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CONTENTS Rditorfals by T. C.H. Rally to the Ranks (787), A Famous Trial (789), Pray, Brethren, Pray (791), God's Pacification of Ulster (792), The Fall of Fosdick (793)
St.r·ay Straws from the Strawstack- by T. C. H. (796) Report of Conun.ittec on Resolutions- by T. C. Horton, L. W . Mun- hall, T. T. Shields and J. F. Norris (798) Sumlllons to Christian Soldic•rs -by T. C. H. (803) Convention Chronicles-by T. C. H. ( 805) Shall " 'e Longer Tolerate E\•olution?- by Dr. W. B. Rlley ( 808) A Nation-wide Evangelizing Agency-( 814) Bible Union of China- by T. L. Black (815) Moderni:-:111 and J?undan1entalisn1 in Great Britain- by Dr. John Thomas (817) And Yet No Sit,'ll Appears!-(821) A l~'rccthi11ke1· on }""'undamentalists-(823) Song, "Tis Fr·cc"- by T. C.H. (825)
}~vangclistic Stories- by Institute Workers ( 8 26) llible Institute in China- by Dr. F. A. Keller (832)
International Sunday SchooJ Lessons- ( 834) Fundamentals Snnday School Scr·ks-( 8 59) Book Review- by T. C.H. (879) PLEASE \Vhe n sending· subscriptio1u;, addr ess correspondence to Office of the King's Business, Bible Institutf' or Los Angeles 536- 538 ~outh Ho1Je Street. Checks may be ma de payable to 'Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Do not m a k:e checks or money or~crs .to individuals connected with the Bible Institute. It will save mu~h confusion 1f or SIDNEY T. SMITH Ex-President Winnipeg Crain Exchange Winnipeg, Canada We take pleastirc in presenting to our readers the newly elected President of the ·world 's Fundamental Association. We congratulate the Association upon their selection and rejoice in Mr. Smith's cordial response to the call and acceptance of the position. Sidney T. Smith is an outstanding Christian layman-a practical, 8Ucccssful business man, highly honored in his home city of \Yinnipeg, Canada, and well known throughout this country. He is a Bible man, a Bible teacher, a man of brain and brawn, and we believe he has been called of God to this sacred and solemn service in this crucial period of the Church's history. 'Ne crave for him God's choicest blessing, and plead with all our Fundamentalist friends to bPar him on their hearts for prayer. -T. C. H. ;,111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111 ~ i~ ! ~~ ~ 11 E D I T 0 R I A 1L111111111111•1111""'""'"""'""";,..1 , llllll lll lll lllUI Ul lll lll llltll llllll lll lll Ul lll Ullll lll lll ltl lll lll lll lll lll lll tlllll lllllllll Hl lllllllll lLl ll I FUNDAMENTALS NUMBER "In the Lord put I my trust * * * * If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do? " (Psa. 11 :1-3) We are devoting this issue, largely, to a report of the pro– ceedings of the Fifth Annual Convention of the World 's Funda– mental Association, held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 29-May 6, inclusive. It is, of course, impossible to give our readers all of the splendid addresses which were heard, but we are giving the Report of the Committee on Resolutions ; the address of the re– tiring President, Dr. W. B. Riley, on " Shall We Longer Tolerate the Teaching of Evolution?" ; a stenographic report of address by Dr. John W. Thomas, one of the leaders of the Baptist Bible Union, England ; and brief excerpt s from other speakers. RALLY TO THE RANKS! Any intelligent person who has been in toueh with affairs in the chur ch, in the public schools, and in other institutions of learning, must be well aware of the fact that evolution is the devil's device to undermine the very foundations upon which our nation is founded. In this teaching is the seed of sedition against the authority of God, of human government, of the breaking down of all barrier s against evil, and bringing our country to the low level of those nations which have perished without God and without hope. Unless it is checked, civilization cannot be maintained. If the theory of evolution is true, then the Word of God is untrue. The Word of God is from God. It speaks with authority,-" God said;" "God saw;" "God made." Evolution says: "We ma.v well suppose;" "It is supposed;" "Let us suppose." God said to Eve in the Garden, "In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die." The devil said, ''Thon shalt not die.'' But-death came! 788 T HE KI NG' S B USINESS Evolution is real!~· "devolution," for it emanated from the pit and is doing the devil's work. "Modernism" is nothing but medievalism in dis– gmse. The teaching is silly, sentimental. wperficial, and is repudiated today by the leading scientists of the world. Not one shred of real evidence has ever been adduced in its support. This evolutionary propaganda is designed by Satan as an opiate to dull the semes of the people to the fact that the authority of the Bible is being undcrmined,-the Book which declares that all men are born with an evil nature which no amount of mere culture and education can ever eradicate, and that a new, God-given nature is the only sufficient qualifi– cation for living with Goel through eternity. 'l'he American people must get back to the Bible- the Bible of our fathers-the Bible that the President of the United States kisses when he takes the oath of office-the Bible that has molded and fashioned all that is best and noblest in onr American life and history-the Bible which is the foundation of our judicial laws. C'hristian money established our religious schools. Christian money has sustained them . Christian prayers have upheld them. Now this Gocl– kss. Christless. senseless, Satanic imposition-bred in hell, boosted by the devil and his demons, broaclca~ted b~· puny specimens of scholastic attain– ment-is rreating a Bolshevistic spirit which will-if unehecked-Russian– izP America. Thousands of our hoys paid th e price of patriotism b~· laying down their lives in the Great \Var and helped to win a battle "·ell worth waging, bnt the seed of German rationalism has fastened its fangs upon the centers of onr civilization and threatens to triumph b~· artifice where it lost by force of arms. If the Bible goes, the eountr~, is gone. Histor~· repeats itself. We are rirh and prosperous. \\Te stand in the forefront of the nations of the world toda~-. Our rise has been rapid. Our f!rowth has been marvellous. But if we fail in this time of tcstinf!; if we are indifferent to the present peril; if we lose sight of our standard; if we close onr eyes to the stratagem of the enemy; we will awake- too late- to find ourselves headed towards 1he Bolshevistic hell. 