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Since 1908, Biola has been the Christian education center of the West. Over 15,000 former students are serving in places of spiritual leadership around the world, not only in the ministry but also in the business and professional society.
Containing more than 75,000 volumes, the Rose Memorial Library makes acquisitions in history and other disciplines of over 5,000 annually. The Library, unth a competent staff of trained men and women, contains a number of interesting and outstanding collections of papers and other special works.
History is one of nineteen ma jors at Biola College. Students majoring in this area may special ize in Far Eastern, Western European, American, or Latin Ameri can history. There are four fulltime members of the History De partment who combine twenty years o f education in colleges and " universities around the world, as well as thirty-eight years of combined teaching experience. Biola College is accredited with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In addition, with accreditation through the Collegiate Division of the Accrediting Association of Bible Col- leges, Biola students receive from two to three times more Bible and doctrine than other comparable Christian liberal arts col- leges require.
Dr. Masakazu Iwata is just one of the outstanding faculty members of Biola College who reveals the excellent type of education students receive at the school. Dr. Iwata is Associate Professor of History and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is author of "Okubo Toshimichi, The Bismarck of Japan."
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Articles EROSIONS OF MORAL STANDARDS .................................................... 14 I WAS BRAINWASHED — James M. Aiken 16 IS YOUR CHR IS TIAN ITY TOO NARROW? — Vance Havner 18 I W ILL RETURN — M . R. DeHaan ......................................................... 23 TH E WORLD'S QUEST FOR GOD — Samuel H. Sutherland .............. 29 TENSION OR TRUST — Olivelle Uber .................................................. 36 BUILDING A NEW HOUSE — Martha S. Hooker 42 PRAIRIE DOGS — Walter L. Wilson ....................................................... 44 RIDING DOWN DEVIL'S GRADE — Vernice L. Sellars 46 GOD CHALLENGED ME W ITH MISSIONS — Verl Lindley 48 features MESSAGE FROM TH E EDITOR — Samuel H. Sutherland 4 OVER A CUP OF COFFEE — Joyce Landorf ........................................ 8 CULTS CRITIQUE — Betty Bruechert ..................................................... 12 DR. TALBO T'S QUESTION BOX — Louis T . Talbot 31 TA LK ING IT OVER — Clyde M. Narramore ........................................ 32 BOOK REVIEWS — Arnold D. Ehlert .................................................... 34 SCIENCE AND TH E BIBLE — Bolton Davidheiser ............................ 38 CHR ISTIAN WORKER'S CLIN IC '< *• * C. Chester Larson 40 Columns READER REACTION .................................................................................... ^ PEOPLE IN TH E NEWS ............................................................................... 9 PRESENTING TH E MESSAGE ..................................................................... 33 Cover Garden of Huntington Memorial Library, San Marino, California.
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COUN T ING THE BLESSINGS OF 150 YEARS AMER ICAN SUNDAY SCHOO L UN ION WELCOMES EVER GREATER CHALLENGES
BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT, THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, INC.
HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIPPERS
M e n h a v e a l w a y s been inclined to hold in awe and respect, indeed almost regard with reverence, the great leaders and heroes o f the past. These leaders have been found in almost every area o f human thought and endeavor. As one begins to achieve either physical or mental prowess, immediately he attracts to himself a number o f people, many or few, whose hero he becomes. His devotees hang on every word that he speaks, every deed that he accomplishes, with the greatest attention and admiration. It seems as if he can do no wrong. Psychologists remind us that a twelve- year-old mentality is the normal age for the highest degree o f hero worship. There are probably as many degrees o f hero wor ship as there are individuals who have their idols. Moving picture and television stars o f the present as well as the past undoubtedly claim the greatest number o f ardent hero worshippers, otherwise known as fans. The leaders in the world o f athletics have their share o f devotees. In the areas where there is relatively little sig nificance to be attached to one’s apparent homage to his hero, very little harm or danger will come o f it. But, alas, this is not true in the area o f man’s theological thinking. There is, we be lieve, an alarming tendency today toward a marked degree o f hero worship on the part o f many theological leaders, especially among the neo-orthodox or new evangelical element. We read much today in current religious literature about the writings o f men like Karl Barth, Emil Bruner, Paul Tillich, Soren Kierkegaard, Nels Ferre and others o f the present or past generation, each o f whom wrote and spoke copiously on various theological subjects. These men have their ardent devotees and sharp critics. We sug gest that it is most unfortunate indeed that otherwise devoted ministers o f the Gospel should spend so much time defending what these men wrote or are supposed to have said and, even in some instances, what they mean regardless o f what they actually wrote or said. It seems almost tragic that so many o f our current new evangelical brethren should expend such great effort and energy in defense o f the statements o f one or more o f these the ologies. Practically all o f the theologians o f any given generation
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"come to pass” ; "they have their day and cease to be.” In large measure they pass into oblivion so far as any lasting value o f anything they have written or said is concerned. In the meantime a great fuss and furor are made over their pronouncements, either good or bad. If we must have our theological heroes, we would do far better to select the writings o f those who have evidenced a far more permanent influence upon the church o f Jesus Christ and, indeed, the history o f mankind than have any o f these cur rent theologians. At the risk o f being considered naive, we would like to suggest very respectfully that it would be far more worthwhile, if the present-day brethren must worship heroes, that they select men whose writings have the ring o f authenticity because they wrote "as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” What’s the matter with the theology o f Paul, or Peter, or James or John or, indeed, the great theologians o f a former dispensation such as Isaiah or Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel or any one o f the other prophets o f olden times? It would be more meritorious, we believe, for our contemporaries to devote their attention to the proclamation o f the theology o f these great heroes o f the faith instead o f trying to defend the writings o f the current crop o f theologians who “ have come to pass.” It almost seems that if one desires to make a name for himself in American theological circles, all he has to do is be born with a German, Austrian, Swiss or other European name, do most o f his writings in a European language, learn to speak broken English, come to this country and begin to lecture. He has it made! He will be sure to find a large coterie o f devotees who will rally to his banner and loudly proclaim him one o f the great master minds o f the generation. We would suggest that our new evangelical and neo-orthodox friends would be rendering vastly greater serv ice to the cause o f Jesus Christ if they would proclaim for this generation a new emphasis upon the great doctrines that are found in the Word o f God as presented by the inspired writers o f both the Old and New Testaments, instead o f making a strenu ous but futile attempt to state not only what these modern theo logians have said but what they are supposed to have meant, regardless o f what they said. We suggest that we are in a decadent theological condition, even among so-called conservatives, when we have to spend so much time interpreting what these European theologians have written or spoken. O f course, they have a right to build their system o f theology as they may choose. Still it ap pears rather pathetic for American church men, especially o f the conservative persuasion, to jump on the band wagons o f these in dividuals and begin to haggle over their theological gymnastics. This is not our purpose in the pulpit or in the theological class room. It should not be our aim to try to discover some new theo logical quirk. Rather, it is our purpose, as it has been the goal o f every generation, to proclaim to that generation the eternal truths o f God’s Holy Word. There is nothing particularly new about (continued on page 45)
