The Message of the Disciples for the Union of the Church

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Divinity School, New Haven

The Message of the Disciples.
for the Union of the Church

Including Their Origin and History

By

PETER AINSLIE

Minister Christian Temple, Baltimore, Maryland;
President Commission on Christian Union of the
Disciples of Christ

To my grandfather

PETER AINSLIE

of Edinburgh, Scotland (1788-1834), first a Presbyterian, then a Baptist, then a Disciple of Christ and all the time a Christian; and to my father

PETER AINSLIE

of Dunnsville, Virginia (1816–1887), a Disciple of Christ and always a Christian, both ministers of the Gospel and both throughout their lives unreservedly committed to the union of the divided house of God