We had a special treat a few days ago when several participants in the TX Singing School visited Special Collections for a tour. In response to their request, I pulled several hymnals and related artifacts for a brief show and tell. We thought you’d like to see the pictures.
Elias Smith, A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of Christians. Boston: Manning and Loring [1804].
more at ACU Special Collections blog here.
Christian History Magazine
Christian History Magazine will release in September an issue devoted to the Stone-Campbell Movement. Doug Foster and Richard Hughes collaborated as guest editors to assemble the first issue of CHM dedicated to the Restoration Movement. About 20 years ago Barton Stone and Cane Ridge made an appearance in issue 45 on Camp Meetings & Circuit Riders…which you can download for free as a PDF here. Judging from past issues, this installment will be a richly illustrated and accessible overview for the average reader who has some knowledge of and a keen interest in Christian history. If you plan to teach Restoration history, consider ordering a bundle for distribution to your class; see CHM_BulkPricing for details. An image from this blog and a small contribution from me even made their way into the issue!
Frm McGarvey Ice’s blog – worth following!
At the northeast corner of 14th and Jackson stands this historic marker:
Jackson Street Church occupied the northeast corner of the intersection until a new building was built on the west side of 14th. An historical sketch, with photo of the earlier bulding, can be seen here, click ‘About Us’, then ‘Our History.” Further west, beyond the current facility, is Fisk University.
I snapped the pic of the marker in June 2012 as part of a tour of Nashville Restoration Movement sites for conferees at Christian Scholars Conference. Several tour members commented to me this was a highlight of the tour. Indeed!
Intriguing post from a very interesting blog — Thanks, Mac!
This notice appears in the 20 November 1889 Gospel Advocate at page 739:
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I have been having a protracted meeting in North-east Edgefield. I have established a congregation with nine members. I administer the loaf with them every Lord’s day. I am also teaching in South Nashville, had one addition last night, Bro. Calvin Hardison, by confession and reclamation. Please note that we will start a protracted meeting Wednesday night, the 13th of this month. I preach three times every Lord’s day, twice in South Nashville, and at 3 P. M. in Edgefield.
W. M. SLAY.
Nashville, Nov. 11, ’89.
There have been four baptisms at Gay Street church recently under the preaching of Bro. Howell.
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Postscript
It is difficult to compile a short list of lacunae in Nashville Stone-Campbell history. A thorough-going narrative of the rise of black Churches of Christ, vis-a-vis Gay Street Christian Church would make such…
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