'rhis is no time for soft speeches. American citizen come to hoilin!! heat! in school, in public, in priYatc ! T1et 1he red blood of every loyal Stand up! Speak out in church, The call from the ·world 's Fundamental Association, and the call from all true-hearted fathers. and mothers who look into the faces of their children and lonf! for them that the~' might grow up to be God-fearing, law-abiding citizens, is- Down with the evolutionary theory! Deny the schools the privilege of taking our money and using it to destroy the faith of our children! Rally around the flag of our country! Rally around our standard-the Bible! P ut on the armor of God! Carry a big sword and fight the good 789 THE KING ' S BUSINESS fight of faith until the last evolutionist sneaks back to the slimy hole from which he professes to have ·emerged and is lost to our sight forever! We appeal to every patriot, to every business man, to every loyal citizen-old and young-join in the movement to stem the tide of modern– ism which threatens to sweep our country to destruction. It ought to be possible to rally at least 500,000 people to support with their influence and their funds the Christian Fundamentals .Association and thus help to save .America from the Satanic teaching in the schools which seeks to belittle t he Bible in the minds of the students by daily seed-sowing: save it from t he unscrupulous ecclesiasts in the church who prate about their "scholar – ship;" save it from the politicians who would sell their souls for a mess of pottage-public position. - T. C. H. A FAMOUS TRIAL The Court Room was the great auditorium of the First Baptist Chur ch of Fort Worth, Texas, in which were held the sessions of the Fifth .Annual Conference of the World's Fundamental .Association. The Defendants were the College of Methodist bishops; as well as the membership of the Methodist church as a whole, who were charged by the prosecutor with being responsible for the teaching of heresy in Methodist schools in Texas. The P r osecutor was Rev. W. E. Hawkins, Jr., a Methodist evangelist, threatened with excommunication by the Methodist authorities if the trial was permitted. The Jury was composed of nearly five thousand people in attendance upon the Fundamentals' Convention,-the plain. common people of the South, together with delegates from all parts of the United States, Canada, and from across the water,-all of them believing the Bible to be God's Word from Genesis to Revelation. The Witnesses were a number of students from the Texas Woman's College, Southwestern University and Southern Methodist University, who were present on the platform and who testified as to unsound teaching re– ceived in their respective schools. The Testimony of one young woman, now a teacher in the public schools of Ft. Worth, and formerly a student in Texas Woman's College, was that she had been asked to leave the college after she had protested against such teaching as the following: "Scientists in their laboratories have made things that it is not in the power of the Creator to make." "I believe the Bible was inspired just as Browning and Tennyson were in– spired." This young woman was within a few months of graduation, her high grades showed that her scholarship was recognized by her teachers, and the fact that she was editor of the college paper and assistant matron bore testimony to her character. Further weight was given her testimony by her father, who testified that he took the matter up with the college officials, but they, refused to accept his written testimony. .A sophomore at Southern Methodist University, the daughter of a missionary in China, testified that her faith had been nearly wrecked by 790 T H E K IN G' S BUSINESS t he teachings received at the university,-such as that the first chapters of Genesis were myths and that the question of the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead was debatable. The teacher seemed to be such a sincere man that he had great influence with the pupils, and it was only after she attended some meetings held by an evangelist who believed in the whole Word of God that-as she expressed it-she "got straightened out and resolved to take her stand for Christ and the Bible and against any teaching that dishonored her Lord." She left the University. A student in Southwestern University testified that he went there as a freshman with firm faith in his mother's Bible as the infallible Word of God but within a short time was beset with perplexing doubts and questions regarding the truthfulness of the Bible. One of the professors made it a practice to pick out apparent contradictions in the Bible to prove that it was not absolutely infallible. The young man quoted from his notebook this statement: ''Christ is neither omnipotent, omniscient nor omnipresent, because there were things He didn't know and things He couldn't do. For instance He said, 'Of that hour knoweth no man, neither the Son.' Is it necessary to believe that Jesus knew the world was round and that America was on the other side and would one day be discovered? I think not." Asked by Mr. Hawkins if the President and other teachers in the University stood for this teaching, he testified that the President endorsed him in these words: "Would a man of his character-known and respected by all the students-wilfully lead any one astray?" The young man closed his testimony with an impressive appeal to fathers and mothers to so thoroughly ground their children in the belief that the Bible is the infallible Word of God that no amount of infidel teach– ing which they might receive in school or college could ever shake it. The Purpose of this trial, as stated by Mr. Hawkins, was to answer the question: "Has Northern Baptist infidelity captured Southern Method– ist schools 1" Let the reader form his own conclusions as to this after reading the testimony given. Further Proof, if that were necessary, is found in the fact that a bull– etin of the Southwestern University, dated May, 1922, carried the an– nouncement that "The Summer School of Theology is fortunate in being able to secure the services of D'r. Gerald Birney Smith, Professor of Chris– tian Theology in the University of Chicago, a well