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EDITORIAL COUNCILEdwin H. Rian Ned B. StonehouseLeslie W. Sloat Murray Forst Thompson

Thomas R. BirchManaging Editor

We Must Build ChurchesBy the REV. ROBERT S. MARSDEN

A FE\V years ago, when many of us had been dis-appointed to discover that seemingly good people

were unwilling to leave their fine church buildings andworship with us in unsightly temporary structures, aScotch-Irish elder said to me, "The trouble with Chris-tians in this country is that they have become accustomedto the wrong use of an important word." The word towhich this elder referred is the word "church," which inthis country is widely used to refer to a building inwhich the church of Jesus Christ worships. He went onto say that in the "old country" one never referred to thePresbyterian "church" when one meant the building, butto the Presbyterian "meeting house." As a matter offact, the word "church" is never used in Scripture torefer to the place where the church gathers for worship.That very noble word, in Scriptural language, means,literally, "called out" and is not used for the place ofmeeting but is reserved for the congregation which is"called out" from the world to gather for the worshipof God. In America, however, the word "church" usu-ally means the building in which the church meets and,in that sense, we must build churches.

The congregations of The Orthodox PresbyterianChurch are undoubtedly hindered in their progress bylack of adequate church buildings more than by anyother one factor. It is true that our own people are will-ing to meet anywhere-in barns and shacks, if neces-sary. Witness the faithfulness and undiminishing zeal

~j,t,h which some of our congregations have gathered in

most uninviting surroundings for nearly four years. Itwas indeed a gracious providence of God that forced usout of attractive church buildings in the beginning, forotherwise we should have drawn to our banner manyunworthy folk who were not really willing to give upeverything for Christ. Yet when strangers move into theneighborhood-strangers who may be Christians butwho know nothing of the issue which has been cleverlyconcealed from them by modernist ministers-they driftinto buildings a little more pretentious than ours. Onemay say that it is an evidence of the spiritual declineof Christianity in this country when even nominal Chris-tians put a fine building before a fine message, andwood and stones before truth, but the fact remains thatit is so. We must face the fact as it is and not as wewish it to be. Since people are what they are-we mustbuild churches.

I f we must build churches why have we not alreadydone so? Why are so many of our congregations stillworshipping in temporary rented quarters that are sounattractive? Why does it appear to the outside worldthat the Orthodox Presbyterians have joined what Dr.Machen used to call the "cult of ugliness"? The situa-tion is, simply, that our small churches do not have themoney to build, and the more tragic situation is thatthey cannot acquire the money. There was a time, notmany years ago, when a church could raise from 30 to40 per cent. of the cost of a building. go to a bank and,on a mortgage note, borrow the rest. Many of us have

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discovered to our sorrow that this isno longer possible. Some of us havewritten to banks, lending agenciesand individuals, and have interviewed,until we were weary, everyone whowould see us, only to discover that itis next to impossible to borrow anymoney for church buildings. In somecases the local banks are controlledby the enemies of our cause; in othersthey have a genuinely well-establishedpolicy of not lending to churches.Church buildings are "one purpose"buildings, and as such are regardedby banks as poor investments. Unlessthe members individually are able todeposit collateral to cover the note,bank loans seem to be out of the ques-tion.

Illustrations are legion of the trag-edy of churches severely handicappedthrough lack of funds to build and,at the risk of wearying the reader, Ishall cite just four.

The first is a church in a large city.It is in a business section of a veryold part of the city, and the immedi-ate neighborhood of its temporarymeeting place gives no hope for ex-pansion. It has the use of its presentbuilding only at certain periods of theweek, and entrance to the meetingroom is through a side basementdoor. It has realized that its presentsite is impossible as a permanent loca-tion and at a good deal of sacrifice onthe part of its members it has pur-chased a fine, large corner lot in arapidly-growing neighborhood not toofar from its present home. Since thelot has been purchased two otherchurch organizations have bought lotsin the immediate neighborhood, andare proceeding with the erection ofmodest chapels. People are movinginto the neighborhood by the thou-sands-and our church is not there toreceive them. About $10,000 wouldbuild a chapel for these people. Un-doubtedly they would be willing tomake further sacrifices to raise a partof this immediately, and would guar-antee the balance with a first mort-gage on their land and building.Yet their witness continues to behindered by lack of a building. Wemust build churches!

In a very small mid-western townis a faithful little congregation. Thepeople have gone through a great dealin the past four years: first they werereviled by the church which they left,

and then attempts were ~ade to dis-rupt the church from within. Thesepeople and their pastor have stoodfirm; they have endured great hard-ship as good soldiers of the cross, butthey have continually been handi-capped by lack of a meeting place.There is now an adequate buildingwhich can be secured, for in thedrought area real estate values havedecreased sharply and a building canbe purchased outright for a mere$500. The pastor offers to assume themortgage for this amount himself,deed the property to the church, andpay the mortgage at the rate of $10per month, until it is paid, with in-terest. The property has rented con-sistently for $15 a month, and is re-ported to be a most excellent invest-ment. Yet these people who have losttheir homes during the great droughtwhich has gripped that region for thepast decade are unable to raise eventhis modest sum. Shall this church behandicapped permanently in its wit-ness because it lacks this mere pit-tance to purchase a building? Wemust build churches !

A church in a metropolitan areahas been meeting for nearly four

TABLE OF CONTENTSMay 25, 1940

We Must Build Churches 145

Robert S. Marsden

The Theory of Evolution 147

A. Culver Gordon

History Speaks 150

John P. Galbraith

Editorial 151

The Book of Remembrance ....... , .. 152

Burton L. Goddard

The Christian Life 153

Oscar O. Holkeboer

Commencement Exercises ofWestminster Seminary .... 154

Orthodox Presbyterian Church News 156

years in a rented building belongingto a quasi-religious organization. Thecongregation was started from thevery beginning, without any sizablegroup having withdrawn from anyother church. It has made excellentprogress, but has been handicappedboth by location and by the buildingin which it meets. Property is expen-sive in its suburban town; proper lo-cations are difficult to find for a newchurch, but its people are determinedthat they will build, for they knowthat they have nearly reached the endof their growth in their present place.A few thousand dollars would enablethem to purchase a lot and erect amodest but attractive little buildingwhich would serve their needs for thepresent. The carrying charges on theamount of money they would needwould not be more than they now payin rent. For groups such as this-wemust build churches!

In a small Pennsylvania town,which is growing rapidly under theinfluence of a fast-expanding indus-try, is a group which came out of thePresbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in1936. It has been renting a buildingwhich was formerly a post office. Thegroup has increased considerably, anda fine Sunday school has been devel-oped. The lease on its present buildingexpires in two months, and the con-gregation must vacate. There is noother adequate building which can beoccupied, and the church faces theunpleasant necessity of moving into atheatre. This congregation containsno people of wealth, but is composedof working people. The average in-come of the families is not over $1,500a year, yet the people last year gavean average of about $200 per familyto the church. They have purchased afine corner lot in the best section oftown, and have paid for it in lessthan a year. They have $3,000 in cashon hand, and have a $3,000 loan, with-out collateral, from a friend. Thisgroup needs $4,000 to enable it to goahead with its building program,Every cent of the $7,000 to cover thefree loan of $3,000 and a $4,000 mort-gage loan has been pledged by thepeople in three- and five-year pledges.The past experience of this congrega-tion in raising funds illustrates ade-quately their ability and willingnessto pay the pledges. Yet to date they

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The Theory of Evolution

III. An Investigation of Evidenc:e

By the REV. A. CULVER GORDON

Gigantic: GuessesSurely anyone endowed with com-

mon sense and not utterly carriedaway by an enthusiasm for evolutionmust protest against such alleged factsas the Java Ape Man. And we wouldadd that the other fossil remains, sup-posedly proving the existence of pre-historic, prehuman man, furnish nobetter evidence. The Java Ape Man is

Two Bonesand Two TeethWhat is the actual evidence in sup-

port of the existence of this creatureof whom such definite statements aremade? The evidence consists of "theupper part of a cranium, two teeth,and a left thigh bone" (MacCurdy,Human Origins, p. 313, as quoted byN. G. Moore in The Theory of Evolu-tion). What is more surprising still isthat the thigh bone was found 50feet from the piece of skull and abouta year afterwards. These seem veryscanty remains from which to con-struct a man or a conclusion. EvenDr. Lull, an authority on the evolu-tion of man, makes only this guardedobservation, "They probably pertain

Pastor of Murdock Memorial Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Bancroft. S. D.

cepts it as true because, as a working to one individual, although they werehypothesis, it renders "intelligible a found scattered through some 20vast array of observed phenomena" yards of space, and were not all dis-in a way he feels no rival theory ap- covered at the same time." It is hardproaches. "In other words, the work- to resist the suspicion that Duboising hypothesis works and is therefore allowed his eagerness to find an earlyacceptable as truth until overthrown type of fossil man to control hisby a more workable hypothesis." "facts," rather than allowing the true

