The 8th volume of the Christian Messenger destroys the notion that Barton W. Stone was some softy who just wanted to get along (like some pseudo-scholars seem to imply). In this volume, he calls out the lies and misrepresentations of Christians by Baptist (and other denominations) periodicals. He doubles down on his criticisms of Thomas Campbell's views on Jesus' death. And he answers other readers who oppose the union of "Christians" and "Reformers" (i.e., working with Alexander Campbell and those associated with him). Not to be outdone, co-Editor John T. Johnson calls out Baptist lies about his one and only public debate, and a back-and-forth between the combatants lays out both sides. Add to this articles (including a series on when Revelation was written) and reports from Jacob Creath Jr., Walter Scott, Raccoon John Smith, David S. Burnett, John Rogers, Levi Purviance (who apologized for declaring a preacher dead in Vol. 7), and others, and you have another great volume of this classic journal! This new edition has been enlarged (bigger pages, bigger font) and reformatted (in other words, it isn't a photocopy reproduction like all the ones before) to give your eyes a much better reading experience. Researchers can rejoice because this edition follows the same pagination as the original, making it easy to use as a source in research papers and articles. Many people have worked together, putting in a combined hundred-plus hours of work to bring this edition to you. Make sure to check out the other Restoration Movement journals (and other related material) from your friends at Cobb Publishing.
Samuel Johnson's massive two-volume, 2,300 page dictionary was first published on 15 April 1755, nine years after he began writing it. It marked a milestone in the English language: it was the first English dictionary to focus on everyday words, rather than the obscure ones that lexicographers had concocted, and was the first dictionary to enlist the works of Shakespeare and other great writers to illustrate a word's usage. It would be England's definitive dictionary for over 150 years.
In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance, and the historical, intellectual, and cultural uses to which the past was put during the period. Scholars, editors, historians, religious thinkers, linguists, and literary critics of the period all defined themselves in relation to 'the last age' or 'the age of Elizabeth'. This interdisciplinary study will be of interest to cultural as well as literary historians of the eighteenth century.
Lackbrain, oysterwench, wantwit, clotpoll...Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary of 1755 contained some of the ripest insults in the English language and, in this book, Jack Lynch has compiled more than 300 of the curmudgeonly lexicographer's mightiest barbs, along with the definitions that only the master himself could elucidate. Many of these expostulations have long lain dormant. Some have even become close to extinction. Now they are back in all their discomfiting glory, ready to be relished once more.
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