October 1928
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Says the superintendent o f a Rescue Mission in Cin cinnati, Ohio: “ At this time when your school and mag azine are being so ferociously attacked by certain well- meaning leaders, I want to add my word of encourage ment and say that as far as my acquaintanceship is con cerned, I am leaving no one in doubt as to my confidence in your school. T he K ing ' s B usiness is, without excep tion, the best magazine o f its kind published, and I never hesitate to tell folks about it.” From one o f the directors o f the Board o f Christian Education of the Presbyterian denomination, we have this note: “ I am delighted to know of the stand you have taken. I believe it the one plan which is really Christian in spirit and constructive in its tendencies.” The President o f Hastings College says: “ I stand for the generally accepted beliefs of the Christian Church and consider myself a conservative, but I do not approve o f the intolerance displayed by many so-called Funda mentalists.” With many other letters before us, we quote in closing from a letter from a prominent Portland, Oregon, pastor: “ I have read certain magazines with a distinct feeling of resentment. The personalities and irritating militancy is displeasing. Any, editor who attempts to bludgeon one into a certain thought is not truly Protestant. The use of prooftexts to bolster up arguments, regardless o f con text, has seemed to many o f us to be unfair. The policy o f some magazines has been anything but helpful to many o f the young ministers. W e find so much to do and so many people who need and accept our help, that there is little time, to indulge in useless controversies that will only hinder our ministry. Many o f us are eager to have something come to us which constantly presents the win someness, manliness, joy o f fellowship, power of life, cour age, patience and friendship that Jesus Christ may mean to those struggling with life. If T he K ing ' s B usiness will do these things, it has a very great and powerful min istry ahead o f it and' I am sure it will be welcomed by a vaster number than you realize— of people looking for a positive literature, free from things which- irritate but never edify. I have a very high regard for your Insti tute and rejoice in its policy. You can be sure it will have a very hearty support now, not from liberal, care less or destructive pulpiteers, but from earnest men who love Chr-ist and their fellows. Don’t be afraid of those who accuse you o f departing from the Faith. Such as these do as much harm to the cause as those directly oppos ing Christianity. Give us constructive help in our Chris tian service and God will bless you.” '£& Let One Speak Who Knows! vza&g&xJHE Christian Fundamentalist, published in Min imis/ neapolis, prints the following statement, refer- ring to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles: . “ The curriculum which heretofore has ma- in Bible study has been changed under ■ L the present administration to major in philoso phy, psychology and religious education.” The further statement is made that “ the study o f the Word o f God is about half what it was formerly ." Rev. John H. Hunter, registrar o f our faculty, is in the best position to make a statement on this subject. Here are the actual facts as given by Mr. Hunter: “ During the school year o f 1921 and 1922, all students were given the following hours o f study in the English Bible: Chapter Summary, 38; Analysis, 34; Synthesis, 46. Total, 118 hours.
“ During the school year 1922-1923 all students were given the following hours: Chapter Summary, 38; Analy sis, 38; Synthesis, 50. Total, 126 hours. “ During the school year 1927-1928, first year students were given the following hours: Synthesis, 76. Studies in the Life o f Christ, or Christ and the Cure of Souls, 38 hours. Total, 114. Second year students were given Syn thesis, 114 hours. The Message o f the Books o f the Bible, or Bible Study by Books, 38 hours/ Studies in the Life of Christ, or Christ and the Cure o f Souls, 38 hours. Total, 190 hours. “ To sum up the results in the two years’ course, 1921 to 1923 inclusive, a student had 244 hours! study o f the English Bible. The two years’ course now includes 304 hours’ study in the English Bible. “ As to the place that Philosophy and Psychology now hold in the course: Philosophy is now given one hour a week during the first year; in 1922 it was given two hours a week. Philosophy and Psychology combined in one class are now given one hour a week during the second year. In 1922 the second year students took Philosophy two hours a week, meeting with the first year class. In 1923, the first year students took Philosophy two hours a week, and the second year students took it one hour a week. Psychology being combined with Philosophy II has not added any more hours in those subjects. In the Christian Education Course, Psychology now has just the same place it always has had in our Sunday School Course, and no more, indeed the same books on Child Nature are being used now that we used when I had the Sunday School Course, and that were used by my immediate successors. “ Church History was given two hours a week in 1922; it is now given one hour. “ Regarding the place that Christian Education now has in the curriculum: “ In 1921-1922 all the students, except those taking the music course, were required to take 50 hours’ work in Sunday School Methods and Organizations, as we then called it, in their two-year course. Now all students not majoring in Christian Education, except the music stu dents, are required to take 76 hours in their two-year course.” A Tired Woman’s Epitaph The tombstone stood in a neglected corner o f a church yard, overgrown with nettles and long grasses, but its inscription was still legible : "Here lies a poor woman who always was tired, Who lived in a house where help was not hired: Her last words on earth were, ‘Dear friends, I am going Where washing ain’t done, nor sweeping nor sewing; But everything there is exact to my wishes, For where they don’t eat there’s no washing up dishes. I’ll be where loud anthems will always be ringing, But, having no voice, I ’ll get clear of the singing. Don’t mourn for me now, don’t mourn for me never, I ’m going to do nothing, for ever and ever.’ ” RH Call It By Its Right Name A lady once asked Mr. Moody how she could be de livered from exaggeration. He replied in his prompt man ner, “ Madam, when you call it by its right name, and seek deliverance from it in the same way as you get saved from any other sin.”
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