known author and charming lecturer." Professor Smith 's position with reference to the fundamentals is shown in the following quotation from his "Guide to the Study of the Christian Religion: " "To insist dogmatically, as an a priori principle, that 'without the shedding of blood there is no remis– sion of sin' is both foolish and futile in an age which has abandoned the conception of bloody sacrifice and which is loudly demanding the aboli– tion of capital punishment." The Situation in the Methodist schools of Texas is but an indication of the harmful work of Modernism in denominational schools everywhere, with but few exceptions. And not only in denominational ~chools, but in our tax-supported schools, from the primary grades up to the State Universi– ties, the same pernicious poison is being injected into the minds of the THE END DRAWS NEAR. THE KING'S BUSINESS 791 pupils. This was vividly demonstrated in an address by Dr. T. T. Martin, Methodist evangelist from Blue Mountain, Miss., on "Hell in the High Schools," in which he said: "Will a child believe his pastor when he says 'God created the heavens and the earth' when his teacher tells him that the earth 'just happened' 1 Will a child believe that God made man in His own image and every living thing after its kind when his teacher tells him that these things were brought into their present condition after years of 'basking in the sun' 1 The Germans who poisoned wells and committed other outrages were angels compared to those who would spread the doc– trine of Darwinism in our schools." Dr. Martin urged his hearers not to rest until such teachings were forever driven out, and was greeted with tumultuous applause. The Verdict was such as might have been expected in view of the char– acter of the crime charged, the nature of the evidence presented, and the personnel of the jury, and is embodied in the report of the Committee on Resolutions, printed in full in this issue. The Scriptural Sentence is found in 2 Peter 2 :1, 9; 3 :17, 18 : "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon them– selves swift destruction. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. Ye, therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 'l'o him be glory both now and for ever. .Amen." T. C.H. PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY! We fully believe that God has ordained the World's Fundamental Association and waits to shower His richest blessing upon it. Its prime purpose is the defence of His holy, unimpeachable Written Word, and Him who is inseparably identified and inwrought with that Word-His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. We als~ fully believe that-as in all other matters-concerning His church and its honor-He loves to have us upon our faces in humble de– pendence upon Himself. There is always the grave danger in an organiza– tion of this kind lest dependence be placed upon men and means rather than upon Himself. God is jealous for His own glory. We often seek the glory for our– selves. Let us, therefore, seek to gather wherever possible and plead for the Holy Spirit's presence and power in all our effort. Whatever is done He must do it, but as He must use human agencies, let us lay ourselves at Hi~ feet for any service, at any time, in any way. -'r. C.H. WHEN? (See Page 886) 792 I THE KING ' S BUSINESS GOD'S PACIFICATION OF ULSTER 'fhe Northwestern Christian Advocate (Methodist) of Chicago Illi– nois, in its issue of May 9, has an article regarding the work of Evau'gelist W. P. Nicholson, in Ireland, and also an editorial commenting on the ar– ticle and discussing the present-day condition of our churches in the light of the remarkable revival now going on in Ulster. The writer of the editorial sums the situation up so clearly and force– fully, that we are passing a part of it on to our readers: On another page our readers have opportunity to hear from Ulster, Ireland, concerning a revival movement, which the writer of the article declares to be the greatP.st that has visited that country since the famous awakening of 1859. Con– verts by thousands, prayer meetings springing up in the shops and factories, a new demand for the Scriptures, a revival of song-with widespread interest and en– thusiasm-are features specially noted. The churches that have taken hold of the movement are reaping a harvest, and the religious life of the North of Ireland has received a tremendous impetus. God is not limited by national barriers. The ocean need not stop the pro– gress of awakening. It His Spirit is evidencing the everlasting miracle of con– version in Ulster, He is not less willing to manifest Himself here, where the need is no less. Our machinery is tremendous, but our output is scant. Our programs are unlimited, but "the living creatures within the wheels" are invisible and Inef– fective. In the majority of homes, family worship is but the mention of a mem– ory. The ease with which some prophet who cries, "Lo! here" or "Lo! there" can get a nearing is evidenced by the sudden vogue o! the Cone cult, and the per– sistence of Mrs. Eddy's Sin-denial Society. The mass o! people are more eager for pure and undefiled religion than ever. In many a bare pasture the "hungry sheep look up and are not fed." Hence the success of faddists, culturists, spiritists, new-thoughtists, and a mass of un– named specialists who would minister to minds diseased which spring up like weeds in a garden patch. Shall the church's candlestick be removed from its place? Shall another take our crown of service and spiritual success? Methodism came into being on the wings of flaming revival. In the red hot tires of constraining love Wesley and his compeers, their own hearts glowing, kindled the altar tires of Calvary in all the English-speaking world. Has the lamp of God died out in the taber– nacle? Is there no longer a Shekinah over the Ark? This is absolutely true. How impossible for any man to proclaim the Gospel effectively who has not an unfailing faith in the inerrancy of God's Word and an unfailing determination to be true to it at all costs. And this is the secret of Nicholson's success. He believes absolutely that "the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation" and proclaims it with a ''Thus saith the Lord!'' An English publication sums up the results of Mr. Nicholson's three years in Ireland, as