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Excerpt from The Millennial Harbinger Abridged, Vol. 1 Alexander Campbell began his editorial work with the Christian Baptist. The first number of this magazine was dated July 4, 1823, Mr. Campbell being then in his thirty-fifth year. The Christian Baptist was devoted to the work of criticism of the sins and mistakes of denominationalism. After continuing the publication of the Christian Baptist several years, Mr. Campbell realized the need of constructive work, and he discontinued the publication of the Christian Baptist, and on Jan. 1, 1830, he gave tho world the first number of the Millennial Harbinger, a monthly magazine, published from Bethany, Va., now West Virginia. One of the reasons of the change of name was that he feared his brethren would be called Christian Baptists, a name which was being given them. One reason for tho selection of the name Millennial Harbinger was the profound influence the doctrine of the second coming of Christ was having over all religious minds at that time. Mr. Campbell planned to give large attention to this subject, and hence called the new magazine the Millennial Harbinger. The gifted Robert Richardson, and in later years Robert Milligan and W. K. Pendleton, were called to his assistance in the editorial work. Mr. Campbell continued as editor until 1863, when ho sold the Harbinger to W. K. Pendleton, who, with Charles Louis Loos as assistant editor, continued its publication until 1870. The Harbinger was a storehouse of the best constructive thought of tho leaders of the Reformation. There have already been republished several volumes from this great magazine of truth: viz.: "The Christian System;" "The Debate on Universalism: " "Christian Baptism;" "Debate on Spiritualism;" "Christian Preacher's Companion;" "Popular Lectures and Addresses;" "Acts of Apostles," by A. Campbell; and "The Work of the Holy Spirit." and "Communings in the Sanctuary," by R. Richardson. The matters contained in these publications have been largely omitted from this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.