CHAPTER X.
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Campbell appears—Visits Kentucky—His character and views—In1826 Elder Stone commences the publication of the Christian Messen-ger—In 1832 John T. Johnson became associated with Elder Stone asco-editor of the Messenger—Continued in that connexion till B. W.Stone removed to Ilinois—They succeed in uniting the Churches inKentucky, whose members had been invidiously called Stoneites andCampbellites—In 1834 B. W. Stone removes to Jacksonville, Ilinois—Effects a union there between those called Christians and Reformers. Sryce the union of the Baptist association, as statedin the last chapter, nothing worthy of particular noteoccurred till the period when Alexander Campbell, of Virginia, appeared, and caused a great excitement on the subject of religion in Kentucky and other states. ‘Some said, He is a good man; but others said, nay; _ for he deceiveth the people.’? When he came into Ken- tucky, I heard him often in public and in private. I was pleased with his manner and matter. I saw no dis- tinctive feature between the doctrine he preached andthat which we had preached for many years, except on
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