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experimental religion and real- fellowship with Christ, but . •-) through a real genuine conversion.” —o—
“I am very much surprised that anyone should for a , moment question Stanley Jones’ devotion to Christ. He is a graduate of Asbury College, which is known for its absolute orthodoxy; !and he is one of the most devout and spiritual of men I know, a man o f faith and filled '■ - with the Holy Spirit. I have never known of a Modern ist who was filled with the Spirit.. Stanley Jones needs no defense on my part.” A N ative M issionary A native tnissionary from India who is stopping in Los Angeles, and who was for some time a co-worker of Dr. Jones says: “Dr. Jones is absoliitely loyal to the Gospel." R ev . R. J. M iller Rev. R, J. Millet, Fundamentalist editor of The Christian Union Herald (United Presbyterian), says:. “I am not a Modernist. I have: no sympathy with
Opinions on th e Book R ev .' G erald B. W inrod
R EV. GERALD B. WINROD, editor of The De- * fender, organ of Fundamentalists in Kansas, says: “We recognize The Times as a remarkable publication and believe it is rendering a High service, but wc disagree with its attitude toward this book. Referring to ‘The Christ of the Indian Road,’ the editor says: ‘I am going to read this book through very closely and carefully, for it is proving to be an unexpected study in Modernism. I fear that Dr. Jones has got ten pretty far astray from the Gospel * * * * . There are so many statements throughout his book, so far as I have read it, that, are unscriptural and contrary to the Gospel, that it may well make one’s heart ache.’ .“Now, having read the book from cover to cover, my .whole
that movement. Neither am I a crank, and so I am not opposed . to what is in itself good and true, : for no better reason, than that it . has, the approval .o f Modernists. ■ , But E: Stanley Jones is a thor oughly Christian man. . He be lieves the Bible is the inspired Word of God. He believes its : teachings, including the Virgin birth, the vicarious atonement, and the resurrection, along,,with the other great fundamental truths held in common by all evangelical Christians. ’ R ev . J . P engw ern J ones Rev. J. Pengwern Jones, editor of The Remembrancer, organ of the Prayer, Union of India, says: “Dr. Stanley Jones has been set free by his Mission- (the • American Methodist Episcopal) to tour among the cities of India to work among these men; The Lord is bringing men in India, educated and uneducated, to con sider the claims of Christ upon th em . Dr. Stanley Jones is specially fitted to work among the educated people of India, and the Lord is using him all over ■ ' the Empire. We wish there were men set free by the Missionary , Societies in every language area
attitude is.reversed. It is my convic tion thgt,Dr. Jones has rendered a genuine- and far-reaching ■ service. I have thoroughly enjoyed every part of the book. “Does the book smack with her esy, as many of the brethren claim? Let. -usr-see.” Mr. Winrod then proceeds to tab ulate statements of Dr, Jones’ show ing his soundness, on the inspiration of the Scriptures, the fact of sin, the Deity of Christ, the virgin birth, the atonement, miracles, the, resurrection, the new. birth; and he concludes: “It is beyond my comprehension that , this book should be condemned and branded a ‘study in Modernism.’ I have never heard a Modernist speak as Dr. Jones speaks!” Then (in cap ital letters) he adds: “THIS IS A BOOK OF GREAT FORCE AND SHOULD BE READ BY CHRIS TIANS EVERYWHERE.”. P roe . L. S. K eyser P rof. Leander f?. Keyser, (Lutheran Divinity School), than whom we have no clearer-think ing Fundamentalist in America* a man constantly used in Funda mentalist conferences, in The Bible Champion, says: “You must read the book through in order to get its gist and purpose.
Is a Modernist Worth W inning to Christ ? “1 wish to thank you for your fair and courageous stand for fundamental doc trines. I can concur in anyone’s fight for Christianity, but 1 do not think it shows a Christian spirit to call anyone by bad names; and to use language in attacking others, that is more suitable for the gutter than a Christian editor. You are making this distinction, and no one who is not malicious will call you Modernists. I f they do, it is time that someone be crucified for his convictions. Personally, I would like td see every modernist preacher saved, and I would not like to say or do anything that would drive him in the op posite direction instead of helping him. Some talk and write as though they would be glad to see these gentlemen damned. Rev. Fred Hall, Odebolt, Iowa.
to work among the uneducated, or rather among those who have not had English education. A change has come over these men quite 1 as much as over the educated Indians. There are millions of Indians who know how to read-and write in their own vernaculars, who are thirsting for knowledge and for God.” D r . J ones at S ialkot We give an account of God’s work through Dr. Stan ley J ones at Sialkot. “We have had the great Christian lecturer, Dr. Stanley . Jones, here and have had great meetings in the, Town Hall for educated Indian men and women. The Hall was daily well filled, and Dr. Jones gave witness with the power of God’s Spirit as to what God had done for him, in his conver sion 20 years ago. It was a very wonderful revelation of : Jesus Christ our Savior. He followed,this up with other stories of conversions and ended with a wonderful-lecture on conversions; “Dr. Stanley Jones has left us, and 77 have given in. their names, promising to attend Bible classes. We are form ing these and hope to win these and many more for Christ. It is grand, this longitig for Christ and His salvation that is now seen among non-Christians dll over India. Dr. Stanley L Jones is grand with students and educated men. He wdnts
The author’s idea is not to present to the Indian people a reduced, weakened, mutilated Christ, in order to fit Him into the molds of Hindu conceptions; not to compromise Him with heathen gods —not at all; but to present the real, historical Christ in a winsome way. It is the principle of Paul—to be ‘all things to all men in order to win some.’ Mr. Jones is contending for the best method of doing missionary work. The wise way is not to begin with doctrihal systems, not even with Moses and the Old Testament. These will come afterward in their order. We are not to impose upon the eastern people our ‘western civilization’; it has too many weaknesses. Christian people are not to assume the attitude of the ‘superiority complex’; that will be resented. Then what is the method? Present Christ in all His fulness and grace and beauty first of all. If the Indian people wilL accept Him as Savior and Lord, all the rest that is good and necessary will follow, even doctrinal systems for those, who wish to become preachers and teachers. While Christ is not to be Compromised, there is an effective and appealing way of presenting Him to the people on ‘the Indian road,’ and that method Mr. Jones seems to have found. “The weakness of the book—the feature that has made evan gelical Christians somewhat shy and suspicious—is the unguarded expressions in the first part that seem to contain “flings” at doc trines, systems of theology, ecclesiastical institutions, creeds, and even Moses and the Old Testament. But if one reads the book to the end, one finds these apparent errors corrected. Systems
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