We agree with Professor Newman facts to control his conclusion. Notethat evolution is not proven, and we again the words, "He went out fromchallenge his assertion that it is the Holland with the avowed purpose ofbest working hypothesis. In examin- finding an early type of fossil maning the evidence presented in support and, by George, he did." It is no won-of the evolutionary theory, we think der that other scientists who examinedit can be shown to the satisfaction of these bones, such as Virchow andany open-minded person that some of Dana, did not share his conclusionthe evidence is of the most precarious that he had found an "ape-man."kind, and that other evidence is, Let us observe what has since hap-in reality, unwarranted conclusions pened. Despite all the uncertainty indrawn from the observed phenomena. regard to this fossil find, despite the

As an example of extremely pre- scantiness of the remains, the dis-carious evidence, we cite the Java tance separating the bones, the timeApe Man. The Director of the Amer- elapsing between the finding of theican Museum of Natural History, Roy several parts, and the conflict of ex-Chapman Andrews, has this to say of pert opinion, the Java Ape Man hashim: "The earliest known creature passed into the literature of evolutionthat can definitely be called a man, as one of the standard evidences ofeven of the lowliest sort, is only be- man's evolution. The writer knows oftween a million and five hundred thou- no comprehensive book, written in sup-sand years old. It is our old friend, port of evolution since the finding ofthe Java Ape Man, Pithecanthropus these bones, which does not includeerectus, discovered 47 years ago by a the "Ape-Man" as evidence. NoteDutch army surgeon, Eugene Dubois. again the quotation from AndrewsHe went out from Holland with the with its positive statements, "Theavowed purpose of finding an early earliest known creature that can defi-type of fossil man and, by George, he nitely be called a man," and then con-did." sider that this was written in July,

1939. The ugly (and wholly imagi-nary) face and features of the Javaman are displayed in our museums,and snarl out of school text booksand even popular magazines to con-vince the public of the fact of man'sevolution, as if there were not theslightest doubt of his reality.

IN DEALING with scientific ques-tions, it would seem proper thatthe Christian should humbly acceptthe findings of scientists as valid inthe field of science. It surely seemspresumptuous for the Christian toenter into debate with scientists onsuch a question as organic evolution.Common sense might lead us to be-lieve that the professional scientist ismore competent than the theologianor minister to pass on such ques-tions. And evolutionists have not beenslow to point this out. E. G. Conklinasks, "Why should the church claimfor itself authority in matters of sci-ence?" If this be a proper question,so then is the reverse. As E. Y. Mul-lins has remarked, Conklin shouldhave added, "Why should scienceclaim for itself authority in mattersof religion? But this never seems tohave occurred to him." As a matterof fact, Conklin and other evolution-ists lay down laws which they holdto be valid not only in the field ofscience, but also in the fields of his-tory and religion. I f there can benothing but the operation of naturallaw, as they claim, then the super-natural religion of the Old and NewTestaments is declared to be a massof myths, or worse.

An Unproven TheoryIt would therefore seem proper that

the Christian should make an investi-gation of a scientific subject making-such an attack upon Christianity.Such investigation is not a presump-tuous invasion of another field, but adefensive action against an attackingenemy. In this connection, we wouldadd, however, that the Christian hasno quarrel with the final findings ofscience. What is established as truthmust be accepted. This seems self-evident. The most, however, that anintelligent evolutionist can claim forhis subject is the standing of a theory.Says H. H. Newman, a prominentevolutionist of Chicago University,"Reluctant as he may be to admit it,honesty .compels the evolutionist toadmit. that there is no absolute proofof.o,rganic evolution." He himself ac-

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indeed typical of all such discoveriesin the scantiness of the remains, thediscrepancies of scientific opinion con-cerning them, and the final brazenpresentation of such "reconstructions"as trustworthy evidence of an evolu-tionary process. The final impressiona survey of this subject makes on theinquiring mind is that there is abso-lutely no basis in fact for the allegedlinks between animals and man. If itseem presumptuous for mere laymento point this out, evolutionary scien-tists have no one to blame but them-selves, for they have retained andpresented such "facts" as the JavaApe Man as bona fide evidence. (Forthose who are interested we recom-mend, as the best discussion of fossilman, the seventh chapter of N. G.Moore's book mentioned above.)

We would make it clear in this con-nection that, in speaking of "allegedfacts," we refer simply to extremelydubious material of unproven worthpresented as fact, and not to con-scious distortion or actual dishonesty.A great deal has sometimes beenmade of the fraud of Haeckel, thedistinguished German scientist, whowas found guilty by his associates offalsifying pictures and plates in theinterests of evolution. It is importantto note that his fraud was discoveredand exposed by his fellow-scientists.It may safely be said that scientists asa whole' are seeking to be fair andobjective in their work. But in grant-ing their honesty of purpose, we mustwithhold approval of their judgment.When two bones and two teeth, dis-covered under the circumstances thatDubois discovered them, can be pre-sented as certain evidence of any-thing (unless it be the universality ofdeath), it is time to call a halt.

In taking exception to such allegedfacts and in believing that much ofthe presented evidence belongs in sucha category, we do not for a momentdoubt that there is other and muchmore plausible evidence which causesmen to believe in organic evolution.The fact that such first-rate minds asDarwin, Huxley, Spencer and manyothers have held to forms of this the-ory indicates that it is not absurd.The evidence in support of evolutionhas been collected and systematicallyexhibited under such heads as embry-ology (science of the embryo), mor-phology (science of forms), and otherspecialized studies. To illustrate oursecond type of criticism, namely, ofunwarranted conclusions drawn from

real facts, we will continue to use onebranch of the evidence, paleontology,as it has been applied to non-humanevolution of life.

PaleontoloCJYPaleontology may be defined as "the

branch of biology that treats of theancient life of the globe or of fossilorganisms." Fossils are found in threetypes: ( 1) actual remains, such asmammoths frozen in the arctic ice;(2) petrified remains, where the ani-mal or plant has, in popular language,turned to stone; and (3) casts andimpressions made in some soft mate-rial which has since hardened andpreserved them. Louis Agassiz haswritten, "The earth is a vast ceme-tery where the rocks are tombstoneson which the buried dead have writ-ten their own epitaphs."

I f evolution were true, we wouldexpect to find in the record of therocks the following two facts: (1 )that the oldest rocks would normallybe at the bottom and the most recentrocks at the top of layers of rock,and the ones between would be inorder from the oldest to the youngest;(2) that the oldest rocks would havethe simplest fossil life and the mostrecent rocks the most complex fossillife. In fact, evolutionists have soclassified the rocks, calling the oneswith the simplest fossils the oldestand the ones with the complex fossilsthe most recent. We should expect al-ways to find the oldest on the bottomand the newest on the top.

Such, however, is not the case.Sometimes the order is the exact re-verse. If this were true only of smallareas, we might suppose that someforce had turned them upside down.However, there are, in this countryand in Europe, areas as large as20,000 square miles where the reverseorder exists. There is no known forcecapable of turning such an area up-side down-and any force capable ofdoing so would shatter the rocks(which are not shattered). Other de-viations from the expected evolution-ary order are "skipping" and "recur-rence." Skipping, as its name indicates,is the absence of layers of rock whichshould be present, since there is noevidence of a geological gap. Recur-rence concerns the occurrence of thesame laver of rock a number of timesin the 'same formation. In view ofthese facts, and after an investiga-tion of many years, G. M. Price hasformulated the following law: "Any

kind of fossiliferous bed whatever,'young' or 'old,' may be found occur-ring conformably (i.e., without a gap)on any other fossiliferous beds, 'older'or 'younger'" ( The New Geology, p.638). If Price's law be true, then therocks show no evidence whatever ofan evolutionary progression.

Another objection to the evolution-ary scheme of rock arrangement con-cerns the supposition of evolutioniststhat fossil-containing rock is, in acomprehensive way, indicative of thehistory of ancient life. Let us illus-trate our objection: Formation offossil-bearing rock is going on at thepresent moment. Let us suppose thatthere are deposited in various parts ofthe. world the following fossils: (1)oysters, (2) fish, (3) dogs. When, inthe future, these rocks are uncovered,will not the layer with the oyster (be-cause of its simple structure) be de-clared to be many million years old,the layer with fish (because of itsmore advanced structure) be declaredmillions of year old and the layer withdogs (because of their existence to-day) but comparatively recent? Yetall three layers will have been de-posited at the same time. As it is to-day, so it could have been in the past.When trilobites were laid down asfossils in one part of the world, muchmore complex animals could havebeen laid down in another part of theworld. Thus there is no compellingevidence that the earth ever differedessentially from what it is today,when the simplest and the most com-plex animals and plants co-exist.

