67 accusation was the School's policy of "no condemnation of the work of Mrs. McPherson and of others with which it disagreed." Another source of criticism was the contract the Biol a Print Shop had with -Angelus-- ;fempie-t~---do its . printing. Although this was strictly a corrrrnercial agreement, nevertheless, some of the critics considered printing literature for the Angelus Temple as being tantamount to approval of its doctrine. This criticism smoldered beneath the surface for quite some time before it broke into an open flame in 1925. The spark which ignited the flame was th vociferous accusations brought against Biola and its leaders by Dr. A. C. Dixon, a prominent Pastor and a leader in fundamental circles. Dr. Dixon, well acquainted with Biola and its founders and leaders, having served as Chairman of the Editorial Board which pepared the manuscripts for The Funda- mentals, a twelve-volume series of books published in 1912-1913, by Lyman Stewart and his brother Milton, was seriously considered as the successor of Dr . Torrey, who had just resigned as Dean. Dr. Dixon visited Biola in early 1925 to discuss with the _Board the pos- sibility of his becoming Dean. During the meetings the matter of Pente- costalism came up. To what extent it was discussed is not known. Hov!ever, the records indicate that it became a heated discussion, and Dr. Dixon was so disturbed about the matter that he laid down such stringent conitions under which he would serve as Dean that the Board felt it unwise to offer him the position. Later, Mr. Horton, in his correspondence with Dr. Dixon tried to explain the mat- ter and give some background of it. Dr. Dixon's response is indicative of the seriousness of the matter and how he felt about it. He replied to Horton, "The stunning, startling fact that stared me in the face was that you were in sympathy with McPhersonism, and your letter before me gives ten-fold em- phasis to the fact." In his letter on which the above statement is based, .Mr. Horton had said, "Regarding the matter of Mrs. McPherson's work, I might say that when Mr. Stewart was with us he was very definite about the matter
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