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T R O U B L E S A N Y O N E ? The March issue really hit home with me,especially the page by Joyce Lan- dorf, as my son just last week came home with a long face over his arith metic problems. I read Joyce’s column to Fred and I think it made him feel not alone with his troubles. It seems like a day does not pass by without some kind of trouble and I thank God I can come to Him in my time of trou ble and He is always there to help. Mrs. Esther McIntosh, Richmond, California J U S T A V E R S E It was a beautiful morning in March. A fter a siege o f snowdrifts and melt ing pools all around their house, it had finally dried off enough to woo the little boy outside. As she was dressing him, the busy mother of three suddenly no ticed that the porch where her son was sitting needed sweeping badly. Think ing that sweeping the porch was a task her son could easily perform (and usu ally enjoyed) the mother asked, “ Billy, don’t you think it would be kind of you to sweep the porch for me? I’ll get the broom for you.” Anxious to be about his play, the boy answered, “ No, not today. You do it, Mommy.” Gently she urged him, “ Come now, let’s do it” ; but the youngster, thinking about being kind, recited proudly, ‘Be ye kind one to another.’ ” “ Very good,” replied his mother. “ That’s what God said in the Bible. You could be kind and sweep the porch.” But upon hearing this piece of logical action, Billy thought a moment and then said, “ Oh, Mommy, THAT’S just a VERSE !” Well, I was surprised and a little amused at my three-year-old’s remark, but think! Just a verse! When we read or memorize the Word of God, is that all it means to us? Is it just in the Bible, or is it a command to be obeyed? Just a verse! Is that all God intended when He wrote the Bible for our in struction and learning? Or did He mean it when He again inspired the written words, “ I f a man love me, he will keep my words” (John 14:23). I could not help but ponder over Billy’s innocent remark. Surely if we were to read and memorize His words with the intention of obeying and tak ing them to heart, we would be more like what God intended us to be. Gone would be the shallowness and irrespon sible living o f us so-called “ believers.” This incident really took place today and caused me some serious thoughts about putting into practice the words of God in our everyday living. We enjoy getting and reading T h e K i n g ’ s B u s in e s s each month. May God continue to make your lives count for Him. Mrs. Eva Neckels, Forsyth, Montana P.S.—Billy finally did sweep the porch. JUNE, 1966
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O NCE THERE WAS A POPULAR SONG called “ Little Things Mean a Lot,” and I know we have all heard, at one time or another, someone say, “ It’s the little things that really count.” Whether it’s something good, ( “ I love him, not so much for the big things he does . . . but for the little thoughtful things” ) or bad, ( “ It wasn’t the big issues but a whole pile of little things that broke our marriage” ). It would seem in most of our life it is “little things” that make or break us. I asked Dr. Sutherland, president of Biola College and editor of this publication, what it was about his wife that he loved the most. He an swered quickly, “ She knows when to be quiet!” He further explained that when he came home wanting to talk and discuss matters, she would talk. But if he came home tired and sim ply wanted to be left alone she would be quiet with him. (Wise woman!) Then I asked the same question of Ted McReynolds, young Campus Crusade director for Berkeley Uni versity, about his lovely wife Joanne. He answered with a- slight degree of awe in his tone and said, “You know, Joanne actually tries to be the perfect wife all the time.” He told me of several tiny acts of love that Joanne performed which, in his mind, really did make her the per fect wife. Then as I talked with my husband Dick I found he has a real thing about my walking out to the car with him each morning as he leaves for work. It’s so special to him that I risk being seen by the whole neigh borhood in my bathrobe just to wave and see him off. (Actually he’s very worth the little effort it takes.) Be sides that I think of all the lovely “big” things Dick has given me, not to forget our home, and paying taxes, etc., and I always remember the little “white bags.” Very often he’ll stop at See’s Candy Shops, dump out all the change in his pocket and say to the clerk, “Give me 320 (or 540) worth of chocolate covered almonds.” Then, after he comes home, he will mysteriously smuggle in the little bag of candy and some time later I’ll find it on my pillow or at my dinner place. Ah, the little things do count and oh, so much! In Irving Stone’s book Those Who Love, the story of President John Adams and his wife Abigail, John says to her, “ ‘I like your eyes best. I love everything I see reflected there. No meanness or guile comes through. They don’t make harsh judgments; they’re n ev e r veiled. They warm me; their brown good ness testifies that life is good, and
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and as a Christian young person raised by fine Christian parents. Since everyone, big and little, is interested in the girl in their mir ror, why not take a good look? Per haps it will put on just the glow you’ve been hoping for. * * * Glamour is an inside job. * * * Dear Ruth: Our house seems so small and plain in comparison with the beautiful homes of our friends. Frankly, how can I en tertain when I honestly feel embar rassed? Dear "Embarrassed” : The house in which you live is far less important than the "yo u " living in your house. I love the charming compliment of one woman to her Christian neighbor: "W hen I leave your house I don't think about your rooms and furniture — I think only of how happy I feel while I'm there!" When we permit Jesus Christ to permeate our lives with His power and contagious joy, the plainest room becomes a palace. Invite your friends to your home joyfully! Pray that your life may reflect the gentle ness, the beauty, the perfect poise of our lovely Lord. Radiate His love! You need never apologize for a home in which Jesus Christ delights to live.
