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A Cumulative Index to the Presbyterian Guardian, 1935-1979 A CUMULATIVE INDEX TO THE PRESBYTERIAN GUARDIAN, 1935-1979 Compiled by James T. Dennison, Jr. Copyright c 1985 Escondido, California TO MY BROTHER REV. CHARLES GILMORE DENNISON, B.D., M.A. BELOVED FELLOW SERVANT OF THE ESCHATOLOGICAL SERVANT HUSBAND, FATHER, PASTOR HISTORIAN OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1982- FOND DISCIPLE OF J. GRESHAM MACHEN "...YOUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD"-- COL. 3:3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PREFACE.................................................i 2. OUTLINE OF PUBLICATION DATA.............................ii 3. HOW TO USE THIS INDEX...................................v 4. AUTHOR/TITLE/SUBJECT, ETC. .............................1 5. BOOK REVIEWS............................................350 6. SCRIPTURE PASSAGES......................................364 7. PHOTOGRAPHS.............................................381 PREFACE The Presbyterian Guardian was established by Dr. J. Gresham Machen to serve as the voice of Presbyterian orthodoxy. Conceived in controversy, the first copy issued from the presses on October 7, 1935. Machen spearheaded the publication of the Guardian with the assistance of a group of ministers and laymen in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA). The proximate cause of the Guardian was the disagreement between Machen and Dr. Samuel G. Craig, editor of Christianity Today (1930-1949). The nether cause was Machen's escalating struggle with modernism in the PCUSA. Machen had led in the formation of the Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union which was organized June 27, 1935 in Philadelphia. This group was committed to: (1) reform of the PCUSA; or (2) "failing that, to continue the true spiritual succession of that church in a body distinct from the existing organization." Dr. Craig had editorially questioned the wisdom of such a Union in the September 1935 issue of Christianity Today. Coincident with these developments were the trials of members of the Independent Board of Foreign Missions. The Independent Board had been organized by Machen in 1933 in response to the General Assembly's refusal to reform the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. But the General Assembly Mandate of 1934 forbade participation in and support for the Independent Board. Although Craig was sympathetic, he began to "vacillate" questioning the wisdom for the Independent Board and urging reform of the PCUSA from within. Machen felt the need for a new paper which would vigorously oppose modernism (even to the point of ecclesiastical separation) while guarding the Calvinism of the Westminster Standards. When the General Assembly of the PCUSA suspended Machen in 1936 (the so-called "Syracuse Assembly"), Machen formed the Presbyterian Church of America (since 1939, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church). From its infancy, the Presbyterian Guardian was closely associated with the Presbyterian Church of America/Orthodox Presbyterian Church. But she never became the denominational publication of the PCA/OPC. Machen, who chose her name, urged that the Guardian be independent of denominational control while committed to Presbyterianism and the Reformed faith as interpreted by the old Princeton tradition of Charles Hodge and Benjamin B. Warfield. i OUTLINE OF PUBLICATION DATA FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN GUARDIAN The Presbyterian Guardian, Volumes 1-48 (October 7, 1935-October 1979) Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Frequency: Twice monthly (October 7, 1935-June 26, 1937) Monthly (July 1937-December 1939) Twice monthly (January 10, 1940-June 1948) Monthly (June 1948-December 1958) Twice monthly (January 10, 1959-June 25, 1960) Monthly (August 1960-October 1979) Not published from January to April 1970 (Volume 39 has only six issues: May-November 1970) Editors: H. McAllister Griffiths October 7, 1935-August 17,1936 J. Gresham Machen September 12, 1936-January 1, 1937 (Machen's name was dropped from the masthead January 23, 1937. It was restored January 1938. Every subsequent issue bore the phrase-- "J. Gresham Machen, Editor 1936-37.") Ned B. Stonehouse, Co-Editor September 12, 1936-January 23, 1937 Ned B. Stonehouse January 23, 1937-June 26, 1937 Charles J. Woodbridge July 1937-September 1937 Ned B. Stonehouse and Paul Woolley, Joint Editors November 25, 1945 Paul Woolley resigns September 10, 1947 Ned B. Stonehouse September 10, 1947-December 1948 Leslie W. Sloat December 1948-January 1956 Ned B. Stonehouse and Leslie W. Sloat, Joint Editors January 1956-December 15, 1958 Robert E. Nicholas December 15, 1958-August 1970 John J. Mitchell September 1970-October 1977 J. Cameron Fraser June 1978-October 1979 ii Editorial Council: October 1937-November 10, 1945 Edwin H. Rian, Leslie W. Sloat, Ned B. Stonehouse, Murray Forst Thompson (October 1937-December 10, 1940) John P. Clelland and John P. Galbraith added December 10, 1940 Murray Forst Thompson resigns March 10, 1941 Ned B. Stonehouse