President of Christian Fundamentals Association Strongly Endorses Bible Institute of Los Angeles
connection with this trip, certain things have impressed us. First of all, the Los i | Angeles Bible Institute seemed to us to have gained in strength since thè time of our ( y * visit a year since. We had a long conference with both the present efficient superinten dent, Dr. Charles E. Hurlburt, and the Dean of the faculty, Dr. John- M. Maclnnis. In our last issue of this paper we referred to our fears that the cry for “Peace !” in the battle
with modernism was a victory for modernism itself, and recited among other instances a recent article from the pen of Dean Mac lnnis on that subject. We failed to say, as we should have said, that that article contained nothing to justify our co'mment but that an article appearing from the pen of Keith L. Brooks in a smaller and independent publication, quoting from Dean Maclnnis a sen tence that inveighed against debates on evolution and other forms of defense that some of us have deliberately and conscientiously adopted, was the basis of what we had to say, and we suppose that this had been taken from the address in his verbal delivery, but defeated before it went to print. (See note below.) Dr. Maclnnis assured us that we can depend upon him and upon that great and blessed school to stand foursquare for the “faith once delivered” ; that there was no weakening in its position and that there would certainly be none while he remained its Dean, all of which was ardently backed by Superintendent Hurlburt. T. C. Hor ton, who founded the school through the magnificent financial aid of Lyman Stewart, and whose fundamentalism could never be ques tioned by any living man, is more and more retiring from active association with the Institute. He surrenders now the editorship of the King’s Business and it goes into the hands of Dean Maclnnis, Superintendent Hurlburt and Keith L. Brooks. In the editor’s state ment, which is to appear in the next Magazine, Dr. Maclnnis says, “We are convinced that bur times demand outspoken frankness. The effort to be neither hot nor cold must prove disastrous. A colorless
Dr. W . B. Riley In the last number of h is. magazine “Fundamentals of Church and School,” writes of his recent visit to Los Angeles. Dr. Riley herein en deavors to erase a ques tion mark which a pre vious article of his had put in the minds of mahy p e o p l e respecting the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Dr. Riley’s true manliness comes out in this frank acknowledg ment of his error.
periodical is worse than.useless and we have no sympathy with mere shallow sentences that have no burning convictions back of them. Therefore, by the grace of God, we shall endeavor to give a clean, ringing testimony concerning the great evangelical doctrines and principles for which the Bible Institute of Los Angeles has always stood—and still stands.” This is a good deliver ance, and we are thoroughly convinced, after this extended counsel with these brethren, that they can be looked to by the Pacific Coast for leadership in the fight against modernism and for the “faith once delivered,” and that no man will be permitted as a teacher in the Los Angeles Bible Institute who is not known to hold absolutely to every cardinal tenet of the faith. Our hearts are happy in the confidence that this Institute will not only continue with equal loyalty to God and His Word, but will grow in numbers and power as the days go bv.
N ote : Dr. Riley is in error at this point, as Mr. Brooks did riot at any time quote Dr. Mac lnnis on the question o f debates. Dr. Riley pos sibly acted upon second-hand information, with out stopping to investigate.
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