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 | | Barton Warren Stone was born in 1772, four years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. |
 | | Barton W. Stone was, like many a minister, was frustrated by the lack of enthusiasm in congregations he served, Cane Ridge and Concord, Kentucky. |
 | | Finally, a group of ministers, including Barton Stone, came to believe that the Holy Spirit was at work in the preachers that were rejected by the presbytery and, more to the point, they came to favor what they regarded as the "pure" biblical doctrines, over the "human doctrines" expressed in creeds. |
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