Excerpt from Church Discussion: Baptists and Disciples, The Ray and Lucas DebateDr. J. R. Lucas, A. M., second son of Elder John B. Lucas, was born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1831. His father moved to Louis ville, Ky., in 1833. Dr. Lucas has spent the most of his life, thus far, in Kentucky. He moved to Missouri about four years past. He is now located at Canton, Mo. Dr. Lucas has engaged in eight oral discussions - one with a. Universalist, three with the Methodists, one with the Cumberland Presbyterians, and three with Elder D. B. Ray, of the Baptists, the last of which is contained in this work. Dr. Lucas has engaged Rev. Jacob Ditzler in discussion for fourteen days, J. R. Collinsworth for nine days, and Elder G. W. Hughey, of Illinois, for twelve days. At the time of his discussion with Mr. Collinsworth he was connected as professor with Princeton College, Ky. The degree of A. M. Was conferred on Dr. Lucas by Christian University, located at Canton, Mo. He has been preaching twenty two years.The Church Discussion, as contained in the following work, comes out with the full sanction and indorsement of both disputants, as a faithful report of the La Grange debate.As to the style of the work, it appears with the characteristics of an oral discussion It does not profess to be governed by the strict est rules of rhetoric. The agreement was settled only about a week before the discussion opened.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.