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      In the May DISCIPLIANA a selected list of books about Alexander Campbell was printed. This list did not include the many books and pamphlets attacking Campbell which were published during his lifetime and immediately after. An "Anti-Campbellism" bibliography will be published later.

      In this issue Campbell's own writings are given. For convenience these have been divided into three sections: books, pamphlets, and periodicals.

      First editions are listed with later printings indicated. For detailed listing of various editions and printings see An Author Catalog of Disciples of Christ and Related Religious groups, 1946, by Claude E. Spencer, and West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863, 1958, by Delf Norona and Charles Shetler.

      Campbell's writings in periodicals, other than his own, in organizational reports, and in books edited by others, are not listed.

      Acts of the Apostles, Translated From the Greek, On the Basis of the Common English Version, With Notes [by Alexander Campbell] New York, American Bible Union, 1857. iv, 224 p.

      The Campbell Yearbook, Choice Selections for Every Day in the Year, Compiled by W. G. Burleigh; Biographical Sketch by Peter Ainslie. [Portsmouth, Va., Compiler, 1909] 136 p. front (port.)

      Christian Baptism: With its Antecedents and Consequents. Bethany, Va., Printed and Published by Alexander Campbell, 1851. 444 p.
      Two different printings were made in 1851. It has been reprinted many times by various publishers; currently by the Gospel Advocate Co., Nashville, Tenn.

      The Christian Hymn Book, see Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs.

      The Christian Preacher's Companion; or, the Gospel Facts Sustained by the Testimony of Unbelieving Jews and Pagans. Bethany, Va., [Printed and Published by M'Vay & Ewing] MDCCCXXXVI. [156] p.
      Also published by A. Campbell, Bethany, Va., 1844, 352 p., under the title: Infidelity Refuted by Infidels; or, the Gospel Proved by the Testimony of Unbelieving Jews and Pagans; and reprinted several times by various publishers.

      The Christian System, in Reference to the Union of Christians, and a Restoration of Primitive Christianity, as Plead in the Current Reformation. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell; Pittsburg. Published by Forrester & Campbell, 1839. 368, iv p.
      For the first edition of this work see A Connected View of the Principles . . .; reprinted many times by various publishers; currently by the Gospel Advocate, Nashville, Tenn.

      A Connected View of the Principles and Rules by Which the Living Oracles May Be Intelligibly and Certainly Interpreted. . . . Bethany, Va., Printed and Published by M'Vay and Ewing, 1835. 404, iv p.
      Cover title: Christianity Restored
      The first edition of The Christian System; Campbell repudiated the cover title as being a binder's error; photolithoprint in 1959 by the Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif.

      A Discussion of the Doctrine of Endless Misery and Universal Salvation, in an Epistolary Correspondence Between Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Va., and Dolphus Skinner, of Utica, N. Y. Utica, C. C. P. Grosh, Printer, 1840. vi, 7-436 p.

      A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action, Subject, Design and Administrator of Christian Baptism . . . Held in Lexington, Ky., From the Fifteenth of November to the Second of December, 1843. . . . Lexington, A. T. Skillman & Son; Cincinnati, Wright & Swormstedt, J. A. James; Louisville, D. S. Burnet; New York, R. Carter; Pittsburg, Thomas Carter, 1844. [2] 11-912 p.
      Reprinted many times by various publishers; photolithoprint, Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif., 1956.

      A Debate on Christian Baptism, Between the Rev. W. L. MacCalla, a Presbyterian Preacher and Alexander Campbell, Held at Washington, Ky. Commencing on the 15th and Terminating on the 21st Oct. 1823. . . . Buffaloe, [Va.], Campbell and Sala, 1824. 420 p.
      Reprinted many times by various publishers; photolithoprint issued in 1948 by the Old Paths Book Club.

      Debate on Christian Baptism Between Mr. John Walker, a Minister of the Secession and Alexander Campbell, held at Mount-Pleasant on the 19th and 20th June, 1820 . . . Second Edition Enlarged. . . . Pittsburg, Published by Eichbaum and Johnston, 1822. [5], 292 p.
      For the first edition see Infant Sprinkling.
      Two photolithoprint editions have been issued; Religious Book Service, Indianapolis, Ind., and Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif.

      Debate on the Evidences of Christianity . . . Held in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, From the 13th to the 21st of April, 1829; Between Robert Owen, of New Lanark, Scotland, and Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Va. . . . Bethany, Va., Printed and Published by Alexander Campbell, 1829. 2 Vols. in one; Vol. I, 251 p.; Vol. II, 301, [2] p.
      Reprinted many times by various publishers; photolithoprint, Gospel Advocate Co., Nashville, Tenn., 1957.