If it be objected that no fossil lifewas exactly similar. to life today, wecite the finding of the Coelacanth.The recent discovery of this sup-posedly prehistoric fish has been calledby the British Museum's AssistantCurator of Zoology "one of the mostamazing events in the realm of nat-ural history in the 20th century.""Yet just before last Christmas [1938]when a trawler off the coast of SouthAfrica pulled its nets ... it found ...this thrashing, biting specimen of pre-historic Coelacanth" (Life, April 3,1939). Here is a fish, officially de-clared by scientists to have becomeextinct some SO millions of years ago,existing in our present world. If itwere deposited as a fossil today anddug up in a hundred years, would itnot be declared to be 50,000,000 yearsold, since that is when it officially be-came extinct? What more proof isneeded? If scientists can declare a

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1940 THE PRESBYTI:RIAN GUARDIAN 149creature co-existing with us today tohave become extinct some 50 millionyears ago, they can expect little confi-dence in a system of classificationthat makes such mistakes possible.

Thomas Huxley has written, "Theprimary and direct evidence in favourof evolution can be furnished only bypalaeontology . . . If Evolution hastaken place there will its mark be left;if it has not taken place there will beits refutation." We have had space toinvestigate only one line of evidence,but we have chosen the most impor-tant line, the line which Huxley re-garded as conclusive. Our investiga-tion has not revealed the truth ofevolution. It has, on the contrary, re-vealed evidence incompatible withthe theory of evolution. If Price's lawof fossiliferous rock formation betrue, if layers of rock can occur inany order, then the theory of evolu-tion has been dealt a death blow, thenJ. W. Gibb's tribute is justified, "WhatLyell did for the materialistic philos-ophy of the 19th century, Price hasdone for the renaissance of faiththat is coming."

BibliographySince we have been able to treat

only one line of evidence, and on thewhole to touch just the outskirts ofthe evolutionary debate, we note, forthose readers who wish to investigatefurther, some of the books we havefound helpful.For Evolution:

Origin of Species, Darwin (Merrill& Baker)

Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics,Newman (University of ChicagoPress, 1930)

Concerning Evolution, Thompson(Yale University Press, 1925)

Apes, Men, and Morons, Hooton(G. P. Putnam Sons, 1937)

Outlines of Historical Geology,Schuchert (]. Wiley & Sons,1931)

Against Evolution;1 The Case Against Evolution,

O'Toole (Macmillan)The Basis of Evolutionary Faith,

F. HamiltonThe Theory of Evolution, N. G.

1 This is, I believe, the best single bookagainst evolution. It is now out of print,but a recent letter from its author in-forms us that he is contemplating puttingout a revised edition. If interested, writeto him in care of Catholic University,Washington, D. C.

In places, unduly concessive to theclaims of evolutionists.

Moore (Lakeside Press, 1931)Evolution and Christianity, Gibbs,

(Kingsport Press, 1930)2 Modern Ideas of Evolution, Daw-

Son (London, 1906)Organic Evolution Considered, Fair-

hurst (Standard Publishing Co.,1913)

The New Geology, G. M. Price(Pacific Press Publishing Asso-ciation).

COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT OFMAINE CHURCH TO PROPERTY

A LL members of The OrthodoxPresbyterian Church will rejoicethat the right of the Second ParishPresbyterian Church of Portland,Maine, to continue in occupancy of itschurch structure and to have a pastorof its own choosing has been upheldby Justice John A. Peters of theUnited States District Court in anopinion filed on April 29th.

The ruling was made in an equitycase brought by members and repre-sentatives of the Presbyterian Churchin the United States of America,against the Second Parish, owners ofthe church, and the First Presbyte-rian Society of Portland, with theCongregational-Christian Conferenceof Maine as intervenors.

The principal object of the proceed-ing "is to establish the authority ofthe Presbyterian Church in the UnitedStates of America over property nowheld by the Second Parish in theTown of Portland, and especially toobtain the enjoyment of the use ofthe church building of that Parish,and the opportunity to install a pastoracceptable to the Presbyterian organ-ization represented by the individualplaintiffs."

The involved transactions by whichthe Park Street Presbyterian Churchand the Second Parish in the Townof Portland, a Congregational Parishowning the present Second ParishPresbyterian Church, were united in1923 to form the Second Parish Pres-byterian Church, joining the Presby-tery of Newburyport and functioningfor 13 years under its jurisdiction,are set forth in the ruling, as JudgePeters traces the history of the litiga-tion. In June, 1936, the Second ParishPresbyterian Church voted at a spe-cial meeting to withdraw from thePresbyterian Church in the U.S.A.,

and the Second Parish in the Townof Portland, still functioning as theholder of the church property, con-curred with the church in this action.

Ruling on the property issue JudgePeters held that

It should be borne in mind that the prop-erty (real estate) here involved was notoriginally Presbyterian property. It onlybecame such so far as the merger agree-ment made it so. .

... The question is, to what extent didthe agreement make it Presbyterian prop-erty and subject it to Presbyterian judi-catory control.

Also, there is no division in this local,Portland church, still a Presbyterianchurch from its own point of view, thoughnot, apparently, wholly agreeing with thedoctrines of the plaintiff church. Thislocal congregation claims the right anddesires to continue to have a minister ofits own choosing in the pulpit of a churchedifice which it has occupied with theconsent of the owner from 1923 to 1936,and with the consent of the same corpo-ration still claiming to be the owner, since19.36.

Later, Judge Peters rules,The plaintiff claims that by the mergeragreement the property was permanentlyimpressed with a trust for the benefit ofthe larger organization. But the propertywas already impressed with a trust forreligious purposes generally. A trusteecannot by its sole action create anotherand narrower trust. He cannot change andreduce the scope of the purposes forwhich he held the property in trust.

Again he makes the ruling thatwhile the "parent body of the Presby-terian organization, however, comesin and asserts the right to select apastor and install him in the localchurch" such a right "must grow outof the agreement, but the agreementmust be construed subject to the Con-stitution of Maine."

On this point he rules that theMaine Constitutional provision that

. . . all religious societies in this State,whether incorporate or unincorporate,shall at all times have the exclusive rightof electing their public teachers and con-tracting with them for their support andmaintenanceapplies to this and all other religioussocieties in the State andthe suggestion that it applies only to thelarger body, the Presbyterian judicatory,which selects pastors for the localchurches of that denomination, is unten-able. It is a matter of local self-govern-ment. The larger body or judicatory, ap-parently, does not require religious teach-ers for itself. It is composed of suchteachers. If it did require teachers it couldchoose them for itself, if living in Maine.It cannot successfullv assert any right,superior to the Constitution, of choosingfor others.

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History Speaks

A Review by the REV. JOHN P. GALBRAITHPastor of Gethsemane Orthodox Presbyterian Churc:h, Philadelphia

THE PRESBYTERIAN CONFLICT, by theRev. Edwin H. Rian, A.M., Th.B. Wil-liam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1940. $2.00.

A NEW and much needed book isabout to appear. 1fany havewondered about the origin and detailsof the doctrinal controversy in thePresbyterian Church in the U.S.A.which culminated, in 1936, in the dis-cipline of certain individuals in thechurch who were defenders of Chris-tianity. Under the title, The Presby-terian Conflict, the Rev. Edwin H.Rian, President of the Board of Trus-tees 0 f Westminster Theological Sem-inary, gives us a book which is in-valuable for its careful presentationof the facts of the gradual decline ofthe Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

. from Biblical Christianity, and of thebattle which was waged against thatfall.

Preeminently an historical work,the book is concerned primarily withdisclosing the many historical factswhich are relevant to the conflict,rather than subjective reactions to afew of these facts. The thorough doc-umentation of the book by means ofnearly 400 footnotes is adequate evi-dence of its concern for accuracy. Inthe preface Mr. Rian states that thebook is a "fairly dispassionate exposi-tion of the events" in the struggle inthe church, and it is exactly that.Though the author was active in theconflict from the time of the foundingof Westminster Theological Seminaryin 1929, he has overcome, by his dis-passionate style and objectivity, thegreat danger of closeness to a strug-gle-subjective prejudice. He is to behighly commended for this. Mr. Rianhas used his proximity to the eventsto advantage, however, by revealingmany hitherto unpublicized facts, par-ticularly with regard to The Inde-pendent Board for Presbyterian For-eign Missions and to WestminsterTheological Seminary.

