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N. B. Hardeman of Henderson and I. N. Penick of Martin, Tenn have had three debates since Feb.
On Monday after the first Lord's day in Feb. they began a debate at Oak Grove Baptist Church about 4 miles south of Martin; on Mon. after the 3rd Lord's day in Feb. they began in Martin; on March 11 they began in Henderson. They had debated twice before these debates. All these debates lasted 6 days each.
Propositions were: establishment of the church; design of baptism; apostasy; and work of the H. S. in conversion. These debates were well attended and many were shown the truth as never before.
Penick is 50 years old and had 60 debates. He is considered their best since the death of J. N. Hall. His power is not in fluency of speech or logic, but in quibbling and misstating his opponent. He pleads his own goodness and tries to make the audience believe he would never misrepresent his opponent. But you may always look out when you hear him talk about his goodness. In all his debates with bro. Hardeman he was met on every argument, misstatement and misrepresentation and exposed.
Bro. Hardeman is a young man of 32 and has had 6 debates. He is well educated, is a fine speaker, and clear in his statement of truth and the position of the man his is meeting. He is able to meet any man of the Bap. Church, and the truth will never suffer in his hands.
In the debate at Oak Grove, bro. H. challenged Penick to repeat the debate at Martin. Penick accepted also challenged bro. H. To meet him in Henderson. Bro. H. accepted. In all these debates our brethren were in attendance; but when we went to Henderson the Baptists did not turn out. In fact, two of the leading Baptists of the town did not attend. Bro. H had calls from several different places to repeat the debate, and he called on Penick publicly to meet him in Dickson, Ripley, Booneville (Miss.) And other places. Penick said if he could not go others could and that was all he would say about future debates. The fact is N. B. Hardeman is entirely too much for I. N. Penick in debate.
After the Martin debate, from 3-5 Baptist preachers had to take up Hardeman's arguments and make an effort to meet them in the Baptist Banner. Then came T. F. Moore with the statement that "it had gone out from Martin that Hardeman had defeated Penick and that Penick confessed it." We feel sure the report went out that way - that he was defeated, and it was reported by those who were not members of the church; and when people saw that J. B. Moody and others had to come to his rescue in his paper, almost all were made to believe that the whole Baptist Church was about to confess it.
I attended all 3 debates and moderated for N. B. H. and I am sure that much good was done in planting truth and defeating error.
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N. B. Hardeman vs L. N. Penick (Baptist)
April 18. 1907
Henderson, Tennessee
(By W.T. Boaz)
April 18. 1907
Henderson, Tennessee
(By W.T. Boaz)
N. B. Hardeman of Henderson and I. N. Penick of Martin, Tenn have had three debates since Feb.
On Monday after the first Lord's day in Feb. they began a debate at Oak Grove Baptist Church about 4 miles south of Martin; on Mon. after the 3rd Lord's day in Feb. they began in Martin; on March 11 they began in Henderson. They had debated twice before these debates. All these debates lasted 6 days each.
Propositions were: establishment of the church; design of baptism; apostasy; and work of the H. S. in conversion. These debates were well attended and many were shown the truth as never before.
Penick is 50 years old and had 60 debates. He is considered their best since the death of J. N. Hall. His power is not in fluency of speech or logic, but in quibbling and misstating his opponent. He pleads his own goodness and tries to make the audience believe he would never misrepresent his opponent. But you may always look out when you hear him talk about his goodness. In all his debates with bro. Hardeman he was met on every argument, misstatement and misrepresentation and exposed.
Bro. Hardeman is a young man of 32 and has had 6 debates. He is well educated, is a fine speaker, and clear in his statement of truth and the position of the man his is meeting. He is able to meet any man of the Bap. Church, and the truth will never suffer in his hands.
In the debate at Oak Grove, bro. H. challenged Penick to repeat the debate at Martin. Penick accepted also challenged bro. H. To meet him in Henderson. Bro. H. accepted. In all these debates our brethren were in attendance; but when we went to Henderson the Baptists did not turn out. In fact, two of the leading Baptists of the town did not attend. Bro. H had calls from several different places to repeat the debate, and he called on Penick publicly to meet him in Dickson, Ripley, Booneville (Miss.) And other places. Penick said if he could not go others could and that was all he would say about future debates. The fact is N. B. Hardeman is entirely too much for I. N. Penick in debate.
After the Martin debate, from 3-5 Baptist preachers had to take up Hardeman's arguments and make an effort to meet them in the Baptist Banner. Then came T. F. Moore with the statement that "it had gone out from Martin that Hardeman had defeated Penick and that Penick confessed it." We feel sure the report went out that way - that he was defeated, and it was reported by those who were not members of the church; and when people saw that J. B. Moody and others had to come to his rescue in his paper, almost all were made to believe that the whole Baptist Church was about to confess it.
I attended all 3 debates and moderated for N. B. H. and I am sure that much good was done in planting truth and defeating error.
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