Index of the Circular Letters of the
Broad River Baptist Association (NC)In Deacon John R. Logan's Sketches, Historical and Biographical, of the Broad River and King's Mountain Baptist Associations, from 1800 to 1880 is a comprehensive account of circular letters of those two associations. There are complete lists of the circulars, their subjects and writers. Also there are biographical sketches of the writers. Many of the circular letters are often published in full, but sometimes with abridgement. In the accounts of the proceedings of the Association the circumstances, both social and religious, under which the letters were written are often indicated. The lists of the writers and their subjects for the Broad River Association follows:
BROAD RIVER ASSOCIATION Year Writer Subject 1802 Thomas Burgess - Temperance 1803 Perminter Morgan - Doctrines of Grace 1804 Joseph Camp - Church Discipline 1805 Ambrose Carlton - Advocacy of the Son of God 1806 Perminter Morgan - Constitution of a Gospel Church and Door of Admission thereto 1807 Ambrose Carlton - Duties of Deacons 1808 William King - Union and Utility of an Association 1809 David Doyale - How far is an agreement in Religious Sentiments essential to Christian Union and Communion? 1810 No record 1811 Drury Dobbins - Good Works 1812 Author unknown - Gifts and Qualifications of a Gospel Minister 1813 George Brewton - The Baneful Effects of Covetousness 1814 William King - 1815 Ambrose Carlton - The Scriptural Reasons why the Baptists do not Commune with other Denominations of Christians 1816 Drury Dobbins - The Union betwixt Christ and his Church 1817 Hosea Holcombe - The Declension of Religion and the Causes thereof 1818 William King - Of a Baptist Church receiving Members who were Baptized by Immersion in the Methodist Society 1819 Borrowed from Kehukee - Good Works 1820 Berryman Hicks - The Foundations on which Christians can be Agreed 1821 Drury Dobbins - Important Necessity of the Operation of the Spirit of God upon the Soul 1822 Samuel Gibson - On the grand Utility of Faith to the believing Mind 1823 Jacob Crocker - The Manner in which the church of Christ should proceed in calling a pastor 1824 Thomas Bomar - Christian Liberty 1825 Berryman Hicks - The signification of Baptism and what it seal's to its proper subjects 1826 Hugh Quin - Law and Grace 1827 Gabriel Phillips - Intemperance 1828 George Wilkie - Wherefore Thou art no more a Servant but a Son, then an Heir of God through Christ 1829 Drury Dobbins - The Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1830 Berryman Hicks - Qualifications and Office-work of a Deacon 1831 No record 1832 Dr. John W. Lewis - The Proper Method for a Church to pursue in calling a Pastor or Supply, and the duties incumbent on them to each other 1833 Philip Ramsour - The Method to be pursued to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bonds of Peace 1834 Berryman Hicks - The Design of circumcision, and the difference between that and baptism 1835 Drury Dobbins - The Duty of a Church in the Choice of a Deacon 1836 Berryman Hicks - The Nature of Popery and its probable Tendency in the United States 1838 Drury Dobbins - To show who Melchisedec was, and to run the analogy between his priesthood and that of Jesus Christ 1839 James M. Webb - The Divine and special Call from God to Men to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Evidences that manifest themselves in a person so called 1840 S. G. Hamilton - Brotherly Love 1841 James M. Webb - Communion 1842 Andrew Fuller - Church Discipline (adopted) 1843 Drury Scruggs - The Mission of John the Baptist 1844 Drury Dobbins - The Nature and proper Observance of the Lord's Day 1845 Micajah C. Barnett - Temperance 1846 Wade Hill - Domestic Missions 1847 Micajah C. Barnett - The Unpardonable Sin 1848 Drury Scruggs - Synopsis of the Life and Character of Elder Drury Dobbins 1849 Thomas Curtis - On Baptism as to Mode, Subject and Manner, and more especially in reference to those Paul found at Ephesus 1850 Thomas Curtis - Christian Communion 1851 M. C. Barnett - The Nature of a Call to the Ministry, and the Duty of the Churches to their Gifted Brethren 1852 Micajah C. Barnett - Humiliation and Prayer 1853 William Curtis - The Final Perseverance of the Saints 1854 A. J. Cansler - The Fellowship of Churches 1855 William Curtis - The Correlative Duties of Churches and Ministers 1856 Thomas Curtis - Popery, and its probable tendencies in the United States 1857 Micajah C. Barnett - Sabbath Schools 1858 Thomas Curtis - The proper observance of the Sabbath by our churches and people 1859 John S. Ezell - Personality 1860 William Curtis - Systematic effort in spreading the Gospel 1861 Drury Scruggs - Collection of historical statistics 1862 William Curtis - The wants of churches 1863 M. C. Barnett - National calamities 1864 E. A. Crawley - The making of our lives to correspond to the meaning of the ordinance of Baptism 1865 M. C. Barnett - The importance of Sunday-schools to our churches, and the best method of conducting them 1866 M. C. Barnett - Revivals of Religion 1867 William Curtis - Christian ministry 1868 William Curtis - Ministerial Education 1869- 1871 No letters - During these years an "associational" which from year to year was expected to serve as the circular letter, was in preparation, and was finally published out of season between the sessions of 1870 and 1871. 1872 No record 1873 No record 1874 No record 1875 J. G. Carter - The Final Perseverance of the Saints in Grace 1876 J. R. Jefferies - The Teachings of Christ 1877 John R. Jefferies - The Nature, Design, Qualifications and Duties of Deaconship 1878 Lewis Meng - The Importance of Teaching our Peculiar Principles and Tenets as Baptists [From George W. Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, Volume 2, p. 291. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
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