' s ▁family ▁joined ▁the ▁growing ▁Campbell ite ▁movement ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁but ▁began ▁to ▁distance ▁themselves ▁from ▁the ▁Campbell ites ▁while ▁in ▁Gene va . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁Wilson ▁wrote ▁his ▁first ▁letter ▁to ▁another ▁ex - C amp bell ite ▁John ▁Thomas , ▁as ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁magazine ▁The ▁Her ald ▁of ▁the ▁Future ▁Age , ▁agree ing ▁with ▁the ▁Thomas ' ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁imm ort al ▁soul ▁– ▁the ▁initial ▁cause ▁of ▁his ▁break ▁with ▁Campbell . ▁There ▁is ▁considerable ▁correspond ence ▁in ▁Thomas ' ▁mag az ines ▁from ▁various ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Wilson ▁family ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁years . ▁ ▁Benjamin ▁Wilson ▁was ▁reb apt ised ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁mark ing ▁off ▁a ▁new ▁start ▁from ▁the ▁Campbell ites , ▁just ▁as ▁John ▁Thomas ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁Benjamin ▁Wilson ▁and ▁John ▁Thomas ▁finally ▁met , ▁as ▁recorded ▁in ▁The ▁Her ald ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁for ▁that ▁year . ▁Wilson ▁recognized ▁Thomas ▁from ▁his ▁picture ▁in ▁El pis ▁Israel . ▁ ▁Wilson ▁published ▁a ▁month ly ▁religious ▁magazine , ▁the ▁G ospel ▁B anner , ▁which ▁ran ▁from ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁merged ▁with ▁his ▁nep hew ▁Thomas ▁Wilson ' s ▁magazine , ▁Her ald ▁of ▁the ▁Com ing ▁Kingdom . ▁He ▁also ▁published ▁a ▁h ymn book ,