Church Federation and about 600 people enrolled. Horton wanted to launch a formal school immedi ately but his vision was by no means a general one. All evidence points to the contrary. It appears that only two men, Lyman Stewart and T. C. Horton, had vision strong enough to impel them to action. Stewart was out of the city for a time but Horton continued to work diligently on the matter of opening a school. However, he was able to accomplish very little as far as final plans were concerned. In his dis couragement he wrote to Stewart, "We are not making progress in Bible school work and I do not see that we can do so indefinite deci sions without your presence." He felt that Stewart was "the only one who [had] given much thought and prayer to this proposed work," and that only those who had given time and thought and prayer were qualified to deal with a matter of "such grave importance." For these reasons, according to Horton, it was impossible to com plete the plans in time to "open in the fall" of 1907. Horton had two lengthy confer ences with Torrey during the sum mer of 1907. Out of these came advice that proved helpful in the establishment of the school and the program that was adopted. Horton was convinced that Torrey knew more about Bible school work than any other man in the country. Torrey agreed that a school should be established on the West Coast and that Los Angeles was "the logical point on the Coast." He was of the opinion that a school confined to Bible teaching "pro duced the best results." For this
toward liberalism. It was about this matter that he wrote to Stewart: “Can we hope to change the tide which is setting in so strongly or must we bend our efforts to set ting in motion streams of real truth for such as will accept the truth?" Horton's dream for a Bible train ing school became a reality as an outgrowth of an evangelistic cam paign that failed to take place. In late August 1907, plans were being completed for a city-wide cam paign to be held early in 1908 with Dr. R. A. Torrey. In order to have trained personal workers for the campaign, Horton set up a Bible training class. The class was to do more than merely prepare per sonal workers, however. Horton designed each class to run for 45 minutes on personal evangelism. This was followed by general Bible study for another 45 minutes on such themes as prayer, the Holy Spirit, the duty of Christians and the Word. He said, "We want to do two things: first, to instruct workers and then to get hold of some who need to be instructed in the Bible." Horton desired to secure the Church Federation of Los Angeles to endorse the plan for Bible study without holding the meetings under the auspices of this group. His reason for objecting to any alliance with the federation, as he stated it, was: "There is oppor tunity for criticism concerning their kind of teaching. The need is now so definite for instruction along the dispensational lines that I want to give it out and yet there are many federation men who would no doubt object." In the end the training class was held under the auspices of the
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