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Last Updated on :Thursday, November 20, 2014

 

 

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Contents


 

 
Preface

 
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THE year 1848 was a landmark in European history. It was also an important year for thousands of people who have rejoiced in an understanding of God's Word. In that year Dr. Thomas visited England to lecture on the purpose of God revealed in the Scriptures, and to set forth the light that Bible prophecy shed on the events then current, events which disturbed and alarmed many people. Dr. Thomas's stay extended throughout the year 1849.

The Committee of the Christadelphian Publishing Office thought appropriate recognition of the centenary of this visit to Britain could be made by publishing a selection of the writings of Dr. Thomas which appeared in the magazines he edited. It was also decided to include a short introduction giving a brief outline of the life of Dr. Thomas, and of the revival of the witnessing to Gospel Truth, with an assessment of his work. The undersigned was commissioned to prepare the Introduction and select suitable articles. The order of the articles as printed is not the order in which they were written. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 belong to an early period. The writing of chapter 12, as explained in the Introduction, led Dr. Thomas to recognize that his immersion by Walter Scott was not the One Baptism of Scripture; chapter 28 is the Declaration of what he had found to be Bible Truth after many years of earnest reading of the Scriptures.

May, 1949. JOHN CARTER

 


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