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The Debate
G. K. Wallace affirmed that it is scriptural to use an aid in the worship, such as a tuning fork or a microphone, but that it was sinful to use a piano or other mechanical instruments of music during the same service. In contrast, Julian O. Hunt set forth a very unique position: that instrumental music is an aid to worship, and at the same time that instrumental music is commanded and therefore required to be used. He affirmed “that according to the New Testament the infallibly safe side is for Christians to use mechanical instruments of music in connection with praises offered to God” (p. 137).
The Participants
G. K. Wallace was a well known evangelist in churches of Christ. He was an active debater, lecturer, evangelist, writer, and college teacher and official. He was connected with Freed-Hardeman College for over thirty years, rising to be Vice-President. He authored sixteen booklets and nine books. His book, Denominational Dogmas, has been used as a textbook for university and congregational classes over the nation.
Julian O. Hunt was of a conservative group of the Christian Church. He was minister of the Maryland Avenue Christian Church of Lexington, KY. Along with Burton Barber, Donald G. Hunt, James McMorow, Julian Hunt represented a group which operated the School of Evangelism
at Ottumwa, Iowa.
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