. Lord, C. H. Dutcher, J. W. Ind, 1867, was borrowed from A. T. De- Mountjoy, G. W. Longan, Allen Wright, Groot, Los Angeles, Calif., who allowed G. R. Hand, and two of Alexander Proc- us to type the following sections (all of ter, one of which was taken on his seven- the material pertaining to the Disci- ty-fifth birthday. pIes): Evangelists of the Church of Christ; General S,ummary; Christi:m John Smith's Note Book Literary Institutions; Christian Period- icals; and Publishing Establishments. From Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio, we have received a typescrip copy of a According to the almanac, Disciples had note book kept by "Racoon" John Smith, 341,050 members; 1642 preachers; 27 1784:'1868, for the years 1852-1853. educational institutions; 26 periodicals and 6 publishing establishments in 1867. Mr. Shaw, in his words of explanation, says "It contains an account of the :;;er- L. H. Dowling, 1844-1911, the ,pub- mons preached at various places during lisher, later moved to California where these years. Some of the sermon outlines he wrote and published The Aquarian are given in detail. In addition, the book Gospel in 1908 under his first name of contains somp. miscellaneous material ... Levi. He was probably a brother of Wil- of value, as 'Williams' biography of Smith liam Worth Dowling, 1834-1920, author has little on this period." of many Sunday school helps and editor of Sunday school materials for the Chris- Mr. Shaw continues, "The orginal note tion Publishing Company. 26 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947
Campbell and Errett Letters . TO STUDY DISCIPLES From W. E. Garrison, Chicago, Ill., Many women's organizations of the was received two original letters from brotherhood will study the history of the first and second generation Disciple Disciples of Christ the second half of leaders, Alexander Campbell and Isaac the missionary year 1947-1948 according Errett. to plans released with the recent publi- cation of the Yearbook for Adult Mis- The Campbell letter was written to a sionary Groups by the United Christian Mr. Stocton, December 22, 1840, in reply Missionary Society. to a request for statistics concerning the membership of the reformation "The Pageant of a Century" will be- movement. This letter came to Dr. the title of the program series while Garrison from his aunt, Mrs. J. H. Smart, "The Disciples of Christ" will be tho who received it from Mrs. M. M. B. subject of the discussion course. A Goodwin to whom it hacl been sent by packet of materials will be released in Selina Huntington Campbell, Campbell's December for the program series and second wife. Miss Lois Anna Ely is preparing Dis- ciples of Christ-An Inventory, for the- The second letter, written by Isaac discussion courses. Errett to J. }[. Garrison, April 3, 1885, is interesting because, of Errett's ref- erence to a letter from the Christian ·Publishing Company in regard to "a mat- HISTORICAL CARA VAN ter to which there should have been no continued from page 17 misunderstanding." John Enochs, Jr., Tyler, Texas, will be a Junior at Texas Christian University OUR WANTS: next year. He has worked two years al.> continued from page 18 an assistant in the University library. John isa member of the First Christian Davis, J. L., The Mountain Preacher. Church of Tyler of which Ewart Wyle is minister. Emmons, F. W., The Voice of One Cry- ing in the Wilderness. Margaret Ruth Finney, Ashland, Ohio, will be a second semester Junior at Eudora, Ways'ide Notes and Fireside Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Chats. next fall. She was assistant editor of the University paper last year. Her Fairhurst, Alfred, My Good Poems. membership is with the First Christian Faurot, ,Randal, The Pilgrims Prog- Church of Ashland of which Jay Booth' ress. is minister. Franklin, Benjamin, A Book of Gems. Virginia Lee. Smith, AmarilIo, Texas, was a Sophomore at West State Teach- Gardner Gardner, M. A., Autobiog- ers College, Canyon, Texas, last winter. raphy. Roy C. Snodgrass is her minister at Amarillo First Christian Church. Griggs, Five Addresses and Devotional Poems. T,here is not space to enumerate the activities of these young folks in regard Hardin, J. H., The Sunday School to church, Sunday school and CYF work. Helper. AlI have varied interests in college and Harrison, 1. W., Beyond the Battle's community life. Rim. After ten days of intensive problems, Harrison, I. W., Memoirs of William under the direction of the Curator. Claude Temple Withers. E. 'Spencer, assisted by Henry K. Shaw of Elyria, Ohio, the students spent the Howard, J. R., Christianity Illus- remaining part of their stay in Canton trated. working in the archives. Jenkins, B. A., Heroes of the Faith. A fuII report of their three weeks at S'Ociety headquarters will be made in the King·, Louise, Memoirs of David King. October issue of DISCIPLIANA. DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 27
NEWS NOTES HOW'S YOUR DQ?
James A. Crain, Indianapolis, Ind., Op April 27, 1947, the members of the gave a series of lectures, The Disciples congregation of the Elyria, Ohio, First of Christ, May 11 to 14, 1947, at the Christian Ohurch found the following Church of Christ, Disciples, Danbury, Quiz on Disciple' Celebrities in their Conn. church bulletin.
Richard James, member of the Board "Quiz progr'lms seen to be the of Directors of DCRS, has gone to the popular thing these days. Test your- ministry of the Oak Cliff CHristian self on your knowledge of Disciple Church, Dallas, Texas, from the Battery celebrities by trying to name the Park Church, Richmond, Va. person suggested by the hints after As a backdrop for the baptistry of each ,numeral. Answers may be the Rosenbery (Texas) Christian church found elsewhere on this page. Mrs. Floy Sue Tansil painted a picture 1. He wrote "Stardust" and "But- of Buffalo Creek where the Campbells termilk Skies". were baptized in 1812. Her'model was a photograph ,published in The Christian- 2. Once popular on the Hour of Evangelist several years ago. r.harm. as "Vivian", daughter of a Disciple preacher, now on a . Life, for June 2, 1947, carried a nine- national network. page article, "Congo Mission" with pic- tures by N. R. Farbman and text by 3. An opera singer who retired Donald Burke, about the Disciples while still young. Monieka mission station. As a result of the article Life received a hundred dollnr 4. He runs organized baseball but check for Dr. Henderson's work accor, l- once preached in Disciple ing to the June 23 issue., churches. Clods of Southern Earth, a book of 5. Movie star who gives the girls poems by Don West, is dedicated "to a heart-throb. Alva W. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn., teach- 6. Queen of the fan dancers. er, who has the rare ability to imbue his students with salt in themselves and to 7. Movie comedian with the large cause them to penetrate further the front horn-rimmed spectacles. lines of the people's struggle than he himself was called upon to do" ... 8. Disciple preacher who' followed the Huey Long tradition. Colby D. Hall, Brite College of the Bible, Texas Christian University and 9. Top general in World War II. member of the Board of Directors of Senator who made headlines by DCHS, has written a 390 page book 10.,. i1eclaring, "President Truman The History of Texas Christian Univer- ought to appoint a Republican sity which will soon be published by The ~ecretary of State and resign Texas Christian University Press, Fort from office." Worth, Texas. Harriet-Louise H. Patterson, Cleve- "How To Determine land, Ohio, a member of DCHS Board of Your DQ" Directors, will be a weekly speaker at Chautauqua Lake the last two weeks in To know where you stand on the July and the first two weeks in August. Quiz, give yourself 10 points for pach correct answer. Add the poins to get your discipliquotient. If your DQ is 30 or below you are too in- WANTED: tl'Tested in serious things to ever be in danger of Campbellitus. If it's Touchst NEW BOOKS RECEIVED Ross, Charles Marion and McRae, Glenn. The Superintendent Faces. His Task. Filbeck, James Orval, 1912- St. Louis, Mo. Bethany Press, 1947. 96 pages. The Christian Evidence Movement; or, the Christian Evidence Movement as A booklet for the Sunday school su- Related to American Schools. Kansas perintendent to use in evaluating his job City, Mo., The Old Paths Book Club, and doing it more effectively. 1946. 216 pag~. A study showing the influence of English deism upon religious and educa- Sharp, Cecil James, 1876- tional institutions of the United States and the movement to combat that influ- The Bible For Youth. Cincinnati, ence. The author, a professor in Abi- Standard Publishing Co., 1947. 127 pages. lene Christian College, prepared the book as thesis for the Ph.D. degree at A Bible text book for junior high or the University of Texas. intermediate and senior ages for use in public-school work, Sunday school classes, Christian service camps and daily vacation schools. Foster, Dorothy Fay, ed. New Testament Heroes. Acts of .Apostles Visualized, Book Two. Cincin- Workbook for "Life of Christ Visual- nati,. Standard Publishing Co., 1947. 47 ized." Cincinnati, Standard Publishing pages. Color illustrations. Co., 1947. 47 pages. Another volume in the highly popular A wookbook for all three volumes in "Bible visualized" series. the Life of Christ Visualized series. Foster, Rupert Clinton, 188- Ware, Charles Crossfield, 1886- Studies in the Life of Christ (Early Rountree Chronicles, 1827-1840; Doc- period) Volume 1. Cincinnati, Standard umentary Primer of a Tar Heel Faith. Publishin.g Co., (carr. pub.), 1947. 30,2 Wilson, N. ·C., North Carolina Christian pages. Missionary Convention, 1947. 64 pages. Illustrated. Originally published in 1938 by F. L. Rowe. A study of the Rountree Church of North Carolina whicn includes the text of the covenant of 1827 and the church " minutes 1827 to 1840. These were only Ivy, Frankie Oliver. recently discovered by Mr. Ware. There is genealogical record of Jesse Rountree Women at Worship; More Devotional (the founder of the church) and his de- Talks for Women's Organizations. scendants. Cincinnati, Standard Publishing Co., 1944. 118 pages. WANTED: Devotional talks for women. Lawson, P. B., Life, Character . . • Sermons of Alexander Graham. Kendrick, Carroll, 1815- Lindsay, Vachel, The Village Magazine (all printings). Rules of Bible Study. Kansas City, Mo., Old Paths Book Club, 1946. xiv, 271 Lucas, D. R., Apostolic Hymns and pages. Songs. A reprint from the author's Live Re- Maclachlan, H. D. C., Poems. ligious Issues of the Day, originally pub- Maus, C. P., Puerto Rico in Pictures lished in ,1890. and Poetry. DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 29 CALLING ALL MEMBERS dianapolis. Chairman Warren and mem- bers Blackmore, Short, ,spencer and New Members Moseley were present. A number of A list of members whose applications items were considered and some recom- were received March 27 to June 20, 1!:147: mendations were made to the Executive Committee in regard to our convention Cadwell, Merrill L., Warren, O. meetings. Hyten, Blaine, Kansas City, Mo. Rose, Galen Lee, Berkeley, Calif., DCHS at the Convention Soheets, Ervin D., Indianapolis, Ind. The Society has planned for a two unit Smith, Harlie L., Fulton, Mo. booth space at the conventions, and the Smith, Marvin E., Lewiston, Idaho curator will have an interesting exhibit Sugioka, James, Indianapolis, Ind. showing Disciple literature around the Votruba, M. J., Chicago, Ill. world. Publications from the mission Williamson, Homer J., Indianapolis, Ind. presses in Africa and India wjll be featured in the display. Life Members Society members are requested to visit Junior W. Evcrhard, Cleveland, 0., our booth upon arrival at the convention, became a life member in April: Mr. and make it their headqdarters during Everhard has shown his interest in things their stay in Buffalo. hi~torical through his work afl DCliS architent for the Campbell home. As DISCIPLIANA goes to press the following meetings have been scheduled Local Church Members for Buffalo: The First Christian Church, Seattle, Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 a. m. Plan- Wash., became a member of the society ning Committtee-Breakfast with Warner Muir and Paul B. Kennedy Thursday, July 31, 7:00 a. m. Board as individual members. of Directors-Breakfast The Peachtree Christian Church, At- Friday, August 1, 7:00 a. m. Research lanta, Ga., became a member of the so- conference-Breakfast ciety with Robert W. Bl'rns and Ray C. Saturday, August 2, 9:30 p. m. Annual Lang as individual members. meeting The Central Christian Ohurch, Jack- Monday, August" 4, 7:00 a. m. Board sonville, Ill., hecame a member of the of Directors-Breakfast society with Roy S. Hulan as an indi- vidual member. Places of meeting will be announced in the convention program booklet and Institutional Members on a poster at our booth. The Board of Higher .Education and the Board of Church Extension became HOW'S YOUR DQ? institutional members during the quar- continued from page 27 ter. hecause it clearly indicates discip- Dues! linerosis. If it's 90 to 100, it's too The curator is again asking for pay- late to do anything about you for mfTIt of 1947 dues. Mail a check now; you're already a disciplimaniac and or, give it personally at the society you may as well give the preacher exhibit and booth at the conventions. a dollar to make you a member of the Disciples Historical Society." Committees Meet "Answers The Executive Committee of the So- ciety met April 13-14 in the Indianapolis. 1. Hoagy Carmichael, 2. Hollace President Moseley, Curator Spencer and Shaw, 3. Marion Talley, 4. Happy members Hensley and Shaw were pres- Chandler, 5. Ronald Reagan, 6. Sally ent. Final plans were made for various Rand, 7. Harold Lloyd, 8. Gerald L. Society activities at the convention this K. Smith, 9.' Gen. Omar Bradley, 10. $ummer. Senator J. W. Fullbright." The Planning Committee met April 14 The minister of the church, Henry K. in the Indianapolis Athletic Club at In- Shaw prepared this bit of pleasantry. 