ALEXANDER RUSSELL MAIN (1876-1945)

I. Separation Publications: First Principles: Studies in Bible Truth. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Co., [1911]. Baptism: Our Lord's Command. Containing a Reply to "The Question of Baptism" by Mr. A. Madsen, Methodist Minister. Melbourne: Austral Publishing Co., 1913. Reconstruction: An Address. Melbourne: Conference of Churches of Christ in Victoria, 1917. Why I Belong to the Church of Christ. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Company, [1924] Messages from the Word: Studies in Ambiguous Texts. Foreword by T. H. Scambler. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Company, 1928. The Centrality of Jesus and the Unity of Christians. Brisbane: Queensland Conference of the Churches of Christ, [ca. 1939]. Towards the Unity of God's People: An Address Delivered . . . at a Joint Meeting of Ministers of Baptist Churches and Churches of Christ Held in Central Baptist Church, Sydney, on Tuesday, December 3, 1942. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Company, 1942. II. Contributions to Books: Appreciation of A. B. Maston. Life of A. B. Maston by G. P. Pittman. Melbourne: Austral Publishing Company, 1909. Pp. 99-100. First published in the Australian Christian, 12 September 1907. Appreciation of T. J. Gore. Thomas Jefferson Gore by Amy Santo Gore. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Company, 1926. Pp. 69-70. "Foreword." Heralds of Christian Unity: Being Brief Biographical Sketches of Some Pioneers of the Restoration Movement by Thomas Hagger. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Company, 1938. P. iii. "The Permanence of Our Witness." The Witness of Churches of Christ to the Christian Message. Melbourne: Austral Printing and Publishing Co., [1940]. Pp. 13-19. "Churches of Christ in Queensland." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 389-390. Reprinted from A. B. Maston, ed., Jubilee Pictorial History of Churches of Christ in Australasia, 1903, pp. 103-108. "The Evolution of the Religious Reformation: Some Reviews." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 417-420. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1903, pp. 598-599. "'Thy God Reigneth.'" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 456. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1914, p. 699. "The War as It Affects Us." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 456-457. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1915, p. 288. "The Referendum." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 457. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, p. 623. "Questions of the Hour." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 457-458. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, p. 595. "Reconstruction." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 458-460. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, pp. 229-230. "After Three Years." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 460-461. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, pp. 451-452. "A Message for the Times." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 461. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, pp. 679-680. "'Strength of Empire.'" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 462. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1918, p. 315. "Destructive Criticism and Preacher Training." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 463. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, p 261. "The Kind of Men We Need." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 463. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 531. "Honoring God in Our Colleges." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 463. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1920, p. 103. On Preacher Training. No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 464. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, p. 176. "Scripture Quotation and Misquotation." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 464. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 619. "Getting the Sense of Scripture." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 464. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1923, pp. 633. "Light Breaking from the Word." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 465. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1925, p. 353. "On Parodying the Scriptures." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 465. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1929, pp. 321-322. "Contradictions--Imaginary or Real." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 465. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1938, pp. 673-674. "Remarks." (Response to article by A. C. Garnett.) No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 465-467. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1925, pp, 735, 738. "The Self-Consciousness of Jesus." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 467-468. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1918, p. 491. "The Battle within the Churches." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 468. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1923, pp. 697-698. "Conservative and Liberal Should Work Together: Where We Stand." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 468. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1924, pp. 145. "Does Distinctive Preaching Retard Work?" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 468. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1936, pp. 321-322. "The Permanence of Our Witness." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman.[Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 469-471. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1940, pp. 669-670. "What Are the Fundamentals?" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 471-472. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1923, pp. 65-66. "Hymns and a Catholic Spirit." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 472. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1924, pp. 453-454. "What Is Involved in Christian Union?" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 472-473. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1928, pp. 485-486. "'Aspects of 'Our Plea.'" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 473. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 447. "Things That Are Shaken." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 473. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, p. 129. "Resting on the Logic of the Plea." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 473-474. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, p. 275. "Witnessing for Truth, or against Error?" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 474. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1924, p. 633. "Bible Things in Bible Words." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 474. