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Gospel-Messenger-8-37-September-17-1897, Marion F. Harmon, James M. Watson, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-37-September-17-1897

Page 5 notes the opposition of a conservative, Luther Phillip Whaley, via an article in the Octographic Review, to the efforts of George Alfred Reynolds to raise funds for a tent.

Gospel-Messenger-8-32-August-13-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-32-August-13-1897

Pages 8, 9 have The Open Letter Again and Sunday School vs. Endeavor Society.

Gospel-Messenger-8-31-August-6-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-31-August-6-1897

Alonzo Melville Atkinson, Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Ministerial Relief, writing from Wabash, Indiana. has a nine point article on Ministerial Relief, "Who May Receive Help?" (page 4) Atkinson has been added to the Virtual Cemetery "People of the Gospel Messenger."

Pages 8, 9 have a report on the Elam-Minton discussion on the scriptural basis for missionary societies.

Gospel-Messenger-8-30-July-30-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-30-July-30-1897

Biographical sketch of John William Gant (1846 - 1905) on pages 2 - 3 by Thomas David Moore (1854 - 1927)

Spiegel's reply to T. B. Larimore appears on page 8.

Page 8 notes that Reuben Lindsay Cave (1845 - 1924) is to become the President of Kentucky University.

Gospel-Messenger-8-29-July-23-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-29-July-23-1897

Biographical sketch of William Eli Crum (1860 – 1924) on page 2.

T. B. Larimore's lengthy reply to Spiegel's "Open Letter" appears on pages 4 -7; 15.

Page 8 announces that J. M. Watson is moving to Nashville to become an editor of the Gospel Messenger.

Gospel-Messenger-8-28-July-16-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

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Gospel-Messenger-8-28-July-16-1897

Biographical sketch of Samuel Flewelling Fowler (1844 - 1917) on page 2.

We note the appearance of William Eagle Rambo (1861 - 1932) on page 9.

Gospel-Messenger-8-27-July-9-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-27-July-9-1897

Spiegel's "An Open Letter to T. B. Larimore" appears on pages 8 and 9.

We note the appearance of David Rhoads Piper (1864 - 1955).

Gospel-Messenger-8-26-July-2-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-26-July-2-1897

O. P. Spiegel recounts his three years as State Evangelist for Alabama (page 2).

Frank O. Lanehart (1858 - 1922) added to Virtual Cemetery. Minister in Louisiana and Texas.

Ivy Holbert Teel writes from Central City, Kentucky.

Gospel-Messenger-8-21-May-28-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-21-May-28-1897

Biographical sketch of Thomas David Moore (January 27, 1854 - March 1927) on page 2.

Gospel-Messenger-8-20-May-21-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-20-May-21-1897

Biographical sketch of Augustus B. Herring (September 12, 1857 - ?) on page 2.

Gospel-Messenger-8-19-May-14-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-19-May-14-1897

Gospel-Messenger-8-18-May-7-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-18-May-7-1897

Gospel-Messenger-8-17-April-30-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-17-April-30-1897

Biographical sketch of James H. Brooks (March 18, 1857 - ?) on page 2.

John A. Stevens reports on his trip to Indian Territory to visit R. W. Officer on pages 3 and 4.

Gospel-Messenger-8-16-April-23-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-16-April-23-1897

Biographical sketch of John Washington Ligon (January 16, 1865 - April 9, 1934) on page 2.

Ligon takes over the lead article "Movement of the World" formerly edited by Joel Baer Lehman.

Gospel-Messenger-8-15-April-16-1897, Mrs. Robert H. Kerr, Marion F. Harmon

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-15-April-16-1897

This issue is an Easter Edition, edited by Mrs. Robert H. Kerr, of Birmingham, Alabama. The sections feature contributions by Mrs. J. M. Watson; Miss Sue Jolly; Mrs. G. R. Harsh; Mrs. Willie Husley; Mrs. W. R. Watkins; Mrs. C. T. Starbuck; Mrs. P. Sid Jones; Mrs. E. A. Self; Mrs. M. J. Vanhook; Mrs. Harry Harsh, all from the First Christian Church, Birmingham, Alabama.

Gospel-Messenger-8-14-April-9-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

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Gospel-Messenger-8-14-April-9-1897

Biographical sketch of Ashley Sidney Johnson (June 22, 1857 - January 15, 1925) on page 2.

Accusations by John A. Stevens about Robert Wallace Officer's financial status on page 3.

Gospel-Messenger-8-13-April-2-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-13-April-2-1897

Biographical sketch of James Laurel Haddock (August 16, 1862 - October 11, 1943) on page 2.

Gospel-Messenger-8-12-March-26-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-12-March-26-1897

Biographical sketch of Howard J. Brazelton (January 3, 1874 - August 26, 1935) on page 2.

Joel Baer Lehman ends editing "Movements of the World," an article he had written for the Gospel Messenger (earlier the Messenger) since around 1892.

Gospel-Messenger-8-11-March-19-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-11-March-19-1897

Biographical sketch of Mansel Kendrick (March 12, 1846 - March 11, 1898)

Gospel-Messenger-8-10-March-12-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-10-March-12-1897

Biographical sketch of Edward Virgil Spicer on page 2.

Gospel-Messenger-8-09-March-5-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-09-March-5-1897

Biographical sketch of William Washington Phares by Charles J. Burton on page 2.

Gospel-Messenger-8-23-June-11-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-23-June-11-1897

Includes biographical sketch of Marion Franklin Harmon (November 25, 1861 - March 20, 1940)

Gospel-Messenger-8-24-June-18-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-24-June-18-1897

Several references to tent meetings. There are plans to purchase another tent. See pages 2, 4, 9 and 11.

Gospel-Messenger-8-22-June-3-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-22-June-3-1897

Article by Ausbun Cicero Henry (September 1836 - September 24, 1903) on page 3, continued on page 6, features the work of John Allen Branch (October 27, 1847 - September 5, 1926) in eastern Alabama.

Gospel-Messenger-8-25-June-25-1897, Marion F. Harmon, Oscar P. Spiegel

Gospel Messenger

Gospel-Messenger-8-25-June-25-1897

Some names of people added to virtual cemetery from this issue:

George Wallace Nutter (1866 - 1943)

Samuel Flewelling Fowler ((1844 - 1917)

Daniel J. Cochran (1862 - 1898)