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Life of F. B. Srygley
September 29, 1932

(By F. D. Srygley)

F. B. Srygley was born Sept. 10, 1859 at Rock Creek, Colvert Co. Ala. In 1885 he conducted his first public oral debate with Harvey Rice, Methodist, at Gladeville, Tenn. He attracted attention as a debater at once, and since that time he has been frequently called upon to discuss religious questions in different parts of the country. He has, in all, held 24 debates , and in these discussions has met Miss. Baptists, Prim. Baptists, Separate Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists and Mormons, As a polemical speaker he ranks high, especially in the clearness of his positions, the strength of this arguments, and the vigor of his oratory. In wit, humor, repartee and anecdote, he is inexhaustible and unanswerable; and large audiences always attend his debates, because they like his speeches even if they disagree.

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