30 DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 RESEARCH AND WRITING Fleming, Samuel Lafayette Theses Religious Disputation Between Alex- del' Campbell and Nathan L. Rice. B. D., We recently received through the Butler School of Religion, 1946. courtesy of Howard E. Short and Richard Goins, Lexington, Ky., the following Fraley, Adrian V. thesis: . The Histori'cal Setting and Some In- Goins, Richard. fluences of the Declaration and Address as Reflected in the Religious Press from A History of the College of the' Bible, 1810 to 1860. B. D., Butler School of B. D., College of the Bible, 1947. Religion, 1946. Dr. Short also sent a copy of a term Doran, James E. paper. prepared by Bernice Wright, Progress Through 'Expansion; a History A Study of the History of the Living of tbe First Christian Church ,of Bristol, Benevolent Imtitutions of Disciples' of W. Va. Christ with Particular Reference to Their. Current Status. B. D. Butler In Progress School of Religion, 194-6. ' Frank M. Bain, Butler School of Reli- Johnstone, William Milton gion, The Contribution of John John R. Howard to the Reformation of the 19th The Churches of Christ in Manitoba, Century. Canada. B. D., Butler S-ehool of Religion, 1946. J .• T. Hill, Butler School of Religion, An Investigation of Methods used in Norris, William .0. Certain Churches of Christ Promoting Independent Missions. A History of the Church of Christ on Little Flat Rock. B. D., Butler School of Maurice 'Knott, University of Ken- Religion, 1946. tucky, The Disciples in Kentucky in Rela- tion to the War Between the States. Scott, Harold Walker Dwight E. Stevenson, Lexington, Ky., Editorial Policies of The Christian- has recently completing editing and 're- Evangelist and Christian Standard. B. D., writjng a biography of Robert Richard- Butler School of Religion, 1946. son which' was' originally prepared by Cloyd Goodnight. Jones, Medford H. Matthew J. Votruba, Disciples Divinity A Critique of Evangelism Among the HeuEe, spent several days in May in the Churches of Christ, 1825-1850. B. D., Society archives working on his B. D. Butler School of Religion, 1946. thesis, The Interpretation of the Lord's S.upper Among the Disciples of Christ. St .••ken bruck, Earl , James. G. Van Buren, Pittsburgh, A Summary and Evaluation of Co- Penn., is the author of a two-part article operative Principles and Procedures of in The Christian Standard, June 7 and Disciples of Christ in the United States 14, 1947; "Alexander Campbell's Tour of in Refere~ce to Foreign Missions. B. D. the Northeast". Butler S-ehool of Religion, 1946. Thompson, William Lester' A History of the Churches of Christ THESES SUPPLEMENT in Jackson County, Indiana. The Fron- tier Period. B.' D., Butler School of Re- These theses shol'ld be added to your ligion, 1946. su pplement of 'l'heses Concerning the Disciples of Christ. Chv.ndler, Frederick Arthur WANTED: The' Church of Christ in Wisconsin. The Conquest, periodical published by B. D.; Butln ~chool of Religion, 1946. Disciple Publishing Society, Chicago. DISCIPLIANA, JULY 1947 31 . , DIE?CIPLIANA, published January, April, July, and October by the .Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Canton, Missouri. Founded by the Ministerial AssoCiation of Culver-Stockton College, volume 1, number 1, was issued March, 1941. Volumes 1-3 were mimeographed. With volume 6 the Disciples of Christ Historical Society assumed publication. . Entered as Second Class Matter April 26, 1944, at the Postoffice at Canton, Missouri, under Act of August 24, 1912. Claude E. Spencer, Editor Officers of the Society J. Edward Moseley, President . W. H. Hanna, Vice-President A. T. DeGroot, Secretary-Treasurer Claude E. Spencer, Curator • Subscription to DISCIPLIANA is included in the membership dues of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society. The price of an annual subscription to non-members is $1.00. VOL. 7 JULY 1947 NO. 2 AGAIN AND AGAIN spring of Brush Run and our oldest rural congregation with continuous AND AGAIN 4istory. Since the first issue of DISCIPLIANA 3. The proper improvement of the we have tried to bring to our readers Campbell homestead at Bethany and news concerning historical activities of the erection there of a fireproof de- f the' Disciples; past as well as present. pository for documents and other From time to time we have told of the atticles of historical significance. ' formation of organizations in the past for the preservation of our records, 4. The restoration and preservation books, periodicals and shrines. In every under proper custodian of Cane instance the story has been the same, Ridge Meeting-house at North ~id- failure. dletown, Ky. A new case has come to our notice. In It was proposed that $87,000 be raised the Christian Standard for Al,1gust, 1931, for the total projects involved and that S. S. Lappin in an article titled "Dutch $60,000 of the amount be. spent at the Fork, Bethany, and Cane Ridge, Our Campbell Home. As usual, another Scandelous Neglect", made a plea for failure. support of. a Brush Run and Cane Ridge Are we Disciples always doomed to Historical Association which had been failure in our attempts at the preserva- formed by the elders, deacons and mem- tion of our heritage? Will we be able bers of the Dutch Fork Christian Church to awake from o.ur lethargy in time to (Penn.). Ac:cording to a resolution of the church, October 12, -1930, the aims preserve the early materials of our heri- tage before it is too late? Fire and of the association were as follows: time take their toils each year. It would 1. The appropriate marking of the be tragic if the awakening came after site of the Brush Run meeting-house, we had nothing left to ,Preserve. the placing of a suitable stone at the point on Buffalo Creek'where Alex- ander Campbell was baptized, and WANTED: another at the grave of father LU,fe, who baptized the Campbells. King, W. P., Story of a Country Doc- tor. 2. The erection at Dutch Fork of a modest, but suitable, memorial meet- Kurfees, M. C., Instrumental Music in ing-house, this being the first off- Worship. POSTMASTER-If undeliverable, notify us on Form 3578 FOR YOUR INFORMATION The'Disciples of Christ Historical Society was organized May 5, 1941, at St. Louis, Missouri, and received the approval of the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ which was- then in session. The convention at that time appointed the Society Custodian of Convention archives. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further the interest of the Dis: ciples of Christ (sometimes known as Christian Church or Church of Christ) in its- religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, and development. Membership is open to any individual, institution or or.ganization that is in ac- cord with the purpose of the &lciety. In 1946 the Society secured as a gift from Culver-Stockton College, the va'luable Henry Barton Robison Collection of Literature ;Relating to the Disciples of Christ which contains thousan,dsof books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts and illustra- tive materials dealing with the religious groups which grew out of the Restoration movement fostered VOL. 7 OCTOBER 1947 NO.3 ALEXANDER CAMPBELL'S DeHS CAN HELP LIBRARY WRITERS Charles Penrose, assistant librarian, How can the Disciples of Christ Hii- Bethany College, has rendered a valu- tOl'ical Society Best Serve Research able service to students of brotherhood Workers? was the subject of' a two sec- history by compiling a short title list of tion conference held during the Inter- national Convention at the Hotel Lafay- the b'Joks in Alexander Cambpells's per- ette in Buffalo, N. Y., August 1. The sonal library which Mr. Campbell willed to first section was composed of the teach- Bethany College. The typewritten list, ers of church history in our colleges including supplementary pages showing while the second group included writers the contents of four bound volumes of and independent i'esearch workers. pamphlets, has 46 letter size pages. The library is in two parts. 'In the first Stephen J. England, Dean of the Col- part each book has MI'. Campbell's book lege of the Bible, Phillips University, label and a number. The volumes in the End, Okla., presided over the first sec- second part do not have numbers. tion. Others present were Dean Walker of Butler University, A. T. DeGroot of According to Mr. Penrose, who has Chapman College, Howard Shor~ 01 .the arranged the first part numerically, th,e College of the Bible, Ronald Osborn of highest number is 655, but there a.re Northwest Christian College, and W. more than 400 gaps in the list. In other Barnett Blakemore of the Disciples Di- words, more t.han 400 books which were vinity House. The following conclusions - in the original Campbell library, having were reached: the Campbell label and number, are miss- ing. from the present collection. The 1) That aid could be given to gntdu" second part; 416 volumes, those books ate students doing historical re" not numbered, MI'. Penrose has arranged search work through extending' the alphabetically. There is, of course, no facilities of the society to thQ stu: way in which missing volumes from dent. this group can be estimated. 2) That it would be desirable for such Item 14th of MI'. Campbell's will, dated students to visit· DCHS archives and March 31, 1862, reads: "I will and ordain talk over their problems with. the that my library, consisting of many ·curator. rare and useful works not frequently, if now at all in the market, are to be added 3) That materials could be' n~ade to the library at Bethany College as a available through the preparation. of donation from me, to which my family and a union catalog, through specialized descendants shall always have free ac- indexes and through the microfilm_ cess. I except out of this donation only ing of rare and unusual items .. such modern and popular works as are of easy acquisition. These I wish my The second section, with Dwight E. family to retain and to distribute Stevenson, author of Walter Scott, V.Oice amongst themselves to their own taste of the Golden Oracle, as chairman; dis~ and pleasure." cussed the question of how the i.illpciety can be of service to writers. ;).\1ost of Under the ambiguous terms of the will those who attended the the first section members of the Campbell family selected stayed for the second. Others who came thE' books they wished to keep. That Mrs. were Earnest W. Lundeen, Mr. and Mrs. see next page see page 37 34 DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 Decima Campbell Barclay selected 200 CAMPBELL HOME PROGRESS volumes from the library is shown in a letter written to F. M. Rains, dated July Plans for fund solicitation from incli- 27, 1917. In the letter is a vivid descrip- viduals and churches for the Restoration tive paragraph about the young Camp- of the Campbell Home, Bethany, W. Va., bell rescuing his beloved books from the were made at meeting of the Campbell sea after his shipwreck and drying those Home Committee at Buffalo, N. Y., Aug- books on a line on the beach. ust 21. Those attending the meeting were Dwight E. Stevenson, W. H. Cramblet, Mrs. Barclay says: "I have often held Irvin T. Green, Henry K. Shaw, and these "sea-stained" volumes in my hand, Claude E. Spencer. with reverent and grateful feeling in my heart, when thinking of how he loved The first part of the repair, restoration and cared for them! His Library was and development of the Mansion schedule not as extensive as it was select, and his calls for fundr: THREE EVENTFUL WEEKS by Margaret Finney, Editorial note: "Peg," as Margaret was familiarly known, being a jour-. nalistic major, was asked to write news stories' about the Historical Caravan for both the secular and religious papers as a part of her Caravan duties. To four young people baking in the school class of intermediates. On campus Missouri sun on June 26 while waiting she represents the Disciples on the 'cabi- . fqr Claude E. Spencer to drive from net of the Student Christian Fellowship flooded, Canton to Taylor after them, the and is assistant editor of the university ne,me Disciples of Christ Historical paper. In Ashland she. attends First Society was yet a hazy term. They had Christian, J. Booth, minister. ju~t left the 15 other caravaners at Webst~r Groves, near St. Louis, where Virginia is secretary of the Texas the teams had been in training since Disciple Student Fellowship lind past- .Jt:ne 21. Thf"ir instructions merely said president of the' District I Christian that thev would serve three weeks at. Youth Fellowship. A speech major, she' the Archives in classes of history, litera- will be a junior at West Texas State ture, and research, and that it would College, Canyon. In Amarillo she attends include books. Each had his own theory First Christian, Roy C. Snodgrass, min- w'·ich ranged from workirg in a museum ister. to sorting. old rr.agnines. Finally in The Archives proved to be a series of dObpairthey decided that only time would rooms in the basement of the women's tell. dormitory, "knee deep" with books and The training program was originally periodicals of all descriptions. Quite a scheduled for Canton, but high 'water jolt for the caravaners whose conception of Disciple history was bounded by a half marooned all the caravaners near the dozen books and a few pamphlets. Spen- ~t. Louis area. The general teams were to spend five weeks after training work- cer explained that the socity was at- tempting to collect all material .by or in with churches in Missouri and Illinois. about Disciples. The quartet, refreshed When Spencer 'and Henry King Shaw by a good meal, inspected the collection of Elyria, Ohio, who was to teach the and declared that they would like to have class in history, arrived, the four weary a year to just sit and read the many travelers, Claire Marie Brewer of Hunt- books. in~ton, West Virginia, John. Enochs, team leader from Tyler, Texas, Margaret The next ten days included a series of Finney of Ashland, Ohio, and Virginia classes and the caravaners presented Sll'ith of Amalil!o, Texas, piled in and reports on Barton W. Stone, the Camp- soon found themselves at Culver-Stock- bell Debates, and the Missionary Socie- ton Collegoe where the society archives ties; became a,cquainted with the promi~ are located. nent authors and writing in. the brother- hood; and "sweat blood" over card cata- ('laire Marie is a member of Hunting- logs and indexes. Trips to town meallt ton's' Central Christian Church where more paper to fill the already swelling Rev. J. Garshaw is minister. ~>heteaches notebooks and, of course, a coke. in the junior department and is active in young people's wock. For three years Classes over, Henry went back to she attended Marshall College, but will Elyria and the quartet made photo- tl'amfer to Bethany this fall to study copies of books, wrote indexes, and' religious education. worked with Alexander Campbell's Mil- lennial Harbinger. There were a number