We would like to announce our newest title – Alexander Campbell and Thomas Jefferson: A Comparative Study of Two Old Virginians by Leroy Garrett – is now available.
Alexander Campbell and Thomas Jefferson were two revolutionary thinkers whose ideas helped launch a movement – one in the realm of religion, the other in the realm of politics. Campbell’s message of restoration helped lead believers back to the Bible. Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence helped give birth to a new nation.
Both men hailed from Virginia. Their lives, philosophies, and missions shared many similarities. This material examines these two old Virginians for lessons that are enlightening even for our generation today.
This edition also includes some thoughts from Alexander Campbell on natural rights which he wrote in the Christian Baptist.
Jacob Creath, Jr. (1799-1886) played an important role in the first part of the Restoration Movement in the 19th century. Though his name is not as well-known as men like Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, and “Raccoon” John Smith, Creath labored alongside of these men in trying to point people back to the Bible. He spent much of his life laboring in Missouri while also traveling to other states to preach and was the first to preach “the primitive gospel” in St. Paul, Minnesota.
David Purviance (1766-1847) was a preacher, statesman, abolitionist, and an early figure of the Restoration Movement. He was a contemporary of Barton W. Stone and one of the witnesses of “The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery.” In addition to a biography of this largely-forgotten man, this volume contains memoirs written by himself and various biographical and historical sketches of people and events connected to him.