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Abbott-Abbott – Illustrated New Testament.cmt.twm

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Lyman Abbot born 1835 died 1922 wikipedia.org

John and Jacob Abbott were prolific authors of the 19th century. In 1878, they published an illustrated New Testament along with commentary including 50 or so illustrations. It was also later known as The Pictorial New Testament.

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    Brown The Devil's Mission of Amusement     7 page article from 1889. Hollywood in the church and her ministries. Brown was a student of C.H Spurgeon.
    Excerpts:
    Different days demand their own special testimony. The watchman who would be faithful to his Lord and to the city of his God needs to carefully note the signs of the times and to emphasize his witness accordingly. Concerning the testimony needed now, there can be little if any doubt. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, that is so gross, so brazen in its impudence, that the most shortsighted of spiritual men can hardly fail to notice it....  Amusement for the people is the leading article advertised by each... until the hideous fact has been proved up to the hilt, that "amusement" is ousting "the preaching of the Gospel" as the great attraction... The Concert is fast becoming as much a recognized part of church life as the Prayer Meeting; and it is already, in most places, far better attended.

    "Providing recreation for the people" will soon be looked upon as a necessary part of Christian work, and as binding upon the Church of God, as though it were a Divine command, unless some strong voices are raised which will make themselves heard.
    Read the 7-page article: Brown, The Devil's Mission of Amusement.

    Wikipedia.org on Congregationalists

    a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government. Each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

    The Congregationalist Churches are a continuity of the theological tradition upheld by the Puritans.[4]

    Congregationalism is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity that enjoins a church polity in which congregations are self-governing (cf. congregational polity).[2] Through the years, Congregationalists have adopted various confessional statements, including the Savoy Declaration, the Cambridge Platform and the Kansas City Statement of Faith.[8]

    Unlike Presbyterians, Congregationalists practise congregational polity (from which they derive their name), which holds that the members of a local church have the right to decide their church's forms of worship and confessional statements, choose their own officers and administer their own affairs without any outside interference.[9] Congregationalist polity is rooted in a foundational tenet of Congregationalism: the priesthood of all believers.

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    Bullinger Bible Commentary from Companion Bible.

    This is an excellent Brethren commentary on every verse of the Bible with some notes on each book of the Bible. clear here

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