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Discipliana Vol-13-Nos-1-7-April-1953-December-1953

Claude E. Spencer Disciples of Christ Historical Society, [email protected]

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Disciples History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Discipliana - Archival Issues by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Disciples History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Published quarterly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee VOL. 13 APRIL, 1953 NO. STATE CONVENTIONS ENDORSE DCHS Society Maintains Exhibits ------FAMILY FOUNDATION at Spring Meetings TAKES Resolutions endorsing the program of the CONTRIBUTING MEMBERSHIP Disciples of Christ Histori~al ~ociety a~ter The Disciples of Christ Historical Society one year of full-time operation 10 NashvIlle reports the receipts of a ~500 contribu~ing have been adopted by nine (9~ state co~v~n- membership from the Irw1O-Sweeney-Ml11er tions of Disciples of Chnst (Chnstran Foundation of Columbus, Indiana. The Churches). The J:.esolutions called attention Foundation represents the interests of Mr. to the work of the Society in collecting and and Mrs. Irwin Miller, Mrs. Nettie S. Miller, making available for use the historical mate- Miss Elsie I. Sweeney, and Mrs. Robert rials of the brotherhood, and urged churches, Tangeman. ". institutions and individuals to consider mem- On receiving the membershIp contnbutlOn bership in the Society as a means of sharing from the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation, in the support of the national service agency Claude E. Spencer, Curator of the Historical of the brotherhood. Among the states en- Society, stated: "Such generous support en- dorsing the Society program were: Missouri, courages us in the belief that individuals and Arkansas Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Colo- institutions throughout our great Brother- rado, Io~a, Indiana, and Wyoming. While hood are becoming aware of the unique con- the DCHS resolution was presented to all tribution of the Disciples of Christ Histori~ Spring conventions, no reports have been re- cal Society and are taking advantage of the ceived from Mississippi, Florida, Montana, opportunity to share in its support." I.ouisiana, and the Capital Area. The Foundation wntributing membership Historical exhibits illustrating the materials has been gratefully acknowledged, along with being assembled at the Nashville Archives a number of other recent memberships re- and Library were maintained by staff mem- ceived by the Society, listed in detail on bers at seven conventions during April and page 14. The DCHS membership list is May. Jim McKi~ll1ey, executive di.rect~r, growing daily as individuals and groups represented the Society at state conventions In throughout the brotherhood join in preserv- Missouri (Hannibal, April 14-16), Texas ing the heritage of our movement. (Lubbock, April 20-23), Oklahoma (Tulsa, April 27-30), Iowa (Des Moines, May 3-6), and Indiana (Huntington, May 10-12). REMINDER Claude E. Spencer, curator, supervised exhi- Are you a dues-paying member of bits at the Tennessee convention (Nashville, DCHS? 1953 dues are past payable. April 21-23), and at the North ~merica.n The service program of your Histori- Christian Convention in Canton, (Aprtl cal Society is dependent entirely on 22-26). dues paid to the Society by individual In addition to directing the historical ex- and local congregat'('l1'l1 memb~rs. hibits, the Society representatives also made Have you paid your DCHS dues for many contacts for the Society in the states 1953? (Continued on page 15)

111- 74.u 14tUte: Robert H. Forrester: Minister. Educator. Editor. Publi5her. Lawyer and Disciple. by John W. Neth Jr., page 4-Editorial: Two Significant Anniversaries. by Ronald E. Osborn. page 3-They Say. what brotherhood leaders think of DCHS, page 8. A Bethany Visitor, page 7 New Members, page 14 Jim's Journeys, page 6 Theses Completed, page 5 Presidents and Disciples, page 2 Wants. page 13 Dates and Data, page 7 What's New in Our Library, page 10 2 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

PRESIDENTS AND DISCIPLES: Garfield-Lincoln-Johnson James A. Garfield, His Religion and Edtt- Christianity (Board of Church Extension cation, by Woodrow W. Wasson, a recent periodical) for October-November 1895, that book published by the Tennessee Book Com- documents the Power story. pany, has drawn attention again to the fact F. D. Power, minister of the Vermont that not only a Disciple, but a Disciple Avenue Christian Church, Washington, D. C,. preacher, was president of the United States. and reputable Disciple historian, in an arti- Perhaps two other presidents were Disci- cle "Church building history in the Capitol" ples. For more than fifty years there have wrote: been published divergent stories about Abra- "In 1868 Henry T. Anderson came from ham Lincoln having been surreptitiously Harrodsburg, Ky., and served the church baptized by John O. Kane, a Disciple preach- for one year as pastor. He was a gifted, er. Perhaps the latest mention is "Was scholarly, and conseerated [sid man. He Lincoln a Christian?" by Jflmes DeForest passed away in Washington, September 19 Murch in United Evangelical Action for Feb- 1872. ' ruary 1, 1953. Edgar DeWitt Jones, in Lin- ."An incident related to me by Judge [Jere- coln and the Preachers, dismisses these stories mIah Sol Black of this period illustrates ... as being entirely discredited, as does Louis ~he s~ru~gles of the fathers to plant our cause A. Warren in Lincoln Lore, March 16, 1942. 111 t~IS.city.. It was during Andrew Johnson's However, Lincoln did have a Disciple back- adm11llstratlOn. The church found itself un- ground, for his father, Thomas Lincoln, was equal to the task of raising the small salary a member of the Christian Church. agreed upon, and applied to Judge Black and About fifteen years ago there was con- Genera~ G:arfield to assist them by securing a siderable discussion published about the cl~r~shlp 111 one of the Departments for the church membership of Andrew Johnson. This m11llster, such as would furnish him a sup- was started by the question "Are you aware port and enable him to remain and serve the that-Andrew Johnson who succeeded Lin- congregation. coln as President was at one time a member "These gentlemen waited upon the Presi- of the Christian Church, according to a re- dent and sought an appointment through him cent report we have received?" in the Just He had formerly been a member of the sam~ Among Disciples column of the March 23, 1939, issue of The Christian-Evangelist. c<:>mmunio?,~nd Judge Black appealed to 111mto aId 111establishing their cause in In the issues of April 6, April 20, and Washington. August 10, 1939, there were further notes, including a statement from O. P. Spiegel "The president acknowledged that he had that had told him Johnson been a member of the church, but a very poor was a member of the Christian Church. one. The judge said that he should remem- ber to do good to all men, but especially to In an editorial, "Was Andrew Johnson a them of the household of faith, and seeing member of the Church?", the Gospel Advo- that Satan was taking good care of his own ctlte for September 14, 1939, reprinted the in Washington, he, the President, should notes from The Christian-Evangelist and also hav~ s?me concern for the good work of his an article written by David Lipscomb in the Chrtstlan brethren. Garfield said little. of September 26, 1883, in Johnson agreed to do what he could, and which Lipscomb denied that Johnson was subse<:Iu~ntlymade the appointment, though ever a member, but said he had been a close the mtlllster [Anderson] would not accept it." friend of and Jesse B. 17er- guson. Lipscomb attributed the story of All the reference books we consulted in- Johnson's membership to F. D. Power of cluding This Nation Under God by Eibert Washington, D. C, who "has certainly fallen Thomas, and The Presidents: Men of Faith in error", he said. by Bliss Ise1y, said that Johnson was never The Christian-Evangelist, Septembel' 28 and a member of any church but worshipped with October 5, 1939, printed Lipscomb's article the Methodists along with his wife. and called attention to the fact that all state- . Is this just another apocryphal story, or is ments made were from secondary source ma- It based on fact? Did Judge Black or Presi- terial and hoped tbat eventually some pri- dent Garfield ever relate in print this visit mary material might be discovered. to Johnson? Is Johnson's name on the mem- Now comes Charles C Ware, Curator of bership list of some local church in East the North Carolina Discipliana Collection, Tennessee? We still need primarv docu- Wilson, N. C, with a copy of Business in 01entation. DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 3

PI~CIPl~ANA,. pu~lished January, April, July, and October by the Disciples of Christ Historical OCten:, .JOt!'t Untvers~ty Ltbrary, 419 - 21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee. Founded by the MlOlStertal Assoctauon of Culver-Stockton College volume 1 number 1 was issued March 1941 Volumes 1-3 w.ere mimeographed. With volume' 6 the Disciples of' Christ Historical' Society' assumed publlcatlOn. Entered as Second Class Matter, Nashville, Tennessee under Act of August 24, 1912. Claude E. Spencer, Editor. James E. McKinn~y, Associate Editor 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. 13 NO. 1

Two Significant Anniversaries in our history was commended to Disciples by a resolution adopted at the Oklahoma The year 1954 will mark two significant City Assembly of the International Conven- anniversaries for Disciples of Christ. tion. On January 4, 1854, Thomas Campbell Several important activities suggest them- died at Bethany, old and full of years. In selves as appropriate means of keeping the the generation and a half since his writing centennial and the sesqu;centennial: of the Declaratioll mzd Address, he had seen the movement thus launched take on vigor 1. A recommitment of our congregations under the leadership of his son, win thou- to the ecumenical ideal which brought us sands of adherents, and establish itself as into being. Appropriate sermons should be a significant factor in American religious life. preached, with many groups studying such It is now almost a hundred years since courses as Disciples of Christ-Whence and Thomas Campbell's death. lJ7hither? and Doctrirle and Thought of Dis- BlIt an even earlier event claims our at- ciples of Christ. tention. 2. A re-examination of scriptural te~ch- In June, 1804, at Cane Ridge, Kentucky, ings on the nature of the church. Much Barton W. Stone and his associates drew up materi~l f?r serious study and thoughtful the Last JJ7ill alld TestatnC1lt of the Spring- preachmg IS at hand because of the attention field Presbytery. The key words of this being given to the church in the current whimsical-serious document are well known: movement for the revival of Biblical theol- "We will that this body die, be dissolved, ogy. The Report of the Third World Con- and sink into union with the body of Christ ference on Faith and Order is a case in point. at large." So these erstwhile Presbyterians 3. Significant attention to these anniver- dropped their distinctive name and became saries in planning the programs of state con- known simply as Christians. ventions, adult conferences, ministers' insti- These Kentucky rebels against denomina- tutes, and the International Convention. tionalism were not the first religious group 4. Pilgrimages to Bethany and to Cane in America to abandon the name of a historic Ridge, with appropriate memorial services. sect in favor of the designation Christian. 5. Publication of new studies on the work Already some Methodists in Virginia and and significance of Barton W. Stone and North Carolina and some Baptists in New Thomas Campbell. England had taken a similar step. But the 6. Commitment of hundreds of churches Kentucky Christians had a zeal for Christian ~nd thousand~ of individuals to membership unity. And in 1832 they joined forces with m and finanCIal support of the Disciples of Disciples of Christ. Christ Historic.al Society. This is the agency Thus the Last W'ill and Tes/atnC1lt of the among us dedIcated to preserving the heri- marks the beginning tage of our past for the life of the future. of an important phase of this religious move- The occurrence of these anniversaries ment in America. And that was 150 years makes it clear that Disciples of Christ have ago. attained a degree of maturity in the religious The occasion of these two anniversaries world. A knowledge of our history a criti- provides an opportunity for the churches of cal estimate of it, and a renewed d~dication this Brotherhood to give special attention to to our historic ideals will equip us more the principles which called it into being. thoroughly for our present mission. The observance of these spiritual milestones Ronald E. Osborn 4 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

ROBERT H. FORRESTER: Minister, Educator, Editor, Publisher, Lawyer and Soldier BY JOHN W. NETH, JR. 'll~ohn CWI'1Neth, Jr., library school student, Geotge Peabody College for Teachers and librarian-elect of M 1 l~an 0 ege, presents here some facts about a man once well-known in h b h h d W seemmgly sever~d all conneCli,~>ns ~ith the church. Me. Neth has a B.A. fro~ Betl:'~~ eC ~~ , but B 8° later School of RehglOn, Butler UnlversllY, and will receive his library science degtee ir. Aug~se. 0 ege, a . . rom The life of Robert H. Forrester can be Westc:rn a.nd Western Virginia, conveniently divided into four phases. These but did not complete his year before leaving very natural divisions are: The Pittsburgh to go to Kentucky. During this period he (Pa.) period, 1816 to 1846; the Kentucky w.as intimately connected with the early p.eriod, 1846 to 1861; the Confederate pe- Pittsburgh church organized by George For- nod, 1861 to 1868; and the Chicago period, rester, his father, and fostered by Walter 1868 to 1884. We will conform to these pe- Scott. He was the preacher and riods for the very brief sketch of his life his wife heard the evening they were mar· which follows. ried. . The Pittsburgh Period, 1816 to 1846.- Robert H. Forrester was born in Pittsburgh, The Kentucky Period, 1846 to 1861.- Pa., in 1816, the son of George and Nancy Robert H.. Forrester moved to Georgetown, Forrester. His father was famous for his Kentucky, 10 July, 1846, where he ministered influence on from June, 1819, to the Christian Church. In the fall of 1846 to July, 1820, when George was drowned in and spring of 1847 he assisted Thornton F. the Allegheny River July 7, 1820. Robert Johnson in organizing the Western Military was then just four years old. He was a Institute (later united with the University of pupil of Walter Scott during the years that Nashville, the parent of the George Peabody this famous teacher instructed in the home College for' Teachers). Here he conducted of Nathaniel Richardson. Robert Richard- a law department as part of the Institute. son was one of his schoolmates. At the age It was during this period that he was inti- of 12 he procured a job in the Pittsburgh mately acquainted with James G. Blaine, and Post Office and assisted with his own sup- claimed to have given him his basic founda- port. While he worked, he attended school, and in a few years changed positions and tion in political law. Prior to the Western became a salesman in a bookstore, soon be- Military Institute's moving to Blue Lick coming a partner in that firm known as Pat- Springs in December, 1849, Robert severed this connection and in 1850 is recorded in terson and Forrester. In October, 1835, he the U. S. Census as living in Cynthiana with petitioned the court of Allegheny for the his son, George, his second wife, Amanda J. appointment of a guardian and asked for Samuel Church, who accepted the responsi- llorrester, and Mary Palmer, her mother. He bility. During this period he attended the had considerable wealth and was preaching University of Western Pennsylvania, now the for the Cynthiana Christian Church in addi- University of Pittsburgh, ·and was prominent tion to following his law practice. In an in the youth activities of the city. On Jan- editorial debate on the Kentucky constitu- uary 7, 1839, as vice-presiden't of the Wirt tion revision of 1849, he is said to have Literary Society, he delivered the first anni· taken an active part, advocating particularly versary address. A year earlier, 1838, we the local election of judges. Here two sons find him as a co-partner with Enos Campbell a~d two daughtel's were born: Harry P., in the publishing firm of Forrester and Richard, Fannie, and Mary. His wife, Aman- Campbell, authorized to publish the works of da J., died soon after the bi rth of the second Alexander Campbell. In 1840, at 24 years daughter in 1858. In a few months the of age, he was a member of the first board daughter, Mary, followed her in death. In of trus~ees.of Bethany College. During this April, 1860, Robert H. married a widow year hiS fust son, George l'orrester, was named Sallie (Fields) Hamilton, his third born. On March 10, 1842, Robert was ad- wife. To this union was born one son, mitted to the bar in Pittsburgh and practiced Walter Shelby Forrester, who later became law in the firm of Forrester and Courtney. prominent in his native city, Louisville, Ken- ~hen Walter Scott returned to Pittsburgh tucky, as a printer and editor, a civic leader and state political figure. However, due to III 1844 and began publication of the week- ly newspaper, the Protestant Uni01zist, Robert the War Between the States, Robert l'orrester H. was chosen as his co-editor, which posi- never saw this fourth son until he was a tion he retained until his departure from young man. This leads us into the third or Pennsylvania. James Darsie records that he Confederate period of the life of Robert H. was appointed through the Somerset (Pa.) l'orrester. church as the first evangelist of the area of (to be continued) DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 5 THESES COMPLETED In 1941 the 'Society published Theses C01lcerni1lg the Disciples of Christ (now out-of-print). Since then, all theses written, including earlier theses unknown in 1941, have been regularly reponed in DISCIPLIANA. These have not been listed befote: Adams, Hampton. Historical Conditions go: A Study of Their Use in Christian Edu- Influencing the Trend of Thought in Tran- cation. B.D., College of the Bible, 1950. sylvania College, 1780-1922. B.D., College Ely, \Vanita Lorraine. A Study of Adult of the Bible, 1922. Leadership of Youth in Some Disciples of Allegood, Heber R Alexander Camp- Christ Churches. M.R.E., College of the bell's Conception of Authoritv in Religion. Bible, 1951. B.D., College of the Bible, 1918. Gentzler, Harold Elroy. The Use of Bib- Arvin, William Jennings. Improving lical Material in the Bethany Graded Lessons Christian Education in the Big Hill Avenue for the Intermediate Department of the Christian Church. M.RE., College of the Church School. M.RE., College of the Bible, Bible, 1936. 1951. Baker, Ernest P. A Study of the Adequacy McGuire, Franklin Reid. A Study of the of Ministerial Training Among the Disciples Christian Church, West Liberty, Ky. B.D., of Christ. B.D., College of the Bible; 1950. College of the Bible, 1951. Bingham, Walter L. The Effectiveness of McKelvy, Jewell Elizabeth. A Study of the Young Peoples Program of Woodland the Castlewood Christian Church. M.RE., Christian Church, Lexington, Ky. B.D., Col- College of the Bible, 1951. lege of the Bible, 1951. McMullin, Mary Elaine. A History of the Bollinger, Or an Edward Asa. The Disci- Development of Children's Work in the Dis- ples of Christ and the Barthian Theology. ciples of Christ. M.RE., College of the B.D., College of the Bible, 1951. Dible, 1951. Boren, Carter Excell. The History of the Parks, Norman Lexington. Origin of the Disciples of Christ in Texas. 1824-1906. Christian Church in Kentucky. M.A., Gemge Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1952. Peabody College for Teachers, 1930. Bowdery, Barbara Klore. The Sociology Simrell, Eugene R A Study of the Yguth of Robert E. Park. Ph.D., Columbia Univer- \X1ork of Central Christian Church, Lexing- sity, 1951. ton, Ky. B.D., College of the Bible, 1951. Burke, Donald Paul. The Disciples of Snipes, David Paul. A History of the Christ and the Church College. M.A., Phil- Evangelism of the Belgian Congo. B.D., lips University, 1947. College of the Bible, 1952. Chen, Elizabeth. Functions and Prepara- Wallace, James G. A Survey of Methods tion of Leaders of Religious Education of the for Assimilating New Members. B.D., Disciples of Christ. M.RE., College of the School of Religion, Butler University, 1948. Bible, 1930. White, Joseph Welles. The Influence of Cox, James Arthur. Incidents in the Life Sidney Rigdon Upon the Theology of Mor- of Philip Slater Fall. B.D., College of the monism. University of Southern California, Bible, 1951. 1947. Darst, H. Jackson. Independent Institu- tions of Higher Education Among Disciples of Christ; A Study in Institutionalization. Ed.D., University of Virginia, 1952. Gospel Advocates and Others Davis, Harry McCuan. The Kentucky from B. C. Goodpasture, Nashville, Tenn., Christian Bible School Association-Whither we received a nearly complete file of the Bound? B.D., College of the Bible, 1935. Gospel Advocale, 1909-1937. Day, Charles Alvis. Moses E. Lard, A Other periodicals received at the same Master Builder of the Reformation of the time include varying issues and volumes of Nineteenth Century. B.D., College of the The Adult Gos/lel Quarterly; The Apostolic Bible, 1951. Times; Bible Study Helper; Elemmtary Gos- Dickinson, Hoke Smith. The Attitudes of tJel Q1Ifwterly; The Gospel Light: Glad Tid- Transylvania College and The College of ings; Gospel Herald; Intermediate Gospel the Bible Stud~nts Towards Problems of Q1ttwterly; Junior Gospel Qum·te"zy; Little Youth. B.D., College of the Bible, 1930. Jewels; Primary Gospel Quarterly; Senior Dodson, James Richard. The Proverbs of Gospel Quarte"zy; Truth in Love; and The the Nkundo-Mongo People of Belgian Con- Visitor. 6 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

Jim's Journeys Saturday, April 25-Visit TCU. Lunch with Dr. Hall, Dean DeGroot. Valuable coun- This piece should be titled "Circuit-Ridin' sel, assistance. On to Dallas in Texas for DCHS" or perhaps "Learning the Broth- sunshine (86°). Encouraging interview erhood in One Easy (?) Lesson." 5,000 with W. A. Welsh, East Dallas Christian miles, one month, five state conventions, Church, new president Texas convention. ten states. What a tremendous country! Turning north to McKinney, Texas. And lots of wonderful people! Sunday, A/;ril 26-McKinney, Sherman, Den- Sunday, April 12-Dawson Springs, Ken- ison, Texas. Interviews with preachers. tucky, preaching. One addition. Church Visit Eisenhower's birthplace. Detours calls Charles Mathias from Vanderbilt School of Religion as minister. People Through South Oklahoma. ready for active program. Afternoon dis- Monday, April 27, Through Thursday, April trict youth round-up. Several hundred 30-Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over 3,000 Okla- youngsters, with their ministers, in at- homa Disciples registered for state conven- tendance. tion at Hallie Gantz' First Christian Monday, April 13-Memphis, Tennessee. Church. Keep running into Tom Wood Preachers' meeting at Linden Avenue. Ter- plugging for International Convention. rific reports of Easter additions in Shelby Many new churches being dedicated, County churches. DCHS support prom- planned. Disciples on move in South- ised. On to jonesboro, Arkansas, for visits west. Phillips University turning out with Lee Hargis and some of his fine trained, devoted Christian workers. Okla- congregation, just completing beautiful homa steaks, Mexican enchiladas, and new building. Off again, moving north. Swedish salads. Tuesday, April ./4, Through Thursday, April Frid{ly, May i-Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 16-Hannibal, Missouri. Mark Twain Pleasant visit with George Beazley at beau- country. One thousand Missourians reg- tifully remodeled First Church. istered for state convention at Kenneth Kuntz' First Christian Church. Lester S{lturday, May 2-Kansas City. Visits to Rickman becomes Dr. Rickman. Culver- Community, Country Club, and Independ- Stockton College celebrates 100th birth- ence Boulevard Christian Churches. Prom- day. Wind, rain and snow off the Mis- ises of support for DCHS. Lunch at Tru- sissippi. Interest in DCHS increasing. man's home town. On to Iowa. Renew old friendships; make new ones. Sm/(lay, May 3, T hrollgh l/7 ednesday, May 6 Friday, April 17-Missouri convention con- -Des Moines, Iowa. So this is the cludes. Weather turns loose: snow, sleet, famous Iowa Plan. Simply translated- hail, rain, wind. Let's head for the work. Cooperation with no wasted ef- Southwest! jefferson City, Springfield, fort. New churches being planted, tre- joplin, Tulsa (in an April hailstorm at mendous youth programs, active CMF and midnight). CWF. Trained, inspired leadership, head- ed by workhorse Loren Lair. 4,800 regis- Saturday, April is-Oklahoma City. Tele- trations. Impressive historical committ"e- phone calls to preachers. Plenty of hot work at University Church, inspired by coffee, cold rain, high hopes and low Warner Muir. New buildings dedicated morale. for state missions, Drake University. Sunday, A/Jril 19-Chickasha, Oklahoma. Jr/ ednesday, May 6 (Afternoon)-Canton, Visit with Bill Wright at First Christian Missouri. Visit with jake Allen and Church. Follow the Chisholm Trail to family and tour of fine facilities of Culver- Texas. Big, lonely, barren, awe-inspiring Stockton College, overlooking the Missis- country. Pitchfork and 4-6 rangeland. sippi. Cattle, cotton, oil, friendly people. Thursday, May 7-St. Louis, then HOME. Monday, April 20, Through Thursday, April Friday, M{IY S-Nashville. Open the mail. 23-Lubbock, Texas. Caprock country. Texas convention registers over 1500. Host Saturday, May 9-Nashville. Open more Travis White makes a stranger welcome. mail. Great sessions with Tom Wood, Ray Lind- Sunday, May lO-Dover, Tennessee. Com- ley, Patrick Henry, Chester Crow. Reports mencement address. Hit the road again of new churches being built; old congre- north. gations revitalized. Texas Disciples work- MOlld{IY, May 11, Tuesday, May 12-Hunt- ing together. ington, Indiana. Over 2,600 record reg- Friday, April 24-Across South Plains to istration at Hoosier State convention. Fort Worth. Wonderful evening visit More talk of new churches, expanded edu- with staunch supporter Dr. Colby Hall, cation programs. Encouraging interviews former dean TCU, member DCHS Board. (Continued on page 13) DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 7

D ATE S AND DATA ••• Under this heading will appear regularly a list of dates month by month, of significant and interesting August events connected with Disciple history. Brief com- ments will be made concerning each event. August 5, 1809. Alexander Campbell with Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be wel- his mother, brothers and sisters sailed on comed. Especially wanted are the dates of the estab- the Latonia for America from Scotland. lishment of local churches, institutions. and organi. Their first attempt to emigrate in 1808 had zations, dates of special happenings. ended in shipwreck. Upon application, the Society will furnish furrher information concerning any of the items listed. Augmt 8, 1887. Alexander William Doni- phan died at Richmona, Missouri. July August 21, 1821. Charles Carlton born in England. Mr. Carlton, minister and edu- July 1, 1935. Unified Promotion put into cator, founded Carlton College, Bonham, operation. This organization was set up Texas. to unify various agency appeals to the August 27, 1832. William Thomas Moore churches and was a development from the born in Henry County, Kentucky. Best Joint Apportionment Committee of the known as the author of many books, in- International Convention which grew out cluding A Comprehensive History of the of the Calendar Committee authorized by Disciples of Christ, 1909. the Convention in Norfolk in 1907.. August 28, 1850. Passport issued by the July 4, 1823. Volume 1, number 1 of the Department of State (signed by Daniel was issued by Alexander Webster) to James Turner Barclay for use Campbell from his newly acquired print- in his travel to Jerusalem. He was the ing press at Buffalo Creek, Virginia (now first missionary to a foreign land sent out by the American Christian Missionary So- Bethany, ). ciety. July 9, 1808. Alexander William Doniphan August 30, 1820. The Mahoning Baptist born near Maysville, Kentucky. General Association formed. This was the asso- Doniphan, known for his expedition to ciation that became controlled by the re- California during the Mexican War, was formers through the work of Walter a strong member of the church in Rich- Scott. It was dissolved in 1830. mond, Missouri. August 31, 1861. Jessie Brown Pounds born July 14, 1876. Sidney Rigdon died at at Hiram, Ohio. She was the author of Friendship, New York. After being hundreds of hymns, including the popular closely associated with Alexander Camp- "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." bell, he left the Disciples to become a strong Mormon leader. July 15, 1810. Alexander Campbell preached his first sermon (text: Matthew 7:24-27) A Bethany Visitor in a grove on the farm of Major Temple- The Campbell home had many VIsItors ton some eight miles from Washington, during Alexander Campbell's lifetime. Here Pennsylvania. is an account of a visit there in 1828 by July 19, 1864. William Dayton Cunningham Jacob Creath, who wrote under the pseudo- nym Junius Minucius, a pamphlet in defense born in Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania. of Mr. Campbell. This account was printed When turned down by the Foreign Chris- in the Gospel Advocate of December 26, tian Missionary Society for health reasons, 1866: Mr. Cunningham developed direct-support "In the spring of 1828, I went from New missions in Japan. Orleans, La., to Bethany, Va., purposely to July 20, 1920. John Benton Briney died at see and converse with this distinguished Rural Retreat, Virginia. Mr. Briney was man [Alexander Campbell] ; and spent some long an influential leader in the brother- six or seven weeks with him at his own hood as minister and editor. house and in the neighborhood, preaching, writing, and reading with him and his July 31, 1828. Alexander Campbell and brother, Archibald. While there, a pam- Selina Huntington Bakewell were married phlet was sent from Winchester, Ky., on the at her brother's house in Wellsburg, Vir- subject of infant baptism, written by a Mr. ginia, by Dr. Edward Smith, a Methodist Steel, a Presbyterian clergyman, which minister. The second Mrs. Campbell had Brother Campbell gave to me, and requested been chosen by the first Mrs. Campbell me to answer it, while he was washing and before her death in 1927. (Continued on' page 15) 8 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

