CHAPTER
I
Mabel - Her Father and Mother - Arthur Manly - Dr. Stanly - Series
of meetings -
Mabel
and Arthur Baptized - Mabel's proposed visit to Thornton
II
Journey to Thornton - Mabel's Aunt Norinda Fields, sister to Mabel's mother,
and
her two children, Ethel (married) and Herbert (just decided to preach)
-
Jacob
Fields dead 14 years - Sermon on Grace - Sermon on Holy Spirit - Mabel
uneasy -
Herbert
licensed to preach - Aunt Juda - Christian Experience - Sense of forgiveness
-
Herbert
preaches - Mabel converted - Churches of Christ
III
A dying happy Christian - Doing hard things for Christ's sake - Great mental
struggle
-Mabel joins the Baptists - Resolves to vindicate her course - Arthur grieved
IV
G ossip - Arthur perplexed and jealous -Decides to visit Thornton -
Consults his
mother
and is comforted
V
Mabel returns home - Cool reception - Sharp rebuke - Dr. Stanly coming
to reclaim her
VI
Campbellite church not the church of Christ - Too young - Baptist churches
have
existed thro all ages since Christ
VII
Design of Baptism - Campbellite theory - "Born of water" - Campbellites
teach
none
are saved without immersion - Scriptural subject for baptism - Order of
Repentance
and
Faith - Mr. Morgan and George
VIII
Condition or state of the Penitent Believer -Forgiven - Saved
IX
Believer has eternal life - Not condemned - Baptism not a part of faith
- Justified
X
Believer has the love of God in his heart - Is a child of God - Has a pure
heart -
Summing
up - Sterling spectator comments on the discussion, lauding Mabel - Critics
and
admirers - Jeems and George
XI
Design of Baptism - "Born of water" - and "washing of regeneration" -
Campbellism
shuts door of heaven against the unimmersed - Mr. Wilds converted -
A
r t h u r in courtroom - Jeems and George
XII
Acts 2:38
XIII
Acts 22:16 - I Peter 3:21 - Mark 16:16
XIV
Arthur happy for two best reasons the world affords - He and his mother
rejoice
together
- They plan for the future
XV
Saved in all ages of the world in the same way, i.e., by faith in Christ
- Function of
Jewish
sacrifices - Teaching of the prophets - Of John the Baptist - Of the writers
of the
four
gospels - The book of Acts - The Epistles - Examples showing how persons
were
saved
in all ages - Mr. Tibbs encourages Mabel - Mr. Tibbs in love - Jeems and
George
XVI
Campbellite Baptism unscriptural - Its faith objectionable - Its subject
and design
unscriptural
- I t s administrator faulty
XVII
The Communion question discussed in its various phases
XVIII
Prayer - The Christian's duty to pray for the sinner
XIX
Depravity - Total means all - The whole nature depraved and alienated from
God
XX
Falling from Grace - Final Perseverance
XXI
Baptist meeting in Sterling - Many converts - Sixty baptized - Colloquy
at baptism - Baptist church organized - A happy home