| Show discussing A NAME the so called disciples of christ are according to an exchange engaged in a curious discussion about the name of their denomination same members call themselves disciples of christ chiist but other members object to it and say they axe are simply christians the other patty replies that that is not a distinctive title that all followers of christ are christians the retort Is that all followers of christ are also his disciples and that even if the popular biame be employed it should begin with a small d to this the principal newspaper organ of the denomination imagines that there soon may be possibly in the same town the little d church and the big V d church the controversy is an old one but was given a new apau pause e for breaking out novt bak b the proposition of another small sect calling itself the christian connection to amalgamate with congregationalists some of the committee for the first nailed which has a membership of about suggested that congregationalists who number adopt their name the two denominations agree in dad trinal but blit axe are not likely to come together solely because they cannot agree upon AL a nL elmeto name meto to call themselves their discussion about a name started mt Nit anew jn in the larger denomination disc aples of christ where there has never been entire harmony in practice over gl a compion common designation |