The title of the book indicates thatthe subject matter has to do with thePresbyterian communion. This is true,but at the same time it is of inesti-mable value to every Protestant in

the land, for many of the doctrinaltrends which form a part of the Pres-byterian conflict, and are dealt withby the author in relating his story,are manifesting themselves in otherProtestant communions. For example,many do not know what "Barthian-ism" is, although they have heardthat it is gaining widespread favor inthe churches throughout the country.In Chapter IV Mr. Rian briefly setsforth some of the teachings of Barth-ianism and discloses their anti-Bibli-cal nature. Then, too, Chapter V is ofvital interest to such churches as thePresbyterian Church in the U.S.( Southern), the United PresbyterianChurch, and the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, with whom attempts towardunion with the Presbyterian Churchin the U.S.A. have been made.

The thoroughness of the author'ssurvey maybe seen in the titles of thefifteen chapters of which the book iscomposed: The Beginnings of Unbe-lief, The Auburn Affirmation, TheReorganization of Princeton Theolog-ical Seminary, Westminster Theologi-cal Seminary, Union Movements, TheIndependent Board, The Deliveranceof the 1934 General Assembly, TheMachen Trial, The 1935 GeneralAssembly, Philadelphia and ChesterPresbyteries, "We Must Obey God",The Orthodox Presbyterian Church,Church Property Rights, ReformFrom Within, and Whither Protes-tantism?

Following the main body of thebook is an appendix of about 50 pageswhich gives very valuable source ma-terial for ready reference. The Au-burn Affirmation, about which manyhave heard but never actually read,and other documents important in theconflict, are reprinted in full. And acomplete and helpful index is also in-cluded.

In the very first sentence of thefirst chapter the author gives his opin-ion of the status of the PresbyterianChurch in the U.S.A. when he speaksof the "theological struggle which hasjust ended." From the year 1801 therehad been doctrinal conflict in thechurch. But since 1936, Mr. Rian ob-

serves in the chapter on "ReformFrom Within," conflict has been no-ticeably absent. The "conservative"forces in the church have surrenderedto those of Modernism. The church isin the control of the Modernists whopreach another "gospel which is notanother."

One wishes, however, that in awork of this size the author had goneinto the question of apostasy ofchurches. Practically nothing has beenwritten on that subject since the 16thcentury, when John Calvin wrote hisInstitutes of the Christian Religion.With the increasing departure of thechurches of Christendom from his-toric Christianity some constructiveand original thinking is needed onthat subject. It would have been par-ticularly in place here because manytoday hold that the PresbyterianChurch in the U.S.A. has reached astate of apostasy. Mr. Rian seems tohave studiously avoided the use of theword "apostate" with reference to thePresbyterian Church in the U.S.A.,but he really says as much when hedeclares, in both the preface and thelast chapter, that that church has, inits "corporate testimony . . . turnedaway from historic Christianity, andis witnessing to another gospel. ..."One cannot help but feel that thethrust of the book would have beeneven more powerful had conclusionsbeen clearly drawn in a separate chap-ter. History indeed does speak. Butwe feel that Mr. Rian has, by theomission of a chapter dealing withapostasy, left the history to speak alittle too much for itself.

This does not, however, vitiate thevalue of the book. It is invaluable forany who want to know the facts ofthe Presbyterian conflict from begin-ning to end-whether conservative orliberal, Presbyterian or non-Presbyte-rian. Written in popular language, itcan easily be understood by all, andshould find a place among the posses-sions of every Protestant in this coun-try who is interested in the mainte-nance of Christianity, and certainly itshould be in every home in The Or-thodox Presbyterian Church.

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EDITORIAL

The Church in aTime of War

TH E present war confronts theChristian church with a danger ofa distinctive character. Wars of pre-vious generations, and particularlythe great war of 1914-1918, no doubtinterfered with the progress of thework of the church, but the threat tothe church's welfare and growth isdifferent today because of the distinc-tive form that war has taken. Wartoday is a "total war," that is, it en-gages not merely the armies but theentire populations of the nationswhich are involved. Through techni-cal advances, especially in the devel-opment of the airplane, modern war-fare much more immediately affectsthe non-combatant elements of thenation. And the dreadful power of amodern war machine in high gear isso destructive that it can be resistedonly if there is virtual mobilization ofthe entire nation.

Even in the democracies, wherethere are constitutional guarantees offreedom of religion, the practical ne-cessities of waging war result in de-mands upon the citizens that canhardly fail to utilize energies and re-sources that otherwise would be de-voted to the work of the church.

We, who live in a country that isstill at peace, cannot but be distressedat the secularization of life that warinvolves for our Christian brethrenin other countries, and it is fittingthat we should pray earnestly that theChristian church in these lands maynot be turned aside from its divinemission. Meanwhile, our own pros-pects for the extension of the gospelare not improved. For, as our nationitself comes more and more under thetension which the unsettled situationhas produced, and as the program ofpreparedness increases in tempo, thestrength and resources that should bespent in advancing the cause of Christ

may be diverted, at least to a certainextent.

There is great need, therefore, thatthe Christian church in these timesshall resist vigorously the temptationto render unto Caesar the things thatshould be rendered unto God. By di-vine mandate the church is also en-gaged in warfare, and this warfarelikewise makes imperative demands,which those who acknowledge thekingship of Christ must implicitlyobey. Although our weapons are spir-itual, and our motives and aims in theChristian warfare are distinctly re-ligious, this warfare is surely not lessdemanding upon the Christian thanthe warfare of the nations of Europeis upon their citizens. "For our wres-tling is not against flesh and blood,but against the principalities, againstthe powers, against the world-rulersof this darkness, against the spiritualhosts of wickedness in heavenly

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places." Accordingly, our war is alsoa "total war"-it is a life and deathstruggle which demands that we asChristian soldiers engage in it withall of our energies. In this time ofcrisis, it is incumbent upon the churchto take stock. It must once again bemoved by the conviction that it has adivine commission to engage in spir-itual warfare, and that all of itsstrategy and tactics are to be directedtowards the end of winning the war.

This is not a plea for pacifism inthe civil sphere, nor for indifferenceto the duties of citizenship in general.Indeed, only a church that insistsupon the basis of the Scriptures thatthe things that are God's must be ren-dered unto God will faithfully chargemen to render unto Caesar the thingsthat are Caesar's. It is because themodern church has so largely ceasedto be militant in the proclamation ofthe gospel that it also so commonlysounds a retreat when it speaks onthe issues of the day. Would that thechurch might return again to its God-given charter, and that its ministersmight boldly proclaim the full counselof God in its all-embracing claim uponthe whole of our lives!

It will perhaps not be thought outof place to make a particular applica-tion to The Orthodox PresbyterianChurch. Anniversaries and other spe-cial occasions often serve the purposeof a review of the past and a lookingahead to the future. The SeventhGeneral Assembly meets early inJune, and our fourth anniversary as achurch falls on June II tho In thesefew years the church has gained areputation for militancy in the serviceof the King. The record of zeal andself-sacrifice is one which may wellcall forth humble thanksgiving. Ourchurch remains, indeed, a body ofsinful men, a church not free fromspots and wrinkles. It is not a part ofthe church victorious. And even asthanks are offered to God for Hismercies, it must be remembered thathe that thinketh he standeth shouldtake heed lest he fall. Nevertheless,in the consciousness of a sincereeffort to be faithful to the great Headof the church, earnest prayer shouldbe made that the pressure of worldlyinterests and demands may not causeus to turn back upon the course thatwe have sought to follow. Let us at-tend to our marching orders, and en-gage in the great struggle as truesoldiers of the cross.

-N.B.S.

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The Book of RemembranceA Devotional Study in the Book of Malachi

By the REV. BURTON L. GODDARD

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God:and what profit is it that we have kepthis ordinance, and that we have walkedmournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Then they that feared the LoRD spakeoften one to another: and the LORD heark-ened, and heard it, and a book of remem-brance was written before him for themthat feared the LORD, and that thoughtupon his name.

And they shall be mine, saith the LoRDof hosts, in that day when I make up myjewels; and I will spare them, as ':l. manspareth his own son that serveth him.

For, behold, the day cometh, that shallburn as an oven; and all the proud, yea,and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:and the day that cometh shall burn themup. saith the LoRD of hosts, that it shallleave them neither root nor branch.

But unto you that fear my name shallthe Sun of righteousness arise with heal-ing in his wings; and ye shall go forth,and grow up as calves of the stall (Mal.3:14,16,17; 4:1, 2).

TH E inspiring narrative centeringabout Queen Esther makes men-tion of a book of remembrance. Itbelonged to the Persian king, Aha-suerus, Written in that book was therecord of how a certain Jew, Mor-decai, had saved the life of the kingby bringing to light a treasonable plot.But for the book of remembrance,Mordecai might have swung from atowering gallows, victim of the hatredof a wicked prince. Because his nameand deed were in the book, a day oftragedy and mourning was turnedinto glory and great joy.

