Rev. Costelle left for Arkansas in March 1883 and died several years later in Quincy, Ill. Rev. H.T. Bray next assumed charge and remained until April 1886, being a man of fine scholarly attainments and an ardent worker. His successor was Rev. David Laseron, during whose pastorate of ...
Jackson certainly understood that the main threat to religious liberty in this country didn’t come from unbelievers, but from alleged believers who lusted after secular power. And that hasn’t changed.