Campbellism exposed; or, Strictures on the peculiar tenets of Alexander Campbell

William Phillips

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CAMPBELLISM EXPOSED;
STRICTURES ON THE PECULIARTENETS
CAMPBELL.ALEXANDER
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,BY REV.
OFLATE ASSISTANT EDITOR THE WESTEBN CHBISTIAN
ADTOCATE.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED
OF THEA MEMOIR AUTHOR.
CINCINNATI
PUBLISHED BY J. F. WRIGHT & L. SWORMSTEDT,
FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Stereotyped by J, A. James & Co.
1837.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837,
By J. F. WRIGHT & L. SWORMSTEDT,
in the Clerk's Office for the District Court of Ohio.
Cincinnati : Methodist BookRoom.
R. P. Thompson, Printer.LIBKAKY
jUNrv^ERsnr of cALTiOi r^x
SAxNTA BARBARA
ADVERTISEMENT.
following chapters were first published in theThe
Western Christian Advocate, in twenty-six numbers.
The first numberwas dated, January 30th, 1835, the last
appeared in April 1836. In consequence ofthe estimation
which theywere held, manypersonsfrom different partsin
and pu-b-of the West, requested to have them collected
lished in avolume. The Ohio Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church,at its last sessionheld in Chilicothe,
September requested our book28th, 1836, unanimously
agents to pubUsh the strictures on Campbellism, as they
are presented in this volume, now before the reader.
That the work possesses every competentreal merit,
person who mustperuses it, will freely acknowledge. It
not, however, be forgotten, that it is a posthumous work
and of course has more defects than though ithad issued
from under the author's own correcting hand.
Indeed the wrriter did notcontemplate; that what passed
from his pen, in the haste of the weekly press, would af-
terwards be collected and Hadheformed into a volume.
lived, large editions would have been made, fewer inac-
curacies would appear, and a much more perfect work
would now be presented areto the public. As it is, we
fully of the opinion that it will serve as a timely and effi-
iii4 ADVERTISEMENT.
cient check on one of the most pernicious systems of the
age, though couched under thepresent imposing title of
the Ancient Gospel.
The editors have made no aherations in the following
pagesfromwhat theywerewhen published in theWestern
Christian Advocate, except a very few verbal amend-
or the omission of those concluding orments, introduc-
tory clauses in the nimibers, by which they are reduced to
the form of chapters under appropriate heads. A table
ofcontents is also added which the reader will find very
convenient as an aid to reference.
C. ELLIOTT.
L. L. HAMLINE.
Book Room, Cincinnati, January, 1837.