Russell White Debate A Public Discussion Between Pastor Charles T Russell Millennial Dawn Of Allegheny Pa And L S White Christian Of Dallas Tex

This debate was brought about after a correspondence covering nearly eight months of time between Mr. Russell and myself. In June, 1907, Mr. Russell wrote to me that if I would find a "fair, honorable, straightforward servant of truth," and a representative man and properly indorsed, he would meet him in public debate.I immediately took the matter up with M. C. Kurfees and R. H. Boll, of Louisville, Ky., and they made selection of L. S. White, of the Pearl and Bryan Streets Church of Christ, Dallas, Texas. In October, Mr. White was presented to Mr. Russell, by correspondence, as the one selected to meet him. The two then entered into correspondence, and after two months decided on the propositions discussed in this book.Mr. White wanted a much longer time given to each proposition. He also requested that the disputants be governed by the rules laid down in "Hedge's Logic," and that each debater be confined to the proposition discussed. To both of these propositions, Mr. Russell declined to agree.Mr. White came with the indorsements of the best brethren throughout the South and South-west. He has spent fifteen years in the evangelistic field. He has been the champion of seventeen debates, extending from Tennessee to California. While only forty years of age, and in appearance on the platform young enough to be Mr. Russell's own son, he nevertheless handled his part of the program in a manner that proved him to be a master of the occasion.It is also important to state that Mr. D. A. Brown, an expert stenographer of national reputation, was employed by me to take the full debate. Mr. Brown is not a member of either church, and his report can be regarded as the only full and impartial report published.F. L. ROWE.

Excerpt from Russell-White Debate: A Public Discussion Between Pastor Charles T. Russell (Millennial Dawn) Of Allegheny, Pa;, And L. S. White (Christian) Of Dallas, Tex Turning now from the life of the Master to that of Paul, we find an almost unbroken series of sharp contentions with the enemies of the truth. With the grace and polish of a trained dialectician, he was at home in debate, whether reasoning in the school of Tyrannus, answering the proud philosophers of Athens, combating the devotees of Diana in Ephesus, or contending with the chief of the Jews in Rome; and his speeches are models of systematic argumentation and impassioned appeal. It may be added that truth in all ages has ourished in the soil of controversy. It never fears defeat, but courts fair, manly, dignified, and courteous investigation; and when its advocates raise the ag of truce in the presence of the enemy, it will not be long till the enemy is master of the field. It is, therefore, a matter for genuine congratulation among all lovers of the truth that in this age of religious compromise and latitudinarian tendencies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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