The Church, the Falling Away, and the Restoration

by J W Shepherd

Overview

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).

While different in context, the challenges facing the church are essentially the same today as they have always been.

The Church, the Falling Away, and the Restoration by J. W. Shepherd (1851-1948) was first published in 1929. Each of the divisions of the book provides an in-depth study. The section on "The Church" looks at such timely topics as membership, fellowship, worship, baptism, organization and names. "The Falling Away" studies heresies, historical figures and historical events as they altered the faithfulness of the church. "The Restoration" examines the various influences from the European Reformation through the 19th century American Restoration that contributed to the church as it exists today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892255047
Publisher:	Gospel Advocate Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Gospel Advocate Classics
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	3
Part 1	The Church
	What Should the Church of the Present Be?	5
	The Church and the Temple	9
	Infant Baptism	16
	Conditions of Membership	25
	Agencies	28
	Conditions	28
	Conditions of Continued Membership	29
	The Worship	32
	The Apostles' Teaching	36
	The Fellowship	38
	Breaking Bread	39
	Prayers	40
	Singing	40
	Polity	42
	The Word of God	42
	Names	43
	Congregational Independence	44
	Elders	45
	Deacons	47
	Evangelists	47
Part 2	The Falling Away
	The Falling Away Predicted	49
	The Falling Away	54
	The Confessional	63
	Indulgences	67
	John Tetzel	69
Part 3	The Reformation in Europe
	John Wyckliffe	74
	Translates the Bible Iinto English	75
	William Tyndale	79
	Erasmus Arrives in England	80
	Tyndale Translates the Bible Into English	82
	Goes to Hamburg	84
	Bishop of London Supplies Money	86
	Betrayed and Murdered	88
	Martin Luther	89
	A Friend Indeed	90
	Becomes a Monk	91
	Makes a Pilgrimage to Rome	94
	Professor of Theology at Wittenburg	96
	The Ninety-five Theses	97
	Debates With John Eck and Burns the Papal Bull	100
	Before the Diet of Worms	103
	Under Imperial Ban	110
	A Change Comes Over Luther	112
	Retains What Is Not Forbidden	115
	Origin of Protestantism	116
	The Reformation in Switzerland	122
	The Reformation in England	126
	Changes Made by Edward VI	129
	"Bloody Mary"	131
	Elizabeth, the Protestant Queen	133
	The Reformation in Scotland	138
	The Independents	138
	Haldane and Aikman	141
	The Scotch Baptists	142
	The Separetists	144
Part 4	The Restoration Movement in America
	Spiritual Unrest in Many Places	148
	Barton W. Stone	153
	Confronted by Many Difficulties	153
	Ordained to the Ministry	157
	Remarkable Meeting at Cane Ridge	160
	"A Time of Distress"	163
	Last Will and Testament	166
	The Witnesses' Address	167
	Practices Modified in Many Particulars	169
	"Shakerism"	170
	The Work Prospers	171
	Thomas Campbell	175
	Conflict With the Seceders	175
	The Declaration and Address	180
	Alexander Campbell	188
	Subject and Act of Baptism Settled	188
	The Redstone Association	195
	A Wider Field	199
	The Campbell-McCalla Discussion	203
	Visits the Kentucky Baptists	207
	John Smith	209
	Soul Struggles	210
	Desires to Preach	213
	Terrible Calamity	215
	Preaches at Crab Orchard	215
	The Christian Baptist	217
	Fetters Cast Off	218
	Resolves to Preach the Simple Gospel	220
	"Ancient Order"--Baptists in Kentucky	224
	Walter Scott	231
	A Sincere Truth Seeker	232
	Turning Point in His Life	235
	Reformers in Other States--John Wright	246
	Herman Christian Dasher	249
	The Christians and Reformers Unite	251