Richmond planet., 1899-07-01

You only made up with Rev. w. w.
Browne in quasi way when you want
ed some money to save the Virginia
Baptist. Yot got the-money, keps it,
cried at his funeral and then waited
until his sorrowink widow put Lawyer
Giles B. Jackson after you and by
Judgement against you forced you to
pay Rev. W. w. Brownies widow the
moneT that you got from HIM through
pretended renewed friendship. Now,
Or. Lewis, you ought 10 be the last
you shed O tear ct Rev. Mr.. Brownies
funeral. They naight have been tears
OF joy over the thought that you would
not have to pay the 500, bat th, Hon.
Giles B. Jackson did not think so. The
public st large will note with care how
well DR. Lewis loves to stick to the
truth when tell them that I never
Joined the True Reformers but once
in my life, that my application is not,
nor has not been before them for mem
bership since LEFT the order; but rs
to the relation Of myself and the Grand
Fountain, q. o. T. R.. DR.. Lewis and
others can best judge when / tell them
that il i sign q check on the True Re-
formers bank for $1,000, il will be forth
coming. Gan Dr.. Lewis do as much
WY THRY LOVE sM.
The True Reformers naturally love
me because they can always tell Jus.
what am, where l am and how to find
me. No one has ever bsen able to do
ss much with DIR. Lewiston IL he tells
] you he is going 10 preach q sarmcn for
you. it's best not to be satisfied about
the engagement until you see him
come IN the church door.
Now as to that debate in which I
lambasted DR.. q. d. Lev is what were
the facts in the case -? The Virginia
Baptist Publishing Company wanted
eome money. 1t was finally decided
that debate between DR.. Lewis and
myself would be q drawing card Dr..
Lewis encouraged it, stating so his
friecds that he wanted to get q chance
TO show the people of Richmond that
Graham wss no equal to him from an
] intellectual ndpoint a did not care
to 60 into the debate; being confident
from what had seen and known of DIR.
Lewis that he was no match for me in
q debate and that he would certainly
be (because OF his jealous neture) my
eternal enemy. Therefore through
much persuasion in DR.. j. 4. Jones'
study with Rev. s. e. Griggs and DR..
J. e. Jones present. accepted the OF
fer to participate in the debate for the
sake OF raising money for the Virginia
Baptist.
PECULIAR SUBJECT.
The subject was Resolved, that che
Devil was at one time in Heaven" I"
This subject was one peculiar to the
choice or DR.. u. D. Lewis because Rev.
John Jasper had preached on is taking
the position that the Devil had never
been in Heaven, the people were very
much stirred up on the subject.
DIR. Lewis tn srefcre reasoned that 9
debate on the subject between him
and nae in which / would be defeated
would give him the mastery over both
jasper snd Graham, that then DR.
Lewis wculd be the only ministerisl
pebble on the beach. After I left DR.
Jones's study, DIR. q. D. Lewis exclAim.
ed. ''Now my time has come, am 60
ing TO thrash him WE'LL" The time
did come, nothing was said about iudg
90 when we agreed to have the debate
but DR.. Lewis showed the ambition o
his soul when on reaching the church
and seeing . packed house of Rich
mond's most intellectual people gath.
cred, he demanded that we have
judges to settle this question once 70,
all, stating that il we did not have
judges be want ed the people to hav,
their money back. Judges were se-
/ lected, had nothing to do with nam
ing them.
SPOKE TOO LONG.
The debate was had, DR.. Levi
, speaking first. He spoke so long anC
used so much circumlocution until hii
! best friends feared his defeat and tolC
hIm his time was out, but no time hav
} ing been set and knowing that DIR
! Lewis had made no argument, bu
spent all OF his time in quoting from
Millions Paradise Lost and alluding Il
me ss being his theological inferior
. why / just told the presiding officer 4