Does tke I. S. S. A. Stand for This? Posing as representatives of the International Sunday School Associa tion, I-nfamous, S-atanic, S-eductive A-ssailants of the Word of God are going from summer camp to summer camp throughout the country, poison ing ther minds of the young people who are sent to these camps by their parents who suppose that, because these camps are conducted under the auspices of the International Sunday School Association, they are a per fectly safe place for their sons and daughters. This information comes to us in a letter from Kansas, in which th’e writer asks The King’s Business to enter a vigorous protest against the destructive criticism which is taught in these camps, and to demand that these camps he put on an orthodox basis. “ Unless this is done,” says the writer of the letter; “ we shall withdraw our support, and have informed' our constituency that until such a basis is established they will attend these . camps at their own risk and without our approval.” Just to show that she knows what she is talking about, the writer goes On to say: . . , “Here are a few of the quotations which have come to us verbatim from the instructors at these conferences: ‘“ The Bible is by no means infallible. Get that out of your heads right now.’ “ ‘Jesus never literally fulfilled one single prophecy.’ “ ‘God did not keep the promises that the story of Abraham might lead one to suppose He had made to him— that about his seed being as numberless as the stars, for instance.’ “ ‘The 24th and 25th chapters of Matthew contain no vision of the future. They are parabolic.’ “ ‘The Songs of Solomon are a lot of passionate love songs of the king. If they are his best, goodness knows what his worst were like.’ ■ ! “ ‘No, God did not say that He would do nothing without first telling the prophets, Amos said it. God is not so little that He has to do things because men7say He will.’ ■'\>’ / ' ■,'/ , u :i;7\''' ' ■ 1 v'V ■ f “ ‘ Don’t worship your Bible* was heard from the lips of three different in structors in a single morning. On the following morning each of the three drew a chart explaining evolution in a most convincing way., Mr. Bryan was hooted at again and again.’ “ ‘The prophets contradict each other and Jesus contradicts them all.’ “ ‘Jesus was neither omniscient hor omnipotent.’ “ ‘You do not have to believe in the Virgin Birth in order to believe in the divinity of Christ.’ “ A man said to me, ‘What can we say when we get home? To report all this would do more harm than we could undo in a lifetime.; . A girl whispered to me, fOh, I feel so guilty to be listening to this.’ Another woman said, ‘If I were so saturated with the Bible as you are,-1 suppose I would feel differently, but as it is, I do not know what to think.’ Several times I heard, ‘Let’s just tell the good things When we get home. The folks would never stand for these things.’ ” ,We have requested the writer of this letter to give us the names of these teachers, and when they are received we Shall write the leaders of the Inter national Sunday School Association, giving them the. facts and warning them that unless these teachers are.repudiated and withdrawn and a suit able apology made for this infamous teaching, we shall be compelled to withdraw our affiliation with the Association, and issue a call to every loyal follower of Jesus Christ "to do likewise, —T. C. H.
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