  V O L U M E   X X I V                                     October `1, 1947  - Grand Rapids,  Mich.                                                                   ,.  N U M B E R   1

                                                                                                                                d&  mensch  c\er zonde op den troon in den
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                                                                                                                              Gods,' steeds  zeggende en roepende,  dat hij God
                                                                                .                                  * !  Vjreeselijke   -vrucht van de Paradijs-zonde  aaiz
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 .-                                                                                                           den  morgeq  van.  @  histori?.
                                                                     :-                                            1  Maar,  gelukkig, het is niet  -!vaar.
            J-j@.:  `P'r-J&  D&j  &-&is.:-  -                                                                         Het  eerste, let daar  oij, het  e'epste wat Johannes
       _                                                                   .                            ziet is den troon Gods.
                         "En.  terztond  <verd ik in den  geest;..  ep zie,  dear.                                    0 ,   d a a r   z i t   `zooveel  i n .   .~,
                       was  een,   troon,.  gezet in  -den   kernel,   en.  -er eat Een                               Ik stel mij  voor, dat  Johtinnes dien troon nooit  meer
                 -.    op den troon.  `Ea die  daarap  zat, was iti  I-t' aanzien                                  uit  zijn  geBicht verloor.
                 _  ,den  Steen  jaspis.en   sardius   geliji;   en-,ekn   regenboog                                 &De heerlijkste  I& die we er  -uit  ktinnefi  leeren is
                       was  rolvdom  den trpon, in het aapzien  .dan  Steen                                        dit': alles  ,moet bezien  van& dien troon Gods. Alleen
                       ,$maragd  gelijk.  _                                                                        clan,  wanneer.  we- de.  dingen zien vanuit het oogpunt
                                                                - &ib..  4:?; 3.                                   Gods, zien we de  `clingen. in hun juiste verhoudingen,
                                                                                                                   Dat becloelden  we, wanneer we in  hit  verleden. gezegd
            De Deur des  hetiels was gedpend  Goor  johannes : hebben, keer op  keer,  da,t we  theoloyisch  moeten
  Bet was hem vergund om  hemeisciie.  taf&@elen  752'
                                                                                                .I _               leven!
 zien.                                                         :.                                 .-                  En zie daar  .was een troon gezet.  iti' den  hemel !
  D               e            onwederstandelijke  roeping  --G&+ls   l,&am   -to?
                                                                                                             <~       .Wat  tech  de gedachte  .van den troon  .mag zijn?
 kern:  -hij  mocht hooren de  lieflijke  scenin@van   Jezus                                                       De  troon, geliefden, is symboql van  Koninklijke
  C h r i s t u s .                                                                                                majesteit -en  souyereiniteit. D e   .tyoon  spreekt  h e t
            En die  r,oeping" had-tot  `inh&d  ?G  hoager.  op. te                                                 derste en ook het  laatste  woord. De woorden van Hem
  lrlitimen-tot  in den  hemel-der  hemelen :  Ko&,`hi,eT:.op,                                                     die op den-troon zit zijn zwaar als  100~1.  Zijn woord
  en Ikzal u toonen. hetgeen  @a  $ezen  geschieden  meet.!                                                        houdt alles in :  .het is Alpha en Omega,  -ma?r ook alle
            En  terstond we&  Johannes  in den  g&t  !.                              _=_  _-                       letteren  tusschen  die  eerste  en- die  laatste letters. De
      . Hoe anders  Z&I  hij  .hemel&he tafereelen  kuliilen troon is ook het  ,.inbegrip  van het eerste  en het  la&&e :
 .&en en hemelsche klanken.  hooren?-  .Terstond werd hij                                                          dat  iti,  o6Fsprong   e$doel van alles. Hij  dacht alles  tiit,
  in dien  toestand   geiet, waar hij met den. Godsspraak                                                          en Hij  stu$t  alles tot het doeleincle. De troon is  sym-
  raad  kqn glegen.                    .' . .                                                                      boo1  van  absolute sohvereiniteit. Er  is-geen bestuur,.
            En           zie! .                _     .-       .-      - __                                         authoriteit of  geztig  ergens  ariders in  bet  Heelal. Alle
            Een hemelsche  heerlijkheid zag hij : de troon Gods.                                                   geza.g is  in,,dien~ troon  vervat. Zoo komt het, dat  wan-
       _ Hoe  he&elsch  j,uist. -.,I+et--  eeyste'- wat hij in den                                                 ne& straks die troon het laatste woord spreekt,  alle
.-hemel ziet  ii den  trooiva+ Gbd. .                                -                            .-               niond gestopt  miordt en de geheele  wereld stemmeloos
            Hoe zou  l$t  an-ders?'  .Alles,  letterlijk  alles,  .i.i er om                                       is  voor Hem die op dien  tro&  zit.
  Godswil.  Goh  alleeq  is-de spil  ,s&aar alles om  .dratiit.                                                       Maar   di! troon is  bc5k  B$tnbS van gericht.
  Ik  -hen er van verzekerd,  -dB;t  .dit de' iwaarste  6s is die                                                    -  &en&ring   $0  z$ ddar  van, spreken. Die troon
a' we  moeten  leeren;  `-  .De  .goddelooze is juist goddeloos,                                                   is wit en groot. Wit, want rein en zuiver. Het is een
  dmdat hij die  fundamenteele waarheid altijd  lo0ch~tit.                                                         troon van onkreukbare gerechtigheid.  SGroot,  want
  Goddeloosheid is dit,  dat- de  merisch op  dden troon                                                           er zal  een- tijd komen, die zal  openbtiren hoe  .alle ding
  zit;           En---iijn   goddeloosheid;  .yordt ten top gevoerd,                                               dat- geschied is  variaf  dezen troon  geoordecld zal  wq-
  als hij  ielfs God in  ,-dienst  ,wil stellen van  zijn.  ver-                                                   den. 0  ja, het wordt een zeer groot  gericht,. en een
  &ekt  brein.: En- dit zal clan  o'ok den Antichrist  onder-                                                      gericht  d&t  rechtvaa?dig zal  zijn,.


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                            Die  trocin is gezet in den  hemel.     ~                                            daarop- zat, was in `t aanzien  deli  steen  jaspis en
     ._-                    Als  kleib jongetje heb ik  ey  al van gehoord.                                      sardius gelijk  !"                                        _-             _  -
                           `In  mij,  prilste jeugd heb ik vaak ouderlingen                                              Hij zag in  d,en troon  .en rondom  hen  troon'een
                   hooren bidden en oude  mannen. En, o zoo vaak, hdorde :`iYondere   schittering van  onuitsp:ekelijke heerlijkheid.
                   ik hen  bidden : 0  IHeere  !,  die den  hemel hebt  tot  7Jw&a                               Onuitsprekelijk, want hij moet  aaq `t vergelijken gaan.
                   troon,  en d$ze  lage aarde  tot  een. voetbank Uwer  heilige                                        Vergelijken,  want het gaat over hemelsche  dingen,
            -  voeten . .  ,.                                                                                    en die  zijn zoo geheel anders  d&n  cl&  diqgen  van. de
                            0  ja, die troon.past in  den  hemel.              '                                 aard,e:            ,
                   Y De  hemel  is.  veel schooner  din de aarde. En het                                                Het  ,eenigste  wat hij  doen. kan is aardsehe  dingen,
                   i's juist, dat in den  hemel de troon van  ,God  zou staan..
                   .  I                                                                                          zaken en omstandigheden' benutten om  -X?`en  lllij iets
                   Het is  reden,.  dat we opblikken  naar omhoog. We
             .-                                                                                                  van de hemelsche  dingen te zeggen.
                   heff.en  onze, zielen  `Op tot  ,Heti die iri  den  hemel zit                                        En zoo neemt Johannes het kostbaarste  wat  kr is
                   (0p'Zijn'troon).                                                                              op aarde, om U te zeggen -hoe het  aanzien  v6n God
                           Dat wordt straks anders, en  tech ook  tieer niet.                                    is.
                   Straks daalt het nieuwe  Jeruzalem van  Gocl neder                                                   J a s p i s   i s   d e   kleur,  d e   kleurige  stein  v a n   ~God.
                   op de aarde, en zoodoende komt ook de  troon van God                                          Jaspis  is Gods kleur. Ik ben er  van- verzekerd, dat
                   bp  de aarde. Maar  tech ook weer niet, want  als dat                                         jaspis onze diamant  is.: Leest hoofdstuk 21. Daar
                   gebeurt, dan  k6mt eigenlijk de  hemel mee met dat
                   .                                                                                             staat : "En hij voerde mij  weg.in den geest op  een&n  -
                   meuwe  J  eruzalem,. en wordt de  aarde hemelsch.                                             gyooten.en hoogen  be?g, en hij toonde mij de groote
                           Nlaar  Johannes.zag   eeti troon gezet in den  hemel.                       n         stad, het heilige Jeruzalem, nederdalende uit den  hemel  -
                           "En er zat EEN op den troon  !" .-                                                    van God  ; en zij had de heerlijkheid `Gods, en haar  licht
                           Hier zou ik tot in alle  eeuwigheid bij  %erwijlen.                                   .was den  .allerkostelijksten   Steen gelijk, namelijk  ils
                           En dat doet .een ieder die den Heere  vreest.                         Hier -de  Steen jaspis,  bl&kencle gelijk  ~J&isti;Gl."
                   is'de wijsheid van  Go& volk. Hier is het hoogste  goed.                                             En ook in de verzen die de fundamenten  vati de
                   Er is niets  heerlijker dan God te zien op den  trooti.                                       stad Gods beschrijyen  is het eerste fundament jaspis,
                   Vele  eeuwen  geleden  h,eeft Jezus het  .ons gezegd :  ialig                                 "zuiver goud, zijnde  xuiver  gbs gelijk."
            ' zijn de  reinen van hart, want  ie  zulleq God zien.                                          *           0 ja,  jaspis is gelijk  aan  onzen fonkelenden  di+
                           ,Ge  &mt  tech toe,  dat'Johannes God op het dog had                                  mant.
            .  toen hij zeide: er zat  EEN  olj den troon?                                                              En vandaag kunt ge het nog zeggen: die  Steen is de'-
                           Me&t ge het, hoe hij,  als `t ware,  aarzelt,  `als hij                               allerkos_telijkste   tian  alle  e d e l g e s t e e n t e n .
       toegekomen  -is  aan de beschrijving van  Dien, die op                                                           En zoo is `God !
                   den troon`zit ? Het klinkt zoo  aarzeletid, zoo  wijfelend.                                          Hij is de Allerkostelijkste!
                   We hebben in  d'e  taal  onbepaalcle  voornaamwobrden,                                             . En dan  ~66, dat Hij  `bet Inbegrip is  van all& wat
                   eliz. Ik  dacht  daaraan  toen ik  Johannes,   woord&  las.                                   inaar kostelijk  geheeten mag. Er is geen kostelijkheid
                   Esr zat EEN op den  .trdon.              .                                                    bu~iten Hem.
                        !Hbe kan het anders? Die  GENE  is GOD! En  Hij-                                                En         iHij     schittert!.              -           e
            zelf heeft ons gezegd, dat niemand God kan zien,                                                            Hij schittert  voor elks  oogefi.
                   en . . . leven!                                       e'                                             Ik ben er  .van verzekerd, dat God  vergelek-en wordt
                           Hij  is de  geheel Andere!                                       :                    bij den  allerkostelijkst&   Steen jaspis,  omdat  Hij. een
                                                                                                                 Licht is. Neen, Hij is  IHET  licht.
                           Als ik  serieus  aan God denk, dan moet ik  altijd                                           En dat is de afstraling van alle deugd. Hij is
            _ duizelen en  tertigkeeren van  mijn.  denken. Hij is zoo                                           jaspis gelijk, want  Hij is o zdo lieflijk en  schoon. Hij
                   groot, zoo  ongesvenaard groot. Denkt `slechts  aan dit .1s  goed en dierbaar; Hij is wijs en aantrekkelijk; Hij
                   ,%ne:  il3ij  is  e? altijd geweest! En Hij is-altijd even                                    is  groc3 van vermogen.
                   rijk en zalig en heerlijk geweest  als Hij  nu is. De                                                Daarom  z+l het einde niet anders zijn, dan net maar
*                  nooit  Gematikte,  de nooit Gewordene, de eeuwig Zijnde !                                     hit  staren-naar  dien'troon, om  de uitstraling, de  fonke-
                   God is Zijn Naam ! Ga ferug met Uw  .gedachten,:  en ling van het  aanbiddelijke,%Vezen  te zien.
                   ge iiet den Almachtigen,  DrieEenigen,  Al&jzen,   Be-                                               Het kan immers  bewe;en  wordeii?
              minlijken en  :Lieflijken God !                                                                           In ditzelfde boek der  Openbaring  is het  eitide van
                           0, we  Bunnen er bij, dat  Johannes  zeide: Ik zag                                    alles de stem als van  vele  waterenvan  een  achare-inen-
       . en zie, er zat EEN  op den troon.  Johanties  i`s minder                                                schen en  engelen die' niemand  tellen kan, die tot in  alle
                   dan  een stofje  aan de weegschaal.                                   -,  - --  r             eeuwigheid niet moede of  mat  worden om te  zingen':  o
                           En Jbhannes  zag niets dan een  openbaring  van                                       Alleluja I . .                                                           .'
                   Gdd in het  creatuurlijke,   `Hij zag het  Wezen  niet.                                              En  Hij- is ook  als de  sardi&.
                   Want-dat  $an  niet: In een  oog%enk zou  Johanries  xie$-                                           .De  s a r d i u s   i s   vuurklo6d.
                   gaan bij het zien  van het  Wezen;                                                                   En%dat vuurroode  Wodt hier bijgevoegd, omdat het
                           Ltiistert  -verder naar  bet heerlijk gezicht  I  "En die                             grootste
                                                                                                                 _              gedeelte van  de-  dingen die haast. geschieden
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moetente  maken hebben met de openbaring van Gods                                 gezegdi Ik heb U lief en zal  -U  zijn  -tot. een God en
toorn over de goddeloozen.  IH!et vuurroode is symbool                            Vader in de hoogste  hemeien!
van wrake enjaloerschheid Gods. Denkt  aan die  glazen                                Maar we zijn zondaars geworden en  waar.d  om
.zee vlak voor den troon. Die  zee was met  vuur  ge-                             tot in  alle.eeuwigh,eid verdoemd te  worden.,
mengd. En de  schare,  die er  bij- staat te  zingen, staard,e.                       Doch de Heere  dacht  aan Zijn verbond en  IHij
ook op dat vuur en galmden van de  gerechtigheid Gods kwam.                                           Hij kwam tot ons in Jezus  Christus  en Hij
die openbaar geworden was.                                                        omhelsde ons, zoo innig en zoo liefderijk, dat Hij onze
      - Die vuurroode sardius  ial ter sprake  .komen als de zonde-schuld van  or&-over&m en vernietigde  aan Zijn
zegelen gebroken, de bazuinen geblazen en de fiolen                               kruis.  Hij openbaarde  Zich als de  VerbondsGod: die
van den toorn Gods uitgestort  worden op de  hoofden                              Zijn Woord gestand  doet. Hij nam de zonde van Zijn
van hen die gezegd hebben van dit aanbiddelijke  We-                              geliefde wereld en  bracht ze weg, vernietigde ze, wierp
zen :  ."we hebben  gem lust  aan Uwe wegen  !".                             ,ze in een  oceaan van Goddelijke vergetelijkheid.
        Het is  het,vuur van gramschap  `en groote  grimmig-                          Die regenboog is groen. Hij is als de  Steen  sma-
heid.                                                                             ragd  gelijk. En  die~steen  .is groen.
                                                                                      Groen is de kleur der `hope.
        Het is openbaring van de onkreukbare  gerechtig-                              0, als het duister  .wordt en bang, als  Yk omringd
heid  ,Gods.                                                          s           woord door tegenspoeden, als ik. bedreigd wordt van
         En dan die regenboog !  -                                                allen kant ;-dan zie ik op dit visioen van Johannes, en
        Boven.den troon, rondom den troon zag-hij .zooiets                        dan is die regehboog green, als-der hope.
als een boog, een regenbpog !                                                      D a n .   h o o p   i k   o p   IGod.
        Geliefden,  clat is  h-et Evangelie ! Het  eeuwig  Evan-                      En het hart der hope is dit : het is het verlangen
gelie !                                                                           dei liefde, dat  zich uitstrekt naar de  ,erfenis  in het
        Als` kleine  kinderen hebben we  ,ervan  -gehoord.                        licht. Dan smacht ik van verlangen naar God.                                    -.-
Toen we nog heel klein  waren,  266 klein, dat we zelf                                Daar zingt men het lied der  li,efde, der eeuwige
den Bijbel nog niet  Bonder? lezen,  toen hebben  wre  bet                        liefde. Daar zingt men van `t hijgend hert, der  jacht
ontzaglijke van den regenboog in de  wolken. gezien. ontkomen ! Daar eindigt men met het vragen naar de
En  toen hebben onze Godvreezende  moeders en vaders` gewisse weldadigheden Davids. Daar  eindigtmen met
ons dien regenboog verklaard. En. ze spraken van                                  een klagende vraag, die eigenlijk een overwinning
God, Die een  Licht is, een vriendelijk  Licht is, voor inhoudt.
Zijn volk  !' Ze verhaalden van de  wateren van  Noach,                               En die vrage is deze: Wanneer, 0 Mijh God, zal ik
van een  vreeselijken  .zondvloed.  Maar ook van den ingaan en voor Uw aangezicht verschijnen?
boog.         En van de trouwe Gods.. Van Zijn belofte.                               En. de boog van  ,Gods Trouw zal U het antwoord
N o o i t   weer  e e n   z o n d v l o e d .   -                          geven.                      _ .
-        Eigenlijk hebben we hier  hetzelfde,als  in den jaspis.                      Dan zingt die boog van de  heerlijkheid. der  kinderen
Met dit  verschil, dat als de kleur van het  witte  licht-                        Gods in het  licht.                                      1
gebroken wordt in de verschillende ruiten van den dia-  A' SGolgotha  in den donker heeft een  licht gebaard.
mant, ge dan de- schoonste combinaties van  kleuren-                                  Als ge  recht  voor het  gevloekte'hout'staat,  toovert
pracht ziet  ; dan komt er een fonkeling en `schittering                          de genade- een schijn van lieflijk  licht op Uw  ,gelaat,
die  ongeevenaard  is in schoonheid en  aantrekkelijk-                            in Uw ziel en hart, die U zal  doen  zingen van  ,Gods
heid.                                                                             goedertierenheid tot in alle eeuwigheden !
         En dat `is geschied.                                                .                        "                                                 G;  V:  _
         Het  witte  licht van Gods deugdenbeeld is gebroken.                                    -
         En het  prisma  dier breeking is het  Golgotha  van                           .                              .          -              ~
d e n   V e r b o n d s - J e h o v a .
      `0, ik verzeker U, dat er een schoonheid  van kleuren-                                .
pracht is in de openbaring van Gods eeuwig ver-                                       '  ..  "                  ATTEN.TIION!
bond.               .-          -                               .!                          { M i n i s t e r s -   o f   Classis   E a s t )
         De  boog- staat nog  in de lucht.                         . .
- Hij is een-  `getuigenis van Gods eeuwige bonds-                                    In order that  ,Dr. K.  Schilder  and, also the Delegates.
`trouwe: .                              _                                         from  Classis  West may meet with us the date- of the
                                                                                  Ministers' Conference has been changed from Tuesday,
--       Hebt ge  .er  we1 eens  `op gelet, dat die boog als twee
armen zijn die U  dmvangen3 "Van. onderen' ,eeuwige                               October 14, to Thursday October 16.  -.Please arrange
armen-y,                   -    - .          -     ;                              to  -attend Thursday.  .Plans are being made to spend
                                                                                  the dinner hour, together. Let's all make" an effort to
-- De-regenboog die  Johann& zag is de sprake van                                 attend. Dr. Schilder will address this meeting.
de trouw Gods  -die in Jezus  Christus `is..
      , V a n   voar  *.de  grondlegging  der  *wereld.  h e e f t -   IGod  ..-  _  I  _ _                      '          i         _         T h e   B o a r d .


