The Christian Repository, Issue 65

The Christian Repository, Issue 65 by Samuel Howard Ford. This May 1857 issue of the Baptist monthly presents a rich blend of historical inquiry, doctrinal reflection, and devotional reading. The lead feature, 'WHERE DID THE BAPTISTS COME FROM ?' is a biographical and documentary survey tracing the origins of Baptists from Elizabethan and Stuart-era persecution through English and American developments, highlighting figures such as Hanserd Knollys, John Bunyan, and William Kiffin, and noting early confessions of faith and the Philadelphia tradition. Additional pieces include 'Pride and Humility,' a Sermon by Charles H. Spurgeon, which examines the dangers of pride and the virtue of humility; 'The Boone's Lick Country, Missouri, and Early Baptists there,' a frontier historical sketch; and 'Spirits in Prison,' a theological exposition of 1 Peter 3:19. The issue also features sermon extracts from Hebrews by S. Baker, editorial notes, and a serialized story 'Family Visitant' with Grace Truman and domestic life among 1850s Baptists. Overall, the volume reflects a diverse program of preaching, history, and communal life within American Baptism.