follows : It is interesting to trace the Divine plan in what we consider a wonderful answer to prayer. To begin,-God had His man ready-an evangelist con– nected with the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, California. While busily em– ployed there, and with no intention of returning to the homeland, a serious GO TO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. THE KING ' S BUSINESS 793 1llness necessitating an operation and a long period of recuperation, prompted him to ask for a leave of absence of one year In which to visit his old mother In Ireland. This was granted, and has been extended year by year for three years, and many of us are praying that It may be still further extended tlll all over this fair land salvation's joyful sound may come to the thousands yet in the bondage of sin. No sooner was it made known in his native town or Bangor that "Bllly Nicholson" was to preach than preparations on an unprecedented scale were made for his coming. Hundreds of prayer meetings were held In the homes of the people as well as united gatherings. The largest buildings were soon crammed to the doors with convicted people and hundreds were led to Christ. News of the awakening in Bangor spread to other towns, and Invitations came from Portadown, Lurgan, Lisburn, Newtownwards, Belfast, Londonderry and other places, and a marvellous outpouring of the Holy Spirit resulted. When the Los Angeles authorities granted him another leave of absence, Mr. Nicholson began in Belfast, and those of us who have been privileged to see and hear the work done In the Albert Hall, the Cripples' Institute, Rosemary Street, St. Enoch's, Ballymacarrett and Ravenhill Road can only say, "It Is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes." Every day the tide of blessing is rising and flowing over. It would be interesting to have a list of all the characters who have come out on the Lord's ·side and who are now working hard to get others saved,– lncluding publicans, boxers, gamblers, thieves, gunmen, as well as respectable, church-going peopie who had never been "born again." The secret of Mr. Nicholson's success is a yielded and Spirit-filled life; 111 genuine belief in the inspiration of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and a. fearless declaration of the same, using Bible words and terms, and no compromise through fear or favor with any one. It is his holy boldness, his perfect honesty and uprightness of character that appeal to men and have resulted In such large numberf:i of conversions among them. There are multitudes of men and women in Ulster today who thank God for His honored instrument, W. P. Nicholson. Evangelist Nicholson-whom we have loaned to Ireland for three years-will be in Los Angeles by August 1st, and we are planning to have him in a tabernacle campaign in different sections of the city for the next year, and after that will extend the services to the surrounding towns. Let us prepare the wa~· b.v continuous and fervent prayer that a great spiritual awakening may be granted us. also. -'l'. C. H. THE FALL OF FOSDICK . The question r ecently asked by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, the Bap– tist preacher who has been supplying the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, in a sermon entitled, "Shall the Fundamentalists Win Y" was answered by the 135th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church held at Indianapolis in May, report of which is at hand just as we are going to press, in that splendid champion of the faith, The Presbyterian: The matter was brought before thf' General Assembly in the shape of an overture from the Philadelphia Presbytery, protesting against the WHAT? (See Page 886) 794 THE KING ' S BUSINESS te_aching that was being permitted by the New York Presbytery in the First Presbyterian Church, together with ten other similar overtures from as ;many additional Presbyteries. The matter was referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures con– sisting of twenty-two men, with Dr. Hugh K. Walker, as chairman. Tw'enty– one members of the committee signed a majority report (which report was characterized by Dr. Clarence A. Macartney as a "masterpiece of white– wash"), leaving one member, Dr. A. Gordon MacLennan, pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (the "Wanamaker" church) to present a minority report. Dr. Walker, after reading the majority report, moved that discussion be limited to ten minute speeches, with a fifteen minute summary at the conclusion of the argument, which motion was adopted. Dr. MacLennan, in presenting the minority report, said: "I glory today In being known as a Fundamentalist, if that term implies that my belief is sound on the fundamental doctrines of the church. "The majority report postpones all action for a year. In that time, the church can be torn and broken. I take it for granted that the New York Presbytery wants the fundamental doctrines of the church proclaimed from all the pulpits witbin Its jurisdiction. If it is sincere and honest, it will appreciate having the authority of this General Assembly to Investigate any one of its member churches. "The majority report is a beautifully phrased expression ~f generalities. Will not the majority re-affirm the five essential doctrines as handed down by the Gen– eral Assembly in 1910? Will you not stand four square on the Virgin Birth? "Let us be definite in our utterances. As a young man in the ministry I know I run the risk of being branded for taking this stand, but I can bear the brand of such men. I fear God, not men." The full text of the minority report brought in by Dr. MacLennan is as follows: The 135th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. A., in answer to the petition of the overture presented by the Presbytery or Philadel– phia, regarding the proclamation of the Word in the pulpit of the First Presby– terian Church of New York City, expresses its profound sorrow that doctrines contrary to the standards of the Presbyterian Church proclaimed in said pulpit have been the cause of controversy and division in our church; and therefore would direct the Presbytery of New York to take such action, either through Its present committee or by the appointment of a special commission, as will require the preaching and teaching in the First Presbyterian