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CONFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4    1% interest from last year.
           Rev. `G. Vos.                                  -                                                                                                                          Let'me assure you, brethren,  ehat we are sorry that
OUR DOCTRINE ..<.- . . . . . ..I........................................................  ; . . . . . . . . . . . 7                                                              this  113%  happened. We would have loved to meet with
 _ Rev. H. Veldman.                                                                                                                                                              the-brethren of both  church groups, inasmuch as much
                                                                                                                                                                                 benefit. is gained from conferences such as we have
;rHE  LORD'S SUPPER ..:...; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I . . . . . . . .  - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 h&cl in years past. Isolation is stifling; exchange  .bf
TiIE DAY OF SHADOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  :...:...: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%' ideas, friendly debate and personal contact is elevating,
           Rev. G. M. Ophoff.                                                                                                                                                    edifying and highly instructive.
SION'S ZANGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16        Let  us  look forward to the -next conference  atid
           Rev. G. Vos.                                                                                                                                                          `cletermine to attend, one and all..
                                                                                                                                                                                    `This brings me  td the duty, to report on the kind  bf
IN HIS FEAR . . . . ,......,. ,;.;...: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 conference  t`hat  zuaS held at Sutton, Nebraska.
           Rev. J. A. Heys.                                                                                                                                                          In a circular letter, addressed  tq all  the. ministers
FRO$I.,  HOLY  GRIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . 20           and consistories of both groups, we acquainted our
           Rev. G. C. Lubbers. _                                                        ,_                                                                                       addressees of a decision our conference  .committe/e had
                                                                                                                                                                                 made. When the news of the postponement of the first
dO&RIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*......  f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22        conference came to the ministers of the Reformed
           H. A. Van  Putten.                                                                                                                                                    Church in the U. S. they voiced their disapproval  in.
                                                                                                                                                                                 no uncertain terms to that member of the Conference
CONeTRIBUTIbN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Coqmittee who is a minister in that church group,  the-
           H. De  Jong.,                                                                                                                                                         Rev. W. E. Korn. And very soon the idea was launch-
                                                                                                                                                                                  ed to- have a conference among' themselves, together  -


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  with those  mini&&s  of the Protestant Reformed                        And the Schilder  Conimittee of the  East had kindly
  churches who  live!  nearby--atid  zvitlz  Prof.  .D*r. K.. cons&ted to have  prof. Schilder there.  It. was  irood
  S&2&r! Especially the. last named possible conferee i. to meet him again after the six or more nightmare
  they  wbuld like to  me'et and  he&r at a conference. They years of European horrors` through which he passed.
 knew. that the Professor  c6nclucted a lecture tour in             We were  311 surprised to note how well he looked.
  these parts, and they  wanted to enjoy  the. privilege                 Third, about the conference proper, I may say that
  to  he&r  liifil.                                                 it was a great  success.  A rather tight schedule was
       We  rejlized, of  -course,~`th&  we, that is, the under-     prepared, occupying us  f-iom morning till late evening.
  sigllecl and the  Rev.. W.  &. Korn, had no  authoritji,          But there  was no lagging interest at all. Up-  to  the-
  strictly  speak&, to organize  a conference of that               last  afterno&, there was  lively debate following the
  nature. -But I  an-i sure that.  YOU  wili  understand our ,- addresses that  w$$e given.
  position.  _ The  -German'  brethy'eti  insi.sted on a confer-     T u e s d a y   .&vening,  D r .   K .   J .   rStuebbe   d e l i v e r e d   a
  ence to' meet with Prof. Schilder, and there was.  rio well worked out lecture on  the theme THE LAW AND
  o@er  represeniative body they could turn to. And so               THE  .FIRST ADAM, which was well received and
  we decided to. organize a conference of  `the kind they           which elicited lively discussion.                    `This lecture was
  wished to have. You will  `re&ze.that no harm  tias given in English.
  done since we `did not  tduch the funds that are collected             Wednesday  ~morning Prof. K.  Schildq spoke to us
  for conferences such as we  h$v& had in the past.. All in  .German on  C!IIRIST UNDER THE LAW. Because
  who went there paid  their own expenses.                           of the constituency of the  conferen&,  it proved to be
      And'&weI met at Sutton; Nebraska.                              a three language affair: German, English and Dutch.
       About that. conference the following':                       Most of our men do not understand the  ,German, so
       First; we met  .and conferred in the. neat  chtirch           Rev. Korn had  to become our interpreter. Only in
 _bu&ing of  Pastqr U.  .Zogg's  ,congregation. The  larg-           cases where the Doctor spoke about rather deep  sub-
  est- sessions just about filled the auditorium.         Since      j-e&s did he give a synopsis  iti  Dutch, since it was not
  -the Mission Fest of the Reformed Church-in the  l3.S.~ easy for  himto speak English fluently. However, his
  was to be held there anyhow  and-at  t&e same dates, we           work at the conference was  dotie largely in the German
  saw several delegates of the -churches of Eureka  Classis.        language,  .which he speaks fluently.
  And the congregation at Sutton  turn_ed out in goodly                  `The lecture  was well received and caused a lively
  -numbers. Almost all of their ministers  were,present             d i s c u s s i o n .
  and took an active part in the discussions.                       `Thursday morning we enjoyed  tile.m&in  dish. Dr.
     Secorid,  I-take great pleasure in reporting  l&e won-         Schilder spoke on the controversy  in the Netherlands.
  derful hospitality that was shown the ministers of                I  need `not say that we listened with  bated breath, so
  our  group  \who attended. They certainly opened their            to speak. Especially `so, when he spoke  ori' the  dqg-
  hearts and  th`eir homes to us. We had a great time               matic questions involved.                Some of  us  have followed
  of Christian feilowship with them. There is a little              the struggle. in the Netherlands' by reading the flood
  annex to  the?hurch  building at Sutton, and in that              of brochures that found their way to our shores,  ~8s
  building we  were.-catered to by  the ladies of that              well  as-by  treading De Ref  ormatie of which Dr. Schilder
  church, which left nothing to be desired.  W,e are apt            is the Editor. But. even those- who were rather well,
  to  ufigeres$imate such little  things  (?), and we must          informed had wait& for this opportunity-so that they
  not. The  Gospels  tell'us  ,of  tl6women  that ministered .might ask him personally about certain points which
  to J&us. Let no one think that such ministry  c&ased              remained dark  `to us.
  with our Lord's ascension to heaven. ifh&y have con-                   I will mention one  po&t.
 tinued to -do so, and they  certtiinly did at  Su!ton. I.               When we began  -reading about the- controversy, it
  would take this  oppoytunity `to salute  them. in the name struck us that the liberated  Reforme'd Churches seemed
  of all the conferees. Bqth in the giving of the earthly           tp `hold to the Heynsian conception of t'he  &oven&&
  f&d and-drink, as well as  -in  ehe gift of their friendli-       They employed the arguments and quoted the texts
  ness and love, they have min-istered unto  His servants.          in support of their- views with which we had become
  A!nd inasmuch as  .such was done in  faith; they will not         over familiar in the writings  of the late  Prof..  ,Heyns.
 - lose their reward.                                               And the question'was often asked among us.: Wonder
       Of our men, I saw the Revs. Andrew  Cammenga,                if they  alsd follow  l!Ieyns to the extent of holding to
  John Blankespoor, James Howerzyl, L. Vermeer, James               his `view of subject&e covenant grace that is given
  Van Weelden, and  Cand:-G.  -Van-den Berg. Also the                (according to  Heyni) to all covenant  .children, elect
D. brethren-  W. -and- C. De  Vries of  Pel4a. Also some and reprobate, a grace that can be lost and is  lost `on
 -brethren--of Oskaloosa, relatives-of Rev.  Van'  Weelden          the part of the reprobate children of the church?
       Of the Reformed Church in  the. U. S.  ther,? were                That one point was  cleaied  ilp at this  confere'nce,
t o o   m a n y   -to-mentkon.             ~         :              and  confirmeddat the  1Hul1 conference, of which we will


