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whose philosophy fits into: every human need and whose teachings alone can bring peace to each weary heart and to a war-worn world. Historic Presbyterianism stands for Bible Christianity and the name of Dr. Macartney is insep arably entwined with historic Presbyterianism. I have the honor to present the name of Dr. Clarence Edward Macartney as a candidate for Moderator, and earn estly appeal to you, my fellow commissioners, ministers and elders, to give him your united support.
Mighty issues are to be decided today by our prayers and our ballots. The world needs the restraint that can only be furnished by a sense of responsibility to God for every thought and word and deed. The world needs an indis putable standard of morals to establish justice between man and man, and only the inspired Bible can furnish such a standard. The world needs the supernatural Christ of whom the Bible tells— Jesus, whose blood has colored the stream of time, whose code of morals will endure forever,
afe afe afe Reflections on the 1924 General Conference Dr. G. W . Ridout, in “Eastern Methodist.”
religious teachings. In a resolution passed at the General Conference in connection with the affirmation of the His toric Faith a call was made upon all who teach to be loyal to the historic faith of Methodism. In failing to call a halt to the faith-wrecking tendencies in our schools, and in re-electing Dr. H. H. Meyer to the editorship of our Sunday School literature we feel that the General Conference has undone already a good deal that it previously did to assure us that the next Quadrennium would be a safe one for real Methodism. It is a compara tively easy matter to pass resolutions but it is the elections which count, and when men are elected to high office who are known to be destructive critics and allied with Modern ism, we have grave reasons for doubting as to what good may come from high-sounding resolutions. It remains now to be seen what Dr. Forsyth will do to bring the Board of Home Mission activities in line with essential Methodism. It remains to be seen what Dr. Bovard, the newly-elected Secretary of the Board of Education, having under his con trol Sunday Schools and Epworth Leagues will do to rectify some serious matters within his jurisdiction. The time is ripe for men in high positions to take a stand for sound doctrine and real Methodism and cleanse their departments of people who are doing little else than turning Methodism away from its great mission as an evangelistic force in publishing the gospel of the grace of God and in spreading Scriptural holiness throughout the world.
ITHOUT having the least thought of being unap preciative or ungrateful for things achieved I shall in this writing set down a few matters con cerning which the General Conference failed to render the church a great service. While we grant that a notable confirmation was made to Methodist doctrines and standards yet we must confess that the Conference failed to give any strong rebuke to Modernism as it prevails in our educational institutions and theological seminaries. Pine action was taken in rebuking liberalism in our Sunday School literature. We have already adverted to the statement in the Episco pal address concerning theological schools in which they say those schools have “ done a work worthy of all praise.” This statement we believe to be unfortunate in view of the distressingly liheralistic teachings of those schools, many of them approaching skepticism of the wildest kind almost amounting to infidelity. No great note of rebuke was uttered against this growing Liberalism in our educational institutions. They have been honored and praised but not called to halt in their evolu tionary, un-Methodistic and rationalistic teachings. It becomes all who stand for straight teaching to still cry aloud against the evils in our schools. Our schools must be brought to see that they cannot expect Methodist support if they persist in their present course of spreading the most radical liberalism in their
^.»4. afe afe afe The Northern Baptist Convention at Milwaukee Dr. Frederic W . Farr, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California,
In his characteristic, scholarly manner Dr. Farr gives us a brief review of the results of the Milwaukee Conference. He touches the match to the high lights and illumines the whole matter without any waste of words. His call to follow the God that answers by fire is a unique appeal well worthy of response from the faithful friends of the risen Christ. B SfjT would puzzle a spectator on the side lines to ||j properly characterize a gathering whose proceed- ings seemed equally acceptable to Conservatives Sal and Liberals. Possibly the approval of the one Alternate Reading Course (1)
A resolution authorizing an alternate reading course that would present the orthodox view of the Chris tian faith. A few years ago in an effort to standardize the ministry a course of reading was prepared and prescribed that was distinctively Modernistic in character. Candi dates for the ministry not having a college training were required to wade through a morass of materialistic nega tions as a preparation for Gospel preaching. It seemed fair enough to allow the candidate the privilege of choosing an alternate course presenting -the orthodox view and the resolution passed without a dissenting vote.
arises from the fact that although they did not get what they wanted, they got at least something, and the applause of the other arises from the fact that although they won no sweeping victories they were not defeated as badly as they expected. Out of the many resolutions presented and passed at the Milkaukee Convention, three may be mentioned as bring ing encouragement and satisfaction to the fundamentalists who sponsored two of them.
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