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1926, pp. 321-322. "The Danger of a Mechanical Conception of Salvation." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 474-475. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1930, pp. 609-610. "The Faith of Christ Abides and Satisfies." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 475. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1937, pp. 289-290. "Churches of Christ and Proselytism." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 475. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1923, p. 81. "On Winning Men to Christ." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 475-476. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1929, p. 469. "Baptism and Forgiveness." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 476-477. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 119. "'R. J. Campbell's 'Spiritual Progress.'" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 478-479. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, pp. 409. "A Suggested Basis of Union." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 480-481. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1915, pp. 441-442. "Church Union and Disunion." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 482. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1918, p. 533. "Proposed World Conference." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 482. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 605. "Better than the League of Nations?" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 482-483. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1927, pp. 485-486. "Seeking Union with the Pope of Rome." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 483. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 159. "Re-union with Rome." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 483-484. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1924, pp. 17-18. "Protestants Seek to Safeguard Our Heritage." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 484. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1937, p. 480. "Mutual Edification." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 484-485. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1918, p. 228. "Churches and Preachers." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 485. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1917, pp. 50-51. "Question Mark Preaching." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 485-486. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1931, p. 97. "The Preacher: The Message and the Man." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 486. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1931, p. 97. "The 'Progressive Decadence' of Public Entertainment." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 488-489. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, p. 745. "A Campaign against Pernicious Literature." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 489-490. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1928, p. 405. "An Inquiry about Dancing." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 490. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1927, p. 453. "Men and the Church." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 492-493. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1918, pp. 73-74. "Christianising Industrial Relationships." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 493. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 201. "The College and Its Future: A Statement and a Plea." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 495. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1913, pp. 621. "A Personal Message from the Editor." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 495-496. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1914, p. 667. "The 'Christian' Attains Its Majority." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 497-498. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1919, p. 1. "The College Faces a Crisis." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 518-519. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1931, pp. 243-244. "Preaching and Financial Problems." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 520. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1932, p. 337. "To the Churches: A Plea for Our Preachers." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 520-521. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1934, pp. 433-434. "The World Situation: An Argument for Missionary Zeal." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 524. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1933, pp. 721. "'Roman Catholic Head of Protestant Church.'" No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 524-525. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1934, pp. 609-610. "War Has Come Again." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 526-528. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1939, pp. 561-562. "One Year of War." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 528-529. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1939, pp. 561-562. "Drift from the Churches." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 531-532. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1940, p. 129. "Question Mark Preaching." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 548-549. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1931, pp. 97-98. "Message from the First Principal." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. P. 551. Reprinted from Christian Messenger (N.S.W.), September 10, 1941, p. 1. "The Problem of the Aborigine in Australia." No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 557-561. Reprinted from The Shane Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 3, July 1940, pp. 210-221. III. Works About A. R. Main: "Principal Alexander Russell Main, M. A., D. D., 1876-1945" by Wilkie J. Thomson. Digest of the Australian Churches of Christ Historical Society. No. 24. October 1968. "Our College Principal" by R. Lyall. No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 496-497. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1916, p. 555. "A Defender of the Faith: Being a Tribute to the Life and Work of A. R. Main, M.A., D.D." (Unsigned.) No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 498-499. Reprinted from Australian Christian, 1945, pp. 505-506. "Principal Alexander Russell Main, M.A., D.D., 1876-1945" by Wilkie J. Thomson. No Other Foundation: A Documentary History of Churches of Christ in Australia: 1846-1990, ed. Graeme Chapman. [Mulgrave, Victoria: Privately published, 1993]. Pp. 500-511. Reprinted from Digest of the Australian Churches of Christ Historical Society, Oct., 1968; Jan., 1969; July, 1969; March, 1970; June, 1970; Jan., 1971; Nov., 1971; March 1972.

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