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           6                    i                           !i?%I%        S!J?ANijAiElj                          BEA.iefiR                                                    -
           speak' late?. The Professor rejects this  ihea  whdle-                          Look  t h e   `m&&r  qquarely  i n   t h e   e y e   :   A l l   t h e
           heartedly.                 i..                                              churches and  min`isterg that now call themselves THE
                     Also  on: other  ioi.nts in the controversy,  poinl%of a          REF.ORMED  CHURCHES (maintaining Art. 31)
           dogmatical,  nature,,* sufficient light was shed by our                     actually  iuere at  oni? time sister churches  and  am&h-
           brother from  the  other side, so that we are arriving at                   broeciers,   respectively, of the Christian Reformed
           definite knowledge  &s to his stand on the covenant                         Churches;and the Christian Reformed ministry. Well,
     and related matters..                                                             they  ake thrown out on supposedly dogmatic and other
                _ "Part of his lecture was devoted to a report on the                  `grounds. Question: It is not the duty of the latter to
     chtirch political side  `bf the controversy.                                      inquire into this and hear both  sides ?                                                                 :
     `,              That was no news `to  us.                                          But no, they will `not.  [He shall not speak!  Pa@a
                                                                                       &ix$!                                       ._.
                     We are too well acquainted with the system of                               Comforting thought :  i=oh has seen and heard, even
           hierarchical church government- which holds sway in                         before any man spoke or refused to hear.
::the  ehurCh  gr&ip$,  here  tind in the Netherlands, a                                        And Re shall speak ! And His speech  shal!  be.equity,
           system that is still called Reformed, but  which is noth-                   justice and righteousness.
           ing but Roman Catholic in essense. The ruling power                                  Let us wait patiently.
           of Christ is shifted from the  consistory to the.so-called                                                            -AT H-ULL, POWA
     higher bodies, classes and synods, which they simply                                       Yesterday, the ministers of  Siotix  a;nd Lyon Coun-
     call larger churches, larger  .consistories.                       And so they    ties and of Minnesota met with  .Prof. Dr. K. Schilder
have suspended and deposed faithful office bearers                                     at Hull, Iowa.
           right and left with no regard to the principles of  Re-                              Subject of discussion:  TlTe  C@e&nt and related  o
.  formed Church  Polity,.based on the Word of God, and                                matters:
handed down to us in concreto in the  Church Order of                                           A splendid day was had by  all concerned.                                                              _
           Dordrecht.                                                                           It is not only space that  f&bids me to  $e$ort  anent
                     The. recital of the experiences of the brother who                this conference in detail. I  tvant` to hear all the lec-
           came to us from  IHolland together with those who                           tures  ,the brother will give-in these  ptirts, and I wish
' shared like fate, is like listening to the plaints of our                            to- attend the eastern  coqference with  hi,ni,  tihich will
           memories. The days of infamy, the days'of 1923-1925,                        be held the day before  Classis-  East meets, before giv-
           are not yet forgotten. In that struggle the liberated                       ing my views and criticism.  "                                                                    ~
           churches  have our warm sympathy and support.
      ,                                                                                P.S. I forgot to  `mention  that on the evening of  Wed-
                     Hence, we  are.glad to have him in our  *id&. It is               tiesday,  Sept. 10, at Sutton, the Rev.  .A. Cammenga and
                                                                                         .~~
_ good to listen to him. In  inany respects  we feel  that                             Dr. K.  !Schilder  preach&d for us, the first on I Peter
           he is one with us. [And although we do not see eye to                       3  :15 and the  latter on Rev. 8  :l.
           eye with him on the  covellant  is&e and related matters,                                                                                                                          G. V.
           we  .are very willing to listen to him, to discuss these                                                                                 -.
           matters with him, and debate the quetions involved.                                                                                                          -.
-*_ And why not'?                                                                                                        WEDDING  ANNIVERSARY                                                          `.
                     History, the history of the church of our Lord Jesus                        We are ihankful  to God' that our dear  parents
,.  Christ   has  t&igbt  us  -that the truth shines the more                                                                      H A R R Y   ~WAK
           brightly as it is discussed and debated. Discussion                                                                              and-
           and  `d&bate  on  the.controversial subjects cannot  fiarm                                                     ULLIAW  ZtiAK (nee Bos)                                                :     :
           us. It is exactly when we shy away from honest de-                          lvere  privileged to commemorate t'heir 25th Wedding  &&versa&
           bate that we reveal  that all is-not well with  US.                         on September 9,  1947.
                Do you remember how' our men pleaded with those                                  Il;t is our prayer that the Lord may spare them for each
`who finally threw us out, to debate the issues, to come                               other  anid `for us,  a'nd continue to  bless them  on- their  pil-
      .;forth from their hiding places  and discuss the matters                        griltiage.
                                                                                                 _
dT~`&? issue?  Btit they would not.                                                                                                      ' Their grateful  &ildren:
:                    `Tlie  same treatment is  accoKded Dr.  Schilder in                                                                                B&ty Jane `Zwak
           the&  d a y s .                                                                                 _-       :                                   Chtirlott.6  Jane  Ztiak..  `.
           ." That is, `at the hands of the Christian Reformed
           Chtir&`eP.,'                                                                                                                                          ..                ,.
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.               :                                                                                                                            .
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:.  :. It i's an-old  Adage to  ."hear the other  side': !                                                                                                                                      :  :
                 This opportunity is given them now. Who, among                                                          :  CLASS16  Eti.S%`~
`-.tlzk liberated  `c+urches, is  mores able to- shed light  On                        will meet in  regular se&ion-at the  Second   Pr~t&ta&
           whit happened to  s&h a large part of the brethren                          Reformed  Chul%h  of  Grand  R.a$d$,   Michigan  6n  W&d-
           a&d  church& who  w&e affiliated witli them in the                          nesday, October.l.5 at 9  o'clock  A.M.  *.
I  pas+,  &an this nian ?                                                                                                 -..                     ,'         :`.J-):  Jdiik&;  S;  `(7.  "

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                                                                                     understand that the distinction "natural and super-  :.
                     .eOU.R                       DOc:TRINE                          natural" is confusing  and ambiguous. fall of life round
                                                                                     about us is a direct,  ,continuo& speech of God.
                                                                                        A more common  distjnction,  however, is  th&t' of  *'
 "God's Revelation  Iti Nature                                                       general and  special  revelation. Dr.  Warfield distin-  :
                                                                                     guishes the two as follows : "The one is addressed':
        `In our  precedin; article we discussed the Knowledge                        generally to all intelligent creatures, and is therefore  '
of God in general. We learned that this knowledge of                                 accessible to all men ; the other is addressed to a special  `-'
God is based upon Divine Self-Revelation. Revelation                                 class of sinners, to whom God would make known His
is that act of God whereby He speaks of `Himself to  a. salvation.                                The  otie has in view to meet and supply
creature in a  language which'that creature can  under- the natural need of creatures for knowledge of their'
sta:ld. God, we  ktiow, has revealed Himself in nature                               Gdd  ;. the other to rescue broken and deformed sinners
and in grace or  th2 `Scriptures. We often hear the                                  from `their  sin. and its consequences."  `.  Acco?ding to  -
clistinctiun between nature and grace, particularly in                               this distinction, therefore, General Revelation is rooted
our prayers. God,  then, has  richly blessed us in nature                            in creation, is addressed to man as man, and more  '
2nd ill :;!?Llb".                   In this sense this  disti.nction should  g.ot    particularly to human reason, and finds its purpose  iti  "
be made. ;\a;ure.and  Grace must not be viewed over                                  th`e realization of the end of his creation; to  .know God
against each  oth&. The grace of- God is also effective                              and thus enjoy communion with Him. Special Revela-
through'and in  comlectioli with earthy things; How-                                 tion,  bn the other hand, is rooted in the redemptive
ever, we will tolerate the distinction "nature and grace"                            plan of God, is addressed to man as sinner, can be  ..
in connection  tiith  .Go$s  Self-revelation, if we  .only propei-ly  understood and appropriated only by faith and  !
bear in mind  that-`naturee, apart from the Scriptures,                              serves the purpose of  r.ecuring the end for  Owhich man
viewed  iti  and by itself, is not a revelation of grace but                         was created in spite of the disturbance wrought  by.sin:
of.  the- wrath of  ..God. Nature, the works of the Lord:                                The objection to  this distinction as presented by  '
round  aboutius,  apart,from the  Rible, will never speak                            Dr.  Warfield is self-evident. It is altogether too mild.  f
to us of salvation and grace, but pnly of wrath and of                               As far as his definition of' Special Revelatibn is  con-`-
death. In this article we. purpose to speak  of. God's                               cerned, it can hardly be denied that it is addressed to
revelation in nature.                                                                a special class  -oft sinners to whom God `would make
        A proper  understanding of the terms here is  im-                            known His salvation . The revelation of  IGod in nature,
G&tant. The distinction has been made, when speak-                                   apart from the Scriptures, surely does not make  ktiowri  C
ing of God's  reqelation in  nat&&and  in the Scriptures,                            unto us  i&s salvation. The end. of' all things round
between natural  _ and  supe<natu$al -revelation. The                                about is not life but death; IOnly the  !Scriptures speak
former, then, is God's speaking of Himself through                                   to us of eternal" relief, life, and glory.  Howeiier,"
nature, its  content is natural, and it can-be acquired by Special Revelation does not only address a  special'&%%
human reason from.the study of ndture. The latter is of sinners to whom the Lord would make known  His  I
Gbd's'Self-r&&lati&  communicated to  man in  +X higher,                             salvation. It is also addressed to the non-repentant
su&rnatural.manner, as when God speaks to him di-                                    sinner,  to- the reprobgte sinner, and that also with a
rectly  -or' through specially endowed messengers; An                                very definite Divine purpose. God purposes  Cot only
,example of  the-.former  is the works of God's hands `the life of some but' also the death  o? others  ; He  do&s
round  aboit. us. `And an example of  i&e latter is  ndt                             not only will the justification of His own but also the  '
only the Bible;  btit also the `various messages which                               eternal  cond,enination  of those whom He has  repiobated
the.  L&d imparted to His  beop!e  through Divinely ap-                              from  .befo?e  the foundation of the world. And- the
pointed agents and messengers:  T&e objection to this                                Scriptures, or the gospel, if  ~you will, is proclaimed
distinction-is  self-evident..  It is ambiguous and  confds-.                        to both classes of sinners with that, two-fold purpose of
ing. Is  not'all revelation  of  :Goh,  .aiso in nature, super-                      the Lord.  This'same  objectidn  hplds  a s   f a r   a s   D r .
natural? "The world w&not dnly brought  fprth by the _ Warfield's definition of General; Revelation is con-
Lord's  almight'y  p&ver, but.  jt is  al& continually  sus-                         cerned.  klso here, it can hardly be denied that it is
tained by that  Sam,! almighty power. God not  only                                  addressed-to man as .man -and that it is rooted in crea-
spoke at the.  dawn. of  historjr,  -bringing into being the                         tion.' Man is  .surely' adapted to the speech of God in
heavens and the earth,  ,,but:  Hyis  -  almighty voice  coti-                       all the works of His hands and this is due to his  .pe-
tinues to be  `heakd  4hrotigh6ut.  [His  v&t creation. The culiar creation.  For  ,$he rest, however, the  definition
sun  does not  &c&id  int.itbe.heavens.   bf its  own power,                         iS vague and incomplete. To say that this revelation
lieither is  he??..  d&shent:.@'  : be ascribed to her  qwn                          "has in view  td meet and supply- the natural  riced  of
strei&&.  `EYeY.y  cr&pre,  I according to the Word of                               creatures for. knowledge of their God" does not take
God, waits  cb.nt,~~~iiajll3i,:~pdq  the' Lord. Nowhere, in                          into consideration the word of  Go$, in  Rotians   1:20
all the  vast-uni~~~Se,`islthiel;e to `be-found  any, secluded                       where we read: "`For the invisible things of  IHim from
spot where  His'voicd  &  ri& heard: Bedause  -6f  this we                           the creation of the world  ,are clearly seen, being under-


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 8                                                      THE  S T A N D A R D   BEABER
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 stood.  *by the things that are made, even His eternal                  vation.  ,Thi's  fact, together with that of Man's spirit-
 power and Godhead  ; so that t-hey are without  e'xcuse".               ual blindness, establishes the fallacy of Natural The-
 Of particular importance are the last words of this                      ology.                   "     -
 text:  %o that they  are. withqut excuse." It would. be                       Gbd's speech in nature is of great-practical signi-
 better to translate the  .words "so-that" as "in order. ficance. Several.  &estions  thrust themselves upon the
t h a t ". The translation leaves the impression that  their- foreground-  and  demand'an answer. `What-dbes  n`ature
 being without excuse is the result of God's revelation                  reveal of God? Why did the Lord thus reveal Himself?
 of Himself in nature. And this, of course, is true.                     What  ,n&t be our attitude toward this reyelation of
 None would  dispqte this result of  ,God's  speech,in  creai             God, and, in this connection, how must  we view and re-
 tion. Literally, however,  we, read in the original here:               gard the things we receive?                     :
 "in order  .that they may be without excuse." These                           To quote  th* Scriptures  in support of this  revela-
 words, therefore, do  llpt indicate a  .result but a pur-               tion of  God is, of course, not difficult.. In  Ps..104:24
 pose. To  say, then, that General Revelation finds its                  we read: "0 Lord, how  tianifold are Thy works  ; in
 purpose in the realization of the end of man's  creatidn,               wisdom hast Thou made them all : the earth is full of
 td know God' alid thus  erijoy communion with  .Him,                    Thy riches." Ps. 19  spepks   of both,  the reaelation  df
 surely does not  take  intp consideration the word of                   God in nature and in His word. In verses l-2 we  read :
 God in Romans  I:20 where the apostle declares em-                      "The heavens declare the glory of  God  ; and  the  fir-
 phatically that the Divine purpose of  IHis revelation in               mannent sheweth  !His handiwork. Day unto day-  ut-
 creation is  tha't man may be `without excuse. Hence,                   tereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowl-
 if the  Lord!s  special revelation is characterized. by a               edge.`) And in the verses 7-9 the poet, extols the law
 two-fold purpose, the salvation of the elect but  also the              of. the Lord as perfect and wise, converting the soul
 condemnation of the reprobate, the same must  &lso be                   and making wise the simple, etc. In Romans  1:18-20
`said of His  ketieral revelation. Rather than-adopt the                 the apostle declares : `"For the warth of  God is re-
 somewhat confusing  distinctiori, "general and special                  vealed from heaven  .against all ungodliness and  un-
 revelation", we would rather speak of the  Lord's  revel-               rigl$eousness  -of  men, who hold  the truth in unright-
ation in nature `or creation' and in His Word  -02 the                   eousness; Because that which may be known of God
 S    c    r    i    p    t    u    r    e    s    .                     is manifest in them ; for God hath  shewed it unto them.
      We must not confuse  God's,  revelat+ion in nature                 For the invisible things `of Him  -from the creation  :of.
 wi.th.presefit day Natural Theofogy. Natural Theology the world are clearly seen,  -being understood by the
 or Natural Religion  views nature as `sufficient for man                things that are made, even His eternal power and  ,God-
 to  aitain unto the knowledge of God.  Mai,`~  then, no                 head  ; so that they are without  extius&"  - For other.
 longer needs the Scriptures,  *has become intoxicated                   references the undersigned  woul@ refer the reader to
 with- a sense of his own ability and goodness, and  re-                 Job 36, 37; Ps.  29,33  :5;65, 67  r7,9'0,104,.lp7, 145,147.
 fues to listen to the authoritative Word of God. The                        s What does n-attire- reveal of God? Fir& of all, the
 extolling. of things natural, the natural love of the                   works of God round about us reveal to us the truth
 fellow-man is regarded as  the essence of true religion.                that God is  [God. This receives emphasis throughout
 This view reminds us, does it not, of the theory of                     `Holy Writ. Paul declares in  Rzm.  1  :`L9-20 that which
 "Common Grace". -This theory, too,  has created a                       may be known of God is manifest  in-  them,: and also
 sphere,  in things  na'tural  aild  civil,%wherein  the godly           that the  ihvisible things of  * God are clearly seen  _from
 and the ungodly can unite and cooperate in' a manner                    the creation  .of the  world, namely His eternal power
 pleasing in God's sight. It , too, loves to speak of the                a'nd God-head. Ps. 19  :l teaches us that the heavens
 natural love of the  fellow-man. Howe&r, in- the first                  declare the glory of  God, and in the Psalms 19,. 104, etc.
 place,. man cannot attain unto  the true knowledge. of                  as well as in Job 36-37  the Lord's power and wisdom
God. Man is by nature a hater of God and of his fellow  ' qre extolled; Creation surely speaks to us of  iHis
man.  IGod's-  irresistable grace alone can induce him                   power, God-head,  atid infinity.. How vast and tre-
 to acknowledge the living God and lead him unto the                     mendous is the  univkrse, `how great and manifold  tl$e
 true  knotiledge of God. Natural Theology, therefore,                   worKs of His hands. "Who  Cati determine the  origin
 does not consider the. element of sin. And, in the                      of the wind or bridle its power?" Who can  enter into.
 second place, nature  h-as undergone a -tremendous                      the treasures of the `snow or see the  tyeasures.  of the
 change since the fall of man. It cannot, apart  frqm                    hail? Who`hath. divided a water course  for. the  oper-
 $he,`Bible, impart to man the true knowledge of God                     flowing of the waters, or  b  way for the lightning of
 with respect to the counsel of' redemption and the, thunder  ;  tq cause it to rain on  &he `earth, where no'man
 eternal  renew91 of  ail things. We must remember that                  is  ; an  .the wilderness, wherein there is no man? Who
 all things, since `the fall of. man, lie-underneath the                 can know the ordinances of heaven or set the dominion
 curse of God. Death reigns everywhere,  -in all the                     thereof in  &he earth? Who has given the horse its
 rninutest parts of the Lord's vast  cre$tion. Nature strength and clothed his neck with thunder?"  - Job
 cannot impart unto us,  the&fore, the knowledge of  sal-                36,  37. Who. will measure the universe, `whereof the


