The electronic edition of William Baxter's Life of Elder Walter Scott has been produced from a copy of the printed text held by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society. It was published by Bosworth, Chase and Hall (Cincinnati, OH: 1874). The electronic edition has been produced from text scanned by Colvil Smith and formatted by Ernie Stefanik.

      Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. The running heads of the printed book have been preserved on the Table of Contents page. In the printed text, extended quotations are set in a smaller type; in the electronic text, they are set off as block quotations. Inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and typography have been retained; however, corrections have been offered for misspellings and other accidental corruptions. Emendations are as follows:

            Printed Text [ Electronic Text
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 Chapter II, pp. 41-55.
 p. 50:     Eph. v. 25, 27. [ Eph. v. 25-27.
            Eph. iv. 4, 6. [ Eph. iv. 4-6.
 p. 51:     Titus iii. 3, 6. [ Titus iii. 3-6.

 Chapter III, pp. 56-68:
 p. 57:     interested others, [ interested others.

 Chapter VII, pp. 109-126.
 p. 112:    "Now when they [ 'Now when they
            sins," etc. [ sins,' etc.
 p. 113:    "Oh, this [ 'Oh, this
            will I go." [ will I go.'
            "The Scriptures [ 'The Scriptures
            sins?"-- [ sins?'--
            "Glory [ 'Glory
            sought for." [ sought for.'
 p. 116:    and his teach ings [ and his teachings
 p. 123:    gospel offer,point [ gospel offer point

 Chapter X, pp. 155-167.
 p. 164:    threshhold!" [ threshold!"

 Chapter XI, pp. 168-180.
 p. 176:    Scott"--and, [ Scott--and,
 p. 177:    other or both [ other or both.
            others are helped. [ others are helped."

 Chapter XIII, pp. 194-210.
 p. 198:    than a Bapitst, [ than a Baptist,
            hinderance [ hindrance

 Chapter XIV, pp. 211-231.
 p. 224:    inuendo, [ innuendo,

 Chapter XV, pp. 232-245.
 p. 240:    appetities [ appetites

 Chapter XVIII, pp. 281-293.
 p. 290:    pecularities [ peculiarities

 Chapter XIX, pp. 294-307.
 p. 295:    birth No. 12. [ berth No. 12.

 Chapter XX, pp. 308-322.
 p. 309:    Jamison, [ Jameson,

 Chapter XXI, pp. 323-337.
 p. 326:    of ever one [ of every one
 p. 332:    In company [ "In company
 p. 335:    dilligence [ diligence

 Chapter XXIV, pp. 370-387.
 p. 386:    Pharoah [ Pharaoh

 Chapter XXV, pp. 388-403.
 p. 395:    preach tc [ preach to

 Chapter XXVI, pp. 404-416.
 p. 415:    de clivity, [ declivity,

 Chapter XXVIII, pp. 431-442.
 p. 434:    If I  hought [ If I thought

 Chapter XXIX, pp. 443-450.
 p. 446:    he had labored [ he had labored--
 p. 448:    rhetorical  n his [ rhetorical in his
 

      The extract from Thomas Campbell's letter of 9 April 1828, pp. 158-159 appears in a somewhat different form in A. S. Hayden's Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve, Ohio (Cincinnati, OH: Chase and Hall, 1875), p. 148. The variations between the texts are as follows:

 Baxter / Hayden     Life of Walter Scott [ Early History of Disciples
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 p. 158 / p. 148:    consideration. It is one thing to know concerning
                        the art of fishing--for instance, the rod, the
                        line, the hook, and the bait, too; and quite
                        another thing to handle them dextrously when
                        thrown into the water, so as to make it take. We
                        [ consideration. We
                     have long known the former (the theory), and have
                        spoken [ have spoken
                     correctly concerning  [ correctly concerning
                     gospel, its [ gospel--its
                     of his immediate [ of its immediate
                     salvation; but [ salvation--but
                     direct exhibition [ direct exhibition
                     and application [ and application
                     present for [ present, for
 p. 159:             time upon [ time, upon
                     practically exhibited [ practically exhibited
                     Mr. Scott [ Mr Scott
                     ancient gospel, and [ ancient gospel and
                     young. Will [ young: Will
                     Then come away. [ Then come away, etc., etc.
                     testimony, beg [ testimony--beg
                     consent, give [ consent--give
                     day or night, [ day or night;
                     and upon [ and, upon
                     whole none [ whole, none
 

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Created 3 December 2001.
Updated 28 June 2003.