THEY SAY • Editor's Note: What do our brotherhood leaders think of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society? To get answers to that question, and to gather material for use in promoting greater support for DCHS, our new exec~ urive director, Jim McKinney, recently wrOte to several leaders in all phases of brotherhood life--ministers, educators, agency heads-asking for their evaluation of the Historical Society and their suggestions as to ways in which the Society can be of greater service to the brotherhood. Herewith we reprint excerpts from several of the Jetters received in answer to Mr. McKinney's query. The comments and signatures speak for themselves. "We, as Disciples of Christ, have a rich "It is by taking account of the past that and colorful history. As one looks back to we can chart our course for the future. To the days of the Campbells and the Stones and plunge ahead without any regard to what has then forward to our present day, certainly gone before is both foolish and futile. The we have had the direction of Almighty God, Historical Society is dedicated to the task of It is extremely necessary and important that preserving valuable records both of the past all of the historical documents of the past and the history that is now being made, that and those that shall come out of the present these may make their contributions to future and the future be preserved for posterity. generations..., An investment in the sup- This, the Disciples of Christ Historical So- port of this organization will pay big divi· ciety does. They need the thoughtful co· dends in enlightened minds, awakened operation and support of the churches of the churches and better trained ministers. I Brotherhood. This, I believe we will give." heartily recommend this work being worthy H. T. Wood, President of personal gifts and enthusiastic support of International Convention our churches." Disciples of Christ Roger T. Nooe *** Minister Ecumenical "It i~ difficult to chart the future unless Vine Street Christian Church we have a record of the past for we lea.n Nashville, Tennessee Ad Interim Ministry th roug h t h e account 0f past mistakes and Wilshire Christian Church accomplishments. Furthermore, a recorded history is necessary in order for us to main. Los Angeles, California tain the faith of our fathers and to continue the work to which they set their hands, * Therefore, churches and organizations of the "The history of the movement known as Disciples' of Christ should be diligent in the Disciples of Christ is something that preserving a record of our church acts, The must be preserved for posterity. Dealing as only agency in our Brotherhood which is it does with the movement of .our people who equipped to fulfill this function is the His· through stress and strain have maintained the torical Society. It needs and deserves the inner life of the Spirit and kept alive the support of all the churches." spark of Christian unity, it deals with the Orval D. Peterson essentials in religious life. The current ecu- Minister menical movement is an outgrowth of the First Christian Church spirit, philosophy and plea of the Disciples. Yakima, Washington "Winfred Garrison has reminded us that '.' * ':. our movement developed with the frontiers "I am convinced that we need to preserve of America. The development of the church our heritage and to make available the as the boundaries were pushed further to the knowledge of our history as widely as possi- West may have had a larger influence on the ble. This should be more than the interest development of Democracy than we realize. of a few historically minded members of our Even today, our people are the core of the churches because we can only gain perspec- democratic philosophy in the life of the free tive on the road ahead as we have knowledge church. This must be maintained at all of the road traveled. The Disciples of Christ cost. Historical Society has already won the con· "It is for these reasons and others that fidence of our Brotherhood as a means by individuals and churches in the Brotherhood which we can collect, catalogue, and make must support the Disciples of Christ Histori- available those documents and records which , cal Society. It fulfills a Brotherhood need might otherwise be carelessly tossed aside. and goes beyond that to express a need in It is only by the maintenance of a Society the wider area of religious influence. It is dedicated to these purposes that we can be not only a service institution-it deals with assured of the preservation of those items some basic philosophies which must be kept which can never be replaced." and maintained for the health of the Chris- Gaines M, Cook tian church at large." Executive Secretary Myron C. Cole, Minister International Convention of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ Portland, Oregon DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 9

"The Disciples of Christ Historical Society "One of the things which our Brotherhood has had a timely birth, a significant begin- can contribute to the religious world is a ning and is performing an exceedingly im- deposited, available body of material which portant function. The Disciples of Christ, can be used in the generations to come to beginning at Cane Ridge in 1804, have been interpret the trends, activities, interests, be- in existence for one hundred and fifty years. liefs and conflicts of that great movement The Historical Society will preserve for use which is sociologically related to 'America,' our Brotherhood records of the past and of theologically related to 'Jerusalem,' known the present, and will, also, help to keep our as the Disciples of Christ or the Restoration people constantly reminded of our distinct Movement. For that reason I am very anx- purpose and our unique mission as a reli- ious that all of the churches that have his- gious people. We came into being as a peo- torical relationship with this movement make ple out of a compelling urge to unite the available in the Disciples of Christ Historical body of Christ. We have contributed a wit- Society books and publications of all manner ness for Christian union more widely and and size for historical research. Being situ- more effectively than we know or can ever ated as it is near a university, it can of course know. The predominant trends are now be related to historical research in connection toward unity and union. The Disciples of with the university and thus it receives aca- demic standing from the standpoint of a Ii- Christ need to know and understand more bra1"yin that it may be able to contribute the dearly their origin, their history, their spir- one thing which no other library can con· it, and their mission. We came into history tribute adequately." for a great purpose for such an age as ours has been and now is. We must now shape Burton B. Thurston, Minister Englewood Christian Church anew our course of leadership in an ecumen- Chicago, Illinois ical age and gird ourselves with vision and strength for the challenging task. The His- torical Society is an indispensible agency of "We are delighted to see the Historical our Brotherhood as we set out with greater Society moving forward to meet the needs determination to meet fully our purpose and and opportunities that present themselves as mission for the future." worthy of consideration at this time. As a Riley B. Montgomery, President people the Disciples of Christ have been The College of the Bible careless of the record. It is important that Lexington, Kentucky historical material of all kinds be assembled so that those who follow us will have a bet- ter understanding of our beginnings, our * growth and our present purpose. I am con- "Vine Street has as you know given and fident that as ·the resources of the Historical pledged approximately $15,000 toward the Society increase, an increasing number of in- support of the Society which speaks of our dividuals will appreciate its place in our interest and faith in the institution. I be- Brotherhood and be ready to contribute to lieve that moving the Historical Library to its support." Nashville will ultimately strengthen our Wilbur H. Cramblet, President Brotherhood ties, as well as increase our Christian Board of Publication scholastic entrees and services with other St. Louis, Missouri communions, for Nashville is a church pub- lishing center. It is the home of many fine educational and cultural institutions. There- "Disciples of Christ are going to stand in fore, the Society has the unique opportunity a continuing and worthy tradition. Ours is not only of serving our people in this strate- a history deserving of a permanent recording. gic center, but also that of serving the ecu- It is tragic when priceless records are scat- menical movement. I feel that our people tered to the winds. Happily, the Disciples should be informed as quickly as possible as of Christ Historical Society has preserved to the pot~ntials of the Society and their rich treasures for us and thus enriched our support solicited. It must never be consid- heritage. It will continue to preserve the ered a Nashville project. Indeed it must be best expressions of what Disciples say and a Brotherhood project and I have faith to write and do. It is an indispensable agent believe t~'latour people, through the processes in the life of our Brotherhood and has, of education and visitation will pledge their therefore, the right to expect financial sup- support to this important phase of our life port from individuals within that Brother- and witness." hood." G. Curtis Jones, Minister Harold Roberts, Minister Vine Street Christian Church First Christian Church Nashville, Tennessee Atchison, Kansas 10 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 WHAT S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY On these pages are listed, and sometimes described, the materials received during the pase quarter. This in- cludes gifts, exchanges. and purchases. So many gifts are received that acknowledgment of every item is impossible although every giver is mentioned. Arnold C. Abrams, St. Louis, Mo., sent W. B. Clemmer, St. Louis, Mo., sent a some manuscript material about the Fi~t carton of books and pamphlets that included Christian Church of Edwardsville, Ill. Blosser-A Different Way; Klingman- James D. Bales, Searcy, Ark., sent several Christianity Through the Centuries; and periodicals, including Glimpses of Africa, Program 1952-53, Memorial Boulevard Chris- tian Church, St. Louis. November, 1950. Clifford A. Cole, Los Angeles, Calif., sent William J. Barber, Indianapolis, Ind., sent back issues of The Unified Informer, 1952 a copy of a pamphlet, Sub;ect Upon Feet and 1953. Washing, by W. A. Adams. William A. Cook, Guymon, Okla., sent John Francis Bellville, Charleroi, Pa., sent Brazil Christian Mission materials, including several pamphlets. issues of The Spotlite; The Newsletter; R. A. Blampied, Nelson, N. Z., sent The promotional pieces; and The Meaning of 1951-52 Yearbook of the Associated Churches Christmas, a play by Ewing. of Christ in New Zealand. The Cotner School of Religion Library, The Board of Church Extension, Indian- Lincoln, Nebr., sent copies of Baldwin- apolis, Ind., sent copies of its 1953 Blue History, in Nebraska. Book, the annual report for 1952. • James A. Crain, Indianapolis, Ind., sent a Broadmoor Christian Church, Houston, copy of The by Texas, continued to send various items in- Thomas Campbell. This is copy number 32 cluding newspaper clippings of church ac- of the zinc etching reprint limited edition published for the 1909 centennial and signed tivities. by W. R. Warren, centennial secretary. Hugh H. Brown, Homestead Park, Pa., Crown Heights Christian Church, Okla- sent several local church histories and var- homa City, Okla., sent materials concerning ious anniversary and dedication programs, the new education building. including: Fiftieth Anniversary Dedication of Chapel, 1898-1948, First Church of Christ, Woodrow H. Damron, Dunnville, Ky., sent Altoona, Pa.; Fortieth Anniversary, 1899- a copy of the brief given to the Kentucky 1939, First Christian Church McKees Rock, Court of Appeals in the Patterson Chapel Pa.; Fiftieth Anniversary, 1950, First Chris- (Ky.) court case, together with a manuscript tian Church, Monessen, Pa.; A Day of summary of the Patterson Chapel history. Rededication, 1947, First Christian Church, A. T. DeGroot, Fort Worth, Texas, sent Washington, Pa.; Program of Dedication and several periodicals and programs from local History, 1925, Church of Christ, Mineral churches. Ridge, Ohio; and Silver Anniversary, Church Ben F. Dixon, San Diego, Calif., sent a of Christ, Newell, W. Va. copy of his Seeing Chitta Through a Porthole; James W. Carty, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., some hymn books and Sunday school lesson gave many newspaper clippings, tear sheets commentaries, and two Quaker items, Att from periodicals, and pictures. Apology for the True Christian Divinity, The Central Avenue Christian Church, 1789, by Robert Barclay (relative of James Turner Barclay?), and A Treatise on the Parsons, Kans., sent 17 books, including: Moses-Historical Sketch of the CWBM; Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Re- Power-Bible Doctrine for Y otmg Disci- ligion, 1815, by Jesse Kersey. Illes; and Shepherd and Stevenson-The C. 1. Duxberry, Maroa, Ill .. sent materials Teacher-Training Handbook. of the Christian Church of Maroa. The Central Church of Christ, Newark, Mer! R. Eppse, Nashville, Tenn., sent: Ohio, sent us several back issues of The New- invitation card, "In honor of Elder Preston ark Christian to complete our files for 1949, Taylor's twenty-seventh ministerial anniver- 1951 and 1952. sary, July 30, 1896; and a wedding invitation, The Christian Church of Chelan, Wash., Fannie Jane Bowser to Rev. James A. John- sent a copy of Nichols-Ttps From the Top. son, June 5, 1907. From the Christian College of Georgia we The First Christian Church, Macon, Ga., received the pamphlet, The Training of the sent a file of its Bulletin for 1952. Christian Ministry by Wasson. The First Christian Church, Paris, Tenn., The Christian Courier office, Fort Worth, sent Centennial Celebration, 1944; newspaper Texas, supplied us with the issues of that clippings; and issues of its Bulletin, 1952-53. periodical missing in our file, 1952-1953. The First Christian Church, San Francisco, DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 11

Calif., sent copies of A Cmtury of Cbristiall lory of tbe First Cbristian Cburcb, lJ7est Service, 1852-1952, Cbristimz Cburcbes in San Point, Georgia, 1853-1953; and a post card Frmzcisco. view of the First Christian Church of Sara- Mrs. W. M. Forrest, Cuckoo, Va., sent sota, Florida. several items, including -'hoto,;raphs of Rob- W. J. Jarman, Champaign, Ill., sent a type- ert C. Cave, C. M. Ford, and W. K. Pendle- script copy of A History of University Place ton; lithographs of Bethanv College and the Cbristian Cburcb of Cbampaign-Urbana, llli- Campbell Mansion; and a typescript funeral /zois, 1934, by Dungan. sermon for Mrs. Unity Yancey Pendleton, Robert M. Johnston, Memphis, Tenn., sent 1867. copies of various periodicals for our dupli- Arthur Garrigus, Auburn, Ind., sent cop- cate files. ies of the Fiftietb Amtiversary and Home Orvis I'. Jordan, Park Ridge, Ill., sent Coming, 1902-1952, of the Auburn Church these: Missom'i Cbristian Lectm'es, 1884- of Christ. 1885; Moore-Tbe Plea of tbe Disciples of Ross J Griffith, Fugene, Ore., sent several Cbrist; and Garrison-Tbe Sources of Alex- items concerning Northwest Christian Col- ander Campbell's Tbeology. lege and some special promotional pieces for Miss Jeanette Moore King, Fort Lauder- the Portland International Convention. dale, Fla., sent 5 packages of materials con- Glenn Grimm, Ashtabula, Ohio, sent sev- taining periodicals, clippings, programs, and eral items concerning the First Christian local church pieces. Church of Ashtabula, and other Ohio C. N. Kinney, Des Moines, Iowa, gave a churches. copy of his Nutrition; A S1lrvey of tbe Basic Kenneth C. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Cause of Disease. Mont., sent 16 packages of materials for a Gerald B. Krueger, Salida, Colo., sent the total of 159 pieces. Included were local following books secured from Mrs. Earl Jay church items, periodicals, pictures, newspaper for our library: Clayton-Reminisce/zces of clippings and pamphlets. Jeremiah Sullivan Black; McGarvey-A W. M. Hardy, Nashville, Tenn., gave some Commmtary on tbe Acts of tbe AlJostles, 4th newspaper clippings. ed., 1864; Roe-The Bible vs. Materialism, Garth Henrichs, Litchfield, Ill., sent a new ed.. 1886; and Walsh-A Book of Ser- copy of Tbe 85tb Amziversary of tbe Pleas- mons. ant Hill Cbristian Cburcb OrganizatiOlt, Allan W. Lee, Nashville, Tenn., gave Gome 1868-1953 (Montgomery County, Ill). material concerning the Church of Christ, Edward A. Henry, Nashville, Tenn., gave Disciples, Troy, N. Y. the following: Our lJ7illie, and Felix Moses, Elmer C. Lewis, Milligan College, Tenn., by Lloyd. sent 3 additional issues of his Time Out for Alden Lee Hill, Los Angeles. Calif., sent Meditation. copies of Highland Higblif(bts, of the High- C. C. McCaw, Lincoln, Nebr., sent a copy land Park Christian Church, Los Angeles; of Baldwin-History, Churches of Christ in and a photostat copy of the church letter Nebraska. of Wilrm Watt and his wife Unity of the J. Edgar McDonald, Liberty, Mo., sent Associate Congregation of Ballygonney, various materials relating to the Christian North Ireland, to any Christian society in Church of Liberty, including Augustus H. F. America, dated Oct'b. 3d, 1791. The Watts I Payne, by Wright. were great-great-grandparents of Mr. Hill. Harrold McFarland, Willernie, Minn., Basil Holt, Johannesburg, South Africa, gave a ms. copy of the pageant script used sent a generous supply of duplicates of Tbe in World Mission night at the North Amer- Soutb African Smtinel, 1946-1952. We can ican Christian Convention, April 24, 1953; supply many issues to help complete files. and a sheet of Pentecost, 1953, poster stamps. Send in want lists. Neal K. McGowan, San Francisco, Calif., From the Iowa Christian Missionary So- sent 18 books. Included wen.: Miller- ciety we received a large carton containing Cbarles S. Medbury; Philputt-Tbat They local church orders of worship. periodicals, May All Be One; Stone-Autobiograpby, ed. and programs, Iowa churches. There were by Rogers, 5th ed.; Ware-History of the 589 pieces. Disciples of Christ in Ctdifornia; Williams Mrs. Lawrence Jack, Spokane, Wash., sent -Life of Elder Jolm Smith, McQuiddy im- information about two Washington churches: print; and Vol. 6, 1874, Tbe Christian Quar- Central Christian of Spokane, and the Chris- lerly. tian Church of Cedonia. James E. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., gave Richard 1. James, Jacksonville, Fla., sent Kershner-The Religion of Christ. a number of items, including A Biograpbical Glenn McRae, St. Louis, Mo., sent mate- Sketcb of Josepb Sale Havmer; Nash-His- rials concerning the first and second Youth 12 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

Conventions, 1926 and 1927; some issues of grams of the Christian Unity Study Seminar, The Spotlight and The Touchstone; and Enid, Okla., April 7, 1953, and ot the Service Should the United Christian Missionary So- of Appreciation and Dedication for Christian ciety Be Dissolved? by Elmore. Worship. Miss Harriet Macy, Des Moines, Iowa, J. Franklin Patton, Jeffersonville, Ohio, sent Theory of Evolution by Bruner; A Vi- sent copies of his Fourteen Lessons on the sion of the Ages, by Johnson; and Union of Missi01l and Work of the Holy Spirit, and Christians, by Scott. The Keys to Re'velation. Charles C. Mills, Indianapoli~ Ind., sent Orval D. Peterson, Yakima, Wash., sent a copies of the Dedicati01l Service, Arlington package containing 90 periodicals, 26 pam- Heights Christian Church, April 12, 1953. phlets, 3 packages of clippings, 8 programs, The Minnesota Christian Missionary So- 12 letters and 98 miscellaneous items. In- ciety, Minneapolis, Minn., sent a carbon cluded were these pamphlets: Bro-Light copy of the original ms. of Forster's History on the IVay; Dampier-Work Book on Chris- of the Christian Clmrch and the Church of tian Doctrine; DeMoss-Hidden Beauty; Christ in Minnesohl. Driskill-TIle ComlJrehensive Evangelism Phm; Driskill-Instructions for Visitors; Herald B. Monroe, Cleveland Ohio, sent Johnstone-rrThe Last Crusade"; and Har- copies of the Ohio Work, 1952-1953,missing from our files. mon-Gf(mdmother"s Spectacles. J. Edward Moseley and Mrs. Moseley, In- Mrs. George E. Purdy, Des Moines, Iowa, sent several books thatinclud:d: Ainslie- dianapolis, Ind., sent many packages con- taining books, periodicals, clippings, pictures, If Not a United Church, lIIThat?and Jones- etc. Included were: Coleman- IVhite The Pulpit Stairs. House Gossip (includes Garfield) ; Howe and Robert F. Quinn, Grant City, Mo., sent a Thomas-Composition and Rhetoric (Howe copy of "Our Yesterdays, Todays, and To- was a Disciple); Isely-The Presidents, Men morrows," a memorial booklet of the 50th of Faith (includes Garfield); Maus-Youth anniversary of the building of the church, and the Church; Underwood-Our Story ami 1902-1952, at Grant City, together with clip- How to Tell It; Underwood-The How and pings about the celebration. Why of Missions Publicity; Dilnot-Lloyd D. E. Richmond, Maplewood, Mo., sent a George; Jenkins-My Job-Preaching; Mead post card view of the Hamilton Avenue -See These Bmmers Go (includes Disci- Christian Church of St. Louis. pies); Ogden-The Dies Committee; Pearcy The Riverside Avenue Christian Church, -A Vindication of Paul; Bruner-Great Jacksonville, Ha., sent bound volumes of Questions of the Last IVeek; Bader-Mes- its BlIlletirl, and Friendly Fireside Class Bul- sage and Method of the New Evangelism; letin. Morrison-The Social Gospel mul the Chris- Mrs. Glenn H. Rodgers, Nashville, Tenn., tian Cultus; Garrison-Catholicism tI1ld the gave Om' Pat/ern, CWF Special design. American Mind; Willett-Studies itl the First Book of Samuel; Moseley-Using Dr(l- Mrs. Carl Rose, Nashville, Tenn., gave ma in the Church; Dodson-The SymlJathy "Morher Church" (Post Oak Springs, Roane of Religions; Ellis-The Woodneys; and County, Tenn.), a clipping from The Nash- Moore-Man Preparing for Other IVorlds. ville Tennessean, October 26, 1947. Miss Ma'ry R. Moseley, Florence, Ala., W. Ii. Schultz, Bloomington, 111.,sent sev- sent a letter from Howard J. Brazelton to \ eral newspaper and periodical clippings. her mother, dated 1894, and a newspaper Ralph L. Sell, Baxter Springs, Kans., sent clipping, "Bible Must Find Its Way into Real material from the First Christian Church of Life," a sermon by Myron W. Chrisman, Baxter Springs, including a history of the 1953. church by Hobert L. Nichols, church histo- James DeForest Murch, Cincinnati, Ohio, rian. sent two packages of material totaling 130 Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio, sent the items. Included were many tracts and pam- Dedication Program of the Washington Ave- phlets; sets of Christiml Action Pamphlets, nue Church of Christ of Elyria, April 26, nos. 1-52; some Christian Restoration Asso- 1953, and many books. Included were: Allen ciation publications; and a copy of Walker -The Choir Invisible; Allen-The Ken- -Adventuring for Christian Unity. tucky Cardinal; Boteler-Slmt bl; Bruner- Northwest Christian College, Eugene, Ore., The Meaning of Church Membership; Davis sent a copy of Prince Lucien Campbell by -The Great American Novel; Davis-Gar- Schafer. field of Hiram; Heron-The IV O1'ken Con- ference; Jenkins-Let's Build a New IVorld; Ronald E. Osborn, Indianapolis, Ind., sent Johnson-Bible Readings and Ser'mon Out- various local church and missionary mate- lines on the Christian Plea; Phillips-The rials. Church of Christ, 12th ed.; Shaw-The Ama- G. Edwin Osborn, Enid, Okla., sent pro- tel/r PhilosolJher'; Smith-Earnest Leighton; DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 13

Webber-The Biography of 101m Baldwin; The Lesson Helper, 1894; and 17 volumes of Wanted: the Ohio Historical and Archeological Pub- In the January issue we listed forty-four lications. books that were urgently needed in our li- T. K. Smith, Columbus, Ind., sent copies brary. Twenty of them have been received and are noteq elsewhere in this issue. Here of 1852-1952, A Century of Pi'ogress, The are twenty-one more books just as much Christian Church of Columbus, Indiana. wanted as those in the previous list; The Southside Christian Church, Jackson- Barrow, R C.-Our Cause at Chicory, ville, Ha., sent the program of the dedica- 1885. tion of its educational building, February 15, Baxter, William-Pe(l Ridge and Prairie 1953. Grove, 1864. Bennett, S. A.-The Christim~ Denomina- Miss Evelyn H. Spencer, Ashland, Va., tiOll. and her sister, Mrs. William B. Ardery, Blanchard, Charles-Building for the Cen- Paris, Ky., continued to add letters, pro- tm'ies,1931. (History of Drake University.) grams, pictures, pamphlets, and periodicals Book, W. H.-The Indi(ma PulPit, 1912. to the I. J. Spencer collection. Bridwell, ). T.-The Michigan Pulpit, The Department of Christian Women's 1924. Fellowship, United Christian Missionary Briney, J. T.-Instrmnental Music in W'or- Society, Indianapolis, Ind., sent 17 issues of shill, 1914. Guideposts for Service, 1947-1953, to com- Clemmitt, Thomas-Old Sycamore Church, 1932. plete our files; and Portfolios of general Cory, A. E.-Voices in the Sanctuary, CWF programs, 1951-52, 1952-53, and 1953- 1930. 54. Forrest, W. M.-Do Fundamentalists Play The Alderman Library, University of Fair? 1926. Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., sent a copy Freese, J. R-History and Advocacy of the of Hodge-101m Locke and Formal Disci- Christian Church, 1852. pline. Humphreys, E. W.-Memoirs of Deceased Christian Mi1~isters, 1880. Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. c., sent a Jennings, W. W.-Origin and Early His- map of Camp Cawline, Christian youth tory of the Disciples of Christ, 1919. camp; a typescript copy of a document Manire, B. F.-Reminiscences of Preachers adopted at a meeting in the interest of mul Churches in Mississippi, 1892. Christian Union, held by Freewill Baptists Matthews, J. C.-Contributions of loseph and Disciples of Christ at Hodges Chapel, Baldwin to Public Education, 1930. N. c., July 29. 1893; and North Carolina The Abridged, 1902, Disciples of Christ, by Ware. 2 vols., ed. by B. L. Smith. The Webster Groves Christian Church, Smith, H. D.-A Preacher's First Books, 1933. Webster Groves, Mo., sent materials pub- lished by the church. Springer, E. A.-As I Saw Africa, 1936. Travers, Libbie-Sectarian Shackles, 1926. Thad M. Wells, Oklahoma City, Okla., Williams, ). A.-Reminiscences, 1898. sent materials published by the Lincoln Woolery, W. K.-Bethany Years, 1941. Terrace Christian Church. Carl H. Wilhelm, Chicago Heights, III., Jim'S Journeys sent copies of bl Celebrati01~of Fifty Golden (Continued from page 6) Years, 1903-1953, Chicago Heights Chris- tian Church; and Sixtieth Amliversary, 1952, with Indiana preachers and lay leaders First Christian Church, Rantoul, III. about DCHS expanding program. Tues- day p.m.; to Indianapolis for pleasant T. F. A. Williams, Lincoln, Nebr., sent visit with Ed and Louise Moseley. material about T. ). Thompson, pastor of the IVednesday, May 13-Indianapolis. Witness l~irst Christian Church, Lincoln, Nebr., 1899- commissioning of new missionaries at 1902. UCMS. Interviews with five ministers, one W. W. Wilson, North Royalton, Ohio, layman, about DCHS program. Good re- sent Dedication mul Inslallalioll. North Roy- sponse indicated. alton and Brunswick, Parish, June 18, 1950; Tlmrsday, May 14-Indianapolis. Inter- and Ce1ltennial, 1840-1940, First Christian views with three more Indianapolis preach- Church, Niles, Ohio. ers. Rainy drive south. HOME AGAIN. Mrs. Guy Withers, Washington, D. c., Five thousand miles, one month, five state conventions, ten states. What a tremen. sent a newspaper clipping about the Central dous country! And what wonderful peo- Christian Church, Orlando, Fla. pie! 14 DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953

Calling All Members Richard D. Eldridge, Des Moines, Iowa. Arthur E. Elliott, Enid, Okla. Subscribing Members Frank G. Elliott, Moncks Corner, S. C. E. H. English, Des Moines, Iowa. The following persons have become sub- Mrs. Keith Epply, Anderson, Ind. scribing members of the Society between February 8 and May 15, 1953. Asterisk (,:.) Joe B. l~rederick, Dallas, Texas. indicates new members. Ned Gillum, Muscatine, Iowa. James V. Barker, Newport News, Va. Chester E. Gleason, Iowa Park, Texas. ':'Paul H. Brown, Clarksville, Tenn. Edwin W. Gorom, Slaton, Texas. Carnie R. Burcham, Crowley, La. William J. Hadden, Clarksville, Tenn. Lin D. Cartwright, University City, Mo. Mrs. C. C. Harrison, Fulton, Miss. ':'Mack W. Craig, Nashville, Tenn. Miss Elizabeth Hartsfield, Lexington, Ky. Charles N. Faris, Lorain, Ohio. J. E Hay, New Castle, Pa. W. E. Garrison, Houston, Texas. Jeanette Henderson, Houston. Texas. ':'0. Lee Hargis, Jonesboro, Ark. William K. Herod, Plattsburg, Mo. ':'J. Milton Henry, Clarksville, Tenn. Donald T. Hogan, Lexington, Ky. *M. 1. Hester, Clarksville, Tenn. James 1. Hooten, Lexington, Ky. Mrs. A. V. Jones, Albany, Texas. John P. Hulsey, Edmond, Okla. ':'Noel 1. Keith, Fort Worth, Texas. Eldon ]andebeur, Coon Rapids, Iowa. ':'Ira A. Kirk, El Dorado, Ark. Mrs. Velma Jayne, Enid, Okla. John E. McCaw, Des Moines, Iowa. Bryan Jones, Nashville, Tenn. Riley B. Montgomery, Lexington, Ky. C. N. Kinney, Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. E. C. Richards, Jacksboro, Texas. Mrs. Walmer Kleiber, University City, Mo. H. T. Wood, Memphis, Tenn. George Kuntz, Des Moines, Iowa. Life Membet' Charles A. McCauley, East Palestine, Ohio. G. P. Kuykendall, Lubbock, Texas. De Los McCown, Jackson, Ky. Contributing Member Ian McCrae, Des Moines, Iowa. Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation, Colum- J. Edgar McDonald, Liberty, Mo. bus, Ind. John R. MacDonald, Miami, Texas. New C011gregationai Members C. D. McDowell, Jr., Clarksville, Texas. The following local churches have become Roscoe McGinniss, Carthage, Tenn. congregational members of the Society be- H. 1. McKinley, Ridgeway, Mo. tween February 8 and May 15, 1953: James E. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn. l~irst Christian Church, Corydon, Iowa. Harriet Macy, Des Moines, Iowa. First Christian Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. G. Thurston Maltby, Muleshoe, Texas. McLemore Avenue Christian Church, Lynn Matlack, Tulsa, Okla. Memphis, Tenn. Wilma Mehlin, Des Moines, Iowa. Sustaining Members Odin C. Memering, Eaton, Ind. The following institutions have become Mrs. Jack Miller, Clarksville, Tenn. sustaining members of the Society: Paul C. Mills, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. School of Religion, Butler University, In- Harriet Morehouse, Des Moines, Iowa. dianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Amy W. Mueller, Trenton, N. J. The College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky. Mrs. C. M. Noffsinger, Spokane, Wash. New Members Buford Norris, Indianapolis, Ind. New members received into the Society Virginia Elizabeth Osborn, Indianapolis, between February 8 and May 15, 1953: Ind. (Founding) Annual Members Fred B. Paxton, Independence, Mo. Frank J. Albert, Indianapolis. Ind. F. Elwynn Peace, Lafayette, Ind. Lawrence S. Ashley, Ocala, Fla. Mrs. S. H. Pearsall, Clarksville, Tenn. A. S. Baillie, Paris, Mo. Robert M. Platt, Boston, Ky. Thoreau Baker, Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Paul Popovich, Rialto, Calif. Carrie C. Bartlet, Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. R. H. Porter, Clarksville, Tenn. E. 1. Billingsley, Dallas, Texas. Robert S. Quinn, Grant City, Mo. Herbert T. O. Blue, Canton, Ohio. Paul Redmond, Cumberland, Iowa. O. Merrill Boggs, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fred W. Reed, Wichita, Kans. Mrs. Mary P. Buckner, Canton, Mo. Marvin T. Reed, Arlington, Va. Mrs. Manley E. Burchett, Clarksville. Mary Lewis Reed, Amory, Miss. Tenn. Murray O. Reed, Little Rock, Ark. Ralph E. Bureman, Alva, Okla. R. W. Reed, Tupelo, Miss. Mrs. Burton Collis, McCaysville, Ga. Dr. W. N. Reed, Amory, Miss. C. H. Colson, Jr., Joplin, Mo. Miss Estel Reynolds, Des Moines, Iowa. David Cone, Manhattan, Kans. James W. Robbins, Eddyville, Iowa. Martin Davis, Crescent, Okla. Dr. F. M. Roberts, Knoxville, Iowa. Charles D. Dilts, Fort Wayne, Ind. Don Root, Hereford, Texas. DeLoss Donham, Corydon, Ind. R. C. Rousey, Plainview, Texas. DISCIPLIANA, APRIL, 1953 15