Church of New York, to conform to the system of doctrine taught in the Confession of Faith; and that said presbytery report its action in a full transcript of its records to the 135th General Assembly of 1924. Furthermore, the General Assembly calls the attention of the presbyteries to the deliverance of the General Assembly of 1910 which deliverance is hereby reaffirmed and which Is as follows: It Is an essential doctrine of the Word of God and our Standards that the Holy Spirit did so inspire, guide and move the writers of Holy Scripture as to keep them from error. It Is an essential doctrine of the Word of God and our Standards that our Lord Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary. 795 THE KING'S BUSINESS It is an essential doctrine of the Word of God and our Standards, that Christ offered up Himself as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and to reconcile us unto God. It is an essential doctrine of the Word of God and our Standards concerning our Lord Jesus Christ that on the third day he rose again from the dead with the same body with which be suffered, with which also be ascended into heaven, and there slttetb at the right band of God the Father, making intercession. It is an essential doctrine of the Word of God as the supreme standard of our faith that our Lord Jesus Christ showed bis mighty power and love by work– ing mighty miracles. This working was not contrary to nature, but superior to it. DR. A. GORDON MacLENNAN The issue being thus brought to a clear, sharp head, the debate began, limited to ten minute speeches from the floor. Mr. Bryan spoke with ·his usual eloquence and power, taking his stand unflinchingly for the minority report. "Where in the life of Christ," he demanded, "can you find any preference given to peace and unity in place of truth 1 Let us show that we believe in the standards of our faith as handed down in 1910. Let us again reiterate them, or let us repeal these essentials if we desire to repeal them." With Dr. MacLennan and Mr. Bryan stood Dr. Clarence E. Macartney, pastor of the Arch Street Church of Philadelphia, and a solid phalanx of ministers and elders who were unflinchingly determined that the crown shpuld not be torn from the brow of our Lord Jesus Christ. 796 THE KING'S BUSINESS .Agai_nst them ~ere arrayed Dr. Hugh K. Walker, of Los .Angeles, who brought m the maJor1ty report; former moderator J ohu Willis Baer· Rev. James C. Rei~, of San Francisco; Nolan R. Best, editor of The Continent; Moderator Wishart, and those men who either favored liberalism or a com– promise position. The victory was won by a majority of eighty. .After the battle had ended, Dr. Macartney said: "The General Assembly has spoken a word which will strengthen the hearts ot every believing man and woman throughout the land. This is not a Presby– terian victory, but a victory for New Testament Christianity. Thousands have been working and praying for this, and their prayers and faith gave courage to those who led in the conflict. "This is only the first skirmish in a battle which will shake the Protestant church. There is a sound of a 'going in the tops of the mulberry trees.' May God give us all true faith and humility. The action of the Assembly shows that the day has not yet come when the Presbyterian Church will depart from the faith upon which our fathers founded it." -'l'. C. H. ~ i\ ~ SOME GOOD THINGS WHICH WILL APPEAR IN THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE William Jennings Bryan's Own .Account of the FOSDICK FIGHT m the Presbyterian General .Assembly Outline of the Whole Bible Sunday School Course as recommended by the World's Fundamental .Association. Unity of Scripture Testimony Concerning Things to Come, by Dr. .A. C. Gaebelein, Editor of "Our Hope." Notes from the Conflict Between the Old Faith and Modernism in England, by John Horsch. .A Fundamental Question: "By What .Authority?" by Delavan L. Pierson, editor of "The Missionary Review of the World." STRAY STRAWS FROM THE STRAW STACK By T. C.H. One straw Is sufficient to show how church-the Park Avenue Baptist the wind blows, and here are three very Church of New York City. significant straws: STRAW No. 1. A daily paper of April 30 reports that he aroused considerable discussion among his people when he advised them to abandon their Baptist standards, and also "defended the stage and had a good word for Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Christian Sci– ence." Dr. Woelfkin went on to say: "We need a greater tolerance for the various sects, isms and fads that are springing up about the fringes of the HELP IN THE FIGHT FOR THE FAITH OF The Rev. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkln, formerly a sturdy defender of the faith of our fathers, became a pro– fessor In Rochester Theological Semi– nary and-like so many theological professors--was blown about by "winds of doctrine" until he was carried far away, finally landing In the pastorate of what Is known as the "Rockefeller" 797 THE KING ' S BUSINESS older churches. They are the result of a spiritual urge upon the part of the people who are seeking what they think the church cannot furnish them." Commenting on his sermon, he said he was a 0 modernist out and out," and that he had not consulted with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a trustee of the church, or with any other member of the con– gregation. Why doesn't Dr. WoeHkin play fair, leave the church that has made him, and try the game Independently? STRAW No. 2. "A re-written version of the Bible, which will include modern scientific, ethical and philosophical theories, is the plan of the Tyson Lectureship Foundation. This Foundation was or– ganized in the library of the J . P. Mor– gan home yesterday, and its purpose, according to announcement made to– day, is 'to make accessible to men and women in general the results of the research of modern scholars into the origins of the Christian religion.' 