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 earth  ~zpoa,  which we live constitutes but a  very  smalL            Finally, creation proclaims unto  us  the truth that
 part?-  Who  can  explain  the horizon or -the rainbow             the Lord our God is good. In fact,  natuke may well.
 .in the heaven's;' count the' st.ars,  .or,  control the course    called  olie great book,  pr&aiming  the- praise and the
 of the sun? Wk;o can explain the conception and birth gdodness of the Lord.                     God's goodness, whereof the
 of the  living creature,  li-f& in all its phases? But,  lzo-iv    Bible  speaks throughout, we would define as the Lord's
 vast  .and. tremendous thk universe may be,  .God is the           infinite  ,perf  ection and  His  knowledge- of and seeking
 Creatoy  ,of it all. k es; the whole world is less.  than a        of Himself as  the infinitely perfect  ,One. This defini-
 drop of water On- the bucket and. a particle of dust  .on          tion- declares  that` God. is ndt only the  God of infinite--
 the.balances in comparison with the Almighty. Should               perfections, but also that  .He  knov~s Himself as that
 .it  thennot be plain to you. and I  that the  qast  creation      God of eternal glory and perfection  .,a&. -beauty. A41 ,_
-speaks,-to  us of the.  ipfinite.,po%ei and. greatness' and        the  ..tiorld.  r&id- about us- speaks -of  thii goodness  bf
`infifillrity of  -.our God?    Surely, the  Creatok" is greater    Jeliovah.  * We  see and are amazed by the beauty of
 `than  His creature, the Maker cannot  be compared with            creation all around us before it is stricken by the
the thing  -khich He has made. What must  Abe our                   withering hand of-death and are reminded of the fact
 -attitude toward this vast universe? Let us  adrriiye it,          that the earth is full of the riches  .and beauty of our
 observe it in all its glory and-vastness, marvel because           God. We see the goodnkss  c?f the Lord exhibited in
 of the'mystery  and development of life round about us,            the fact that "every creature  of  *God  ;is good, `and.  noth-
 and  then'understand  that  this  trependous creation was          fng to be  refused, if -it be received with thanksgiving"
 .brought forth by. the Creator, Who is surely infinitely           I  .Tini.  4:4. This does not imply that because we re-
 exalted above His creature.                                        ceive these  temporal things we niay therefore conclude
     Moreover,  creation also speaks to  usof  th&amazing           that Jehovah is  lnerciful and gracious  Unto  us. These
- wisdom of our God. W.e hear the  ijsalmist  exclaim in Ps.        temporal things cannot be called` good, tie understand,
 ,104  124: "0 Lord, how manifold are Thy works;  in                without reservatidn. They are not unmixed. All  things
 .@sdom  `hast-Thou made them all : the earth is  ful! of           lie within the scope of temporal  death. Death is  i'n
 T h y   I%ches." Wisdom we' may define as  pkactical               them all. This life is nothing but a continuous death.
 knowledge, `the ability to adapt the best means  ?r$o              Death works  in our members from the moment of our
 the  best end. Indeed, there is a Divine wisdom  dis-              birth, and `it also works in wliatever we eat and drink.
I played by tlie Lord in all the  works,  of His hands which        and inhale  tihile in this valiey  of  the  shadow of death.
nature' itself  .&n%ot  teach us as apart from the Word             Besides, if the  general love  &mercy or grace of God
 of  -God  iti  Christ:.Jesus,  our Lord.  Nature,itself does       is established  bythe  fact that all men  ihare these  teni-
 liot%peaB'to   US  of  i;hat amazing wisdom of the heavenly- poral  "`bl&sings" of the  Lord,  mu@ we riot  alsp con-
 A?chitect  whereby.He willed the earthy to be a symbol             clude that the  tirath  bf the Lord is common  froth the
 6f the heavenly-and causes all things to serve  a$ -the            fact that'all men share the "evil"  things  of this  pre-
 best  means  &ito the realization  of. His eternal glory           sent dispensation? If because ail  meti  share'  the "good"
 in the new heavens.  land  tipon  .the new earth. Apart            things  .of life they are  recjpients  6f God's  cdmnioh
 from this will of God to  tiake all things  riew, however,         mercy  atid love,  %heri the  conclu'sion is inescapable' that
 `creation is full of the wisdom of  God'in the  earthly            till  m.eil also are the' objects of  His indignation because
 sense of the word. IHOW-  wondrously all things are                they  aim share the "evil"  ttiings  of this world.  Pet,
 .`iriter-related  alld adapted to each other. What  wqnder-        the  S&ptures  proclaim  :unto  -us-that all -things  work
 Of~d  design we  discern  in all- things round about us  !-        together for good for the  people. of  God, yea,  that` we
 -There is not such a. thing as an individualistic ex-              ha$e all  thin&yin common, except the grace  atid love
 istence  - everything is wondrously related and  con-              of the Lord. N&>rthel&s,   ever"y creature of the Lord
 ne,cted.. The sun, the wind,' and the  &in all cooperate           is  god&  `.  The food we eat, the water we drink, thk air
 in the  productiqn,  fdr example, of a single bean. Each           tie inhale and exhale is  good'because it is perfectly a-
 living creature is  mar'Vellously  adapted.  $0' its own           dapted  to.the  servicd of man and  cap therefore be used
 particula@ sphere of existence, and its own. particular            by  min.` The food nourishes `our bodies, the `water
 ,$nanne? of liking. The dog  with its keen sense of smell,         &en&es  OLD  thirst,  sleep refreshes and quickens  us.
 the:,cat   with its lightness afoot-and its sharp eyesight,        Indeed, every-  creature of God is good and nothing to
 th$ -horse.  with its tremendous strength, -etc., all speak        b e   ` r e f u s e d .
 $.design' and purpose on the part of its Creator. And                  One  mot"!  ttiing about the  r&elati& of  the-ood-
 *,bo7@.wel!   we can understand the  old saying that man is        ness of the  Lor-d-in  creation round  ibout us. That, the .
 -tl&.  &bwn  of God's creation!  _Hc surely  was  wonder-          Lord  is  good'is also revealed by the fact that  the wrath
 f%$ made..  -:Fearfully and  wond@rfully, he  was  a-              6f Gdd is  `reveiled down  from  he&n upon all the  0
`$zpted  $.o-the earthy and alsq to the  1iving~God. I now          woktiers  of  unri&teousriess,.  yea,  Upop  .tlie entire  cY;ea:
"&e$:'  &`? course," from.' the  viewpoint of Holy  W&.             tidy  6-E God.  `This  is-she outstanding  speech  tihich all
 `f7vh'at   `a$  opportuni`ty  for  the Christian school teacher` things round about  us  proclaim unto us. Death is this
 t,c-shew forth  the.giory of the  Lord,`a%i  what a calling?       world'& reality.  Afid this valley of the shadow of
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  death is  &e tremendous testimony to  *he truth that
  the Lord our God is good, infinitely perfect, and  etern-                         The.,Lord's Supper $.
  ally devoted unto Himself.
         Deatli reigns  everywhefe. It reigns in our bodies
  and in  eyery part of our bodies.  -It controls all the                  The presence of Christ and. the sacramental work-
  food we  e@, permeates all the  ,air we inhale and exhale,ing in the Lord's Supper. My subject is formed of
  dominates  ev(;ry drop of water  %ve drink, covers. the              two parts or expression? : They are: 1. The presence
  entire  crkation of . God.     For man sinned. But he                of Christ in the Lord's Supper;  i. The sacramental
  sinned  ~5 alone. Adam was king of the earthly  crea-                working in the Lord's Supper.         The order in which
 tioil.  &,tllerefore sinned also in connection with all ,these expressions appear in the subject is correct. If
 `thing!:,  sur@jy intended to subject all  thin&s unto him-           the  matter signified by the last of these.  two  expres-
  self in  tile service-of Satan and of corruption. But                sions is to be uriderstood, the thing denoted by the first
  God is good.  rHe is the Lord of infinite  p$rfections.              must be first explained. I must confess that the  see&d
  As such He knows Himself, seeks Himself, is  eterntilljr             of the two -expressions was not tdo.  c!ear to me.            I t
  consecrated to Himself. Life is possible only in fellow-             struck me as being. incomplete. I. asked myself if per-
  ship with  3Iim. Apart-  from Him is death  and un-                  haps this was not  meant;. namely,.. the  Bacrament&l
  speakable misery. Hence, when  mati turned his back                  tiorking of Christ in the Lord's Supper,  thtit is', .  tiliat
 upon his  Ma;ker,  conclu'ded an alliance with the Prince             Christ works in His people by means  of this sacrament,
  of the powers of the air, the infinitely perfect, the good           what  IHe accomplishes in them by it.  nor, I also' w&-
 God, in love of and unto Himself, breathed upon man,  ail             dered whether this was not,meant,  -namely,  the sacra-
  his posterity, and all creation the breath of  death.< The           mental working of the Lord's Supper instead  of.& the
  world became a gigantic valley of the shadow  of death. Lord's Supper. Aft& `some  th:Qught I concluded' tlia;t
        We  co5clude,  therefore, that nature, apart from  the         there is really no  .essential difference  b&ween.  th;e
 .Christ and the Scripture, is the revelation of the good- `three formulations of the idea contained in this  s&o&d
  ness' of  God. even as God seeks Himself over against                part of. the  .subject. Each  lodks to the  &me thing. . .
 the  .sinner. `To be sure, the things all about us also                The two expressions that  iorm my subject  divide,s
  speak  `to us  .of redemption  .and  of everlasting deliver-         my paper into two divisions, in the first of which must
  ance. The sun speaks of the Son of  Righteouiness, be treated the matter of Christ's presence in the 
 Xhe stars speak of  _ the- elect, the dying seed.  proelai-ms                                                                  sup;
                                                                       per. The questidn is now in  what- sense it can be said
  unto us that life will arise out of death.  .This, how-              that the  bcdy of Christ is present in the  Lor$s-Supper?
  ever,  we'do- not know from nature itself. This truth, As?his  ,question has to do with the sacramental union
  is' taught us by the Word of  ~God.  - Nature speaks to us           between the sign  2nd the thing signified, we  must.first
  of  eterllal redemption only because the earth  was                  have respect- to this sign and  %I&  `thing. it signifies.
  created a symbol of the heavenly and because of the .Firstly, that which  in. the sacrament of the Lord's
  will, the eternally sovereign will of God whereby He                 Supper does service as the  sign;.`is the  .natural  bread
 `purposed to call life out of death, to build His eternal             and wine. These  ,material substances are not accident-
 ,t;lbernacle upon and out  ,of the ruins of sin and death.            ally chosen.    Because of their peculiar nature they
  But then we also  uriderstand  that creation  sDeaks to us           can serve as signs in the  .Lord's  /Supper. God created
  not  .of life but of death, not of hope but of' despair,             them.for this use. As bread is for the nourishing  atid
 not of victory but of shameful defeat.
 . .                                                                  -strengthening of man's body, so Christ is the  noucish-
        `Viewing  the things themselves we behold ourselves            ment of the  New Creature, the man of God..  Tkieriz
 -hemmed in by the awful wrath of God. Nature, yiewed is  the -question  -why the wine. was added to' the .br_ead.
  by itself; presents to-us the living God Who continually             The answers vary.        A{. bread  nourish& life, wine
  stands before us as  the infinitely Perfect One, worthy              makes.  .glad the  .heart, says the Scriptures.      Bit : the
 -to be feared, but therefore also as the God Who seeks                principle reason doubtless is this, that by the  s&para-
  and  maietains Himself over against the sinful` and                  tion of bread and  wine Christ is' presented-to us as  tile
  :rebellious-  creature. Yei? we -know that presently  this           suffering `and crucified Saviour.  .In a general  se&k
  world -of death will  be replaced by the eternal Kingdom             all  bread:,and  wine, like all creatures, are signs.of things
  of our God in Christ Jesus. Life will arise out of                   heavenly, definitely `Christ; the true bread of. life.  But
  dea$h.  .Hotie'ver, only for Jesus' sake and upon the                not all bread  and wine are signs of Christ` in the  eacra-
 basis  .of His  \atoning  merits. How  .foolish, therefore,           mental sense. To be signs  iti  .Hoiy  Commufiion  a cer-
  to behold in the things themselves a proof of the mercy              tain  quarEtity of  bretid  atid wine' must  he  se&r&ed
o  .and the love of God. The question is not, "What do                 froni  comtion  use and  .consecra&d  to this  :s&red,  use
 .we -possess ?", but,  "Are we in  .Christ  Jesus?"  `L'hen,          through the prayer of, thanksgiving of the officiating.  '
 `then  .only, will we also  p&ss out of  death. into life and
  will all things work together  unto- our eternal  sal- d ministeP at the Lord's Table. The bread and wine
 - v & i o n ,                                      .H,  v.,           * Paper  read on  Minister's  Conference.
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so  cansecrated   are in a special sense signs of the suf-          when He instituted  the  L&d's Supper, "This blood
fering and crucified Christ. More must be said, to be               is the New Testament or covenant in my blood.
signs,  the  b.read must be broken and the wine  shed and        3) This sign is at once a seal of the covenant of grace
both must be used, the former  e&en and  the iatter                 and all its benefits, from the side of Christ. -For
drunken, by the communicants.. The signs includes the               Christ said, "Take,  e'at, this is niy body  iyhich,was
bread and the wine  as- assimilated by  th,e human  body*           broken  fo-r  zjou. The matters sealed are the cove-
atid  ai nourishing it. The sign includes finally also,             nant and all  its  -benefits,  all  the fruits of Christ's
the &ion of  the minister according to which  he,`as  the           atonement-sealed are they unto the believers.
servant and ambassador of Christ, delivers  .these ele-          4)  Signi'fied, pictured, further is the exercise  ,of  -the .
ments to the  communic%nts; Before we go any fur-                   covenant fellowship of  God  an$ His people through
ther,  it `may be  &$l  td define  th& sacraments. The              Christ in the  Bpirit, definitely, the feeding and
word sacrament, as we know, is not found in  the Bible.             notirishing of the. believers  by Christ the true
It is a  L&tin word. Among the heathen it denoted a              bread-signified by the believers eating  afid  a s -
sum  .df money deposited, by two persons involved in                similating  *the natural bread and their being  nour-
civil  litigation. The one would say to the other: Since            ished by it. Secondly, the exercise of this  sac&-
you claim  tl$s property I challenge you with a  sacra-             ment,al fellowship is pictured by the Lord's Supper
me& of 500 asses.          Each would deposit this sun-i,          being a meal, a banquet, at which Christ is the host,
which was then turned  over to  the> priest. The .party             as Savior and Lord of  lHis people. He gives the
that lost in the `court  Gould  then  turn over his  dep-dsit       bread and the  wine, His own flesh  and,blood, to His
to the`priest for sacred use... The matter was called a             people. This is-pictured through His giving  th,e
sacrament, because it stood in the service of  th-e gods.           natural bread arid wine to His disciples, the church,,.
It thus  liad a religious  meaning The Greek equivalent             This  .He continued to do through the ages by His
of the latin  sacramenturn  was Musteerion, meaning,                servants. `The, sacrament of the Lord's Supper  irnl
a thing hidden, concealed. The term was.  adoetedl by             .pli& the resurrected,  ascended:and  glorified Christ,
the Christian  Church to denote its mysteries.. Tertul-             This is implied  ifi the communicants eating the
lian speaks of the  Sacramint  of Baptism` and the Lord's           n$tural bread  sand in  their being nourished by it.
Supper.  ,Calvin defines  Sacramento  as follows, "An               We could next explain the. sacramental working  -
external sign whereby the Lord seals. graciously his             in the Lord's Supper. Bilt it is well that we first  ex-
promises to us on our conscience to  maifitairi the weak-        piain the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper. The
`ness of our faith and  wliereby we declare our union            ques$ioti is. definitely in,  what sense  cati  we  s&y that
with  hiin in his presence and in the presence of  the           `Christ as to His body and blood is present  in the Lord's
angels."    The definition found in the Catechism  i_s_          Supper. This concerns the question of the  sacrhmental
rich&. It reads; "Sacraments. are holy signs and seals           union. with Christ.                             7'
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ap.pointed  for  this end, that by the use thereof, he may
the  m&e  fully  declare and  seal to us the promise of              1) It is not a material union. For-the bread and
the gospel, namely, that he grants us freely the  yle- the wine are  not changed as to their essence into the
missjon of sin,  -ai;d life  .eteTnal,' for the  sake of that    flesh and blood of Christ. This is the foundation of the'
one sacrifice of Christ accomplished on the cross.`! We          sacrament of the Lord's Supper with Rome.             There
will return `to this definition of Christ's accomplishment       by the words spoken. by the priest the substance of the
ori the cross." $`Ve.will return  td  this  defifiitionin the    bread is changed into the  body of Christ with  the
exposition of the  last-  part. of  6ur subject.                 -visible accidentals remaining, such as color, taste,
                                                                 smell.    Hence, according to `Rome, Christ's flesh and
    But the Lord's Supper  i% not  only  a.sYgn;  it is  also    blood are eaten with the physical mouth. The bread is
a seal.. It. is  this`,for the sole reason of its being an       the Christ and the Christ is the bread also after the
institution of Christ. For the sealing of the promises           cotimunion.
to, His people the Lord could have used other  elements-            2) The  tin'sacramental  union is not  lo&l as the
but not for the  sign, the picture, the reason being that        Lutherans teach. The  Luthirans reject the  transdb-
bread .and wine only are suitable for this use  for',the         stantiation of Rome. Here the teaching is not that the
reasons  already given.                                          essence of the elements are changed into the Christ.
  t Now the  queskion :  What-  are the matters- signified?      Here  the'formnla  is : with, in, and under. According to
`The. following.                                                 this. conception the body.  df Christ is bound by the
 ._             ",.             ".                               elements and  inclQd&d  by.them, thus confined to space.
1). The-  sufferiug and- dying- of  Ch.rist+His broken           Also according to  this-conception-Christ  is eaten with
    body-and shed  @load-signified  by the breaking of           the physical mouth..
  _ the bread. and,  .by `the  po.uring  of the  win&               3) According  .to another conception Christ is pre-.
2)  The'suffering   and dying  of  Chri& as `the  fo@$a- senf in  I& mind `of the  btiliever- or the communicant
     tion- of' the.  Co+efiant-  of Grave-for  Christ   sai& a6  iin: idea- of the suffering,. dying, resurrected and,