There is another book of remem-brance referred to in the Scriptures,one far more important than that ofthe Persian monarch. His was kepton earth; this in heaven. His waspenned by human scribes; this by an-gels. His could spare from physicaldeath; this is able to save from eter-nal death. It is the book of whichMalachi speaks.

Its Guarantee of SafetyLads of the middle west, employed

to uproot stalks of golden-crownedmustard and bearded thistles fromfields of waving grain, may well beaware of a truth which often escapesthe most profound philosophers. It isthat expressed in a parable related byour Lord: There are but two classes

of plants, wheat and tares. Great va-riety may exist within each class, butevery field may be so divided, thefield of the world and its populacenot excluded. God's all-seeing eye,looking down upon men, never failsto behold them according to this divi-sion.

The Bible marks it in differentways. Sometimes the separative cri-terion is belief or disbelief in the Sonof God. Again, it is the doing oromission of works of righteousness,testimonies of regeneration. It maybe the possession or lack of righteous-ness. God's messenger, beholding inprophetic vision the day of the Lord,describes the criterion as the presenceor omission of one's name in the bookof remembrance.

The post-exilic skeptics were awareof the division, but their hardenedhearts refused to believe that Godwould ever make it the basis of anactual judgment. Why they thenfasted and donned the garments ofmourning and repentance would bedifficult to understand except for thetruth of the first chapter of Romans.There we are told that, hidden withinthe conscience of men everywhere,God has implanted a knowledge ofHimself and the surety of righteousjudgment, leaving them without ex-cuse. Yet it is a strange phenomenonwhen men, openly disbelieving God'srevelation, are compelled by intuitionof divine truth to go through cere-monies, the value of which is dis-counted in their expressed sentiments.

Malachi is bold to assert that towhich the religious intuition of thedoubters bore witness. There will bea day of awful judgment."Lo! the last long separation!

As the cleaving crowds divide;And one dread adjudication

Sends each soul to either side!"

It will be a day of vindication for therighteous; one of terrible condemna-tion for unrepentant sinners. Onemay now boast disbelief in hell, butit will then become apparent that theprophet's were not idle words whenhe spoke of a coming day whichshould burn as an oven and consumethe wicked as so much stubble. It may

be argued that the description is figu-rative, but who shall deny that it isreal. Our Lord left no doubt whenHe said that those placed on the leftwere doomed to go away into ever-lasting punishment.

In that day there shall be but oneshelter of safety. It is by the side ofthe slain Lamb. There the righteousmay find refuge. One plea shall betheirs, "The Passover Lamb was slainfor us. It is written in the book ofremembrance that we have believedon His name and trusted in His propi-tiatory blood." Nor will the plea bein vain. God will spare them and rec-ognize them as His own special pos-session. So writes the messenger andprophet.

Its Promise of RewardJust as the king's book of remem-

brance not only saved Mordecai fromdeath but also brought him greathonor, so the heavenly book is anassurance to those whose names arewritten therein that rich reward liesin store for them when the book is fi-nally opened and read.

The believer often needs the com-fort of that thought.

"Through the night of doubt and sor-row

Onward goes the pilgrim band."

It was ever thus, but never more truethan today. The evangelical Chris-tians of continental Europe are un-dergoing untold suffering at the handsof enemies of the gospel, crushed bythe ruthless, grasping programs ofgodless rulers. In our own country hewho stands for the full truth as it isin Christ pays dearly even within thechurch itself. In recent years therehave been broken hearts and crushedlives, ruptured ties and cruel railings.Loyal servants of the Master havebeen treated with shame and con-tempt. Spiritual wickedness has waxedmighty in high places. Wounds havebeen inflicted on lambs and shepherdsalike. We live in a long night. Thegloom of injustice presses us closeabout. We cannot See the way ahead.Oh that the Great Physician wouldheal our hurts and take away thedarkness!

"Fear not little flock." "Be of goodcheer." There is hope ahead, if yourname is inscribed in the book of re-membrance. As the sun of favor dis-appears from the view of the lost,never more to shine upon them, thesun of righteousness will make quick

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A Series of Studies for Young PeopleBy the REV. OSCAR O. HOLKEBOER

ascent until it stands at the meridianabove the company of the redeemed.You shall bask beneath its healingrays. Your sufferings will disappear.Your griefs will be assuaged. Yourwounds will be bound up. Your heart-aches will cease. You will be withyour altogether-lovely Saviour-andlike Him. Sin and sinners shall trou-ble you no more.

Dear friend, does the comfort ofthe promise apply to you?

The Christian Life

June 2ndChristian Love

CH RIST I AN love belongs to thethings that are more excellent.Concluding the 13th chapter of I Co-rinthians, Paul cites three queenly vir-tues, faith, hope and love, and love,he says, is the greatest. The word heuses for love in the chapter is ofChristian origin, not pagan. It is somuch higher in character than theworldly conception of love found inmuch of modern literature that thedifference between them is as great asthat which exists between the snow-capped, wind-swept mountain peaksand the miasmic, disease-infected andstench-filled swamps.

We frequently sing, "Blest be thetie that binds our hearts in Christianlove." But what is Christian love?Love in its broadest, highest anddeepest sense cannot be defined, forGod is love and God is infinite. Todefine is to place limits or to setbounds. But the love of which wespeak is not the love of God for usbut the love we have for Him and forour fellow-men. Moreover, we arenot speaking of the love which allmen in general exhibit, but only ofthat which is found in the heart ofthe Christian. There is a natural affec-tion, for instance, which exists be-tween parents and children or be-tween husband and wife among non-Christians. We do not speak of thatin this article.

For the meaning of Christian lovewe need to go to the Word of God,where it is expressly taught and per-fectly exemplified in Christ. We look

"Is your name written there,On the page white and fair?

In the book of remembrance,Is your name written there?"

Only as you trust yourself for timeand eternity to the sinless Saviourcan you look forward to the openingof the book and the reading of yourname, the sure guarantee of lovingmercy and a reward which fadeth notaway.

to such passages as I John 3: 16-18;I John 4: 7-12, 16-21; I Cor. 13: 4-7.

The meaning of Christian love isheightened and its beauty and strength

. enhanced when we consider its ob-ject. Briefly, we are to love God aboveall and our neighbor as ourselves. Thereasons we are to love God are obvi-ous. He is our Creator, our Redeemer,our Provider. The Christian, further-more, cannot sever his love for hisneighbor from his love for God. Theone God has commanded both. Ourlove for our neighbor must includeour enemies as God's creatures madein the image of God. God is no re-specter of persons. God loved us whilewe were yet sinners. The Christianmay not hate those whom God loves.And the parable of the Good Samari-tan teaches us that we may not re-strict the word "neighbor." While onecannot sincerely love God who hateshis neighbor, it is just as true thatone cannot love his neighbor in theChristian sense of that term unlesshe loves God first and foremost.

The ways in which this love maybe expressed are legion. Manifestly,one who loves God will love HisWord, His Church, His children. Thename of Jesus will not be an offenseto him. He will not take God's namein vain nor desecrate the Lord's Day.His devotion will be exclusive andentire. For those who love God char-ity is a privilege and malice iseschewed. Sacrifices are gladly madeand wrongs quickly forgiven. He wholoves God cannot at the same timelove the world as Demas did (I John2: 15). Obedience, the subject of ournext lesson, is born of love. Have you

ever felt this question was meant foryou? "Lovest thou Me?" What wasyour answer?

June 9thChristian Obedience

It would be difficult to conceive ofanything more important in the pres-ent day than a return to simple obedi-ence: of child to parent, of both tothe law of God and of the land. Law-lessness is rife. Men clamor for theirrights with little regard for others'rights or their own duties. In fact,obedience and duty are words quiteabhorrent to so many that our subjectmay lack popular appeal, but its im-portance cannot be denied.

None can escape the requirementsof God's law. Although the believer isfree from the condemnation of thelaw he remains under obligation tokeep it. While the responsibility ofthose who know God's law is greaterthan that of those who know it not,nevertheless, ignorance of the law isno excuse.

Obedience is not Christian unless itproceeds from saving faith. Mere pro-fession of faith is not enough. It isuseless to say, Lord, Lord, when atthe same time we delight not to doHis will. No doubt, there are manywho piously pray, "Thy will be done",who, in the heart, do not love the lawof God. The kind of faith that savesa man is the faith that bears fruit inloving obedience. "Wicked men obeyfrom fear; good men from love,"wrote Aristotle. Love is the motivat-ing power of Christian obedience. Itis the sum of all God's command-ments. Jesus said, "If ye love me keepmy commandments." That love is thechord found in the redeemed soulwhich responds harmoniously to thelove of God. Obedience that is notborn of love is not free. The Chris-tian obeys God's will not in order tobe saved but because he has beensaved. "Obedience is love in action,"said Charles Hodge.

