W. W. Otey, Contender for the Faith

by Cecil Willis

There is inevitable conflict between truth and error. In this dramatic struggle, the servants of God and the servants of Satan cross swords. The Lord's church has always been faced with some crisis. No man completely knows the history of these crises unless he is familiar with the personal struggles of those gallant men who bore the strain of battle. Thus, the great value in biography.

In this work, through the participation of William Wesley Otey, a brief history is given of some of the major controversies that have arisen within the churches of Christ within the past century. Attention is herein given to the introduction of human societies to do the work of the church,mechanical instrumental music, the relation to the Christain to civil government, rebaptism, evangelistic oversight, Bible colleges,pseudo-unity moements, premillennialism, sponsoring churches, social activities sponsered by the church and benevolent societies.

Knowledge of these struggles of the past can assist us in contending for the faith in the perpetual battles between the servants of righteousness and the servants of sin. The battles of yesteryear cannot be fought today, nor can the soldiers asleep in thier tombs win our victories. But by thier noble actions they challenge us to to fight valiantly and faithfully. Such an example the lamented W. W. Otey left us to follow.

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