JOSEPH BAKER. ( 1854)— There were but few ministers in his day who exerted more influence over a large territory, in a local way, than Joseph Baker. He wrote with considerable ability, mostly on doctrinal subjects ; but little can be gleaned from these to form a biog raphy.
Elder Daniel Long says of him : "He was a man of medium size, firmly built, dark complexioned, and one of the best ser- monizers in the country. His sermons, like his writings, were of a doctrinal character. He was an earnest speaker, and a successful revivalist. He was active in conferences, and was a leader of men." His home, in his latter days, wras near Chillicothi, 0. He was once a member of the Deer Creek Christian Conference ; but, at the time of his death, he was a member of the Salt Creek Conference, which was organized mostly by himself.
In the "Christian Palladium," September 1, 1834, he writes, I commenced laboring here about fifteen years ago, when the people were altogether unacquainted with the doctrines and practices of the Christian Church. In that time, about one thousand have united with the people called Christians in this region. About seven hundred are united in a few churches near this place. Where I live, one year ago the church numbered about thirty members ; now it has over one hundred. We erected two meeting-houses this summer ; one is a mile and a half east, the other two miles and a half west of my residence. Both are free for all soceties to worship in.
We are uniform in faith and practice in the conference to which I belong. We have ten ordained, and a number of unordained preachers, and more than twenty churches."
Commenting on the above, Elder Badger, the editor, says : "The individual that heads this article has been a bold, invincible, and able advocate of Christian liberty in the West for many years. Many have been the privations and hardships he has been called to encoimter while proclaiming the word of life through different sections of Ohio, when the country was new, and society, in many places, very much uncultivated. He has been involved in many controversies ; but his critical knowledge of the Bible, his original, ingenions manner of treating his opponent, and his unquestionable piety has, in all cases, we believe, given him a decided victory. He is a strong, original man, endowed with the grace of God, and few, in our age, have endured more, or been [more successful in advancing truth."
The editor, however, excuses himself from publishing Elder Baker's "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians," though he considered it ingenious and diverting. This "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians" shows us the peculiarity of the man. He was independent, honest, original, and ingenious in his investigations of truth. The Bible, to him, was all in all. Take that away, and there is no telling how far his inquisitive mind would have led him.
In the latter part of life, he differed slightly from the generality of his brethren of the Christian Church, as to the relation of baptism to the remission of sin, he leaning, somewhat, in views toward the followers of Alexander Campbell. Such was the influence of Joseph Baker on the Salt Creek Conference that the members still (1880) continue to hold the very tenents of their successful leader. Outsiders, speaking derisively, say that these brethren swear in the name of Joseph Baker 1854,
From a short obituary in the "Gospel Hearld," February 1, by James Baker, I find that he died triumphantly, in Vinton County, O., November 7,1854. His age is not given.
Elder Daniel Long says of him : "He was a man of medium size, firmly built, dark complexioned, and one of the best ser- monizers in the country. His sermons, like his writings, were of a doctrinal character. He was an earnest speaker, and a successful revivalist. He was active in conferences, and was a leader of men." His home, in his latter days, wras near Chillicothi, 0. He was once a member of the Deer Creek Christian Conference ; but, at the time of his death, he was a member of the Salt Creek Conference, which was organized mostly by himself.
In the "Christian Palladium," September 1, 1834, he writes, I commenced laboring here about fifteen years ago, when the people were altogether unacquainted with the doctrines and practices of the Christian Church. In that time, about one thousand have united with the people called Christians in this region. About seven hundred are united in a few churches near this place. Where I live, one year ago the church numbered about thirty members ; now it has over one hundred. We erected two meeting-houses this summer ; one is a mile and a half east, the other two miles and a half west of my residence. Both are free for all soceties to worship in.
We are uniform in faith and practice in the conference to which I belong. We have ten ordained, and a number of unordained preachers, and more than twenty churches."
Commenting on the above, Elder Badger, the editor, says : "The individual that heads this article has been a bold, invincible, and able advocate of Christian liberty in the West for many years. Many have been the privations and hardships he has been called to encoimter while proclaiming the word of life through different sections of Ohio, when the country was new, and society, in many places, very much uncultivated. He has been involved in many controversies ; but his critical knowledge of the Bible, his original, ingenions manner of treating his opponent, and his unquestionable piety has, in all cases, we believe, given him a decided victory. He is a strong, original man, endowed with the grace of God, and few, in our age, have endured more, or been [more successful in advancing truth."
The editor, however, excuses himself from publishing Elder Baker's "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians," though he considered it ingenious and diverting. This "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians" shows us the peculiarity of the man. He was independent, honest, original, and ingenious in his investigations of truth. The Bible, to him, was all in all. Take that away, and there is no telling how far his inquisitive mind would have led him.
In the latter part of life, he differed slightly from the generality of his brethren of the Christian Church, as to the relation of baptism to the remission of sin, he leaning, somewhat, in views toward the followers of Alexander Campbell. Such was the influence of Joseph Baker on the Salt Creek Conference that the members still (1880) continue to hold the very tenents of their successful leader. Outsiders, speaking derisively, say that these brethren swear in the name of Joseph Baker 1854,
From a short obituary in the "Gospel Hearld," February 1, by James Baker, I find that he died triumphantly, in Vinton County, O., November 7,1854. His age is not given.
