Excerpt from The Message of the Disciples for the Union of the Church: Including Their Origin and History N the decision to publish these lectures O in book form, the lecturer asked a com mittee of well-known Disciples of Christ, representing the East, Middle West and South west of the United States, to pass on the cor rectness of the interpretation of the message, origin and history of the Disciples herein given in order that it may not rest upon the bare words of the lecturer. This committee consisted of F. D. Kershner, president Texas Christian Uni versity, Fort Worth, Texas; F. W. Burnham, minister First Christian Church, Springfield, Ill., and E. B. Bagby, minister twenty-fifth Street Christian Church, Baltimore, Md., and they are of one accord in their approval. It only remains for the lecturer to acknowledge his indebtedness to these gentlemen for their courtesy and many valuable suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.