The British Millennial Harbinger Explained
The British Millennial Harbinger was a religious magazine established by the early Restoration Movement leader James Wallis in 1837. Wallis was a member of a group in Nottingham that withdrew from the Scotch Baptist church in 1836 to form a Church of Christ.[1] It was originally named The Christian Messenger, then The Christian Messenger and Family Magazine. Wallis officially named the magazine The British Millennial Harbinger in 1848.[2] His successor from 1861, David King, changed the name to the British Harbinger in 1866, then to the Ecclesiastical Observer 1871-1889.[3] [2]
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- Douglas Allen Foster and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004,,, 854 pages, entry on Great Britain and Ireland, Churches of Christ in
- Encounter -1947 Volumes 8-9 - Page 125 "His mantle was assumed by James Wallis, who began in 1837 the publication of The Christian Messenger and Reformer. In 1845 he slightly changed its form, and it became The Christian Messenger and Family Magazine. In 1848 the form and title were again changed, and The British Millennial Harbinger continued for the remainder of Wallis's editorship. In 1862 David King took over from James Wallis the responsibility of the British Millennial Harbinger, changing the name to the British Harbinger in 1866, and to the Ecclesiastical Observer in 1871, continuing under that name until 1889...."
- David Michael Thompson Let Sects and Parties Fall 1980 "At the end of 1861 James Wallis handed over the editorship of the Harbinger to David King, who had been assisting him for some time. Wallis's health was beginning to fail and he was being urged to rest. It was a symbolic moment of transition, ..."
