MAJORITY RULE IS NOT SCRIPTURAL ~ E. A. ELAM ~ Church of Christ

Description: *** Please visit my eBay Store for many more great selections *** TITLE: "MAJORITY RULE IS NOT SCRIPTURAL""READ, REFLECT, ACCEPT, REJECT, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD"AUTHOR: E. A. ELAM - Edwin Alexander Elam 1855-1929 (see brief bio sketch below)DATE PUBLISHED: Not dated. Orig circa 1910's--1920's. This is a Quality copy of the original tract.BINDING: Booklet/Tract (5.5"x8.5")PAGES: 32CONDITION: New. This is a Quality copy of the original tract. Please email me with any questions you may have about this books condition or contents before buying/bidding.EDWIN ALEXANDER ELAM E. A. Elam (1855-1929). The oldest child of James Elam’s second wife, Edwin A. Elam was born on March 7, 1855 at Fosterville in southern Rutherford County, TN. His father had been a Primitive Baptist until converted to the New Testament way by the preaching of Tolbert Fanning. His mother had never been anything religiously but a Christian only. Edwin was baptized when he was sixteen years old. When he was seventeen he entered Franklin College near Nashville where he attended one year. In 1876 he entered Burritt College in Spencer, TN, graduating in the spring of 1879. At the invitation of T. B. Larimore, he moved to Mars Hill, near Florence, AL, to teach at Mars Hill Academy, a school established by Larimore. It was while teaching at Mars Hill that he preached his first sermon in the courthouse in Florence, AL in November of 1879. Significantly, Elam never attended any Bible school or college to learn how to preach. Both Franklin College and Burritt College were literary schools, and he went to Mars Hill as a teacher, not as a student, though he did spend some time studying the Bible with the great Larimore. In June of 1880 he returned to Middle Tennessee where he spent the rest of his life. On February 5, 1884, he married Mary Thompson of Bellwood, TN, near Lebanon. He preached extensively in Middle Tennessee and throughout the South and into Canada. In addition to preaching, Elam seized every opportunity to write, with most of his literary talents going to the Gospel Advocate. His first article appeared on March 4, 1880, three days shy of his 25th birthday. In February of 1901 he was listed for the first time as co-editor with David Lipscomb and E. G. Sewell. When F. D. Srygley died in the summer of 1900, Elam succeeded him as the front page editor of the Advocate, and held that position until February 1909. He gained wide brotherhood attention when in 1922 he began writing his highly acclaimed Elam’s Notes. He was one of “A Noble Quintet” recognized in the 100th anniversary edition of the Gospel Advocate of July 14, 1955, a treasured copy of which I have owned since I was seventeen years old. In that momentous issue it was said of him: “Few men could write so well on Christian living as Brother Elam. When he launched an attack on the ramparts of sin, it was relentless.” In 1901 he was added to the Board of Trustees of Nashville Bible School, and in 1906 he was elected president of the school, holding the position until 1913. After retiring from the school, he spent most of his time writing for the Advocate. He passed from this life on March 14, 1929, one week past his 74th birthday. As to what he most admired in preachers he said, “Some preachers are praised for their logic and others for their pathos and eloquence; but when I am dead, what I would rather could be said of me than anything else is: ‘Here lies a man who did not shun to declare the whole counsel of God.’ ” "Hugh's News & Views" of February 13, 2018. Hugh Fulford.*** Please visit my eBay Store for many more great selections ***k

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