Donald L. Scott, Lexington, Ky. versity School of Religion, Indianapolis, Tracy F. Scott, Huntington, Ind. maintained the DCHS display at the Montana Mrs. Tracy F. Scott, Huntington, Ind. convention (Great Falls, May 14-17). Tom Shepherd, Lexington, Ky. Miss Lois E. Sherman, St. Louis, Mo. Special assistance was given to the Society Ursula Lee Smith, Clarksville, Tenn. representation at some state meetings through A. C. Spellman, Lakeville, Ind. references to the DCHS service program by Evelyn H. Spencer, Ashland, Va. convention speakers. For such assistance, the Elmer Stainton, Lexington, Ky. Society owes thanks to Disciple historian, W. Elbert Starn, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. W. E. Garrison, guest lecturer at the Myrtle Stringfellow, Des Moines, Iowa. Texas convention; Iowa state secretary Loren Cecil Swinehart, Marceline, Mo. 'E. Lair; and Dr. Orval Peterson, Yakima, Clifford Taylor, Jr., Fort Worth, Texas. Washington, speaker at the Indiana conven- Mrs. Earl D. Tompkins, Sterling, Ill. tion. The Society appeal at the Tennessee W. Van Nostrand, East Orange, N. J. convention was given by Miss Eva Jean Ellis J. Votaw, Savannah, Mo. Wrather, Nashville Disciple historian. J. S. Wake, Bowling Green, Ky. Dan Walker, Detroit, Texas. The following is the resolution adopted Mrs. Miriam Walz, Harlingen, Texas. by the various state conventions: Arthur D. Wenger, Fort Worth, Texas. JJ7here{/s, the Disciples of Christ Histori- W. C. White, Forth Worth, Texas. cal Society is the only agency in the Broth- Willard M. Wickizer, Indianapolis, Ind. erhood whose sole responsibility is the lo- Ross M. Willis, Jeffersontown, Ky. cating, collecting, and making available for Ernest Worden, Creston, Iowa. use the historical materials of our move- M. Norvel Young, Lubbock, Texas. ment, and Mrs. R. C. Young, St. Louis, Mo. JVhereas, the Historical Society is now in its first year as a full-time service agency with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, State Conventions Endorse and (Continued from page 1) Whereas, the work of the Historical Soci- visited, encouraging support for the agency ety has been approved as a part of the long- and explaining the DCHS program. Cooper- range program of the Brotherhood, and ation with the Society and response to the JVhereas, support for the program of the DCHS appeal was excellent in each state Historical Society is derived solely from meeting. A number of individuals were memberships and individual gifts, signed as new members of the Historical Society, and many promises were given of Therefore, Be It Resolved: That the local church support. The quest for histori- churches of . , now in cal materials resulted in several volumes ~onven!ion assembled, do recognize the serv- being received for placement in the Society Ices bemg rendered by the Historical Society Library. to local churches, individuals, and institu- tions of the Brotherhood, and that we com- At spring conventions not covered by the mend t~e directors and officers of the Society DCHS staff, members and host pastors were for thelt efforts to preserve and make avail- asked to place Society informational material able for use the historical materials of our on display for convention delegates. Dr. J. movement, and that this Convention endorse Philip Hyatt, Professor of Old Testament at the work of the Society and recommend Vanderbilt University School of Religion, cons!de~'a~ionof membership in the Society acted as the DCHS representative at the by mdlvlduals, churches, and institutions Arkansas convention (El Dorado, April 19- represented at this Convention. . 21). Rev. Perry Stone, Woodville, Miss., supervised the DCHS display at the Missis- sippi meeting (Meridian, April 19-21). Host A Bethany Visitor pastors cooperated in maintaining displays of Society materials at the conventions in (Continued from page 7) Colorado (Pueblo, April 30-May 3), Wyo- shearing his sheep-which I did, under the ming (Casper, May 8-10), Louisiana (Shreve- title of A Blow at the Root of Presbyterian- port, May 15-17), Capital Area (Washing- ism; being {Ill Answer to Mr. Steel, of JVin- ton, May 18-20), and New York (Niagara chester, Ky. By Junius Minucius. And five Falls, May 20-22). The Society display at hundrcd copies of which were printed and the Florida convention (Miami, April 30- sent to Kentucky for gratuitous distribution May 3) was supervised by Miss Maud Butler and which caused his removal from the plac~ of the Southern Christian Home, Atlanta, in December, 1829," Georgia. Society president Ronald Osborn. Who has a copy of this pamphlet to send Professor of Church History at Butler Uni- us? The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the Interllational Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con· vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, catalogmg and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapidly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home <;:ommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. 'The Society offers membership to individuals, congregations, institutions, and organiza- tions who are in agreement with the purpose of the Society to maintain and further interests in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups.

Officers of the Society Ronald E. Osborn, President Chester P. Hensley, Vice-President William G. West, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the President, Vice-President, Dr. West, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns.

The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant Important Announcement This is the last issue of DISCIPLIANA as a quarterly publication. Beginning with the July number, the name will be changed to THE HARBINGER AND·DISCIPLIANA and the periodical will be issued as an 8-page monthly. Instead of a maximum of 64 pages, members will now receive 96 pages a year. \Vith the adoption of this expanded publishing schedule, there will be little change in the basic content of the magazine. However, it will be possible to carry more news "while it is news," added feature articles, and possibly some guest conducted columns. In size of page, THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA will be the same as DISCIPLI- ANA. Through format rearrangement and the addition of a table of contents, it is expected that the monthly publication will be more usable. Watch for THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA about the 15th of July. W&WWU~~ImW cuuI fl idciPliana Published m01lthly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, T e1l1lessee

VOL. 13 JULY, 1953 No.2 DCHS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Garrison Honored As President; West Named Chairman of Board Dclis aCtiVIties at the 1953 International man, is the President of the Tennessee Book Convention Assembl} of Disciples of Christ, Company, Nashville, and is the chairman of Portland, Oregon, July 4-9, 1953, were high- the Nashville Planning Committee which lighted by the election of new officers of raised the subsidy to make possible the the Society, the holding of a service clinic permanent location of the Historical Society sponsored by the Society, and the passage of in Nashville. a resolution by the Convention endorsing the At the Society annual meeting, ten Di- program of the Society. rectors were namec to three-year terms. Named to the newly-created post of Presi- Elected as Directo!~ of the Historical So- dent of the Society was Dr. W. E. Garrison, ciety were Miss Mabel Epp, Indianapolis; Houston, Texas. Dr. William G. West, Miss Goldie Crossfield, Gadsden, Ala.; G. Chattanooga, Tennessee, was elected Chair- Curtis Jones, Nashville; Enos Dowling, Lin- man of the Board of Directors. Mr. Forrest coIn, 111.; Ross Griffeth, Eugene, Ore.; F. Reed, Nashville, Tennessee, was named Chester Hensley, Bloomington, Ill.; Henry Vice-Chairman of the Board. Dr. Howard Shaw, Elyria, Ohio; C. C. Ware, Wilson, N. E. Short, Lexington, Ky., was named Secre- c.; Earl West, Indianapolis; and Raymond tary, and Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Nashville, G. McCallister, W,'hster Groves, Mo. Miss was re-elected Treasurer. Epp, Miss Crossfield, Dr. Jones and Dr. The new honorary office of President of West are new members of the Board. Others the Society was created by an amendment to named were re-elected to new terms. the Constitution approved by the Board of The members-at-Iarge of the Executive Directors at First Church, Portland, July 5. Committee, elected at the annual meeting The new position provides a means whereby of the Society July 6, are Dr. Robert W. the Society can annually bestow honor on Burns, Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Eva Jean individuals who have made outstanding con- Wrather, Nashville. Other members of the tributions to the preservation of Disciple Executive Committee are the Chairman, Vice- history. Dr. Garrison was unanimously Chairman and Secretary. elected at the annual meeting of the Society Monday, July 6, Claude E. Spencer, cura- at First Church, Portland, July 6. Dr. tor, moderated a well-attended clinic on Garrison, often termed the "dean of Dis- "History in the Local Church" as a part ciple historians," is the author of many of the Convention rrogram. Taking part in books about the disciples. He is currently the discussions were Ben F. Dixon, San Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the Diego, Calif.; Leland Cook, San Diego; and University of Houston, and serves as book Orval Peterson, Yakima, Wash. review editor of the Christian Century. On Wednesday, July 8, the Convention Dr. West, named as Chairman of the approved a resolution endorsing the work Board at a meeting of the Directors at of the Historical Society and expressing grat- First Church, Portland, July 8, is the minister itude to the Nashville Committees for their of First Christian Church, Chattanooga. For assistance. Prior to the vote of approval of the past year Dr. West has been Secretary of the resolution, Jim McKinney, executive the Board and a member of the Executive director, reported on the progress of the Committee. Mr. Reed, named as Vice-Chair- DCHS expanded program.

Robert H. Forrester: Millister, Educator, Editor, Publisher, Lawyer alld Soldier, by John W. Neth, Jr., page. 20. Our New Look, by Claude E. Spencer, page 19. For Future Referellce, by James E. McKinney, page 19. Dates and Data, page 23 Jim's Journeys, page 18 Footnotes Issued, page 18 What's New in Our Library, page 22 18 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, JULY, 1953

Jim's Journeys (with Spencer) Footnotes Issued June. How to keep cool during a hot I70r several years plans have been made for month: keep moving. Lots of activity for the publishing of a pamphlet series under DCHS expanded program. Spencer holds the title of Footnotes to Disciple History. fort at Nashville Archives and Library-aid- The first number, Miss Eva Jean Wrather's ing research, cataloging, giving out informa- Alexa/lder Campbell and His Relevance for tion, perfecting publication plans-while Mc- Today, has just been published. Kinney composes tearful epistles urging mem- According to the introduction to the series, bership. Iet's start with written by Claude E. Spencer, Society curator, "The term Disciple History is used in its Smulay, June 7-Services at Belleview Chris- tian Church, near Nashville. Off to broadest sense as being representative of all Bethany Hills for week of instructing at groups whose beginnings date back to the Tennessee High School conference. restoration and reformatory movements in- augurated by James O'Kelly, , Sunday, June I4-Assist Curtis Jones in Abner Jones, Barton W. Stone, Thomas and services at Vine Street. Alexander Campbell, and others. These groups are variously known as Christian Monday, June I5-Catch up on correspond- churohes, Churches of Christ, and Disciples ence. Recall instructions from executive of Christ." committee in Nashville meeting on May "Each Footnote will have from eight to 29: -"Write letters." So, letters we will thi rty-two pages; the first one has sixteen. write! The opinions expressed and the interpreta- tion made are those of the author and do Tuesday, June IG-Spencer navigates thru not necessarily express the views of the So- West Virginia wind-rain storm; McKinney ciety." pilots. Ale.wmder Campbell and His Relevance for lVednesday, June I7-Campbell Home Com- Today was delivered as an address before the mittee meeting at Bethany. Full house. Tennessee Christian Ministers' Institute, Jan- Considering ways and means of collecting uary 12, 1953, and was published by the unpaid pledges toward restoration of Society in a mimeographed edition. In this Campbell mansion; also determination of form it was so well received that at the Ex- accurate pledges. Work to be started soon. ecutive Committee meeting of May 29 the decision was made to republish it in printed Thursday, June IS-Butler, Penna., inter- form as number one of Footnotes. views with Mr. T. W. Phillips, Jr. and For prices of single copies and in quantity, Mr. B. D. Phillips. Encouraging. Lunch- see back page. visit with Tom Pletcher at First Christian Church, New Castle, Penna. Afternoon offc1'ssanctuary for valuable volumes from conversation with engaging personality, Dr. P. H. We1shimer, beloved pastor, First SCI collection. What a load! Spencer Christian Church, Canton, Ohio. elated over finding complete periodical files, rare items. . .. Will detail findings Pr'iday, June I9-Indianapolis, Ind., meeting when time permits. Afternoon visit with with DCHS nominating committee. Visits Lee Pierce at Jackson First Church; with prexy Ronald Osborn and staunch wonderful conversations with grand- couple, supporter Ed Moseley. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Donaldson, Discipliana- collectors. Saturday, June 20-Nashville. Paper work piled up. Priday, June 2G-Headed north thru the cotton country with materials stuffed in Sunday, June 2I-Visit 17th Street Christian every corner. By the way, where is Route Church, Nashville. Barton Dowdy start· 82? ing work as new minister. S,lturday, June 27-Nashville. Let's get set Monday, June 22-Nashville. More paper for International Convention. work. Slmday, June 2S-Unioll' City, Tennessee. Tuesday, J1I11e 23-Ditto. Evening Men's Two services at David Kidwell's First Club meet, 17th Street Church. Church. 'IVednesday, June 24-Spencer navigating Monday, /tme 29-Nashville. Office routine again; down the Natchez Trace. and preparation for Portland. Thursday, J1l11e 25-Edwards, Mississippi. Tuesday, June 30-Nashville. Trying to get Visit Southern Christian Institute. As- Spencer ready to take off. There just are sistance from Miss Mary Bassett as DCHS not enough days in a month. THE HARBINGER ANb bisCIPLIANA, juLY, 1953 19

For Future Reference THE HARBINGER AND DIS- Do you remember two editorials in DIS- CIPLIANA, published monthly by the CIPLIANA about one year ago entitled "A Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Joint Dream Realized"? It was then pointed out University Library, 419-21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as Second Class that an opportunity had been provided- Mauer, Nashville, Tennessee, under Act of through the generosity of many interested August 24, 1912. citizens of the city of Nashville, Tennessee- Claude E. Spencer, Editor for the Disciples of Christ Historical Society James E. McKinney, Associate Editor to assume the status of a full-time service Subscriprion to THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA is included in the membershIp agency of the brotherhood. It was stated dues of the Society. The price of an annual that the HistOl'ical Society would have two subscription to non-members is $2.00. objectives: to render a real service to the brotherhood and to seek from the brother- Vol. 13 July, 1953 No.2 hood widespread support for this service program. How well have these aims been realized? Our New Look In regard to service, your Historical Society has made great strides during this past year. With the April number, DISCIPLIANA Assistance has been given, in person and by entered its thirteenth year. For twelve years mail, to hundreds of individuals and groups. it has been published quarterly. With this Local churches, institutions, agencies, min- issue the periodical becomes a monthly un- isters, publishers, writers: these have bene- der the title of THE HARBINGER AND fited from the partial realization of our DISCIPLIANA. The old magazine con- dream, And our services continue to expand. tained 56 to 64 pages a year; the new one will have eight pages each issue or 96 Much has also been accomplished in seek- pages a year. . ing support for DCHS throughout the There will be no great change m the type brotherhood ... Many new members have been of material presented. However, ~ore ne",:"s added, including several whose financial con- stories will be printed, and news Hems wIll tribution is far beyond the minimum. Our no longer be stale. The~e will be a fe.at1;lre appeal for local congregational memberships article in each number WrItten by a speCIalIst. has not gone unanswered. Many local Various columns, such as Dates and Data, churches are placing DCHS in their budgets They Say, JJ7hat's New in Our Lib~{/ry, Re- for local congregational and sustaining mem- searcb in Progress, and others, wtll be a berships. The endorsement of our program regular part of THE HARBINGER. by brotherhood leaders and state conventions Because of the great quantity of material has encouraged us in the belief that other received each month, we will no longer be individuals and churches will soon join our gl'Owing list of supporters. able to list every item. However, the na~es of all donors will be given, and spe~tal What is our next step? Simply this: the stories and lists will be made concernmg DCHS service program can proceed only significant materials. . as we draw support from the entire brother- By departmentalizing more than m the past hood, so we must continue to rapidly increase and through the new In Tbis Issue on the our membership in order to continue to make front page, we hope that the new monthly available to the brotherhood those services will be easier to read than the old quarterly. which DCHS is uniquely qualified to per- Look for THE HARBINGER about the form. As a member of the Disciples of 15th of each month. Christ Historical Society, we solicit your Claude E. Spencer efforts in adding new members to our rolls. Will you hand this copy of THE HARBIN- Recent Visitors GER to a non-member, together with your recommendation that he consider member- Among recent out-of-town vtsItors at our headquarters have been: ship in the Historical Society? Will you Mr. and Mrs. Call1ie R. Burcham, Crow- contact the minister (and perhaps the financ~ ley, La. chairman) of your church and earnestly sug- Chester P. Hensley, Bloomington, Ill. gest that your congregation become a DCHS Frank Higgens, Hagerstown, Md. member? Will you send us information Theodore H. Kaiser, Louisville, Ky. about membership possibilities? William V. Roosa, Greensboro, N. C. Each day brings us closer to the realiza- Harlie Smith; Indianapolis, Ind. tion of our dream. With your support DCHS John C. Stevens, Abilene, Texas. "an become a vital element in brotherhood C. K. Thomas, Enid, Okla. life, deserving of the great tradition which W. B. West, Searcy, Ark. we seek to preserve. Milton Wright, Goodlettsville. Jim McKinney 20 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, JULY, 1953

ROBERT H. FORRESTER: Minister, Educator, Editor, Publisher, Lawyer and Soldier BY JOHN W. NETH, JR. : ~ohn W. Neth. Jr.. library school student. George Peabody College for Teachers. and librarian-elect of Militgan College. presents here some facts aboUl a man once well-known in the brotherhood but who later seemingly sev~r~d all connecti':lns ~ith the c~urch .. Mr .. N~th has a B.A. from Bethany College. a B.D. from School of ReltglOn. Butler University. and Will receive hiS Itbraty science degree i" August.

(Continued from the April issue) near the end of the war, Robert H. Forrester Confederate Period, 1861 to 1868.-Robert was chosen by the Secretary of War for the l'orrester had always been a Whig, and in Confederacy as "special ambassador to the 1856 became a staunch Democrat in Ken- government of the United States" to complete tucky. He never renounced this political such negotiations. This was accomplished party. Having moved from Pennsylvania to through the Port of Memphis then under the Kentucky, he was in sympathy with the control of General Dana. rights of the southern states as the Civil War In 1864 on testimony of her brother, loomed on the horizon. Soon after his mar- Moses Fields, who was a strong Union sym- riage to Sallie (Fields) Hamilton, he desired pathizer, Sallie (Fields Hamilton) Forres- to move deeper into the South. He opened ter, living in louisville, Kentucky, divorced a law office in Memphis early in 1861 with Robert H. Forrester on the grounds that he a partner, B. B. Barnes. For eight months had deserted her by leaving "the United during the early war days he distinguished States and is now a citizen of the Confeder- himself as the temporary editor of the daily ate States of America." newspaper, the Memphis Avalanche, owned After peace between the states settled by M. C. Galloway. In the spring of 1862 he upon the land, Robert H. Forrester pur- was appointed a provost Marshal of West- chased a large plantation on the Tombigbee ern Tennessee under the Confederacy. On River in Alabama and settled down to raising September 8, 1862, he was appointed on cotton. Then came floods and malaria. He General order No. 2 by command of Briga- lost both his money and his health. It was dier General Ruggles, District of Mississippi, then that he took a business trip north to as Provost Marshal of Yellabusha County, Washington and Chicago. Attracted by Chi- Mississippi, with headquarters at Grenada. cago, he decided to move to this growing He was given the rank of Colonel and city, and late in 1868 began his law prac- charged with care of prisoners of war under tice there. General Villepigue. Advocating an enlight- The Chicago Period, 1868 to 1884.-Robert ened policy for the prisoners of war, he pre- H. l'orrester took up his residence in Chicago sented his plans to the Confederacy for gen- in 1868 where was known in later years as eral use, but they were not accepted. He Judge Forrester. He was very prominent in soon severed his relations with the Confed- the Democratic politics of Cook County, erate service. especially the presidential campaigns of Early in the year 1864 he became editor- 1876 and 1880, and was one of the early in-chief of the Augusta Chronicle and Senti- and ardent members of the Iroquois Club of nel, then one of the most prominent news- Chicago. He was a frequent lecturer at a papers in Georgia and the South. Here he law college on the subject of "Uses and took a strong stand for reuniting with the Trusts." He was a director of the Public North on the theory that "a confederacy library of Chicago in 1879-1880 and a mem- based on the doctrine of secession carries ber of the board of the Women's Hospital within itself the seeds of its own speedy of Chicago. He was a law partner in the dissolution." He fought a battle through firm Forrester and Felsenthal at the time of this paper with the President of the Confed- his death in January, 1884. Either just prior eracy himself, Jefferson Davis. Such men to his migration to Chicago or soon after he as Alexander H. Stephens, Joshua Hall, married his fourth wife, who became the Gov. Joseph Brown, Howell Cobb, and mother of a daughter, Agnes, and of his fifth General Beauregard were involved in this son, Robert H. Forrester, Jr. His son was debate and at one time Jefferson Davis sus- about sixteen years old at the time of his pended the writ of habeas corpus in Geor- father's death. However, this wife also gia in order to deal with this paper and its passed from the scene, and he married his editor. The Governor of the State, Joseph fifth wife, a widow who became his widow Brown, threatened to call out the state also in January, 1884. She was Rose A. militia, and civil war within civil war was Forrester. She and Robert are buried in the narrowly averted. In spite of his attitude, Graceland Cemetery on the lot with her first when Abraham lincoln offered to give food- husband, Tunis Ryerson. Sluffs to the South in exchange for cotton (Continued on page 21) THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, JULY, 1953 21

THEY SAY • •• Editor's Nore: What do our brotherhood leaders think of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society? To get answers to that question, and to gather material for use in promoting greater support for DCHS, our new exec- utive director, Jim McKinney, recendy wrOte CO several leaders in all phases of brotherhood life--minisrers, educators, agency heads-asking for their evaluation of the Historical Society and their suggestions as to ways in which the Society can be of greater service to the brotherhood. Herewith we reprint excerpts from several of the letters received in answer to Mr. McKinney's query. The Comments and lJignatures speak for themselves.

"The Disciples of Christ Historical Society ·'The Disciples of Christ Historical Society is rapidly becoming one of the fundamental is one of the most valuable developments organizations of our Brotherhood structure. within our Brotherhood in recent decades. Because of its ability to store historical ma- "There are many private collections of terials of local churches, organizations and Disciple writings and publications of con- institutions in its archives, the Society will siderable importance. In addition, most of prove of invaluable aid to scholars, to per- our Brotherhood colleges and graduate sons seeking accurate records and dates and schools have collections of historical material. to the Brotherhood program of expansion. The value of these several collections is The Disciples of Christ have made a notable enhanced now because the Disciples of Christ contribution to the religious life of America Historical Society has catalogued most of and every individual member of our churches these materials and brought together, under should be sufficiently proud of his associa- its own auspices, the greatest collection of tion with the movement and contribute small all. amounts in annual dues or direct gifts for the "Research in the history of the Disciples support of the Society and its work. Our of Christ is greatly aided by the fine work wngregations through their official boards being done by the Historical Society. The and their leaders should be willing to con- pioneering work which the Historical So- tribute for the work of the Society because ciety has done means that documents and it represents an unbiased agent preserving other materials which might have been lost the facts of our career as a company of the are now properly preserved and made avail- servants of Christ." able. Warner Muir, Minister . "As the Brotherhood learns more of the University Christian Church nature and work of the Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa private collections will be ear-marked for the Society and unknown documents and publica- tions will be sent to it. *** "I am sure that the Disciples of Christ will increasingly reap the benefits of the Society's work. The Society certainly deserves the "The Disciples of Christ Historical Society fullest support and cooperation. is deserving of much greater support than "We have a great heritage. May your it is receiving from most of us. I feel cer- efforts to collect and preserve the documents tain that as its work becomes better known, and records of this heritage make the achieve- our people will give it the support it de- ments, the faith and the vision of the past- serves. Its archives contain historical docu- and the continuing endeavors and scholar- ments relating to our past of inestimable ship of our Brotherhood-fruitful in the for- value. Its officers are constantly surveying ward movement of our common life." possible sources which might produce papen. Irvin E. Lunger, Minister and documents that have value to our people. University Church of Disciples of Christ It is also a gathering agency, where we may Chicago, Illinois. send papers and treasured articles of the Brotherhood for safe and permanent keeping. Robert H. Forrester The Society serves also as a promotional (Continued from page 20) agency in keeping us alerted to the advantage if not the necessity of preserving records and No information has been found relative to. institutions that have meant so much to our Robert H. Forrester's connection with the church following the Civil War. Several of past and can mean much to our future. his descendants have been located and inter- "We should become more interested in tbe viewed, but these could give little informa- exclusive work which this Society is doing tion about him. This article is but a brief for us." outline of what the author hopes to make Ray E. Snodgrass, Minister available concerning Robert H. Forrester- Central Christian Church one of the great men of the early Pittsburgh period in the beginnings of the Restoration Enid, Oklahoma Movement in America. ii THE HARBINGER AND bisCIPi!ANA, Jui Y, 1953 WHAT S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY On these pages a1<." listed, and sometimes described. the materials receivd during the past month. This in- dudes gifts, exchanges, and purchases. So many gifts are received that acknowledgment of every item is impossible although every giver is mentioned. Gifts have been received from: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, Nashville. Receiyed Through Exchange: Charles J. Adams, Virginia, Ill. I:rom Butler University Library we re- Charles E. Barr, Wellsville, Mo. ceived the following books that were adver- Gerald E. Berneking, Colorado Springs, tised for in our 88 page want list: Athearn Colo. -All Advellture in Religious Education; William 1. Blessing, Denver, Colo. Athearn-Tbe Maldm Sm"vey; Balch-The Miss Genevieve Brown, Indianapolis, Ind. Life of President Garfield; Bundy-The Life George Walker Buckner, Indianapolis, Ind. of Jilmes A. Garfield; Cowden-St. John's Central Christian Church, Shreveport, La. Cbrist; Davis-How the Disciples Began lIIul Edward C. Coffman, Columbia, Mo. G,'ew; DeGroot-Tbe Cburches of Christ ill Gaines M. Cook, Indianapolis, Ind. OWell County, Indi{mil; Denton-To/Jical It- Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Mo. lustra/io1lS; Hoshour-Autobiog1'aPhy; Jen- Mrs. Keith Epply, Anderson, Ind. nings-Origirz {md E{ldy History of tbe Dis- First Christian Church, Greenville, Ind. ciples of Cbrist; Lawrence-The Churcb Wendell K. Freeman, Martins Ferry, Ohio. School Blue Print; Miller-Charles S. Med- Bertha Mason Fuller, Little Rock, Ark. hury; Manser-An Encyclopedia on Evi- Kenneth C. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Minn. dellces; Ross-The Golden Room; Rothen- Chester P. Hensley, Bloomington, Ill. burger-Tbe Ct'oss in Symbol, Spirit tI1ul Virgil V. Hinds, Manhattan, Kans. IVorsbi/J; Rutledge-Pushing the World Henry Carlysle Holcomb, Dallas, Texas. Along; Smith-The Ch1t1'ch-Night Service; Miss Hazel Hughes, Nashville. Swander-Maki11g Disciples irz Oreg011; John Allen Hudson, Rosemead, Calif. Walker-A Ministering Ministt,y; and Young Illinois Christian Missionary Society, -Pul/Jit and Platform. Bloomington, Ill. . Iowa Christian Missionary Society, Des I'-rom the College of the Bible Library, Moines, Ia. Lexington, Ky., we received: Campbell- Miss Jeanette Moore King, Ft. Lauderdale, LtltVl'ence GI'e{ltrake's Calmll11ies Re /Jell'tI; Fla. Longan-OI'igin of the Disciples of Christ; Miss Gertrude Lowe, Centerville, Ia. McLean-Thomas mld Alexander Campbell; Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va. Rogers-Rerollectio1lS of Men of F{lith; and Miss Harriet Macy, Des Moines, Ia. 1'be Reviset', a periodical conducted by S. Eo Morocco Christian Church, Morocco, Ind. J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind. Shepard, 1854-1855 (in original covers). James E. Moyer, Allendale, Ill. From 13.C. Goodpasture, Nashville, Tenn., Ronald E. Osborn, Indianapolis, Ind. were received the following books: Boles- R. M. Platt, Boston, Ky. A Commelltary on the A"ts of the Apostles; Tom Pletcher, New Castle, Pa. l7. M. Roberts, Knoxville, Ia. Boles-A Commentary 011 the Gospel Ac- Mrs. Charles M. Sharpe, Watervliet, N. Y. cording to Matthew; Boles-A Commentflry Frank S. Smith, Aurora, Ill. OIl the Gospel of Luke; Boswell-Flaming Paul T. Thompson. Fort Worth, Texas. He{/rts; Burnett-W' eavel' Debate; Bryan- M. J. Votruba, Oakland, Calif. The Art of Questioning; Burton-Gleflnings; Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. C. Calhoun-Gospel Sermons; Dorris-A Com- Miss 1. Dee Warren, Indianapolis, Ind. mentflry on the Gospel by M{/rk; Elam-The P. H. Welshimer, Canton, Ohio. 13ible Versus Theories of Evolutiou; Foster -The Everlasting Gospel; Hanna-Thomfls Campbell; a bound volume of J. B. Fergu- We Purchased: son's pamphlets (Spirit Communion; Relfl- 13ernard-Om' Religious Neighbors. ti011 of P{/stor and People; Divine IIlumin{/- Culler-Ct'eillive Religious Literature. tion; and History of the Relfltion of the Dungan-Modern P/Jtlses of Skepticism. Pastor to the "Christian Church" of Nash- ville); Harrison-The Christi{m's Life (md Jones-The ltmet' Cirde. Progrfl11't; Haynes-History of tbe Disci/lies Kellems-Alexander Cmu/Jbell and /he of Cbrist in Illinois; Hinds-A Commentm'y IJiscifJIes. OIl tbe Book of Reveliltion; Lemmons-The Shaw-The SrotdJ-1t'ish in History (Alex- De'vil lind Socialism; Lipscomb, A. B.- ander Campbell was one). Comolfltion; Lipscomb, D.-Salv{/Iion /t'01lJ Young-Autobiography of a Pioneer. Continued on page 23) THE HARBINGER AND DlSClPLlANA, JULY, 1953 23 D ATE S AND D A T A. .. Undcr this hcading will appcar rcgularly a list of dates Juooth by month, of significant and interesting result of a bullet wound from the hand of ('vents connccccd with Disciple hiswcy. Brief com- Charles). Guiteau, July 2. ments will be made concerning each event. Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be weI. comcd. E3pccially wantcd arc thc datcs of thc cstab. SelJtembel' 25, 1806. Robert Richardson born lishment of local churches, institutions, and organi- in Pittsburgh, Pa. 7.acions, dares of 'special happenings. Upon application. thc Socicty will furnish furthcr Septembel' 27, 1883. The Garsts, Charles information concerning any of the items listed. Elias and Laura Delany, missionaries to Japan, sailed from San Francisco on the Oceanic. September September 29, 1809. The Campbell family September 1, 1816. Alexander Campbell de- arrived in New York. The father, Thomas livered the "Sermon on the Law" before Campbell, had been in Western Penn- the Redstone Baptist Assor;iation, meeting sylvania since early spring of 1807. The on Cross Creek (3 miles above Wellsburg, party landing in New York included Alex- W. Va.). ander Campbell, his mother Jane, his sisters Nancy, Jane, Dorthea, and Alicia September 2, 1852. Twins, Emma and Edgar, Ann, and his brothers Thomas and Archi. were born to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Richard- bald. son. Richardson was Alexander Campbell's biographer, a medical doctor, a preacher, Exchanges: scholar and teacher. (Continued from page 22) Septembel' 4, 1847. Wickliffe, Alexander Sin; Metcalfe-Sunsbine; Nichol-Bible Campbell's third son, drowned in Buffalo Notes Oil the Holy Lmul; Howe and Kling- Creek. man-The Bible ill .QuestiolJS lIlUl Answers, 6th eel.; Ruble-Leffers to Jews lind Gell- SelJtember 6, 1847. Alexander Campbell tiles; Rutledge-The Mir(/cle of the Ages.: placed in jail in Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. Scott-Tbe G,'e(/t Crisis ill the Life of Christ; Campbell was arrested on a charge of libel C(/yce-S,'ygley DismssiOll; Smith-Mallu(/l of by the Rev. James Robertson. For1lls for Ministers: Thornton-Lord's Day 1/70l-shi1JSen/ices: IV(/l/lIce-KetdJe!'side De- SelJtember 7, 1809. The Declaration and Ad- b(/te; Baskerville and Sewell-Ellglisb dress of Thomas Campbell was authorized G"mmJla,'; Klingman-God Is; and Knight- by the Christian Association of Washing. Stor'V of tbe Bible. ton, Pa., to be printed. Also received from Mr. Goodpasture were September 11, 1850. James Turner Barclay, the following pamphlets: Anclrews and oth- first missionary to be sent out for the ers-The IVbole Duty of Mall; Boles-The American Christian Missionary Society, Second Coming of Cbrist; Boles-Tbe IV,,)' sailed from New York on the Devonshire 01 Unity; Bt'illey-Kurfees COl'respondence: for England on the first leg of his journey Campbell-The Ordel' of IVorsbilJ; Fuqua- to Jerusalem. Causes of Division; Kurfees-Review of John B. Cowdell's TrtU't "Instrument(/l Music ill September 12, 1788. Alexander Campbell tbe CIJJtI'LH'; McVey-Tbe Holy Spit'it lIlUl was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, His IVot'k; Smith-How to Praise God To- Ireland. Some biographies give the date day; Srygley-Did Joblt tbe Baptist SIJI'inkle? as 1786, but this is an error as proved by Tomson-Is SIJI'inkling or POUt'il'lgB(/IJtism? Richardson. Wallace-Instrmnental l\JIusic in IVol'sbip;· Wilkes-God's Teacbing ill tbe Cbut'ch; and Wilkes-Is Baptism Necessary? Septembe1' 16, 1847. Alexander Campbell re- leased from jail in Glasgow, completely From Kenneth C. Hanson, 'Redwood I'-ails, exonerated of the libel charge brought by Minn., we received Howe-Tbe Di(/t'y 01 a Rev. Robertson. Circuit Rider; Mankamyer-Tbe Holy Spirit, His Office find His IVorl,,: the Maple Avenue September 19, 1881. James A. Garfield, Christian Church, Tcrre Haute, Ind., 50tb Disciple preacher and president of the /Illniversllry Sou'venir, 1902-1952: and Kratt United States, died at Elbron, N. J., as the -The Intenog(/tioll. ABOUT THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in se5sion. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con- vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, cataloguig and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Societ'}'accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapIdly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home Gommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The Society offers membership to individuals, congregations, institutions, and organiza- tions who are in agreement with the purpose of the Society to maintain and further interests in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups.

