Isaac Wescott
Isaac Wescott (born 1804) was a clergyman in New York City known chiefly as a public opponent of Universalism. In 1854 he met the prominent Universalist minister Thomas J. Sawyer in a debate on the question "Do the holy Scriptures teach the doctrine of endless misery?", with Wescott arguing the affirmative and Sawyer the negative; the exchange was reported and published the same year, and a further discussion between the two appeared in 1867. Little else about his life has been recorded.
In the collection (2 works)
A Discussion on the Doctrine of Eternal Salvation (1854)
Sawyer's first extended written duel with the Baptist Isaac Wescott, conducted thirteen years before their 1867 exchange (also in this collection). The question — 'do the scriptures teach the final salvation of all men?' — is argued through alternating letters with the full exegetical apparatus both men commanded. Together the two Sawyer–Wescott volumes bracket the mature phase of the written-debate genre.
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A Discussion of the Doctrine of Universal Salvation (1867) with Thomas Jefferson Sawyer
A formal written debate on the question 'Do the scriptures teach the final salvation of all men?' with Thomas J. Sawyer taking the affirmative. Sawyer was the denomination's most learned champion, and this exchange — published in Cincinnati for western readers — shows the mid-century debate genre in its mature, courteous, heavily exegetical form.
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