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Dec. 8-11, 1959 in Florence, Ala. in a large school auditorium.
The first two nights bro. Wallace affirmed our practice in supporting orphan homes and homes for the aged. Bro. Holt struck at the very tap root of our orphan homes by taking the position that the church cannot scripturally contribute to the support of an orphan child, that the contributions of the church are "for the saints" (I Cor. 16:1,2), and the orphans ar\e not saints. He admitted that some would call this a cold and heartless doctrine, nevertheless, he tried to defend it. He admitted that the church may out of its treasury help the poor widow, but not her fatherless children. However, he finally said that the church could support the widow and that it would be her business to support her children. What if the widow died? Would the church stop sending a check to feed the starving child? The whole unscriptural theory falls flat!
Sterl A. Watson wrote: "Bro. Wallace certainly made the opposition feel the effects of his arguments. He did expose their inconsistencies. This hurt, of course. Bro. Hold ridicules the idea that one must be consistent. His position two years ago should not be mentioned, much less used to expose his inconsistencies of the present. Contradictions among his kind, he would like for his opponent to discard. Bro. Wallace did not. Bro. Hold is a pious acting fellow in debate. Bro. Wallace brought out the fact that bro. Holt is not that kind of man behind the microphone or a typewriter. The pamphlet circulated against bro. Wallace during the debate, by Holt and his brethren, fully justified bro. Wallace in exposing Halt's inconsistencies."
Bro. Holt's published church budget was presented on a large chart by Wallace. It included $2,500 for his paper, The Contender, which Holt moved with him from Tenn. Also $900 for the Gospel Guardian, and $350 for benevolence. Holt took the position that the only class that can receive help from the church treasury are "the poor saints." They will not try to defend even their recent practices.
All the Guardian brethren argued that orphan homes and such cooperation as the Harold of Truth paralleled the Missionary Society until recently. They have been literally whipped off their own territory on that argument. Holt complained when Wallace even mentioned it. He said he had not introduced it, and seemed genuinely displeased because Wallace did. Wallace allowed Holt to say enough to show that Holt did not wish to grapple with it. Then, Wallace walked over to Holt's charts, which were large ones, and lifted a flap that had been sewed over the "Missionary Society." These brethren need to sew flaps over a lot of things they've said and done in the last few years.
Bro. Wallace brought their errors and contradictions to light as time permitted. He could not love brethren who are in error and not do so when the ghost of their destructive past was made to stand before them with glaring eyes. It was an ugly picture, but who created it? The brethren said bro. Wallace did an excellent job. Bro. Holt and his crowd complained all through the debate . Their ultimatum - "Do it our way, or we'll divide the church" - has broken the fellowship among some churches. The very thoughts of judgment to come should make them shudder.
Extra large. Attentive crowds heard the debate. 1500 came the fist night. Some returned home as there as no room. Many thinking people said Holt was knocked out the first speech. Bro. Wallace made his speeches with usual force, logic and power. I moderated for bro. Wallace.
(A personal note just here. I was a student as Freed-Hardeman College at this time. Bro. Wallace had encouraged me to attend FHC and made arrangements for me to live in his home, free of charge, my first year at Freed-Hardeman. I had the opportunity to study with him for this debate and each night of the debate I drove him to Florence, Alabama. This was a rich experience I still treasure. --Jon Gary Williams)
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G. K. Wallace vs Charles A. Holt (Orphan Homes)
January 28, 1960
Florence, Alabama
(By Gus Nichols)
January 28, 1960
Florence, Alabama
(By Gus Nichols)
Dec. 8-11, 1959 in Florence, Ala. in a large school auditorium.
The first two nights bro. Wallace affirmed our practice in supporting orphan homes and homes for the aged. Bro. Holt struck at the very tap root of our orphan homes by taking the position that the church cannot scripturally contribute to the support of an orphan child, that the contributions of the church are "for the saints" (I Cor. 16:1,2), and the orphans ar\e not saints. He admitted that some would call this a cold and heartless doctrine, nevertheless, he tried to defend it. He admitted that the church may out of its treasury help the poor widow, but not her fatherless children. However, he finally said that the church could support the widow and that it would be her business to support her children. What if the widow died? Would the church stop sending a check to feed the starving child? The whole unscriptural theory falls flat!
Sterl A. Watson wrote: "Bro. Wallace certainly made the opposition feel the effects of his arguments. He did expose their inconsistencies. This hurt, of course. Bro. Hold ridicules the idea that one must be consistent. His position two years ago should not be mentioned, much less used to expose his inconsistencies of the present. Contradictions among his kind, he would like for his opponent to discard. Bro. Wallace did not. Bro. Hold is a pious acting fellow in debate. Bro. Wallace brought out the fact that bro. Holt is not that kind of man behind the microphone or a typewriter. The pamphlet circulated against bro. Wallace during the debate, by Holt and his brethren, fully justified bro. Wallace in exposing Halt's inconsistencies."
Bro. Holt's published church budget was presented on a large chart by Wallace. It included $2,500 for his paper, The Contender, which Holt moved with him from Tenn. Also $900 for the Gospel Guardian, and $350 for benevolence. Holt took the position that the only class that can receive help from the church treasury are "the poor saints." They will not try to defend even their recent practices.
All the Guardian brethren argued that orphan homes and such cooperation as the Harold of Truth paralleled the Missionary Society until recently. They have been literally whipped off their own territory on that argument. Holt complained when Wallace even mentioned it. He said he had not introduced it, and seemed genuinely displeased because Wallace did. Wallace allowed Holt to say enough to show that Holt did not wish to grapple with it. Then, Wallace walked over to Holt's charts, which were large ones, and lifted a flap that had been sewed over the "Missionary Society." These brethren need to sew flaps over a lot of things they've said and done in the last few years.
Bro. Wallace brought their errors and contradictions to light as time permitted. He could not love brethren who are in error and not do so when the ghost of their destructive past was made to stand before them with glaring eyes. It was an ugly picture, but who created it? The brethren said bro. Wallace did an excellent job. Bro. Holt and his crowd complained all through the debate . Their ultimatum - "Do it our way, or we'll divide the church" - has broken the fellowship among some churches. The very thoughts of judgment to come should make them shudder.
Extra large. Attentive crowds heard the debate. 1500 came the fist night. Some returned home as there as no room. Many thinking people said Holt was knocked out the first speech. Bro. Wallace made his speeches with usual force, logic and power. I moderated for bro. Wallace.
(A personal note just here. I was a student as Freed-Hardeman College at this time. Bro. Wallace had encouraged me to attend FHC and made arrangements for me to live in his home, free of charge, my first year at Freed-Hardeman. I had the opportunity to study with him for this debate and each night of the debate I drove him to Florence, Alabama. This was a rich experience I still treasure. --Jon Gary Williams)
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