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.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"
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