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  a,sceqded Christ which  the mind. receives, and is thus                assJlred  that the Lord will use the sacrament as a
  present in  the consciousness of the communicant.  .The                means  of. grace. This guarantee is not  ins the sacra-
  communicant combines in his.  ,min$ such. is the  `don-                ment as such. It is a means of grace only because
  ception, the idea of  the Christ, present in his  mind,                Christ so instituted it and so willed.
  with the bread and. the wine. This is the only union                    This institution of  tl;e sacrament has two parts.
  that takes  place.. This was. the  v&w  of  Zwin&                      There is a command  given by' Christ. Be said, "Do
         Just how Christ is. present in the Lord's Supper                thi3 in,  remeiibrance  of me." Then  ,there is a word
  can best be  .explained  in  .connection with the treatment            of promise spoken by Christ. He said, "In the way of
: of the  sacrame!ltal  working of in the Lord's  Supper.                your doing according to my institution and in obedience
   Let us consider then  that -God -gave  mall- an eye                   to my command in faith, I will certainly give  you.the
  and an ear for receiving the knowledge of the things                   grace signified and sealed by the sacrament.  `-`This
  heavenly. To the ear  correspo6ds the speech,  th6                     cup  is the New Testament' in my blood that  ~was.  shed
  spoken  word. The- image, the  -pietOre is for the eye.                for you." Both the promise  ,and the command are  re-
  [Hence, the,sacraments,`definitely  the sacramental.bread              pe&ted by His servants `appointed to- administer the
  and the wine. Sybols, pictures, thky are of the Christ.                sacrament`. It is Christ- Who  coniinues to speak this
  The.  .word  and these sacramental  .signs go together.                word through them and  ip the hearts of His people.
  The Word  <can do without the sign however; but  -the                   `The  sacxamental  working of the Lord's  Supper can
  sign cannot do without -the word. For the sign, the                    be plainly brought out by an exegesis of John 6 :53-58.
  bread  :and the wine,- speak to us of the Christ, only                 The passage reads, "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily
 because God imposed His word  up.on them. The  b.read                   I  say unto you,  ex"cept ye-eat the flesh of `the son- of
  and the  win@ are really pictures -of the word. They                   man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in  yoiz. Who-
  serve the word in this sense.  -.                                      soever eateth my flesh, arid drinketh my` blood,  bath
         The sacrament and the word of  <God, the-Scriptures,            eternal life  ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
  agree in the following- respects,                                      For my flesh is meat indeed, and my. blood is drink
         1) God is the author of both. He speaks His word                indeed.    He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh  iny
  and  -He instituted the  sacraments.            '                      blood,  dw!elleth in me and I in him. As the fathe,r haih
_. 2)  The content of both is the same..  Th& content is -sent me and I live in the father, so he that eateth
  Christ who is- brought  $0  u$ by word and  sa&am&t.                   me, even he shall live by me. `This is the bread  wh.ich
  The.whole Christ is  ,in the word and likewise the  whole              &me down from heaven:. not as your fathers did eat
  Christ is in the sacrament, the whole Christ, as He`is                 manna, and are dead: but he that eateth of this bread
  our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and complete                shall  live  f.orever."
  redemption.                                                              Ther,e  are several explanations of. these words of
         3) There is  .agr,eement  in the  manner in which the           Christ. It is asked what may be the meaning of all
  content of both word and sacrament are received,                       these expressions? Did` Christ have in mind the Lord's
  namely, by faith. Without faith, true faith,  the mat-                 Supper, when he uttered these words, or was he speak-
  ter signified by  th,e bread and wine cannot become  qur' ing in general? Calvin was of. the opinion  tnat Christ
  portion. So, too, tie need faith to become the partaker                tias not  ipeaking here of the Lord's  Su.pper.                     The
  of Christ as  presente'd to. us by the  ,Scriptures,  the              Lutherans likewise./ The Lutherans maintain that the
 word. .                                                                 reference here is to a spiritual eating of Christ. Fdr
                                                                         the Lutherans hold to a twofold eating  df Christ, with
   But they differ  hokever in their necessity. `The                     the physical mouth and spiritually. Also the  hnbe-
  tiord is  absolut.ely necessary, pot so the sacraments.                lievers, say the-Lutherans, eat Christ with  ,the physical
  This does not mean that a man can  be, saved ahd ignore                mouth. DAIS in John 6, all those who  &at of Christ have
  the sacraments. IHe cannot because God commanded                       eternal'-life, he could not  `haT;e been speaking' of  the.
  His people to make use of these  tieans of grace: Not                  Lord's  Stipper, for this  supDer is  a:so, eaten by the un-
  to do so is to be disobedient, and  to,walk in disobedience            believers: There are others who maintain  t'hat Christ.
  and thus to perish.                    .  -                            here speaks only of the Lord's supper. This is the
         The two differ as to their purpose. The  .purpose               other  extrem,e. It is certain that these words `of Christ
  of  the word is to awaken faith, the purpose of' the                   have  refelence also to the Lord's Supper. Hpw can it ,  :
  sacrament is to strengthen faith.                                      be --otherwise if the signs' in this  supper&the bread
         Such then is the reason and purpose`of the  sa&a-               and the.  wine--syml$ize  Him, present  Rim  bjr symbol
  ment,  defjnitely of  -the  Lord'B Supper.                The  LordTs to our consciousness, and if the symbol, the signs. in
  8upger presents to the believer the same Christ that  .is              the Lord's supper, can be  speaking~ to the believer
  brought to his consciousness by the word.                              only, and just because he views them in the light  of the
         The foundation of the sacrament  is the `institution            wdrd? Christ here speaks of a bread that He will give,
  of Christ. This is the only guarantee  whhreby we  are                 and that is  His flesh.  -This  reminds one of, the words

