Dear Brother Beebe: – In a former letter I requested your views on the Sabbath: I wish to urge you to comply with that request, not alone for my sake, but...
“Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.”(Psalm 116:7) The words of the text at the head of our remarks, are peculiarly applicable to...
HAVING expressed our views freely in former numbers of this paper, upon the intolerant spirit which is manifested by certain Protestants, in their indefatigable efforts to control and manage all the...
Solomon was a great man, rich, wise, yea, an elect saint; yet one who had also fallen into manifold faults, whom the LORD allowed to die, without recording expressly any thing...
First, the Spirit of the LORD God, which is the quickening spirit, makes them alive, quickens and animates them with spiritual vitality, and makes them feel the need of living water,...
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon...
We confidently believe no quickened child of God can hate or resist this doctrine of salvation by grace. Some may fail to understand it; but so far as it is opened...
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the...
We have been called on for an expression of our views on the subject of washing the saints’ feet, but we confess our inability to do justice to the subject, especially...
Since the apostles of the Lamb have finished their course with us in the flesh, no history of the church of God should be allowed to lure us from the doctrine...
We do not know of any reliable history of the Baptists from the apostles’ days down to the present. Of all the books that have been published on ecclesiastical history, that...
We are requested by a correspondent to give our views on Romans 7:2-3. “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as...
Dear Sir: – There are some who say that the atonement is general and that redemption is particular, and others who say that both the atonement and the redemption are general....
“Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.” – John the Baptist. WHILE in the faithful discharge of that duty to which he had been divinely...
“DRINK no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and thine often infirmities.” – Paul to Timothy UNPOPULAR as this text may appear in this day of...
“Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught: but if it be of God, ye cannot...
“The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth, and the husband is bound by the law to his wife as long as the wife liveth. And,...
Elder Samuel Trott has laid off his armor, received his passport, and gone, as we fully believe, to the bosom of his God and Savior. For several months his strength has...
From Signs of the Times-June 1, 1869 By Gilbert Beebe An aged and esteemed brother has, through sister C.M. Johnson, desired our views on the great atonement made by our Lord...
Elder Gilbert Beebe 1800 – 1881 Founder, Editor: Signs of The Times 1832-1881 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ELDER GILBERT BEEBE Mr. Saluson: In fulfillment of my promise, I will state some of the...
Can we consistently hold with the hart and run with the hound? Is it consistent for the Old School Baptist to take their stand against the corrupting abominations of the present...
We are pleased with the communications of our esteemed brother Trott, on this all-important subject; and we do hope that our readers will faithfully examine all his numbers, comparing them with...
In our last number we promised to notice the request of brother Burson, who desired our views on the subject of the absolute predestination of all things. We have frequently given...
A brother requests an expression of our opinion in regard to the witch of Endor, and of her bringing up Samuel; and what we write on the subject, we wish our...
The Old School or Primitive Baptists in former years have been very definitely identified and distinguished from all other religious or ecclesiastical organizations as PREDESTINARIAN BAPTISTS, and as such have borne...
There is much said at the present day on the subject of a Sabbath day, as being of perpetual obligatory force on all mankind throughout all time. But in what part...
In the preceding number of the SIGNS, sister Gentry asked for our opinion and for the views, of others, on the subject of prayer. The subject of prayer has occasioned us...
Mr. Beebe: – In a former letter I requested your views on the absolute predestination of all things. I asked for information, and for nothing else; but I will excuse you...