Personal Recollections of Pardee ButlerThis is a biography of Pardee Butler, written from the point-of-view of his daughter, Rosetta Butler Hastings. He was a farmer and Restoration Movement preacher who lived in Kansas and was involved there in the run-up to the American Civil War. He is remembered in Kansas history for being set adrift on the Missouri River on a raft by pro-slavery men for his abolitionist beliefs. |
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... once, saying, 'I discover, Mr. Campbell, you are well prepared in the argument and defenses of the Christian religion. I confess to you frankly there are some difficulties in my mind which prevent my believing the Bible, particularly ...
... once, saying, 'I discover, Mr. Campbell, you are well prepared in the argument and defenses of the Christian religion. I confess to you frankly there are some difficulties in my mind which prevent my believing the Bible, particularly ...
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... once. I never saw the time that any one could repeat a verse in the New Testament to him, but that he could tell the book, and nearly always the chapter in which it was found. He and his father's family put their membership into the ...
... once. I never saw the time that any one could repeat a verse in the New Testament to him, but that he could tell the book, and nearly always the chapter in which it was found. He and his father's family put their membership into the ...
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... once more in harmony with the church ; came to Atchison County , Kansas , and died , a pattern of fidelity to his conscience and to every known duty . During the period of three years in which I remained preaching in the Military Tract ...
... once more in harmony with the church ; came to Atchison County , Kansas , and died , a pattern of fidelity to his conscience and to every known duty . During the period of three years in which I remained preaching in the Military Tract ...
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Contents
CHAPTER IV | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER XI | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XXVI | |
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
Pardee Butler | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
REMINISCENCES CHAPTER XXXVII | |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIX | |
CHAPTER XL | |
CHAPTER XLI | |
CHAPTER XLII | |
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