whole and meaningful.’ “ There flooded over her a feeling of rejoicing. She thought, ‘I have found a friend.’ “ Their pleasure in each other’s company grew by the miracle of one human being revealing himself to another in full confidence.” Perhaps this June, as a June bride of some years ago, now on our anniversaries, I should think and act more on the little things . . . for they do count. GRADUATION GLOW I P YOU WANT TO PUT A REAL GLOW on your graduating gal,—here is a perfect gift—the book, THAT GIRL IN YOUR MIRROR. Published by Revell. Written by a beautiful girl, both inside and out, Vonda Kay Van Dyke. Miss America for 1965. You may remember her lovely answer, during the finals of the Miss Amer ica contest, to Bert Parks M.C. when he asked her about her “Good luck charm she brought from home” . . . meaning her Bible. With great grace and beauty she told him and a na tion-wide TV audience that her Bible was not a “ Good Luck Charm” and then quietly told of her faith in Christ. The book talks about popularity, poise, faith, dating, goals and indi viduality. Its done in good taste and I particularly enjoyed it as she writes it from the experiences she has had . . . both as Miss America
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people Rev. Young Whan Kim, a native of Korea, has been appointed as the fourth missionary with the Urban Ministry of the American Sunday School Union, as announced recently by E. William Brook, director of the ministry. The major thrust of the work is the organization and main tenance of afternoon Sunday schools in local inner-city churches. Mr. Kim will be directing work not only in several of the Sunday schools, but also in the very active summer pro gram. Jack Wyrtzen, international director of the Word of Life Fellowship, was Cadet Retreat at the Air Force Camp in Colorado. Many cadets responded to the Gospel invitation to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Dr. R. S. Brown, president and direc tor of the Okoboji Lakes Bible and Missionary C on feren ce, Arnolds Park, Iowa, has announced the 32nd annual Conference to be held July 29-August 7, 1966. Among the speak ers for the Conferences are Rev. Keith Bailey, Wheaton, Illinois; Rev. Jerry Dunn, Open Door Mission, Omaha, Nebraska; and Dr. Theodore Epp, Back to the Bible Broadcast. Dr. Joseph Free, world-renowned Bi- ble-lands archaeologist, demonstrates how the accuracy of the Old Testa ment has been verified again and again through archaeological discov eries, in the new color release, “ Im pact of Archaeology,” produced by Films for Christ Association of Peoria, Illinois. The film is 35 min utes in length and rents for $18.00. Rev. Gunnar Hoglund and Dr. date Risley were just a few leaders of a Christian Education Vocations Semi nar held recently at the Scripture Press Foundation auditorium in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. More than three hun dred high school and college young people along with 114 local church youth leaders attended the all-day seminar on careers in Christian Education. (continued on page 10) the guest speaker at a recent Sunday morning C h a p e l service of the Unit- ed S t a t e s A i r F orce Academy. Mr. Wyrtzen, to gether with tenor soloist Ken Nanfelt and a c co rd ion is t Don Landaas con ducted a three-day Rev. Wyrtzen
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\ PEOPLE (continued Harold Lovestrand, missionary of The Evangelical Alliance M ission to West Irian, was released March 23 by the Indonesian authorities in Djakarta after being held since early August, 1965. Mr. Lovestrand, to gether with his wife and four chil dren, were ordered “ deported” by the Indonesian authorities as a climax to a long period of frustrating nego tiations, during which time the au thorities sought evidence of some complicity on the’ part of Mr. Love strand in a native uprising in Mano- kwari. No formal charges were ever filed, and was proven that the sus picion of the authorities were un founded. During his detention, Mr. Lovestrand became seriously ill with malaria, and just as the crisis was reached, the American authorities succeeded in having him moved to a military hospital where he could re receive medical treatment and where his family could visit him. The Love- strands are now located temporarily at the Faith Academy, Manila, Philippines. Dean A . Dalton, di tising promotion, educational and personal service, Teach Magazine, audio-visual development and con sumer research. Jack Houston has joined the staff of Scripture Press Publications as managing editor of Power Life (formerly Teen Power). He replaces Ted Miller who has become editor of the Christian Reader, published by Tyndale House Publishers of Whea ton, Illinois. Before joining the edi torial department of Scripture Press, Mr. Houston