HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, FROM THE CREATION TO A. D. 1885; INCLUDING ESPECIALLY THE HISTORY OF THE KEHUKEE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. BY ELDER CUSHING BIGGS HASSELL. REVISED AND COMPLETED BY ELDER SYLVESTER HASSELL. PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF THE KEHUKEE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. "The truth of the Lord endureth forever."-Psalm cxvii. 2. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where "It was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly GILBERT BEEBE'S SONS, PUBLISHERS, "SIGNS OF THE TIMES" OFFICE, MIDDLETOWN, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by SYLVESTER HASSELL, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Electrotyped by LOVEJOY, SON & CO., NEW YORK. "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."-Isaiah viii. 20. "The footsteps of the flock."-Canticles i. 8. Genesis iii. 15, 21; iv. 4, 25, 26; v. 24; vi. 8, 9; xii. 1-3; xv. 6; xxxii. 24-32; Deuteronomy xxxii. 9, 10, xxxiii. 29; Ruth i. 16, 17; 1 Kings xix. 18; Job i. 21; xix. 25, 26; Psalms i. 1-3; viii. 2; xxxii. 5; xxxiv. 1, 18, 19; xl. 1-3; xlii. 2; lxxxiii. 3; cii. 17; ciii. 1-5; cvii. 1–32; cx. 3; cxi. 9, 10; cxv. 1. 9-15; cxxi. 1-8; cxxii. 1-9; cxxv. 1, 2; cxxvi. 1-6; exxx. 1-6; cxxxii. 1-3; cxxxviii. 1-8; cxlv. 1-21; Isaiah xxxiii. 20; xli. 17-20; xlv. 17-19, 22-25; liii; liv; lv; lvii. 15; lxi. 1-3, 10, 11; Jeremiah xvii. 5-8; xxxi. 3, 8, 9, 31-37; Ezekiel xxxvi. 25-27; Daniel i. 8; iii. 18; vi. 10; Jonah ii. 9; Habakkuk iii. 17, 18; Zephaniah iii. 12; Zechariah xii, 10–14; xiii. 1, 7-9; Malachi iii. 16-18; iv. 2. Matthew v. 3-12, 43-48; vi. 6; vii. 12, 14, 24, 25; xi. 25-30; XXV. 40; xxviii. 18-20; Luke xii. 32; xviii. 14; John i. 12, 13; iii. 3, 5, 7, 8; iv. 24; v. 25; vi. 37; viii. 32; x. 11, 26-28; xi. 25-27; xiii. 35; xiv. 15-17; xvi. 13, 14; xviii. 36; Acts ii. 41, 42; v. 29; viii. 36-38; xvi. 31-34; xvii. 11; xix. 1-5; xx. 33, 34; xxiv. 11-16; xxvi. 13, 19; xxviii. 22; Romans iii. 19, 20, 27, 31; v. 19, 21; viii. 14, 15, 28–39; xi. 2–7; 1 Corinthians i. 26-31; xiii. 4-13; 2 Corinthians iii. 7,8; vi. 16, 18; Galatians i. 6-12; ii. 19–21; iii. 10–13, 17, 18, 24, 25; v. 1-6; Ephesians i. 3–23; ii. 1-22; iv. 1-32; Philippians i. 6, 29; ii. 12, 13; iii. 3-15; Colossians i. 18; ii. 6-23; iii. 1-17; 2 Timothy i. 9, 10; iii. 12; Titus ii. 11-14; Hebrews iv. 3, 9, 10; vi. 9-20; viii. 7-12; x. 5-25, 33, 39; xi. 1-40; xii. 6-11, 18-24; xiii. 9; James i. 27; ii. 5, 26; 1 Peter i. 1-9; ii. 5, 9; iv. 12–14; 1 John i. 5-10; iii. 14; iv. 7; v. 1-5; Revelation v. 9; vii. 13-17; xv. 2, 3; xxi, 1-7. SPECIAL NOTICE TO EVERY READER. This book will be found BENEVOLENTLY ICONOCLASTIC,—seeking, with the Divine help, to deliver the people of God, for their good and His glory, from every form of idolatry, and thus to promote the pure, spiritual and acceptable worship of the Most High.-Exodus xx. 3; 1 John v. 21; Matthew xv. 9; John iv. 24. Every doctrine defended by the Authors of this volume, and by all orthodox Old School or Primitive Baptists everywhere, is in perfect and Divine harmony with such gracious Scriptures as the following: Psalm cvii.; Isaiah lv.; Matthew v. 3-12; xi. 28-30; Revelation xxii. 17. SUMMARY OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THREE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high."-Hebrews i. 1-3. By faith "the elders obtained a good report;" "choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt." "Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." "And others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and mountains, and dens and caves of the earth."-Hebrews xi. 2, 25, 26, 33, 34, 36-38. "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. * And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the * righteous into life eternal."-Matthew xxv. 31, 32, 46. THE EDIFICATION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."-Ephesians iv. 11-16. |