'Mod– ern critical and historical research,' ac– cording to the statement, 'has given us back our Bible. It is no longer an im– possible book, full of moral and intel– lectual stumbling blocks. Man is as in– curably religious as in former days, and is eagerly asking for a faith which shall be at once consonant with reason and verifiable in experience in the light of the twentieth century.' " (As– sociated Press Dispatch.) Well, well! Who are these men who are asking for a new faith and a new Bible? Well, one of them is the son of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who left as his testimony concerning the Bible, the following preamble to his will: "I commit my soul into the hands of my Saviour, full of confidence that, having redeemed and washed it with His most precious blood, He will pre– sent it faultless before the throne of my Heavenly Father. "I entreat my children to maintain and defend, at all hazards, and at any cost of personal sacrifice, the blessed doc– trine of complete atonement for sin through the blood of Jesus Christ, once offered, and through that alone.'' Every man who attended that meet– ing, as well as J. P. Morgan, Jr., him– self, owes all that be has and is (whatever that may be) to the Old Bible. All of the Rockefeller, Morgan and Ford Interests are involved when they talk of a "new Bible." They may get one which will tie their Interests up with Russia and Germany, and their de– scendants may have a taste of the an– archy and moral chaos which now reigns in those countries. STRAW No. 3. The Rev. L. Mason Clarke, for twenty years pastor of the First Pres– byterian Church of Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., is quoted In a news dispatch of May 27th as denying the five articles of faith recently declared essential by the Presbyterian General Assembly, and denying the right of the Assembly to interfere with "religious liberty", appealing to the "Modern element" in the denomination to make a Hfearless stand against the obscurantist attitude of the Assembly.'' He charged the Assembly with being arrogant and Impertinent in not allow– ing room for "progressive minds." Dr. Clarke,-there Is plenty of room on the outside. Why not go and try It out? ~ THE GRANDEST PRODUCT I have seen grand old white-haired Theodore Cuyler stand in the chapel at Princeton University and say, after enumerating the advantages of the school in an intellectual way: "Gentle– men, the grandest product of this grand old university Is a noble Chris– tian character.''-F. D. Kershner. I OUR FATHERS. How? (See Page 886) Report of Committee on Resolutions At the Fifth Annual Conference of the WORLD'S FUNDAMENTALS ASSOCIATION at Fort Worth, Texas E, the members of your Com– mittee on Resolutions, beg leave to submit the following report: determination to defend the faith once cielivered, against all forms of infidel– ity; to lend all possible assistance to those church and school men who are striving to save their institutions from the wrecking Influence of rationalism, and to those pastors and evangelists who are loyally resisting the oncoming tide of skepticism. THE WHOLE BIBLE BUNDAY SCHOOL COURSE We regard as fundamental to the con– tinued life and increasing power of our organization, the adoption of a Sunday School course in keeping with the ac– tion taken at Los Angeles in our last Convention, recognizing the utter im– portance of early religious training, feellng the necessity of the presentation of a whole Bible course in Sunday School study, and knowing the value of the creation of Bible Study Classes, both for church Sunday Schools and community information. We hereby recommend the adoption of what shall be known as the Whole Bible Sunday School Course. "Report of Sunday School Commit– tee: "We, the members of the Committee on the Sunday School Course of the Christian beg leave r eport: Fundamentals Association, to submit the followlng "After very careful consideration of all the interests involved, and a con– scientious canvass of the entire Sunday School situation, we recommend: "First, that the proposal suggested a year since at the Annual Convention We express our pleasure and grati– tude In the remarkable growth made by the World's Christian F unda– mentals Association in four years. From the day of our first assembly In Philadelphia, May, 1919, It has marked continuous and ever-increasing pro– gress, and has become an association that both compels the attention and ex– cite3 th e anxiety of modernists. In recent months one theological president has declared that 25 per cent of the Ch ristian people In the East, 50 per cent in the Middle West, and 75 per cent in the Far West are Funda– mentalists a nd ready to go any length in defense of their faith; while a Co– lumbia professor has affirmed "that the organization has become inimical to progress, is mdk ing it increasingly dif– fi cult fo r mode rnist professors to retain their position s. a nd has back of It a fund of $60,000,0 00 for the propaga– tion or its opinions." We only wish that the last remark were as true as the one preced ing. TIME AND PLAC E OF MEETING OPPORTUNE This Fift h Ann ual Convention, held for the first ti me in thP Southland, Is opportune in the last degree, for It comes in to So uthern terri tory at the very tim e wh en the entire South is thoroughl.r aroused 3ver tile discovery ot moderni sm in !Uali gnant form in most of its schools. We reaffirm our 199 THE KING'S BUSINESS Fundamentals In School and Church, of Minneapolis, The Wonderful Word, of New York City, Serving & Waiting, of Philadelphia, and Our Hope, of New York City. "We recommend that the new course be named 'The Whole Bible Sunday School Course.' " MODERNISM IN DENOMINATIONAL and TAX-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS Realizing the Intimate relation be– tween this work and Christian educa– tion, we beg leave to emphasize the following points: First. Our denomi– national schools should be the subject of our special concern. Into very many of them modernism has crept with dis– astrous results. Scarcely a single de– nomination has wholly escaped the in– fection of unbelief and some of them are so far permeated by its intluence that only the power of God can possibly cleanse and redeem them. We rejoice that In others the infection has not gone far, and that In a number of our notable schools, particularly In the South, It has not as yet found the Rlightest favor, and we commend to Christian parents who are ready to send their children to secondary schools, col– leges and universities, that they care– fully examine the spiritual and scrip– tural status of the Institutions about to be patronized, before com;mitting their children to the care of the same. We also advise all