T H E K I N G ’S BÜ S I N E S S 651 No great work was ever done by a ‘ ‘ middle-of-the-roader.” Jesus and John the Baptist, and Paul and Peter and the rest did not belong to that class. —K. L. B. a » PLAYING THE CUCKOO ACT In-spite of the outcry that some have made against formulated doc trinal creeds, it is becoming apparent that everyone who intends to stand for the Bible will have to have one in order to be safe. When those who hold to the orthodox teachings were dubbed by the rationalists as “ Fundamentalists” the conservatives perhaps felt that such a label would at least brand them as holding to the vital doctrines of the Bible. It was not such a bad, name after all, and they themselves adopted However, as soon as the liberalists began to see that multitudes of peo ple were going to flock to the standard of “ Fundamentalism, ” they too began to sffize upon the word “ fundamental.” “ Bible conferences” on “ fundamentals” have been staged by liberal ists. Various books and pamphlets on “ fundamentals” began to come from the pens of rationalists who took it for granted that they had as much right to say what was fundamental as God Himself. Even some of the prevalent heresies have seized .upon this word. The time has come when, it is necessary to warn sincere Christian people to be cautious about the word fundamentals. ’ ’ Be careful about recommending anything simply because it bears this mark. Make sure that it rings true to the Bible and that there are no snakes hiding beneath it. A recent illustration of the crooked use of this word appears in the new book;,; Fundamentals of Christianity,” written by a Baptist theological professor, Dr. Vedder of Crozier Seminary. It is published by Scribners, the publishers of many rationalistic books. A Presbyterian paper, in reviewing the work, says that Vedder must have intended a joke in naming his book “ Fundamentals of Christianity,” and affirms that he has used the rationalistic arguments against the Bible in every instance where it could be done. The Western Recorder (Baptist) says that Vedder “ follows the well- beaten track of his school of antichrist learning. Every characteristic tenet of evangelicism seems to threaten Vedder with jaundice or vertigo. Under the title of ‘ Fundamentals’ he pours through his pen-point a fiiass of poison ous ahd apparently vindictive feeling toward the accepted expressions of Christianity,” The same editor warns, against those who-“ play the cuckoo act by stealing the nest builded by men who knew Christ as Redeemer, builded to teach men how to preach Christ as Redeemer. In it they hatch infidelity instead.” He suggests that Vedder and his brood ought to leave the insti tution whose foundation purpose they are doing their best to destroy. He thinks it is time the trustees showed them the door and that the constituent Baptists get behind the trustees with hatpins to prod them on.' —K. L. B. READ OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT— BACK COVER
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