served as publicity manager of Moody Bible Institute and has written several fiction stories and non-fiction articles published by religious and secular publications. William B. Eerdmans, Sr., founder and chairman of the William B. Eerd mans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, went to be with the Lord on April 12, 1966. Dr. Clyde M. Narramore, president of the Narramore Christian Foundation of Pasadena, California, has an nounced the moving of their offices into the newly-constructed Interna tional Headquarters B u ild in g in Rosemead, California. Mr. Dalton re c to r o f Gospel Light Publications Education Services Department, has been named to head the new Education and In fo rm a tion Division. Mr. Dal ton will direct Gos pel Light’s adver fipDjrÇJT' X f Æ Ê
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MAJOR-GENERAL D. J. WILSON-HAFFENDEN, C.B.E. "I would like to commend Dr. Billy Graham's request for prayer for the Greater London Crusade. My mind goes back to the wonderful results achieved at the Harringay Crusade in 1954 which I know resulted from the prayers of faithful people all over the world. We do not yet know why God answers prayer, but for some reason known only to His sovereign will. His response often waits until He is sure that His people are fully prepared for the blessings which He longs to bestow. This preparation is laid by prayer." THE RT. HON. THE LORO LUKE, TJL, D.L "Prayer and progress go hand in hand towards a Christian world. "I welcome a call to prayer on both sides of the Atlantic for the success of the forthcoming Crusade and I am sure people will want to participate privately and corporately."
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upon all. However, it is apparent when reading their books that they do have some very definite beliefs— even if these beliefs take the form of denials. Revealing the Unitarian hesitancy to place their views into a formal statement, Jack Mendelsohn states in his book: “ I am willing to call myself a Christian only if in the next breath I am permitted to say in varying degrees I am also a Jew, a Hindu, and Moslem, a Buddhist, a Stoic, and an admirer of Akhenaten, Zoroaster, Confucius, Lao-Tse and Socrates” (Why I Am a Unitarian, p. 68). Unitarians do not believe that Jesus Christ is God. William Chan- ning “ objected to the doctrine of the Trinity, holding that Christ was sent to earth as a great moral teacher rather than as a mediator” ( Who Was Who in Church History, p. 83). Unitarian author Jack Mendelsohn believes that Christ’s fo llow e r s claimed more for Christ than Christ did for Himself. In Why I Am a Uni tarian Mr. Mendelsohn writes, “ Most Unitarians believe that on the basis of the evidence available to us, Jesus, at most, thought of Himself as the Jewish Messiah. It was later followers and interpreters, like the Apostle Paul, who transformed Jesus into a Christian Saviour atoning to God for the sins of mankind” (p. 43). Since Unitarians deny the deity of Christ, it is to be expected that
they would also deny the possibility of receiving salvation through ac cepting Christ as Saviour. In com menting on the Apostle Paul’s an swer to the Philippian jailer, “ Be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31), Mendelsohn accuses Paul of offering a “ formula” instead of helpful information to the jailer. In referring to Paul’s formula, Men delsohn says, “Here was the track of authoritarianism on which Ortho dox Christianity would run from Paul’s day to our own. It did not occur to Paul that the jailer might have some thoughts and insights of his own worth probing and nurtur ing. Paul saw no reason whatever for encouraging the man to think, to use his own mind, to exercise his reason, to ponder the experiences of heart and conscience for satisfying religious answers. Paul said none of the words that might have moved Christianity in the direction of free dom and personal responsibility. In stead he uttered a dogma. He said, in effect, that this is not something to discuss, to weigh, to test by expe rience. No, this is simply something that you accept. Unitarians will have none of it” (Why I Am a Uni tarian, pp. 29, 30). Because of hold ing such views, the Unitarians feel free to attack even the inspired au thors of the Scriptures. Unitarians do so because they consider the Bible to be only a work of man as