JO!1n is a junior at Texas Qhristian of reading "musts" too and the four soon University, Fort Worth, and is preparing learned that questions were answered for the ministry. His home church is with "now here are so'nie books that First Ch~istian in Tyler where Dr. Ewart explain it." Wyle is minister. "Anything can happen on 'a ca,ravan" is. Margaret is a junior at Bowling Green the unofficial slogan of Disciple caravan- (Ohio) State University where she maj- ers, and as far as the historical group orsin journalism and social studies. Dur- is concerned, no truer Words could be ing the school year she teaches a church spoken. A lost suitcase added to the 36 DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 tenseness of the first day at Taylor, the JAMES LANE ALLEN group took their first ferry boat ride on the Father of Waters,','and typhoid 'shots A DISCIPLE! were taken "just in case." For at least For years we have been trying to three, this was the first flood, a~d ama- learn whether James Lane Allen was a teur photographers recorded thelr share member of the church. Of course it was of the scenes. known that he came from a Disciple family, was educated at Kentucky Uni- )udging from the drug store s~ales, the floods was plentiful-and good, too. The versity and taught a~ Bethany College. caravaners used choice rooms, swam in His Reign of Law was a criticism of the dorm pool and spent early evening the teaching of religion in Kentucky hours playing croquet or visiting with University and as such caused much the summer school students. controversy in the daily press and reli- gion journals. But no one today could July 18, was bou~d to arrive, and al- tell us where or when he joined the though they were anxious to see the church, if ever. Most of the evidence friends at ho'me, the four regretted that pointed to no connection with the church. they must leave. When' the tr'ain pulled Recently we purchased James Lane out of Canton' Friday ,mornjng, all felt Allen and the Genteel Tradition, 1935, richer for the experience the past' month. by Grant C. Knight and find that James Conceptions of the scope of DCHS were H. Stover, a classmate of Allen's said widened, and they realized the import- that "Laney" joined the Mnin Street ance of the, work of the Society -has done. Christian Church in Lexington in 1867 Now that the summer's training was ,during a revival meeting held by Mosei! over, they felt it their duty to tell people E. Lard. in home churches about the rich heritage of literature and the story of the early The Knight book is a must for col- Disciples. lectors of Disciple material because of the treatment of Allen's relations with Without a doubt-it was a privilege. two Disciple higher institutions of learn- ing and the Reign of Law controversy. There is a complete bibliography of Al- len's writings. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL'S After a careful check we find that we LIBRARY need the following titles: Aftermath, 1895 continued from page 34 The Alabaster Box, 1923 W. Stone, or works from other first The Bride of the Mistletoe, 1909 generation Disciples in his library! One Chimney Corner Graduates, 1900 can surmise that those were the books The Heroine in Bronze, 1912 he considered "modern and popular John Gray; a Kentucky Tale of the works of easy acquisition." Olden Time, 1893 Mr. Penrose plans to expand this short The Kentucky Warbler, 1918 title list into an annotated catalog giving The Landmark, 1925 ,full biographical details with eventual The Last Christmas Tree, 1914 publication in book form. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame, 1892 Summer in Aready, 1896 The Sword of Youth, 1915 Two Gentlemen of Kentucky, 1899 The Macmillan company issued three advertising booklets about Allen; the first in 1897, another in 1900 and a final one in 1910. These also are on our want list, as is a copy of Modern Culture for December 1900 which had an article, "The Historical Background of Allen's Reign of Law" by J. Z. Tyler. Another want is James Lane Allen, a Personal Campbell's ,book labels were % x 1% Note by John Wilson Townsend, pub- inches. Some were printed with blue lished in 1927. borders and some with pink. The search is on! DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 INTERNATIONAL AND 'WORLD 2) Approach editors to get clearance for publication o.f valuable books in CONVENTIONS ENDORSE DCHS the ~istdrical field. ' DCHS received a strong endorsement 3) Encourage publication of needed by resolutions of the International and books with limited sale appeal World Conventions meeting in Buffalo, through securing subsidies either N. Y., July 29-August 7. . from private individuals or our reg- ular publishing houses. The society, created by the official ac- 4) Hold conferences with writers who tion of the International Convention in are about to produce manuscripts in 1941 ane! made custodian of convention the historical field. Content, ap- archives, became affiliated with the Con- proach, possible sources, and the like vention in 1946. This year the following could be presented at such meetings. resolution was approved by convention action: 5) Give technical help with the man- uscript, as index preparation. "We recommend that the Disciples of Christ Historical Society be commended 6) Help locate historical source ma- for its efforts to maintain and furth,'l' terial. Among a ·number of ways in the interests of Disciples of Christ in which this' could be achieved were their religious heritage, background and the following: development and for its plans for ex- pansion and enlarged service; that local a. The immediate preparation of churches participate in this program of a brochure, What is Historical' preserving and disseminating knowledge ~aterial. of our heritage by becoming members of the society and that local churches in- b. Foster magazine articles from crease their efforts to appreciate our time to time highlighting the his- brotherhood history through the many torical phase of brotherhood life, days as in the calendar which offers op- emphasizing in particular what portunity; such as local church anniver- people at -large can do to further saries, anniversaries of brotherhood sig- this work. nificance and especially those national days which afford opportunity to relate c. Make a mailing list of the de- the meaning of our brotherhood to the scimdants of important. Disciple larger common life." personalities. The World Convention also approved d.- Persuade families to give let- the work of the society by becoming- an ters, manuscripts and other ma- institutional member and designating terial to the society. the society as custodian of World Con- e. Microfilming of records where vention archives. 10,cated when such recotds are not willingly turned over to the so- ciety. . DCHS CAN HELP f. College should be contacted for their records and publications. WRITERS g. State secretaries should ~e en- continued from page 33 listed in the program. . Chest.er Hensley, W. E. Garrison, Eva Jean Wrather, Louis A. Warren, and The officers of the society are much Reuben Butchart. Claude E. Spencer, encouraged with the results' of the con- curator of the society, arranged for both ference and are planning future confer~ meetings. ences with other groups of brotherhood workers. Six ways were suggested in which DCH8- can help writers: 1) Survey the field of Disciple his- Wanted: On the ~order by E~mund torical writing and make sugges- Kirke published in 1867. This is. a nQve~ tions of subject fields in which books of Civil War years, and ,has the story Of should be written. Garfield's campaigns. 38 DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 ACCESSIONS 18'72. Each number of this periodical printed one sermon, with a biographical Material received June 21 to October sketch of the author, together with a 1, 1947, and not mentioned elsewhere in page of news notes about Chicago min- this issue. (R) after an entry means isters. This issue has "The Christian that it was credited to the Robison col- System" by O. A. Burgess. lection. pu'rchases Exchanges Christian-Evangelist Convention Daily, Alexander-The Life of Guiteau (Gar- August 6, 1947. field's assassin) The Constitution of the Presbyterian Brown-More Things to Think About (R) Church in the U.S.A., 1916. Gifts Christian Hymnary for the Use of Churches of Christ. (R) A. N. Allen, Canton, Mo., presented Christian Hymnary Tune Book. (R) photographs of the officers of the Can- ton Christian Church. One picture shows Christian Hymnary Tune Book-Sup- the chairman of the finance committee plement. (R) receiving from the treasurer a check for the total amount of the church's quota Colver and Williamson-Training for for A Crusade for a Christian World. Church Membership. (R) The Canton church was the first church in the brotherhood to send in its quota. Flower-Progressive Men, Women and (R) Movements of the Past Twenty-five Years (Chapter ..xXIV, "Edwin Mark- J. F. Bellville, Elmira, N. Y., sent ham; Poet of Democracy.") the following: Bagby-The Philosophy of Denominationalism; Speer-Sermon on Gray-Discipleship in the Church. (R) Baptism; Yearbook 1946-First Church Gray-Individual Salvation is Not of Christ (Disciples), Elmira, N. Y.; The Enough. (R) Christian Times, Caneyville, Ky., vol. 1, no's 1, 2, and 8; Seventy-fifth Anniver- Lockley-Oregon's Yesterdays (Chap- sary, 1870-1945, Richmond Avenue ter XVI, "Edwin Markham's Boyhood") Church of Christ (Disciples), Buffalo, N. Y.; and Community Lenten Service, Report of the Commission on Ordina- 1945, prepared by Mr. Bellville. tion, Churches of Christ, England. (R) W. L. Ble1 a copy of a mimeographed Brief His- R. L. Harrell, Kankakee, Ill., sent the tory of First ChristiaI1 Church, Pitts- following: 100th· Anniversary, 1847- burgh, Pa., by W. H. Graham, 1915, and, 1947, Ladoga, Ind., Christian Church; everal prints of pictures from the One Hundredth Anniversary and Home- Campbell country in West Virginia and coming of the Sherburnville (Ill.) Church Pennsylvania. of Christ, 1840-1940,; In Memory of Horace Siberell, April 7, 1935-First A. T. DeGroot, Los Angeles, Calif., Christian Church, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; sent several orders of worship, local and orders of worship from various church papers and programs, including churches. the Fifty-ninth Annual Southern Cali· fornia Christian Churches Convention, Alden Lee Hill, Los Angeles, Calif., 1947; and Achievement Report, 1946-46 sent a photograph of a' tintype picture -Hollywood-Beverley Christian Church. of the log building of the Spring Creek Christian Church, Clay township, north- Ben F. Dixon, Soan Diego, Calif., sent east of Logansport, Ind. The church was Kelly - History of the Christian built four years after the separation from Cl!urches of San Diego County, Cali- the Baptists and was used until 1857. fornia; Neal and others-A Handbook Mr. Hill's ancestors were members of of the Young People's Commission of this church. Mr. Hill 'also sent an obit- Christian Churches of Southern Cali- uary of his father Benjamin Franklin fornia; The Chapman Challenger, vol. Hill. 1, no. 2 to No. 12, 1938-39; and some CentE;!nnial Convention, 1909, seals. (R) Richard L. James, Dallas, Texas, sent two packages of material; one contained Junior W.Everhard, Cleveland, 0., gave additions to his former gift of Ala- The Story: Seventy Years, aNew Build- ham~nia, the other had a lot of Mate ing-The First Christian Church, periodicals. Uhrichsville, 0., and a Landscape De- velopment for the First Christian Church, Helen Johann, Madison, Wis., sent a Elyria, Ohio. Mr. Everhard is the archi- copy of a photograph of the Eureka tect for both projects. College class of 1868. Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, Little Rock, Louise Lomax, 'Indianapolis, Ind., made Ark., sent a copy of Stark-Mary Ard- some photographs of our booth and ex- more, a Test of Faith. hibit at Buffalo and presented them to us. Irvin T. Green, Bethany, W. Va., gave 110. 7 of a series of Campbell Home Mrs. JessE: W. McGee, Niagara Falls, views distributed several years ago. This N. Y., gave to us at the convention .a O!le i~ labeled "Corner' of Buffalo Semi- Life Membership Certificate in the nary Built in 1818." We now have no's C.W.B.M., dated June 1, 1909~ 1, 4, 7, 9 and 10. All others will be gratefully received. Barclay Meador, St. Louis, Mo., sent among other items Richardson-Chris- Colby D. Hall, Fort Worth, Texas, sent tian Science; Not Christian and Not Brite College Sermons, 1937 and 1938, Science. and Moro-Paul's Message for Today. From . Midwest College, Oklahoma Orlando W. Hanks, Buffalo, N. Y., City, Okla., came a copy of the Program gave to us at the convention a manu- of the Midwest Christian Convention and script History of the West Pawlett Conference on Evangelism, 1946; to- Church, Vermont, prepared by Thomas gether with promotional material from Laing about 1881. the college including the Catalog 1947- 1948. Rex Harlan, Naches, Wash., sent a copy of a printed letter to non-resident E. C. Nance, Tamp'a, Fla., sent a copy members of the University Church of of his Brotherhood of Barbarism. Christ, Des Moines, Iowa, dated May 20, George L. Peters, Canton, Mo., brought 1921, and signed Charles S. Medbury. a badge and program from the 1947 W. P. Harman, Jefferson City, Mo., Missouri State Convention held in St. sent copies of his The Rhymes of a Kid Joseph. He also brought many pieces Preacher and Finger Prints of My Heart, of promotional material. (R) . two slender volumes of verse. Orval Peterson, Yakima, Wash., has 40 DlSCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 continued the sendIng of packages which Alva W. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn., sent contain orders of worship, local church some Social Trends for our duplicate papers, postcards, programs, church re- shelves. ports and other items including High- lights of History, 1899-1944-First John 'Udegraff, Newark, 0., sent Christian Church, Chehalis, Wash., and a copy of Rise Up and Build, a promo- First Christian Church, Dayton, Wash- tional leaflet about new building for ington, 1886-1938. Central church; and a clipping from the Newark Advocate of December 27, 1946,- Oscar W. Riley, StiUwater, Okla., gave describing the fire which destroyed the us at the convention a halftone picture Central church building. of "The Home of Thomas and Alexander Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. C., sent Campbell in 1809". The ,picture, which a typescript copy of the list of books was distributed at the Centennial Con- acquired recently by special fund for the vention in 1909, was made when the • Histol'ical Collection of North Carolina building was being torn down. Mr. Riley Disciples of Christ. gave us a piece of the rock on which Mr. Campbell stood when he delivered Mrs. Guy Withers, Washington, D. C., the sermon that is refer-red to as the sent several packages of material con- "Serri10n on the Rock." We also secured' cerning the National City Church and a photographic print of Mr. Riley's chart other Disciple churches in Washington. "The Divine Library". Included were newspaper clippings and a file of The Scroll, 194·0-1946, for our Mrs. William F. Rugg, Indianapolis, duplicate shelves. Ind., sent a copy of Frazee-A History of the 'Harrisonville' (Mo.) Christian The Wyatt Park Christian Church, Church, 1856-1942: St. Joseph, Mo., sent a copy of its Year- book, 1946-1947. Mrs. John P. Sala, Chautauqua, N. Y., sent a 'Copy of the Report of the ,Chau- tauqua Association of the Disciples of PHOTOGRAPHS Christ, 1947. George L. Peters is always finding a William Schleiffarth, St. Joseph, Mo., new material for us. His latest gift, sent the following: Standard Eclectic photographs of churches, persons and Commentary, 1888, 1894; Christian Inter- historical ma·rkers, came from his own national Lesson Commentary, 1890, 1891; albums. The following Missouri churches and McKeever-How to Become an Effi- are represented: Union (northwest of cient Sunday School Teacher. (R) Mound .City) ; Libertyville; Carthage; HEmry K. Shaw, Elyria, 0., sent the Ashland; Mound City; Red Top; Win- following: Ohio Work, bound, vol., 32-37, chester; Linn Knoll; Mt. Sinai; Clarks- no. 5; Life and Writings of N. Y. Rush. ville; Louisiana; Prairie View; Rich- Knowing Our' Church; a Guide to Ac- land; Midway; Foristel; Central Church, quaint Interested Persons in the Purpose Springfield; First Christian, St. Joseph; and Work of the First Christian Church, Wyatt Park, St. Joseph; and Monticello. Elyria, Ohio, published by the Layman's There is also a picture of the Ra,nsom, League and some periodicals for our Kansas, church. ~ duplicate shelves; . There are photographs of the grave stones of James Shannon, James K. Rog- Chester A. Sillers, Danbury, Conn., ers, Thomas M. Allen, J. W. Mountjoy; sent the programs of the New England and Allen Wright. '{'he markers of the Christian Missionary Society for ten sites of the Bear Creek Church and years, 1917, 1935, 1937-39, 1941, 1944- the Salt Creek Church, two early Mis- 1947; and a copy of Hatch-Benedict- souri churches, are also pictured. History of the Church of Christ, Dan- bury, Connecticut, from 1817 to 1917. Photos of individuals include: the Peters family; Samuel Rogers (son of Mrs. Agnes Monroe Smith, West Farm- the pioneer evangelist Samuel Rogers); ington, 0., sent a manuscript copy of William Rogers; missionary group from "The Mahoning Baptist Association: Its India 1893, Mattie W. Burgess, Mr. and Place in Disciple Hil!tory" which ap- Mrs. B. Mitchell, and Ida Kinsey; the peared in the Christian-Evangelist, June F. E. Hagin family; Lois Anna Ely; and 27, 1947. a group of Philippine nurses. DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 41 COLLECTOR'S PARADISE AROUND OUR BOOTH A convention of the Disciples of Christ This was the curator's fifth conven- gives the collector of those ephemeral tion and, by far, in his judgment, the odds and ends of Disciple promotional 11"0Stsuccessful one. Our booth was a worth-while investment. materials an opportuniJY to go home laden with pamphlets, leaflets, postcards An opportunity was given many people and books, all of which become historical to learn of the work of the society and source material. The International and much interest was shown in our displays. World Conventions were almost a col- lector's paradise because of the quantity A lot of new members were secured of material offered from so many or- for the society. ganiza tions and institutions. The Campbell Home had a prominent When one registered, he was given part in the exhibit and many persons a program booklet for each of the Con- heard of the necessity for the repair and ventions together with badges for each restoration of the Mansion. Convention. Every evening of the Con- We got to visit with many old friends vention there was distributed copies of The Christian-Eval).gelist· Convention and we made some new ones. We met for the first time Reuben Butchart, Mrs. Daily. Nine numbers were issued this Bertha Mason Fuller, Jorge Wentzel, ~ear. At the business sessions of the Mrs. Guy Withers and others with whom International Convention a mimeo- we had corresponded. graphed Schedule of Resolutions and Re- ports To Be Submitted to the Interna- Our volunteer helpers in the booth, tional Convention of Disciples of Christ Professor Green, Earnest W. Lundeen, b)· the Committee on Recommendations Eva Jean Wrather, Henry K. Shaw and was available. This year the 62 resolu- Chester Hensley, did a swell job. tions covering 41 pages added materially to our growing stack of literature to And we liked our neighbors across the take home. The communion service and way, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards of the pageant Ye Are the Salt of the Earth the Standard Publishing Company. offered printed programs which in- creased official convention material. But we didn't like to lose three pack- ages (that we left on the table) which A trip through exhibit halls yielded the express man promised to get and the following items not in our archives: evidently missed. Booth-Birth Place of Our Brotherhood; Walker-Is Yours an Undenominational Church?; Christian Home Life, summer sade for a Christian World and the Local 1947; Origin and Purpose of the Chicago Church. Disciples Union; Your Brotherhood Pub- From college booths came postcards, lishing House; Board of Church Exten- pictures, catalogs and view books (Why sion-Mileposts Along the Way to a will colleges neglect to place DCHS on Successful Building Program; Higdon- their mailing lists?). Lynchburg, Cotner, Jamaicans on the March; Sly-Report Bethany, Chapman, Drake, Phillips, on the Congo Mission; Ward-Mexico Hazel Green Academy, Jarvis Christian Looks Forward; Davison-I Would Do College, Southern Christian Institute, It -Again; Adams-Your Life Work; and Purdue Christian Foundation were Murch and Welshimer-How to Organize some of the educational institutions a Live C-E Society; Wolf-How to Build about. which we secured needed ma- a Successful Bible Class for Older Young terial. People; Nolan-The Ministers Home Stead. And the foregoing titles are only rep- resentative of the kinds of literature Some Crusade materials secured were: available to the collector. Yes-ma-ny a Ross and others-Crusading Through suitcase bulged on the return trip, and Christian Education; Lair-Crusading the bulge wasn't caused by new clothes; Through Stewardship; Wickizer and Aus- books, pamphlets, leaflets, reports, peri- tin-Crusading Through Evangelism; odicals, and programs were responsible, Buckner-The Winds of God; Sikes-A Christian World Order; Sias-A Cru- On to San Francisco with larger cases. 42 DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 NEWS NOTES PERIODICALS The August 1947 Woman's Horne Com- panion had an article "I am a Woman J. D. Bales, Searcy., sent copies of MinIster" by Harriet Louise H. Patter- these Church of Christ publications: son. Our copy came from J. Edward The Evangelist, Sheffield, Ala.; Sound Moseley of Indianapolis. Words, Houston, Texas; Ancient Land- marks, Lufkin, Texas; The Messenger, Radville Christial) College, Radville, The'Department of Religion of Time Canada; The White Horse, College for June 23, 1947, had an article "Man Park, Ga., and The Way of Love, EI of the Century" a'bout Charles Clayton Paso, Texas. Morrison. Mrs. Earle Zenge of Canton gave us a copy of the magazine. George DeHqff, ,Murfreesboro, Tenn., sent several numbers of his Christian The Days Ahead by Jesse W. Barrett Magazine, a Quarterly Journal for the is the title of the published Commence- Horne. We need vol. 1, no 1, July-Sep- mEnt Address at Culver-Stockton Col- tember 1946, lege, June. 2, 1947. ----- River Plate Reflections, vol. 4, no. 3, T. M. Walton, Liscomb, Ia., sent two' periodical issued by the Disciples of issues of the publication of the,. ne,:v. Christ South American mission, was a Midwestern School of Evangelism,. Ot- 40th anniversary number giving the his- .tumwa, Ia. '~~f"• tory of our work in Argentina, 1907- 1947. The Seminary News, vol. 1, no. 1, July 1947, has been received from the South- The Shane Quarterly, Butler School west Christian Seminary, Phoenix, Ariz. of Religil)n, for April 1947 contained part one of History of British Churches We have received, through... the cour- of Christ by A. C. Watters. The con- cluding part will be printed in the July tesy of Pablo Cotto Ortiz; an almost issue. According to editorial note this complete file of Ebenezer, organa de la' is the first history of the British sociedad de Jovenes of the Iglessia la Hermosa, our Spanish church in New church to be published~ , York. Two ,of our members,.Louis A. Warren and Edgar DeWitt Jones, had the priv- From Floyd B. Taylor, St. Joseph, ilege of being present at the opening Mo., we secured a file of The. Christian -of the Lincoln papers at the Library of • News, mimeographed publication of the Congress, July 26, 1947. The Saturday Christian churches of Buchanan county, Review of Literature, August 16, had Mo. caricatures of the Lincoln fans present at the opening. Some church publications newly re------ceived are: Central Christian Church' Through the kindness of T. H. Spence. Sentinel, San Diego, Calif.; Monte Vista curator of the Historical Foundation of Mossenger, Albuquerque, N. M.; Ninth the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, Street Visitor, Washington, D. C.; The Montreat. N. C., we have received a Ellensburg Christian Greeting, Ellens- complete file of the Historical Founda- burg, Wash.; and The Sapulpa Christian, tion News, 1944, 1947. The foundation First Christian Church, Sapulpa, Okla. is building a $75,000 structure to house its archives. ---- . We are receiving regUlarly Ekim'ea Ground was broken, September 2, for Nsango from our Congo Mission. Johann Memorial Library at Culver- Stockton College. Our archives will be Wanted: Copies of or information moved to this building when it is com- pleated. about these two title's: Smallwood's Camphellism Refuted, 1833; and Inward's Discourse on the Death of A. Campbell, For a modern evaluation of the Camp- hell debates see pages 64-66 of The 1866. Both books are listed in the bib- Older Middle West, 1940-1880, by Henry liography at the end of the article about Clyde Hubart. Alexander Campbell by G. C. Boase in the Dictionary of National Biography. DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 Research in Progress Theses Supplement Carroll B. Ellis, minister of the These titles should be added to your church of Christ, Baton Rouge, La., is supplement of Theses Concerning the doing research for a Ph.D. thesis at the Disciples of Christ. Louisiana State University on the sub- Abernathy, Elton. ject of Alexander Campbell's debates from a speech viewpoint. Mr. and Ml'S. An Enluation of the Debating Tech- Ellis spent sever.al days in the society niques Employed by Alexander Camp- archives in early September. bell in the Campbell-Rice Religious De- bate, m. a., University of Iowa, 1937. Richard Dawson, College of the Bible Doss, Clarence M. student, Lexington, Ky., worked in the archives September 16-19. His thesis will The Interpretation of Worship Among deal with the' life of Isaac Errett. the Disciples of Christ. B. D., Univer- sity of Chicago, 1947. W. O. Davis, Memphis, Tenn., is mak- Ellis, Carrol Brooks. ing a study of Alexander Campbell as a public speaker. The Alexander Campbell and John B. Purcell Debate. M. A., Louisiana State Olan L. Hicks, Abilene, Texas, is work- University, 1945. ing on a manuscript The Life and Times Moffett, J. R. of Moses E. Lard, which eventually will be published in -book form. An 'Evaluation of Peter Ainslie as a Christian leader. B. D., University of J. Edgar McDonald, West Point, Miss., Chicago, 1947. is doing some research in the early his£ Savage, Dennis B. ~ory of the Restoration movement in Mississippi. A Compliation of Historical Back- ground Materials for a Religious Pageant (for a crusade for a Christian worltil) NEWS NOTES B. D., University of Chicago, 1947. The Alumni of Culver-Stockton Col- Votruba, Matthew J. lege honored Claude E. Spencer at a dinner given at Homecoming, October The Interpretation of the Lord's Sup- 24, in recognition of his twenty-five per Among' the Disciples of Christ. years of service as librarian of the B. D., University of Chicag.o, 1947. college. Wasson, Woodrow W. Janies 'A~ Garfield and 'Religion. We have reason to doubt that the Ph.D., University of ChiQagG, 1947. contract betweE!n Alexander Campbell and Morias Hansbrough which we men- tioned in our July issue was made by our Alexander Campbell. According to a Wanted: Campbell expert there were three Alex- anaer Campbells in West Virginia, dur- Denton-Under the Magnolias ing the early 1800's, and by internal I evjdence this was surely one of the other Oliver, Jennie' Harris, Need all titles. two. Quick, Cornelius, Mysticism Unmasked. Scott, L. W., The Paradox and Other WANTED: Poems. Dean-A Syllabus of Apostolic History Scott, L. W., The Texas Pulpit of the Church of Christ. DeBet-Philip Worthey Springer, E. A., As I Saw Africa. DeHoff-Why We Believe the Bible Stern, Lloyd, Stars Road. Denny-The Harp of God Thompson, Frank, The Transgressor. Munnell-Sweeney Debate, Shall Chris- . tians Go to War? Wright, H. B., To My Sons. DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 NEW BOOKS RECEIVEI;> Pysher, Leo L. Adam's, Hampton. . 'The Seal of the King. Cherokee, Okla., Ambassador in Chains, and Other Ser- Author, 1947. 41 pages. mons. St. Louis, Bethany Pl'ess, 1!l47. 221 pages. ' A study of the Holy Spirit. A cross section of the sermons preached by Mr. Adams during his min- Swann, George, tr. istry to the Union Avenue Christian Church of St. Louis. New Testament of Our Lord and Savio~lr, Jesus Christ, translated .from the Greek text of Yestcott and JHort. England, Stephen Jackson. Louisville, Ky., Author, 1947. 