Young people often hesitate to be-lieve and confess Christ as Saviourbecause they believe the Christian lifeimposes too many restraints upontheir freedom. A greater mistakecould not be made. When one is savedhe experiences real freedom for thefirst time. Until then he is in bondageto Satan. Only when he gives implicitobedience to Christ is he truly free.When obedience is given even thoughthe reason for a command is not fully

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The Eleventh AnnualCommencement Exercises

Of WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

understood, that is implicit obedience.A fish is free even though he ishemmed in by shores; but once heleaps over the bounds of his freedom,he dies. Likewise a man is free withinthe bounds of God's law; when hetransgresses that law his liberty is de-stroyed.

We find the Christ of the NewTestament no less insistent on obedi-ence than the God of the Old Testa-ment. But Jesus was always the per-fect example of His own teachings.He said, "Love your enemies," andon the cross He died for the ungodly.In dying His first thought was forHis enemies when He prayed, "Father,forgive them for they know not whatthey do." Yes, Jesus was obedienteven unto the death of the cross. Thatobedience was vicarious but also ex-emplary. The One we must recognize

TH E Eleventh Annual Commence-ment Exercises of WestminsterTheological Seminary were held at3 P. M. on Tuesday, May 7th, on theterrace of Machen Memorial Hall atthe campus in Laverock, ChestnutHill, Philadelphia. This was the thirdcommencement program to be held onthe 22-acre estate acquired 'by theseminary in 1937. Six members of thegraduating class received the degreeof Bachelor of Theology and fivegraduate students were granted thegraduate certificate of the seminary.Nine graduates of former years werealso awarded the Th.B. degree. TheRev. Edwin H. Rian, President of theBoard of Trustees, presided.

A Her the processional hymn, "StandUp, Stand Up for Jesus," and thedoxology, the invocation was offeredby the Rev. John J. DeWaard of Ro-chester, New York. The Rev. ThomasM. Cooper of Lincoln, Nebraska,chose for the Scripture reading thefourth chapter of II Corinthians, andprayer was offered by the Rev. JohnP. Galbraith of Philadelphia.

The AddressThe commencement address was de-

livered by the Rev. Louis Berkhof,President of Calvin Theological Sem-inary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, andauthor of a number of widely-read

as Lord, the One we ought implicitlyto obey, is the One who Himself wasperfectly obedient. Let us say in thewords of Paul: "Lord, what wilt thouhave me to do?" See also Heb. 5: 8;Phil. 2:8; John 15: 10; Rom. 5: 19.

Disobedience born of doubt, rebel-lion and pride only leads to grief anddisaster. This world has witnessed anendless train of disobedience, begin-ning with the disobedience of our firstparents. Outstanding examples can befound in Achan, Joshua, Saul andJonah.

On the other hand, the man whodoes God's will is like one who buildshis house upon a rock and is regardedas a member of God's family (Matt.12: 50). Whereas disobedience bringswidespread woe, obedience brings theblessings of God (James I: 25; Rev.22: 14).

books on Reformed doctrine. Profes-sor Berkhof chose as his subject thequestion, "What Shall We Preach?"It is a sad fact, he said, that manymen are graduated from seminariestoday not knowing what to preach.Although he had no doubt that thegraduates of Westminster Seminaryknew just what to preach, he stressedthe value of a reaffirmation.

The Lord has determined the mes-sage of those who shall preach in Hisname. Those messengers must speakwith the authority of the King; theymay speak no message of their own,but only the message of the King.That message is no emasculated socialgospel, for it is centralized in theatoning blood of Christ. It begins atthe cross of Calvary and flows throughevery domain of life and bears uponevery facet of existence.

The servants of God in the days ofthe Reformers, declared ProfessorBerkhof, were not in doubt as to whatthey should preach. But modernpreachers have lost the original mes-sage, and their substitute for it hasproven ineffective. Historical criti-cism reduced the Bible to a falliblerecord of human experience, and thesupernatural was ruled out of everysphere of existence and thought. Al-though there were some who, in theface of the onslaught of rationalism,

contended for the faith, they relied ina pietism that offered no solution forthe ills of this world but only a brighthope for the world to come. Thencame the so-called social gospel, de-signed to erect the Kingdom of Godupon a naturalistic basis in this world.To the proponents of this new "gos-pel," the chief end of life iwas not theglory of God but the welfare of man.The social gospel "liberated" men fromthe authority of the Word of God.But the holocaust of the war two de-cades ago was evidence that even theprogress of the social gospel was sub-servient to man's greed and lust.

Modernism has had its day, de-clared Professor Berkhof, and is rap-idly disintegrating. Fundamentalistshave exposed the dishonesty of Mod-ernism and the humanists have ac-cused the Modernists of inconsist-ency and insincerity. Barthianism hasjoined the attack on the old Modern-ism. Although Barthianism representsa means by which a return to apseudo-orthodoxy may be achievedwithout going back to the Word ofGod, it, together with the humanistsand the Fundamentalists, has beenable to wreak havoc upon the mod-ernist camp. But Modernism will notreturn to the old gospel, to the mes-sage of the King. It seeks a new mes-sage and is trying vainly to mix thesocial and the individual gospel toform an entirely new gospel.

If the students of WestminsterSeminary turn deaf ears to everymessage save the divinely authorita-tive message of the King, they needhave no doubt as to what to preach.They must bring that message to theirministry in all its fullness and com-pleteness, in order that they may reapthe richest fruit of their preaching."Go forth in the name of your King!Preach a 'Thus saith the Lord.'''

DeCJrees and AwardsThe degree of Th.B. was conferred

upon the following members of thegraduating class, as well as upon nineformer graduates:

Paul BohnJohn Henry Gerstner, Jr.John Francis GrayDaniel Cornelius MacPhersonDavid Augustus WatsonGeorge Jonathan Willis

Those receiving graduate certificateswere:

John Starr KimJohn Henry Gerstner, jr.Susumu Ikezuki

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Yuichi KikutschArthur Wyndham Kuschke, Jr.

Mr. Gerstner also was awarded theFrank H. Stevenson Memorial Schol-arship for graduate study. Mr. Wil-liam Young, a member of the MiddleClass, was awarded the William Bren-ton Greene prize in Apologetics.

Address to the GraduatesIn his address to the graduating

class, the Rev. Professor R. B. Kuiperspoke on the text of Proverbs 23: 23,"Buy the truth and sell it not." Heurged the students to remember theinestimable value of the truth of God.They must continue to study thattruth through all the days of theirministry and to appropriate it to them-selves. It is a very good thing, saidProfessor Kuiper, for a man to knowthat he has the truth of God in theBible; it is even better if he also hasthat truth in his mind and heart.

To "buy the truth, and sell it not,"said Professor Kuiper, means to buythe truth at any cost and not to sellit at any price. But the temptationwhich the graduates will face willprobably not be a temptation to sellall the truth. The temptation whichwill come to them will be to sell justa little of the truth. Against yieldingto that temptation in even the slight-est degree Professor Kuiper gavestrong and incisive warning. "Buythe truth at any cost," he declared;"sell the truth never!"

AnnouncementsMr. Rian announced that the Board

of Trustees, which had met duringthe morning, had appointed Mr.Arthur W. Kuschke, Jr., to do fieldwork in behalf of the seminary. Hewill engage in speaking, personal visi-tation and the recruiting of students.His appointment is to be effective forone year, beginning September, 1940.The seminary feels that in the acqui-sition of Mr. Kuschke for this impor-tant work a forward stride has beenmade. Mr. Rian also announced thatthe Women's Auxiliary of Westmin-ster Seminary has reached and passedthe goal which it set for itself ofraising $25,000 for the needs of theseminary. It has set the same goal forthe year now beginning.

Following the singing of a hymnand the benediction, the class of 1940presented to the seminary a picture ofMachen Hall to be hung in the Com-mon Room. Tea was served for allthe friends and alumni.

Baccalaureate ServiceOn Sunday afternoon, May 5th, the

baccalaureate exercises were held inthe auditorium above the library. Thesermon was preached by Dr. Ned B.Stonehouse, Professor of New Testa-ment, on the text of Acts 4: 29: "Andnow, Lord, ... grant unto thy serv-ants, that with all boldness they mayspeak thy word." He urged the stu-dents to make this their prayerthroughout their ministry, for it is aprayer for prophetic boldness. It wasprayed with an acute awareness ofthe dangers confronting the earlychurch and with a consciousness ofdeep need. The dangers which wouldconfront the students about to begraduated would probably not be ofthe same nature, but would rather bethe danger of yielding to the tempta-tion to keep silent when the clearteaching of the Word of God shouldbe proclaimed, and to compromise, beit ever so slightly, with the forces ofunbelief. The prayer was based on afirm confidence in the truth of God'sWord. It was, moreover, a prayer forprophetic boldness-a prayer. for thespecially-appointed ministers of theWord. Finally, it was prayed in aspirit of humble reliance upon thepower of almighty God. Dr. Stone-house exhorted the students always topray in the confidence that God alone,as sovereign creator and Lord, cansupply their need of prophetic bold-ness.

