570 T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S in the, courts any who attem p t to curb th e ir teaching. The issue is clear cut. We know now ju st what crowd is in control of the schools of America and what the trend will he. Hon. W. J. Bryan in a le tte r to th e “Christian S tandard” has ju st said: It has b e e n d i f f i c u l t t o con vi nc e the C h r i s ti a n p eo p le th a t e ff o r t to us e th e p u b li c sch ools for the o ve rth row o f th e B ib le ex clu d ed fr o m th e s ch oo ls — a s it ha s b ee n in m a n y st a t e s— i t t ha t ev en the rea d in g o f it v iol at ed p r o h ib iti on a g a in st th e te T h e p u b l i c d i d not know t ha t o n e o f th e real forces b ack o f ath eism a n d agn ost ic ism o f those s c ie n t is t s w h o ha ve subst it M o s a i c a cc ou n t o f cre at io n . Hav ing d i s c a r d e d th e crea tion o f crea tion for th e p u r p o s e a n d a s a pa rt o f G o d ’s p l a n — t h e y h te ac hin g t ha t wh ich ca nn ot be tr ue except o n th e theory t h a t t th e t e ac h in g has b ee n o p e n , p u b l i c a tt e nt io n has not b e e n , un t lo g ic a l a n d actual in fl u en ce u p o n the r e lig io u s v ie w s o f stu den R eferring to th e resolutions passed by the Association of. Scientists a t Cam bridge, Mass., he says: They attempt to s e t u p a n oligar chy in free A m e r i c a , the has be en att em p ted in histo ry. P o lit ic a l olig ar ch ie s ar e sati sf o f m on ey fo r th e des po ts t o s p e n d , a n d w it h th e ap p oi n tm en t b u t t h is oli gar chy ass um es t o d ete rm in e th e most im p o rt a n t o m a n ’s at ti tu de towar ds th e C r e a t o r . It ascribes t o m a n a b ru trac e hi s an cestry t o the j u n g le .. I t m o ck s a t th e h o li e s t th in th at t h e p u b li c sh al l t a x i t s e l f to pay th e se sc ie n t is t s fo r te ac what the ir p are n ts d o no t w a nt t au gh t. A s th e o r d e r com pe ll i to mak e b ri ck s witho ut st ra w ha ste ne d th e day o f the ir e m a n c a n d in tolerant d e m a n d o f a h an df ul o f sc ie n t is t s brin gs m eas wh en those wh o d en y G o d a n d s nee r a t th e B ib le w i l l b e co m sch ools fo r th e te ac hi ng o f the ir go dl e ss d o c tr i n e . The y are themselves into th e Ancient a n d H o n o r a b l e O r d e r o f A p e s— o a p e , t h e y ca n s e le c t s o m e o th er a n im a l as a n obj ect o f anc e c an n o t laugh th e B ib le o u t o f th e U n ite d Sta tes , o r , a t p u b l m in d s o f th e young . We are raising up a crop of moral weaklings and crim inals. Bow God oiA. of His universe, rip up th e Bible, deny the au tho rity of Christ and deify man, and you have all the machinery for producing a generation of crooks. It is only a question of how long th e people of the churches and the taxpayers of th e land will perm it theorists and agnostics, in th e name of education, to wreck th e faith of our children in the schools.— K. L. B. There are men in U nitarian pulpits today, and men in no pulpits at all, who w ithdrew from the m inistry of evangelical churches because they could no longer honestly preach th e doctrines which in th eir ordination vows they pledged them selves to proclaim and defend. One wonders what such men th ink of men they know in th e m inistry who hold th e same skeptical ideas bu t still feed a t th e full table of an evangelical denom ination. The daily papers have informed the public th a t there are hundreds of m inisters who are either preaching what they do not believe or holding rationalistic views which they do not dare to proclaim while draw ing pay of an orthodox church. The situation is serious and m ust be faced. Laymen must decide for themselves whether or not they will to lerate such down right dishonesty. The H erald and Presbyter says: "A Unitarian m inister says th a t Dr. G rant no more belongs in. an Episcopal pulpit th an Dr. Fosdick does in a B aptist or _•*!£. ^1*. DOWNRIGHT DISHONESTY
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