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Reid (digressive) affirmed that charts, blackboards, and tuning forks were as unscriptural as organs and other things which had divided the church. He admitted that he had no scriptural authority for the organ in the New Testament. He said that he knew nothing of the division in the church which made us smile. He had talked division in homes at Fulton. He did this to gain sympathy. He made one of the weakest arguments ever made by the digressives.
Bro. Boaz stood with hand extended toward Bro. Reid, and said, "You say you have no scriptural authority for the organ in the worship; and if this blackboard stands as a stumbling block to you, I will tear it down and never use it again. Will you remove that that keeps the people of Fulton from worshiping together in peace and harmony?" Reid replied: "No, I cannot act against the wishes of 200 members just to please 25." It has ever been characteristic of men who seek earthly glory and honor to always want to be in the majority.
Whether it was of faith or not of faith did not matter. What mattered was "Is it popular?" Bro. Boaz pressed him on whether he did not know of the division. Did he know of Brethren McGarvey and Sewell and others having to march out of houses of worship with tears in their eyes because they could not worship with these things. At this juncture he replied; "No, I do not know anything." The audience had about reached this conclusion by this time. Bro. Reid went down with a struggle, and Boaz in his easy gentle, sympathetic, and loving manner turned him over to his heart-broken friends for disposal.
It startled the readers of the G.A. to know that R. H. Pigue at Fulton in his little paper recorded the death of Reid. Digressivism and Methodism sustain a close relationship to each other, both bow to authority of Rome. Pigue gave him advice: "Shun such men as warlick. Boaz, Hardeman, Calley, Long, Freed, Smith, Ratcliffe, Denton, Dunn, Elam, Lipscomb, Haskins, and others. They are guided by a "thus saith the Lord."
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W. T. Boaz vs Reid
July 18, 1907
Fulton Kentucky
(By T. B. Thompson)
July 18, 1907
Fulton Kentucky
(By T. B. Thompson)
Reid (digressive) affirmed that charts, blackboards, and tuning forks were as unscriptural as organs and other things which had divided the church. He admitted that he had no scriptural authority for the organ in the New Testament. He said that he knew nothing of the division in the church which made us smile. He had talked division in homes at Fulton. He did this to gain sympathy. He made one of the weakest arguments ever made by the digressives.
Bro. Boaz stood with hand extended toward Bro. Reid, and said, "You say you have no scriptural authority for the organ in the worship; and if this blackboard stands as a stumbling block to you, I will tear it down and never use it again. Will you remove that that keeps the people of Fulton from worshiping together in peace and harmony?" Reid replied: "No, I cannot act against the wishes of 200 members just to please 25." It has ever been characteristic of men who seek earthly glory and honor to always want to be in the majority.
Whether it was of faith or not of faith did not matter. What mattered was "Is it popular?" Bro. Boaz pressed him on whether he did not know of the division. Did he know of Brethren McGarvey and Sewell and others having to march out of houses of worship with tears in their eyes because they could not worship with these things. At this juncture he replied; "No, I do not know anything." The audience had about reached this conclusion by this time. Bro. Reid went down with a struggle, and Boaz in his easy gentle, sympathetic, and loving manner turned him over to his heart-broken friends for disposal.
It startled the readers of the G.A. to know that R. H. Pigue at Fulton in his little paper recorded the death of Reid. Digressivism and Methodism sustain a close relationship to each other, both bow to authority of Rome. Pigue gave him advice: "Shun such men as warlick. Boaz, Hardeman, Calley, Long, Freed, Smith, Ratcliffe, Denton, Dunn, Elam, Lipscomb, Haskins, and others. They are guided by a "thus saith the Lord."
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