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Debate at Viola, Kentucky, February 27 - March 1.
I have never seen a moderator more unbiased than J. W. Shepherd. If I were debating and could find a man of the opposition who understood moderating as well as J. W. Shepherd, I would be perfectly willing to use him. Penick affirmed: Establishment of church in life of Christ. Penick was very indefinite. He tried to put Boaz in the lead. He introduced the temple as a type of the church, but could not be induced to say whether God was in his type before the cloud filled the same or not. When strong men forsake their own proof, there is something wrong with their proposition. Mr. Penick made a child's play on his definition of "New Testament" as found in his proposition. This made our confidence grow in the position we occupy. We feel sure that Mr. Penick represents the strength of the Baptists in the south today, and to see him fail to define his terms and his attempt to evade the issue impressed his listeners that his proposition was illogical and unscriptural. Boaz affirmed: design of baptism. He laid a foundation in his first speech that no living man can refute. Penick ignored it, sidetracked the issue, showing his inability to grapple with the same. He could not be persuaded to notice the grammatical constructions of the conjunction in Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38. He would say nothing about the tense of the verbs in Galatians 3:27 and Colosians 2:11-12. These reasons could be seen and fully appreciated by every school boy present.
Penick contended that the preposition "eis" should be translated by "into" in such passages as (John 3:16, 18, 36); (Galatians 2:16); (I John 5:10), but Boaz met this assertion by affirming that the Wared's scholarship is against any such translation. He then read the passage from the Common Version, English Revised Version, American Standard Version, and Bible Union Version all of which translate the word by "in", "on", or "upon" and never by "believe into Christ".
Just why men will fly into the face of the scholarship of the Wared and so little love for God as to fly into the face of his word I am unable to explain. It could only be the dying struggles of the supporters of a lost cause that could thus do. My conclusion of Baptist debaters today is their strength is measured thus: Their ability to keep from defining the issue and committing themselves to any position whatever when in the affirmative; their ability to cover their opponent's position and to keep the audience from seeing the same, while they introduce new issues to draw the unwary listener away from the position they are placed when in the negative. If the Baptists were satisfied with their champion they are certainly easily pleased. That Penick made a signal failure was manifest.
The scene of this debate brought many happy recollections to Bro. Boaz. It was the neighborhood of his early boyhood. The people showed their appreciation bor him by flocking from far and near to hear this debate. His father and mother were there to share the joys of seeing the truth held up against error. The following preachers attended: J. W. Shepherd (moderator), J. S. Haskins, F. O. Howell, D. N. Barnet, W. C. Hall, C. M. Stubblefield, J. E. Laird, W. L. Reeves, C. C. Houston, C. S. Austin, J. W. Dunn, A. L. Wilson, T. M. Carney, T. H. Ethridge, L. A. Winstead, H. M. Phillips, and T. B. Thompson.
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W. T. Boaz vs I. N. Penick
March 21, 1912
Viola, Kentucky
(By T. B. Thompson)
March 21, 1912
Viola, Kentucky
(By T. B. Thompson)
Debate at Viola, Kentucky, February 27 - March 1.
I have never seen a moderator more unbiased than J. W. Shepherd. If I were debating and could find a man of the opposition who understood moderating as well as J. W. Shepherd, I would be perfectly willing to use him. Penick affirmed: Establishment of church in life of Christ. Penick was very indefinite. He tried to put Boaz in the lead. He introduced the temple as a type of the church, but could not be induced to say whether God was in his type before the cloud filled the same or not. When strong men forsake their own proof, there is something wrong with their proposition. Mr. Penick made a child's play on his definition of "New Testament" as found in his proposition. This made our confidence grow in the position we occupy. We feel sure that Mr. Penick represents the strength of the Baptists in the south today, and to see him fail to define his terms and his attempt to evade the issue impressed his listeners that his proposition was illogical and unscriptural. Boaz affirmed: design of baptism. He laid a foundation in his first speech that no living man can refute. Penick ignored it, sidetracked the issue, showing his inability to grapple with the same. He could not be persuaded to notice the grammatical constructions of the conjunction in Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38. He would say nothing about the tense of the verbs in Galatians 3:27 and Colosians 2:11-12. These reasons could be seen and fully appreciated by every school boy present.
Penick contended that the preposition "eis" should be translated by "into" in such passages as (John 3:16, 18, 36); (Galatians 2:16); (I John 5:10), but Boaz met this assertion by affirming that the Wared's scholarship is against any such translation. He then read the passage from the Common Version, English Revised Version, American Standard Version, and Bible Union Version all of which translate the word by "in", "on", or "upon" and never by "believe into Christ".
Just why men will fly into the face of the scholarship of the Wared and so little love for God as to fly into the face of his word I am unable to explain. It could only be the dying struggles of the supporters of a lost cause that could thus do. My conclusion of Baptist debaters today is their strength is measured thus: Their ability to keep from defining the issue and committing themselves to any position whatever when in the affirmative; their ability to cover their opponent's position and to keep the audience from seeing the same, while they introduce new issues to draw the unwary listener away from the position they are placed when in the negative. If the Baptists were satisfied with their champion they are certainly easily pleased. That Penick made a signal failure was manifest.
The scene of this debate brought many happy recollections to Bro. Boaz. It was the neighborhood of his early boyhood. The people showed their appreciation bor him by flocking from far and near to hear this debate. His father and mother were there to share the joys of seeing the truth held up against error. The following preachers attended: J. W. Shepherd (moderator), J. S. Haskins, F. O. Howell, D. N. Barnet, W. C. Hall, C. M. Stubblefield, J. E. Laird, W. L. Reeves, C. C. Houston, C. S. Austin, J. W. Dunn, A. L. Wilson, T. M. Carney, T. H. Ethridge, L. A. Winstead, H. M. Phillips, and T. B. Thompson.
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