Machen on Presbyterianism

[Pilgrim]

J. Gresham Machen:

"We cannot agree with those who say that although they are members of the
Presbyterian church, they "have not the slightest zeal to have the
Presbyterian church extended throughout the length and breadth of the
world." As for us, we hold the faith of the Presbyterian church, the great
Reformed faith that is set forth in the Westminster Confession, to be true;
and holding it to be true, we hold that it is intended for the whole world."

 

[Arch2k]

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[bookslover]

J. Gresham Machen:

Is that from Christianity and Liberalism?

 

[jawyman]

I am planning to join the OPC and the OPC is the church that I am seeking ordination in.

 

[SRoper]

Where is this quote from?

 

[Ivan]

J. Gresham Machen:

I pray that all evangelical and reformed churches believe this.

BTW, if you guys take over the world just remember that I am a Baptist who sympathizes with you.....

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

I found the quote that Machen was responding to cited in Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church by Gary North, Chap. 11 (he is quoting Robert E. Speer, Christianity and the Nations (New York: Revell, 1910), p. 332).

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Machen's quote can be found in J. Greshem Machen: Selected Shorter Writings, ed. by D.G. Hart, p. 314.

 

[SRoper]

Thanks, Andrew. I was only able to find what he was responding to.