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T H. E K I N G ' S BUS I NE S S closes its eyes to its foes. For Mr. Stauffer’s benefit we would like to say that the wide fellowship of premillen- nialists with which we are associated are a very happy, hopeful lot of people. “No. The conversion of America was not impossible in this age, but Mr. Stauffer will search his Bible in vain to find it a ‘promisable’ thing to faith. We are not so concerned with theorizing about -the possible or impossible as we are of seeking the realization of the things God has ,promised. God might solve the foolish hypothesis of making an irresistible force overcome an im movable object; but we are not asking Him to work in the sphere of human speculations, but in the line of His revealed purposes. “‘The conversion of Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria was not an impossible goal in the days of the Apostles, but none of the Apostles issued such a proposal as a slogan to their followers. John Wesley once wrote: ‘We may boldly
WILL AMERICA BE CONVERTED? Byron H. Stauffer in the Methodist Guardian presents premillennlalism as follows: • ?“ Is ’Optimism versus Pessimism to be the issue which will divide the forces of new world Protestantism into two camps? Is the question whether the world is growing better or worse the i pivot upon which this generation’s the ological debates will swing? Must we say that the conversion of America, let alone China, is impossible in this dis pensation? Is it essential to believe that. Christ will come to find an apos tate Church and denounce it in fierce judgment?” To this Dr. Griffith-Thomas replies: “ The issue is not one of Optimism versus Pessimism, but one of Optimism with blinders on and Optimism with Healthful Hope. The ostrich»is the best symbol of the former, for it tries to be optimistic when it buries its head in the sand and forgets its dangers as' it
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