      A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion; Held in the Sycamore Street Meeting House, Cincinnati; From the 13th to the 21st of January, 1837; Between Alexander Campbell and the Rt. Rev. John B. Purcell. . . . Cincinnati, Stereotyped and Published by J. A. James & Co., 1837. viii, 9-359, [1] p.
      Reprinted many times by various publishers.

      Essays and a Dialogue on the Work of the Holy Spirit in the Salvation of Men. Brockport, N. Y., J. M. Yearnshaw, 1834? 70 p.
      Reprinted from the Christian Baptist, various issues of Vol. 2 and from the Millennial Harbinger, Vol. 2.

      Familiar Lectures on the Pentateuch; Delivered Before the Morning Class of Bethany College, During the Session of 1859-1860; Also Short Extracts From His Sermons During the Same Session . .  ed. With an Introduction and Occasional Notes by W. T. Moore. Cincinnati, H.S. Bosworth, 1867. 379 p., front. (port.)
      Reprinted many times by various publishers; photolithoprint in 1958 by the Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif.

      Infant Sprinkling Proved to be a Human Tradition; Being the Substance of a Debate on Christian Baptism Between Mr. John Walker, a Minister of the Secession and Alexander Campbell, V. D. M., a Regular Baptist Minister, Held at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 19th and 20th June 1820. Steubenville, O., Printed by James Wilson, 1820. [4], 216 p.
      For the second edition, see Debate on Christian Baptism.

      Infidelity Refuted by Infidels see The Christian Preacher's Companion.

      Lawrence Greatrake's Calumnies Repell'd. Buffaloe, Brooke Co., Va., Published by A. Campbell, 1825. 60 p.

      Letters to a Skeptic. Cincinnati, H. S. Bosworth, 1859. 57 p.
      Reprinted from various issues of the Christian Baptist, Vol. 4; may have been reprinted as a separate by Campbell in 1826; at least one reprint was made by the Christian Publishing Co., n.d.

      The Living Oracles see The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ.

      Memoirs of Elder Thomas Campbell Together With a Brief Memoir of Mrs. Jane Campbell. Cincinnati, H. S. Bosworth, 1861. 319 p. front (port.)
      Reprinted in 1871; photolithoprint in 1954 by the Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif.

      Popular Lectures and Addresses. Philadelphia, James Challen & Son, 1863. 647 p. front. (port.)
      Reprinted many times by various publishers; photolithoprint in 1954 by the Harbinger Book Club, Nashville, Tenn.

      Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Bethany, Va., A. Campbell, 1828. 192 p.
      Four printings were made of the original hymn book.

      Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, Compiled by A. Campbell, W. Scott, B. W. Stone, and J. T. Johnson; Adapted to the Christian Religion. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1834. 247, [9] p.
      Many printings were made of this revision, the second.

      Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, Compiled by A. Campbell, W. Scott, B. W. Stone, and J. T. Johnson; Adapted to the Christian Religion. Bethany, Va., Printed and Published by A. Campbell, 1843. 256, 192 p.
      Cover title: The Christian Hymnbook
      Many printings were made of this revision, the third.

      Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Compiled by A. Campbell, W. Scott, B. W. Stone, and J. T. Johnson, Elders of the Christian Church. With Numerous and Various Additions and Emendations. Adapted to Personal, Family and Church Worship by Alexander Campbell. Bethany, Va., Printed and Published by A. Campbell, 1851. 511 p.
      Cover title: The Christian Hymn Book
      Many printings were made of this revision, the fourth.

      The Christian Hymn Book: a Compilation of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others. Revised and Enlarged by a Committee. Cincinnati, H. S. Bosworth, 1865. 828 p.
      Many printings were made of three different type size of this revision, the fifth and the last to carry Alexander Campbell's name on the title page.

      The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled the New Testament. Translated From the Original Greek, by George Campbell, James Macknight, and Philip Doddridge, Doctors of the Church of Scotland. With Prefaces to the Historical and Epistolary Books; and an Appendix, Containing Critical Notes and Various Translations of Difficult Passages. Buffaloe, Brooke county, Virginia, Printed and Published by Alexr. Campbell, 1826. 478 [1], xlvii p.
      Cover title of some printings: The Living Oracles
      Reprinted several times with revisions by Campbell; reprinted many times by various publishers, including Welsh Language editions; photolithoprint by the Harbinger Book Club, Nashville, Tenn., 1951.

      Strictures on Three Letters Respecting the Debate at Mount Pleasant [Ohio]; Published in the Presbyterian Magazine in 1821: Signed Samuel Ralston. Pittsburg, Eichbaum and Johnston, 1822. 76 p.

      The Writings of Alexander Campbell, Selections Chiefly From the Millennial Harbinger, by W. A. Morris. Austin, Tex., Eugene Von Broeckman, Printer, 1896. xvi, 621 p. front. (port.)