offi"ers of tbe Sofiety Ronald E. Osborn, President Chester P. Hensley, Vice-President William G. West, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the President, Vice-President, Dr. West, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns.

Tbe Staff Claude E. Spencer. Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant

Footnotes to Disciple History, Number One, Just Issued. Alexander C.fmpbell and His Relevan"e for Today, by Eva Jean Wrather. Single copies, post paid. ..$ .25 10 copies, post paid 2.00 25 copies, post paid 4.50 50 copies, post paid ...... 8.00 100 copies, post paid 15.00 George Walker Buckner, Jr., in commenting on the author of this address, said, "She did a most unusual job and made history seem as vital as today's newspaper." oo~ww~~~~rn and fliJaP-tiana Published motl/hly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee

VOL. 13 AUGUST, 1953 No.3 DIRECTORS VOTE EXPANDED SERVICES Directors of the Disciples of Christ His- torical Society, meeting at First Church, Port- Scholarly Quarterly Possibilities land, during the International Convention July 5 and July 8, 1953, voted to increase To Be Explored DCHS s'ervices through an expanded pub- A survey of the need for a Disciple lishing program and to increase annual in- scholarly quarterly has been initiat.ed by dividual membership dues. Beginning with representatives of brotherhood semlDane~ and 1954, the annual individual membership has other agencies, such as the Board of Hlg~er been raised from $1.00 to $2.00 per year. Education the Association for the Promotion Annual members will receive more for their of Christian Unity, and the Disciples of money under the revised publication schedule Christ Historical Society. . adopted by the Directors at Portland. At a luncheon in the Congress Hotel 1D The former Society periodical, DISCIPLI- Portland, Oregon, during the International ANA, was authorized changed from a quar- Convention of Disciples of Christ, called by terly to a monthly under the new title, THE the Historical Society, twelve brotherhood HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA. In ad- leaders in the fields of education, .research, dition the Directors voted to continue the and journalism, informally discussed possi- series 'of "Footnotes to Disciple History," the bilities for the cooperative issuance of a first number of which has already been pub- quarterly journal to represent the b~st of· lished. This booklet, Alexander CamjJbell Disciple scholarship in theol?gy, ~Is.tory, and His Relevance for Today, by Eva Jean Biblical studies, and the practical mlDlstry. Wrather, will be followed by other concise A committee of three was named to plan treatises on brotherhood personalities and a survey of potentialities for editori.al ~nd events and their contribution to our present financial support for such a pubhcatlo~. situation. The Directors also accepted a Named as committee chairman waS Harhe proposal by Forrest F. Ree~l, new V!ce- 1. Smith, Indianapolis, president of t~e Chairman of the Board, to assist the SOCiety Board of Higher Education. Other.commlt- in the publication of full-length books of tee members are Ronald E. Osborn, former historical significance at no cost to the So- president of the Historical Society.. who ciety. The Executive <.=o~mittee ~as au- will represent the Association for' the Pro- . thorized to act as an edltonal committee to motion of Christian Unity, and Claude E. select manuscripts as possible publication Spencer, Historical Society curator. W. H. material. Several such manuscripts are under Cramblet, president of the Christian Board consideration, and an announcement will be of Publication, St. louis, was named as made shortly in regard to the first such his- consultant to the committee. The commit- torical book to be published under the His- tee was instructed to report its findings on torical Society imprint. Plans are being the need for such a journal and the methods formulated for DCHS members to secure of financing such a venture to the larger such books at greatly reduced rates. group by the date of the annual agency meetings in the spring of 1954. In other Portland activit;es, the Historical The Portland meeting was called by the Society report to the International Conven- Historical Society on authorization from the tion was given by executive director James Executive Committee April 9. Plans for a E. McKinney. This report is reprinted on Disciple scholarly quarterly have long been (Continued on page 26) (Continued on page 27)

Barton W. Stone and the Seceder Presbyterians. by Roscoe M. Pierson, page 28. An Act of Apprec:iation. International Convention Resolution, page 27. The Witness to Our Heritage. by James E. McKinney, page 29. Dates and Data, page 31 New Members, page 26 Jim's Journeys, page 26 What's New in Our library, page 30 26 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, AUGUST, 1953

Jim's Journeys ... New Members July: the month of heat, haste, and vaca- Am",," Members tions. International Convention, directors' Mrs. Warren F. Berry, Elizabeth, N. J. meetings, reports, airplane trips, conferences, Mrs. Helen Bertram, Bergen, N. Y. writing, reading, listening, preaching, and George E. Brown, Seattle, Wash. finally, cool sea breezes. It all started Charles E. Bruer, Jackson, Tenn. lV~dnesday, luly I-Paper work preparation Mrs. Amelia 1. Caruthers, Knoxville, for Portland. Tenn. Thursday, luly 2-More last minute report E. M. Eldridge, Eugene, Ore. writing and other minutia. Pry Curtis Robert W. Fink, Houston, Texas Jones loose from Vine Street and we're Leland E. Gartrell, Westfi"eId, N. J. off, after midnight, for the Great North- R. 1. Hartling, Missoula, Mont. west. Mrs. Ethel S. Kershner, Indianapolis, Ind. Friday, luly 3-No sleep. Breakfast over Robert C. Lohman, Albuquerque, N. Mex. the Grand Canyon at 22,000 feet. Camera- Joe 1. Mauck, Kansas City, Mo. bug Jones having field-day. Second break- Mrs. Anna Nolte, Rochester, N. Y. fast under San Francisco fog. Up the C. H. Owens, St. Louis, Mo. Willamette valley over beautiful virgin Mrs. Leonard R. Phebus, Union City, forests, snow-capped peaks, to City of Tenn. Roses by lunchtime. Get settled, get ex- Mrs. Edward Ronsheim, Sr., Anderson, hibit materials (good thing Spencer got Ind. here early), get oyster stew in a ware- Mrs. Polk Ross, Tullahoma, Tenn. house, get this, get that, get tired. Miss Ida Swingle, Sciota, N. Y. J. H. Tracey, Fort Wayne, Ind. Saturday, luly 4-Convention opens with a rush. Thousands of Disciples from all Mrs. T. E. Tregea, Rochester, N. Y. parts of the world. Registration pushes Founding Member toward a new record. Speechmaking Mrs. Naomi E. Osborn, Indianapolis, Ind. starts. DCHS gets front-page in Portland Subscribing Members OREGONIAN. That's me on the left. Walter F. MacGowan, Cleveland, Ohio Stmday, luly 5-Directors' meeting. Reports Albert M. Pennybacker, Chattanooga and discussion, discussion and reports. Tenn. ' Constitution amended. New titles, new Congregational Members servic~, new ideas. First Christian Church, Atchison, Kans. Monday, luly 6-Scholarly quarterly dis- First Church of Christ, Medina, Ohio cussion. Church History Clinic. Meet more First Christian Church, Clarksville, Tenn. new people. Talk Historical Society. Sustaining Members Tuesday, luly 7-Convention coverage. Go Linden Avenue Christian Church Mem- here, there, everywhere. Talking, walk- phis, Tenn. ' ing, listening, more walking. Northwest Christian College, Eugene, Ore. lVednesday, luly 8-Report to Convention United ~hristian Missionary Society, Indi- on DCHS activities, support. Does anyone anapolts, Ind. have a watch? Luncheon talk to Vandy Honorary Members alumni. Afternoon session with Directors. At a meeting of the Board of Directors. More discussion, decisions, talking, and July 5, in Portland, Ore., two persons were walking. Oh, my poor feet! elected to honorary membership in the Thursday, luly 9-Wind-up day. By the Society. The men so honored are T. G. F. way, do you have DCHS in your budget Paterson, curator of the County Armagh for local congregational membership? We Museum, Ireland, and the Rev. Alfred R. certainly need your support!! That's the Scott, present pastor of Thomas Campbell's line of conversation with preachers, lay- old church at Ahorey, Ireland. men. The new honorary members have been Friday, luly lO-Clean up loose ends at very h~lpful to the many American Disciples Portland. Wait for Isaac Walton Jones who VISItedthe Campbell country in Ireland. to return from mountain expedition. Late evening air tourist flight for Chicago. Directors Vote Expanded Services Sat1trday, luly ll-See the country: Mon- (Contimled from page 25) tana, Minnesota, Great Lakes. Lunch in Chicago. Wake up Jones to tell him page 29 of THE HARBINGER. The Con- we're home in Nashville. vention also passed a resolution endorsing the work of the Society and paying tribute Sunday, luly I2-Preaching trip to roaring to t~e Nashville co~tribution in enabling the Springs, Kentucky. Wonderful rural sec- SOCietyto be establtshed on a full-time basis. tion, terrific cooks. This resolution is reprinted on the editorial (Continued on page 27) page. THE HARBINGER AND DlSClPLlANA, AUGUST, 1953 27

Society as a full-time service agency of the THE HARBINGER AND DIS- Brotherhood and takes this opportunity to express appreciation to the Nashville Plan- CIPLIANA, published monthly by the Disciples of Chnst Historical Society, Joint ning and Finance Committees and to the University Library, 419-21st Avenue, South, Joint University Library. Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as Second Class Matter, Nashville, Tennessee, under Act of August 24, 1912. Jim's Journeys ..• Claude E. Spencer, Editor James E. McKinney, Associate Editor (Continued from page 26) Subscription to THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA is included in the membership Morulay, July 13, thm Saturday, July 18- dues of the Society. The price of an annual Back at the desk. Letters to write, plans subscriprion to non-members is $2.00. to make, courses to prepare for.

Vol. 13 August, 1953 No.3 Sunday, July 19-Visit with Frank Drowota's Woodmont Christian Church on their 10th anniversary. Disciples still making his- tory with top-flight programs, stewardship An Act of Appreciation efforts. On Wednesday, July 8, the International Monday, July 20, thm Saturday, July 25- Convention meeting in Portland, Ore., passed Teaching "Who Are The Disciples?" at resolution number 63, entitled "Concerning Adult Conference, Bethany Hills, near Recognition of the Disciples of Christ His- Nashville. Fine association with out- torical Society Ser ices." The full text of standing Christian families. Great Chris- the resolution follows: tian education leadership coming to fore WHEREAS, the Disciples of Christ His- in South as in other sections. torical Society is the only agency in the Sunday, July 26-Back to Kentucky for ser- Brotherhood whose sole responsibility. is the vices at Roaring Springs Christian Church, locating, collecting, and making available near Hopkinsville. for use the historical materials of our move- Monday, July 27-Desk work. Articles, ment, and letters, plans. WHEREAS, the Historical Society is now Tuesd(lY, July 28-0ff to Rockwood, Ten- in its second year as a full-time service nessee. George Holwager says the stripes agency with headquarters in Nashville, Ten- are hitting, so here we go. Meet with nessee; which full-time operation has been laymen about DCHS. Traveling com- made possible by a generous five-year subsidy panion: Alex Mooty, Tennessee's able granted by a group of interested Nashville DRE. citizens and by the generous donation of lVedrlesday, J~tly 29-Visit with laymen, temporary housing facilities by the Joint preachers, III Knoxville. Dr. Harry University Library in Nashville, and Cooke, beloved pastor, First Church, new WHEREAS, the work of the Historical DCHS supporter. Society has been approved as a part of the Thursday, July 30-Carry Me Back To Ole long-range program of the Brotherhood, and Virginny. And DO NOT DISTURB for WHEREAS, support for the program of at least 10 days. Preaching at home the Historical Society is derived solely from church, Bedford, slated for August 9. memberships and individual gifts, Otherwise, Virginia Beach-bound. Look THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That out, fish, here I come! the Disciples of Christ, now, in convention assembled, do recognize the services being rendered by the Historical Society to local Scholarly Quarterly churches, individuals, and institutions of the (Continued from page 25) Brotherhood, and that we commend the di- included as a part of the DCHS long-term rectors and officers of the Society for their program. Present at the Portland meeting, efforts to preserve and make available for in addition to the committee members named, use the historical materials of our movement, were: Riley B. Montgomery, Lexington; and that this Convention endorse the work George W. Buckner, Jr., Indianapolis; John of the Society and recommend consideration E. McCaw, Des Moines; W. B. Blakemore, of membership in the Society by individuals, Chicago; W. H. Cramblet, St. Louis; J. Ed- churches, and institutions represented are:his ward Moseley, Indianapolis; O. 1. Shelton, Convention. Further, this Convention recog- Indianapolis; J. E. McKinney, Nashville; and nizes the contribution of the citizens of Nash- guest Bishop Stephen Neill of the World ville in the establishment of the Historical Council of Churches, Geneva. 28 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, AUGUST, 1953

BARTON W. STONE AND THE SECEDER PRESBYTERIANS; A NOTE ON THE EARLY RELATIONS OF BY ROSCOE M. PIERSON Roscoe M. Pierson, librarian of the Bosworth Memorial Libraty of the College of the Bible, Lexington, Kentucky, gives briefly some interesting information concerning what the Seceder Presbyterians thought about .stone. Mr. Pierson is Ii gtaduate of Centre College and has a ,masters degree in library science from the .. He is the editor of the series Reprints of DiJcipte Documents issued by the Bos- worth Memorial Libraty, and compiler of Preliminary Check List of Lexington, Kentucky, Imprints, 1821-1850, to be published soon by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.

The history of the relations between Armstrong and Fulton were disheartened Thomas and Alexander Campbell and the by such religious conditions in Kentucky and Seceder Presbyterians is a well documented departed to Ohio during the winter of 1802. episode of the early history of the Disciples However, they were not the only Kentucky of Christ. However, the contacts that Bar- Seceders who were opposed to the Cane ton Stone had with this "straitest sect of the Ridge meeting, nor to Stone personally. Presbyterians," as he called them, is not Adam Rankin, an overly-orthodox Presby- widely known except by inference. terian minister who had come to Kentucky Unlike the Campbells, whose connections from Virginia in 1784, was deposed by the with were entirely with the Transylvania Presbytery in 1792 because secession branch, Stone was never outside he opposed the use of Watts' Psalmody, as of the main stream of Church of Scotland unscriptural, in Presbyterian worship. In Presbyterianism from .the date when he was 1793 he gained admittance into the Associate licensed to preach by the Orange Presbytery Reformed Synod of Philadelphia, and so in North Carolina in 1796 until his with- another branch of the Secession Church drawl from the Synod of Kentucky, Septem- came to Kentucky. Such a person was ber 10, 1803. bound to oppose the Cane Ridge meeting, In 1797, the year after Stone arrived in and oppose he did in A Review of the Noted Kentucky, the General Associate Synod (of Revival in Kentucky (Lexington: John Scotland) was petititoned by some of the Bradford, 1802) where he stated that the residents of Kentucky to send missionaries to meeting was under "satanical influence." that state. Being favorable to the plea, two Rankin was so strict that many from his young men, Andrew Fulton and Robert congregation left to become members of Armstrong, were ordained and commissioned the churches of Fulton and Armstrong." to set out with "all convenient speed," and Perhaps the most important of the Seceder to constitute themselves into the Associate ministers in Kentucky was Robert Hamilton Synod of Kentucky upon their arrival at Bishop, another missionary from the Gen- their destination,' eral Associate Synod; who arrived in the These first two Kentucky missionaries of state in 1802 and accepted one of the Asso- the Secession Church arrived in Kentucky ciate Reformed Churches of the Rankin in 1798. Andrew Fulton settled in Beargrass . The author of the first church and served congregations in Henry and Shelby history of the state, An Outline History of counties. Robert Armstrong located at Cane the Church in the State of Kentucky (Lex- Run, in Fayette, and ministered to the Sece- ington; T. T. Skillman, 1824), Bishop is ders in Fayette and Scott counties-the same scathing in his denunciation of the Stone general area where Barton Stone was labor- movement: "They are usually called 'New ing among the Presbyterians. Lights, or Stoneites,' &. &. and if they are In a letter to the Christian Magazine (VIr, known at all in the future of the church, 1803, p. 38-39) dated March 5, 1802, a they will be denominated Pelagian, or So- missionary to Kentucky, apparently Andrew cinian Heretics."" Fulton, writes at length of the Cane Ridge These brief notes serve to document what meeting, comparing it to that which took we could expect: that all streams of the place some years back in Cambuslang, Scot- Disciples of Christ were opposed by all the land. The writer attributes the beginning branches of the Secession Church from the of the revival to "a Mr. Stone, in the county earliest days of our movement. And to Stone of Bourton," and relates that "I am of goes the honor of being despised by this opinion that such an irregular, and so far group while the Campbells were still mini- as I can judge, unscriptural manner of wor- sters in good standing. shipping God, in public ordinances, ought 'McKerrow, John. History of the SeCeJJi01' neither to be encouraged nor countenanced ... Church. (Edinburgh, 1854) p. 388; For.eign Mis- siom of the SeceJJion and Unit.ed Presbyterian Church. The tendency of the work upon the whole, (Ed~nburgh, 1867) p. 22-23. is to entangle poor souls in delusion about 'McKerrow. History, p. 403-405. their eternal concerns, and to lead them away "Bishop, Robert H. An Otttline History of the from the scriptures ... Nothing of this kind Church in Kemttcky, (Lexington, 1824) p. 144. 'McKerrow. Foreign MiJJiom, p. 33. has taken place amongst our people.'" "Bishop. Outtine History, p. 129. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, AUGUST, 1953 29

THE WITNESS TO OUR HERITAGE BY JI\MES E. McKINNEY The report given by IvJr. McKinney, Execu.rive Director of the Society, at a business session of the International Convention, Portland, Oregon, July 8.

Someone has said that "history is to the tent of $55,000 payable over a five-year group what memory is to the individual." period-were made available to the Society Within the framework of our Disciple wit- during its expansion into a full-time service ness has grown up in recent years a new ap- preciation of our corporate memory - a agency of the Brotherhood. Rent-free, air- brotherhood conscience in matters pertaining conditioned quarters were provided by the to our heritage as a great people. The Dis- Joint University Library of Nashville for ciples of Christ Historical Society gives a five-year period to house the growing col- expression to this concern. lection of historical materials. The record of our Disciple witness is not The city of Nashville furnishes a near- to be labeled as dull dead stuff, to be ex- ideal setting for our brotherhood archives. plored only by scholarly gentlemen, eye- Its eleven colleges and universities, its three shaded and dust-covered. Increasingly we other major church history coIlections, its have found that a total perspective must accessibility to centers of brotherhood his- depend upon both a backward and a for- tory and influence, its cultural environment, ward view. We have been inspired in cur- its opportunity for contact with those of rent projects by the courageous pioneering common heritage-all these factors make of our forebears in the faith. History is, Nashville a location in which the Historical after all, the record of our progress. In the Society can render vital service to the words of one of our beloved ministers, a Brotherhood and to the ecumenical move- former president of this Convention, Dr. ment. Roger T. Nooe: One phase of our service-made possible "It is by taking account of the past that by the Nashville move-must not be under- we can chart our course for the future. To estimated. This is the opportunity to share plunge ahead without any regard to what a common interest with those individuals has gone before is both foolish and futile." and groups of differing views who otherwise A mark of our maturity is this growing have no common ground on which to meet. concern for the preservation and study of The Historical Society is impartial of doc- our past. If we have a distinct plea-if trinal or organizational differences. we have made a unique contribution-if The full-time service program of the So- we have developed a new idea; then surely ciety cannot be detailed in this brief time. we need to preserve the products of our Today, assistance in matters of historical heritage, not only for our present guidance reference is being given daily to local but that others might come to a greater churches, ministers, researchers, educators, appreciation of our mission and our message. editors, agencies, colleges and graduate Only one group among us is uniquely schools. Daily the Society staff answers qualified and geared for this task. The queries from throughout the brotherhood, Disciples of Christ Historical Society was relying on the wealth of materials in the created by our people on an occasion such Library and Archives. Daily more materials as this twelve years ago. Its sole objective are received and processed. has been to coIlect, catalogue, preserve, and An expanded publishing program is under make available for use, the materials of our way. The Society periodical is to be issued movement. monthly instead of quarterly, beginning with For eleven years the Society's primary the July number. A new series of "Foot- function-operating on a part-time basis- notes to Disciple History" has been initiated, was the assembling of a vast collection of number one written by Miss Eva Jean Disciple historical material, much of which Wrather on Alexander CamjJbell and His is irreplaceable. This coIlecting has been Relevance For Today. This little book is largely inspired by the curator of the Society, on sale at the Society exhibit. The Society Mr. Claude E. Spencer. is taking the lead in exploring possibilities Last year it became possible for the So- for a Disciple scholarly quarterly. A plan ciety to realize a long-cherished dream. is under study to produce books of historical The Board of Directors, acting on a pro- significance for limited distribution. posal by a group of interested citizens in Now-in my business-this part we call Nashville, Tennessee, voted to move the the commercial. Society headquarters, its Archives and Li- Our services have increased. Interest in brary, to this cultural and educational cen- the Society has increased. Many new mem- ter of the Mid-South. Funds-to the ex- (Continued on page 31) 30 THE HARBINGER AND DlSCIPLIANA, AUGUST, 1953 WHAT'S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY On these pages ate listed, anJ sometimes described, the materials receivd during the past month. This in- dudes gifts, exchanges. and purchases. So many gifts are received that acknowledgm~n( of every item is impossible although every giver is mentioned. Gifts Necessary Periodicals: During July gifts of material were re- I. Gospel Advocate ceived from: The oldest periodical being published to- John Francis Bellville, Charleroi, Pa. day by any of the groups growing out of William 1. Blessing, Denver, Colo. the early nineteenth century restoration Broadmoor Christian Church, Houston, movement is the Gospel Advocate of Nash- Texas ville. Publication began in 1855, and thus Miss Genevieve Brown, Indianapolis, Ind. it ante-dates The Christian-Evangelist (1863), Miss Venice C. Callison, Portland, Ore. the (1866) and the Miss Ada Currie, Guelph, Ontario, Canada American Christian Review (1856). From H. Jackson Darst, Williamsburg, Va. 1862-1865 it was suspended. Mrs. Harry S. Davis, Kansas City, Mo. While the Gospel Advocate is one of the A. T. DeGroot, Ft. Worth, Texas best sources for the study of our history, it Miss Ada 1. Forster, Oakland, Calif. has been the least used. One specializing Ernest D. Fritts, Clinton, Ky. in the 1860-1906 period must use it along Mrs. Bertha Mason Fuller, Little Rock, with the above named periodicals in order Ark. to understand all of the questions involved Glenn Grimm, Ashtabula, Ohio in the split in the brotherhood over the use Kenneth C. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Minn. of the organ and the support of organized Alden Lee Hill, Los Angeles, Calif. missions. Andrew Hobart, Minneapolis, Minn. Not only is a study of the Gospel Advo- cate necessary to an understanding of the Harold Idleman, Park Ridge, Ill. forces at work in the brotherhood from Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, 1860-1906; but in its files can be found Ill. the news notes concerning the beginning of H. B. Imboden, Youngstown, Ohio many of our present day Christian churches Richard 1. James, Jacksonville, Fla. in the South. Of course, it must be used in Miss Jeanette Moore King, Ft. Lauder,daJc. studying the history of Churches of Christ. Fla. Recently we have been very fortunate in A. P. Kirsch, Stayton, Ore. building the files of this important magazine Percy E. Kohl, Lexington, Ky. in our library. In the April issue we an- W. H. Layman, Salem, Ore. nounced that from Mr. B. C. Goodpasture Mrs. 1. E. McCown, Johnson City, Tenn. we had secured nearly complete volumes for Mrs. E. E. Mack, Long Beach, Calif. the years 1909-1937. Miss Oma Lou Meyers, Portland, Ore. During the present month we received Miss Mattie Miller, Santa Cruz, Calif. from the David Lipscomb College Library J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind. issues from 1878-1908. Out of these years, John W. Neth, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. seven are complete, while nineteen have New London Christian Church, New Lon- from one to thirteen numbers missing. don, Ia. As yet, we do not have any issues for Ronald E. Osborn, Indianapolis, Ind. these years: 1857-1860; 1866-1877; 1886; Orval D. Peterson, Yakima, Wash. 1890; 1900; and 1907. Who can help us Eugene Prater, Nashville, Tenn. fill these gaps? George W. Reed, Watsonville, Calif. Homer Rice, Wenatchee, Wash. Campbell Association Mrs. Edward Ronsheim, Sr., Anderson, Books Received Ind. School of Religion, Butler University, At every convention contacts are made that Indianapolis, Ind. result in the Society library and archives re- W. E. Schultz, Bloomington, Ill. ceiving many rare and unusual gifts. Persons Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio who learn of the work of the Society bring Mrs. C. H. Smiley, Ft. Worth, Texas materials to our exhibit booth while others Amzi Toops, Oxford, Ind. send items to the library later. Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. C. Several good things were brought to the O. D. Waters, Tulsa, Okla. booth again this year. Mr. Homer Ri<:e, Max J. Webb, Franklin, Ind. Wenatchee, Washington, presented Explana- J. W. Wells, Ribbon, Ky. tory Notes on the New Testament by John Mrs. Guy Withers, Washington, D. C. Wesley, a 2 volume set published in 1806 THE HARBINGER AND DISClPLlANA, AUGUST, 1953 31

and givcn bl' Alexandcr CampbeJl to Mr. Rice's great grandfatber, Ebenezer Hit·c, a DATES AND DATA pioneer Disci pIc preacher in Tennessee. Mr. Rice's brother, Flbert G. Rice, and sisters, Under this heading will appear regularly a list of dates month by month, of significant and interesting Mrs. Josephine Polivka, Mrs. Martha Ann events connected with Disciple history. Brief com· Brown, and Mrs. Lois Robb, shared in the ments will be made concerning each event. gift. Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be wel- Miss Venice C. Callison, Portland, brought comed. ES'fecially wanted are the dates of the estah- a copy of the sixth edition, 1839, of Alexan- lishment 0 local churches, institutions, and organi· der Campbell's printing of the New Testa- zations, dates of special happenings. Upon application, the Society will furnish further ment. This book had belonged to her great- information concerning any of the.. items listed. grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Callison. Miss Ethel Boyer, Santa Cruz, Calif., acted October as agent for Mrs. Mattie Miller of Santa Cruz in bringing two books. One, The Ovtober 1, 1946. Tbe International Conven- Christian Hymn Book, 1852, had belonged tion office opened in Indianapolis, Ind., to Mrs. Miller's grandmother, Mrs. Catherine as a full-time service agency for Disciples Shrum McGinnis. of Christ. W. H. Lyman, Salem, Ore., gave a "certifi- October 6, 1911. John William McGarvey, cate of attainment" of the Christian Bible long time president of the College of the College of Colorado, Denver. Bible, died in Lexington, Ky. John Francis Bellville, Charleroi, Pa., October 7, 1808. Alexander Campbell, his brought a bound file of the orders of worship motber, brothers and sisters, shipwrecked from his First Christian Church of Charleroi, off the coast of Scotland on his first at- and some other items. tempt to come to America. October 12, 1784. "Raccoon" John Smith The Witness to Our Heritage born in Sullivan county, Tenn., on a farm (Continued from page 29) on the bank of the Holston river. Here bers have been' added to our growing list he lived the first eleven years of his life. of supporters. It is imperative that this October 13, 1834. Knowles Shaw, author of support continue and increase. To date "Bringing in the Sheaves," born in Butler more than three-fourths of the actual operat- County, Ohio. ing expenses of the Society ha~e been. under- October 15, 1823. The first day of the de- written by the generous subsIdy raIsed by bate between Alexander Campbell and the Nashville committees. W. L. McCalla, held at Washington, Ky., It is time for Disciples throughout the October 15-21. brotherhood to rally behind this effort to preserve the heritage of our movement. This October 20, 1919. The constitution adopted should not be the exclusive concern of just and officers elected for the United Chris- a few. tian Missionary Society, thus completing The Historical Society is supported only the merger of the American Christian by its members-individuals, local churches, Missionary Society, the Foreign Christian and organizations-who annually pay in Missionary Society, and the Christian Woman's Board of Missions into one or- small amounts in dues to make possible the ganization. continuance of the Society's services. The Society enjoys widespread endorse- October 21, 1840. The first session of Beth· ment from brotherhood leaders, from state any College commenced. conventions, and from this Convention which October 22, 1874. The Christian Woman'~ approved its origin and to which it reports. Board of Missions organized. Now we must go further. Support by en- October 23, 1849. The First General Con- dorsement is good. But it does not pay the vention of the Christian Churches con- bills. The Society earnestly solicits your vened in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the consideration of membership. Visit the His- sessions the American Christian Missionary torical Society booth adjoining the registra- Society was formed. tion booth. There you may find additional information on the expanded program of October 25, 1809. Alexander Campbell. the Society. Either: Mr. Spencer or I will joined his father in Washington, Pa. be happy to talk with you about matters of Here he read the proof sheets of the historical interest to you or your church. Declaration and Address. We shall be glad to welcome you as a mem- October 28, 1874. James Turner Barclay ber of the Historical Society, as you join died in Lawrence, Ala. with thousands of others in preserving for October 29, 1818. Moses E. Lard born near our generation-and generations to come- Shelbyville, Tenn. the great record of our Disciple witness to October 31, 1796. Walter Scott born at Christian truth. Moffatt, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. ABOUT THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con· vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the .only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, catalogmg and arranging for. use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society. is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest· of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around, which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapIdly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home <;:ommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The Society offers membership to individuals, congregations, institutions, and organiza- tions who are in agreement with the purpose of the Society to maintain and further interests in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. Officers of the Society Winfred Ernest Garrison, President William G. West, Chairman of the Board Forrest F. Reed, Vice-Chairman Howard E. Short, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Short, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns.

