Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

While this does not necessarily mean an endorsement of all the personal views that may be held byany or all of the workers of the Association, it doesmean that it approves of the work of the Associationin general as being vital and necessary and worthy ofthe support and prayers of the church. It has, therefore, recommended that Covenanters pray for thework of the Association and for its workers, and thatmembers and congregations be urged to contributefinancially to its support.These recommendations are designed for action.They contain many suggestions which, if implemented by pastors and congregations, will greatly help theAssociation to perform its task. The attention ofpastors and congregations is called particularly torecommendations 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. With yourcooperation and prayer this work will bear fruit.It will not fail.J. R. PattersonDr. Martin To Speak on EvangelicalSocial Action ProgramAt the annual meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals to be held in Chicago, in April,1955, there will be panel discussions, sponsored bythe Association's Commission on Evangelical SocialAction, of which Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, professor ofSystematic Theology and Christian Philosophy ofFuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, ischairman.The subject for one of the discussion periods is"Spiritual and Moral Values in Public Education."This subject will be discussed by the following persons in 20-minute addresses.Dr. Glenn L. Archer, executive secretary, Protestants and Other Americans United, Washington,D.C.Dr. Mark Fakkema, educational director, National Association of Christian Schools, Chicago, 111.Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein, headmaster of StonyBrook School and author of "Christian Education ina Democracy," Stony Brook, N. Y.Dr. R. H. Martin, president, National ReformAssociation, and author of Our Public SchoolsChristian orSecular, Pittsburgh, Pa.To sharpen up the panel discussion the issue isstated this way:What ought to be done with spiritual and moralvalues in public education in the light of the Bill ofRights and recent Supreme Court decisions; for example, The McCollum School Case?Dr. Henry invited Dr. Martin to participate inthis discussion and he has accepted the invitation.Tither's CornerBy D. H. ElliottThe Christian StatesmanAn unemployed Christian man in a New Englandtown had gotten down to his bottom dollar. He laidfifty cents of this on the offering plate on Sabbath,November 10, 1954Next morning he heard of possible employment at aneighboring town. The railroad fare was one dollar.Had he wasted that 50 cents which he needed now?With the other 50 cents he bought a ticket half wayintending to walk the rest of the way. Before walking a block he heard of a factory nearby needing help.Within half an hour he had a job at five dollars aweek more than he could have gotten at the othertown. His 50 cent offering was rewarded ten fold.That man was W. L. Douglas,shoe manufacturer.Luke 6:38who became theThe tithe, what is it ? Oh, who knows ?Just a fancy, I suppose."Giving, giving, every day!Taking out of pay!"everyKeeping, hoarding evermore,Makes me poorer than before.The larger grows my earthly sum,The smaller may my soul become.Help me, Lord, to clearly see,Withholding will impoverish me;That those who learn to freely giveHave only then begun to live.GLIMPSES Cont'd from page 290belief show how generally it is accepted. For, why the minutestudy of the words of Scripture carried on by all expositors,their search after the precise shade of verbal significance, theirattention to the minutest details of language, and to all thedelicate coloring of mood and tense and accent? The highscholars, who speak lightly of the theory of literal inspirationof the Scriptures, by their method of study and exegesis arethey who put the strongest affirmation on the doctrine whichthey deny."In the course of his argument Mr. Anderson says: "Todeny the verbal inspiration of the Bible seems to me a denialof its accuracy and dependability. Only God is perfect, andhe claims perfection for his Word (Ps. 19:7)." He gives fivereasons which we quote in part:1. The Bible says it is verbally inspired, and gives several proof texts.2. No other method of inspiration is stated in the Bible.3. The real issue as to inspiration is between conservativesand extreme liberals .... God's Word is true in and by itself,whether we accept it or not; the North Star is north, nomatter how lost we may be.4. The Bible's trustworthiness is established by verbalinspiration; any lesser view detracts from its divine certainty.5. The Bible's repeated assertion of its own verbal inspiration, and the complete confidence of millions in it, oughtto assure us of its solid strength.The writer quotes from Dr. Francis L. Patton, formerpresident of Princeton: "We are led .... to the irresistibleconclusion that the books of the Bible .... were composed bymen who acted under the influence of the Holy Ghost tosuch an extent that they were preserved from every error offact, of doctrine, of judgment; and these so influenced theirchoice of language that the words they used were the wordsof God. This is the doctrine which is known as that of plenaryverbal inspiration." 297