JOSEPH BAKER. ( 1854)— There were but few ministers in his day who exerted more influence over a large territory, in a local way, than Joseph Baker. He wrote with considerable ability, mostly on doctrinal subjects ; but little can be gleaned from these to form a biog raphy.
Elder Daniel Long says of him : "He was a man of medium size, firmly built, dark complexioned, and one of the best ser- monizers in the country. His sermons, like his writings, were of a doctrinal character. He was an earnest speaker, and a successful revivalist. He was active in conferences, and was a leader of men." His home, in his latter days, wras near Chillicothi, 0. He was once a member of the Deer Creek Christian Conference ; but, at the time of his death, he was a member of the Salt Creek Conference, which was organized mostly by himself.
In the "Christian Palladium," September 1, 1834, he writes, I commenced laboring here about fifteen years ago, when the people were altogether unacquainted with the doctrines and practices of the Christian Church. In that time, about one thousand have united with the people called Christians in this region. About seven hundred are united in a few churches near this place. Where I live, one year ago the church numbered about thirty members ; now it has over one hundred. We erected two meeting-houses this summer ; one is a mile and a half east, the other two miles and a half west of my residence. Both are free for all soceties to worship in.
We are uniform in faith and practice in the conference to which I belong. We have ten ordained, and a number of unordained preachers, and more than twenty churches."
Commenting on the above, Elder Badger, the editor, says : "The individual that heads this article has been a bold, invincible, and able advocate of Christian liberty in the West for many years. Many have been the privations and hardships he has been called to encoimter while proclaiming the word of life through different sections of Ohio, when the country was new, and society, in many places, very much uncultivated. He has been involved in many controversies ; but his critical knowledge of the Bible, his original, ingenions manner of treating his opponent, and his unquestionable piety has, in all cases, we believe, given him a decided victory. He is a strong, original man, endowed with the grace of God, and few, in our age, have endured more, or been [more successful in advancing truth."
The editor, however, excuses himself from publishing Elder Baker's "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians," though he considered it ingenious and diverting. This "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians" shows us the peculiarity of the man. He was independent, honest, original, and ingenious in his investigations of truth. The Bible, to him, was all in all. Take that away, and there is no telling how far his inquisitive mind would have led him.
In the latter part of life, he differed slightly from the generality of his brethren of the Christian Church, as to the relation of baptism to the remission of sin, he leaning, somewhat, in views toward the followers of Alexander Campbell. Such was the influence of Joseph Baker on the Salt Creek Conference that the members still (1880) continue to hold the very tenents of their successful leader. Outsiders, speaking derisively, say that these brethren swear in the name of Joseph Baker 1854,
From a short obituary in the "Gospel Hearld," February 1, by James Baker, I find that he died triumphantly, in Vinton County, O., November 7,1854. His age is not given.
Elder Daniel Long says of him : "He was a man of medium size, firmly built, dark complexioned, and one of the best ser- monizers in the country. His sermons, like his writings, were of a doctrinal character. He was an earnest speaker, and a successful revivalist. He was active in conferences, and was a leader of men." His home, in his latter days, wras near Chillicothi, 0. He was once a member of the Deer Creek Christian Conference ; but, at the time of his death, he was a member of the Salt Creek Conference, which was organized mostly by himself.
In the "Christian Palladium," September 1, 1834, he writes, I commenced laboring here about fifteen years ago, when the people were altogether unacquainted with the doctrines and practices of the Christian Church. In that time, about one thousand have united with the people called Christians in this region. About seven hundred are united in a few churches near this place. Where I live, one year ago the church numbered about thirty members ; now it has over one hundred. We erected two meeting-houses this summer ; one is a mile and a half east, the other two miles and a half west of my residence. Both are free for all soceties to worship in.
We are uniform in faith and practice in the conference to which I belong. We have ten ordained, and a number of unordained preachers, and more than twenty churches."
Commenting on the above, Elder Badger, the editor, says : "The individual that heads this article has been a bold, invincible, and able advocate of Christian liberty in the West for many years. Many have been the privations and hardships he has been called to encoimter while proclaiming the word of life through different sections of Ohio, when the country was new, and society, in many places, very much uncultivated. He has been involved in many controversies ; but his critical knowledge of the Bible, his original, ingenions manner of treating his opponent, and his unquestionable piety has, in all cases, we believe, given him a decided victory. He is a strong, original man, endowed with the grace of God, and few, in our age, have endured more, or been [more successful in advancing truth."
The editor, however, excuses himself from publishing Elder Baker's "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians," though he considered it ingenious and diverting. This "Forty-three different kinds of Trinitarians" shows us the peculiarity of the man. He was independent, honest, original, and ingenious in his investigations of truth. The Bible, to him, was all in all. Take that away, and there is no telling how far his inquisitive mind would have led him.
In the latter part of life, he differed slightly from the generality of his brethren of the Christian Church, as to the relation of baptism to the remission of sin, he leaning, somewhat, in views toward the followers of Alexander Campbell. Such was the influence of Joseph Baker on the Salt Creek Conference that the members still (1880) continue to hold the very tenents of their successful leader. Outsiders, speaking derisively, say that these brethren swear in the name of Joseph Baker 1854,
From a short obituary in the "Gospel Hearld," February 1, by James Baker, I find that he died triumphantly, in Vinton County, O., November 7,1854. His age is not given.
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