November 1926
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
688
■T- LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS--------------- These books will make splendid presents “Best” Books N For Your Daughter — for Christian Young womanhood in particular Beautiful Girlhood By Mabel Hale This is an especially recommended book for teen-age girls, for the growing girl between childhood and woman hood, or as the author terms it, the period of Beautiful Girlhood. It will help the girl to solve those perplexing problems that come up in the teens. It will help her to develop a strong character, and a winning personality; help her to become a leader, and to make friends. Gift Style. Bound in pretty blue cloth with colored medallion on front side. A delicate blue border surrounds each page. Comes wrapped in water-silk embossed tissue. One Girl’s Influence Bjr Robert E. Speer The Girl and Her Religion
How Fosdick Was Forced Into the Open (C o n tin u e d fr o m p a g e 6 3 2 )
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J u s t th e n a v e r y g e n te e l la d y c am e u p to u s an d o ffe re d to h e lp u s g a t h e r u p e x t r a c o p ie s o f th e c a le n d a r , s a y in g t h a t sh e w a s M rs. F o s d ic k a n d t h a t th e y w o u ld b e e s p e c ia lly g la d to h a v e th em s e n t o u t to C h in a , a s s h e a n d D r. F o s d ic k h a d b e e n s o m u c h in te r e s t e d in C h in a s in c e t h e ir v is it to t h a t c o u n try . I d id n o t te ll h e r t h a t w h a t I h a d in m in d w a s to m a r k th e n o tic e r e g a r d in g th e S p r in g D an c e , a s an e x am p le o f th e f r u i t o f M o d e rn ist p r e a c h in g . T h e T r a g e d y o f C o m p r o m is e W h ile w a itin g to h a v e a w o rd w ith F o s d ic k , I n o tic e d th e o ld p a s t o r s ta n d in g on th e o th e r s id e o f th e p u lp it s te p s , w ith a lm o s t n o o n e s p e a k in g to h im , s o I a p p r o a c h e d h im a n d s a id , " D r . A ------- , I h o p e it is n o t t r u e t h a t n o o n e is le ft in th is d e a r o ld F i r s t C h u rc h w h o s t i l l b e lie v e s th e o ld G o sp e l, a s th is m a n h a s a s s e r t e d in h is s e rm o n t h is m o rn i n g ? ” T h e o ld g e n tle m a n tu r n e d p a le a n d r e p lie d , “ W h y , m y d e a r y o u n g m a n , w e a ll b e lie v e th e o ld G o sp e l h e r e .” I r e p lie d . “ N o, d o c to r, th is m a n F o s d ic k d o e s n o t b e lie v e it o r p r e a c h it, a n d y o u k n o w »it, a n d I d id h o p e y o u w e re n o t b a c k in g h im u p in t h is t h in g .” T h e n h e s a id , “ O h ! y o u a r e m is t a k e n ; h e d o e s b e lie v e in th e F u n d a m e n t a ls .” I s a id , “ H e h a s d e n ie d p r a c t ic a lly e v e ry fu n d a m e n ta l o f th e F a it h in t h is s e rm o n , e x c e p t th e r e s u r r e c tio n , a n d h e s im p ly d id n o t m e n tio n t h a t ; I am s u r e h e d o e s n o t b e lie v e in i t .” T h e o ld p a s t o r w a s s o s h a k e n t h a t a frie n d s a id h e w a s a f r a id h e w o u ld f a in t, h e w a s s o p a le , a s h e r e p lie d , t a k in g h o ld o f th e la p e ls o f m y c o a t a n d p u s h in g m e in th e d ir e c tio n o f F o s d ic k , “ Y e s h e d o e s b e lie v e in th e r e s u r r e c tio n ; y o u g t r o v e r th e r e a n d a s k h im .” J u s t a s I w e n t u p to s p e a k to D r. F o s d ic k , a n o th e r m a n s te p p e d in a h e a d o f m e a n d s a v e d m e th e tr o u b le o f a s k in g h im th e q u e s tio n a b o u t th e r e s u r r e c tio n . H e s a id , “ A r e w e to r e g a r d th e r e c o r d s o f th e r e s u r r e c tio n o f o u r L o r d a s h is t o r ic a l fa c t o r n o t ? " D r. F o s d ic k s to o d s ile n t ly fo r a f u ll m in u te , lo o k in g u p to w a r d s th e c e ilin g , a n d th e n h e r e p lie d , “ W e ll, t h a t is to o b ig a q u e s tio n f o r m e to a n sw e r o ff h a n d . Y o u k n ow a l l th e d is c u s s io n t h e r e h a s b e e n a b o u t t h a t q u e s tio n a ll d u r in g th e c e n tu r ie s . I f y o u d e s ir e to c om e to m y office s o m e d a y n e x t w e e k , I w o u ld b e g la d to s i t d ow n w ith y o u f o r a n h o u r a n d t a lk o v e r a ll th e p r o s a n d c o n s o f i t .” T h e I s s u e D e fin e d W h e n I h a d th e o p p o r tu n ity to s p e a k to h im , I a s k e d i f h e in te n d e d to p r in t t h is s e rm o n , a n d h e r e p lie d t h a t h e d id n o t; h e s a id t h a t h e h a d t h o u g h t h e m ig h t p o s s ib ly le t th em p r in t it o u t w e s t in so m e m a g a z in e , a s h e f e lt t h a t it w a s m o r e n e e d e d o u t t h e r e th a n in N ew Y o r k ( ! ) A t fir st, h e e v id e n tly s u p p o s e d I w a s in sy m p a th y w ith h im a n d h e b e g a n to s p e a k c o n fid e n tia lly w ith m e a b o u t th e F u n d a m e n t a l i s t s itu a tio n o u t in th e c e n tr a l a n d w e ste rn s t a t e s . 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