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1932-10-18 academic fashions and fads
USBN #80 - January 1934 - pages 5
He sincerely hopes and prays that the literature and letters you are sending
to eminent men in the different parts of the country will have their desired
effect and that the Word of God will gradually penetrate into their heart and win
it. It however takes time. Such men are generally captive in the hands of some
cherished ideas and principles which they cannot give up so quickly. The mere fact
that a person is learned does not mean that he is free from prejudice.
The academic life also has its fashions and fads, even though they are of
different nature from the fads of the man on the street. These fashions are not
permanent; they are bound to change. Today the fad is a materialistic view of life
and of the world. A day will soon come when it will become deeply religious and
spiritual. In fact, we can discern the beginning of such a change in the writings
of some of the most eminent souls and liberal minds. When the pendulum will start
its full swing, then we shall see all such eminent men turn again to God. - (To
Mr. Willard Hatch, October 18, 1932.)
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