The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant

Footnotes to Disciple History, Number One, Just Issued. Alexander Campbell and His Relevance for Today, by Eva Jean Wrather. Single copies, post paid. . .$ .25 10 copies, post paid ...... 2.00 25 copies, post paid 4.50 50 copies, post paid ...... 8.00 100 copies, post paid 15.00 George Walker Buckner, Jr., in commenting on the author of this address, said, "She did a most unusual job ,and made history seem as vital as today's newspaper." W&WW~~~ImW and :f)idciPtiana Publisbed mon/My by /be Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee

VOL. 13 SEPTEMBER, 1953 No.4

McKinney to Iowa Rare Periodicals Received Society on Hawkeye District Programs Gift of Mrs. C. A. Rule August 18, 1953 was a red letter day it For the first time in its twelve-year ex- the annals of the DCHS library when a largl' istence, the Disciples of Christ Historical carton of books from Highland, California Society will participate in a series of District was received and unpacked. That carton Conventions of Disciples of Christ. James contained rare and long wanted volumes of E. McKinney, DCHS executive director, has periodicals. accepted an invitation to serve as the noon Most welcome were the bound volumes of luncheon speaker for five Iowa District Con- The Christian Standard for the years 1874, ventions, scheduled for September 22 thru 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1883, and 1884. October 2. Mr. McKinney will address the These were from the library of Enoch Clifton conventions on the expanding service pro- Browning, (1836-1925) and were the gift gram of the Society and its contribution to of Mrs. C. A. Rule, the granddaughter of Mr. the present-day Disciple witness. He will Browning. also be available to discuss matters of his- Other periodicals in the shipment were also torical interest on the local church level with valuable ones: The Helper, Butler, Mo., vol. ministers and laymen and will be on hand 1, 1888-1889; The Christian Work, Russell- at each convention to receive Disciple his- ville, Paris, Fort Smith, and Siloam Springs, torical materials for deposit in the Archives Ark., vols. 3-6, 1896-1899; and The Mission- and Library at Nashville. ary Bulletin, Little Rock, Ark., vols. 1-7, The Iowa district meets are to be held at 1900-1906. There are some missing issues in the following times and places: Sept. 22, the last two titles. Newton; Sept. 24, Clarinda; Sept. 28, ]effer- Another periodical included was vol. 1, sbn; Sept. 30, Washington; ~nd Oct. 2, 1884, of The Disciple of Christ, Cincinnati, Marion. Major emphasis of each conven- Ohio, a scholarly journal edited by S. M. tion will be "Evangelism at Home and Jefferson, Isaac and Russell Errett, with later Abroad .••· Loren E. Lair, executive secre- volumes edited by B. ]. Radford and Jessie tary of the Iowa Christian Churches, has Brown Pounds. We now need only vol. 2 expressed the hope that Iowa Disciples to complete our set. will make plans to attend their respective Some books were sent along from Mr. district conventions and participate in the Browning's library, too. There was a print- excellent programs which have been ar- ing of Grafton's Life of Alexander Campbell ranged. that we did not have; a copy of the Baltimore Seminary Press imprint of God and Me by Prior to the Iowa ViSit, Mr. McKinney Peter Ainslie; and the Pro!!.ram of the 19th will spend several days in Pennsylvania, Ohio, annual convention of the Christian Churches Indiana, and Illinois. An exhibit of his- of Southern California and Arizona. 1907. torical materials concerning the Keystone Mr. Browning was the editor and pro- Disciples will be on display at the Penn- prietor of The Christian Helper, which was sylvania State Convention at Canton Sep- ipublished in the interests of the Bates County, •tember 15-17. Representation at other state Missouri, Christian Missionary Cooperation . conventions is being planned for later in the He was the associate editor of The Christian fall. (Continued on page 37)

Mark Twain Meets Alexander Campbell ••.• ? by Claude E. Spencer, page 36; Baseball Pitchers and the Backward Look. an Editorial by W. E. Garrison, page 35; Just a Century Apart, by Charles E. Ware, page 34. Dates and Data, page 37 Books of Rec~nt Date, page 39 Jim's Journeys, page 34 What's New in Our Library, page 38 Recent Visitors. page 34 34 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953

Jim's Journeys ... Just a Century Apart By C. C. WARE August: mild Sou the r n temperatures 1. Barton Warren Stone, Reformer, born (slightly under 100); air-conditioned office, so let's stay right here, resting up from all- 1772, died 1844. 2. Harold Bell Wright, Novelist, born 1872, too-brief vacation. died 1944. Saturday, August 1 thru Saturday, August 8- Some similarities: Fishing, swimming, sightseeing, generally 1. Each was a Christian preacher with a doing nothing. Virginia Beach. Sea simple message; "Plain food for plain breezes, ocean waves, sand, crabs and people." croakers. Leave it all for old stomping 2. Each was despised by a certain "Ortho- grounds in Blue Ridge foothills. dox" class ;-Stone by churchmen, Wright by the literary critics. Sunday, August 9-Preaching at home church, 3. Each spurned the large cities, and both Bedford, Virginia. Robert Dady leading were fond of the wide, open spaces of work in "World's Best Little Town." Western America. Newly-remodelled plant; increased attend- 4. Each was an American, born in an old ance, interest. Good to be back home. colonial state, east of the Mississippi but each died west of that great river. Monday, August 10 thru Thursday, August 5. Each had an indomitable will to live; 13-Vacation wind-up with Lynchburg, Stone as demonstrated on his near-fatal Virginia in-laws. Visit Orville Wake, John Georgia travel, and Wright in his Ozarks Turner at Lynchburg College. Foundations auto accident, laid out to die by his friends, in for new buildings. Alma mater boom- but rallied to write another book during ing. Hit the road for Nashville with his slow recovery. cargo of kids, clothe~ and fishing tackle (wife, too). Recent Visitors Friday, August 14 and Saturday. August 15- During the past few weeks the Society has Back to work. had many out-of-town visitors, including sev- eral research workers who used the facilities Sunday, August 16-Bowling Green, Ken- of the library and archives. tucky. Subbing for friend Jean Wake at C. K. Thomas, Phillips University, Enid, First Church. Fine reception in Blue Grass Okla., stopped by to discuss sources for his Country. Princeton Ph.D. thesis on Alexander Camp- Monday, Augmt 17 tbru Saturday, Augmt 22 bell's principles of Biblical interpretation -Letters to write, plans to make, conven- and to examine the various editions of Camp- tions to cover. Looks like a long autumn. bell's printing of the New Testament. J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind., Sunday, Augmt 23-Jackson, Tennessee. spent a week working on the index of the Preaching, a.m. and p.m., at First Church book by Stephen J. Corey that he is editing, prior to arrival of new minister, R. J. and to dig further into the history of Georgia Birge, formerly with Highland Park, Chat· Disciples. tanooga. Renew old friendships, meet new Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Eckstein, Por- folks. tales, New Mexico, spent three weeks work- ing on Mr. Eckstein's thesis on the Churches Monday, August 24 thm Saturday, August 29 of Christ in Texas. Mr. Eckstein has charge -Struggling with typewriter while Chris of the Church of Christ Bible Chair in East- vacations. Looks like a long, long autumn. ern New Mexico University. Roscoe ·M. Pierson, Librarian of The Col- Sunday, August 30-Vine Street Christian lege of the Bible, Lexington, Ky., spent a Church, Nashville, subbing for friend few days going through our duplicate mate- Curtis Jones, loafing in Mississippi. Early rial for needed items at the College of the service at beautiful Vine Street annex, Bible. Ridgeview. Wonderful time with grand Don C. Nunnelly, Stamping Ground, Ky., people. spent three days working on a proposed Col- Monday, Augmt 31-With research assistance lege of the Bible thesis on the history of Ala- bama churches, 1860-1910. from Claude Spencer, Herman Norton, Joseph Welles White, head of the Bible Alex Mooty-may be ready to teach "Our department, George Pepperdine College, Los Religious Neighbors, the Sects" at Ad- Angeles, Calif., came in for a talk about his vance Conference, Bethany Hills, near biography of Sidney Rigdon and general res- Nashville. Remind me next month to give toration bibliographical and historical prob- results. (Certainly looks like a long lems. autumn.) (Continued next issue) THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953 35

with the financial support needed to enable THE HARBINGER AND DIS- it to do its indispensible work. CIPLIANA, published monthly by the The rear-view mirror of an automobile is Disciples of Christ Histotical Society, Joint not as big as the windshield, but every car Universiry Library, 419-21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as Second Class is required by law to have one, because a Marter, Nashville, Tennessee, under Act of backward look is known to be essential to August 24, 1912. safe driving. The historical society furnishes Claude E. Spencer, Editor James E. McKinney, Associate Editor the mirror that gives us a view of the past Subscription to THE HARBINGER AND which helps us to travel the road ahead. DISCIPLIANA is included in the membership dues of the Society, The price of an annual W. E. Garrison subscription to non-members is $2.00. To Our Members Vol. 13 September, 1953 No.4 Many of our members have not yet paid their dues for 1953 and a few still owe for 1952 as well. Members who fail to pay dues Baseball Pitchers are likely to be dropped from our rolls. It and the Backward Look! has been our custom to send three notices a year; one in December, calling attention to Satchel Paige, pitcher for the St. Louis the fact that dues run by the calendar year Browns, was recently quoted (in The Chris- and that next years dues should be paid soon. tian.Evangelist, August 19, 1953) as saying A second notice is sent in April and a third that his motto was, "Never look back." in S'eptember. Two such notices have been Strange advice from a pitcher. Suppose there sent in regard to this years dues, with a third is a man on second base. one'coming up. Members, not fiscal, hould The phrase lends itself to use as a text remit now and save us the neces ity of mak- for proper exhortation about driving full ing another mailing. steam ahead with worthy enterprises. But the truth is that Christian leaders, like base- The Society needs your money in order to ball pitchers, need 360 degree vision. Going operate. Especially is this so under our forward wisely requires some understanding expanded program of service. No organi- of what lies behind as well as knowledge of zation can live without the financial support the present and vision of the future. That of its members. Even Alexander Campbell, is why history is important. Specifically, it with his varied financial interests, felt the is why religious history cannot be ignored pinch of non·paying subscribers to his Mil- by those who would promote religion. Still /ennia/ Harbinger for he once wrote; "The more specifically, it is why the advocates of financial obligations of our establishment im- any religious movement need to know whence periously compel us to importune immediate it came and how it 'got to where it is. payment for those in arr ars for subscrip- The Disciples of Christ Historical Society tions.-The amount due is considerable, and is not engaged in antiquarian research out ('ur ability to liquidate our liabilities de- of a merely curious interest in the dead and pends upon the righteousness of our sub- dusty past. The past is not so dead nor so scribers." dusty as some suppose. Its characters and events can come to life in surprisingly dra- Righteous members, we importune you! matic fashion. The past sheds light on the present and future. The Society has already Quotation: demonstrated the value of its resources and its assistance in furthering a better under- "Some communications received during my standing of the principles of the Disciples absence last winter have not yet been read by of Christ, their place in the total picture of me, owing to other duties. I am going on contemporary Christianity, and the goals to- with the work. Some of them may yet appear ward which they are moving. in the Harbinger. May days are, however; These are very practical objectives. Be- but twenty-four hours long; and of these cause the study of the history of a movement nature claims for food and repose some sev- is, and should be, a relatively small part of en; for exercise some two or three; business the total enterprise, the importance of that requires fourteen, and religion all. We, small part can easily be overlooked. Churches, therefore, con do only some things, and the institutions and individuals can render a indispensable always are first. A. c." genuine service to the cause of the Disciples Millennial Harbinger, 1844, p. 288, of Christ by providing the Historical Society Third series, vol. 1, no. 7. 36 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953

MARK TWAIN MEETS ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, ... ? BY CLAU DE E. SPENCER The curator of the Society discusses a confusing bibliographical problem that has troubled him for several years. He invites correspondence with persons who may be able to reconcile these two variant accounts. A most amusing and hilarious anecdote ing of the Campbell sermon occurred while about Alexander Campbell is told by Mark Mark was with Me. Ament. An exact date Twain in his Autobiography.' According to is not given, although it must have been in Mark, Mr. Campbell came to Hannibal, 1847, 1848, or 1849. Missouri, delivered a sermon in the public Alexander Campbell did a lot of travelling square, because there was no church large and he liked to write about his travels. Near- enough to hold the crowd, and remained in ly every year of the Millennial Harbinger Hannibal long enough for the sermon to be which he edited, 1830-1863, contains some printed in pamphlet form. This was done account of his goings and comings. And at the request of the local who he told where he went, who he stayed with, made up a collection of sixteen dollars to and what was said,-and he gave the dates 'have the work done at the print shop where of these visits. Twain was an apprentice. By his own account in the Millennial :",'The pamphlet is described as being duo- Harbinger Mr. Campbell was in Hannibal 'decimo in size, sixteen pages, with yellow twice from 1845 through 1852. The first 'paper covers. The type was set in two eight time was in 1845' when he arrived from Pal- page forms. The first form was printed on a myra, Mo., Tuesday afternoon, November 4, ''Thursday with the second ready for proof and left early Thursday morning for Pitts- 'reading the next Saturday. And there a field, Ill. Since there was no meeting house :snag was struck. A couple of words had owned by the Disciples Me. Campbell "spoke been left out in a thin-spaced page of solid twice to the citizens and strangers in the reading matter with no break line for two Methodist meeting house." Certainly he did or three pages ahead. Apparently all of those not tarry long enough to read proof on a pages would have to be overrun in order to Saturday afternoon; nor did he return to insert the missing words. read proof any of the following Saturday Since it was nearly noon, with Saturday afternoons for they are all accounted for. afternoon a holiday, and everyone anxious Then, too, Mr. Twain was not yet a printer's to get away, the foreman of the shop got apprentice in 1845. around the difficulty by removing the words The next trip made to Hannibal by Alex- Jesus Christ from the line, substituting the ander Campbell was in November, 18525 initials J. c., and adding the missing words. when he opened there his Missouri cam- The proof was then sent to Mr. Campbell for paign for endowment for Bethany College. correction. In a very short time the author He arrived Saturday, the 13th, at one o'clock appeared and made plain in no uncertain in the afternoon and departed for Paris, Mo., words that initials could not be used for Monday evening, the 15th. Mr. Campbell the name of Jesus Christ and insisted that the wrote "This town has greatly improved and page be made right. grown since my first visit in 1845 ... Our The correcting of the page with the extra, brethren have erected a very convenient and for good measure, that was thrown in by the comfortable meeting house . . . I delivered mischievous foreman forms the punch line two discourses at Hannibal, one on the -Lord's to a yarn as only Mark Twain could tell it. day . . . and one on Monday." He com- The story should be read aloud to get the mented on the generosity of the church in complete savour of it. pledging five hundred dollars for the Bethany A few years ago The South African Senti- College fund. nel' gave part of the story under the title Again Mr. Campbell's Saturdays are all ",'Mark Twain Meets Alexander Campbell." accounted for and one cannot see how or .Thjswas later reprinted by The Scro1l3 of the when the pamphlet could have been printed . Campbell Institute. Perhaps after some re- Then, too, Mr. Twa:n was passed being a , search the conclusion might be reached that printer's apprentice for Mr. Ament in 1852. The Sentinel should have used the title "Mark Mark Twain's story and Mr. Campbell's ac- T:wain Meets Alexander Campbell, -?" counts do not agree at. any point. Some Mark Twain's father died early in 1847 questions can be asked with the hope that and Mark was immediately apprenticed to further research will give the answers. Did Mr. Ament, the editor and proprietor of the Alexander Campbell make a trip to Missouri Hannibal Courier, with whom he remained without recording it in the Harbinger? until 1849 or 1850 when his brother Orion Have we missed an obscure reference? Was bought the Hannibal Iourn~l and Mark went Mark Twain mistaken as to whom he was to work for hitn. The episode of the print- working for when the incident occurred? THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953 37

Could he have been working for his brother November 14, 1766. was Orion? If the latter is true, did Campbell born in Iredell County, North Carolina. get mixed-up in his reporting? Or did Twain Purviance accepted the teachings of the simply tell a good yarn? "Newlights" early in his life. The Biog- In any event, our interest is bibliographical. rapby of David Purviance by Levi Purvi- We want a copy of this yellow backed, ance, published in 1848, has become a sixteen page pamphlet, slightly smaller than Disciple classic. six by nine inches in size, with a Hannibal, Mo., imprint. We would even be satisfied November 15, 1843. On this day the Camp- with the proof sheets of the page with its bell-Rice debate began and continued for missing words or the one with its J. C. eighteen days. It was held in the Main initials, or the one as corrected by the mis- Street Christian Church, Lexington, Ken- chievous foreman, or the final one with the tucky, with Henry Clay as moderator. o. k. by Mr. Campbell! November 19, 1831. The birthday of James A. Garfield, the twentieth president of the 'Mark Twain's Autobiography, 1924, vol. 2, Pl'. United States. 279-282. 2The' South African Sentiuel, January, 1949, Pl'. November 25, 1846. Carry Amelia (Moore) 6-7. Nation was born in Garrard County, Ken- 3The Scroll, March, 1949, Pl'. 413-415. tucky. The hatchet woman of the temper- 4The Millennial Harbingcr~ February, 1846, pp. 61-72. "Our Tour to the Fat West."' ance movement became a member of the GThe Millennial Harbinger, January and Feb. Christian Church at Hickman Mills, Jack- ruaty. 1853. pp. 6·9. 64-74. "Notes of Incidents son County, Missouri, at the age of ten. in a Tour Through Illinois and Missouri." Her second husband was David Nation, a Disciple minister. November 27, 1853. Twenty-five leading DATES AND DATA members of the Christian Church in Nash- Under this heading will appear regularly a list of ville withdrew from the church in protest dates mooth by month, of significant and interesting to the spiritualism teaching of J. B. Fergu- events connected with Disciple history. Brief com- son. A new congregation was formed on ments will be made concerning each event. Vine Street. Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be wel- comed. Especially wanted are the dates of the estab- lishment of local churches, insticutions. and organi- zations, dates of special happenings. He Says: Upon application. the Society will furnish further "The Disciples of Christ Historical Society information concerning any of the items listed. is important now and will be of increasing importance as the history of the Brotherhood November lengthens. The ecumenical movement has November 5, 1807. Joseph Ray was born in given a new importance to the history of the Virginia. He was the author of a popu- Disciples of Christ. For many decades ours lar series of school books on mathematics. was a voice in the wilderness calling for the His contributions to the American Chris- unity of the Church. Now the whole of tian Missionary Society are a matter of Christendom is awakened to the imperative record and Alexander Campbell wrote of of the reunion of the Church. There is a visits in Ray's home in Cincinnati. great divergence of opinion as to how this can come about and as to the time it will November 9, 1844. Barton Warren Stone take; but the Disciples of Christ have a hear- died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. ing today that they have never had before. Amanda Bowen, in Hannibal, Missouri. The history of this movement is therefore (Mark Twain played with the Bowen important. The Disciples of Christ Histori- boys, Stone's grandsons.) Stone was first cal Society deserves the support of our whole buried on his farm near Jacksonville, communion." Illinois, the body was later removed to Hampton Adams, Minister the cemetery of the Antioch Christian Union Avenue Christian Church Church east of Jacksonville but was moved St. Louis, Missouri in 1847 to the Cane Ridge meeting house cemetery in Kentucky. Rare Periodicals Received November 10, 1879. Vachel Lindsay was (Continued from page 33) born in Springfield, Illinois. He was the most famous of Disciple poets. Work, and editor of The Missionary Bulletin. Both were issued in the interests of Arkansas November 11, 1917. David Lipscomb died, state missions. Nashville, Tennessee. Due to his influence The Society is indebted to James Parrott, the churches of Tennessee and the South minister of the First Christian Church, San did not accept the "progressive" leader- Bernardino, California, for recommending ship of the missionary societies as did the to Mrs. Rule that this material be placed in Northern ones. the DCHS library. 38 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953 WHATS NEW IN OUR LIBRARY On these pages all' listed. anJ sometimes described. the materials receivd during the past month. This in- dudes gifts, exchanges. and purchases. So many gifts are received that acknowledgment of every Item IS impossible although every giver is mentioned. Gifts Necessary Periodicals: During August gifts of material were II. The Christian Standard received from: On the first page of this issue is a news Earle Barclay, Benton, Ill. story about the receipt of bound volumes of Bob Bell, Nashville The Christian Standard for 1874-1879 and John Francis Bellville, Charleroi, Pa. 1883-1884. The volumes are exceedingly Mrs. George Bichsel, Sedalia, Mo. hard to find since the periodical for those Board of Higher Education, Indianapolis, years was newspaper size which few people Ind. bothered to save for binding. Robert W. Burns, Atlanta, Ga. The Christian Standard has had a continu- Central Christian Church, Enid, Okla. ous existence since April 7, 1866 and is the A. E. Cox, Cruger, Miss. fourth oldest present day publication result- Miss Nora Darnall, Lebanon, Ind. ing from the early nineteenth century religi- Euclid Avenue Christian Church, Cleve- ous reformation. It is especially valuable for land, Ohio research workers and historians because un- First Christian Church, Portland, Ore. der the editorship of Isaac Errett it led the Miss Ada Forster, Oakland, Calif. fight for the miss:onary s?cieties, open c0":l- W. M. Forrest, Cuckoo, Va. munion, and the use of Instrumental musIC Kenneth C. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Minn. in worship. Edward A. Henry, Nashville There are few complete files in existence. Alden Lee Hill, Los Angeles, Calif. We understand that the Library of Congress Wilbur S. Hogevoll, Alexandria, Va. has one as has the Standard Publishing Com- John M. Hoffman, San Leandro, Calif. pany. The Library at the School of Re!igion, George W. Holwager, Rockwood, Tenn. Butler University also has a file; 1866-1895 John Allen Hudson, Rosemead, Calif. being on microfilm with 1896 to date bound H. B. Imboden, Youngstown, Ohio volumes. International Convention, Indianapolis, Ind. The file in the DCHS library is most spotty Miss Helen Johann, Madison, Wis. and incomplete. Whole years missing are: Robert M. Johnston, Memphis, Tenn. 1866-1873; 1880-1882; 1885-1890; 1926-1927; Miss Jeanette Moore King, Ft. Lauder- and 1935. Years that have various issues dale, Fla. lacking are: 1891-1908; 1910-1925; 1928- Miss Hilda Koontz, Washington, D. C. 1934' 1936-1939; 1941 and 1951. Help is Helen M. Lunsford, Cincinnati, Ohio need~d to complete the file of this necessary Lester G. McAllister, Bethany, W. Va. periodical, either by gifts of the periodical Neal K. McGowan, San Francisco, Calif. or money to use in securing microfilm copies. Mrs. E. E. Mack, Long Beach, Calif. Miss Harriet Macy, Des Moines, Iowa Wanted: Church Constitutions J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind. Many of our churches '!-reworking under W. G. Moseley, Spokane, Wash. constitutions, by-laws, or some form of Mrs. Ada Mosher, Indianapolis, Ind. agreement, rules or regul,!tions approved by Roger T. Nooe, Nashville the congregation. Many of the churches hold G. Edwin Osborn, Enid, Okla. charters of incorporation from the states in Ronald E. Osborn, Indianapolis, Ind. which they are located. All of these docu- Roscoe M. Pierson, Lexin~ton, Ky. ments are source materials for the study of Charles F. Rouse, Kansas City, Mo. the local church and all are wanted in our Mrs. C. A. Rule, Highland, Calif. archives. Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio Recently we have received such documents Burl Shoemake, Portland, Ore. for the following churches: W. B. Slater, Peoria, Ill. Central Chrisian Church, Lexington, Ky. K. F. Smith, Dallas, Texas Central Christian Church, Enid, Okla. Central Christian Church, Austin, Texas J. Bruce Snider, Birmingham, Ala. Country Club Christian Church, Kansas Texas Christian University Library, Ft. City, Mo. Worth, Texas East Dallas Christian Church, Dallas, Texas University Christian Church, Des Moines, Euclid Avenue Christian Church, Cleve- Iowa land, Ohio T. M. Walton, Stanhope, Iowa First Christian Church, Tulsa, Okla. Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. C: First Christian Church, Portland, Ore. Wood mont Christian Church, Nashville National City Christian Church, Washing- Ernest Worden, Creston, Iowa ton, D. C. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, SEPTEMBER, 1953 39

BOOKS OF RECENT DATE Hailey, Homer. In this column will be found a bibliographical Attitudes and Consequences in the Restora- listing of books of recent date that have been re- tion Movement, with an introduction b), Olan ceived in OUf library the past few months. 1. Hicks, 2d ed. Rosemead, Calif., Old Paths Blessing, William Lester. Book Club, 1952. (first published 1945). The Key of Knowledge. Denver, Colo., 247 pages. House of Prayer for All People, 1953. 150 Hill, Paul Deane pages. The Great Century witb Silas D. Jacobs, Buckner, Alice (Gadd) (Mrs. Clark C. Buck- Age 100 Years. Lewistown, Idaho, Author, ner) and others. 1953. 19 pages. Disciples of Christ and Spanish-Speaking Humble, Bill J. Americans, A Symposium by Alice G. Buck- Campbell and Controversy; the Story of ner, Lyle V. Newman, and Ruth Estes Milner. Alexander Campbell's Gl'eat Debates with Indianapolis, Ind., Missionary Education De- Skepticism, Catholicism, and Presbyterianism, partment of the United Christian Missionary with an introduction by James R. Cope. Society, 1953. 24 pages. Rosemead, Calif., Old Paths Book Club, The College of the Bible. 1952. 292 pages. To Do & to Teach; Essays in Honor of Jorgenson, Elmer Leon, ed. Charles Lynll Pyatt Presented by His Friends "Faith of Our Fathers," a Compendium of Upon His Retirement from the College of the Scripture TeachinR on Prophecy and Unity: Bible, June 1953, edited by Roscoe M. Pier- Extl'acts Clear and Rare, From tbe "Fathers" son. Lexington, Ky., The College of the mtd the Reformers; Precious Reprints from Bible, 1953. 186 pages. the Men of tbe "Restoration Movemeltt"; The College of the Bible. Bosworth Memo- With Special Articles by tbe Editor and rial Library. Others on tbe Fellowship Problems of Our A Listing of the Theses Presented for De- Day, with an introduction by R. H. Boll. gl'ees from the ColleRe of tbe Bible, 1916- Louisville, Ky., The Word and Work, 1952. 1952, Now Held in the Boswortb Memorial 354 pages. Library. Lexington, Ky., Bosworth Memorial. McCown, Bill. Library, College of the Bible, 1953. 47 Radio Sermons on the Holy Spirit. New pages. (Bibliographical Contribution, no. 2) Braunfels, Texas, Author, 1952. 92 pages. A Preliminary Bibliographical Listing of tbe Writings of the Current Ft/culty of The Maxey, R. Tibbs, Jr. College of tbe Bible, compiled, mainly, by Acts Notes. 2d ed., with a preface by the class in bibliography, Fall quarter, 1952, 1. Edsil Dale. Louisville, Ky., Author, 1953. under the direction of Roscoe M. Pierson. 144 pages. Lexington, Ky., Bosworth Memorial Library, Myers, Oma Lou. The College of the Bible, 1953. 37 pages. (Contribution no. l) This One Thing I Do; a BiograPhy of Frank Hamilton Marshall, Pioneer Christian Ferm, Vergelius, ed. Educator. Portland, Ore., Author, 1953. 153 The American Church of the Protestant pages. Heritage. New York, Philosophical Library, 1953. 481 pages. Owen George Earle. Contents include: "Disciples of Christ," Faith and Freedom, the Problem of Re- by Ronald E. Osborn, pages 389-412; and ligious Freedom and tbe Christian Answer. "Churches of Christ" by Earl West, pages Manila, Philippine Federation of Christian 415-431. Churches, 1953. 116 pages. Foster, Rupert Clinton. Sessions, Will A., Jr. The Battle of the V ersiom. Cincinnati, My Impressions of tbe United Nations Ohio, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, 1953. 47 (Visits in 1949 and Again in 1953). Kansas pages. City, Mo., Author, 1953. 54 pages. Freeman, Wendell Kinder. Thompson, Wade. Why Not Broadcast tbe Gospel? Radio The Guest of Time, Poems. New York; The North River Press, 1952. 80 pages. Broadcasting Methods, Sermons, Questions. Martins Ferry, Ohio, Author, 1952. 180 Wells, Joseph William. pages. History of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Garrison, Winfred Ernest. Louisville, Standard Printing Company, 1947. 480 pages. (May be obtained from the A Protestattt Manifesto. New York, Nash- author, Ribbon, Ky.) ville, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1952. 207 pages. Contents include material about tbe Chris- tian Churches of the county. ABOUT THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work- of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con· vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, cataloging and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapIdly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home Gommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The Society offers membership to inqividuals, congregations, institutions, and organiza- tions who are in agreement with the pllrpose of the Society to maintain and further interests in the religious heritage, backgroupds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. Officers of the Society Winfred Ernest Garrison, President William G. West, Chairman of the Board Forrest F. Reed, Vice-Chairman Howard E. Short, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Short, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns.