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  of the institution of the  .Lord's^supper,  "This is my
 body that is broken for you". Christ will. give  iHi&                           `ltH& DAY OF SHADOWS                              .I
  self  `as an offering to God, He will give, `present Him-                                                                            _,
  self, to the  consciousn@s  of  His_ people in the preach-
  ing of the Gospel. By the  ~Holy Spirit He  will impart                 The Lord Maketh Pharaoh To, Stand
  (Himelf to His people as the true bread of life. Thus
  also here He speaks  qf Himself not only  as the  ?hrist                    Turning to the Book of Exodus,  the ninth chapter,.
  tiho will` suffer and die for His people, but, also  a;s                the sixteenth verse, we read ; "And in very deed for-  _
  the risen and  glorified'-Lord who  merited Himself for                 this- cause have I raised thee up, for to show thee my
  U-Iis people as the fountain of Life. And in this Christ                power; and  thatmy  name may  be declared throughout
as presented to the Chritian  consciousnetis   both  b y                  the earth." So speaks the Lord by the mouth of Moses -
  word  and  sacrement God's people believe. Thus, how                    to Pharaoh. The events that lead up to the  Lord's.  "
  can the  LoTd's supper be excluded here? Its certainly                  speaking these words to  Pharaoh-the Pharaoh of the
  cannot.                                      .-      -                  dppression-can be briefly stated.  T'he  Lord brings
       Let  `us therefore concentrate on some of these ut-                 His people into Egypt. And by the permission of  th:
  terances. Firstly, on the expression, "except ye eat                     Pharaoh friendly to Joseph,  .they settle in  <Go&en.
                                                                          But Joseph dies ; and a new king accedes to the throne,
.- My flesh and drink My blood ye have no life in your-
  selvd'.       We must  n&&e   thee, words carefully. He                 who knows  .not Joseph. This king takes Complete pos-
  says not, "if ye eat My flesh and drink My  blotid ye                    session of the people of Israel ; he  deals with them as
  wil-1 have life in you, or become alive," but, "except ye. though they belong to him and not to the Lord..  iHe
  eat. . . . . ye have no life." It means that the eating                  sets them to. building his treaure  cities; and- he is  a'
  presupposes life. We could also translate, "except ye                   hard and cruel master. But it `is  & matter of policy
  do or are eating My flesh ye have no life in you." In                   with him thus to, oppress the children of Israel. For
  the  natural sense, the  .dead do not,  gannet eat. So, tob,            the people  of Israel  ar.e a prolific- people. They in-
  it is in the spiritual. The man dead in sin cannot and                   crease abundantly  ; and it has the king worried. They
  do&.not  .eat. In. the natural sphere bread' is for  the                may  soori be surpassing his own people in numbers.
  l&i@.  ,So  $0 in the spiritual sphere.                                  What if a war  should break out? And what if the
                                                                          people of Irael in their full numerical strength should,
       Further, Christ says that  H,e is bread. As was                    then join forces with the  en,emy? That would  -spell
  said, He  .merited  H&self  a+ bread for His  -people by                 disaster-for Egypt. Such are the king's fears,  whjch,.
  His suffering and death. But there is this question.                    of `course, are groundless. `The people  o,f Israel have
  Why is He  b_read, He the risen and glorified Christ,                   never once offended as sojourners in Egypt. -They are . .
  bread for His people-now and everlastingly? `There                       a peaceful, quiet, and law-abiding people as Pharaoh's
  can be- but  one answer, The fruits of His atonement lenents. But to arrest  Israel's growth, Pharaoh lays
   dwell in  Hiin, are one  with Him,  wher,efore He is                    upon them heavy burdens.  -But the measure addpted
   called the wisdom, justification,  san&fication  and  r.e-              prove+ not only ineffective, but,  marvellous to  %ay,
  demption of His people. -He is their life,  acco,rding                   even seems to produce a result contrary to that  CO?-,
  to His  person and as to both His  naturqs,  the whole                   ternplated by the' king. The more they  afilict them,
   Christ. Every blessing is  in-Him.  ,Life in' separation                the more they multiply. . So Pharaoh seeks the co-
  fron? Him  -is death.. Not to eat  (Him `is to be without                operation of the midwives.       He instructs them to.
  life,.`is  to be dead and in death and  under the curse                  strangle all the Hebrew males at  birth.. These instruc-
 . everlastingly. `No one can `pass Him by and  lj-, the                  tions  are not carried out. For the midwives `fear God.
  recipient  of a single blessing. He  is bread.  -                        Then' Pharaoh charges all, the people to cast  &very. son
       IIe  iS bread  for the living, for  1His people. It means,., that is born  into the river Nile. Se deals Pharaoh with
  as  .has  alrea'dy  beeti suggested, that  for His people  tie           Gdd's son. And that Israel is-he is  GQd's   first-born-.
  is  alid, Will be everlastingly indispensible. No man in "son.                         :-
  the natural  `sense can live without  br.ead. If he stops                   The people of Israel cry unto  the-  Lord: -Then
eating  - h e   d i e s .     `This is true also of the believers.         Moses is born. This is the Lord's answer to the cry
  Should they cease eating `Christ, which is impossible,                   of His people. We  .would say that the Lord has made
  they would fall back into their forger  state with all                   a mistake. The  .chldren  of Israel  .are in heavy bond-
  its guilt and death; For -He is  bread.                   F u r t h e r ,   as `age. They' are in need of immediate help. And what'
  the' trpe bread,  .He'is for the  niaintainance `or  notirish-           can that  -babe do for them. But the Lord makes  no-
  ment of their spiritual life. This all is symbolized by                  miitakes.  .After  eighty long years of training in  the          _
  the Sacrament of  ,th&Lord's  supper.                                    Lord's school, Moses is ready for h&life's task, which  ;
        -                    ( T o   be  co&$nued)                         is to bring  forth God's people out  of  -Egypt.. What a
                                                                           task ! What mortal  m&n is  eqial to  it? No mortal
                 _-                                   G. M.  0::         man, certainly. It is  attask   ,only  .for the' Lord; He


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       alone can perform it. [That is  pre&eIy the way Moses                cup&, the vain and  wi@ked imaging in which he stands
       feels about it; for when  the  Lord calls him,  he  ire-             and--walks and sit with all his heart and mind and will
       sents  v&6&  excuses.  but  tlie Lord will be with him,              and strength. All his thoughts are that the Jehovah
       and  that makes all  the difference. But Moses- is still             God of the Hebrews is not the fiord of all the  eafth,
       reluctant. But the Lord gets his way with  him, never-               that there is no God with a sceptre whose sway is that
       theless.  - The  Lo+ always gets `his  `way  with  every-            universal and with a power that great, and that there-
       body7with   mei! good and bad.  M&es goes, he and                    fore  there can be no reason why he should let  the peo-
       .Aaron his brother. They go,. the both of them,  fir& to             ple of Israel go. This is  .Pharaoh' position  ifi which
       the children of Israel, as armed with the  L.orcl's glad             he stands  and to which he holds with amazing deter-
       tidings that the day of  salvatiqll has dawned for them.             mination.  Tlie plagues come and go, and he still stands..
       The Lord will  bring forth His armies, and his  p.eople,             Even with all Egypt's first-born in the grave, as slain
     "  the  childyen of Israel;. out .of the land of Egypt  bg.g.re&       by the Lord, all the thoughts of Pharaoh's heart again
       judgmen&s. `The  forth  pltig~ue  or  j,udgment has been             are- that the Jehovah of the  !Hebrews is  not the Lord.
       sent; but  ,Pharabh is still diobedient  and defient. He             And he takes his people  and six  hundrkd chariots and
       will not let the people  gp.  lLnd then the  .Lord says              ptirsu&  after  the children of Israel but only unto  -$iS
       to him among-other things this; "For now I will stretch              everlasting doom. This  haid-hearted  Pharaoh is truly
       out  my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people                   an astounding and terrifying figure in  hi& rebellion,
       with pestilence  ;~. and thou. shalt be cut off  froni the           and defiance of God, the  .Lord God  bf Israel. His heart
      earth.  1 And in `very  de&d for this cause have I raised             is hard. in the very beginning of the encounter ; but
       the& up, for to shqw thee my. p&&r ;' and thtit my, name             that-  lieart of Pharaoh becomes always  ha$der as the.
       may be declared throughout all the earth".                           evidence that the Jehovah God of the Hebrews is the
           Let us concentrate first                                         Lord of all the' earth. continue. to accumulate  be&e
                                          on  the  ,clausej "for this
       cause  have.  I' raised  the& up." The  text in the original         h:is  G&y eyes. And what is  knotin of  God by the
i      &ads, "For this cause I have made the& to stand."                    plague's, namely,  IHis. power and wrath, is also re-
       60, then, pharaoh  &aids.  It implies that he-  has                  vealed in him by the  Lprd, so that Pharaoh knows in
       taken a  st?nd, chosen a  positiop, and that to this posi-           his- heart that Jehovah  is the Lord of all the earth.
       tion  .l& `keeps -himself with astounding  determitiation,               Butt therk is this question. Who makes  ,Pharaoh to
       unwilling to yield one inch. Just what- that position is,            stand in that  positibn, standing in which he denies that
       we  Iearn- from Pharaoh's reply-to Moses and Aaron                   Jehovah is the Lord,  .and refuses to let  ,God's people
       in  t&e first encounter.       Says  j Moses.. to  PhaEaoh in        go ? According to our text it is the  Lord  l%imself who
       theinamne   elf the Lord, "Let my people go,. that they may          makes Pharaoh. to stand-to stand in all his rebellion
       hold a feast unto. the Lord in the wilderness." Pharaoh              and defiance and  utiwillingness'to  let God's people go.
       r6plies,  "`Who  is the  .Lord,  $tiat I should  obey his voice      There. should  be no dispute about this. For  ous text
       to let Israel go.. I  knaw  not the Lord.  .&either  will I          speaks plainly, f`for this  purpbse  have I made thee to
       leb Israel  gq." Let  us. get the thrust `of  ,this reply.           s t a n d . " And there are other places in our narrative,
       Pha&oh means  to  say  preciseljr  this? "Who does. this             several `of them, where  owe find the same  trdth' and.
     ;:  Jehorcrah,  the.  Good, of Israel.;  whom,.yoy,  Moses claim to    fact  cieariy  expr,essed. `Said the Lord to Moses even
       b.e--represent$ng,  thi'nk that he  is, that he `should be           at the time he  called Moses,,  thus even before Pharaoh
       ordering me, Pharaoh, around? Does he sdppose him-                   tias'first  commanded, even then already the Lord  said
       self to be  the. Lord of the whole earth and mast&  df               to Moses, "I  am certain that Pharaoh will not let you
       ~1~1  th&  i&&i-tatits  t&&e&f,  including me, Pharaoh? I            go,  .no,_bpt   by.3 mighty hand." Thus the Lord knows
       don't know Jehovah. What is more, I  wi!l  npt let the               before  hand.just how Pharaoh will react, not because,
       people go.  _ And. this settles the  niatter., So, -now,             Pharaoh  or' some -other creature,  ,man or' angel, has.
       Moses, be gone."                                                     told'the  Gordkhow foolish  the idea-but only  .because
                                                                            G6d's   foreknb%l:edge  is  s&er&gnly  determinative  also
           Pharaoh's position, then, is verily this, "It  iS foolish  _ of`,Pharaoh's wanton rebellion. `How else could God
     and vain- to imagine that there exists a  god  who-  can               know? . . To say' that' God knows because he is all-know-
       rigbtfuliy claim the whole earth and the  fulness.  there--          ing~  but riot to allow that  God% `foreknowledge  `is. at
       of and  who..has.the  p,&er   to make good his.  cl&m,. and          one@  sover6ignly `determinative is not to answer the'
       thus can `command  me,- Pharaoh, king of Egypt.  .Let. questicjn but is only to  evade it. Btit the question need
       this.  Jehon&i, for whom thou,. Moses  &etend,est to  -be not be evaded, but it  r&y be faced with courage and
       speaking, show me  .that he is such  a- God-the  &ord of             cofifidence.    For the scriptures speak plainly. So  aho
       all the earth. I  deny it.  F6r.1, Pharaoh, know  -him. at  -chapter  sever&  averse two of our narrative, "And
       not, have never. heard'  his.nam6 mentioned. For me                  the Lord said unto Moses. . . .  thou shalt  spe& all
       Jehovah does not  &xi&."  .,                      -     .: . . that I command thee. . . . but  I.will harden Pharaoh's
        ~  T&s  &ily  is.  i?ha+aoh's  position  with  respkct  -to         heart, so  th& Pharaoh will' not hearken unto you."
       the Lord  and, His  pe&e. !ti is &he gxound  that he me-             To be  `stire,. Pharaoh, too, hardens he heart. This,


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       also, receives. statement in the  text over and over.                        that  it  is by  Jphovah's  judgments that he is being
 = Pharaoh  heardens `his heart by  persistantly  keeping                           ovcrtakin.      But  m o r e   m u s t   b e   s a i d .   ,God  m a k e s
       under in unrighteousness  what is  reveajed to him of                        Pharaoh to see  $His power:. In the last instance it
       God, namely His power and wrath. Pharaoh hardens                             means that what is. known. of God by the  plhgues,
       his heart by  persistaptly  opposing  his  riazj to the com-                 namely His power- and wrath, the Lord also -reveals
       mand of the Lord that he, Pharaoh, let the people go.                        ie Fharaoh, so that  Phakaoh~sees  not only plagues but
       These are Pharaoh's  o!vn wicked doings, sinful  sets,                       very actually  cod's power and thus knows in his heart,
       of which he,  PhBraoh,  is the willing subject.                    And ,actually  knows, that the Jehovah  God of the Hebrews
       therefore  Pharaah  is also responsible, and  ther`efore                     is the  Lord, of all the earth. Yet, though Pharaoh
       the Lord can find  fault with him indeed; hold him .kliows,  even- with -the tenth plague having  come and  ~
guilty, and punish  hi?n for` his disobedience and  re-                             gone,  IZe again  .exalts  himself against God and His
bellion.  Y e t   Pharaoh  c a n   h a r d e n   h i s   h e a r t   only  a c -    pebple.: He takes after them with his armies with the
       cording to his being sovereignly hardened by the Lord.                       intent of bringing them  anew under his yoke. But  it
       Verily, it is the Lord who  m&es Pharaoh to stand.                           only means that now he is  ripe for final judgment.
          And only because  atid just beeause it is the Lord                        By a  4ghty and, final revelation of His power to
       who in his sovereign,  goocl.pleasure makes Pharaoh to                       Phara&, the Lord  c&s him off  from- the  ,earth, He'
 i stand, ean and does  the-Lord have a purpose in mak-                             dZstroys  Pharaoh by the-waters of the. Red Sea.  ,And
       ing him to stand, the  purpose mentioned by our text.                        so does the Lord achieve  His full purpose with Pharaoh,
       Our text says,  "Aild in very deed for this purpose have                     which is that the  natie of the Lord might be declared.
       I made thee to stand,  foi- to show thee My power;  a'nd                     For the destruction of `Pharaoh spells the deliverance
       that My name  may be declared throughout the whole                           of the  chlld?en of Israel, the church. And  seeing'the   -
       earth." The Lord could have made an -end of  Ph&raoh                         Egyptians dead  ilpon the sea  sh'ore,  and thus behold-
       at the outset,  `and the Lord's,  ptiople  would have been                   ing that,  great  work  ivhich the Lqrd did-upon the
       free. But the Lord forbears.  Instea of  cutting:off                         Egyptians,  the delivered people of God  `sing the song
       Pharaoh from the  eapth  immediat,ely,  the Lord makes                       df Moses. `They declare,, the name  of the Lord, the
       him`to stand,  ha%&ns his heart so that Pharaoh refuses                      glories of their God-His pbwer to save,  His holiness
       to let the people go. And this the Lord does, in order                       and wrath and  H`is mercy over  :His people, as reyealed
       that there  may be opportunity to Him  -for achieving                        to them in the great work that He has done. But' the
       with Pharoh  Hiti purpose which is to' show Pharaoh                          purpose of God was that His name be declared through-
       His power, or,  & the `original text has it, to  rn.$e                       out the whole earth. It is a purpose that will be fully
       Pharaoh  to see His power.  l&ccordingly,  the  Lord_ae-                     achikved,   wh.en  ihe church, the whole.  faniily of the
 L files Pharaoh's Nile by, changing its-waters into  bloqd,                        redeemed,  611. `have  appeal:ed  with Christ in  .glory.
       so that the river becomes a stream of death and  pollti-                     Then the Name of the- Lord  will be declared through-
       tion. The frogs are sent.  F!ies swarm the land. There                       out the whole earth-&he new earth-&here the  taber-
       is murrain on the cattle. Boils and  bl&nti break out                        ia'cle of  God  is  witk  tien-he declared, will be  His
   .on man and `beast. There is fire mingled with hail                              name,  everlastingly  by.  Gis people as delivered from all
       such  &s there  `was none like it in the land of Egypt                       their eneniies and thus also  froni Satan and the world
       since  it became- a nation. Locusts cover the,  f&z-e of                     of  which he is the  prince and of which  Phar'%oh   and
       the earth and  ez$ the residue-of that which is escaped                      his Egypt was the type-thus  the world that crucified
       from the hail. There is thick `darkness in  all'the  lsnd.                   Christ and through the ages kills Christ's  peopl.~ all
       The first born of Egypt are slain. What is more,                             the day long.  `k'hd  thejr shall be delivered-shall God's
       Moses-fo&ells -everyone of these plagues in the hear-                        people.  Fey it  is  God'who  makes this combination of
       ing  of. Pharaoh  an'd his servants and as regards eight                     evil powers to stand. And in very deed  for. this pur-
       of  these  plagues  `M&es even specifies  the. very day on                   pose doth He make it to  stand,  td  show it His  powei-
       which 3hQy _ begi& .:to-, riot. And  thri% does Pharaoh                      a power by which it, too, is being  spoiIed and  cor-
       beseech Moses to  ljray to God to make the plague to                         rupied by the judgments of  ,God, as was  Egypt cor-
       wase. Moses  e.$3i time  does'as  Pharaoh petitions and                      rupted and spoiled by the judgments of God.  &.nd
       each time the  $agi!e  is-r&moved  on the' very day that                     thti day. of  the  L:ord will come in the which this,. entire
       Pharaoh; is asked to name, in order that, as Mosed tells                     vile `opposition will, be. cut off. from  .the face. of the
       the king,  "Thou.,lilajTest  kndw that there is  non6 like                   earth, as  was  Ph%raoh  ,and his host, cut off by the
       thee  L&d-.tiur God,"  1, Then, too, Pharaoh  investigdtes                   waters of the Red Sea, by the  Lord  ,God. And they who
       and he finds  tl&.t,  according  to,.the  w'ord of the Lord                  have gotten the  vistory. over the  beast,  land over  his.
       to the effect that he -will  make  s'epa?&tion   b&tie&i                     image,  a.nd  ov6f his mark,  an.2  over the  number  qf
  Is&e1  atid  the,' Egyptians, the plagues  dd not riot in                         his  name, will stand  ori the sea. of  glass, havipg  the
       Goshen,  wh'err? dwells God's people. Verily  liow clear                     harps of God  ; and they will. sing the song of Moses  _
       the  Lord's*,speech to  PharBoh,  that  3 is the power  of                   the  $ervant  of God and of the-lamb, saying, "Great
       the  .Jehovah God of  th,e Hebrews that he beholds and                       and marvellous  are- Thy works,  L.ord, God  Aitiighty ;

