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THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S I am conscious of it. I -would not knowingly hurt one of God’s little ones, but I must be true to God’s Word and the convictions which He gives me, through His Word; and I would rather have His smile of approval than the praise of all men.” We trust that this will serve to give our viewpoint to all the readers of The King’s Business, and wish to assure them that we shall gladly receive any criticisms they may have to make. And, too, we shall greatly appre ciate a word of commendation from any of our ministerial friends who feel that conditions justify our position and policy. —T. C. H. ¿We. jMfe. T e a c h i n g t h e o l o g y His name is Wm. Newton Clarke. He is the professor of Christian Theology in Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. He has published a book entitled, “ An Outline on Christian Theology,” which a Baptist missionary is marketing in a Texas town. Here are a few of the remarkable revelations culled from its pathetic pages and mailed to us by a friejjd: “The Bible is not inspired of God, and does not claim to be inspired of God.” “The Bible has mistakes. It does not claim to be without mistakes.” “Christ is not our Mediator.” “There is no Mediator necessary.” “Salvation does not depend upon the acceptance of Christ.” “There is no necessity of being born again to become a child of God.” “The Old Testament is no t an account of actual happenings, but is just illus trations, stories, etc.” “There is no hell.” “The disciples wrote much from memory, and memory has many imper fections.” “Those »looking for Christ to return in the clouds will be disappointed, as no such thing can happen.” “ A professor of New Testament language and literature in New Haven Seminary has made a remarkable discovery. He has found that there are not four Gospels, but only one, and that is Mark, and that Mark is largely made up by an imaginative editor. That the Transfiguration is a Jewish “ vision story.” Matthew and Luke are mere satellites of Mark, and that no one knew that John wrote a Gospel until almost the third century.”— (Bible Champion). We are filled with awe at the marvelous learning of these theologians. What a wonderful thing it must be to be a professor in a theological school! How grateful the church should be to these eminent scholars for conde scending to give us a little touch of seminary lore! What pride must fill the hearts of those to whom is granted the exquisite pleasure of sitting at the feet of such extraordinary beings! How remarkable must be the big brains of such men as these! How the students must, strive to have the honor of having even the shadow of such a professor fall upon them! We never knew before where some of our preachers learned so much of what was not in the Bible. Now we know, and hereafter when we say the big word, “ Theological Seminary,” it will be with “ baited” breath and reverential “ ah!” T. C. H.
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