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“It is a matter of very deep regret,” writes a pastor at Montebello, California, “that anyone should even suspect modernism in a publication so true blue to the Faith once delivered unto the saints. Let Mt. 5:11-12 be your assurance.” A telegram from the California. Synod of the United Presbyterian Church informs us that in a resolution unan imously adopted, the Synod expressed the kindliest atti tude toward the Institute and approval of its cooperative policy. A leading conservative pastor at Academia, Pennsyl vania-, sstys’: “I have never been in sympathy with the con- troversalist group who inject personalities into the matter of defending the Faith. I am heart and soul in sympathy with the Fundamentalist position, for I believe it supports the true supernatural Gospel, but I also feel that its method should be one of constructiveness and love. I have regretted much that has been done in the defense of the Faith we all love and to which I am confident the church as a whole is still loyal. To steer a straight course in cheerful and loving loyalty, is not always easy when many seem almost rabid, but I believe it is what is needed and will bring the best results' in the end.” R eal A gency for C ooperation A very well-known Chicago Fundamentalist pastor has the following to say : “The new note in the Institute and T h e K in g ’ s B u sin ess sounds well in my ears and all the better because I believe you will be able to keep it sounding, in spite of some difficulties connected with! mak ing music of just this sort under just these circumstances. All that I hear from brethren on the Coast is to the effect that you are making of the Institute a real agency for cooperation in the total work of the church. They rejoice in you, where once they were hesitant. I have heard no word of wish that you might compromise or temper any opinion or conviction, but only a strong desire that the firmest arid strongest conviction should be expressed and propagated.” From a prominent Indianapolis pastor comes the fol lowing: “I long have felt that the conservative, orthodox position lias been sadly in need of a bright, aggressive and up-to-date presentation. The extremist can hardly hope to hold the field, but the aggressive conservative can not only hold the field but win for the truth. I commend you heartily on your position.” The pastor of one of Salt Lake City’s largest churches writes: ‘“May God bless you in your splendid stand in the Institute! The fighters have caused us pastors untold dif ficulties in our efforts to do the constructive work of God in the churches. It causes us to lose our patience with those who are making it a profession to keep the church stirred up. I long for a program, a literature, a fellow ship which is enthusiastically evangelical, evangelistic and sane, but not antagonistic. I warit all of the fine, dynamic, saving truth of the Faith of our Fathers. Why can’t we have a program like this? I believe the thing you are promising will bring me what I need to feed my spirit:” A Cleveland, Ohio, minister says: “You have our prayer in your effort to emphasize essential Christian truth constructively with a practical application for the daily living of the Christ-life, speaking the truth in love. Without compromise of convictions as to the truth, we most earnestly desire to see an end to the unchristlike controversy, and emphasis placed on constructive evan gelism.”
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Their Sen tim en ts ? HE best way to deal with darkness and fog in tinue unsettlement of mind. It is better to pour the oil of grace upon the marshes of unbelief, than to be ever fighting clouds of mosquitoes. I am aware that Christian apologetics must remain upon the field and ably contend for the Faith, but we may well confine the pulpit and the press to preaching the Gospel. Christianity can maintain itself upon the whole intellectual, practical and social field, but the people of today need and want a positive unfold ing of the Word of God in the simplicity of Christ. Peter must put up his sword into its sheath and preach the truth with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven before thou sands can be added to the church. May a great and powerful dispensation of the Gospel of Christ be con tinued with your paper and; your institution!” The Acting Secretary of the Presbyterian National Board of Foreign Missions, New York City, writes u s | “I am deeply interested in the New Note in T h e K in g s B u siness and the Bible Institute. I have read with much dissatisfaction the manifestly hyper-criticism of certain editors and feel sure I prefer the attitude of the editors of your paper.” A Reno? Nevada, pastor says: “The new order of things in your Institute is for the glory of God, the ad vancement of Christ’s work on earth and the building of men in the most holy Faith.” From a Salem, Oregon, pastor comes this brief word; “With the pronounced ideals of your paper, I am in most hearty sympathy and wish God’s richest blessing upon your efforts.” D en u n c ia t io n and A rguing D istasteful A pastor at Brady, Texas, expresses himself thus: “If you or your readers would care to know how I feel about your magazine, I can sum it up in three words: I AM DELIGHTED. I trust you will remain unmoved from your present position. Steer clear of profitless contro versy which cannot bring grace to the cause which we all love. May the blessing of God rest upon your school and the great mission.of T h e K in g ’ s B u s in e s s !” “Tired of disputes describes me exactly,” says a Prim rose, Nebraska, minister. “I am a thoroughgoing Funda mentalist but denunciation and arguing are very distaste ful. The best way to defend the Gospel is a forceful, positive presentation.” Says a Lyons, Michigan, pastor: “The new note finds a responsive chord in my heart. T h e K ing ’ s B u siness has always been welcomed into my study and I have never detected anything the least bit modernistic in its teach ings. It is as thoroughly Fundamentalist as anything could be. Well might it be in every Christian and non- Christian home.”
spiritual matters,” writes a well-known Funda mentalist minister at Catskill, New York (for many years a contributor to orthodox maga zines), “is to turn on such light as God has given us in His Word, rather than to enter into doubtful disputations which do but gender strife and con
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