264'pages. The Apostolic Church; Some Aspects Mr. Swann has joined a distinguished of Its Faith and Life. Eugene, Oregoll, group of Disciples: Alexander Camp- Northwest Christian College Press, 1947. bell, Henry ;r. Anderson, Cortes Jackson, 133 pages. Ashley S. Johnson, Barton W. Johnson, J. B. Rotherham, and n._A. Sommer, in A study of the church of New Testa- making his own trans1atto,n or arrange- ment times, i'iven as a series of seven ment of the New Testament. "A uniq~e lectures at Northwest Christian College. scheme is the numbering of ver;ses con~ March 12-14, 1946, by Dr. England, Dean secntively frof\1 Matthew to Revelati0J\- of ihe College of the Bible, Phillips Uni- versity, Enid, Okla. History of the Four Christian-Disciple Churches, Dayton, Ohio, 1829-1947. Dayton, Ohio. 30 pages., ' Foster, Dorothy Fay. ed. Contents include chapters by H, E:. Parables Jesus Told. Cincinnati, McCartney of the Central Church; Standard Publishing Co., 1947. 47 pages. Eleanor Foutes of the West S,ide church; C. V. Rardin of the Santa CiaI' church; The eighth book in the Bible Visualized and E. W. Wilbert of the Norwood series which completes the New Testa- church. ment ,presentation. Hamlin, Charles Hunter., The Church of Christ at St. Joseph, Illinois. St. Joseph, IlL, 194·7. 32 pages. ,The War Myth in United States His- A well compiled, well illustrated his- tory. Wilson, N.' C., Author, 1946. 77 tory of this venerable ,.burch. A bibli- pages. ography is included whiGh is un.usual for A thorough revision of the author's most local' church histories. ,'. earlier book of the same title (1927) with an added chapter on World War II. Dr. Hamlin is professor of social sciences at NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C. Orval Peterson, Yakima, Wash., sent a very fine file of the Northwest Chris- Keeler, Ronald F. ' tian, published in Spokane, Wash., by the Inland Empire Christian Missionary Suggestions for Socials. Cincinnati, Society and edited by Roy C. Jacobs. The Standard Publishing Co., 1947. 123 first number was issued October 15, pages. 1925, and the last appeared in Septem- ber 1931. Twenty-four (two each month) com- pletely planned socials for organized Our file lacks the following issues: young people's groups. The author, Mr. vol. 2, no. 12; vol. 3, no. 11; vol. 4, 'no's. Keeler, selected by The Lookout as the 11 and 12; vol. 5, no's. 1, 3, 8, 10; ~d outstanding young Christian man of vol. 6, no's. 1-8. We hope that some 1937, is now professor of English and of our readers can supply, these \lli~sing history at Minneapolis Bible College. numbers. DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 45 CALLING ALL MEMBERS Kuntz, Kenneth A., Chillicothe, Mo. New Members Ladd, James Earl, 'Portland, Ore. Lee, Allan W.,,'Enid, Dkla.- A list of members whose applications Lightner, .Mrs. H. A., Huntington, W. Va. were received from June 21 to October Lomax, Miss Louise, Indianapoliii, l.nd. 9, 1947: McCash, I. ,N., Enid, Okla. Barr, Charles B., Bushton, 111. McKinnon, Mr/!. H., Shaker Heights, Ohio Beazley, George G., Jr., Bartlesville, Muttox,0. T., Bloomington, Ill. Okla. Maynard, Garth, Benton, Pa. Beck, Robert T., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 'Melville, Miss Dorothy, Green Island, Bellville, Mrs., Huntington, W. Va. County Antr~m, North Ireland Bennett, G. S., New Castle, Pa. Middleton, Mrs. E., Austin, Tex. Binkley, John R., Niantic, Ill. Miller, Mrs. Gerald, Wellington, KaRfl. Brewer, Claire Marie, Huntington, W. Va. Miller, James Blair, Bethany, W. Va. Bridwell, Harry T., Buffalo, N. Y. Montgomery, R. B." Lynchburg, Va. Briggs, Charles C., Wichita, Kans. Moore, Wm. J., Eureka, Ill. Bryant, Eldon ,M., Alice, Tex. Morris, Otho B., Denver; Ill. Burton, Glandale, Arlington, Va. Mortensen, A. W.,. Portland Ore. Burton, Paul D., Blue Mound, Ill. Murphy, Taylor 0., St. Louis, Mo. Campbell, Clinton P., Indianapolis, Ind. Noe, Robert, Huntington, W. Va. Campbell, Mrs. Grace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Parker, Karl M.,' Houston, Tex. Carroll, E. Tipton, Dothan, Ala. Patterson, J. Gerald, Bethany, W. Va. Carter, Mrs. Anna Scott, Kansas City, Perry, J. M., Robersonville, N. C. Mo. Pitman, Lawrence E., Stanford, Ill. Chance, A. B., Centralia, Mo. Pritchard, Oren D., Indianapolis, Ind. Chase, Herbert T., Centralia, Mo. Quick, E. B., Plymouth., N. C. Coffey, A. J., Logan, W. Va. Cook, William A., Mt. Home, Ark. Reisling, W. N.; Brilliant, Ohio Cramblet, W. H., Bethany, W. Va. Rice, Perry J., South Gate, Calif. Crawford, Neil, Buffalo, N. Y. Richards, Mrs. Charles H., Cincinnati, Ohio Darter, Mrs. W. A., Austin, Tex. Riggs, Charles W., Goldsboro, N. C. Davis, Miss June, Huntington, W. Va. Riley, Jo. M., Kokomo, Ind. Deer, Lewis, H., Granite City, Ill. Risinger, Claude W., Mound City, Mo. Dickinson, Burrus, Eureka, Ill. Rowlen, W. Marion, Maplewood, MG. Doak, Lawrence R., Troy, Pa. Donaldson, Frank, Charleston, W. Va. Scott, Miss Lo'ring M., Palestine, Tex. Smith, Miss Virginia Lee, Amarillo, Tex. Ellis, Carroll, Baton Rouge, La. Stuck, Frank L., Lakeland, Fla. French H. P., Hamilton, Ill. Swann, George, Louisville, Ky. Swartz, Raymond E., Cape Girardeau, Goldston, G. N., San Angelo, Tex. Mo. Hagburg, Gordon Wayne, Estherville, la. Tate, Elmer, 'Huntington, W. Va. Hamilton, William S., Pawhuska, Okla. Trout, Miss Jessie M., Indianapolis, Ind. Hanks, Orlando W., Buffalo, N. Y. Turley,~. L., Indianapolis, Ind. Havens, Mrs. A. C., Lancaster, N. Y. Tyrrell, Frank G., Los Angeles, Calif. Heilman, Miss W., Huntington, W. Va. Walker, J. Wilfred, Newton, Ia. Hensley, Mrs. Gayle, Bloomington, Ill. Wellman, Mrs. J. F., Huntington, W. Va. Hill, Harry J., Long Beach, Calif. Wenzel, Jorge Federico, Buenos Aires, Holloway, H. B., Indianapolis, Ind. Argentina Howearth, O. J., Wells'burg, W. Va. Wilfrey, MiRs Katharine, Washington, Ice, Harry L., Bethany, W. Va. D. C. Wilson, William H., Union City, Ind. Janes, David W., Moberly, Mo. Withers, Guy, Washington, D. C. Jones, D. T., Kansas City, Mo. Jones, Mrs. M. P., Regina, Saskatche- Life Members wan, Canada Jones, Myrddyn W., Waynesboro, Pa. Lawrence C. Carty and Mrs. Mary L. Jones, Wallace, San Benito, Tex. Carty, Enidi,Okla., became life members 46 DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 August 5. Mr. and Mrs. Carty are evan- Claude E. 8,pencer, curator, were .re~. gelists 'having a wide acquaintance with elected. our churches. Mrs. Carty has compiled . The executive committee for the new the history of several local churches. year consists of the president, the vice- Miss Lois Anna Ely, National Director president, the curator, Henry K. Shaw, and W. P. Harman. of Adult Work of the Department of Miesionary Education of the United .Executive Committee Christian Missionary Society, Indianapo- The Executive Committee, with Spen- lis, Ind., became a life member of the cer, HEnsley and Shaw present, met at society September 6. Miss Ely, a former scciety headquarters in Canton, June 30. missionary in China, has a vital interest The n'ain item of business was the com- in the work of the society. plcti('n of plans for the various society meetings in Buffalo. Local Church Members ~ew local church members are: The committee met at Buffalo, August 4, with Garrison, Hensley,· Harman, Walnut Hills Christian Church of Cin-- Shaw, and Spencer present. Plans Were cinnati, Ohio, with E. S. Moreland, min- madp for the new year. ThO!next meeting ister. will be in Canton, November 3. First Christian Church of Stockton, Planning Committee Calif., with T. R. Leen, minister. The Planning Committee met July 30, Central Christian Church of Young-s- wi+h Ch'ilirman Louis A. Warren,· Lin D. town, Ohio, with Beryl S. Kinser, minis- Cartwright, W. Barnett Blakf'more and ter, and H. K. Rayen, individual member. Claude E. Spencer present. ·The majur item of business was a discussion of the Vine Street Christian Church, Nash- ]::OPsibility of the society interesting pub- ville, Tenn., with Roger T. Nooe, minister. Jj~hing- houees and particularly the New Officers ,Christian Board of Publication in the subsidy of worthwhile historical books At the annual meeting of the society which do not have a popular sales appeal ' August 2, these members of the Board but which are necessary to an under~ of Directors were re-elected for a three standing of our heritage and develop- year term: ment. Reuben Butchart, Toronto, Ontario,. Howard Short was appointed as a one Candana man committee to investigoate the his- tnrical societies of other religious groups Enos E. Dowling, Indianapolis, Indiana and make a report at the next meeting Harriet-Louise H. Patterson, Cleveland, concerning their organization and aC7 Ohio . tivities. Raymond McCallister, Webster Groves, Board of Directors Missouri Tl:e first meeting- of the Board of Chester P. Hensley, Bloomington,. Il- Directors was hEld July 29 with hesident linois J. Edward Moseley presiding. The cu- rator's report was read and discussed. Colby D. Hall, Fort Worth, Texas. At the second meeting, August 4, offi- Dwight E. Stevenson, Lexington, Ken- cers were elected and plans were con- tucky sindered for an expansion of the service which the society can render the brother- HE'nry King Shaw, Elyria, Ohio hood. Chas. C. Ware, Wilson, North Carolina ·W. E. Garrison, Chicago, Ill., was Wanted: elected president with Chester P. Hens- Waggoner, J. G., Biography and Es- ley, Bloomington, Ill., as vice-president. says of Sarah· Elizabeth Waggoner. A. T. DeGroot, secretary-treasurer, and 1887. DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER 1947 47 DISCIPLIANA, published January, April, July, and October by the Disciples of. Christ Historical Society, Canton, Missouri. Founded by the Ministerial AssociatiQn of Culver-Stockton College, volume 1, number 1, was issued March, 1941. Volumes 1-3 were mimeographed. With volume 6 the Disciples of Christ Historical Society assumed publication. Entered as Second Class Matter April 26, 1944, at the Postoffice at Canton, Missouri, under Act of August 24, 1912. Claude E. Spencer, Editor Officers of the Society W. E. Garrison, President Chester P. Hensley, Vicll-President A. T. DeGroot, Secretary-Treasurer Claude E. Spencer, Curator Subscription to DLSCIPLIANA is included in the membership dues of the Disciples of Ghrist Historical Society. The pricll of an annual subscription to non-members is $1.00. VOL. 7 OCTOBER 1947 NO. 3 ONLY $12 A YEAR! start working now to get DCHS in your church budget annually. If the society is to continue to grow in usefulness it must have the support of our local churches. The way has been pointed by a resolution of the Interna- RETURN THOSE BOOKS! tional Convention which urged local When we learned the litory of the churches to become members of the so- Alexander Campbell library we imme- city. diately thought how fine it would be for The dues are nominal; twelve dollars students of Campbell if his library Waii a year which includes the individual all otgether. Hundreds of volumes were membership of the. minister and one lay- kept by his descendants according to the man. Surely that is a small amount for terms of his will and probably most of many of our churches to pay as their these were eventually given to his ad- part in this business of maintaining and mirers. Books with the Campbell label furthering interest in our religious heri- can be found on every continent; in in- tage. stitutional libraries and in private Local churches are becoming mem- homes. Why not start a movement to locate those boks and send them to bers, but slowly. Two or three a month Bethany College so that Mr. Campbell's is not enough when. we consider the total number of churches in the brother- library may be intact again? hood. Perhaps the fact that we have not put on a high-pressur~ campaign among the churches accounts for this slowness. Wanted: Certainly with seven hundred individual McClenny-Life of James O'Kelly. members the socity could expect many Davis-Dr. A. P. Davis' Defense of those members to enlist their own churches. Davis-The Mountain Preacher Is your church a member? If not, Davis-How to be Saved POSTMASTE.R-If undeliverable, notify us on Form 3578 It'OR YOUR INFORMATION The Disciples of Ghrist Historical Society was organized May 5, 1941, at St. Louis, Missouri, and received the approval of the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ which was then in session. The convention at that time appointed the Society Custodian of Convention archives. The purpose of the Society is to maintain aT,J further the interest of the Dis- ciples of Christ (sometimes known as Christian Church or Church of Christ) in its religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, and development. Membership is open to any individual, institution or' organization that is in ac- cord with the purpose of the Society.