Fundamentalists to refuse all funds to schools that permit the teaching of evolution and other kinds of rationalism. in Los Angeles, and later partially wrought out by the Committee, be adopted. The course itself, in all Its details, we do not here attempt to sug– gest. "In presenting this, we offer no criticism of other existing courses, but propose a course ot consecutive, com– prehensive and conservative Bible study. And we recognize that this course may properly be used In schools in which other courses also are used In different departments. We commend it as a suitable course for individual study by those who are not connected with a Sunday School. "While recognizing all legitimate and worthy helps In lesson preparation, we propose the use of the Bible itself as our textbook, and commend to all schools adopting this course the owner– ship and use of a Bible by each student. "This course will commence October 1st, 1923. "The 'Sunday School Times' of Phila– delphia, the most intiuential Sunday School paper published in America, and one that has consistently stood for the Fundamentals of our faith as revealed in the Word, announces that it will carry a department each week in expo– sition of this new course. "The additional Information In the Sunday School Times, covering not alone expositions of the International Series, as it does, but also compassing .a complete defense of the faith as once delivered, setting forth the problems of Sunday School and church work, both In method and message, and looking es– pecially to the deepening of the spirit– ual life, makes It an invaluable publi– cation, and the Christian Fundamentals Association heartily commends It. magazines as The King's Business, of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, The Moody Monthly, of Chicago, Christian We note with pleasure that although modernism has found large place In state institutions and has sought to dominate them to such an extent as to destroy the Christian faith of their "We commend also such monthly students, there is at this moment a re- volt against this rationalistic and athe– istic teaching, and In several states, laws prohibiting a defense and propa- 800 KING'S BUSINESS TH~ gation of the evolutionary hypothesis have been passed and in many addi– tional states there are Anti-Evolution movements that have every prospect of final success. FOUNDATIONS OF OUR GOVERN– MENT IMPERILLED We make an appeal to every home– loving, heart-loving father and mother in the land to face the fact which is demonstrable In every communlty; that the foundation of our government is im– perilled. "If the foundations be de– stroyed, what can the righteous do?" Our appeal is not only to the mem– l:lers of evangelical churches, but to the great body of men and women whose homes and whose hearts and lives are involved. The Insidious injection of poison Into the minds of our boys and girls, and young men and young women, in the schools of the land, is an assault upon the very principles upon which our gov- Were these institutions, through their agents, distributing poison candy, how quickly would the citizens of ev– ery community rise in their wrath and wipe off from the face or the earth the instigators of such devilish work. But far, far worse is this propaganda, under the cover of education; which is pro– ducing a condition that will bring Christian nations to the low level of present-day Russia. TEXT BOOKS IN DENOMINATIONAL AND STATE SCHOOLS We call especial attention to the cir– cum•tance that in both denominational and state schools there are many loyal teachers who are refusing to be carried along by the current of infidelity but are taking a bold stand against unbe– lief. We deplore the all too common custom of adopting textbooks in both denominational and state institutions that teach contrary to the sacred Scrip– tures, and, as we believe, science falsely so-called, and we hereby recommend that our COMMITTEE ON TEXT BOOKS be continued, and that In addition their attention be called to the textbooks now emanating from the pens of such men as Prof. George Mccready Prie'e, of College View, Neb., Prof. S. J. ilble, Wheaton, Ill., Prof. J. W. Jent, Bap– tist University, Oklahoma; Prof. Lean– der S. Keyser, Wittenberg College, Ohio, and other rising and capable text– booK authors, and that the committee be instructed to search out additional writers and urge the rapid creation of scientifically sound text books adequate to an entire course in schools of high school grade, college and university. A PREMILLENNIAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY NEEDED In this connection we reaffirm our convictions that one of the greatest our organization, is the establishment of a great evangelical, Premillennial theological seminary, to be centrally lo– cated and if possible associated with some established and thoroughly ortho– dox college or university. We declare our conviction that some man of means by gift of two to ten million dollars to this cause, could not only leave for himself an enduring monument, but provide the greatest single agency con– ceivable in meeting the menace of mod– ernism and saving the present day pul; pit from further apostacy. EVANGELISM AT HOME AND ABROAD ernment has been founded. Unless it needs of the hour and opportunities of is checked, civilization cannot be main– tained. The Christian Fundamentals move– ment is hy its very constitution both an evangelical and evangelistic move– ment, and your committee desires to call attention to the unique and import– ant place of Dlvinely aprointed office of the evangelist, recalling that our as– cended Lord gave "prophets, apostles, THE REWARD IS WELL WORTH 801 1' HE KING ' S BUSINESS pastors, teachers and evangelists." we prize this appointment and pledge to that great company of loyal men, the evangelists of America and other lands, our intention to give them as far as pos– sible both employment and support. We record our deep gratitude that prac– tically to a man they stand four-square tor the faith once delivered, and are unshaken in their loyalty to God and His Word, thereby giving proof that the office is still one of Divine appoint– ment and pleasure. PERSONAL EVANGELISM We further record our conviction that the Fundamentals Movement shou Id encourage and extend the work of personal evangelism, instructing