The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Dire!=tor Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant

Footnotes to Disciple History, Number One, Just Issued. Alexander Campbell and His Relevance for Today, by Eva Jean Wrather. Single copies, post paid. .$ .25 10 copies, post paid ...... 2.00 25 copies, post paid ...... 4.50 50 copies, post paid ...... 8.00 100 copies, post paid 15.00 George Walker Buckner, Jr., in commenting on the author of this address, said, "She • did a most unusual job and made history seem as vital as today's newspaper." ~oorm oo~mwu~~rmw tMU! fliJciPluuza Published monthly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee VOL. 13 OCTOBER, 1953 No.5 DCHS LOCATES LONG LOST PAMPHLET Rice Haggard's Work on the Christian Name Now in Society Library Rice Haggard's pamphlet on the Christian name has been discovered, and a copy is now in our library. The long "lost" pam- Annual Dinner Date Set phlet came to DCHS on exchange from the A dinner will be given Friday evening, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton December 4, in honor of Society President, County, Ohio. W. E. Garrison, according to an announce- The title is An Address to the Different ment recently made by Claude E. Spencer, Religious Societies on the Sacred Import of curator. This will be the first of a series the Christian Name, published anonymously of such dinners to be held annually in honor of each president. at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1804. Its 31 pages were printed bv Joseph Charless. On The principal speaker for the occasion the verso page is printed: "Some may, per- will be Dr. Garrison, Houston, Texas, who haps, be anxious to know who the author was elected President at the general meeting of the following pages is, his name, and to in Portland in July. The affair, which will what denomination he belongs. Let it suf- be open to the public, will give citizens of fice to liay, that he considers himself con- Nashville an opportunity to become better nected with no party, nor wishes to be known acquainted with Society officials and their by the name of any-he feels himself united work. It is expected that many out-of-town to that one body of which Christ is the head, members of the Society will attend, as well and all his people fellow members." as those living in Nashville and vicinity. Brotherhood leaders will be the invited Disciple historians have known that such guests of the Society. a pamphlet was printed in 1804, but did not know the title or that it had been issued Plans now being made for the dinner anonymously. Barton Stone wrote: "We will be completely presented in our Novem- . . . took the name Christian. . . . We pub- ber issue. lished a pamphlet on this name written. by Elder Rice Haggard, who had lately umted Patron Membership Received with us." Since no copies have previously been located, none of our historians has had On September 15, 1953, the Disciples of access to it and, consequently, no comparison Christ Historical Society welcomed its new- has been made between it and the writings est Patron Member, Mr. T. W. Phillips, Jr., of Stone and the Campbells to determine President of the T. W. Phillips Gas and Haggard's influence on the thinking of the Oil Company of Butler, Pennsylvania. Mr. three men. Phillips' membership contribution was pre- sented to the Society in the form of 100 Because of much preliminary research done shares of stock in the Columbia Gas System by John W. Neth, .]r., librarian of Milligan of New York, valued at the time of transfer College, the curator of the Society recognized at $12.87Y, per share. The contribution is the title as listed in the Supplemental Check an individual patron membership by Mr. List of Kentucky Imprints, 1788-1820 (Amer- Phillips, to be used by the Society as oper- ican Imprints Inventory No. 38). The only ating funds to effectively continue the ex- (Continued on page 45) (Continued on page 42)

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staffers, paying off in renewed church Jim's Journeys ... vigor, increased response. Pleasure to September. Off we go in most directions work with consecrated Christian leaders at once. Conferences, conventions, inter- like these. views, trips. JVednesday, September 23-Des Moines. Sunday, August 30 thm Satttrday, September Mark Rutherford lends assistance in see- 5-Bethany Hills, near Nashville. Teach- ing the Corn State capital. Visit with ing in Advance Regional Conference. Sub- men of Ben Bobbitt's Central Church, ject: minority religious groups. Great fun listen to Rutherford's highly effective, with college-age conferees, outstanding unique, approach to church problems. youth leaders, from Alabama, Kentucky, Thursday, September 24-0ff before dawn Tennessee, Mississippi. for Clarinda for Southwest Iowa District Sunday, September 6-Carthage, Tennessee. Convention. More demonstrations of tre- Preaching for newly-wed Herman Norton, mendous Iowa program in action. Director, Disciples Foundation, Vanderbilt. Friday, September 25 and Saturday, Septem- Grand people in Cordell Hull's home town. ber 26-Visit Drake University with Dean Monday, September 7-Back to Bethany Hills John McCaw of the Bible College as to sit in on sessions for leaders of young guide. Higher education gaining new adults. J. D., R. B. Montgomery, Richard heights. New buildings soon to be Lentz, other topflight educators, ministers, started for Drake'~ graduate seminary. In- lead Labor Day finale of successful con- terviews with Warner Muir, University ference experiment. Lin Cartwright, For- Church minister, others in Des Moines rest King, J. T. Beale, Alex Mooty, George churches. West. Sunday, September 27-Worship with con- Tuesday, September 8 thru Friday, September gregation at University Christian Church, ll-Nothing like desk work to knock the Des Moines. Renew acquaintance with inspiration out of you. Trying to get ducks friend Professor C. N. Kinney, others. in a row before heading north. Monday, September 28-Jefferson, Iowa, for Saturday, September 12-Stop by Bowling Northwest District Convention. Well-at- Green, Kentucky, for visit with Jean Wake; tended, interesting sessions create wonder- north-bound thru Bluegrass country. ful atmosphere of fellowship. Sunday, September 13-Florence, Kentucky. Tuesday, September 29-Des Moines again Preaching-visit with Quinton Kent, many for visiting and recuperating. other wonderful people, at up-and-coming JVednesday, September 30-Ditto all the surburban church. Easy to predict great good things from previous district meets future for these agressive workers. for Washington, Iowa, and Southeast Dis- Monday, September 14-Butler, Pennsylvania. trict Convention. One more to go (Marion, Talking DCHS plans with T. W. Phillips, slated Friday, October 2) so checking out Jr., B. D. Phillips. Gracious reception by for Cedar Rapids as next base of opera- these two outstanding Disciple benefactors tions. See yuh. most encouraging. Tuesday, September 15 thru Thursday, Sep- Patron Membership Received tember 17-Canton, Pennsylvania. Key- stone convention registers over 600. Pro- (Continued from page 41) grams, hospitality outstanding. Host D. L. panded program of the Brotherhood Gervice Gardner deserving Disciple applause for agency. top job. During an interview in his office in Butler, Friday, September 18-Road work. Mr. Phillips stated that it was his belief that Saturday, September 19-Looking for loose the Historical Society was rendering a very ends back in Nashville. Finally give up, worthwhile service in preserving the Brother- hood heritage and that the Society was de- go home, build dog house. serving of widespread support and coopera- Sunday, September 20-Visit with neighbors tion. at Donelson Presbyterian Church. Practic- ing ecumenicity. Mr. Phillips and his brother, Mr. B. D. Phillips, Vice-President of the Phillips Com- Monday, September 21-En route to Des pany, have long been leading laymen of the Moines by way of Chicago. Give the Brotherhood and have given generously to L. & N. credit. Rough track, but the best religious and educational causes. Their fa- Kentucky ham you ever tasted. ther, the late Thomas Wharton Phillips Tuesday, September 22-Newton, Iowa. First (1835-1912), was for many years a Disciple in series of Iowa District Conventions. leader and benefactor, as well as the author Loren Lair captains convention team, of the book, The Church of Christ, By a strictly big league. Top programs, plans, Layman, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1905. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER, 1953 43

Whether it is a school, a benevolent home, THE HARBINGER AND DIS- a missionary station, or a historical society, no such Brotherhood enterprise can ever CIPLIANA, published monthly by the measure up to its name unless rank and file Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Joint University Library, 419-21st Avenue, South, Disciples consider it their duty to support Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as Second Class and promote its work. We have long been Matter, Nashville, Tennessee, under Act of guilty of accepting the benefits of coopera- August 24, 1912. tive activities without sharing adequately in Claude E. Spencer, Editor the cost of these services. We have oftm James E. McKinney, Associate Editor Subscription to THE HARBINGER AND reaped where we did not sow. DISCIPLIANA is included in ,he membership dues of the Society. The ptice of an annual The Historical Society (to take a concrete subscription to non-members is $2.00. example) cannot continue to be the hobby of such a few interested Disciples. It is Vol. 13 October, 1953 No.5 obvious to those who have followed the progress of the Society these past twelve years that this service agency should rate a foremost place in our Brotherhood life. It Let's Face Facts! is the witness to our Brotherhood witness. The point is this: he who sows sparingly will It is the preserver of our rich heritage, also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully custodian of our record, keeper of our con- will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as tinuing history, source for our knowledge he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under of the past, and our guide to the future. It compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. II Cor. 9: 6, 7. deserves the widespread interest of all our Have you ever listened carefully to con- people, not just a few. Other causes may versations among Disciples? At an Iowa be more dramatic; none is more fundamental. district meeting, a laywoman comments: Literally, this must be "our" Historical "What a wonderful job our missionaries are Society. Support for its program must be doing!" A Tennessee youth worker remarks forthcoming from individuals, churches, in- that "our schools" are doing great things. stitutions throughout the wide scope of the A Texas preacher calls attention to the fine Brotherhood. It is not just that Disciples contribution of "our benevolent homes." stand idly by and permit a handful of in- Other similar sentiments might be record~d, terested helpers to carry the full load of and for all of them I have the utmost respect. support for this Brotherhood service agency. True, our cooperative enterprises continue to move forward to meet Brotherhood needs. I To grasp the opportunity provided for us have no quarrel with statements of endorse- by the move to Nashville is the duty of all ment, except as they overplay the use of the Disciples. This is no time for neutrality. word "our." My question is simply this: Either we push for the successful expansion By what stretch of the imagination can most of this service agency or we are guilty of of us use such a possessive term to identify neglect of our great heritage. Surely Dis- ourselves with the cooperative work of the ciples have a rightful pride in this religious Brotherhood of Disciples of Christ? These movement which has made such a deep im- activities can only become "ours" if "we" print on our American culture. Surely we share in them! want to extend the area of our influence. Cold statistics prove beyond any question Surely we want to acquire and preserve the that the average Disciple (if such exists) materials of our development that others has given such a limited amount of his ma- might know us as we are. If we share this terials, time and effort to Brotherhood enter- objective, then it becomes our responsibility prises as to make his contribution almost to share also in the support of the only group negligible. Ask any preacher to show you among us solely concerned with this need the sources of support for his church's an- and geared to meet it. The Historical Society nual budget. He will probably tell you that needs your Sttpport. a small minority of his people provide the vast majority of his budget; not because of If you are not a DCHS member, we solicit their great wealth but because of the ability your membership. If you are a member, of the remaining Disciples to slide out from seek to have DCHS placed in your church under their responsibility as Christian ste- budget as a "local congregational" member. wards. If this is true (and it can be easily The DCHS staff cannot possibly contact all verified by looking at the records at almost our churches personally. If you believe in any church) in terms of the local congrega- our cause, there can be no better time to tion, how much more true is it for the co- demonstrate that interest. operative Brotherhood agency admittedly per- forming tasks of which the local church is If we are to reap, we must first sow. incapable? James E. McKinney 44 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, OCTOBER, 1953

FINIS:-A CENTURY OF GOSPEL MUSIC PUBLISHING BY KENNETH C. HANSON The author, minister of the Church of Christ, Redwood Falls, Minn., has long been interested in the hymnology of the and has in preparation a book of the subject, based upon his Butler School of Religion B.D. thesis. A few weeks ago I had occasion to enter filled contracts to lead singing schools. On a local music store to purchase some pub- his deathbed he challenged the eldest son, lications of the Fillmore Bros. Co. of Cin- J. H., to write these people and ask per- cinnati, Ohio. My heart was saddened mission to substitute for his father. J. H. when the proprietor told me there was no accepted this challenge and did as the dying such firm in existence any more. I had been father requested, fulfilling all singing school greatly interested in their history, especially contracts. Being a natural musician, J. H. in the last five years. In writing my Bach- found a ready acceptance in this chosen field, elor of Divinity thesis on the topic, The and became the best known among all the Hymnology and the Hymnals of the Restora- family. tion Movement, I had a personal contact with J. H. Fillmore and two brothers organized the publishing house that was most enjoy- the Fillmore Bros. music publishing company able. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in June, 1874. Their The Fillmore Bros. Co. had enjoyed a con- first publication was a little hymnal entitled tinuous business in the music field since the Songs of Glory. The book was very success- year 1874, when it was established in Cin- ful and launched the company on a notable cinnati by James Henry Fillmore and two career of music publishing. Other popular of his brothers. The company came to an titles were: Gospel Songs, 1898; Hymns for end in the summer of 1952, with the sale Today, 1920; New Christian Hymn and Tune of all remaining copyrights, plates, manu- Book, 1882; and The Praise Hymnal, 1896. scripts, etc., to the Carl A. Fischer Music Co. The company was officially organized and of New York City. incorporated in the year 1902 under the laws Actually, the history of the Fillmore Bros. of Ohio. In more recent years, Fillmore Co. dates back to the early 1840's. It was Music House was used as the imprint on the about this time that the father of the Fill- title page of the company publications. more brothers, Augustus Damarin Fillmore, The music plates, copyrights, printed music, was beginning his career as a gospel-song manuscripts, etc., for the sacred music were writer. Mr. Fillmore collaborated with Silas sold to the Nazarene Publishing House about White Leonard in the publishing of their 1941. The instrumental band and orchestra own hymnal, The Christian Psalmist, in 1847. music, music plates, copyrights, manuscripts, So, while the Fillmore Bros. Co. is not a etc., were sold to the Carl A. Fischer Music century old, the Fillmore family have pub- Co. of New York City in the summer of lished music for over a century. With the 1952. Thus, the final curtain has been rung death of Charles Millard Fillmore in Indian- down on the century of music publishing by apolis, Indiana, September 18, 1952, the end the Fillmore Bros. Co., so long a notable of the main trunk of the family came about. name among us. Three years ago a short, kindly, gray- haired Christian gentleman, stooped over McGarvey Made Errors with age, gave me my first contact with the Early after the publication of his Lands illustrious history of the Fillmore family. of the Bible, J. W. McGarvey sent a notice Charles M. was helping me compile data to brotherhood papers asking that purchasers for my B.D. thesis, and he was most gracious. make certain corrections. These were: He was still writing at least one hymn a year (1) On page 51, third line below the cut, in order to keep alive the tradition of a the word diameter should be changed century of music writing and publishing. to circumference,. In our conversations, Charles M. Fillmore (2) On page 275, last line of second para- told me about the beginnings of the Fillmore graph, birth place should be burial Bros. Co. His brother, James Henry, the place,. and eldest son of A. D. Fillmore, was born in (3) On page 426, sixth line of second 1849 and later became the founder of the paragraph, 2 feet should be '3 feet. company. J. H., as he was familiarly known Later editions of the book, of course, car- among all, died in the year 1936 at the age ried the corrected text. Seemingly, no one of 87 years. Charles M. told me that he gave any attention to Professor McGarvey's felt }. H. was the finest musician in their request for every copy of the first edition we family, and certainly research bears out the have examined does not have any of the fact that he was a most prolific writer of changes. gospel music. It's not too late to make the corrections A. D. Fillmore, the father of this famous now, so check your copies and make Mc- family, died in 1870, leaving many un£ol- Garvey's text perfect. THE HARBINGER AND DISClPLIANA, OCTOBER, 1953 45 DATES AND DATA DCHS Locates Long Lost Pamphlet Under this heading will appear regularly a list of (Continued from page 41) dates month by month, of significant and interesting Iibrary listed as holding the title was the events connected with Disciple histOry. Brief com- ments wil.l be made concerning each event. Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be wel- County, whose librarian, Mr. Carl Vitz, co- comed. Especially wanted are the dates of the estab- operated with the Society by sending a com- lis~ment of local churches, institutions, and organi- zations, dates of special happenings. plete copy made up from two defective cop- . Upon. application, the Society will furnish further ies. InformatIon concerning any of the items listed. Mr. Neth, while doing research on his thesis about George Forrester, bought some December copies of The Herald of Gospel Liberty from December 1, 1943. The Disciples of Christ a second-hand book store in New England. Historical Society published Periodicals of He discovered a series of articles under the the Disciples of Christ .

The Drift, 1944, student annual of Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Museum Notes The Ceer, 1934, student annual, Chapman New souvenir plates recently received in- College, Los Angeles, California... . clude: First Christian Church, Jackson, Ten- Certificate of attainment, Christian Bible nessee' University Park Christian Church, College of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. Indian~polis, Indiana; First Christian Church, The College Widow, 1935, 1944,. stude~t Canton Ohio' First Christian Church, New annual, Christian College, Columbia, MIS- Castle, Pennsyivania; Union Chr,istian Churc.h, souri. Franklin, Indiana; and Four ~tle Run ChriS· Moomaw-History of Cotner University, tian Church, Youngstown, OhIO. Lincoln, Nebraska, and an early post card Pictures received include: The John Sar- view of the institution. tain steel engraving of Alexander <;ampbell, The Dome, 1953, student annual, Culver- in an elegant gilt frame; a large lithograph Stockton College, Canton, Missouri, a~d print "Representativ~ R~,ligiou~Journals and various items concerned with the centenmal Journalists of America, published by .R?ot celebration of the college, including a copy and Tinker 1883 (includes The Chris/tan of the script of the centennial pageant, phono- Standard a~d Isaac Errett); and "Pioneer Preachers Among the Disciples of Christ in graph record for use at alumni bir~hd~y part- ies (January 28, 1953) and a speCial Issue of Ontario" lithograph print (pictured are Alexander Anderson, C. J. Lister, Dugald Sin- the Quincy, IIlinois, Herald-Whig in honor of the college. clair, Edmund Sheppard, James Black and James Kilgour). The Quax, 1932, 1936, 1943, and 1947, student annual, Drake University, Des Many photographs of individuals and Moines, Iowa. Other Drake items re~eived groups have been received this. sU~1I?er. These include: Jeu Hawk, Loduskl Wmck, are: The Delphic, student paper, 13 Issue~, 1884-1900; Souvenir Program, 25th anm· Alexander Campbell, George T. Carp~nter, Stephen J. Epler, and P. H. Welshlmer; versary, 1881-1906; Catalogs, 1882-83, ~8~4- 85; Bulletin, December, 1905; The Chrtsttatt (group photos) Pension Fund M~eting at Standard, July 25, 1891, and June 9, 1900, Lake Geneva 1930' World Convention 1930; with special Drake supplements; and Blanch- Sunrise dedi~ation: National City Christian ard's History of Drake University. Church, 1930; Young Peoples Conference, Dickinson-History of Eureka College. Lake Worth, Florida, 1937; and a group at Eureka, IIlinois. the British Conference 1945, J. W. Black, James Gray, Charles Green and Fred White Green-Hiram College and Western Re- (but no blue). serve Ee/ectric Institute, Hiram, Ohio. Photographs received of churches: Forrest Giovannoli-Kentucky Fe m a I e Orphan Park Christian Church, Miami, Florida; Mad- School, Midway, Kentucky. ison Christian Church, Brooklyn, Iowa; Chris- The Argonaut, 1908, 1924, 1925, 1933, tian Church, Elma, Washington; and the 1934, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951 and Slash Christian Church in Virginia. 1953, student annual, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virgini~. Also From Lynchburg. 1938-1953, official publication. Recent Visitors Catalogs, 1871-72, 1884-85, Oskaloosa Col- (Continued from page 34, September issue) lege, Oskaloosa, Iowa, commencement pro- Evan Ulrey, head of the Speech depart- gram 1877 and a photograph of the college, ment Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas, circa 1880. stopped by to discuss his doctor's thesis on The Phillipian, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, the speaking of Barton W. Stone. 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, Other visitors were: Noble R. Edwards, 1932, 1937, 1951 and 1952, student annual, Bessemer, Ala.; Thomas and John Bartl;lO Phillips University, Enid, Oklahoma. Also Payne, Webster Groves, Mo..; Mrs. LeWIS, a file of the Catalof!.s, 1907-1942; and an in- Abilene, Texas; Marshall Wmgfield, Mem- complete run of The Haymaker. 1929-1953, phis, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bruer, student paper. Jackson, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Upde- The Conifer, February 1919, student paper, graff, New Albany, Ind.; and Paul Southern, Spokane University, Spokane, Washington, Abilene, Texas. and a second copy of Mrs. Utz' History of Spokane University. Prospectus, 1913-14, Lamar College, Clark- The Horned Frog, 1936, student annual, ston, Georgia, and a musical program, May Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 28, 1914. Texas. Prospectus and First Announcement! 1915- The Crimson, 1932, 1934, student annual, 16, Christian College, Auburn, Georgia. Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, The Cherokee, 1920, first student annual, and the Catalof!. for 1937-38. Southeastern Christian College, Auburn, These items from Georgia colleges are now Georgia; also Bulletin, vol. 1, No.2, Jan- on microfilm: uary-March, 1919. ABOUX THE DISCIPLES OF CHR15T HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con- vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, cataloging and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapIdly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to Ihe Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home Gommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The Society offers membership to individuals, congregations, institutions, and organiza- tions who are in agreement with the purpose of the Society to maintain and further interests in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. Officers of the Society Winfred Ernest Garrison, President William G. West, Chairman of the Board Forrest F. Reed, Vice-Chairman Howard E. Short, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Short, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns.

The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant

Footnotes to Disciple History, Number One, Just Issued. Alexander Campbell and His Relevance for Today, by Eva Jean Wrather. Single copies, post paid. . . .$ .25 10 copies, post paid ...... 2.00 25 copies, post paid 4.50 50 copies, post paid ...... 8.00 100 copies, post paid 15.00 George Walker Buckner, Jr., in commenting on the author of this address, said, "She did a most unusual job and made history seem as vital as today's newspaper." W&WWU~~I.mW ruuI fliJd/J-&uza Published monthly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee

VOL. 13 NOVEMBER, 1953 No.6 GARRISON DINNER SET DECEMBER 4 Society Honors Disciple Leader With First Annual President's Dinner Disciples of Christ from throughout the brotherhood will gather in Nashville Decem- Cleveland Ministers To Hear ber 4th to pay tribute to Dr. Winfred DCHS Program Ernest Garrison on the occasion of the An- Members of the Disciples of Christ Min- nual President's Dinner sponsored by the isterial Association of Greater Cleveland, Disciples of Christ Historical Society. Dr. Ohio, will be informed of the expanded Garrison, orofessor of philosophy and reli- DCHS service program when James E. gion at the University of McKinney, executive di- Houston, Texas, will be rector, addresses the honored by the Society CALENDAR OF EVENTS group at its monthly for his outstanding con- DECEMBER 4, 1953 meeting on Monday, tributions to the under- 12:15-Lunch, DCHS Board of December 7. standing of the Disciple Directors and Executive Committee. Arrangements for the movement and the de- Methodist Board of Edu- Soc i e t y presentation velopment of the ecu- cation Cafeteria were made by Mr. An- menical spirit in Protest- 3:00 to 5:00 Reception for Dr. Garrison and Inspection of drew P. Martin, promi- antism. DCHS Library. Wesley nent Cleveland attorney Plans Announced Hall, Vanderbilt Univer- and DCHS Director. In announcing plans sity (by invitation) 4:30-6:30 Cane Ridge Commit- The Cleveland Disciple for the event, to which tee Meeting, Robert M ministers will meet at brotherhood Ie a d e r s Hopkins, presiding. Joint the University Club, have been invited, Universities Library, 3813 Euclid Avenue, for Claude E. Spencer, cu- Room 128 (by invitation) 7 :OO-Dinner, Fellowship Hall, the program to be fol- rator of the Society, Woodmont Ch r i s t ian lowed by a luncheon said: "There has been Church (open to all, tickets $1.50) given by Mr. Martin. no adequate recognition The Rev. S. Edward of those among us who Johnson, minister of have made significant the Collinwood Chris- contributions toward an understanding of out tian Church, is president of the Cleveland Disciples witness. The Annual President's association. Dinner will provide an opportunity for the Historical Society, on behalf of the total which he so richly deserves. We are anticI- brotherhood, to honor properly such Dis- pating that many brotherhood leaders will ciple writers, teachers, and preachers. The join us here in Nashville on December 4th current President of the Society, Dr. Garri- for the Reception and Dinner in honor of son, widely known among all Protestant Dr. Garrison." groups for his leadership in the ecumenical The Garrison dinner will be held at the movement, has effectively interpreted our Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville at Disciple plea. It is time we oaid this emi- 7 :00 p.m. on Friday, December 4th. An nent Disciple historian and writer the tribute (Continued 011 page 51)