      Address Delivered at New Athens College to the Students of That Institution by Special Request of Students and Faculty, at Annual Commencement. Published by the Students, 1838.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, November, 1838.

      An Address Delivered Before the Charlottesville [Va.] Lyceum, on the 16th of June, 4840 [sic]. Published at the Request of the Lyceum. 22 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, August, 1841; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      An Address Delivered to the Members of the Jefferson Literary Society of Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, September 25, 1838. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1838. 23 p.

      An Address Delivered to the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati; on the Anglo-Saxon Language, its Origin, Character and Destiny, Dec. 11, 1849. . . . Bethany, Va., 1850. 34 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, May, 1850; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863; original manuscript in the archives of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society.

      An Address on Capital Punishment, Delivered to the Washington Literary Institute, on the Evening of March 2d, 1846, Published by Request. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1846. 34 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, March, 1846; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      An Address on Demonology, Delivered Before the Popular Lecture Club, Nashville, Tenn., March 10, 1841.
      No copy known of the first edition; printed in The Millennial Harbinger, October, 1841; reprinted by Charles G. Berry, 1851; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      An Address on the Amelioration of the Social State, Delivered . . . Louisville. Louisville, Prentice and Weissinger, 1839. 31 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, July, 1840; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      An Address on War; Delivered Before the Wheeling Lyceum, May 11th, 1848. [Bethany, Va.? Printed by A. Campbell?, 1848?]. 24 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, July, 1848; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863; reprinted in the Congressional Record November 22, 1937, and issued as a 19 page separate.

      An Address to the Members of the Union Literary Society, of Miami University, Ohio. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1844. 23 p. Caption title: Responsibilities of Men of Genius. . . .
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, December, 1844; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      Alexander Campbell on the Book of Mormon, see Mormonism . . .

      Baccalaureate Address, Delivered to Ten Graduates at Bethany College, July 4th, 1845. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1845, 12 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, July, 1845.

      Breaking the Loaf see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 2.

      Character of "The Debate on Campbellism," see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 5.

      A Circular Letter Written by Mr. Alexander Campbell at the Request of the Redstone Baptist Association to the Churches in Their Connexion . . . September 4, 1817. [n. p.] 1817.
      Reprinted as Views of Mr. Alexander Campbell. Concerning the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation. Fulton, Mo., T. L. Stephens, 1856, 22 p.

      Delusions see Mormonism. . . .

      Education see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 9.

      Extra Defended; Being an Examination of Mr. A. Broadus "Extra Examined" see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 3.

      Facts and Documents Confirmatory of the Credibility of the Debate on Baptism, Between W. L. M'Calla and Alexander Campbell, Being a Full Exposition of a "Unitarian Baptist" Created and Made by the Rev. W. L. M'Calla. Bethany, Brooke Co., Va. [A. Campbell], 1828. 24 p.

      Kingdom of Heaven see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 7.

      Life and Death. Cincinnati, H. S. Bosworth, 1860. 96 p.
      Reprint of an "Extra" of The Millennial Harbinger, unnumbered but dated December, 1844; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863; reprinted various times under various imprints.

      Life and Death see also Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 12.

      Lecture on Slavery, Delivered Within the Waterloo Room, Edinburgh, on Friday, August 13, 1847. Edinburgh, R. M. Walker, [1847]. 16 p.
      Reprinted from the Edinburgh Journal, 18th August, 1847.

      The Lunenburg Letter With Attendant Comments. Nashville, Tenn., Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1953. [16] p. (Footnotes to Disciple History, no. 2)
      Reprinted from The Millennial Harbinger, September, November and December, 1837.

      The Memorable Sermon on the Law see The Substance of a Sermon. . . .

      Mormonism. The Book of Mormon Reviewed, and its Divine Pretensions Exposed. Delusions. Bethany, Va., [Printed by A. Campbell?, 1831?] 12 p.
      Probably reprinted from The Millennial Harbinger of February 7, 1831; reprints have been made under the title Delusions, 1832 and 1925, and Alexander Campbell on the Book of Mormon, 1902?

      On Moral Societies. [New York], The International Religious Liberty Association, 1898. 24 p. (Religious Liberty Library, No. 53, extra, May, 1898.)
      "The Candidus Papers," reprinted from the Washington, Pa., Reporter, 1820.

      Order see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 9.

      Order of Worship, Compiled by C. M. Stubblefield. Cincinnati, F. L. Rowe, 1915. 31 p.
      Reprinted from Vol. 2 of the Christian Baptist.

