Dayton made significant contributions to the Landmark cause in the area of religious fiction. His book Theodosia Ernest was published in 1857 in two volumes. Theodosia Ernest originally appeared as a series in The Tennessee Baptist. Dayton wrote Pedobaptist and Campbellite Immersions in 1858. Though J. R. Graves was the most prolific writer and outstanding leader of the Landmark movement, J. E. Tull concluded that Dayton's book was "the most cogent attack upon 'alien immersions' which the Landmark movement produced." ("A Study of Southern Baptist Landmarkism in the Light of Historical Baptist Ecclesiology
Dayton made significant contributions to the Landmark cause in the area of religious fiction. His book Theodosia Ernest was published in 1857 in two volumes. Theodosia Ernest originally appeared as a series in The Tennessee Baptist. Dayton wrote Pedobaptist and Campbellite Immersions in 1858. Though J. R. Graves was the most prolific writer and outstanding leader of the Landmark movement, J. E. Tull concluded that Dayton's book was "the most cogent attack upon 'alien immersions' which the Landmark movement produced." ("A Study of Southern Baptist Landmarkism in the Light of Historical Baptist Ecclesiology
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Baptist author, editor, educator and peacher. "Theodosia Ernest" 1st Southern Baptist Novel. dedicated June 12, 2005 GA Baptist Historical Commission
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