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~~ .rv. >a7James & Co., Stereotypers, Cincinnati.Henry, Barnard & Co.’s Steam Press,¢$ i3. &7:* ., — mes :[ rh al ile ery author of the following work, was induced to. under- ar it, by the urgent solicitations of the relatives and friends of Elder Stone. | Deeply sensible of his incompetency for sogreat a work, nothing but deference for the opinion hisfriends, _ and a sense of duty to his venerated Father in thegospel, “could have disposed him to attempt it. Such as it is,it is now with great diffidence, offered to the public. Thewriter is fully aware of its many imperfections both in styleand arrangement. Some of these, at least, might. have been cor-rected, had he lived nearer the panier, and had had more timeto bestow upon the work. For these imperfections, under the cireumstances, his friends,and the candid reader, will make due allowance. But from thewhole tribe of snarling critics he neither hopes, nor fears anything. If they shall show him his errors, he will endeavor tocorrect them. He aspires only to be a follower of Jesus—adoer of good, that he may hear the plaudit of his Master at last;‘Well done, good and faithful servant.” As to the sources whence he has derived his facts and docu-ments, they are of the most unquestionable character; as theyhave been collected from authentic writings, or living wit-nesses. ‘The writer believes that B. W. Stone, the much abusedand persecuted B. W. Stone, was one of the greatest, and mostconsistent Reformers, that has appeared in any age since the _ Apostacy—And that his name will gather new accessions of glory, as time rolls on. That for his successful, and ‘con- ili ee ; , PREFACE. “eo , sistent advocacy of the Bible, as the only rule ofifaith sth - apraetice,; and the only foundation of Christian Union ;—for his -unflinching adherence to» this great principle, amidst poverty,and disgrace,—the most bitter and unrel ting persecutions fromthe powerful sects ofthe day—and the altering and desertionof his own friends,—he deserves, and will receive the admi-ration of posterity. The history of B. W. Stone, will be re-written at a future day, when time shall have extinguished the |prejudices that partyism has excited against him; and whol,the Christian world will be disposed to award to him that po-sition as a Reformer, and Christian, to which he is so justly en-titled. The present writer hopes he has done something in theway of preparing materials for such a work. ‘That his humbleeffort may be acceptable to his brethren, and promotive ofthe cause of truth, and righteousness—that it may tend to pro-mote the union of christians, and the salvation of sinners, thegreat ends of the life and labors of the pious Stone, is thesincere and fervent prayer of the writer. Amen. ‘Carlisle, Ky. Oct 3, 1846. CONTENTS.‘Misr* RART SECOND. :CHAPTER T. %G OF, CHARACTER OF BARTON w. STONE. ™ f dPaGE.His character —as a Bicbintl- “Yates Weichbon— He was just—_ ~. — ee sialic AE" 5 peace’. *. . Le ge = ee _CHAPTER IL. |CHARACTER OF B. W. STONE---CONTINUED. *He was given to hospitality — Was respected by all who knew : him—Loved by many of his religious opponents—Good moralcharacter, awarded him by all—Instances—He was grave and dig-nified in all his deportment, whether in.the pulpit or out of it. . 260 CHAPTER IILPt CHARACTER OF B. W. STONE--CONTINUED, 3His candor and honesty in matters of religion—His humility and Zz |modesty—Strong personal attachments— Was greatly devoted to his *family— Was supremely devoted to the interests of the Church and .Salwalon.of SINMCTS. spiel ole ee) oe ns nee elt oe eetCHAPTER IV. i. aCHARACTER OF B. W. STONE—CONTINUED. Rs . The piety and benevolence of Barton W. Stone, as illustrated in’ ©his position and practice in reference to the question of Slavery—He was a man of great independence of mind—Of great firmness _ .and decision of character— Was unaspiring—Superior to envy andjealousy—His position and character asa ee we -" ‘. ef ae 7aCHAPTER V." tsA brief history of the Union which took place, in in Ky. in 1832 between B. W. Stone, and those associated with him, and those asso-ciated with A. Campbell (7 tie he eee ee carPreliminary ag ions- story of the exercises, or bodily yagi Etions under te ated Wesley, Whitefield, Edwards, Buel out at: , irg in ‘i Those strange affections coun- Potenanced and encouraged by Wesley, ‘Erskine, Watson, White-field, Edwards—Professor Hodge regards them as the ne :natural causes, and not the result of any divine influenc a . 72agreat majority of cases they affect the ignorant and imaginative— |Are infectious—Proved by various or we no evidence ofthe divine favor—It can never be sho they arise from gene m = lL le rl lh CU* . - uine christian feeling—No such results Apostles’ ,preaching—The cases referred to by their apologists not in point —The testimony of Scripture directly against them—Examples—exercises not the offspring of any thing peculiar to any ‘om of Calvinism or Arminianism—Therefore cannot be plead- ed in proof of any thing peculiar to any of them—Mr. Wesley re- garded them as a sort of miraculous attestations of the truth opreaching—Instances—Genuine Christians and even thesometimes have been subject to them—Yet generally they affect theignorant nervous— Where these exercises have been encour-aged, they have greatly prevailed—Where opposed, they have not—The case of the Pentecostians peculiar—No justification of suchirregularities—They promote fanaticism, censoriousness, &c., ex-emplified in various cases—These extravagances in religion may betraced to the operation of false notions of the means of enjoying — -pardon upon persons of nervous temperaments—John L. 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