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Four days, December 9-12, 1913 at First Baptist Church at Duquain, Illinois.
Bro. D. N. Barnett tried to bring primitive Christianity. Some of towns finest people were members of Church of Christ. The Baptist on beholding that hydra-headed monster Campbellism, beginning to show its head, hastened to hold a council of war; and after due deliberation it was decided to risk the fortunes of the party in a challenge to mortal combat in a public debate and thus stamp out "the watery enemy". These awful people so iniquitously nicknamed "Campbellites" are said to be inoculated with the most "damnable heresy," yet they seem always more than ready to accommodate any champion who is itching to enter the lists of free, open, and untrammeled public discussion of the points at issue, and that they fear no investigation or examination, howsoever rigid or severe.
W. T. Boaz, Columbia, Tennessee had 43 debates, unusual ability, and talent. He affirmed the church was begun at Pentecost. He laid down such a chain of arguments amounting almost to the demonstration of the fact that the finger of prophecy and the finger of history met upon Pentecost and Wallace had no hope of answering it. Wallace argued there was a church in the wilderness before Pentecost; that the Lord during his personal ministry selected his apostles and organized his church. Bro. Boaz showed that during the administration of John the Baptist and during the personal ministry of Christ was in promise and preparation, and that the materials were being gathered to be organized upon the day of Pentecost, very forcibly showed that the church, being under the New Testament, could not possibly been established before testament went into force. (Hebrews 9:16-17)
A very curious and interesting thing happened upon the first day of the debate in regard to alleged "Campbellism" and led, after a very long and heated discussion, during which a dudish and long-haired Methodist preacher stalked out to show his disgust with debates, to a ruling of the moderators that brethren would probably do well to observe. It seemed that a large part of Wallace's immunity was to discount upon the teaching of one Mr. Alexander Campbell and upon the church that he "founded." Besides his books to use on "Campbellism," Wallace had a large bundle of charts, one of which was decorated with a picture of Alexander Campbell. And I wish to notice just here, by way of digression, the horrible taste invariably exhibited by our Baptist friends in always selecting the very worst picture of Mr. Campbell that can be found. Living to be very old, after his long and laborious career, there was taken a photograph of Mr. Campbell in his old and enfeebled condition; and Baptists always, including J. N. Hall in his "Campbellite Catechism," pass over the many other pictures of Mr. Campbell in his prime and select this one; and by the time it is badly printed in a second hand press, nobody can hardly recognize it. It an underhanded effort to create as injurious an impression of Mr. Campbell as possible."
Wallace opened up his artillery upon the teach of Alexander Campbell "who founded my friend's church" but hardly had the breath escaped between his teeth before Boaz had risen to his feet and was courteously requesting him to wait a moment until he could kindly inquire of the moderators as to whether the proposition that he was affirming was to be established by Alexander Campbell or by the Bible. And then a storm broke upon the hitherto peaceful scene; but Boaz relentlessly stood his ground, as though he had heard Baptists before, and contended that the paper he signed pledged him to prove that "the Bible teaches," and Alexander Campbell had no more to do with this proposition than a man in the moon. After the storm, the moderators suggested to Wallace that he use the Bible and not Alexander Campbell. Wallace found himself without any ammunition in a fight that was about to reveal to the public that Baptist braggadocio had exploded itself into a thunderbolt of mud.
Preachers there: J. D. Clemens, Dixon Springs, Illinois (one of strongest churches in Southern Illinois), F. O. Howell, Fulton, Kentucky; J. L. Hines, Rumsey, Kentucky; T. G. Curd, Murray, Kentucky; E. S. Kerr, Brookport, Illinois, J. A. Kerr, Kentucky; Ottis Dimick, Illinois; Marco Eldridge, Macedonia, Illinois; F. O. Howell, moderator for Boaz.