· "_, In 1946 the Sdciety secured as a gift from Culver-Stockton College, the valuable Henry Barton Robison Collection of Literature Relating to the Disciples of Christ which contains thousands of books, periodkals, pamphlets, manuscripts "and illustra- tive .materials dealing with the religious groups which grew out of -the .Restoration movement fostered by Abner Jones, Elias Smith, James O'Kelly, Barton W." Stone, Thomas and Alexander Campbell, Walter Scott, and other reformers of the early 19th century in America. The collection is being used as a nucleus for a- c6mpr~hensive research library. ' The Society maintains its headquarters at Canton, Missouri, where authors and publishers are asked to send copies of all new publications. Churches are requested to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive orders of worship, papers, re- ports, yearbooks and other printed records. Gifts from individuals are especially welcome. Classes of membership are as follows: Individual member, per calendar year $1.00. Individual founding member, $1.00 per year from 1941. Individual life member, one payment $25.00. Institutional member, per calenaar year $15.00. Local church member, per calendar year $12.00. Institutional membership is offered to educational institutions and other organi- \lations including state boards and national agencies. , Local churches should take advantage of the opportunity to share in the' work of the Society by becoming members. The local church dues include individuai mem~ berships for the minister and one layman. "" Subscriptions to DISCIPLIANA, gifts for the. Society, payment of dues, and inquiries concernitig the work of the Society should be sent to: Claude E. Spencer, Curator Disciples of Christ Historical Society P. O. Box 226 Canton, Missouri LJc/fi . PUBLISHED.aUARTERLY BY THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CANTON, MO. VOL. 7 JANUARY 1948 NO.4 Original 'Campbell Manuscript. Found LECTUREON ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE GIFT OF MRS. EWALT lecture, and six new paragraphs form the The Robison Collection of DCBS has conclusion. recently secured from- Mrs. Julia Hender- The manuscript has been with Mrs. son Ewalt of St. Louis the original Ewalt's family since 1867. It was sent manuscript of Alexander Campbell's lec- to D. Pat Henderson by Brv't. Brig. ture on the Anglo-8axon language which General H. G. Gibson from Jefferson he delivered before the Young Men's Barracks, Mo., with the following let- Mercantile Association of Cincinnati, tel': "I take pleasure in enclosing to you December 11, 1849. an autograph lecture of Bishop ,Camp- The thiry-two page manuscript in bell's of the Christian church, which I Mr. Campbell's handwriting shows his presume you will prize very highly." various r.evisions as he proceeded with Dated March 25, 1867. Gibson's contact his work. The first title he used was with Henderson was doubtless through simply "The Anglo-Saxon Language" his wife, 'who was a niece of A. C. Bullitt which he later extended by adding the of New Orleans. B'ullitt was a membffi. following phrase: "Its Origin, Character of the Board of Trustees of Culver-Stock- & Destiny." His first word choice was ton College (then Christian University) for "History" in place of "Origin" as he of which Henderson was president of the ha'd drawn a line through "History" and Board. Where and how Gibson secured substituted "Origin" instead. the manscript is unknown. The lecture was printed at least twice; Mrs. Ewalt, from whom we received the first time in 1850 at Bethany in a the manuscript, was raised in D. Pat Hen- ' thirty-four page pamphlet and again in derson's home. Her ..mother, an adopted 1863 as the first chapter in his Popular daughter of Henderson's, married his Lectures and Addresses, pages 17-46. . nephew. Mrs. Ewalt, as Julia Henderson, was a Culver-Stockton student many VVe have not had access to a copy of years ago. the printed pamphlet (a copy is in the Lil>rary of Congress), but a comparison Along with the m~nuscript were re- of our manuscript with the 1863 printing ceived other materials including the shows many changes and additions. A handwritten report of H. White showing hurried check spots at least a hundred receipts and expenditures for the Chris- , sixty changes in word choice and sentence tian church building in Canton, 1853- structure. There are more than twenty 1860, and a little note book in which new sentences in connection with original Henderson had started a history of Dis- paragraphs. Ten complete paragraphs ciples in St. Louis. Unfortunately he were inserted in various places in the quit before he had finished two pages. 50 DJSCIPLIANA, JANUAR;Y'" 1948' NEW BOOKS RECEIVED WARREN'S TRIP Osborn, Ronald Edwin Louis A. Warren, Director of the Lin- coln National Life Foundation, member Ely Vaughn Zollars; Teacher of of the Board of Directors of DCHS, and Preachers, Builder of Colleges, a Biog- chairman of its Planning Committee, is raphy. St. Louis, Christian Board of on his annual speaking tour: This year he starts at Kansas City, January 19 and publication, 1947. 287 p. front. (port.) 20, and ends at Des _Moine~, la., March It has been the practice of DISCIP- 12. Listed below are the places and dates of his other appearances: LiANA to note most new books briefly, but in the case of historical a'nd bio- Wichita, Kansas, January 21-22; Ama- graphical works we expect to give fuller rillo Texas January 23-24; EI Paso, Tex~s, Janu~ry 25-27; Phoenix, Arizona, reviews. We asked Dr. Howard Elmo January 28; San Diego, Calif., January Short, Professor of Church History of 29-31; Fresno, Calif., February 1-2; Pasa- the College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky., dena, Calif., February 3-4; Long Beach, to make an estimation of Prof. Osborn's Calif., Feb. 5-6; Los Angeles, Calif., Feb- book. The following paragraphs are Dr. ruary 8' Beverly Hills, Calif., February ~\hqrt's written opinion: 9-10; L~s Angeles, Calif., Feb. 11-14; E. V. Zollars was born a hundred years San Francisco, Calif., February 15-17; ago, and died in 1916. He found time to Oakland, Calif., February 18-19; Sacra- teach at Bethany, to head Kentucky mento, Calif., February 20-21; Portland, Classical and Business College, Garrard Ore., February 23-24; Seattle, Wash., Female College, Hiram, Texas Christian, February 25-26; S,pokane, Wash., Feb- to start Phillips; and for a pastorate at ruary 27-28; Salt Lake City, Utah, Springfield, Illinois, and an offer of the March 1-3; Denver, Colo., March 4-7; presidbncy of Eureka, in between. Omaha Nebr., March 8-9; Sioux Falls, S. D., 'March 10-11. . After reading Professor Osborn's con- sciously "intimate, personal and sym- As Dr. Warren' will have a limited pathetic" biography, it is difficult to see amount of free time during his trip, he how anyone could tell the story better. will be available for a few talks on the To quote another, "Osborn can write:" historical background of the Disciples Zollars' work is portrayed vividly and III in some of the cities of his itinerary. excellent style. There is a great amount Anyone interested in having him speak of corollary material. Only one thing before church groups should conta.et the really irritates-the sparse use of dates. local Lincoln Life Insurance Company Even the year of Zollars' death. has' to agent. And be sure to hear Dr. Warren be calculated! talk about Lincoln if you have the op- portunity. There seem to be no serious errors in fact. Some might question the omission of Transylvania and Eureka from the HERE AND THERE list of "leading schools in the 1890's". (p. 124). It is of doubtful value to say The Central Christian Church Senti- that George Phillips was "the founder nel of SoanDiego, Calif., started with its of the 'Congregational Church in Ameri- October 29, 1947, issue a column "Dis- ca", (p. 117). "Fred Powers'. church", cipliana" which features Disciple history (p.82), and "M. M. DaVIS' great notes each week. church", (p.193). might cause an argu- ment. There is no bibliography and the system of putting- an occasional refer- Movie Life, January 194·8, ran three pages "R-A-A-H Reagan," with pictures ence at the bottom of the page, with the and stories of Ronald Reagan's return rest at the end, seems arbitrary. to the Eureka College campus for the The contents are neatly outlined, and Pumpkin Festival. there is an excellent index. The book will take its place as a standard refer- Look December 9, 1947, featured ence. But it is more than history; it is "Should Church Property be Taxed," adventury, Christian faith, and the por- with Charles Clayton Morrison saying trait of a man of God. res and Joseph V. McKee saying no. DIS IPtfANA; ')ANUARy"194ff 51: Disciples at Chautauqua Institution ,,"- by Hafriet-Louise H.P.~!.ter~on. Editorial Note: Mis's P.atter~on"Cleveland;Ohio;' tnini~t~'~ ~i'-Disciples' of Christ, ...serying at Chesterland, Ohio, is one of .th~Direct~rs of'DCHS Sheisthe author~f Around the Mediterranean With MYBible,~{941;Enj~'y, the Bible's' Beauty, 1938; and How to Understand Your ~i)Jle Better; 1934; and has contributed articles to many magazines, one of the most recent being "I am a 'woman minister" in August 1947 Woman's HOme Companion. Tall, white pillars on a well-kept Co- toward maintaining the headquarters lonial house, a broad veranda made com- but this has never been sufficient for fortable with white wicker rockers and the operation of this extensive proj€ct attractive by fresh garden flowers and and so gifts from individuals and in use constantly by a laup'hing, chatting, churches have been solicited allnually congenial group of folk, an open door to make up any operating deficits, inviting every passerby jaded by the continuous and strenuous program at Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ford were in Chautauqua, New York, to come and charge here first and during their term rest awhile, distinguish the Disciples of service (1904-'12) enough money was Headquarters here. But, aside from them, raised to cover operating costs and pay it is the gracious, smiling, brown-eyed on the mortgage so that when Mrs. J. C. hostess, Joy Sala, who loves people for Stivers was appointed by the trustees in people's sake, constantly hovering in the 1913 as hostess, the property was free background looking after thell- needs, or of debt. Mrs. Edna K. Settlemeyei\ a caught occasionally in the. open doorway former missionary to China with her introducing folk, who makes this Disciple thl ee teen-age children followed Mrs. landmark come alive. Her kindly, warm- S,tivers as hostess in 1931. A -thousand hearted personality, provides the spirit dollars accumulated during 191il to 1930, for this Disciple rendezvous. Her fond- was spent for new beds and furniture to ' ness for people, her wish to see them make the house more comfortable and happy and contented s,pread like a con- attractive. In 1934, Mrs. Emory Ross, tagion among the guests hete. So much home from Africa with her three chil- so that visitors going away say to .them- dren, came to be hostess. She served selves, "How these Christians do love ca·pably and graciously until 1941 when one another!" And, it brings them back Mrs. John'Sala took charge. Mrs. Sala again-from Florida, and California, and has continued as hostess since then with all points in between, from England and the exception of one year, 1946, when Scotland, from China and India. she and her husband were in England. Dr. and Mrs. F. Butchart of Cleveland This is a splendid work that has been took charge that year and carried on the begun and carried on by the Disciples at work successfully-even carrying out a Chautauqua-a real missionary work in dream long held to provide a lovely, acquainting people with our ",plea" and restful home at no c-ost or low cost for in offering them opportunity to see at deserving servants of our Brotherhood, first-hand at worship and in fellowship missionaries and ministers. Another on a great conference grounds, one building to the rear of the Headquarters among a host of' other religious bodies. was purchased, remodeled extensively, and furnished adequately. Dr. Butchart The Disciples were established at was president of the Chautauqua As- Chautauqua first in a tent in 1~78 and sociation of Disciples of Christ and under the first hostess was Miss Mary Gray- his leadership that year, $8,000 of a biel, a .pioneer missionary to India. The total indebtedness ·of $11,000 on the new present Headquarters building on Clark building was cancelled. This second Avenue at Janes Street was 'purchased building- contains among other memor- for $2800, in 1904 from Mr. and Mrs. ials, the Fellowship Living Room, a W. J. Ford to serve as a religious center memorial to James Butchart, M. D., med- for the weekly observance of the Lord's ical ;missionary to China; the Lyon-Room, Supper, for Wednesday evening vespers, a memorial to the parents of Emma and as a social center. The bedrooms Lyon. 011 second and third floors, accommo- date overnight guests. Through the One of the nice experiences while at years, the income from them has gone Chautauqua is to meet and talk ,with Miss DISCIPLtANA, JANUARY 1948 L~'on, our missionary for 46 years in the A. C. AND PHRENOLOGY Far East, who occupies this room each summer. It is her home now, that Phrenological Character of President' she's been retired; a little place to call Alexander Campbell of Bethany., Va;, her own for two months every year after is the title of an interesting little pam- all her years of labor halfway across phlet by L. N. Fowler, published about the world for the cause of Christ through 1847. Mr. F,owler gives Mr. Campbell's our Brotherhood. phrenological reading and prints a let- ter from A. C. dated May 3, 1847, in There is in Brotherhood house a pleas- which Campbell endorses the science of ant dining room, a community kitchen phrenology and says: and laundry which have modern equip- ment, and significantly, a "Gratitude" "I am, therefore, of the opinion that dormitory for children of missionaries the science of Phrenology is but in whose parents are still overseas. The progress, and not yet perfected; but that bedrooms accommodate 24 persons. it should have in a few years and in .defiance of the hoary and co~secrated In the 1946 season, ten missionaries systems of metaphysical science arrayed and five missionaries' daughters were against it, and sustained by names the given hos,pitality. In 1947, the Brother- most admired and revered in Christen- hood House helped 25 home and foreign dom, attained its present state of per- missionaries (ten of these were mis- fection, is truly wonderful, and charac- sionalies' children) representing Africa, tel'i~tic of the rapid march of all sorts China, Japan, India, and Puerto Rico; 17 of in:provements in this truly inquisi- friends from England and 2 from Scot- tive and ambitious age." land over here for the World Conven- E. A. Smith made footnotes of the tion were entertained, as well as a great prenological reading showing just how number of ministers and their families. right Fowler was in his estimation of Mr. Campbell's character and worth. This beautiful missionary rest house was' christened fittingly The House of Added to Mr. Fowler's part of the Brotherhood. Planned to entertain de- pamphlet is "Disciples of Christ or serving missionaries on furlough or re- 'Christians", an anonymous exposi'tory tired, ministers either at reduced rates statement about the religious movement or in worthy cases at no cost, it is ful- of which Campbell was the leader. filling its purpose to show others how Bethany College Library has a copy much Christians do love one another- of the pamphlet. enough to provide a pleasant ,place where worthy servants of our Brother- heod may enjoy the kind of vacation which Christians need. OHIO SOURCES The worth of this enterprise main- The Ohio Christian Missionary S.ociety, tained by The Chautauqua Association Herald B. Monroe, Secretary, has pre- has been proven by the record attend- sellted to DCHS an excellent collection ance of Disciples here in' 1947. Th'ey of Ohio source materials from duplicates came seeking fellowship, rest, inspira- in the state office. DCHS director Hen- tion or help-and they found it. Next ry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio, was respon- summer plan to include Chautauqua in sible for the gift coming to us. your itinerary and make your first con- An almost complete file of the Pro- tacts there through the Disciples Head- ceedings, minutes and reports of the quarters. You'll never regret it, neither Conventions of the Ohio churches and will you ever forget it. It will be one of the Ohio Christian Missionary SoCiety place you'll remember with pleasure. from 1858 to 1946, was received. The At the 1947 annual meeting of the following .years are lacking: 1859, 1860, Chautauqua Association of Disciples, 1867-70, 1873, 1882, 1892, 1899, 1928, B. H. Bruner of Hinton, West Virginia, 1945. was elected president; Frank Brown, One copy of The Harbinger, vol. 1, no. Ashland, Ohio, and William Kirby, Buf- 11, 1909, was included with a set falo, New York, vice..presidents; Mrs. of The Ohio Work from vol. 5, no. William Steel, Tonawanda, New York, 3, November 1912, to the present time. secretary; and Mrs. Jennie Riggs, All, of 1913-17 is missing from the file, Wellsville, New York, treasurer. but the remainder is fairly complete. DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 1948 53 ACCESSIONS 'frue; the Man's Magazine, October 1947. (Contains "Theb'ian' who never Material received October 1, 1947, to smiled", the story of William Walker, as January 14, 1948, and not mentioned ~he book length feature) , elsewhere in this issue. (R) after an entry means that it was credited to the Bethany Church School Guide, April Robison Collection. 