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curred to the American people that to give millions to education was an act that should call for church discipline. It is rather a badge of honor, and of loyalty to the highest and best. Should such an act be considered as worthy of investigation, the need of money, in the work of the local church, as in the col lege, would prove the stronger appeal, and win immunity for the benefactor of education. Moreover, many of the sup porters of our institutions are officers in local churches; thus their influence there is two-fold— financial and official — and their protection is doubly assured. It is clear to the most observant that America, with all her wealth and en lightenment, is in immine'nt danger of losing sight of her loftiest ideals. Money has taken the throne. We have been so busy gilding the framework that we have forgotten to look at the picture. This is a land of vast achievement. We have done grandly in the past; but we are in, danger of losing our ethical ideals, our moral passion ,and becom ing a nation that has lost its vision, for money, and not God, is becoming more and more the touchstone of our thoughts and the lodestone of our am bitions. Victory Is Coming For the Bible we have no fear; but we have a great task, to awaken the churches to see the danger of losing Christ. Many has fallen asleep at the switch. The Heroic spirit of the old pioneer preacher whom President Jack- son complimented is needed today. The parson was booked to preach where the great American was to stop over night, and Andrew Jackson found himself ,in a pew in the church. The deacons held a hurried consultation, and calling the preacher from the pulpit informed him of the presence of the President and re quested him to be guarded in his re marks. Before beginning his message the
power; she can fight a mighty battle if she wills to do it. The Church is a born fighter; she was conceived in con flict, and by conflict only can she tri umph. The policy of silence and com promise that has too long prevailed is contrary to the genius of the Church, and because of which divisions are ap pearing amongst us. Next to peace, the Church should love nothing better than conflict for God and His Truth. To this we are called today, and we should ask, Have we heard the call? Have we enlisted? Does the world know where the Church stands? This is the ques tion that is pressing in from every quarter. What are the churches going to do with the anti-Christian movement in education in America? Shall it be defeated? Shall we rise up into the heights with God and believe Moses, Christ and Paul? These queries must be answered. They are insistent; they will not be silenced; we cannot dodge them; the struggle is truly on. What are we going to do to meet an apostate Christianity and redeem our institutions for God? The Greatness of the Problem Separating Modernism from our in stitutions and the churches is a task of the first magnitude, because this false system is abetted and fortified by the power of material wealth. There is a powerful financial concern that is laboring to control the higher educa tion of America. This trust is devot ing millions to the spread of Modern ism in American education, in all those institutions where the false criticisms of tAe Bible are rampant; and they are doing this with the knowledge and ap proval of many of the prominent lay men in the churches. These philan thropists are members of the churches. Of course the churches never thought it expedient to investigate the conduct of these men for supporting our education al institutions. It probably never oc
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