      The Philosophy of Memory and of Commemorative Institutions: an Address, Delivered by Request to the "Union Literary Society," of Washington College, November 10th, 1841. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1841. 23 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, December, 1841; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      The Rank and Dignity of Man; an Address Delivered to the Students of Florence Academy, Washington County, Pennsylvania (at their request) Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1838. 23 p.
      Printed in The Millennial Harbinger, December, 1838.

      Regeneration see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 6.

      Remission of Sins. [Titusville, Pa., H. R. Press, 1949] 108 p.
      Reprint of an "Extra" of The Millennial Harbinger, dated July 5, 1830.

      Remission of Sins see also Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 1.

      Report of the Proceedings of a General Meeting of Messengers, From Thirteen Congregations, Held in Wellsburg, Va., On Saturday, the 12th of April, 1834, J. T. M'Vay and A. Campbell. [Bethany, Va.?, A. Campbell?, 1834?] 12 p.
      Reprinted, 1957, by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Nashville, Tenn., as Footnotes to Disciple History, no. 5.

      A Review of a Review of Something Called "Campbellism" see Periodicals--The Millennial Harbinger Extra, no. 11.

      Schism; its Bane and Antidote, or the True Foundation of Christian Union. London, Simpkin & Co.; Nottingham, R. Groombridge and T. Kirk, 1840. 30 p.
      A second edition was published in London, 1846, under the title: The True Foundation of Christian Union: Shewing the Practicability of the Union and Communion of All God's People.

      Sermon on the Law see The Substance of a Sermon.

      The Substance of a Sermon Delivered Before the Redstone Baptist Association, Met on Cross Creek, Brooke County, Va., on the First of September 1816. . . . Steubenville, O., James Wilcox, 1816. 35 p.
      Reprinted under the title: The Memorable Sermon on the Law, St. Louis, Christian Publishing Co., 1889. 51 p.; reprinted in Historical Documents Advocating Christian Union, ed. by A. C. Young, Chicago, 1904.

      Supernatural Facts: an Address Delivered to the Maysville Lyceum, March 25th, 1839. Published by Request of the Institution. Bethany, Va., Printed by A. Campbell, 1839. 24p.
      Reprinted from The Millennial Harbinger, June, 1839; reprinted in his Popular Lectures and Addresses, 1863.

      A Tract for the People of Kentucky. [Louisville, Courier Office, 1849?] 8 p.

      The True Foundation of Christian Union see Schism; its Bane and Antidote.

      Views of Mr. Alexander Campbell Concerning the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation see A Circular Letter.

      The Christian Baptist, Buffaloe Creek and Bethany, Va., published monthly from August, 1823 through July, 1830. 7 Vols., with A. Campbell as the editor.
      Early issues were reprinted by Campbell; reprinted [not a photolithoprint] by the Gospel Advocate Co., Nashville, Tenn., 1955-1956.

      The Christian Baptist, edited by Alexander Campbell, revised by D. S. Burnet, from the Second Edition, With Mr. Campbell's Last Corrections, Seven Volumes in One. Cincinnati, Published by D. S. Burnet, 1835. vi [2], 670 p.
      Reprinted many times by different publishers.

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      The MillennIal Harbinger, Bethany, Va., published monthly from January, 1830 through 1863, 34 vols., with A. Campbell as the editor. The periodical continued through 1870 with W. K. Pendleton as editor, 7 vols.
      Photolithoprints of the first ten years have been issued by the Harbinger Book Club, Nashville, Tenn., and the Old Paths Book Club, Rosemead, Calif.

      The Millennial Harbinger Abridged, by Benjamin Lyon Smith, Introduction by Charles Louis Loos. Cincinnati, Standard Publishing Co., 1902. 2 vols., 588, 690 p. "Includes index to the forty [sic] volumes of The Millennial Harbinger," and of The Millennial Harbinger Abridged.

[Discipliana 20 (September 1960): 46-50, 55; (January 1961): 81, 87.]

      Claude E. Spencer's "Alexander Campbell, 1788-1866 . . . His Writings" was first published in Discipliana, Vol. 20, No. 4., September 1960 (pp. 46-50, 55) and No. 6, January 1961 (pp. 81, 87). Thanks to Peter M. Morgan, President of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, for permission to reprint this bibliography as an electronic text at the Restoration Movement site. Thanks to Elaine Philpott for providing a copy of the printed text, from which the electronic text has been produced.

      I have let stand variations and inconsistencies in the author's (or editor's) use of italics, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in the bibliography. Emendations are as follows:

            Printed Text [ Electronic Text
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 p. 47:     Broekport, N. Y., [ Brockport, N. Y.,
 p. 48:     xiviii p. [ xlviii p.
            The Living Oracle [ The Living Oracles
 

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 21 September 1998.
Updated 5 July 2003.