1945. (We need November and December 1926, January 1927, and March 1944 to Purchases complete our file) A I Defence of Southern Slavery. I Gifts Against the Attacks I of I Henry Clay and Alex'r. Campbell. I in Which Much Barbara Anderson, Culver-Stockton of the False Philosophy and Mawkish student, gave a copy of the Yearbook, Sentiment I alism of the Abolitionists is 1946-47, Howett Street Christian Church, Met and Refuted. In which I it is More- Peoria, Ill. (R) over Shown that the Association of the ,White I and Black Races in the Relation Ira J. Bailes, Albuquerque, New Mexi- of Master and Slave I is the Appointed co, sent volume 1, 1946-1947, of the Order of God, as Set Forth in I the Bible, Monte Vista Christian Church Messen- and Constitutes the' Best Social I Condi· ger. tion of Both Races, and the Only I True Principle of Republicanism. I By a South- John H. Booth, Indianapolis, Ind., sent -ern Clergyman. I Hamburg, S. C. I Print- a complete file of the Blue Book of the ed by Robinson and Carlisle. I 1851. I 48 Board of Church Extension, 1935-1947. pages. (Pages 36-46 contain 'strictures" upon Alexander Campbell's Tract for the Reuben Butchart, Toronto, Canada, People of Kentucky which was published sent the following manuscript items: in the Millennial Harbinger for May The Early History of the Disciples of 1849 and also as a separate pamphlet). Christ in Ontario, a paper prepared for delivery at the Wellington County Con- , Eugene Bible University. Catalogs, vention, Guelph, Ontario, October 1933; 1908-1916. Our Journals, Sources and Sidelights to History, chapter 15 of his projected Fernald, Mark-Life. book The Disciples of Christ in Canada since 1830: Early History of the Dis- Kidder, D. P.-Mormonism and the ciples of Christ in Canada, which was Book of Mormons, 1842. (Contains much published in volume 3 of The Encyclo- abol,lt Sidney Rigdon). paedia of Canada, 1935; a list of books from the library of C. J. Lister; and a Scherling and Bailey-Debate. paper prepared by James W. Barnes giv- ing an account of the rise of the "Society Seymour, F. W.-Indian Agents of the of Christians" in St. John, New Bruns- Old Frontier. (Chapter X deals with wick, Canada. Mr, Butchart also sent an William F. N. Arny). incomplete file of The Christian Mes- senger, (Canada), 1895-1922. Starr, E. C., ed.-A Baptist Bibliog- raphy, Section A. 1947. The First Christian Church of Charleston, S. C., sent a copy of Fiftieth Udell, John-Journal Kept During a Anniversary, 1897·1947, a booklet con- Trip Across the Plains Containing an taining a historical sketch of the church. Account of the Massacre of a Portion of His Party by the Mojave Indians in Ben H. ,Cleaver, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1859.' 1946. sent a copy of T. J. Richards' Shifting Sands, Poems, 1889, which he secured Waller, J. L.-Open Communion for our archives from Ben J. Coil of (quotes Alexander Campbell) Perry, Mo. (R) Exchanges J. Wade Collins of Eureka, Ill., sent a International Christian Messenger, copy of the Souvenir Program of the July 1918 (3rd Annual 'Catalog of the Eureka Pumpkin Festival, September International Christian Bible College, 26-27, 1947. It contains much about Minneapolis, Minn.) Eureka College and Ronald Reagan. 54 DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 19.48 James A. Crain, Indiana,polis, Ind., sent Mary Evelyn (Rankin) Haskell, Chi- a copy of The Christian Attitude Toward cago, Ill., sent a copy of the Directory, War, which has an introduction written 1946-47, University Church of Disciples by him. He also sent a copy of Thomas of Christ. Chalmers' Lectures on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, 1843, Walter M. Haushalter, Philadelphia, which has Isaac Errett's signature on Penn., sent a copy of his prospectus the title ,page. The Lieber·Hegel.Eddy Source Document of Christian Science. A. T. DeGroot, Los Angeles, Calif., sent several packages ~ontaining orders Hazel Green Academy, Hazel Green, of worship and local ~hurch ,papers. Ky., sent a copy of Sixty Years with Hazel Green. Ben F. Dixon, Soan Diego, Calif., sent two of James Lane Allen's books, The Basil Holt, Boksburg, Transvaal, Union Alabaster Box and The Kentucky War- of South Africa, sent the following: bler. (R) Orders of worship of the Boksburg Church of Christ; Should the Churches Frank Donaldson, Charleston, W. Va., be Divided; Grasmere Summer Confer- sent a copy of his 24-page pamphlet ence, 1947; and United Christian Confer- The Atonement, an Actival View Point. ence, 1946. Ellensburg, Wash., First Christian E. L. Jorgenson, Louisville, Ky., sent Church, sent its Annual Report 1947 and a copy of the 1947 edition of Great Songs Plan of Work 1948. of the Church, No.2. Miss Louis Anna Ely, Indianapolis, H. E. Keltner, Canton, Ill., sent a copy Ind., sent the diploma which was granted of the Annual Church Report, 1946-47, to Simpson Ely, her father, by the Bible First Christian Church; and Anderson's Department of Oskaloosa College, June translation of the New Testament. (R) 15, 1874. Joe W. Kraus, Fulton, Mo., brought Stephen J. England, Enid, Okla., sent the following: Burnham-The Christian a copy of The Order for the Corner Name (attack on Campbellism); George Stone Laying, College of the Bible, Phil- W. Hamilton's Finding Blodgett, 'The lips University, October 10, 1947; and Lantern Man, Tom Croley's Word and Golden Anniversary, First Christian Kit Caffrey's Grit; Ray's Three Thou- Church, Stillwater, Okla., December sand Test Examples in Arithmetic, New 1947, a 46 page, illustrated booklet. Elementary Arithmetic, and Geometry and Trigonometry;· and Errors of the Clyde H. Evans, Stillwater, Okla.,' also Roman Catholic Church, (with a chapter sent a copy of the above booklet and by T. P. Haley). various promotional leaflets of the Chris- tian Student Center sponsored by the loren Lair, Indianapolis, Ind., sent the First Christian Church of Stillwater for Packet of Stewardship Materials, 1947- Oklahoma A. and M. College students. 48 and the Thanksgiving Packet, 1947. W. E. Garrison, Chicago, Ill., sent The George F. LeBus, Pacific Palisades, Life of Rev. James O'Kelly by MacClen- Calif., sent a copy of his Think It Over. ny, a much hunted for item. Allan W. Lee, Phillips University stu- John W. Golden, Hannibal, Mo., sent dent and assistant pastor of the Hillside copies of ,booklets compiled by him, Christian Church, Wichita, Kans., sent Glimpses from Life's Windows and My several pa,ckages of material. Included Favorite Poems; and' Forty-Fourth An- were these items: China Christian Mis- niversary, 189] -1935; Perry, Mo., Chris- sion News, October, 1947; Phillips Mem- tian Church; and a newspaper clipping ories, 1945; Twenty-fifth Anniversary about his twenty-five years in the min- Hillside Avenue Christian Church, 1922- istry. (R) 1947, (with a history by Mrs. A. C. Adamson); Annual Reports, 1944, 1945, Brook Haines, Washington, D. C., 1947, Hillside 'Church; Phillips Univer- sent a copy of the National City Chris- sit~· Student Directory, 1947-48; Photo- tian Church's Alpha Christian Endeavor graph of the interior of the First Chris- AJIlmni Cou~cil Annual Program, 1947- tian Church of Bremerton, Wash.; and 48; also copIes of the 1946-47 program the Riverside Christian ChurCh, Wichita, for cur duplicate files. 1947·1948 Directory. DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 1948 55 In the last issue of DISCIPLIANA Seven American Protestant Clergymen we neglected to mention that our file of and Editors of Religious Journals Who The Christian-Evangelist Convention Visited Yugoslavia in the Summer of Daily for 1947 was completed by Ruth 1947. (George W. Buckner, Jr., was one Lowry of Indianapolis, Ind., who sent us the seven), several copies of the last number. Orval D. Peterson, Yakima, Wash., Lester G. McAllister, St. Louis, Mo., sent several packages of materials, or- sent for the museum sedion of our ders of worship, local church papers and archives a beautiful 15 x 28 silk banner various odds and ends. The following autographed by all those attending the items were included: Brief Outline of Chinese Young Peoples Conference last Attempts to Christianize India from summer. The names are written in Chi- First Century Until 1900 by Hattie Men- nese with the exception of J. H. and Eva zies; Northwest Christian, vol. 6, no's. McCallum, the missionaries who super- 1-8, photographs of the ministers at the vised the conference. Dedication of Memorial GhristianChurch, 1. N. McCash, Enid, Okla., sent a copy Ephrates, Wash., July 13, 1947, also of of The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Autumn the congregation at that time, and of 1947, which contained his "History of the Boys' Dorm of the Yakima Indian Christian Mission, White Swan, Wash. Phillips University". Another Disciple article in the same issue was "The Diary Galen Lee Rose, Berkeley, Calif., sent of Charles Hazelrigg", July 5th, 1891, to a copy of Drury-A Chronology of September 10, 1893. Protestant Beginnings in California. J. L. Mauck, Culver-Stockton student, gave a copy of Report of the First An· W. E. Schultz, Bloomington, Ill., nual Conference, Disciples of Christ brought several clipping from the Panta. Student Fellowship, Merom, Indiana, De- graph of Bloomington. According to one cember 28, 1946-January 2, 1947. item, James A. Garfield once conducted a series of meetings in Bloomington. Barclay Meador, St. Louis, Mo., gave the following: Song of Songs by Gilbert Earl T. Sechler, Springfield, Mo., sent Ireland; Old Pine Knot by Ida Lee a manuscript, prepared by Minna B. Johnston; On the Threshold of Greatness, Quinn in 1940, entitled How Harold Bell Union Avenue Christian Church; and the Wright Sang For Ozark Biscuits. Year Book, 1946-47, The Fellowship Henry K. S.haw, Elyria, Ohio, sent Class, Union Avenue ,Christian Church. Syllabi-The Great Religions, a six-page Thl' Mexican Christian Church, Corpus folder, by W. J. Lhamon; and Owl Creek Christi, Texas, sent a booklet A Dream Religion by S. M. Cook, a typescript. Come True. Grant L. Slagle, Titusville, Penn., sent J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind., a copy of his tract To Which Church Shall I Belong? brought several packages of material including: Who's Who in the Central Ferris J. Stephens, New Haven, Conn., States, 1947 (many Disciples are listed); sent the New Jersey Realty Title News Young-Alaskan Days With John Muir; for November 1945, which contains an Alexander-Disciples of Christ in India; article by him "Ancient Babylonian Con- Muir-Mountains of California; Mark- veyances of Real Estates." ham-Songs and Stories; Lindsay-Lit- o any of Washington Street; Christian J. H. Stidham, Fulton, Mo., sent the World Facts, 1946-47, (with "Congo Im- prospectus for the Christian Church As- pressions" by Virgil A. Sly and other sembly Grounds, Lake Ozark, Mo. items by Don C. McGavran, and C. Man- ly and Selah Louise Morton)'; Freedom, Burton B. Thurston, Seattle, Wash., February-April 194fi, (with "Has War sent a postcard view of the West Stymied the Mexican Revolution by Seattle Christian Church; and a hand- 8umuel Guy Inman); and Religion in bill and map issued by the L & N rail- Yugoslavia, A Report on Conferences road advertising the Christian Church with Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Moslem, International Missionary Convention, Jewish and Protestant Leaders, and In- Louisville, Ky., October 15-21, 1912. vestigations Through the Medium of C. C. Ware, Wilson, N. C., sent the Religious Institutions and Documents by Program of the One Hundred Third Ses- '56 DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 1948 ,-sion of the North Carolina Convention, Campbell Home Slides November 4-6, 1947. When Richard James, member- of the L. H. West, Gladewater, Texas, sent Board of Directors of DCHS, returned Annual Reports, 1920, 1922, and 1923, home from the 194.6 International Con- Board of Education. vention at Columbus, Ohio, he went by way of historic Bethany and pursued Wright Avenue Christian Church, his favorite hobby of photography by Little Rock, Ark., sent the Missouri taking color pictures of the college and Christian ~ectures, 1883. the Campbell mansion. Through his Helen Johann, Madison, Wis., sent a kindness we now have 14 excellent Ko- copy of Conwell-Life, Speeches and dachrome 2 x 2 slides for our archives. Public Services of James A. Garfield, Likewise, Richard Dawson, College of Boston, 1881. the Bible student, returning from the W. G. MoseleY,Spokane, Wash., sent a Buffalo Convention last summer by package of materials.Itincluded Page- Bethany, took colo, pictures and ,pre- The Personality of Jesus; Maus-Teach- sented 24 slides (including Buffalo ing the Youth of the Church; Cahil- creek, the cemetery, and the Home) to Preach the Word; andCahil-Evange- DCHS. lism, 1933. English Periodiclcls John Francis Bellville, Elmira, N. Y., J. H. Bullock, Overland, Mo., recently sent orders of worship of the First sent some periodicals published in Eng- Church of Christ, Elmira., for 1939, land during the 1890's. The Tabernacle 1940, 19·1-1,1942, 1943, and 1946. Record, vol. 1, 1892, published at Glou- Bethany Tracts cester, England, and edited by Edwin H. Spring, is an interesting local church The Christian Board of Publication, publication. St. Louis, sent a complete set of Bethany Tracts-Christian Life Series, which The Disciple; Devoted to the Restora- were published in 1946. Authors and tion of New Testament Christianity in titles are listed below: Teaching and Life, a much more ambi- tious publication, was issued from 1. Groom, F. H.