Alumni BanquetOn Monday evening, May 6th, the

alumni and their friends gathered atthe Robert Morris Hotel in Philadel-phia for the ninth annual banquet.Nearly a hundred persons enjoyedthe time of fellowship and the renew-ing of old friendships and the inspira-tion of listening once more to thestories of God's rich blessing uponthe graduates of Westminster Semi-nary.

Officers elected for the year 1940-41were: The Rev. Franklin S. Dyrness,president; the Rev. Richard W. Gray.vice-president'; the Rev. James W.Price, secretary; and the Rev. E.Lynne Wade, treasurer. Members-at-large chosen to represent the AlumniAssociation were the Rev. John P.Clelland, the Rev. Clifford S. Smithand Dr. Robert Strong.

Mr. Robert E. Nicholas spoke brieflyof the work being done by the Leagueof Evangelical Students, of which heis field secretary. The Rev. Edwin H ..

Rian told of his thankfulness to Godfor the loyalty of the graduates andfor the unity of purpose which nowcharacterizes both the Board of Trus-tees and the faculty. Dr. CorneliusVan Til spoke briefly on "Taking theCalendar Seriously", and the Rev.John J. DeWaard discussed "TheOffice of the Ministry".

Following these informal addresses,several alumni told of particular bless-ings attendant upon their labors andrequested prayer for specific enter-prises in which they were engaged.The devotional exercises were led byMr. Gray and a time of blessed fel-lowship in prayer was the closing ex-ercise of the evening.

Women's AuxiliaryPreceding the commencement exer-

cises the members of the Women'sAuxiliary and their friends gatheredfor luncheon in Machen MemorialHall. Most encouraging reports weremade by captains of the several teamswho have been engaged in securingcontributions for the support of West-minster Seminary. The splendid workwhich has been accomplished with en-thusiasm and loyalty by the ladies de-serves special commendation. Mrs.Frank H. Stevenson is president ofthe auxiliary.

Those who attended the Eleventh An-nual Commencement Exercises wereconvinced that Westminster Seminaryis each year possessed of a greaterspirit of united effort toward thesingle goal of God's glory and ofa deeper bond of spiritual conviction.

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Orthodox Presbyterian Church NewsPresbytery of Philadelphia

CA L V A R Y CHURCH, WillowGrove: The sacrament of theLord's Supper was recently celebratedby the largest number of persons inthe history of the congregation. Anew elder, Mr. Edward F. Hankin,was ordained on April 21st. The Rev.Clarence W. Duff was guest preacheron April 28th, and the Rev. Edwin H.Rian will present the cause of West-minster Seminary on June 9th.

Knox Church, Philadelphia: OnApril 14th a child of the covenantwas baptized, and a week later the

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pastor, the Rev. George W. Marston,began another communicant classwith an attendance of five members.Seventy-five persons attended a fel-lowship supper on April 30th. Guestspeakers were the Rev. John H. Skil-ton of Westminster Seminary and theRev. Robert S. Marsden, general sec-retary of the missions committees.

Livingstone Memorial Church, Phil-adelphia: During the summer monthsstudents from Westminster Seminarywill supply the pulpit. Mr. Paul Bohn,who has been in charge of the workduring the past school year, reportsthat the average attendance through-out the winter has been 25.

Mediator Church, Philadelphia: Agroup of young people, older than theusual age for young people's societies,has been meeting in the homes ofmembers for informal Bible discus-sions and social fellowship. Mr. AlanTichenor was the guest preacher onMay 5th.

Valley Forge Church, Norristown:On May 3rd the closing exercises ofthe Colored Week-day Bible Classeswere held at the cottage church. OnWednesday, May 8th, a farewell serv-ice was held for Miss Harriett Teel,who is planning to leave shortly forDenver, Colorado. She expects towork among the Negro and Mexicanchildren, conducting Bible classes andvacation Bible schools.

Calvary Church, Germantown, Phil-adelphia: On Wednesday, May 1st,the Women's Missionary Society heldits annual meeting, preceded by a boxsupper. The speaker of the eveningwas the Rev. George W. Marston,pastor of the Knox Church, Philadel-phia. During the evening mite boxes,previously distributed for contribu-tions to the church's building fund,were opened and $110 was therebyadded to the fund. It is hoped thatplans may soon be made for erectinga building on the lot purchased lastyear by the congregation.

St. Andrew's Church, Baltimore,Maryland: On the first Sunday inMay this congregation, under the pas-torate of the Rev. Theodore J. Jansma,held its first services in its new tem-porary location at 225 W. 25th Street.

Kirkwood Church, Kirkwood: TheRev. E. Lynne Wade, formerly ofSanta Ana, California, has acceptedthe call of this congregation, and hasalready arrived to take up his pas-

toral duties. The installation servicewill be held in the near future, andthe congregation is looking forwardeagerly to rich blessing under Mr.Wade's ministry.

Redeemer Church, Philadelphia:The use of duplex envelopes hasgreatly increased the benevolence giv-ing of the congregation. . . . OnWednesday, May 22nd, Mr. EvanRunner will address the missionarysociety concerning his trip to TheNetherlands.

Atonement Church, Philadelphia:The congregation is looking forwardto the visit of the Rev. A. CulverGordon of Bancroft, South Dakota.who will supply the pulpit for severalweeks.

Presbytery of Ohio

COVEN A N T CHURCH, Indianap-olis, Indiana: Ten days of specialservices have been conducted by theRev. Alexander K. Davison of Vine-land, New Jersey. As a result of hismessages, new people have beenreached and many have been attractedto the church. The services were pre-ceded by a week of prayer meetings.

Trinity Church, Cincinnati: Plansfor the approaching general assemblyare occupying the attention and en-ergies of the congregation and its pas-tor, the Rev. Everett C. DeVelde. Allwho expect to attend are urged tocommunicate with Mr. De Vel de atonce, in order that arrangements fortheir entertainment may be made.

Presbytery of New Jersey

TH E spring Young People's Con-ference sponsored by the presby-tery was held at the Calvary Churchof Bridgeton on April 19th and 20th.I t was the largest and most suc-cessful ever conducted by the pres-bytery, and there were 170 youngpeople at the opening banquet. Theevening service which followed wasaddressed by the Rev. Donald C. Gra-ham of Westfield. The Saturdaymorning meeting was addressed bythe Rev. John P. Galbraith of Phila-delphia, and discussion groups wereled on the subjects of personal work,music for the society, helps for offi-cers and helps for leaders. The Rev.Henry W. Coray spoke at the closingmeeting on Saturday afternoon. Therewere 147 registered delegates repre-senting the churches of The Ortho-dox Presbyterian Church in NewJersey.

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first services under the new name andat the new location were held on May5th. The congregation is sharing theuse of the church building with theowners, the Christian AdventistChurch of New Haven. By holdingthe morning service at 9 :30 and Sun-day school at 10 :30, a satisfactoryschedule has been arranged. The newbuilding, which is equipped with apipe organ, is located in a promisingneighborhood.... The New Havenchurch was host to the Rev. HenryW. Coray from April 26th to 28thand reports great blessing from theservices. Gratifying offerings werereceived for the work of the Commit-tee on Foreign Missions.

Second Parish Church, Portland:On Friday evening, April 26th, theRev. Arthur O. Olson was installedas pastor of the church. There were165 persons present at the impressiveservice conducted by the presbytery,with the Rev. John H. Skilton, themoderator, presiding. The installation

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FIR S T CHURCH, New Haven: Ata congregational meeting held onApril 24th, the Calvin PresbyterianChurch of New Haven voted to movefrom its present temporary quartersinto a church building and to changethe name of the church to "The FirstOrthodox Presbyterian Church." The

istry of Mr. Coray was enjoyed dur-ing special Easter services held onMarch 21st, 22nd and 24th. On Sun-day, April 14th, six new membersunited with the church.

Grace Church, Trenton: A Sundayschool has been started in nearbyForest Valley, a hitherto neglectedfield, and 50 people attended the firstsession. Nineteen of the young peo-ple of Grace Church attended thespring conference in Bridgeton. OnApril 7th a record crowd of 67 waspresent at the communion service,and three new members were receivedand two infants baptized. The pray-ers of all members of the denomina-tion are asked for the Rev. and Mrs.Leslie A. Dunn in the sudden deathof their infant son, that God maygive them strength and comfort intheir bereavement.