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       just and true are Thy ways, Thou king of  sai&.  r Who :.                                                         Ja,  il!  geloof   vati  ha&e, dat David  ,dit vers  beleefd
       shall not fear Thee, 0 Lord, and glorify `Thy  nanie?                                                         heeft.  Hij zag op het volk,  wie& naam is "de  ge-
                                                                                                                                                                                       .~
       for Thou, only,  aft holy : for all  iiations shall come and trouwen in den lande".
       worship before Thee; for Thy judgments are made                                                                   Vrage : wie zijn  Fe?-
       manifest. .                                                                                                       De getrouwen in d&l lande. zijn. het volk' van God.
              But all this  is  pos$ible only by reason of the truth                                                     Bij alle zonde en gebrek `is  d+t  tech  hL!n naam:
      .&nd  fact' -that in very deed for this purpose  bath the                                                      de getrouwen in  den lande !                        I                           '
      &Lord made  Pha&oh to stand;' that `he  .might show him                                                        Hoe zit dat.? Trouwigheid hier  -is  tech  getrouwig-
       Him pow&, that is, only by reason of the fact that he                                                         heid  aan God? Hoe kan zelfs Gods volk  met dien naam
      ,.. hath mercy on whom He. will liave mercy and whom He                                                        gen&md                        ?.
      . . Will -:He liardeneth.                                                                                          Wel, geliefde  lezer, dat  zi'j  .dien  naam  hebben. is
                 .                        :                                          G .   M .   0 .
                         -                                                                                           zeker. De  duidelijkste. plaats vind ik in  Pkalm 44.
                                                       .,            -                                               Daar  tiordt  .het- eenvoudig als een  feit  gekonstateejrd.
                                                     --'                                                             Eri ik mag gaarne die  pla+$s aanwijzen tot staving
                                                                                                                     van de' stelling, dat Gods volk  getrotiw is,  omd$t de
                                                                                                                     qmstandigheden   waarih dat  .volk  verkeerde ten tijde
                                                                                                                     dat er  -van  hen gezongen `wordt in dien psalm, van  dien
                 S I O N ' S   --ZANGEN                                                                              aard  ware?, dat  ze; indien  ooit, dan  zeker ontrouw
                                                                                                                     zouden  geworden  .zijn. Wat  was  dig tbestand ? Deze :
-_                                                                                                                   God verstiet hen-en maakte hen tot  schande;  Hij gaf
                                                                                                                     hen  )ovel tot spijze  `aan  den vijand; God  +erkodht-hen
             De  Beloften Eens  Ilotiing$                                                                            en verrijkte  Zich niet van hun prijs;  ,God maakte Zijn
       :                                                                                                             volk tot een  spreekwoord,  to* verachting, tot ho& en
                       a-_     L.                 ( P s a l m   101;  SlO;t)              n                          smaad onder de heidenen!                      --
              We  Gebben  geluisterd naar het  zingen eens  Konings                                                      En- nu, let er' op !F.  Dat  v&k is  aan het  woord. "Dit
      `die' galmt in groote harmonie van zijn  ge`loften.                                                Het         alles is ons  overkomen,  fiochtans hebben  Wij'  U---niet
       is David, de' man naar Gods hart.. .                                                                          vergeten,  noch valschelijk gehandeld tegen Uw -ver-
                                                                                                                     b & d .   Ons.  h a r t   i s   niet  &hterwaa&s   gekeerd,  noch
              Hij-  had  zich voorgenomen om den Heere te dienen,                                                    onze gang  gbweken van Uw pad,  hoe&e1 Gij ons  ,ier-
       en zulks te  doen "in het midden`zijns  huizes",                                             :                pletterd  Debt in e&e  pl&&  -de&  dr&ken, en dns met
              ,001~  zagen  w,e, dat  deze  Davicl,  d-.w.z., de  .B,eminde                                          eerie' doodssehaduw bedekt  hebt."  -@o'wij  iden  Naam
       Gods,  ty@e is van den beteren David, `van Wien de                                                            onzes Gods  hadden  vergeten, en  onze  -handen tot  ien,
       Heere getuigde : "Deze is  ?/rijn zoon, Mijn Geliefde,                                                        vreemden -god uitgebreid,  ioude  .God zulks niet  onder-
       in denwelke Ik Mijn welbehagen heb  !" En van  dezen zoeken? Want Hij weet de  verborgenheden des  harten.
       David moet met nadruk  gezegd  wordeq, alles wat in                                                           ,?!Iaar  oni  Utientwil.  worden  -wij-  den  ganschen  `dag  g&
      : den psalm gezongen wordt.  7Hij wandelde in het  mid-                                                        dobdj,  `wij.  worden geacht  -  als  sla&htschapeti  !" Psalm
       den Zijns huizes zooals David dat nooit  ,doen  koti.                                                         44:18-23.                -               -                              -
      .?e,  droeve geschiedenis van David's zoncle getuigt                                                               Later, zeide Jesaja  eigenlijk hetzelfde:  "Want Hij
       ervan, dat hij niet  altijd wandelde, in  oprechtheid  des                                                    zeide: Zij zijn  immers..  Mijn vdlk, `kinderen  die  Get
       harten,. maar dat hij  - vaak in de zonde  viel. .  `Doch                                                     `lieg&   i~ullen.2"  Jes:  6        3           %a.  _'
       Jezus is de  [Qprechte van Part! En  "iin  deri`diepsten                                                          En Johannes : "Een  iegelijk  die uit God geboren is,
       zin  dei woords hebt ge hier den-psalm van Jezus  d.ie                                                        die doet  de zonde niet; `want  @jn zaad  biijft'in hem,
       orgelt van Zijn heerlijk  GooYnemen  oni  in' het  midden                                                     en'hij kan niet  .z&dig&  ; want  hij-is uit God  geboren:"
       van  iijn Huis in qprechtheid te wandelen. \,                                                                 I   J o h :   8:9.
              En Hij heeft het  gijdtian.                                                 :                            _ Ik zou  meer  tekst&n  kunn&  aanhaien,   doch deze zijn
             Als. Hij wandelde  t& Jeruzalem, of elders,. dan  -kod                                                  genoeg.om  te bewijzen, dat  Gods volk den  naam  ver-
       IHij  irragen : Wie  uwer dvertuigt Mij van zonde?                                                            diend van "getrouwen- in den  lange".
             Dat kon  D&id  niet.                                                                                        Doch hoe kati dat ? 1s  Gods-v@k   geen  ontrotiw volk
                                                                                                                     oak?  Zegt-Daniel  .riiet : "0  fieere,,-bij   dns  -is  -de  be-
        Hij deed het  dechts  in beginsel. .                                                                         sch&amdh&id  de?  aaribezichfen"  ?: .  `Ik-zou  wil honderd
            . En.zelfs.dat  beginsel is  ddor de inwoning van  lief-                                                 teksten  ,kkumien  -aaiihal& die  `ge$@g&x van  - de zonde
       lijke                              genade,                                                                    `van Gdds-volk,  tegen ~5,+i die get@& &ri'hu&@duwig-
              En die lieflijke genade  ;indt  ,haar herkomst in -al                                                  heid;  Hoe-  iit-dat?  _  _              _  -  _,  -'  ,~'  ".               -_-'
       het werk van den beteren David, den Zoon van Gods                                                                 De  sleutel tot  de  oplOSsing   ?a?  dit  d?a&gsttik  ztilt
       e e u w i g   w e l b e h a g e n .   .I                                                                      ge  vindtin  bij-  Joha'nnes.  `In-den tekst  di`en  we-  a&
              "Mijne  oogeli zullen zijn  .op de-getrouwen in  ,den                                                  haalden u-it zijri  eerstefi  brigf'  !e&sf ge:  ."Want Zijn
       lande!".                           ..v                 -                                                      zaad- blijft in`hem". Er  iS  &en:  b&gi@l, een  zaad  van


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             God, dnt in elk  wedergebor-en  mepsch woont.  Pa&s                      Ge  moogt ervan verzekerd zijn, dat de oogen van
             noemt dat beginsel "den nieuwen mensch". . Jezus                   Jezus  op Zijn volk  zijn in  groat welgevallen.
I            noemt dat beginsel-: "de  reinen van halt".                 -1           "Dat ze bij mij zitten", zegt David.
1 .               Dat beginsel nu, dat  reine hart, die nieuwe mensch                En  :' "die  `in den oprechten weg wandelt, die  zal mij
             kan niet  zondigen: Meer nog: die nieuwe mensch                    dienen".
           geeft stuur en  -richting-  aan  bet  leven.  _ En het is dat              De getrouwen in den lande iijn dezelfden als die in.
             nieuwe, onzondige beginsel in God's volk, dat getrouw den oprechten weg wandelen. Het past  precies; De
             is, en voor hen den naam verdiende : getrouwen- in den             oprechtheid des  harten wordt bewezen in hun getrouw-
          l a n d e !                                                           heid. Want de wandel eens menschen begint in het
                  Deze  zaak was. het juist in het lijden en in de  be-         h       a    r    t    ;
             proeving van Job. De duivel zeide: Op den  duur  gaat                    Dat. volk heeft Jezus verkoren om bij Hem te zit-
             Job  aan. `t vloeken en  iondigen. tegen God, En God               ten, En zittende mogen zij  aem dienen.                   "
             zeide; Ga  UW-gang, Satan! Beproef  he-t! En ge zult                     Ret inbegrip van al het verlangen- van Gods  kin-
     '       zien,  dat er iets in Job is, dat de overwinning zal.  be-         deren.  Als David zong : Wie heeft  lust den Heer  te
             halen.                                                             vrkezen, dan antwoorden zij van alle eeuwen :  Dat is  -
                  En wat  lezen we van  job; nadat Satan hem. be- de groote honger van mijn hart! Hieraan zult ge het
             stool&e ? Dit : "In dit alles zondigde Job niet, en                aolk  ,Gods onderkenhen:  zij- begeeren God  te dienen
             schreef  Gode niets. ongerijm.ds toe".                             in en door Jezus  Christus  dien Hij gezonden heeft.
                 )Het is ook duidelijk, dat het  z66.moet  en niet anders             En zij  zullen bij  IHem  "zitten".  Later, veel later,,
             kan. Gods qolk op aarde,  te  midden van duivelen. en              zal Jezus hetzelfde zeggen: "Die overwint, Ik  zal hem
          . goddelooze menschen, vertegenwoordigen de zaak van                  geven'met  Mij te zitten in Mijnen troon, gelijk  als
             ,God.                                                              Ik overwonnen heb en ben gezeten met  Mijnen Vader
                 De vlammen en de verstikkende rook van den  brand-             in Zijnen  troon".
             stapel hebben de  stemmen van Uw  vaderen en  ' mijn                     Ja, en zij  zullen Hem dienen.         "
             vaderen gesmoord. Maar  voolaleer zij. den  laatsten                     En het dienen  wordt  zingen, en het  zingen wordt
             adem  uitbliezen,. hebben ze' getuigenis van God  afge-            jubelen; een  jubel van het reinste klankgeslacht.
             legd.                                                                    En nu het tegenovergestelde:  f'Wie bedrog pleegt,
                 Wilt ge den diepsten. grond kennen  troor -den  naam. pal binnen  mijn huis niet blijven ; wie  leugen spreekt
             "getrouwen in den  land??              -                           zal voor mijne oogen niet bevestigd  worden."
                 Dan  zal-  ik dien. grond ophalen  'uit  de  Heilige                 Ach, voor tijd en wijle zijn er die bedrog plegen
             Schrift;  hij is deze: "Juich en zing  vroolij.k, gi j, in- in het huis van David.  Er is altijd kaf  onder  I het
             woneres van  &on, want de Heilige  I.sra&  is.  groat              koren geweedt, en dat  zal zoo blijven tot den laatsten
             in het midden vnn u!" Jesaja 12 :6..                               dag.
                 En als ge blijft. vragen en zeggen : "maar Gods.  volk.              Nog  `eens weer : Gods kind zondigt  %k,  doch hij
            is  tech  zoo- vreeselijk zondig"? Dan  Wilde ik U ant- ahoudt zijn zonde niet vast, zooals de- verworpenen.  "
           woorden en zeggen: tot zelfs in hun zonde toe  zij,p  ze             We1 verre van ze vast te houden, komt hij met al  zijn
             getrouw,. want wat zegt David, en  wat  zing&gij?                  zonden, ook van bedrog, en brengt ze  voor  de-n troon
             Dit-`--                 .'                    *.                   van Gods genade.  ' Die zonden  worden hem afgenomen,
                 `k Bekend', o Heer,  aan  U. oprecht mijn zonden  ;.           op grond van Jezus' offerande.
     J           `k Verborg geen kwaad, dat in  mij werd  ge-                         Soms  wordt het  266  uitgedrukt : Gods  volk  leeft
                         v o n d e n   ;                                       ) niet in de zonde.
                 Maar ik  beleed,.na  ernstig  overleg,                               Welnu, David zegt hier  ; Ik wil  geen volk rondom
                Mijn booze daan ;  ,Gij naamt die gunstig weg !                 mij  `dulden, dat in de zonde van bedrog  leeft.  Met
                 Die psalm toont de getrouwigheid van het  valk van             andere woorden, hij wil  ,geen Satanskinderen rondom
             G o d .                                                            zich hebben.
                 God zegt van hen :  zij, zijn  kinderen die niet. liegen             En al Gods volk  zegt het hem na.
             zullen.            c                                                     Het is een veeg  teeken-  als we op ons gemak  zijn
                 Liegt Gods volk niet ?                                         bij de goddeloozen.
                 Het antwoord is  :. ze  bedrijven  de. principieelen                En Jezus  heeft die  sprake, van David vervuld.
             leugen niet, en die leugen  `is :  er is geen God !                      Vandag zegt Jezus het nog.
                 Ze  zijn. de getrouwen in, den lande, want. zij zijn                 Hij  haat  bet gedrochtelijke volk,  datluistert   naar.
             van de partij des levenden Gods.                                   S a t a n 's   l e u g e n .
                 Dbch doe er altijd dit kleine  zinnetje bij :  ;Door U,              Ook zal niemand in het Huis  Davids komen  die-
          .' door  I3 alleen, om `t  .eeuwig  welbehagen !                      bedrog pleegt. En  nu schreef ik Huis met een hoofd-  ~
                 Nu  dan, dat volk heeft  David'lief. Op hen zijn zijn  ' letter, want het beteekent de  hemel, het nieuwe. Jeru-,
             aogen. Die  oogen.zijn de oogen van  bet welbehagen,               zalem.  Leest het  maar: "Maar buiten  zullen zijn de
                 En dat is vervuld in Jezus  Christus.                          honden, en de toovenaars, en de hoereerders, en. de


