American fiction -- 19th century
“To this I might have merely replied, the Word of God says the ‘kleina’ were immersed, and therefore it was done. I will not take the liberty to _change_ God’s word because it states improbabilities. But we were very accommodating, and reminded him that whatever was done to th...
“To this I might have merely replied, the Word of God says the ‘kleina’ were immersed, and therefore it was done. I will not take the liberty to _change_ God’s word because it s...
2. CHAPTER I.Methought in my dream that I was in Pastor: Johnson’s study. He had in his hand the Presbyterian newspaper, called the Presbyterian of St. Louis. He had just found the article o...
3. CHAPTER II.Then I saw, in my dream, that Pastor Johnson sat with his good old wife, in their own quiet room; but his countenance was sad, and she saw that his heart was troubled, and knew...
4. VOLUME II.:The converted infidel—The authority of the Scriptures—The object of our investigation—Is the Church one, or many?—Has the Church any branches—Difficulties increasing—A mystery d...
5. vi. 63, they did for many centuries, both in the Greek and Latin“The whole history is told,” said Mr. Courtney, “in a few words by the learned Johannes Bohemius, who wrote in the twelfth century. ‘In times past,’ he says, ‘the custom was, to...
6. PART I.• Baptism, the Act, or “Mode,” pp. 25–188. • what? the question stated, 26. • value of Lexicons, 29–31. • Baptizo, meaning of, 26–156. • generic or specific, 26. • transfe...
7. PART II.• Infant baptism, or subjects of baptism, 201–341. • not commanded in Scripture, 201–219. • not in the commission, 202–207. • “Suffer little children,” etc., Matt. xix. 13...
8. PART III.• The use of fictitious narratives to illustrate or enforce religious truth, pp. 1–10. • The characteristics of a true Church may be known by the Scriptures, 16–24. • The Ch...