The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-24
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uttered from the pulpit concerning the
doctrines Of his faith. u ! 81
Subjects for Debate.
In his letters OF challenge Mr.. Shelton
named four specific Propositions on which
he would enter into q public debate, as
follows:
First Whether there Is an eternal hell.
Second. That the Scriptures teach that
man in the State between death and re-
surrection Is toally unconscious.
Third. That they do not teach q. general
resurrection of the dead of ali mankind
who die.
Fourth. That the Scriptures teach that
the final punishment of the wicked will
consist OF an eternal extinction of their
being.
Who the writer of the first letter is
DR.. Dudley does not know. as he threw
into the fire the whole of the eight
page epistle without once glancing atzthe
attached signature. It Is generally thought
that the author was a former member
of Pine Street Church, and Is now a
pastor of a separate and distinct denom-
tnaion.
1T was this letter and Dr. Dudley's
reply to it from the pulpit that began
the whole affair. which had it's culmina-
ton In a personal request made through
the telephone from Mr.. Taylor for n prl-
waite conference In Ford's Hotel, where
DR.. Dudley was a guest To this DR..
Dudley consented and on Wednesday af-
ternoon Mr.. Taylor. in company with
several other friends. appeared in Ford's
Hotel. where they We're met ny Dr.
Dudley. On seeing them DR.. Dudley says
that lie asked Mr.. Taylor to a paror,
where they could engage in their con-
versln privately. Mr.. Taylor refused
to 90 Without his friends. and the min
lister refused to go with them.
Mash Their Noses.
The matter was argued. but neither.
side would move from Its determination,
and the affair ended abruptly. with more
or less high dudgeon, when DIR. Dudley
said that IL they would come to the
church he would mash their noses"
meaning In a announcement from the
pulpit.
DR.. Dudley was interviewed by a Times
Dispatch representative last night
Unanswered by reciting the portion; OF
the first letter he had received and
which had aroused his ire. and said:
went to the pulpit and stated
what had been written to me, and
branded the writer as a ChrIstadel.
phlan or a RusseIllte, and then pro-
ceeded to pay my respects to him.
This greatly aroused the anlmosIty OF
a few, Chrlstadelphlans and they have
tried In one way or another to have
me meet them In open debate"
What was proposed rs the question
of debate" asked the reporter.
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fourth n four-page, typewriter letter
from Mr.. Shelton. and read the four prop
osltlons, as stated above. Replying to the
question as to why, he would not enter
Into a public debate. fe said:
My only reason for not meeting
this man in public debate or otherwise
4 is that = do not'-N7d7t 10 give them
an audience. They cannot get an
5aualence Of Ne.Hlselves, and they
want n tnan who is accustomed to-
having large audiences to- call to-
gether, by his Influence, a. company
of people to which they may give
forth their damnable doctrine. Let tho
bulls of Basham,. he exclaimed, 40
below, paw the dirt and do what
they may. I do not propose to have
8 anything to do With them. but will
continue to preach tho gospel in all
which Is my throne "a, J. f,
Mr.. Shelton was seenGla night MS to
his side of the case. He said that Dir.
Dudley had referred from the pulpit to-,
the Chrlstadelphians as bong Just like
rabbits lodging in the hriers and h,ishes,n \
This greatly angered Mr.. Shelton.
and he said last night, II would not
submit to this abuse of people and
then refusing to come out in the
open in 4 fair and square debate He
didn't have the grit to face the
music.H "a *
When asked to give his version3 as to
how the matter started, Mr.. Shelton said
that a question box had been placed IN
the church. and people Mere given tho
privilege of using this box to have their
questions and doubts answered BY DR..
Dudley. On the receipt OF the first let
ter he said that Mr.. Dudleyfat once sue-
Sested n Christadelphlan, hut that he
tNlr SheltoW did not believe 1t had en-
anated from one OF that sect lie COM
planned. In bitter terms, that In refusing
to give them an audience, and in not
his letters Mr. Dudley Ind
been Very rude, and Very grievously so
In saying that he would mash their
noses. Mr.. Shelton seemed to feel that
his people had been Very bitterly wronged
and his Sltn g ua &c was not TO be mistaken.
pr, Indlsys' revival services ut Pine
Street Church ended last night. and il
Is expected that he VIII return ia Nor
tolk to-day. Nearly two hundred per
sons protested conversion.
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