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Four days debate at Poughkeepsil, Ark. General church propositions.
Mr. Smith failed on church history. Bro. Ritchie urged him to show where any mention was made of the Baptist church before the 15th century or the Miss. Baptist Church before 1832. Smith failed to notice this. Bro. Ritchie on history showed from Orchard (pp.6,7). Mosheim (Vol. I, p.27). Neander (p.7), and Jones (p.70), that the Jerusalem church was the first church founded in the Christian age. When bro. Ritchie introduced Lofton and Whitsett, Smith replied: "Lofton was crazy and Whitsett was not in good standing. The trouble was, they contradicted Baptist theories. On the name, bro. Ritchie proved that the name "Christian" was given by divine authority and should be word, to the exclusion of all other names.
As to our practice of baptizing people upon a simple confession of faith, having a plurality of elders in each congregation, and meeting on the first day of every week for the purpose of commemorating the death and suffering of our Savior, bro. Ritchie made strong arguments and sustained these practiced by the word.
Bro. Ritchie is a young man of 28 years ans this was his second debate. He is amply able to defend the truth. He does not engage in sophistry, ridicule or worldly comparisons, but is ready at all times with the word of God.
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Andy T. Ritchie vs W. L. Smith (Missionary Baptist)
October 5, 1905
Poughkeepsil, Arkansas
(By R. V. Cawthon)
October 5, 1905
Poughkeepsil, Arkansas
(By R. V. Cawthon)
Four days debate at Poughkeepsil, Ark. General church propositions.
Mr. Smith failed on church history. Bro. Ritchie urged him to show where any mention was made of the Baptist church before the 15th century or the Miss. Baptist Church before 1832. Smith failed to notice this. Bro. Ritchie on history showed from Orchard (pp.6,7). Mosheim (Vol. I, p.27). Neander (p.7), and Jones (p.70), that the Jerusalem church was the first church founded in the Christian age. When bro. Ritchie introduced Lofton and Whitsett, Smith replied: "Lofton was crazy and Whitsett was not in good standing. The trouble was, they contradicted Baptist theories. On the name, bro. Ritchie proved that the name "Christian" was given by divine authority and should be word, to the exclusion of all other names.
As to our practice of baptizing people upon a simple confession of faith, having a plurality of elders in each congregation, and meeting on the first day of every week for the purpose of commemorating the death and suffering of our Savior, bro. Ritchie made strong arguments and sustained these practiced by the word.
Bro. Ritchie is a young man of 28 years ans this was his second debate. He is amply able to defend the truth. He does not engage in sophistry, ridicule or worldly comparisons, but is ready at all times with the word of God.
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