T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S T . C. H O R TO N , Editor KEITH L. BROOKS, Managing Editor R. A .TORRET, D. D. FREDERIC .W. FARR, D.D. J. H.‘ HUNTER W . H. PIKE Contributing Editors
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N oah robbed ofHiSArk The “ Very Rev.” (God save the mark!) Thomas Charles Fry, Dean of Lincoln, has a controversy with the Son of God. At the Canterbury Con vocation, the most serious religious convention in all England/he said he did not believe the Old Testament story of Noah, or of the Garden of Eden. The Dean says the time has come when the clergy of the Church of England can no longer stand in the pulpit and profess belief in things which they know their parishioners do not believe, especially when they also know that the parishioners know that the preachers do not believe these things themselves. Of course, a Dean would not want to preach anything that his parish ioners did not believe, so he goes around, we suppose, to find out what they believe and preaches their unbelief, hut he certainly gives himself away when he confesses that he had been preaching something that he did not believe himself. Of course, such a fellow could not stand in the pulpit; he couldn’t stand anywhere. He ought to get down and pull out. He is not a preacher of the Gospel of God anyway. He has another Gospel. The position of such a man only confirms our belief in the Garden story, and the poor little Dean need not worry about the Ark.—T. C. H. The following clipping from a semi-religious paper tells its own pathetic story, and we quote it because it gives evidence ■ of a trend of desire upon the part of many who have a very limited knowledge of the Bible, and of the place and part of the church in God’s plan. Cleveland Moffet says I I feel strongly th a t th e churches of America are not rendering th e national and p atrio tic service th a t they should rend er and m ight easily render, if they would b etter a d ju st themselves to th e public needs. In cases where no parish houses are available, th e churches themselves, when not requ ired for religious services, should be used for popular lectures, concerts, motion pictu re en tertainm en ts and evening classes. Let it be remembered th a t th e church buildings of America, over two-hundred thousands of them , are precious gath ering places th a t belong absolutely to the people of th is country. They were bu ilt by th e people’s contributions. They are free from taxation (w ith a to tal estim ated value of over th ree billion dollars) by th e people’s favor. Therefore any activities calculated to benefit the people and give them reasonable pleasures are legitim ate w ithin th e ir walls; p articu larly any activities, like physical cu ltu re work, th a t will make us more efficient as defenders of th e nation. By all means le t American churches go on w ith th e ir efforts to save men’s SsS 1» C leveland M offett ’ s Cm Z$ Quilt
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