“A Time of Distress” 163 Last Will and Testament 166 The Witnesses’ Address 167 Practices Modified in Many Particulars 169 “Shakerism” 170 The Work Prospers 171 Thomas Campbell 175 Conflict With the Seceders 175 The Declaration and Address 180 Alexander Campbell 188 Subject and Act of Baptism Settled 188 The Redstone Association 195 A Wider Field 199 The Campbell-McCalla Discussion 203 Visits the Kentucky Baptists 207 John Smith 209 Soul Struggles 210 Desires to Preach 213 Terrible Calamity 215 Preaches at Crab Orchard 215 The Christian Baptist 217 Fetters Cast Off 218 Resolves to Preach the Simple Gospel 220 “Ancient Order”—Baptists in Kentucky 224 Walter Scott 231-236 A Sincere Truth Seeker 232 Turning Point in His Life 235 Reformers in Other States—John Wright 246 Herman Christian Dasher 249 The Christians and Reformers Unite 251 PREFACE An effort is made in the following pages to set forth what the New Testament church was when it came into the world through the preaching of inspired men; how it was led into apostasy; and an account of some of the many attempts to restore it to its original purity and simplicity.