A Christian Writes To His Brethren
To my brethren in the Sixth Avenue church of Christ Jasper, Alabama
Dear Brethren:
For sometime now brother Nichols has been presenting what he believes to be the truth on the question of this congregation supporting from her treasury both the Herald of Truth and Childhaven, Inc.
As a member of this congregation, I do not believe that brother Nichols is in harmony with the Word of God. I have reason to believe that some of you may agree with me that what brother Nichols is teaching from the pulpit, in our bulletin, and over the radio program is not taught in the Bible Since our preacher, who is one of the elders, has presented only what he believes, do you not think that it would be nothing but fair and honest for us to hear the other side of this question? If what brother Nichols is teaching with the support of the elders is taught in God's Book, don't you think they should let us hear these matters discussed openly, with both sides being presented from the same page, or from the same radio microphone, or from the same platform, to the same audience, where we can hear an open, fair, and honest investigation of these questions?
We can have such a period of Bible study provided brother Nichols and the elders are willing to submit what they teach to open investigation. There is a man in our county that is ready to discuss these questions and has signed representative propositions and brother Nichols has them. So all that is necessary for such a discussion is for brother Nichols to sign the propositions and return them. Brother Thomas G. O'Neal states in the bulletin of the McArthur Heights Congregation, "Brother Nichols has representative propositions with my signature on them. Should he desire, I will be glad to put my name on the line where Charles Holt's is on the proposition used in the Wallace-Holt debate or where Roy Cogdill's is on the propositions used in the Birmingham and Newburn Debates." (Walking in Truth, February, 1962, page 2)
Brother Nichols has had about one hundred debates in the past. He has not been afraid to defend what he believes to be the truth in the past. Don't you think brother Nichols should defend in public investigation what he believes on these matters?
Brethren, will you not speak to the elders and encourage them to work toward a fair, open, study of these matters, between brethren Gus Nichols and Thomas G. O'Neal? TRUTH has no fear of open investigation of God's Word.
Your brother in Christ, James Fred Dill