resigns June 10, 1941 R.B. Kuiper added June 25, 1941-June 25, 1943 Ned B. Stonehouse added July 10, 1943 Edwin H. Rian resigns October 1, 1944 December 15, 1958-May 1962 Ned B. Stonehouse, Robert S. Marsden, Edmund P. Clowney, Jr. Robert S. Marsden dies October 23, 1960 Robley J. Johnston added June 1961 Advisory Council: November 25, 1945-September 10, 1947 Robert L. Atwell, John P. Clelland, Leslie A. Dunn, John P. Galbraith, Edward L. Kellogg September 10, 1947-January 1956 Robert L. Atwell, Leslie A. Dunn, John P. Galbraith, Edward L. Kellogg Contributing Editors: September 10, 1947-January 1956 John P. Clelland, Arthur W. Kuschke, Jr., Robert S. Marsden Associate Editors: January 1956-December 15, 1958 John P. Galbraith, Robley J. Johnston, Robert S. Marsden Correspondents: January 1956-December 19, 1958 Calvin A. Busch, Edwards E. Elliott, Lawrence R. Eyres, Edward L. Kellogg, LeRoy B. Oliver Circulation Manager: Thomas R. Birch October 7, 1935-September 12, 1936 Albert G. Edwards, III January 16, 1956-May 25, 1960 iii Managing Editor: Thomas R. Birch September 12, 1936-November 10, 1945 Edmund P. Clowney, Jr. April 1, 1946-November 10, 1946 Leslie W. Sloat November 25, 1946-December 15, 1958 The Presbyterian Guardian ceased publication with Volume 48 no. 9 (October 1979). The subscription list was transferred to The Presbyterian Journal of Asheville, North Carolina. iv HOW TO USE THIS INDEX This index contains access to the contents of the Presbyterian Guardian via author, title, subject, church (mainly OPC congregations under city and state), OPC judicatories, book reviews, Scripture passages and photographs. Author, title and subject entries are self-explanatory. The general sequence of volume number and pages (i.e. 2:5; 4:105, etc.) following a personal name refer to biographical/historical matters relative to that individual's career, i.e. ordination, installation, resignation, transfer, etc. Articles, if any, are in quotes beneath the general biographical entries. Letters to the editor are also found under the writter and the article to which the letter is a response. Citations for congregations do not include every mention of the church found in the pages of the Guardian (a prohibitive task). Only items of historical importance have been included, i.e. organization, dedication of a building, installation and resignation of pastors, congregational anniversaries, etc. Under the name "Orthodox Presbyterian Church" will be found reports of individual General Assemblies, Presbyterial and Presbytery meetings. Some reports on judicatories of denominations other than the OPC will also be found sub the particular denomination. Book reviews are found in two places: under the name of the reviewer in the early part of the index; in the Book Review section (pp. 350-363) by book author and title. A Scripture index is included (pp. 364-380) as well as an index to photographs (pp. 381-407) appearing in the Guardian (photos in advertisements have not been included). All identifiable persons and places have been included in the index to photographs. v A.A.C.S. (cf. Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship) Abbott, Robert D. 41:32 Abilene, TX 39:49,72; 40:16 Abortion 39:65; 43:133; 47 (Oct.78) 13 "Abortion and the Christian" (J.M. Frame) 39:78,80 "The Scriptures and Abortion" (J.J. Mitchell) 39:79,80-81 "What About Abortion?" (J.J. Mitchell) 39:82-83 "Abortion Discussion Continued" (J.M. Frame) 40:19 "Response to Professor Frame" (J.J. Mitchell) 40:19,23 "The Westminster Standards and Abortion" (S.M. Reynolds) 40:23-24 Reply to the above (J.J. Mitchell) 40:24,27 Letter on Abortion from Paulette Staley 40:56 "The Abortion Question Continued" (J.J. Mitchell) 40:100 "How Does God's Word Regard the Human Fetus?" (G.W. Knight) 40:100-102 "Committed to Life" (Nina M.) 41:3 "Witness Against 'Voluntary Abortion'" 41:9 Letter-- Abortion, Let the Woman Decide 41:59 Letter on Abortion from Bette Adams 41:59 "Adoption-- Another Alternative" (Priscilla Galbraith) 41:74 A response to Nina M. (41:3) Note on the above by J.J. Mitchell 41:74 "A Heart's Desire and Prayer to God for the Nation" (J.J. Mitchell) 42:29 Letter on Pro-Life Hospitals from W.L. Cummings 43:71 "Human Fetus: Same Rights as Its Parents" (C. Lewis) 44:38 Letter on abortion from Tom and Lisa Seelinger 47 (Dec. 78) 2 "Responding to Today's Holocaust" (T. Seelinger) 48 (Jl./Aug. 79) 8-9,16 Abraham "The Faith of Abraham" (E.J. Young) 16:106-107 Academic Freedom "The Christian and Academic Freedom" (N.B. Stonehouse) 7:107-108 Accommodation "The 'Lost' Doctrine of Accomodation" (L. Ryken) 37:3-5 Ackerman, William Letter on Translations of the Bible (44:119-21,126,128-29) 44:150 Acklen, Henry Edds "Troubled Waters" 13:281-82 Acorn Lodge Bible Camp, CA 28:154-55 Adair, Dean W. 10:80; 11:80; 12:239; 14:69,224,308 "This Do" 4:72-73 1 Adair, Dean W. (Cont.) "Grace" 5:90 "The Reformed Faith in New England" 5:168-69 "News Flashes" 10:142 "The Baptismal Vow" 13:124 "Prayer" 14:69-70 "Dakota Presbytery Holds Special Meeting" 14:96 "Child Evangelism" 14:128 Death of 17:10,42 Adams, Bette J.
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