[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]

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Letter from C.I. Scofield to D.H. Scott, dated January 5, 1888. On the letterhead of the Central American Mission. He discusses the Paris church's idea of merging with the Southern Presbyterian Church in Paris. Scofield says, "the Southern Presbyterian Church is the deadest, most thoroughly, hopelessly fossilized religious organization on this earth today."

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Scofield, C. I. (Cyrus Ingerson), 1843-1921. January 25, 1888.

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Letter from C.I. Scofield to D.H. Scott, dated January 5, 1888. On the letterhead of the Central American Mission. He discusses the Paris church's idea of merging with the Southern Presbyterian Church in Paris. Scofield says, "the Southern Presbyterian Church is the deadest, most thoroughly, hopelessly fossilized religious organization on this earth today."

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Scofield, C. I. (Cyrus Ingerson), 1843-1921. [Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888], letter, January 25, 1888; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29056/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards.

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