Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 10, 1908

A New Trust

AND now we have a “theological trust,” according to the testimony of a leading German representative of conservative theology, who makes the charge in these words:—

In recent years the representatives of the advanced type of theology have virtually formed a trust, which might be called a “General Mutual Self-Laudation Insurance Company,” having as its purpose the promotion of those who write liberal books, and who teach advanced theology, and ignoring and “killing by silence” the claims of conservative theologians to public recognition and appointment, no matter how excellent their scholarship may be.

This appears to be about the only trust in which liberal theologians permit themselves or any one else to indulge. In their creed, trust in the Scriptures and trust in Christ are unknown quantities.