Preface

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

Preface

THE following work was originally published serially in the "Christian Standard" — a religious paper of wide circulation and great influence. In response to numerous calls made by the readers of that journal, it is now submitted to the public in this more permanent form. It should be stated that while the author is identified with the people known as Disciples of Christ, or Christians, and is heart and soul in sympathy with them, he alone is responsible for what is herein contained. The work is in no sense an authoritative exposition of their belief. Still, the fact that so many eminent and earnest men among them have given it unqualified and warm expressions of approval will show to the general public that the production, if not an adequate, is at least as far as it goes, a correct representation of their position and doctrine. In perusing it, therefore, the reader may feel assured that he is obtaining trustworthy information respecting a people who are coming so rapidly to the front; and he may find in the doctrine herein taught the real cause of their unexampled growth and widespread influence.

GROVETOWN, GA., October, 1891