Review of Chapter 5 of Ohio Baptist History

The following is a quote from the 5th chapter (The Anti-mission Controversy) of A History of the Baptist Churches in Ohio, by Dr. Richard Clossman, edited by Patrick Kennedy and Terry Wolever.

"The anti-mission controversy was partially a struggle between East and West. But the causes for the controversy were more than sectional differences; they included cultural, political, and theological factors which involved a wide syndrome of attitudes and arguments." 

Another quote from the chapter: "Wilson Thompson, who was the most prominent Ohio anti-mission Baptist of the period, lamented, 'O that times were as in years past, when the very name of a regular Baptist Church was enough to teach any one what were the doctrines held by its members.' Remarkably self-educated, Thompson had switched from an early support of missions to being adamantly opposed to them." 

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The picture is of Wilson Thompson (1788-1866).