and inspiring an ever-increasing company of Christian men to engage in this Di– vinely approved method of winning their fellows "one by one," as Philip won the Ethiopian, through the use or the Word. IMPORTANCE OF EVANGELISTIC PASTORS Wo also recognize the importance of the evangelistic pastor. We rejoice that to this hour the most notable soul winners in every evangelical denomina– tion are men in absolute accord with our association, and we invite the at– tention of the churches and the world to the circumstance that the outstand– ing spiritual fruits of the day are to be found on the fields of men who are loyal to the faith once delivered. We hold not only the most prominent pulpits In America, but among the lesser pastor– ates, we have the men whose ministry is making such rapid progress as to prove the power of God with them and the pleasure of God in them, and we hereby pledge the backing of the Chris– tian Fnndamentals Association to those lesser men whom denominational over– lords are attempting to silence or retire. PRAYER IS THE WAY OF POWER Your Committee realizes that prayer Is the WAY OF POWER. We believe our God Is able to do "exceeding abun– dantly above a ll that we have ask ed or thought," and our faith Is profoundly encouraged by the evident blessing tha t He is putting upon both the Association and Its Individual members. We en– courage our brethren everywhere to make much of existing Prayer Meet– ings, to call together new companies to wait upon the Lord, and to watch for His blessing; to foster the restoration of the family altar; to attend, inviting oth&rs with them, upon the stated prayer meetings of their churches; to neither forget nor neglect p_ersonal de– votion-in other words, to keep in con– stant touch with Him from Whom all strength cometh, and on Whom all hopes depend. IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS We recommend that our organization be further perfected, first, by the filling of all the offices created by our con– stitution, and second, by the suggestion that a local organization be accomplish– ed in every state of the United States, every Province of Canada, and also projected into other nations as rapidly as possible. We call attention to the fact that a number of States have al– ready organized such branches of the Fundamentals Association, viz. Iowa, Missouri, Montana, and others, and in Chicago and other cities local ministers have provided a Fundamentals fellow– ship and hold stated meetings. We com– mend this course to other cities and all the more heartily advise it in view of the determined purpose of the Feil . era! Council of the Churches of Christ of America, a modernist organization, to capture the ministerial Conferences of the entire country. We warn our brethren against this unscriptural al– liance and perversive fellowship . We hereby appeal to the various denomina– tions of which we are active members to wash their hands of the Federal Council of the Churches or Christ or WHILE. (Read about it on Page 886 ) 802 THE KING'S BUSINESS America once and for all, and be done with an Institution that bears the name of Christ but does not accept His Word in its entirety or declare itself for any evangelical faith. 100,000 NEW MEMBERS GOAL for COMING YEAR. Finally, we recommend that the goal of new members for the year be set at 100,000 and that as members of the Association we pledge ourselves to co– operate to that end. We call upon those worthy and influential magazines and newspapers who have stood by us in loyalty from the hour of our birth, to carry this call for 100,000 members and In every way co-operate with us in accomplishing the same, and in turn rejoicing in their splendid defense and propagation of the faith once ctelivered, we pledge them our loyalty and all con– ceivable aid. We note with extreme pleasure that the Gospel Centers and many of the down-town missions of America and Canada have remained thoroughly evan– gelical and in every way loyal to the Lord, a nd we count them not alone our brethren in the faith, but our prized co– laborers for Its propagation. Concerning MISSIONS ON THE FOR– EIGN FIELD, we note with deep grief the fact that modernism is menacing the mission work of China, Japan, In– dia, Africa, practically every continent and Island of the world. We extend to the Bible Union of China fr.aternal greetings and pledge to them a con– stant vigilance against having their work further complicated by the ap– pointment of nnbelievers to their fields, and further strengthened by the equip– ment and commission to these same field~ of consecrated men and women of God. We rejoice In the exceeding growth of those Seminaries that have MODERNISM ON THE FOREIGN FIELD stood loyal to God's Word, and we note with profoundest pleasure the unpre– cedented progress of our great and growing Bible Training Schools, institu– tions whose increasing power indicates the certainty of Divine pleasure in them. We commend these schools to par– ents as safe places for the equipment of !hen for the ministry, and young men and women to become missionaries at heme and abroad, and we express our gratitude that Fundamentalist laymen are increasingly contributing means for the 11pbuilding of these institutions and are thereby rapidly making them to be– come the most notable and capable schools devoted to the education of young men and women for the ministry and missions. In closing this series of recommenda– tions, we record our profound appre– ciation of the splendid reports of the Convention printed in the daily papers of both Fort Worth and Dallas. More painetaking and adequate reports have never been accorded us, and we hereby extend our thanks to the editors and re– porters for their admirable co-opera– tion and service. We further extend to the pastor of the First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Rev. J. Frank Norris, his officials, mem– bers, and particularly to his salaried force, our heartiest thanks for their uniform hospitality, their constant and invaluable help and the wholly ade– quate provision made for all the needs of the convention. THANKS DUE TO LOCAL PRESS and FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Respectfully submitted, T. C. HORTON, L. W. MUNHALL, T. T. SHIELDS, J . F. NORRIS, Committee on Resolutions.
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