Alexander CAMPBELL of "Campbellite Movement"
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Re: Alexander CAMPBELL of "Campbellite Movement"
Article, unknown date (old) found in my great-grandmother's geneology things in mid 1970's: Typos are all mine unless I put "sic" by them.
"The Campbellites.
Strongest Numerically of Minor Religious Sects.
Whose National Convention is to be held next month- founded in Pennsylvania- has 1149, - 982 members (sic).
At Omaha next month will be held the national convention of one of the minor relgiious denominations- the Disciples of Christ, who are also known as the Christians and the Campbellites, the latter name being taken from Alexander Campbell, founder of the church. Campbell was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in June, 1786. He was educated at the University of Glascow and was 23 years old when he came to this country and settled in Washington County, PA., where he became pastor of a Presbyterian church. He found himself unable longer to agree with the tenets of the denomination and his father, who had been a Presbyterian clergyman in Ireland, joined him in founding a new society at Brush Run, Pa. Accepting the doctrine of immersion they joined in a temporary union with the Baptists, but refusing to accept the creed of that denomination and insisting that the Bible should be the only guide of faith, they were disfellowshiped by teh Baptists and in 1827 formed a sect of their own and took the name of Disciples of Christ. They soon came to be commonly known as the Campbellites, or Disciples. their growth was rapid, due in large measure to the earnestness and nobilityof characer of their leader and to their efforts in behalf of education.
In the main they do not differ with other evangelical Christians with regard to the person and work of Christ and the future resurrection and judgment. They celebrate the Lord's supper weekly, hodl that repentance and faith should precede baptism, though from the importance they attach to the latter ordinance they are often charged with holding to baptismal regeneration. On all other points they allow and encourage independence of individual opinion. The church organizaiton is congregational, the officers consisting of elders, also called bishops, pastors and presbyters, decaons and evangelists, who are itinerants supported by the free offerings of the congregations. The church teaches the duty of providing amply for the support of the ministers.
EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE (they had in all caps)
Its efforts in behalf of eudcation have resulted in the establishment of not a few institutions. The first of htese was founded by Alexander campbell hiimself at Bethany, W. Va., and is known as Bethany College, of which he was president up to the time of his death in 1866. While at the head of this institution Campbell was a prolific writer, his published works numbering 52. He was a man of remarkable moral and intellectual power and a cultivated scholar. His influence was responsible for the founding of other colleges which have a connection with the church. One of these is Hiram College in Ohio, where the late President Garfield was so long a teacher. Garfield was the most noted of the members of the denomination, other Campbellite schools are Eureka College in Illinois; Kentucky University at Lexington; the Christian University at Waco, Tex., Burritt College at Spencer, Tenn.; the Christian University at Canton, Mo.; Cotner University at Bethany, Neb.; Defiance college at Defiance, O.; Drake University at Des Moines, Ia.; Elon College at Elon, N.C.; Milligan College at Milligan, Tenn., and Union Christian College at Merom, Ind.
The growth of the Campbellites has been out of all proportion to that of the older sects. They number now in the United States 1,149,982, exceeding the numerical srength of the Episcopalians, the Congregationalists, the Universalists and various other well-known denominations and being surpassed in numbers only by the Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and ..."
I'm missing the remainder of the newspaper article, which fell off the rest of the article, was only a few more lines.
I am not related to Alexander Campbell, but my ancestor, Rev. Nehemiah Davis, married Alexander Campbell and his wife, Hannah Blake on 5 Nov. 1811 in Washington, Ohio, according to family records.
"The Campbellites.
Strongest Numerically of Minor Religious Sects.
Whose National Convention is to be held next month- founded in Pennsylvania- has 1149, - 982 members (sic).
At Omaha next month will be held the national convention of one of the minor relgiious denominations- the Disciples of Christ, who are also known as the Christians and the Campbellites, the latter name being taken from Alexander Campbell, founder of the church. Campbell was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in June, 1786. He was educated at the University of Glascow and was 23 years old when he came to this country and settled in Washington County, PA., where he became pastor of a Presbyterian church. He found himself unable longer to agree with the tenets of the denomination and his father, who had been a Presbyterian clergyman in Ireland, joined him in founding a new society at Brush Run, Pa. Accepting the doctrine of immersion they joined in a temporary union with the Baptists, but refusing to accept the creed of that denomination and insisting that the Bible should be the only guide of faith, they were disfellowshiped by teh Baptists and in 1827 formed a sect of their own and took the name of Disciples of Christ. They soon came to be commonly known as the Campbellites, or Disciples. their growth was rapid, due in large measure to the earnestness and nobilityof characer of their leader and to their efforts in behalf of education.
In the main they do not differ with other evangelical Christians with regard to the person and work of Christ and the future resurrection and judgment. They celebrate the Lord's supper weekly, hodl that repentance and faith should precede baptism, though from the importance they attach to the latter ordinance they are often charged with holding to baptismal regeneration. On all other points they allow and encourage independence of individual opinion. The church organizaiton is congregational, the officers consisting of elders, also called bishops, pastors and presbyters, decaons and evangelists, who are itinerants supported by the free offerings of the congregations. The church teaches the duty of providing amply for the support of the ministers.
EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE (they had in all caps)
Its efforts in behalf of eudcation have resulted in the establishment of not a few institutions. The first of htese was founded by Alexander campbell hiimself at Bethany, W. Va., and is known as Bethany College, of which he was president up to the time of his death in 1866. While at the head of this institution Campbell was a prolific writer, his published works numbering 52. He was a man of remarkable moral and intellectual power and a cultivated scholar. His influence was responsible for the founding of other colleges which have a connection with the church. One of these is Hiram College in Ohio, where the late President Garfield was so long a teacher. Garfield was the most noted of the members of the denomination, other Campbellite schools are Eureka College in Illinois; Kentucky University at Lexington; the Christian University at Waco, Tex., Burritt College at Spencer, Tenn.; the Christian University at Canton, Mo.; Cotner University at Bethany, Neb.; Defiance college at Defiance, O.; Drake University at Des Moines, Ia.; Elon College at Elon, N.C.; Milligan College at Milligan, Tenn., and Union Christian College at Merom, Ind.
The growth of the Campbellites has been out of all proportion to that of the older sects. They number now in the United States 1,149,982, exceeding the numerical srength of the Episcopalians, the Congregationalists, the Universalists and various other well-known denominations and being surpassed in numbers only by the Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and ..."
I'm missing the remainder of the newspaper article, which fell off the rest of the article, was only a few more lines.
I am not related to Alexander Campbell, but my ancestor, Rev. Nehemiah Davis, married Alexander Campbell and his wife, Hannah Blake on 5 Nov. 1811 in Washington, Ohio, according to family records.