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A four night debate on instrumental music.
Bro. Wade is a serious minded young man who has broken with the Christian church on all digressive features but the organ. James Saunders, one of our able young preachers in California, formerly of England, joined the Christian church and left it for the church of Christ. He had now preached for five years. Bro. Saunders had a wholesome spirit of fairness. Bro. Wade wanted to show the same spirit, but lacked the ability to get to the direct arguments of Saunders.
Bro. Wade referred to Peter's statement, "remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets" and said this bound on us all that the prophets authorized. He said instrumental music was put in by the prophets and Saunders was called on to take it out. Bro. Saunders replied that the law and the prophets were until John and that God in the last days has spoken unto us by his Son; and that the prophets confirm the message of the resurrected Christ, but are not a law to us. He asked bro. Wade if Abraham offering Isaac was binding on the church?
Bro. Saunders affirmed instrumental music to be sinful and gave for his definition of "sinful" the "transgression of the law" (I Jn. 3:4). He cited the passages showing the worship must be in spirit and in truth. He showed the N.T. said sing. The H.S. guided the apostles to sing without musical accompaniment. This addition to the divine arrangement would be a transgression and, therefore, sinful. Bro. Wade asked constantly, "What verse says it is wrong?" Bro. Wade accepted the definition of sin: "For sin is the transgression of the law." He was sincere but lacked the logical mind of Saunders.
The climax came in the closing speech of Saunders. He told why he left the Episcopal church and then the Christian church. He pleaded for bro. Wade, who left the Methodist church to come all the way to the N.T. church. The plea was earnestly and effectively made. The debate left a friendly feeling all around. Saunders' effort endeared him to all of us more.
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J. W. Saunders vs G. C. Wade (Christian Church, instrumental music)
February 12, 1931
California
(By Ernest Beam)
February 12, 1931
California
(By Ernest Beam)
A four night debate on instrumental music.
Bro. Wade is a serious minded young man who has broken with the Christian church on all digressive features but the organ. James Saunders, one of our able young preachers in California, formerly of England, joined the Christian church and left it for the church of Christ. He had now preached for five years. Bro. Saunders had a wholesome spirit of fairness. Bro. Wade wanted to show the same spirit, but lacked the ability to get to the direct arguments of Saunders.
Bro. Wade referred to Peter's statement, "remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets" and said this bound on us all that the prophets authorized. He said instrumental music was put in by the prophets and Saunders was called on to take it out. Bro. Saunders replied that the law and the prophets were until John and that God in the last days has spoken unto us by his Son; and that the prophets confirm the message of the resurrected Christ, but are not a law to us. He asked bro. Wade if Abraham offering Isaac was binding on the church?
Bro. Saunders affirmed instrumental music to be sinful and gave for his definition of "sinful" the "transgression of the law" (I Jn. 3:4). He cited the passages showing the worship must be in spirit and in truth. He showed the N.T. said sing. The H.S. guided the apostles to sing without musical accompaniment. This addition to the divine arrangement would be a transgression and, therefore, sinful. Bro. Wade asked constantly, "What verse says it is wrong?" Bro. Wade accepted the definition of sin: "For sin is the transgression of the law." He was sincere but lacked the logical mind of Saunders.
The climax came in the closing speech of Saunders. He told why he left the Episcopal church and then the Christian church. He pleaded for bro. Wade, who left the Methodist church to come all the way to the N.T. church. The plea was earnestly and effectively made. The debate left a friendly feeling all around. Saunders' effort endeared him to all of us more.
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