FROM

THE

MILLENNIAL HARBINGER.

Number X.-----Volume VI.

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A. CAMPBELL, EDITOR.

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Bethany, Va. October, 1835.

JACKSONVILLE, Ind. August 18, 1835.      

      YOU do not like long letters; nor do I, unless very interesting. Every thing flourishes here but religion--this is very sickly, and almost sick unto death. "Like people, like priest." The preachers have almost left the field and only preach when it suits their convenience. I can say with Paul, though old, I labor more abundantly than all. I have baptized and received for baptism about 10 in eight or ten days, not in Jacksonville. In this place I hardly ever speak. What think you of the plan now proposed of the general union of christians? The paper is published in Marysville, Tenn. by Episcopalians and Presbyterians. I should be glad to know your thoughts on the subject.

B. W. STONE.      

[The Millennial Harbinger (October 1835): 477.]

      Barton W. Stone's "Extract from a Letter" was first published in The Millennial Harbinger, Vol. 6, No. 10, October 1835. The electronic version of the letter has been produced from the College Press reprint (1976) of The Millennial Harbinger, ed. Alexander Campbell (Bethany, VA: A. Campbell, 1835), p. 477.

      Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. I have let stand variations and inconsistencies in the author's (or editor's) use of italics, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in the letter.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

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