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The following is condensed from Unitarianism in the Light of the Scriptures, by Harold J. Berry, and may be obtained in booklet form from Back to the Bible Broadcast, Lincoln, Nebraska. U n i t a r i a n i s m began with denials of certain doctrines of historic Christianity. The main denial was of the teaching that man is to tally depraved and is incapable of doing anything to merit salvation before God. Historic Christianity taught that salvation was to be had only by receiving it as a gift. In denying the total depravity of man kind, beginning Unitarianism was denying a basic teaching of the Word of God, as set forth in such a passage as Ephesians 2:1 which declares unbelievers to be “ dead in trespasses and sins.” We refrain from referring to the teaching of the Unitarians as being “ beliefs” or “ doctrines” since it is a basic unwritten creed of the Uni tarians that they do not believe in creeds, and therefore, their views are not to be set forward as a doctrinal statement. This reveals their think ing that all truth is relative and that no one truth should be binding
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W HAT HAS happened to o u r na tional m ora ls? • An edu ca tor speaks ou t in fa v o r o f fr e e love. • A so-called man of God con dones sexual excursions by unmar ried adults. • Movies sell sex as a commercial commodity. • Book stores and cigar stands peddle pornography. • A high court labels yesterday’s smut as today’s literature. • Record shops feature albums displaying nudes and near nudes. • Night clubs stage shows that would have shocked a smoker audi ence a generation ago. • TV shows and TV commercials pour out a flood of sick, sadistic and suggestive sex situations. • A campaign is launched to bring acceptance to homosexuality. • Radio broadcasts present dis cussions for and against promis cuity. • Magazines and newspapers pub lish pictures and articles that fla grantly violate the bounds of good taste.
• Four-letter words once heard only in barroom brawls now appear in publications of general distribu tion. • Birth control counsel is urged for high school girls. Look around you. These things are happening in your America. In the two decades since the end of World War II we have seen our na tional standards of morality lowered again and again. We have seen a steady erosion of past principles of decency and good taste. And—we have harvested a whirl wind. As our standards have low ered, our crime levels and social problems have increased. Today, we have a higher percent age of our youth in jail . . . in re formatories . . . on probation and in trouble than ever before. Study the statistics on illegitimate births . . . on broken marriages. . . on juvenile crimes . . . on school drop outs . . . on sex deviation . . . on dope addiction . . . on high school mar riages . . . on crimes of passion. The figures are higher than ever.
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And going higher. Parents, police authorities, edu cators and thoughtful citizens in all walks of life are deeply disturbed. They should be. For they wre re sponsible. We of the older genera- tion are responsible. Our youngsters are no better and no worse than we were at the same age. Generally, they are wiser. But —they have more temptations than we had. They have more cars. They have more money. They have more opportunities for getting into trou ble. We opened doors for them that were denied to us. We encouraged permissiveness. We indulged them. We granted maximum freedoms. And we asked for a minimum in re- spect. . . and in responsibility. Rules and regulations that pre vailed for generations as sane and sensible guides for personal con duct were reduced or removed. Or ignored. Prayer was banned from the schoolroom and the traditional school books that taught moral precepts as well as reading were replaced with the inane banalities of “ Dick and Jane.” Basically, there are just two main streams of religious thought in these United States. Those who be lieve in a Supreme Being. And those who do not. The first group far outnumbers the second. But — this nation that was founded on the democratic con cept of “majority rule” now denies the positive rights of many to pro tect the negative rights of a few. As prayer went out of the class room so, too, did patriotism. No longer are our children en couraged to take pride in our na tion’s great and glorious past. Heroes are down-graded. The rule played by the .United States in rais- ing the hearts and hopes of all en slaved peoples for a century and a half is minimized. We believe this is wrong. We are convinced that a majority of our citizens would welcome an increase in patriotism and prayer and a de- crease in the peddling of sex, sensa tionalism, materialism and sordid ness. If the general public is as deeply disturbed as we are by the decline in national morals and in national pride, let it speak out. Together we can put down the sex peddlers without lifting the blue- noses. And, with God’s help, we can put prayer and patriotism back in our classrooms. And in our hearts and homes as well. —Courtesy of the San Francisco Examiner.
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