1.00.02 - Foreword

Foreword

We are thankful to Joe Hardeman and Martha Foy for reprinting Volumes I and III of Hardeman’s Tabernacle Sermons. Later we hope the other three volumes can be republished. For over a half a century these sermons were widely circulated and used. The sermon content was biblical and eloquently delivered by N. B. Hardeman, perhaps the most popular and influential preacher during his prime. He has been often called "the prince of preachers." The sermons N. B. Hardeman preached are the kind which enabled the church to grow and prosper. Because of current conditions both in and out of the brotherhood the sermons brother Hardeman preached should live again. Today the church sorely stands in need of this kind of preaching.

It is fitting to have brother Hardeman’s grandson, Joe Hardeman Foy, and his wife, Martha, to underwrite the cost of the republication in order to make these available to the ministerial students at Freed-Hardeman University and to the brotherhood. Joe Hardeman Foy is all alumnus and a member of the Board of Trustees of Freed-Hardeman University. We are thankful for his continued interest and desire to see Freed-Hardeman remain faithful to the fundamental purpose enunciated by A. G. Freed and N. B. Hardeman in this Christian education endeavor.

We are thankful to the Gospel Advocate Company who has been the publisher of Hardeman’s Tabernacle Sermons for relinquishing all rights to Freed-Hardeman University to publish them.

E. Claude Gardner, President Freed-Hardeman University