-Jesus Speaks to Gloucester, with vol. 1 being published Our Day in 1893. J. J. Haley, W. Durban, G. T. 2. Fisher, S. G.-The Book of the Walden, and E. H. Spring were the edit- Common Man. ors in 1893 and 1894. In 1895 Mr. Spring 3. Fortune, A. W.-God Answers was listed as sole editor and remained Prayers. so for the remainder of the volumes (vol. 8, 1900) which we received. 4. Osborn, G. E.-We Shall Live and Meet Again. The curatol' will spend many happy evening hours checking these periodicals 5. Tupper, C. B.-How Do I Become for book lists, obituaries, and historical a Christian? bits. 6. England, S. J.-Baptism Means a Richardson Photostats New Life. 7. Fogle, M. W.-I Have Often Won- Dwight E. Stevenson, Lexington, Ky., dered About Communion has given us many photostats of letters written by and to Robert Richardson, 8. Kellison, M. O.-Yes, I Am a biographer of Alexander Campbell, and Christian other Richardsoniana. Many of the let- 9. Snodgrass, R. C.-What Is Salva- ters were written by Richardson to his tion? son Nathaniel, 1854 to 1868. 10. DeGroot, A. T.-Who Are the Dis- ciples of Christ? WANTED: 12. Richeson, F. L.-The Kingdom Reith, R. J.-A Basket of Flowers and of God. Other Poems Eight of the twelve authors are mem- Ridings, Mrs. A. L---By the Light of bers of DCHS. the Lone Star; The Shawl of Song. DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 1948 57 CALLING ALL MEMBERS E. S. Ames; W. N. Briney; Elizabeth R. Caldwell; ColbertS. Cartwright; A. B. New Members Chance; Mrs. R. A. Doan; W. E. Garri- son; C. M. Gordon; O. W. Hanks; E. E. A list of members whose applications Hungerford; Howard E. Jensen; Edgar were received from October 9, 1947, DeWitt Jones; Lester G. McAllister; J. L. Mauck; Geo. V. Moore; L. A. Odom; to January 16, 1948: Paul B. Rains; R. R. Renner; Frank G. Francis M. Arant, Oklahoma City, Okla. Tyrrell; M. J. Votruba; and Clifford S. Mrs M. Bayley, Cleveland Ohio Weaver. E. H. Brimberry, Ft. Worth, Texas We hope to receive additional gifts to Marshall S. Burns, Lake Charles, La. our general fund which will be reported Mrs. Walter Cantrell, Charleston, W. Va. in the April DISCIPLIANA. Mrs Frank S. Fogg, Forrest City, Ark. Homer W. Haislip, St. Louis, Mo. Friends and former students of Dr. H. R. Havens, La Mesa, Calif. Henry Barton Robison have sent $41.00 Miss Aldyth Hawgood, ·Cleveland, Ohio as a gift to be used for the Robison Col- Leland D. Jones, San Diego, Calif. lection. The following' have made con- Harold C. Kime, Pasadena, Calif. tributions for this purpose': Marshall S. Lucille Kime, Pasadena, Calif. Burns, Ben F. Dixon, H. E. Keltner, Sarah Lawrence, Hinton, W. Va. George L. Peters, and George P. Snyder. G. R. Lowder, Charleston, W. Va. Additional gifts will be welcomed as we Alan C. Lynch, Abilene, Texas want to receive enough to buy a micro- Eugene May, Bluefield, Ky. film reading machine. Ford Messamore, Canton, Mo. Wm. O. Norris, Portsmouth, Ohio Membership Dues Harmon Pritchard, Indianapolis, Ind. C. H. Purdy, San Diego, Calif. The DCHS fiscal year ended Decem- Paul D. Richardson, Lexington, Ky. ber 31, 194.7, and according to our con- Hubert E. Sias, Portland, Ore. stitution, "annual dues shall be payable ~·eth W. Slaughter, Des Moines, Ia. in advance upon receipt of statement." Wm. W. Summers, Huntington, W. Va. All members have been sent such a state- Austin M. Warner, Ft .• Worth, Texas ment concerning their 1948 dues; to date 230 have responded. Life Members If you are one of the remaining sev- eral hundred who have not yet sent in Miss Harriet-Louise H. Patterson, your dues, please remit as soon as pos- Cleveland, Ohio, became a life member sible. By prompt payment, time and of the Society, November 25, 1947. Miss money will be saved the Society. Patterson, who has been an active mem- ber of the Society since 1943, has secured There are a few who have not paid many new members. Her story of Chau- their dues for 1947·.Those persons should tauqua Institution is published in this send $2.00 at once in order to be in .good Issue of DISCIPLIANA. standing. Local Church Members Executive Committ~ Our only new local church member is The Executive Committee met iT' Can- Olive Branch Christian Church, India- ton, November 3, 1947, with Garrison, napolis, fnd. Hensley and Spencer present. A budge~ for 1948 was tentatively approved, and Cash Gifts some time was spent discussing plans for 1) increasing local church member- Since the work of the S·ociety has ships, 2) securing permanent funds, 3) grown faster than' its income from mem- funds for cutTent operating expenses, bership dues (individual, institutional and and 4) the Historical Caravan for 1948. local church), the curator was instructed by the Executive Committee to ask for Historical Caravan cash gifts from individual members when notices of 1948 dues were mailed. Whether or not there will be a His- torical Caravan this summer depends This appeal resulted in the receipt of upon the securing of funds for this spe- $68.25 from the following persons: cific purpose from churches and indi- 58 DISCIPLIArfA, 'JANUARY' 1948 viduals. This project which is sponsored THESES jointly by the CYF and DCHS calls for an e~penditure on the part of the Society We have had the privilege of making of approximately $200. a copy of A 'Sthdy of the History and Development of the Disciples of Christ A number of churches have been in Southern California, an M. Th. thesis asked to help make possible this pro- at the University of Southern California gram which brings to Society headquar- by Francis M. Arant, 1936. ters ~fonr _ yOllng people for intensive study and work for a three-week period Robert L.· Lemon, Disciples Divinity during July. ,The P,eachtree Christian House student, is working on the life and Church of Atlanta; Georgia, the First work oJ Herbert L. ·Willett. Christian Church of Seattle, Washing- ton, and the First Christian Church of Yakima, _Washington, ,have pledged sup- William G. West, Yale student, is fin- port, but at least $140 more is needed ishing his thesis about Barton W. Stone. before we can go ahead with our plans, James W. Carty, Jr., Disciples Divinity House student, is writing the life and PERIODICALS work of Charles Clayton Morrison. Vision, a new 16 page weekly paper THESES SUPPLEMENT for teen agel's, was issued January 4, 1948, by the 'Christian Board of Publica- These theses should be added to your tion, St. Louis. The new periodical re- supplem,ent of Theses Concerning the places Highway (1938-47), which suc- Disciples of Christ: ceeded Girls Circle (1917-1937), which took the place of Social Circle (1908- Hamlin, Griffith Askew. 1916), and is numbered as a continua- Educational Efforts Among Disciples tion of these publications. Marjorie of Christ in North Carolina, 1852-1902. Thomas is the editor. Ph.D. 1947. _ Hamlin, Griffith. Askew. Vol. 1, no. 1 of The Pennsylvania A Comparative Study of Edward Scrib- Christian, January 1948, has been re- ner Ames and Charles Clayton Morrison ceived. Franklin R. Payne, acting sec- in Regard to Their Conception of God. retary of the Pennsylvania Christian B. D. Duke University. Missionary Society, i" editor. The new printed publication replaces the mimeo- graphed Keystone Bulletin, which had Under the title "Brotherhood Treas- been issued since 1937. ure," Charles C. Ware in North Carolina Christian for December 1947, reviews the collecting of historical material from. J. L. Mauck, Canton, nas given vol. 1, "everal angles and especially in the light no's. 1 and 2, May and November, 1947, of the Historical ,Collection of the North The DSF Journal, published by the Dis- Carolina Christian Missionary Conven- ciple Student Fellowship. tion. According to the Disciple, Gloucester, Two numbers of the Missouri Disciple EnglAnd, vol. 1, 1894, page 289, "efforts Student Fellowship. News Letter, vol. 1, are being made to establish a Bible Col- no's. 1 and 2, November and December, lege at Oxford and to arrange for an 1947, have been issued from Canton. J. International Convention of Disciples of L. Mauck, vice-president of the Mis- Christ in London in 1896." souri DSF and Culver-Stockton student, is editor. This is the first state DSF The Old Paths Book Club of Kansas paper to be published. City, Mo., announces the forthcoming rublication of several titles including: The Letters of Alexander Compbell; A James D. Bales, Searcy, Ark., expects Litemry Appraisal of the Restoration to start the publication soon of a quar- Movement; and The Church in Great terly The Thinking Christian. Cl·itain. DISCIPLIANA, JANUARY 1948 59 DISCIPLIANA, published January, April, July, and October by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Canton, Missouri. Founded by the Ministerial Association of Culver-Stockton College, volume 1, number 1, was issued March, 1941. Volumes 1-3 were mimeographed. With volume 6 the Disciples of Christ Historical Society assumed publication . . Entered as Second Class Matter April 26, 1944, at the Postoffice at Canton, Missouri, under Act of August 24, 1912. Claude E. Spencer, Editor Officers of the Society W. E. Garrison, President Chester P. Hensley, Vicll-President A. T. DeGroot, Secretary-Treasurer Claude E. Spencer, Curator Subscription to DISCIPLIANA is included in the membership dues of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society. The price of an annual subscription to non-members is $1.00. VOL. 7 JANUARY 1948 NO. 4 CONVENTION MINUTES The Society's interest in the program has been that of a distributing agent. We MICROFILMED have tried to call to the attentIon of our institutional members the desirability of The microfilming of the following min- each institution buying the films. utes and reports of the general conven- tion have been completed: 1. Proceedings of the General Con- OUR EXPLANATION vention of the Christian Churches, 1949- We are sorry that this issue contains 1896 (with the exception of 1852 and only twelve pages and not our usual six- 1855 of which no copies could be located). teen. We could give at least five good One fRll roll and one small roll. reasons for the fewer pages, but will 2. Minutes of the American Christian not go into details except to say that Missionary Society, 1897-1917. Two rolls. your editor has been extremely busy these past few months and found it im- 3. Minutes of the Foreign Christian possible to prepare a full issue. We trust Missionary Society, 1875-1917. three that the April number will have sixteen rolls. pages and that either the July or October one will have twenty. A total of 8534 pages was filmed, mak- ing 550 feet of film. Positive prints in A number of articles had to be short- either perforated or non-perforated film ened for this issue, and New Books Re- may be purchased for $66.00 for the ceived listed only one title while we had complete set. A number of libraries have at least six which should have been men- indicated their interest in this project, tioned. These will be added in the next and several orders have been received. number. History of Texas Christian All orders should be sent to Society University; a College of the Cattle headquarters. Frontier by Colby D. Hall will be re- viewed at some lengtli. The project has been made possible only through the efforts of Mrs. Ada Mosher, librarian of the United Chris- WANTED: tian Missionary Society, who has attend- ed to the details of the filming, which Rigdon, Jonathan.-The Art of Speak- was done by the R.ecord Registry Cor- ing; Science and Religion poration. Rice, C. M.-Sermons Miss Cora B. Harris Nox 363 Ma comb, Illinois POSTMASTE&-If undeliverable, notify us on Form 3578 ~'OR YOUR INFORMATION The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was organized May 5, 1941, at St. Louis, Missouri, and received the approval of the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ which was then in session. The convention at that time appointed the Society Custodian of Convention archives. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further the interest of the Dis- ciples of Christ (sometimes known as Christian Church or Church of Christ) in its religious heritage, backgrounds, erigins, and development. Membership is open to any individual, institution or organization that is in ac- cord with the purpose of the &ciety. In 1946 the Society secured as a gift from Culver-Stockton College, the valuable which contains thousands of books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts and illustra- Henry Barton Robison Collection of Literature Relating to the Disciples of Christ tive materials dealing with the religious groups which grew out of the Restoration movement fostered by Abner Jones, Elias Smith, James O'Kelly, Barton W. Stone, Thomas and Alexander Campbell, Walter Scott, and other reformers of the early 19th century in America. The collection is being used as a nucleus for a comprehensive research library. The Society maintains its headquarters at Canton, Missouri, where authors and publishers are asked to send copies of all new publications. Churches are requested to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive orders of worship, papers, re- ports, yearbooks and other printed records. Gifts from individuals are especially welcome. Classes of membership are as follows: Individual member, per calendar year $1.00. Indiv:idual founding member, $1.00 per year from 1941. Individual life member, one p~yment $25.00. Institutional member, per calendar year $15.00. Local church member, per calendar year $12.00. Institutional membership is offered to educational institutions and other organi- zations including state boards and national agencies. Local churches should take advantage of the opportunity to share in the work of the Society by becoming members. The local church dues include individual mem- berships for the minister and one layman. Subscriptions to DISCIPLIANA, gifts for the Society, payment of dues, and inquiries concerning the work of the Society should be sent to: Claude E. Spencer, Curator Disciples of Christ Historical Society P. O. Box 226 Canton, Missouri