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Jim's Journeys .... Foundation Makes Gift October. From the rolling plains of Iowa The McAfee Foundation, Inc., Macon, Ga. to the hills of Ole Virginny, with plenty of recently sent a check for $50 for the work stops between; close it out with a vacation- of the Society. The foundation is headed preaching-visit in the hospitable climate of by Charles O. McAfee, president of the Western Kentucky.... that's a month of McAfee Candy Company of Macon. real harvest-time activity. It started Mr. McAfee is the president of the 1953 Thursday, October i-Cedar Rapids, Iowa. state convention of the Christian churches One-day layover between Iowa district of Georgia. conventions. Ever been to the Amana Old Colony Inn? It's a memorable ex- Cane Ridge Conference Called perience, especially with splendid com- A conference of leading Disciple histor- pany like the staffers of the Iowa state ians and writers has been called by Dr. office. Robert M. Hopkins, newly elected director Friday, October 2-Marion, Iowa. Last of of the Cane Ridge Preservation Project, in the series of Corn State district meets. connection with the activities of the DCHS Like its four predecessors, this one is huge Annual President's Dinner, December 4. success. Good attendance, outstanding According to Dr. Hopkins, the purpose of program, makes for fitting climax to grass- the meeting is to secure "authentic state- roots Disciple get-togethers. Thanks to ments representing the mature judgment of state secretary Loren Lair, convention pro- our ablest historians in regard to the place gram committee, for inviting the His- of Barton W. Stone in brotherhood life." torical Society to participate. It was truly The year 1954 is the sesqui-centennial an- a grand experience. We thank you. niversary of the publishing of The Last Will Saturday, October 3-Arrive back in Nash- a1zd Testament of the Springfield Presbytery ville, only slightly worse for wear. My, and of other important events in the life haven't the kids grown? and work of Stone and his associates. Dr. Sunday, October 4-Visit with congregation Howard E. Short of the College of the Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville. Bible, Lexington, and Rhodes Thompson, Monday, October 5-0ffice. minister of the church at Paris, Ky., join Dr. Hopkins in sponsoring the conference Tuesday, October 6-5 :00 a.m. fishing date out of which they hope will come significant with vacationing Keith and Thelma Epply, materials to be used in the celebration of Anderson, Indiana, on beautiful Center the anniversary. Hill Lake. Admire the scenery. Don't ask The meeting will be held in seminar room about the fish. 128, Joint University Library building. Wednesday, October 7 thru Saturday, Octo- ber lO-Working out details in prepara- tion for Society's upcoming dinner honor- New Members ing Dr. W. E. Garrison. Slated December Annual Members 4, 7 :00 p.m., as first of projected series of Mrs. E. J. Anderson, Sioux City, Ia. Annual President's Dinners, occasion will Richard S. Anthens, Iowa Falls, Ia. pay fitting tribute to Dr. Garrison for his Rhodes M. Artz, Winchester, Va. great contribution to understanding of our Cecil E. Barber, St. Louis, Mo. Disciple heritage. Want a ticket? Write Lloyd Bensmiller, Leon, la. us soonest. Supply limited. Mrs. T. S. Beveridge, Muscatine, Ia. Sunday, October ll-Filling in for Frank Wendell W. Bishop, Des Moines, Ia. Drowota at Woodmont Christian Church, Clifford A. Brooks, Goldfield, Ia. Nashville. Difficult but pleasant assign- Mrs. Alva T. Browning, Keokuk, la. ment. Leave with wife and kids for Robert 1. Burns, Deep River, Ia. Virginia in p.m. Kenneth W. Burright, Rock Rapids, Ia. Monday, October 12 thm Monday, October Mrs. A. G. Byers, Coggon, la. 19-Lynchburg, Virginia. Old Dominion Jack Canedy, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Disciples convention in session at new (5 Miss Lela Carson Des Moines, la. years) Memorial Christian Church and old LeRoy O. Castle, Carthage, Texas (50 years) Lynchburg College. Co-hosts Mrs. Vern Cheney, Deep River, la. Ramon Redford, Orville Wake turn in Miss Patricia Clark, Des Moines, la. terrific job serving up Virginia brand of Mrs. Sara Ann Clark, Ft. Dodge, Ia. hospitality. Dr. John A. Tate climaxes W. P. Clark, Ft. Dodge, Ia. 33 years outstanding service to Disciples of Mrs. J. N. Coffey, Des Moines, la. Christ in Virginia. Large attendance, Robert E. Collins, Indianapolis, Ind. great program, mark 121st annual meeting. K. H. Croel, Des Moines, la. Wonderful opportunity to renew acquain- Warren A. Crusinberry, Des Moines, Ia. (Continued on page 52) (Continued on page 54) THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, NOVEMBER, 1953 51

should be accompanied by a brief biographi- THE HARBINGER AND DIS- cal statement about the author. We wait with anticipation your contri- CIPLIANA, published monthly by the butions. Disciplesof ChtlSt Historical Society,Joint UniversityLibraty, 4l9-21st Avenue, South, Claude E. Spencer. Nashville,Tennessee. Enteredas SecondCIass Matter, Nashville, Tennessee,under Act of August24, 1912. Dr. Henry Barton Robison, long-time Claude E. Spencer, Editor head of the Department of Religion at Culver- James E. McKinney, Associate Editor Stockton College, died at the home of his Subscription to THE HARBINGERAND daughter. Mrs. Howard K. Beale, in Madi- DISCIPLIANAisin(ludedin the membership son, Wis., October 11. Although Dr. Rob, dues of the Society. The price of an annual subscriptiontonon-membersis$2.00. as he was familiarly known, has passed on, his work and influence will continue through the lives of his many students. The curator Vol. 13 November, 1953 No.6 of the Society owes much to him for the encouragement and help given since 1917. By action of the DCHS Board of Directors in 1952, Dr. Robison became the first No Honorariums, But ..... honorary life member of the Society. With the expansion of the old quarterly DISCIPLIANA into the new monthly THE Garrison Dinner HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA the (Continued from page 49) editors plan for more reader participation in outstanding program is being arranged, which its make-up. We are quite certain that will include the presentation to Dr. Garrison DCHS members and friends can contribute of a service citation, authorized by the letters, editorials, and features that will make Society Directors during the annual meeting for a more interesting and readable periodi- cal. in Portland, Oregon, in July. The principal address will be delivered by Garrison on We hope to have frequently a column, the subject, "Some Thoughts on the Meaning "Letters to the Editor", in which will be of History." Invited guests and representa- published letters received from our mem- tives of brotherhood institutions and agencies bers who feel that they have something to will be introduced to the assembly, which is say for the "good of the Society." expected to include many DCHS members Guest editorials are solicited. Do you from the Mid-South area. feel that some phases of the history of our Outstanding Teacher movement have been neglected? Is there Dr. Garrison possesses a distinguished some project that the Society should initiate Disciple family heritage. He was born in or carryon? Should someone be commended St. Louis 79 years ago, the son of the late for some especially fine historical work or James Harvey Garrison, editor of The Chris- project? The answer is :-Write an editorial. tian-Evangelist from 1869 to 1912. Win- THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA fred Ernest Garrison was described in a will have space for one guest editorial in feature article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch each issue. in July of this year as the "professor who Feature stories are needed. During the can't find time to quit." He began his illus- trious teaching career at the University of past ten years there has been an increasing Chicago in 1897, just after receiving his interest in the formal study of the history of doctorate in church history and philosophy our movement and its leaders. Nearly every from this institution at the age of 23, the graduate student in preparing his thesis has first such degree granted by the university. discovered several new and unusual stories In 1904 Dr. Garrison was named president about historical events and figures. Why of Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, not share these stories with our readers in which position he resigned two years later the form of feature articles? We are not, to move West because of ill health. His of course, limiting the submission of articles convalescence merged into a period of 16 to graduate students; anyone can send in a years in the Southwest filled with many story. activities, including service as high school Since space in our publication is limited, principal in Santa Fe, as president of New letters, editorials, and features must not be Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas and long. Letters should contain no more than of the New Mexico A. and M. College at Las Cruces, and as a member of the conven- one hundred and fifty words. Editorials may tion which drew up the constitution under have two hundred and fifty words. The which New Mexico was admitted to the maximum length of features should be seven Union in 1912. In 1913, Garrison founded hundred words. Each editorial and feature (Continued on page 55) 52 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, NOVEMBER, 1953

I VISIT A BRITISH CHURCH BY WILLIAM J. HADDEN The author, recently returned from a trip to the Holy Land and Europe, tells of his visit to the Moseley Road Church in Birmingham, England. Mr. Hadden is the minister of the First Christian Church, Clarksville, Tenn. He is a graduate of Lynchburg College and of the School of Religion, Vanderbilt University. The simple reverence of the New Testa- School of Religion, brought the message of ment church is preserved in a unique way the morning. After the service the American among our Disciple brethren in the British group I was with was invited to a reception Isles. On a recent visit to the "tight little and tea in the church parlor. An hour of isle" I was privileged to visit in a number cordial talk and friendly visiting seemed a of our churches and institutions. I met most fitting and enjoyable climax to this many Disciple ministers and laymen and was alI-too-brief visit with our British brethren deeply impressed with their fine spirit and of Moseley Road Church. sincerity. I left our Disciple friends on the Island In a visit to the Moseley Road Church of with the distinct impression that they have Christ, Birmingham, we were very much a contribution to make, not only to the aware of the distinctive qualities of the great ecumenical church, but most especialIy British Disciples as compared with their to the church in the United States. Obsessed brethren in America. We could not help as we are here alI too often with numbers, being moved by the Spartan simplicity of size and activity, it is like feeling a breath the sanctuary. There is no type of symbol of stimulating fresh air in a stagnant room or decoration to be seen. One senses the to move for a while in the simple quietness "meetinghouse touch" in the churches and and unfettered devotional atmosphere of one chapels of the Disciples of Christ in the of our churches in Great Britain. A syn- British Isles. thesis of both great church traditions would The austerity of the war-weary and de- make for a most healthy and dynamic pression-burdened Englishmen is reflected Church. not only in their architecture, but also in their worship service. In the good Disciple tradition the Service of the Lord's Supper Jim's Journeys is given the preeminence in the worship hour. (Continued from page 50) Here again we could not help but be forcibly tance with colIege friends from L. C struck by ~he awesome and simple dignity, Men's meeting at Fairview Christian coupled wIth a reverence welIing out of Church establishes record with chalIenging centuries of devotion and love on the part message from friend Mark Rutherford, one of these people to the church of Jesus Christ. of the finest personalities in the business. As the minister and laymen approached the Dr. Travis White, President A. C C, spread table, we could see in their every lends Texas charm to Old South meet. movement and expression that they were con- Many others contribute to typical Disciple scious of walking on the most sacred ground conclave; informal, informative, inspiring. in the experience of man. I have never heard anywhere a prayer which seemed to Tuesday, October 20 thm Saturday, October spring from so deep within the recesses of 24-NashvilIe. Back to work. ColIecting the human soul as the one the young pastor dues, planning Garrison dinner, mapping J. R. Francis, uttered as we prepared to par~ future journeys. take of the emblems. In the freedom and Sunday, October 25 thm Sunday, November searching movement of this prayer one could I-Vacation-preaching mission at Roaring see a dramatic contrast to the formalized Springs Christian Church, Trigg County, prayers and ritual of the established churches Kentucky. Great experience, meeting won- and cathedrals we visited in Britain and derful Christian friends in this rural sec- Europe. tion of western Kentucky. Many thriving As the talI young minister stood to read churches pastored by students from Van- the morning scripture passage. we were derbilt University School of Religion. aware that this was no ordinary book he Every preacher, big or little, ought to was reading nor was this any ordinary mes- spend a week each year in this atmosphere. sage it contained. Every movement, every It would renew his faith in the loyalty of ge~ture, every pause and modulation, gave Americans to their church-life. Here, as eVIdenceof a Presence whose power and love nowhere else, the church guides the com- moved not only within the hearts of the munity. Here, too, is a simpler, more hearers but throughout the length and breadth down-to-earth philosophy of living that of His creation. God surely walked in the forcefulIy demonstrates the power of the Quiet and changing cadence of this service. Christian faith active in the affairs of man. Dr. W~l~er Sikes! Professor of Philosophy Some of you "big city boys" ought to try and ChrIstIan EthICS at Butler University this sometime! THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPUANA, NOVEMBER, 1953 53 DATES AND DATA John Thompson, 1772-1859 Under this heading will appear regularly a list of One of the men associated with Barton W. dates month by month, of SIgnificant and intetesting Stone in the Springfield Presbytery in Ken- events connected with Disciple history. Brief com- ments will be malie concerning each event. tucky, and a signer of the "Last Will and Suggestions of dates for inclusion will be wel- Testament" of that organization, was John comed. Especially wanted are the dates of the estab- Thompson. Not much has been known about lishment of local churches, institutions, and organi~ zations, dates of special happenings. him except that later he deserted the "New Upon application, the Society will furnish further Lights" and returned to the Presbyterian information concerning any of the items listed. Church. Even the dates of his birth and death have been unknown. January Charles C. Ware, Stone scholar, and cura- January 1, 1832. A meeting of Stone Chris- tor of the Carolina Discipliana Library of tians and Campbell Reformers was begun Wilson, North Carolina, has recently dis- in Lexington, Ky., to discuss the question covered a biographical sketch of Thompson of the union of the two groups. As a in The Presbyterian Historical Almanac for result of the action of the meeting, John 1859-60, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, page T. Johnson of the Christians and John 123. The author of the article was Joseph Smith of the Reformers were authorized M. Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson. to gO jointly to the Kentucky churches and Thompson was born in Chambersburgh, urge the union of the two movements. Franklin County, Pennsylvania, November 11, 1772, and died in Crawfordsville, Indiana, January 2, 1820. Isaac Errett born in New February 15, 1859. He received his educa- York City. tion in Lexington, Kentucky, in the Ken- January 4, 1854. Thomas Campbell died at tucky Academy and studied theology privately Bethany, Va. under Dr. Blythe. In 1799 he was licensed January 7, 1926. F. D. Kershner began his by the Transylvania Presbytery and in 1801 column, "As I Think On These Things", was ordained by the Washington Presbytery in The Christian-Evangelist. at Springdale, Ohio. January 13, 1837. Alexander Campbell Mr. Wilson says, "Shortly after his ordina- began his debate with Archbishop John tion he became identified with the New Light B. Purcell in Cincinnati, O. Schism, and gathered around him a large number of followers, but they soon in- January 14, 1931. James Harvey Garrison corporated many errors into their system, died in Los Angeles, Calif. and Mr. Thompson left them and returned January 18, 1851. Christian College,at Co- to the Presbyterian Church." lumbia, Mo., granted a charter by the According to Mr. Wilson, Thompson was state legislature. pastor of the Glendale, Ohio, Presbyterian Jarmary 21, 1831. David Lipscomb born in Church from 1801 to 1833, when he moved Franklin County, Tenn. to Indiana and became an evangelist and January 28, 1853. Charter granted by the missionary until his death. state legislature to Culver-Stockton College His wife was Nancy Steel of Lexington. (then Christian University) Canton, Mo. His family consisted of seven sons and a January 31, 1804. An Apology for Re- daughter. Four of his sons became min- nouncing the Jurisdiction of the Synod isters. of Kentucky issued by Stone and his asso- The discovery of this information con· ciates. This was the opening gun in a cerning John Thompson is especially interest· war of pamphldS between Stone and the ing at this time because of the approaching Kentucky Presbyterians that lasted several Sesqui-centennial annivl"rsary celebration of years. the "Last Will and Testament," June 28, 1954.

The American Christian Gazetteer, His- toricld, Biographical and Statistical, vol. 1, Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, Ohio, a member no. 1, by A. G. Lucas, was published in the of DCHS Board of Directors, represented Spring of 1876 by The Bureau of Christian the Society at the inauguration of Dr. Perry Work, St. Loui's, Missouri. The first issue, E. Gresham as the 12th president of Bethany of 64 pages, was shortly followed by nos. 2 College, October 23. and 3. We do not know whether further numbers were publ(~hed. By 1878 Lucas was offering "his copyright, back numbers, and Wendell Carr, Gulfport, Mississippi, has material on hand ... to anyone who will let us have a copy of The Grounds of Di· relieve him of the slight liabilities incurred." 1)ision Amon~ Disciples of Christ on long Copies of the publication and information term loan. Two copies of this work are about it will be appreciated. urgently needed in our library. 54 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, NOVEMBER, 1953 WHAT'S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY On these pages are Iisred, and somerimes describ~d. the materials receivd during rhe past month. This in- cludes gifts, exchanges, and purchases. So many gifts are received that acknowledgment of every item is impossible although every giver is mentioned. Local Churches Write History Gifts Some local church histories recently re- During October materials were received ceived are: from: Campbell-A Brief History of the Aus- Ira J. Bailes, Merriam, Kans. tintown (Four Mile Run) Christian Church. B. 1. Barnes, Affton, Mo. Youngstown, Ohio. 1953. Bob Bell, Nashville Stinson-The Fir!! One Hundred and William Lester Blessing, Denver, Colo. Fifty Years of the Harrodsburg Christian Kenneth Brady, Kendallville, Ind. Church of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, 1803- Broadmoor Christian Church, Houston, 1953. Tex. Votruba and Bennett-The Church With Miss Genevieve Brown, Indianapolis, Ind. A Purpose, The Mills Terrace Christian George W. Buckner, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. Church, Oakland, Calif., 1953. Mrs. Albert Buder, St. Louis, Mo. Historical Sketch of the Disciples Move- Robert W. Burns, Atlanta, Ga. ment in Lynchburg [Va.] and Vicinity, 1953. Butler School of Religion, Indianapolis, Stanhope, la., Church of Christ-50th An- Ind. niversary, 1949. James W. Carty, Nashville Oxford, Ind., Christian Church-Souvenir Central Avenue Christian Church, Parsons, Bulletin and Program, 100th Anniversary, Kans. 1953. The College of the Bible Library, Lexing- Franklin, Ind., Union Christian Church- ton, Ky. Centennial, 1853-1953. H. Jackson Darst, Williamsburg, Va. Greenville, Ala., First Christian Church- A. T. DeGroot, Fort Worth, Tex. Through the Years With the First Christian e. 1. Duxberry, Maroa, Ill. Church, 1953. First Christian Church, Robersonville, Colorado Springs, Colo., First Christian N. e. Church-75tb Anniversary Program, 1878- First Christian Church, Paris, Tenn. 1953. First Christian Church, Centralia, Wash. Dexter, Mo., Christian Church-History W. M. Forrest, Cuckoo, Va. of the Christian Churcb, 1884-1946. Mrs. Pearl Gardner, Goldfield, la. Affton, Mo., Christian Church-An His- Ross J. Griffeth, Eugene, Ore. torical Sketcb of the Affton Christian Church, Glenn Grimm, Ashtabula, Ohio. 1950-1953. Kenneth e. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Minn. Kendallville. Ind., Church of Christ- e. A. Harmon, Valparaiso, Ind. Centennial and Dedication, 1853-1953. Clinton Henderson, Nashville Nashville, Tenn., Charlotte Avenue Church Alden Lee Hill, Los Angeles, Calif. of Christ-History and Directory. 1953. Paul Dean Hill. Lewiston, Idaho Basil Holt, Johannesburg, South Africa New Members Robert M. Johnston, Memphis, Tenn. (Continued from page 50) Miss Jeanette Moore King, Murfreesboro, Harry E. Curl, Dighton, Kans. Tenn. Kenneth E. Davis, Des Moines, la. LaVern Kinzel, Des Moines, la. e. R. Dayton, Perry, la. Mrs. A. J. Kurtts, Bessemer, Ala. George S. DeBeck, Des Moines, la. J. Edgar McDonald, Liberty, Mo. R. M. Ervin, Des Moines, la. Neal K. McGowan, San Francisco, Calif. Burton Faust, Washington, D. e. Mrs. Chester E. Martin, Atlanta, Ga. James M. Flanagan, University City Mo. Mrs. William K. Morton, Bon Air, Va. Homer W. Gardner, Des Moines. la. The Pension Fund, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Pearl Gardner, Goldfield, la. Roscoe M. Pierson, Lexington, Ky. Bertha Hanson, Mason Ci.ty, la. Samuel F. Pugh, Indianapolis, Ind. E. M. Hanson, Des Moines, la. Duane E. Richmond, Maplewood, Mo. Mrs. Stanley Hargis, New Sharon, la. Parker Rossman, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. F. F. Hidinger, Oelwein, la. J. D. Higgins, Des Moines, Ia. Kenneth B. Seeley, Kalamazoo, Mich. William Hill, Jr., Liscomb, la. Henry K. Shaw, Elyria, O. Paul E. Hindal, Des Moines, la. John O. Spencer, Bossier City, La. D. G. Holman, Vinton, la. Claude E. Stinson, Harrodsburg, Ky. Dave A. Hunt, Oelwein, la. Charles e. Ware, Wilson, N. e. Denzil Johns, Des Moines, la. R. I. Wrather. Nashville Miss Ava Johnson, Des Moines, la. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, NOVEMBER, 1953 5·5

Mrs. Olive Adamson Johnson, Centerville, Sustaining Members la. Woodmont Christian Church, Nashville, Wilmer R. Leeds, Mitchellville, la. Tenn. Thomas J. Liggett, Buenos Aires, Argen- University Christian Church, Fort Worth, tina Texas. Mrs. Ethel M. Loeber, Des Moines, la. Mrs. Edna M. McCabe, Hillsboro, lao Garrison Dinner W. W. McReynolds, De:>Moines, la. (Continued from page 51) Mrs. Francis H. Mapes, Earlham, la. a boys' school in Claremont, California and Delos Marken, Des Moines, la. was its headmaster for eight years. Return- Wallace R. May, Indianapolis, Ind. ing to the University of Chicago. in 1921, Frederick Meier, Des Moines, la. he served as dean of the Disciples' Divinity Bert Merryman, Waterloo, la. House until 1927, and taught in the Uni- Herbert M. Miller, Des Moines, la. versity until his "retirement" ten years ago. Mrs. Myrtle S. Morehouse, Des Moines, la Literary Editor and Author Paul Morrison, Des Moines, la. Two years ago he came out of his teaching P. M. Nielsen, Rock Rapids, la. retirement to join the faculty at the Uni- E. Oleson, Sioux City, la. versity of Houston. But the years between G. E. Olmsted, Des Moines, la. 1943 and 1951 were by no means inactive. Donald Plum, Albia, la. High on the list of Garrison activities is his C. R. Pritchard, Oelwein, la. literary editorship of the Christian Century, Mrs. Roy Quaas, Alburnett, la. a position he has held since 1923. In addi- Leonard Ramberg, Des Moines, la. tion to writing numerous articles for church Burton M. Rank, Deep River, la. publications, he is the author of many books Mark Rutherford, Indianapolis, Ind. in the fields of religion and church history, Mrs. A. L. St. Denis, Muscatine, la. among them The March of Faith, An Ameri- Mrs. Mary A. Smith, Jefferson, la. can Religious Movement, Religion Follows Richard E. Starkey, New London, la. the Frontier, The Disciples of Christ, A Kenneth A. Stewart, Lincoln, Ill. History (co-author, A T. DeGroot,) and L. D. Stratton, Des Moines, la. Religion and Civil Liberty. His latest book, Myrlin S. Strausser, North English, la. A Protestant Manifesto, published in 1952, G. W. Swan, Rock Rapids, la. is still among the best sellers in its field. Miss Dora Tesdell, Des Moines, la. Dr. Garrison has been a leader and guid- A. L. Thomas, Iowa Falls, la. ing spirit in the Ecumenical Movement, hav- Kenneth C. Thomas, Toledo, O. ing served most recently as a consultant to Harry L. Tillson, Des Moines, la. the Third Faith and Order Conference in Evan Ulrey, Searcy, Ark. Lund, Sweden, in 1952. He is under ap- Mrs. Sadie Van Voltenburg, Fairfield, la. pointment as a Consultant to the Second J. H. Walker, Berkeley, Calif. Assembly of the World Council of Churches S. Earl Wallace, Vinton, la. to be held at Evanston, Ill., in August 1954. Mrs. E. F. Whaley, Barnes City, la. DCHS Leader B. L. White, London, Ky. Dr. Garrison was a moving influence in Mrs. W. H. Whitehurst, Norfolk, Va. the establishment of the Historical Society Mrs. W. C. Willard, Marshalltown, la. and was the first paid member of the Society Mrs. Wilma J. Williams, Muscatine, la. when it was organized in 1941. Through Chester C. Woodcock, Albia, la. the years he has given leadership and counsel Ellsworth L. Woods, Jefferson, la. to DCHS affairs, serving as President of the Subscribing Members Board of Directors of the Society, 1947- Ben C. Bobbitt, Des Moines, la. 1950, and rendering additional service in the William J. Castleman, Indianapolis, Ind. securing of valuable materials for inclusion R. S. Ferris, North English, la. in the Society Archives and Library. Gail Hinton, Albia, la. Members Invited Miss Lucile Rucker, Florence, Ky. Prior to the President's Dinner, a reception L. E. Swartz, Hampton, la. has been arranged for Dr. Garrison, to be James Wilson, Knoxville, Tenn. held at Vanderbilt's Wesley Hall (School of Religion) simultaneously with an "open Life Members house" at the Society headquarters in the Miss Doris Autrey, Indianapolis, Ind. Joint University Library. Other features of Junius T. Moore, Charleston, W. Va. the gala occasion are announced in the calen- Patron Member dar on the front page. Out-of-town mem- T. W. Phillips, Jr., Butler, Pa. bers of the Society wishing tickets (at $1.50 per plate) for the Dinner are requested to Congregational Member write or wire their reservations as soon as Windsor Christian Church, Windsor, Mo. possible because of the limited number which Washington Avenue Church of Christ, can be accommodated. Requests should be Elyria, O. sent directly to Society headquarters. ABOUT THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con· vention which met in Richmond, Virginia, It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, cataloging and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. The Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form- ing group. From 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various groups, and making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver-Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for the eventual erection of a building to house the rapidly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society solicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining to the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions are urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home (:ommittee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The current program of the Society is financed through the dues paid in by members. Individuals, local churches, institutions, and organizations are invited to share in the work of the Society by becoming members. Dues paid in are deductible for income tax purposes. Classifications of membership are as follows: Individuals Local Churches Annual Member $ 2.00 annually Up to 200 members 10.00 annually Founding Member (payment of $1.00 200 to 300 members 20.00 annually per year 1941·1953) and 300 to 400 membets 30.00 annually thereafter . 2.00 annually 400 to 500 members 40.00 annually Subscribing Member 5.00 annually Above 500 members 50.00 annually Life Member . 50.00 one payment Sustaining (any church) 100.00 annually Sustaining Member 100.00 annually Contributing Member . 500.00 annually lnst;ftttions and Organizations Life Sustaining Member 1,000.00 one payment Annual membership ...... $ 15.00 annually Patron Member 1,000.00 annually Sustaining membership 100.00 annually Publications of the Society are: Theses Concerning the Disciples 01 Christ, 1941. Out of print. Periodicals of the Disciples of Christ and Related Religious Groups, 1943. $1.00. An Author Catalog 01 Disciples of Christ and Related Religious Groups, 1946. $7.50 ($6.00 ro members). What Is Disciple HistoNcal Material? by Dwight E. Stevenson, 1948. (Out of print) The Jemsalem Mission, compiled by D. S. Burnet, 1853 (microcard reprint, 1951) $1.50 Footnotes to DisciPle History, no. I-Alexander Campbell and His Relevance lor Today, by Eva Jean Wrather $.25 Officers of the Society Winfred Ernest Garrison. President William G. West, Chairman of the Board 'Forrest F. Reed, Vice-Chairman Howard E. Short, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Short, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns. The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant W~WWU~~I!rn ruuI :fJiJciP~ Published monthly by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee

VOL. 13 DECEMBER, 1953 No.7

Society President Honored DCHS Fosters Research Tribute Paid to W. E. Garrison New Bulletin Issued History was discussed, and made, in N ash- The recent publication of Services Bul- ville, Friday, December 4, on the occasion of letin, no. 2, The Research Student and the the first Annual President's Dinner, spon- Disciples of Christ Historical Society caused sored by the Disciples of Christ Historical the Society staff to compile statistics con- Society at the Woodmont Christian Church. cerning past use of Society facilities by re- Dr. Winfred Ernest Garrison, eminent Dis- search students. Although no records were ciple author, teacher and editor, was the kept prior to January 1, 1953, a casual honor guest for the event and was presented checking of correspondence is indicative of with a citation from the Society saluting him the great amount of service rendered during for distinguished service to the brotherhood the years when the Society was not operating of Disciples of Christ and in the development as a full-time agency. of the ecumenical movement. In summing up the help given since 1941 In attendance at the Dinner, highlight of to graduate students and writers, it was a full day of activity at the Society head- found that assistance of some kind had been Quarters, were more than 225 persons, in- made to sixty-three persons who were pre- cluding many prominent church leaders, rep- paring theses. Thirty-four of these studies resenting institutions and agencies of the have been completed and degrees granted. Disciples and other communions. Taking Students from every graduate seminary of as his subject, "The Meaning of History," the Disciples and from many state and private Dr. Garrison stated that it was important to universities have come to DCHS for ad- acquire a sense of history, because history vice and help. deals with persons, and human lives have In 'lddition to working with graduate stu- values. dents, the Society has had contacts with many Dr. Garrison was introduced by Ronald writers. Aid has been given to the authors E. Osborn of the Butler University School of of at least ten published books and to nine Religion, who lauded the 79-year old pro- others in the making. fessor of philosophy and religion at the Many of these persons came to the Society University of Houston as being a modern library, while others received help by m,ail. counterpart of the Renaissance ideal of the Naturally, better service was given. when man of culture. Osborn likened the Society the individual had personal contact with president to Alexander Campbell as a man of the staff and materials. many accomplishments. Services Bulletin, no. 2, outlines the varied William G. West of Chattanooga, Ten. services available to the research student, nessee, DCHS Board Chairman, presided at whether working on a thesis or preparing the dinner and expressed the Society's grati- articles and books. Valuable suggestions tude to the Nashville community for its are made for intelligent inquiry by mail. support of the brotherhood service agency. Services Bulletins are being issued in Twelve of the Society Directors were pres- mimeographed form to acquaint the public ent for the occasion and were introduced by with the Society and its work. Number Claude E. Spencer, DCHS curator. one, dated December 1952, is titled Local Invited guests at the Dinner included rep- Churches and the Disciples of Christ His- resentatives of Nashville educational and re- torical Society. The Bulletins may be se- (Continued on page 58) cured free upon application to the Curator..