Covenant Church, Vineland: Theannual congregational meeting washeld on April 11tho The meeting,which was preceded by a well-at-tended supper, featured the alteringof the church name to include theword "Orthodox." Encouraging re-ports were heard: Approximately$1,300 was raised for missions andaround $5,200 for local needs duringthe past fiscal year. The debt on thebuilding was greatly reduced during-the year.

Calvary Church, Wildwood: Thecongregation regretfully concurredwith their former pastor, the Rev.James L. Rohrbaugh, in requesting thepresbytery to dissolve the pastoralrelation at a special meeting held inWildwood, April 2nd. After a happyand successful ministry of some threeyears in Wildwood, Mr. Rohrbaughfelt that the condition of his health,which had been adversely affected bythe climate of the beach town, madeit imperative for him to seek a change.He has been affectionately dismissedto the Presbytery of Philadelphia ofthe United Presbyterian Church, un-der whose jurisdiction he is being as-signed to a newly-opened work inManoah, Pennsylvania.

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sermon was preached by Dr. RobertStrong of Willow Grove, Pennsyl-vania, on "The Search of the Proph-ets." The constitutional questions werepropounded by Mr. Skilton, thecharge to the pastor was given by Dr.William P. Green, and the charge tothe congregation by Mr. Skilton.Prayer was offered by the Rev. DeanW. Adair. Following the service areception was held for Mr. and Mrs.Olson.

Presbytery of Wisconsin

TH E Rev. Oscar O. Holkeboer, pas-tor of Bethel Presbyterian Churchof Oostburg, underwent an operationfor acute appendicitis on May l st,Prayers of all members of the denom-ination are asked for his speedy andcomplete recovery. The Bethel Men'sSociety is studying the history ofIsrael and the Women's Societies arestudying the Book of Genesis. About80 women and girls are enrolled inthe latter organizations. The churchpublishes a monthly paper called TheBethel Trumpet and on each Sundaya weekly bulletin is also issued.

Cal'lfary Church, Cedar Groue :Guest preachers who have suppliedthe pulpit during its vacancy are theRev. Leland C. Jorgenson, the Rev.John Davies, the Rev. Theodore J.Jansma and Mr. Henry VanTil.

Grace Church, Milwaukee: Twocommunicant members and seven bap-tized children have recently beenadded to the roll of the church. Inthe mid-week Bible study hour thecongregation is studying the Old Tes-tament prophets. Attendance shows amarked and encouraging increase.

The spring meeting of the presby-tery was held in Oostburg on Aprilloth, The Rev. William Gray, a mem-ber of the presbytery who is servinga Congregational church in Roscom-mon, Michigan, led the devotions. TheRev. Leland C. Jorgensen was re-elected moderator for the coming yearand the Rev. Oscar Holkeboer waschosen to serve as stated clerk. Theexisting Committee on Home Missionswas dissolved and a new committeeformed, composed of Mr. Jorgensen,Mr. Holkeboer and Mr. ChesterHoover, an elder of the CalvaryChurch of Cedar Grove. The Rev.John Davies was elected to the Com-mittee on Standing Rules to fill thevacancy left by the Rev. John J. De-Waard. In the evening, members ofthe presbytery attended a gifheringheld in the Bethel Church of Oost-

burg in honor of Mr. and Mrs.Holkeboer and in expression of ap-preciation of their loyalty, devotionand ministry.

Presbytery of the Dakotas

TH E Rev. Melvin B. Nonhof wasinstalled as pastor of the church atHamill, South Dakota, on April 24th.The Rev. Walter J. Magee, the Rev.Charles L. Shook, and the Rev. A.Culver Gordon took part in the serv-ice. The congregation is looking for-ward to the visit of the Rev. HenryW. Coray on May 17th and 18th.

Jennings Church, Omaha, Neb-raska: The Rev. Robert B. Brown,pastor of the church, has been en-deavoring to reach all the elders ofOmaha Presbytery of the Presbyte-rian Church in the U.S.A. by meansof correspondence. In his letter Mr.Brown informs the elders of condi-tions within their denomination, andin a forceful and logical presentationgives proof of the fact that, by theirmembership in the denomination, theyhave been unfaithful to their ordina-tion vows. He has received one grati-fying response to his efforts and hopesthat more will follow.

Presbytery of California

BE V ER L Y CHURCH, Los An-geles: At the annual congrega-tional meeting, held on March 27th,the name of the church was changedfrom "The Beverly PresbyterianChurch (Orthodox)" to "The Bev-erly Orthodox Presbyterian Church."The building committee reported thatduring the month of March over $200had been subscribed and paid, raisingthe balance in this fund to a total of$630. The Women's Guild voted tohelp finance The Home Evangel,about 500 copies of which will be dis-tributed monthly by various organiza-tions of the church

Covenant Church, Berkeley: At arecent . congregational meeting thenumber of elders was increased tofive. A general increase in church at-tendance and giving was reported; abuilding fund was also started. OnMay l st the new Orthodox Presbyte-rian Church of San Francisco, ofwhich the Rev. Robert L. Atwell is thepastor, met with the Covenant Churchin Berkeley for an inspirational mis-sionary rally. Plans are being madefor summer young people's confer-ences.

Westminster Church, Los Awqeles :On Easter morning an all-time high

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point was reached in Sunday schoolattendance. At the communion servicefollowing, one new member was re-ceived on affirmation of faith. At theannual congregational meeting, in-crease in attendance was reported byall departments-most notably in theSunday school. The Rev. E. LynneWade, former pastor of this congre-gation, preached a farewell sermon onthe morning of April 14th before hisdeparture for the east.

The Rev. Donald K. Blackie, amember of presbytery and pastor ofthe First Congregational Church ofEscondido, was guest of honor at areception recently held for the 60members who have joined the churchduring his first year. . . . On April17th the Rev. Edwin H. Rian waswell received by an appreciative audi-ence. He spoke on "Westminster Sem-inary and the World Today."

TRIAL OF REY. L. C. LONGCONCLUDED BY PRESBYTERY

TH E Rev. L. Craig Long, formerpastor of the Calvin PresbyterianChurch of New Haven, Connecticut,of The Orthodox PresbyterianChurch, has been under trial forsome time and has now been foundguilty by the Presbytery of NewYork and New England of conductunbecoming a minister. The chargeswere brought by two pastors of thedenomination. Date for imposition ofthe censure of admonition has notyet been fixed. One other charge andadditional specifications were dis-missed by the judicatory.

One of the specifications establishedby the trial judicatory concerned thematter of a suit brought by Mr. Long

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"without prejudice to the question ofthe propriety of bringing suit, it wasunbecoming to have brought suitwithout giving to the officers of thechurch an adequate opportunity tosettle the matter out of court."

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All sessions of the trial were opento the public, but no news was re-leased by the presbytery while the trialwas in progress. Mr. Long was, ofcourse, at liberty to release anypublicity he chose at any time, butuntil charges had been either provenor dismissed the presbytery did notwish, in fairness to Mr. Long, to pub-lish news of the progress of the case.

DOCKET PROPOSED FORSEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLYTH E Committee on Arrangementsfor the Seventh General Assemblyof The Orthodox Presbyterian Churchhas submitted a tentative docket forthe sessions of the assembly. Thesewill begin on Tuesday, June 4th, atthe Hotel Alms, Cincinnati, Ohio.Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Churchof Cincinnati will be host to the gen-eral assembly.

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2.00 Service of worshipSermon by Moderator of 6th

AssemblyObservance of the Sacrament of

the Lord's Supper4.00 Constituting of the Assembly

Roll CallAdoption of DocketPresentation of Minutes of 5th

and 6th AssembliesElection of ClerkElection and installation of Mod-

eratorPresentation of overtures and

papersAppointment of special Commit-

teesOn Overtures and PapersOn Examination of Minutes

of PresbyteriesOn date and place of next

meeting-8.00 Evening Meeting, to be arranged

Wednesday, June 5, 19409.00 Devotional Service9.15 Assembly called to order

Minutes of previous day read9.30 Report of Committee on Home

Missions, etc.Nomination of members to Com-

mittee on Home Missions11.00 Report of Committee on Consti-

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4.30 Report of Committee on ForeignMissions

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8.00 Evening meeting, to be arrangedThursday, June 6, 194fJ

9.00 Devotional Service9.15 Assembly called to order

Minutes of previous day read9.30 Report of Committee on Chris-

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2.00 Election of members to standing-committees

(6.00 Buffet supper)8.00 Evening meeting, to be arranged

Frida)', June 7, 19409.00 Devotional Service9.15 Assembly called to order

Minutes of previous day read9.30 Report of Committee on Exami-

nation of Minutes of Presby-teries

Miscellaneous businessSetting- date and place of

next assemblyApproval of Minutes

Adjournment

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