. 18 to fundamentalists of that era; a~d thousands of its graduates had been fun- neled into orthodox channels to aid the movement. Prior to World War I. Moody -had notA).een~ ·d±rectly involved in the movement, per se. However after the War, Dr. James M. Gray led the School into a more active role in the theological war being waged at that time. Moody's facilities were made available for rallies, conventions, and Bible conferences of an orthodox nature. Thus, Moody became a center of action for fundamentalists. On the West Coast Biola played a similar role to that played by Moody in the Middle West. It, too, became a center of activity in the early phase of the fundamentalist movement. Mr. Lyman Stewart and Rev. T. C. Horton, cofounders of the School, and Dr. R. A. Torrey, its dean from 1912 to 1925, were all active in the early phase of the movement. Although this historic sketch of Biola University's heritage and back- ground is far too brief, because of the limitation of space, it is hoped that sufficient light has been shed on the subject to enable the reader to develop an appropriate appreciation of some of the events and conditions that brought this great institution into existence and to evaluate its role in the past as well as its present ministry and usefulness to the funda- mental spectrum of the Christian Church throughout America and on the var- ious mission fields of the world to which God has called its graduates.
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