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Christian Magazine "Extra" December 1852: The Attacks Of The Millennial Harbinger Upon The Christian Magazine And Its Editor, Jessie Babcock Ferguson

Christian Magazine

Christian Magazine "Extra" December 1852: The Attacks of the Millennial Harbinger upon the Christian Magazine and its Editor

This 32 page "Extra" by Ferguson presents the articles published by Alexander Campbell in the Millennial Harbinger attacking Ferguson's interpretation of 1 Peter 3:18 - 4:6.

Christian Magazine, Volume 5 (January To December 1852), Jessie Babcock Ferguson

Christian Magazine

Christian Magazine, Volume 5 (January to December 1852)

The April issue has the controversial article by Ferguson on preaching to the spirits in prison (1 Peter 3:18 - 4:6). Ferguson is ready to resign as editor of the Christian Magazine but stays on for Volume 6.

This bound volume has the Extra where Ferguson reprints the articles by Alexander Campbell in the Millennial Harbinger and gives his answers to Campbell.

We are posting the Extra as a separate item.

[1852] Proceedings Of The American Christian Bible, Missionary And Publication Societies For The Year 1852, Together With Other Documents, George R. Hand

American Christian Missionary Society Proceedings

Proceedings of the American Christian Bible, Missionary and Publication Societies for the Year 1852, Together with Other Documents

Evidence of the short-lived American Christian Publication Society appears on page 48, where its Constitution is printed. Alexander Campbell raised questions about the need for the Society in the December 1853 Millennial Harbinger. W. K. Pendleton argued, contra Benjamin Franklin in the Christian Age, against its existence in April and June 1854. The discussion continued throughout 1854 into early 1855 in the Christian Age and the Millennial Harbinger. Participating in the heated discussion are Thomas Jefferson Melish, and Benjamin …