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W. T. Boaz vs H. H. Wallace (Missionary Baptist)
January 8, 1914
Duquain, Illinois
(By James A. Allen)
January 8, 1914
Duquain, Illinois
(By James A. Allen)
Four days, December 9-12, 1913 at First Baptist Church at Duquain, Illinois.
Bro. D. N. Barnett tried to bring primitive Christianity. Some of towns finest people were members of Church of Christ. The Baptist on beholding that hydra-headed monster Campbellism, beginning to show its head, hastened to hold a council of war; and after due deliberation it was decided to risk the fortunes of the party in a challenge to mortal combat in a public debate and thus stamp out "the watery enemy". These awful people so iniquitously nicknamed "Campbellites" are said to be inoculated with the most "damnable heresy," yet they seem always more than ready to accommodate any champion who is itching to enter the lists of free, open, and untrammeled public discussion of the points at issue, and that they fear no investigation or examination, howsoever rigid or severe.
W. T. Boaz, Columbia, Tennessee had 43 debates, unusual ability, and talent. He affirmed the church was begun at Pentecost. He laid down such a chain of arguments amounting almost to the demonstration of the fact that the finger of prophecy and the finger of history met upon Pentecost and Wallace had no hope of answering it. Wallace argued there was a church in the wilderness before Pentecost; that the Lord during his personal ministry selected his apostles and organized his church. Bro. Boaz showed that during the administration of John the Baptist and during the personal ministry of Christ was in promise and preparation, and that the materials were being gathered to be organized upon the day of Pentecost, very forcibly showed that the church, being under the New Testament, could not possibly been established before testament went into force. (Hebrews 9:16-17)
A very curious and interesting thing happened upon the first day of the debate in regard to alleged "Campbellism" and led, after a very long and heated discussion, during which a dudish and long-haired Methodist preacher stalked out to show his disgust with debates, to a ruling of the moderators that brethren would probably do well to observe. It seemed that a large part of Wallace's immunity was to discount upon the teaching of one Mr. Alexander Campbell and upon the church that he "founded." Besides his books to use on "Campbellism," Wallace had a large bundle of charts, one of which was decorated with a picture of Alexander Campbell. And I wish to notice just here, by way of digression, the horrible taste invariably exhibited by our Baptist friends in always selecting the very worst picture of Mr. Campbell that can be found. Living to be very old, after his long and laborious career, there was taken a photograph of Mr. Campbell in his old and enfeebled condition; and Baptists always, including J. N. Hall in his "Campbellite Catechism," pass over the many other pictures of Mr. Campbell in his prime and select this one; and by the time it is badly printed in a second hand press, nobody can hardly recognize it. It an underhanded effort to create as injurious an impression of Mr. Campbell as possible."
Wallace opened up his artillery upon the teach of Alexander Campbell "who founded my friend's church" but hardly had the breath escaped between his teeth before Boaz had risen to his feet and was courteously requesting him to wait a moment until he could kindly inquire of the moderators as to whether the proposition that he was affirming was to be established by Alexander Campbell or by the Bible. And then a storm broke upon the hitherto peaceful scene; but Boaz relentlessly stood his ground, as though he had heard Baptists before, and contended that the paper he signed pledged him to prove that "the Bible teaches," and Alexander Campbell had no more to do with this proposition than a man in the moon. After the storm, the moderators suggested to Wallace that he use the Bible and not Alexander Campbell. Wallace found himself without any ammunition in a fight that was about to reveal to the public that Baptist braggadocio had exploded itself into a thunderbolt of mud.
Preachers there: J. D. Clemens, Dixon Springs, Illinois (one of strongest churches in Southern Illinois), F. O. Howell, Fulton, Kentucky; J. L. Hines, Rumsey, Kentucky; T. G. Curd, Murray, Kentucky; E. S. Kerr, Brookport, Illinois, J. A. Kerr, Kentucky; Ottis Dimick, Illinois; Marco Eldridge, Macedonia, Illinois; F. O. Howell, moderator for Boaz.
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