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The Spiritualistic Tendency

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 2, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 27.

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The Spiritualistic Tendency

A MODERN thinker gives this advice concerning the education of ministers:—
Reduce to the minimum the study of Hebrew and of Greek texts and of worn-out courses that have relatively low claim to educational value in the light of modern thought. Substitute for these thorough training in the foundations of the physical and the biological sciences, in sociology culminating in the new psychology.
After a student has successfully pursued such a course of study as is here suggested, for what is he prepared? To dabble in sociology and occultism, but not to follow the charge of the great apostle, “Preach the word.” The true messenger of the Lord of hosts is “the voice” for the good news from heaven, and needs above all to know what saith the Lord.