They Say ••• Research Students Speak Out, page 60. Its Greatest Value Is Spiritual. an editorial by W. B. Blakemore, page 59. A Friend In Need, by Dwight E. Stevenson, page 59. Jim's Journeys, page 58 What's New in Our Library, page 62 Research in Progress, page 62 Theses Completed, page 63 58 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLlANA, DECEMBER, 1953

Jim's Journeys ... both Disciples, were hosts for the School of Religion. Trigg Countv. Kentucky, Sunday, Novem- ber I-Beginning a month of varied activities The address of welcome on behalf of the by ending preaching mission at Roaring Nashville community was delivered at rhe Springs Christian Church with new minister Dinner by rhe Hon. J. Percy Priest, United Richard Wilburn. Ah, that Kaintuck coun- States Representative from the Fifth Con- try ham! (Not Wilburn, the food.) gressional District of Tennessee (Davidson County). Congressman Pricst cited the con- Indianapolis, Tuesday, November 3 thm tribution of an understanding of history in Saturday, November 7-Representing DCHS an atomic age. "The people of Nashville," ar installation of new faculty members, he said, "particularly the religious groups, Butler School of Religion; plus conversations feel happy that your Board decided to bring wirh preach~rs abour budgets. Former very here those historical resources already as- . pleasant assignment; latter rough. sembled and to gather new materials here. Springfield, Illinois, Sunday, November 8 You have added a cultural, religious and his- Ibm Wednesday, November ll-Hundreds torical contribution to Nashville, and in of Illinois Disciples converge on Abe Lin- turn found a congenial atmosphere in a city coln country for state meet. That fellow Ben of schools, libraries, churches and broad re- Burns knows how to spark a convention ligious interest." (other stares please nore) and Perry Gresham Also participating in the dinner program in usual top form. Host Harry Davis lays were H. Clyde Hale, minister of the West our the Yankee welcome mat for a Virginia End Church of Christ in Nashville, and Frank rebel. Many thanks. F. Drowota, minister of the Woodmon1 Nasbville-Mid-month routine. Christian Church .. Clarksville, Ten It e sse e, Wednesday, Space does not permit the listing in this November I8-Globetrotter Bill Hadden issue of soecial guests, members of the Board issues invitation to talk to men's meeting. of Directors, and out-of-town visitors. These, Usual subject: Who, What, Why-the Dis- together with the word'ng of the citation ciples. given to Dr. Garrison, will be f:atured with Indianapolis, Sunday, Monday, Novembel' pictures in the January issue. 22, 23 and 2 hours of Tuesday-Wide-open session International Convention Committee on Publicity and Public Relations with Doyle Zaring, Bob Lewis, etc. Great plans fot 1954 Dues ... $2 Miami in '54. Who suggested: "Make it It's dues payin' time again! The DCHS more in '54?" fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. Nashville, Sunday, November 29-Visiting All our individual members whose member- three churches in two hours; talking up ship cards do not read life, 1954 (or later) ticket sale for Garrison dinner, slated Friday. should know that dues are payable January December 4. Greatest occasion of its kind 1, 1954. to hit this town. Prove it by reading lead At the Portland Directors' meeting, annual story on front page while I take a deep individual dues were raised from $1 to $2. breath (somewhere in Ohio). This became necessary because of our ex- panded full-time program and the change of THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLlANA Society Pre~ident Honored from a quarterly to a monthly. Other classes of dues remain the same. ( Continued from page 57) Sometime during December all those who ligious institutions, publishing firms, have not yet paid for 1954 will receive a ecumenical councils and brotherhood agen- statement. Our work will be much helped cies. These visitors were introduced at the by prompt payment. Dinner by James E. McKinney, Society execu- rive director. Out-of-town gUests were also We are hoping that many of our annual entertained at a noon luncheon and ar an members will become subscrihing members afternoon reception in honor of Dr. Garrison at $5 this year. at the Vanderbilt University School of Re- A membership in DCHS makes a year- ligion, jointly sponsored by the Disciples long Christmas gift. Remember that Society Divinity House of Vanderbilt and the His- memberships and gifts are income tax de- torical Society. ductible. Earlier in the da.. Dr. Garrison addressed And if for any reason (we can't think of a convocation of the Vanderbilt School of any) any present member intEnds to discon- Religion in Stockham Chapel. Professors tinue membership in 1954, we should be J. Philip Hyatt and George N. Mayhew, notified immediately. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, DECEMBER, 1953 59 A Friend In Need THE HARBINGER AND DI5- When I was contemplating the wrltIng of CIPLIANA, published monthly by the Walter Scott: Voice of the Golden Oracle Disciples of Christ HistOrical Society, Joint University Library, 419-21st Avenue, South, the preliminary question was, "Is there suf- Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as Second Class ficient material outside of Baxter's Life of Ma"er, Nashville, Tennessee, under Act of Elder IValter Scott to warrant a new study?" August 24, 1912. To answer that question I went to the Claude E. Spencer, Editor ',James E. McKinney, Associate Edi/or archives of the Disciples of Cbrist Historical Subscriprion to THE HARBINGER AND Society, tben at Canton, Missouri. There the DISCIPLIANA is inch'ded in the membership Curator put himself and his collection at dues of the Society. The price of an annual my disposal, giving me his undivided atten- subscriprion to non-members is $2.00. tion for the whole time of my stay in Canton. Vol. 13 In a matter of several hours we had un- December, 1953 No.7 earthed enough new material to justify the biography, and I was able to go on my way in about a day and a half, knowing wher~ to look for more sources of information. Its Greatest Value Is Spiritual This day and a half spent with the Society There are three tangible values of the not only made the biography possible, but Historical Society to the graduate student. saved montbs of time in gatbering resources. First, the Society's compilation of past The Society also belped me with the pub- research enables the student to discover lication of tbe book by making contact witb quickly the current situation in historical the publisbers and arranging an editorial studies of the Disciples. conference in St. Louis which furtber guided Second, as a reference centre, the Society tbe project. When it came time to m'lke the can usually expedite the bibliographical stage index of the volume, that too was done by of a research problem. the Curator. Throughout tbe whole process Third, as it becomes a comprehensive de- of planning, research, writing, printing and pository and archives, the Society makes orig- publishing, the Society was in constant con- inal source materials easily available for tact witb me, offering its services at every graduate study. step of the way. In fact, the suggestion for the biography itself came from the Society; These are great values, but the great~st without that suggestion it is doubtful if the value of the Society to graduate students writing of the book would ever have oc- is intangible and spiritual. curred to me! By its existence and activity the Society Much of the help that I have detailed above bears witness to the new historical con- was extended again when I wrote Home to sciousness and concern of our brotherhood. Be/hphage, tbe biography of Robert Richard- Only a short generation ago our brotherhood son. The original manuscripts of both books was deficient in historical perspective. The now repose in the Society's archives, as well disciplines and lessons of the past were as a great deal of the additional resource sought by a handful; tbey were not wid:ly material which I discovered in the course prized. But a new day has come, and it is of my research. DCHS is an author's es- symbolized by the Society. Tbe Society is sential ally, a friend in need. rapidly outgrowing its early stage wh~n it Dwight E. Stevenson. was the enterprise of a few committed SOulS. It is now a "Brotherhood" institution. It reflects the growing tide of bistorical concern c. C. Garrigues, Kansas City, Mo., writes: among Disciples. "Am more than pleased with Eva Jean The graduate ;tudent who feels within Wrather's Alexander Campbell and His Rele- himself a passion for history now knows vance For Today. It merits wide circula- that he feels no private emotion, but one tion." This 16-page pamphlet recently pub. which his communion as a whole shares. lished by DCHS can be had by sending a quarter to our headquarters. When he discovers that he is doing a work tbat his brotherhood wants bim to do, he experiences an enlargement of commitment WANTED: The Position of Women, to his historical tasks. The existence of the Social, Civil, alld Religious, on Bible Prin- Society is evidence that his labors will be ciples, by Silence Howard Benton, a 60-page accepted and appreciated. It is this en- pamphlet published in Indianapolis, 1879. couragement to historical research which is the greatest of the values which the Society HOLIDAY CLOSING: Society headquar- bestows upon tbe graduate student. ters will be closed December 24, 25, and W. B. Blakemore. 26. 60 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, DECEMBER, 1953

THEY SAY .... RESEARCH STUDENTS SPEAK OUT What do tesearch students who have had experience in using the facilities of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society think about the Society? The curator asked rhar question of twenty-five of the many people who have been helped by the Society. Here are the replies, or excerpts from the replies re- ceived to date. "I used the facilities of the Disciples of Historical Society was the greatest single fac- Christ Historical Society in doing research on tor in securing approval for my study." the controversial speaking of Alexander E. Weldon Keckley, Minister, First Com- Campbell. 1 found Mr. Spencer to be un- munity Church, Joplin, Missouri. usually helpful and courteous. The collec- tion of materials has grown a great deal "While attending Edinburgh University's since I used it in 1948, yet even then it was New College (the theological faculty of the a remarkable collection of important his- University of Edinburgh), I chose as my torical information." thesis, The Philosophical Influences Bearing Upon Alexander Campbell and the Begin- Carroll Ellis, Head, Department of Speech, nings of the Disciples of Christ Movement. David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tennes- I was immediately confronted with the fact see. that the library facilities there contained only "During the years 1947-51 I was working two of the primary sources which would on my B.D. thesis, The Hymnology of the be needed in my research. I immediately Restoration Movement, while attending But- contacted Mr. Spencer, Curator of the His- ler School of Religion. Enos Dowling, li- torical Society, and he sent me all of the brarian there, directed me to Claude E. Millennial Harbingers which were not avail- Spencer, Curator of the Historical Society, able in the Overdale College Library at Bir- for basic information. Me. Spencer gracious- mingham, and the debates and other writings ly sent me a list of all names of authors of Alexander Campbell. Without this help and composers known to him, with birth my research could not have been carried and death dates where known, and a list forward. Upon returning to the U.S.A., I of their works. This listing gave me the was able to visit the Society library, then basic start so necessary to my research at Canton, Mo., and was further helped." in finding the hymns and gospel songs writ- Leslie 1. Kingsbury, Minister, First Chris- ten by these individuals. Without this list tian Church, Manhattan, Kansas. I could not have made successful headway, so I am eternally indebted to the material "I shall ever be grateful to the Historical preserved by the Society. Society for the assistance given me in col- "I also worked several days in the Society lecting material on Thomas Campbell which library where I had opportunity to examine was necessary for research on my disserta- many rare volumes of hymns that proved tion. Not only did I have the full coopera- tion of the Society in this regard but the loan invaluable in my research." of materials made possible the use of pri- Kenneth C. Hanson, Minister, Church of mary sources essential to the task. Through Christ, Redwood Falls, Minnesota the services of the Society I was thus en- "Space is not sufficient for me to tell abled to write a definitive biography of either in how many ways or how often the a Scotch-Irish preacher who lived in western Society has helped me in gathering material Virginia with material secured from Ten- for the writing of stories concerning the nessee. And all of this in the state of Cali- early days of our Restoration Movement. fornia!" Twice, while the Society was at Culver- Lester G. McAllister, Professor of Re- Stockton, I spent a week in the Library. ligion, Bethany College, Bethany, West Vir- On these occasions I profited additionally ginia. by Mr. Spencer's familiarity with the books. A number of times, before and since, I have "Prompt and w:lling cooperation charac- received books through the mail. Indeed, terize the assistance rendered researchers by at the present time, I am working on material DCHS. Invaluable aid received, dozens of mailed to me from Nashville." times, in prolonged work on book manu- Frances Hensley, Writer, Troy, Missouri. scripts and other editorial work, has meant help in locating, borrowing, and using rare "Nearly every graduate student in selecting a subject to be approved for a thesis must books and pamphlets, periodicals, 1:tters, in some way be able to state where basic photostated materials, and microfilmed items, material for research can be found. De- many not readily available elsewhere. All siring to write a historical master's thesis of which was done within limits of time, on Alexander Campbell's educational philos- space, equipment, and available materials- ophy for a university unrelated to a specific constantly increasing both in rarity and church communion, the Disciples of Christ quantity-and, of course, too little money!" THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, DECEMBER, 1953 61

J. Edward Moseley, Contributing Editor, ful and its microfilm and microcard service World Call, and free lance writer, Indian- is valuable to all concerned. The accessi- apolis, Indiana. bility of additional great libraries in the "While preparing a Master's thesis on Nashville area make this a resource with The Evangelism of Walter Scott, I came to excellent possibilities. Those of us who the Disciples of Christ Historical Society in have used its services would urge its con- search of materials. I found biographies of tinue·d and increased support." pioneer preachers, early periodicals of the Restoration Movement, the original records Co K. Thomas, Professor of Biblical of the Mahoning Baptist Association, and Theology, Phillips University, Enid, Okla- some original letters. The curator, Mr. homa. Spencer, was most cordial and gave his "The Historical Society has been of in- time freely to help me. The resources of estimable value to me not only in permitting the Society were most beneficial." me to use material in the collection but also R. S.. North, Department of Speech, Cen- in making materials available by loan, photo- tral Christian College, Bartlesville, Okla- stat, and most importantly in providing such homa. a friendly and helpful curator. Research for "I am a senior at the The College of the my Ph.D. on Barton Warren Stone would Bible and am majoring in Church History. have been many times more difficult with- This summer I had occasion to visit the out the assistance of the DCHS." Historical Society for three days in order Evan Ulrey, Head, Department of Speech, to do research on my proposed thesis. I Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas. found that the Society was equipped to help "While I was a student at Disciples House me and others doing reszarch on Disciple at the University of Chicago I spent three history in a very unique way. Not only valuable days in research at the Historical does the Society have original source ma- Society. The help I received from the cura- terial, but also has as its Curator a man who tor for my B.D. thesis upon Interpretations is a "walking encyclopedia" of Disciple of the Lord's Supper Among the Disciples of history, Mr. Claude Spencer. The friendly Christ was of great assistance. atmosphere of the Society and the helpful- ness of the staff will long be remembered "While a resident pastor in California in by this seminary student." preparing the book Church With a Purpose we needed material about and of H. O. Donald A. Nunnelly, Minister, Stamping . Breeden. We turned to the Society and re- Ground Christian Church, Stamping Ground, ceived the helpful response that made possi- Kentucky. ble Dr. Breeden's sermonic contribution for "It was a pleasur~ to have the opportunity our book. to work in the Society library in connection "The assistance the Society gives any stu- with the Study of the Preaching and Speak- dent or pastor in research; the building up ing of Burris Jel~kins-the dissertation for the degree in rhetoric and public address so of files of current promotional and publicity recently received at Northwestern Univer- materials of local churches and agencies; and sity. I am thankful for the background in- the sensitive awareness of a fine staff serving formation and direction provided by the the Brotherhood, and all Christendom-merit Curator. The continuing interest in the the vigorous support of every minister, dissertation, demonstrated by sending me church board and local church historian." information from time to time, is little re- Matt Votruba, Minister, Mills Terrance warded by this expression of my apprecia- Christian Church, Oakland, California. tion. "The archives of the Society are becoming "Although not a Disciple in church mem- increasingly valuable for research purposes. bership, I am glad to maintain a membership The importance of this aspect of the So- in the Society, and wish it continued success." ciety's program cannot be overemphasized: Harold C. Svanoe, Director of Speech, In this regard, I should like to add a word Central College, Fayette, Missouri. of commendation for the personal intere'st "The recent growth of interest in research and the able assistance which the curator in the history and thought of the Restoration and the staff of the Society are happy to Movement has made adequate resource ma- render to all students of our history who terial an imperative necessity. The DCHS is are engaged in research." in a peculiar position to render this service. Henry E. Webb, Minister, First Christian Its archives are becoming increasing help- Church, Erwin, Tennessee. 62 THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, DECEMBER, 1953 WHAT'S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY 00 these pages ale listed. anJ sometimes described. the materi~ls teceivd during the past month. This in- cludes gifts, exchanges, and purchases. So many gtfts are received that acknowledgment of every ttem IS impossible although every giver is mentioned. Gifts Research in Progress During November materials were re- Brokaw, Emerson. Comparative Study of ceived from: the Old Missionary Societies' Work With the O. P. Baird, Wilmington, N. C. U. C. M. S. College of the Bible. James D. Bales, Searcy, Ark. Darst, H. Jackson. A Study of Disciples Mrs. Grace Hall Barnhart, Rialto, Calif. in Virginia Prior to the War Between the W. 1. Blessing, Denver, Colo. States. (nearly completed) George W. Buckner, Jr., Indianapolis, Eckstein, Stephen. Churches of Christ in Ind. Texas, A History. Central Christian Church, Shreveport, La. Hickman, C. R. The Disciples of Christ Central Church of Christ, Newark, O. and Religious Freedom. College of the Bible. Robert D. Chambless, Jacksonville, Fla. Hogan, Donald. History of the Kentucky Christian Church of Baltimore, Baltimore, Education Society. College of the Bible. Md. Kingsbury, leslie 1. The Philosophical John B. Cowden, Nashville, Tenn. A. T. DeGroot, Fort Worth, Tex. Influences Bearing Upon Alexander Camp- Disciples Council of Greater St. louis, bell and the DisciPles of Christ Movement. St. louis, Mo. Edinburgh University, New College. Drake University College of the Bible; McDonald, J. Edgar. Alexander Camp- Des Moines, la. bell's Use of the Early Church Fathers. Col- Burton Faust, Washington, D. C. lege of the Bible. First Christian Church, Sheridan, Ark. Nunnelly, Donald. The Disciples in Ala- First Christian Church, Athens, Ga. bama. College of the Bible. Mrs. Mary R. Forbes, Covina, Calif. Phelps, John. The Merger of the Disciples Earl N. Griggs, Pasadena, Calif. and Christians, A Study of Christiem Unity. Kenneth C. Hanson, Redwood Falls, Butler School of Religion. Minn. Pletcher, Thomas E. An Examination of Mrs. Walter M. Haskell, Tucson, Ariz. the Baptist-Disciple Controversy As Seen Wilbur S. Hogevoll, Alexandria, Va. Through Pamphlets and Books, 1817-1866. John Allen Hudson, Rosemead, Calif. University of Pittsburgh. (nearly completed) Iowa Christian Missionary Society, Des Smith, Frank S. The Editorial Contribu- Moines, la. tion of Charles Louis Loos. Butler School Mrs. lawrence Jack, Spokane, Wash. of Religion. C. E. "Stoney" Jackson, Tullahoma, Tenn. Sosebee, James W. The Rise of the Chris- Miss Jeanette Moore King, Ft. lauder- tian Churches in South Carolina. lutheran dale, Fla. Southern Seminary. Byron C. lambert, Chicago, Ill. Thomas, C. K. Alexander Campbell's Clarence E. lemmon, Columbia, Mo. Method of Biblical Inter/Jretation. Prince- Elmer McEathron, Arriba, Colo. ton Theological Seminary. J. Edward Moseley, Indianapolis, Ind. Ulrey, Evan. The Preaching of Barton W. H. M. Ramsey, Dallas, Tex. Stone. Earl T. Sechler, Appleton, Mo. Wake, Orville. The History and Develop- John O. Spencer, Bossier City, La. ment of Lynchburg College. University of Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O. Virginia. C. B. Tupper, Des Moines, la. Webb, Henry E. A History of the In- UCMS library, Indianapolis, Ind. dependent Mission Movement of the Dis- J. H. Walker, Berkeley, Calif. ciples of Christ. Southern Baptist Theologi- Wilbur Wallace, Robersonville, N. C. cal Seminary. (nearly completed) Charles C. Ware, Wilson, N. C. West, Earl. Life of David Lipscomb. Mrs. W. C. Whitehouse, Mendon, Mo. Butler School of Religion (nearly com- Wilson Boulevard Christian Church, Ar- pleted) lington, Va.

WANTED: Common Schools; A Lecture WANTED: The Radius of Kappa Beta, Delivered Before the Braken County vols. 1, 5, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19. Also the mimeo- Teachers' Institute, Brookville, Ky., 1879, graphed ones for 1947, 1949 and since. by Walter S. Smith. THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA, DECEMBER, 1953 63

THESES COMPLETED ... In 1941 the Society published Theses Concerning the Disciples of Christ (now out-of-print). Since tben, all theses written, including earlier ones unknown in 1941, have been regularly reported in THE HARBINGER AND DISCIPLIANA. These have not been listed before: Amason, Roger 1. A Study of the Christian Church, Olsen, Stanley L. rl L"theran Appraisal of the Bloomfield, K.eutucky. B.D., College of the Bible, Philosophy of Wittiam Clayton Bower for Christiau 1953. Education. Ph.D., New York University, 1950. Baker, Hugh Ross McLean. The Sources of In- Palmer, Charles Martin. A S"ggested Guide for come for the Retired Minister of the Disciples of Workers With Intermediates. M.R.E., Drake College Christ. B.D., Brite College of the Bible, 1950. of the Bible, 1951. Barnes, Bill Loyd. A Pattern of Worship for Palmer, Mary Maxine Jones. A Stfldy of Alexander Disciples of Christ. B.D., Butler School of Re- Campbell's Philosophy of Edflcation as a Life-Long ligion, 1952. Process. M.A., Texas Christian University, 1952. Bensmiller, Lloyd Dale. A Bri.ef Stttdy of the Patterson, George William, Jr. Bible Class Work Evangelistic Meeting in Three Periods of History of in the Chflrch of Christ. M.S. in Ed., Drake Disciples of Christ B.D., Butler School of Religion, University, 1951. [952. Rogers, David Chapman. Fr,ederick D. Kershner: Bright, Gerald Donald. History of the High Ed"cator, Editor and Ec"menist. B.D., Butler School Street Ch1lrch of Christ, Akron, Ohio, 1938-1942. of Religion, [952. B.D., Butler School of Religion, 1952. Sams, John Roland. The Program of the R"ral Bryant, Marcus David. Alonzo Willard Fortune, Mission in India. M.R.E., Drake College of the A Biography. B.D., College of the Bible, 1953. Bible, 1951. Canedy, John R. Ways of Worship as Non- Schumacher, Billy George. A [-[istory of Carr- Theological Barriers to Ewmenicity. B.D., College of Burdette College. M.A., Texas Christian University, rhe Bible, 1953. (Includes Disciple) 1951. Davis, Frank Ellwood. A S"rvey of the Doc- Shank, Beulah Bell (Mrs. H. V. Shank) Disciples triual Emphasis of Ashley S. johnson. B.D., But- All; A Stfldy of East Annie Street Christian Church ler School of Religion, 1953. fFort Woreh, Texasl-Its History, Present Work, Davis, Willam Lioton. A Study of Alexander Futttre Platu-As Related to the Disciples Move- Campbell tiS Edflctltor. B.D., Butler School of Re- n>en!.. M.A., Brite College of Bible, T. C. u., 1949. ligion, 1953. SIVIS, Edward E. A Study of the Providence Fuller, Bertha (Mason) (Mrs. James Henry FuI- fjessamine COUnty, Kentuckyl Christian Chflrch. ler) jtlcob CtlSwell McCoy Mason, Christian Minis- B.D., College of the Bible, 1953. ter, 1845-1934; A Story of Christian Service, 1867- . Stamps, Effie Lois. A History of SOflthern Chris- 1934, in Arktl1uas, Texas, Louisitlna, Mexico, and Itan Inst,tttle. M.A., Butler School of Religion, 1952. the Southwest Area. M.A., Brite College of the Bible, Sva~oe, Harold C. Stfldy of the Preaching and 1953. Speak",{: of Burris jenkins. Ph.D., Northwestern Fuller Robere Douglas. Maior Problems of UnIversity, 1953. Alexand;' Campbell Between 1823-1830. B.D., But- Taylor, Clifford H., Jr. jarvis Christian College; ler School of Religion, 1951. Vs Present History and Present Standing in Rela- Hass, Lonnie Hadley. The Disciples of Christ twnsh,p to the Standards of the Texas State Depart- In Indiana. M.A., Butler School of Religion. 1953. ,/1,ent of Edflcat,on and the So"them Association of Hefley, John Thomas. The CHRISTIAN CEN- Colleges and Secondary Schools. B.D., Brite College, TURY in American C"lt"re, 1920-1941. Ph.D., T. C. U., 1948. University of Minnesota, 1953. Traur, ClIfford N. A S",vey of the C"rrhul"m of Hobgood, Ben Clay. When the Missionary Speaks YOfl!'g Peoples Conferences of tke. DtJCJples of at Home. B.D., College of the Bible, 1953. Chwt. B.D., Butler School of RelIgIOn, 1953. . Johnson Harry Eugene Principles and Proiec- Truman, Clyde Robb,ns. A ~urvey of Intermed,- t' f th· DECLARATION AND ADDRESS fof tlte Work ,n the L~c~l Chwttan Church. B.D., tons 0 - J •• C I f Butler School of RelIgIOn, 1952 ~rbl:::a\9~3~pbelll B.D., PhillIps 0 lege 0 the . Wagner, Harry C. History of 'OiJciple! of ChriJt ."K elt, . h N oe I . The, L'f eo. f DS .B 1Irne. t Th ..,0 rnnessee,Upper 1943. EaJt Tennessee. M.A., UnIverSIty of Ten- IlIff School of Theology, 1953.. . West, Norman Evans, Jr., The American P"lpit KImball, Frances. The Ch"s~tan Youth Fellow- and American Sla1!ery. B.D., College of the Bible, sh,p Program From the Youth s Po",t of V"ew. 1953. (Includes Disciples) M.R.E., Drake College of the BIble, 1952. White, Hollis Lee. A Rhetorical Criticism of the Kuykendall, Radford B. The Readin,g and Speak- Speeches of Speaker Champ Clark of Misso,,,i. Ph.D., ing of Vachel Lindsay. Ph.D., Northwestern Uni- University of Missouri, 1950. versity, 1952. Williams. Edith B. A Readability Test of FRONT Laver, Maralyn Joan. The Program of Youth RANK. M.A., Brite College of rhe Bible, T. C. U., Work as It H<{s Developed and as It Exists in 1949. Severtll Protestant Denominations Today. M.R.E., Yates, Carlyle. Historical Study of Alexander College of the Bible, 1953. (Includes Disciples) C<{mpbell's Writing on ChriJtian Union to 1850. Lemon, Robert Lyman. Herbert Lockwood Willett: B.D., Butler School of Religion, 1952. Modern Disciple. B.D., Universiry of Chicago, 1952. McAllister, Lester Grover, Jr. Thomas Campbell; WANTED: Tbe Disciples of Cbrisl and Man of the Book. Th.D., Pacific School of Religion, 1953. tbe Cburcb Univet'sal, by E. M. Bowman, Miller, Charles W. A S"rvey of Disciple Be- and Tbe Disciples in {/ Cbanging World, by ginnings in New York. B.D., College of the Bible, H. A. Doan. Both were issued as Bulleti1l$ 1953. of the Continuation Committ~e of the Co- Morgan, Howard Daniel. The Contrib"tion of TexaJ Christian Missionary Soci.ety to Ch"rch Build- lumbus Conference of Disciples of Christ, ing in Texas From 1933 to 1950. B.D., Brite Col- December 8th, 1925. lege of the Bible, 1950. Murdock, Eugene Converse. Life of Tom L. WANTED: Any books of poems by Sarah johmon. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1951. Nelson, Robert G. A Historical Study of the Morgan Bryan Piatt, published between 1864 American Christian MiSJio11ary Society and Itr lWork and 1893. in jamaica. B.D., Brite College of the Bible, 1953. North, Ross Stafford. Th,e Evangelism of If/"lter WANTED: Guide PoslS for Service, Vol. Scott. M.A., Louisiana State University, 1952. 1, no. 4, October 1943, to complete our file. ABOUT THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Disciples of Christ Historical Society was established May 7, 1941, in St. Louis, Missouri, with the approval of the International Convention then in session. The organization of the new agency came as a result of the work of the Historical Commission appointed by the 1939 con· vention which met in Richmond, Virginia. It is the only organization among Disciples of Christ whose sole purpose is the locating, collecting, cataloglllg and arranging for use the historical materials of the brotherhood. -Ihl' Society is custodian of International Convention and World Convention archives by official action of those conventions. The purpose of the Society is to maintain and further interest in the religious heritage, backgrounds, origins, development, and general history of Disciples of Christ, Christian Churches, Churches of Christ, and related groups. The Society is not an opinion form· ing group. I7rom 1941 until 1946 the Society had no designated headquarters, and these years were spent largely in surveying the field, correlating the interest of various grOlp,s, aod making plans. In 1946 the Society accepted the generous offer of Culver·Stockton College to set up its headquarters and archives there with the privilege of using the Henry Barton Robinson Collection as a nucleus around which the Society would build its own collection of materials. Since April 1952, the Society's headquarters, library and archives have been in Nashville, Tennessee, located in the Joint University Library on the Vanderbilt campus. Nashville was designated as the permanent location of the Society because of the unique opportunity offered for participation in the building of an American church history center and for the subsidy granted by the Nashville Planning Committee which enabled the Society to further its expansion program. Plans are being made for th~ eventual erection of a building to house the rapIdly growing collection of books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, and museum materials which the Society has been receiving since its formation. The Society snlicits all kinds of historical materials pertaining 10 the Disciples of Christ and related groups. Authors and publishers are requested to send copies of all new publications. Churches, organizations and institutions arc urged to place the Society on their mailing lists to receive all printed materials. The Society and Bethany College share joint responsibility, through the Campbell Home Committee, for the restoration, preservation, and management of the Alexander Campbell mansion at Bethany, West Virginia. The current program of the Society is financed through the dues paid in by members. Individuals, local churches, institutions, and organizations are invited to share in the work of the Society by becoming members. Dues paid in arc deductible for income tax purposes. Classifications of membership are as follows:

Individuals Local Churches Annual Member $ 2.00 annually Up to 200 membets $ 10.00 annually Founding Member (paymene of $1.00 200 co 300 membets 20.00 annually per year 1941-1953) and 300 co 400 membets 30.00 annually rhereafter 2.00 annually 400 to 500 membets 40.00 annually Su bscribing Member 5.00 annually Above 500 membets 50.00 annually Life Member . 50.00 one paymene Sustaining (any church) 100.00 annually Sustaining Member 100.00 annually Contributing Member 500.00 annually Institutions and Organization.r Life Sustaining Member 1,000.00 one payment Annual membership $ 15.00 annually Patron Member 1,000.00 annually Sustaining membership 100.00 annually Publications ot the Society are: Theses Concerning the Disciples of Christ, 1941. Out of print. Periodicals of the Disciples of Christ and Related Religious Groups, 1943. $1.00. An Author Catalog of Disciples of Christ and Related Religious Groups, 1946. $7.50 ($6.00 CO members). What Is Disciple Historical Material? by Dwight E. Stevenson, 1948. (Out of prine) The Jerusalem Musion, compiled by D. S. Burnet, 1853 (microcard reprine, 1951) $1.50 Footnotes to Disciple History, no. I-Alexander Campbell and His Relevance for Today, by Eva Jean Wrather $.25

Officers of the Society Winfred Ernest Garrison, President William G. West, Chairman of the Board Forrest F. Reed, Vice·Chairman Howard E. Short, Secretary Miss Eva Jean Wrather, Treasurer The Executive Committee is composed of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice-Chairman, and Mr. Short, Miss Wrather, and Robert W. Burns. The Staff Claude E. Spencer, Curator James E. McKinney, Executive Director Miss Christine Buder, Secretarial Assistant