views. As the Churches of Christ have no denominational hierarchy, through much of its history the views of the brotherhood have been heavily influenced by its journals and their editors (although an argument can be made that since the 1980s lectureship speakers and university leaders have tended to have more influence than editors). Bibliography Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny, and the Christian's Relation to It. 1866–67. Originally published as a series of articles in the Gospel Advocate from 1866 to 1867, then as a series of articles in the Christian Quarterly from 1888 to 1889, and finally collected in book form by Gospel Advocate Publishing in 1889. Reprinted by McQuiddy Printing, Nashville, 1913. Complete e-text in various formats or Complete HTML e-text. Reprinted by Doulos Christou Press, Indianapolis, 2006, as On Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny, and the Christian's Relation to It. Reprinted by Wipf & Stock, Eugene, 2011, as On Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny, and the Christian's Relation to It. See also Christian pacifism References Further reading Robert E. Hooper, Crying in the Wilderness: A Biography of David Lipscomb (Nashville: David Lipscomb College, 1979) To His Excellency the President of the Confederate States of America Open Letter by David Lipscomb, November 13, 1862. Reprinted in the Appendix of the edition of On Civil Government cited above, pages 128-130. External links Munc.ca, David Lipscomb at the Restoration Movement pages at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. The Buford Church of Christ in Georgia, U.S.A., maintains pages about the Restoration Movement, including this one Therestorationmovement.com about David Lipscomb. Gospeladvocate.com, this article was adapted from A Call to Remember' by Robert E. Hooper, Nashville: Gospel Advocate Company, 1977. 1831 births 1917 deaths American Christian pacifists American Disciples of Christ American members of the Churches of Christ Lipscomb University Ministers of the Churches of Christ People from Nashville, Tennessee Restoration Movement People from Franklin County, Tennessee Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)