Stone-Campbell Quotes

[Lee Freeman]

"There needs no more fruitful source of error and confusion than the Bible alone, if every portion of it be equally binding upon the Christian, and equally important to Christianity." - Dr. Robert Richardson, 1847


"I do not pitch into my brethren who do not do exactly as I do, or understand everything just as I do, for two reasons: 1. I can understand how it is possible for them to act correctly and still not always do exactly as I do. 2. I love my brethren, and, long, long ago solemnly resolved never to go to war with them, or, rather, against them. It seems to suit some good brethren to dispute with each other; but it does not suit me" - Elder TB Larimore


"That which will damn a soul and separate us in the next world should divide us in this; nothing else should." - FD Srygley, 1889


"We have never proposed or desired to unite Christians in any institution that is too narrow to allow them to differ in opinion or argue with each other." - FD Srygley, 1889

"If there are no Christians in any denomination it is the only place except hell they have kept all out of." - FD Srygley, 1889


"I have long noticed that most any position is tolerated just so it appears to exalt baptism, even at the expense of faith or the blood of Christ." - KC Moser, 1934


"Brethren, for the sake of our souls, let us never get too big to restudy our position." - KC Moser, 1934