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   doodslagers,. en de afgodendienaars, en  een  ieg&ij,& die
   de leugen liefheeft en doet."              ,-                               -  :  IN  IHS  FE+4R
           Hebt ge dat  &ne woord  agezien in den  zin die schuin
  gedrukt staat ? Ik heb het oog op het woord : liefheef t.
   :Hieraan zult  ge het voor Uw eigen bewustzijn  weten.
   Hebt ge de leugen -1ief ?                                        .                     Living In His F&w
        Indien, ja, dan behoort ge. niet in het Huis van                    With brqd Through Our Children (cont.j
   Jezus.
        . Indien neen, dan zult ge Hem dienen tot in  alle                     In the last instalment or" this department we began.
   e e u w i g h e i d .                                                    to give our answer to an excuse that is generally given
           In- het nieuwe  Jeruzalem zal  alleenlijk  inkomen  bet. for not sending  OLW  children  to. schools where they
   volk, dat hernieuwd is naar het  .evenbeeld van Jezus                    may be  tramea as children of Gods kingdom.            The
   Christus. Zij zullen  266 lang door den beteren David                    excuse we began to  answ,er is the one that many  ,who
   bearbeid   worden, totdat zij geheel en al zullen zijn                   never were. sent to such schools turned out to be good
   zooals Hij is.                                                           Christians and even attained to high offices in .the
           Daarnaar  verlangt  onze ziel.                                   church. `At this time we would like to pen down a few
        .-:  "-A@ morgen zal ik  .alle goddelbozen des lands  ver-          added thoughts besides those we gave last time.
   delgen', om uit de stad. des  4Heeren   alle  workers der                   We would begin then by reminding  you  that the
 ongerechtigheid  uit+ te roeien."                                          dangers `to  whicn our children are subjected today
           Zoo heeft David gesproken, en ook gehandeld.                     when  they.are taught by  th,e world are far greater than
           Dat wil zeggen, in zoo verre hij  \daartoe in staat              they were even a few generations back. They were
   was.                                 ._                                  exposed to a great danger a few generations back, let
           Want Davidwas, ten eerste, een gebrekkig mensch.                 there be no mistake about that. But today the danger
   In  absolute heeft hij het  met-,kzcnnen   doen. Terwijl                 is far greater. because the world has become more
   hij in Jeruzalem leefde, zijn er ook nog  we1 goddeloozen                skilled in its presentation of the lie'.
   binnen de  -muren van die stad Gods .gevonden. Onbe-.                     Because `by  ,the world our children are instructed
. grensde kracht had ook David niet.                           !            according to the principle of the lie, it is dangerous to
          -.Ten tweede,  zijn er goddeloozen geweest die hun `take the citizen's of God's kingdom of truth and right-
   goddeldosheid bedekt hebben. Er zijn altijd  hypo- eousness and bring them to the citizens of the devil's
   crieten geweest,. ook in  .David's tijd en stad.                         kingdom  of. the lie and unrighteousness for their train-
   2  Daarom roept  oak, deze  tekst om  de:vervulling.   van- ing' and instruction. ALL, absolutely  ah, the instruc-
   Jezus.                                                `.                 tion given  by..the world and supervised by the world is
           Hij gaat dit vers in  absolute vervullen in zijn                 based on the lie of Paradise. Man was taught his first
dag.                                                :                       lesson  in. the. lie  <there  in Paradise when the devil
           De goddeloozen  worden verdelgd en de werkers der  a taught him the heretical and dangerous lesson that man
   ongerechtigheid  zullen.. uitgeroeid  worden..'                          niight`disobey  God if he so chose and that it was even
        : -- Wat dit ten volle. bete.ek'ent  weten we  mkt.               " to his advantage to do so. That is the principle ac-
          . . Het -is te vreeselijk.                                        cording to which the world lives today. It is  the'priii-
           Maar iets  weten we ervan. De Bijbel spreekt van                 ciple which controls  all his thinking, willing and acting.
   hunn.e pijniging en van het weenen derzulken en, van                     Pharaoh' who  received.a`doctors  degree from the devil
   het knarsen hunner  tanden. De rook hunner pijniging , for learning his, lesson so well, gave a definite expres-
gaat op tot in alle eeuwigheid.                                             sion to what resides'in  the'heart  of every man as he is
           In onze  dagen groeit het aantal `van hen die deze               by nature, when this wicked `king said unto Moses,
 :  verschrikkelijke. waarheid loochenen.                Denkt  aan de      "Who is the Lord, that I should  obey'His voice?" `This,
   "Jehovah's Witnesses".                                                   reprobate king gave  expr.ession to what was in his
           Maar Gods Woord  blijft' eeuwig waar : "Vreeselijk               heart; and although all the ungodly do not say that with
   zal  bet  "zijn te  vallen in `de  handen van den levenden               their lips, this is the principle of the lie which is behind
   God !"                                                                   their every thought, word and deed.  .Pharaoh is no
           Neen ! We  :hebben   geen7"schik"' in de verdoemenis             exception.except 1in the'sense  thathe' gave"an'exception-
   van de  yngelukkigen. Het is ons  verwkten.' Dat kan                     ally clear expression to what is in the-heart of every
   niet, `want  `wij  `zitten vast  aan hen,  zoolang  we. hier             man as he is  .by  nature.. That was even the principle
   op aarde  wonen. En ik kan er in komen, dat  Paulus                      according to which  our  first parents ate of the forbid-
   om zijner brdederen wil van  Christus  wenschte ver-                     den fruit. The moment they  decidedto eat and partook
   b&men te  zijn:  Ma& het -is God die waarlijk God is,                    of that fruit, they said by their  .deed, `Who is  the,Lorci
 die hen verwierp. Het past ohs stille te zijn.                             that I should  obey'His voice?" And we all are  .born
    1.'  Looft Hem,  die'u`redde uit  `z&i grooten dood  !.
                      ~.                                                    from such parents. That evil nature is carried down
   .:         ..:     `_                                   s G.  V;  1 .from Adam and Eve unto all their posterity so that


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 every child. born  into- this world  iives according- to that     is no  real.aim'in history as the world teaches it. Man
 principle. And without  the. regenerating grace of God            is struggling to improve his position to reach the utopia
 no man can ever act  frbm.any other principle. He can- of his dreams, but  w-hat the outcome will be  is only to
 not serve God, fear Him in love-and live to  IXis praise          be conjectured. There is no room'for the  church,for
 and glory. He cannot begin to walk in good works.                 the cross or for the return  `of. Christ in glory.  .The
 II-Iis mind is full of darkness, and He cannot  -believe the kingdom of heaven and the  New Jerusalem. do not
 truth even when he hears it. He. continues to believe             belong to the history of this world--as the. unbeliever
 the lie and to think that, it is  to,  his. advantage to keep     teaches. it.    Mind you, that little stone of Daniel  .2
 on walking in that way. It brings pleasure to his                 which was cut out of the mountain without hands and
.flesh. He finds the lust of the flesh, the lust of the            which grew and grew and finally struck the image  .of
.eye and the pride of life satisfied and uses all God's            gold., silver,  b.rass,   ~iron and clay, and ground  it,.to
 creatures in the service of his flesh.               ,~           powder, that part of  the- history of  :this world,. that
     AXecording  to that principle of the lie he lives. (And       kingdom which subdues  .a11 other- kingdoms and is an
 according to that principle of the lie  he'instructs  his         everlasting kingdom is ignored `and even mocked.
 children and yours, if  YOLK  will give them over to him          When the worldteaches history it stands by, that motley
 for their `education and training. `They simply cannot. image and traces the gold to the silver; the silver to the
do anything else. They cannot teach their children                 brass; the brass to the iron and clay and sees man's
 that. they are here for the purpose of serving God.               great adventure.  And.he says, "`How wonderful  1 Day
 They cannot teach them that to fear `God and to keep              by day we are progressing to a better world." And
 His commandments is the whole duty of man. Because                behind his back that  stone which he ignores and for
,he is fleshly minded, he cannot teach. his children that          which-`he: has  ,even no worthy thought grinds closer
 to love God is to his advantage and that -to disobey is           and closer to the complete destruction of that which is
 his destruction.     He simply does not believe these             of man.  -.
 things. How then can he teach his children what he                    Similarly, of course, the instruction in geography
 himself does not believe? He believes only in that  _ follows that same pattern of ignoring the Almighty
 which will satisfy his lusts. He may teach his child              Creator and viewing, the creation' from a fleshly  view-
.the golden rule. `When he does, however, he does  not .point. `Here again the beginning is more or less evolu-
 do so because he  beli.eves that he ought to love the  .Lord      tionistic. Such instruction  iqsupposed  to be forbidden,
 his God with  till his heart; soul, mind and strength and         but  -t.he books of the world abound with it. Reference.
 his neighbor as himself. IETe teaches the golden rule             is made to the billions of years ago when this or- that'
 and even preaches natural love toward mankind. be-                took place. `And the very refusal to recognize the
 cause he wants his flesh satisfied. He wants to live in           Creator in itself brands the instruction as-godless and
 peace for the sake of -his  <flesh. Here again he  a  71,~s  :    dangerous.  `- The child is not taught  that  then earth is
 "<What is to my advantage" rather, than to ask "`What             the Lord's and the  `fulncss  thereof. He is  .taught that
 is my calling" ? Had Adam and Eve continued to  ask. it is his to use to the satisfaction of  .his lust. He is
 themselves  what their God-given calling was, rather              taught that there is no forbidden fruit. It is all here
 than what seemed. to  $romise them an -advantage, they            for his enjoyment. The earth and its fulness has no
 would not have fallen. Thus wlien the  natural."man   _ other purpose than the advantage and enjoyment- of
 teaches the golden  rule.or any one of  (God's  command-          man. How  can. the world- teach anything else?-  19bw
 ments, he does so that he may live free from  f,ear -and          can they teach that we exist for God's glory and that
 from violence from  .his neighbor.  iHis relationship to          we must. live  .antithetically in this world serving God
 God does not bother him.  -He is still living from the            also BY  ,L.EAVIfiG THINGS `ALONE.  Itis impos-
 principle of the lie.                                             sible for a communist to  teach'his children democracy
    It is therefore according to this principle of the lie         because he does not believe it himself;  AN-D BECAUSE
 that he also teaches ALL the subjects  in his educa-              HE HATES IT. The world cannot teach your children.
 tional system. `The  I-esult is that you have a wholly            the fear of the  L,ord because the world does not. be-
 man-centered, worldly minded, godless and  antichris-             lieve in  `Him and  BECAU,SE  IT  -HATES.  HIXI,
 tian system of education and instruction. What/a tre-               --And so the child is  taughtto  read, to write, to spell
mendous danger to which we subject our children when and  to. work. arithmetic problems. He, is here. on this
~ we ask the devil's students and graduates to teach and           earth for his own advantage  ancl enjoyment. And. he
 instruct the sons and daughters of `Zion! How -dare had.better. be able to read, to write and to  sp.ell, other-
 we  ever:do it!                                                   wise  he  will miss  .mang  of the nicer, things .of  life. It
    Because all the subjects-are treated according-to              is not important that he learn to  reacl  inorder that he
 the principle `of the lie you find that history, for,  ex- `may read and understand .the Word of God,. That  he
ample,  simnly becomes man's great adventure. After                is a thinking,. willing being, created in the image of
a more or  l,es"s strongly emphasized evolutionistic be-           God, so that  -he above all the creatures of the earth
 ginning, the rise and fall of nations is treated. There           might'have fellowship with God, might talk to Him
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  and hear Him speak unto.us is of no consequence at all
 -to the world. Why it  doesnot even beiieve such things  i                   I- FRoIy `HOLY -~WRIT -it
  And, of  coursei in order that his fellowmen do not.
  cheat him left and right, he should learn to add and
  subtract, to multiply and divide. `The beauty and wis-
  dom of `God in the marvelous numerical system He has                       0. Ire Quotdions im the N. T.
  given us is not even considered, because it is  .not be-
  lieved. Your child will be well equipped, to take his                       (Ex. 34  :34 in II Cor. 3  :!6--concluded)               `_
  .place with the world in seeking the things here below,                "Turning unto the Lord" in II  Car:  3T'16  must,
 but  .at the same time, he will be taught TO SEEK                   therefore, mean: a deep and abiding change of the
  7XIESE   THI.NGS  ALONE  as the highest and only heart, a turning away from self chosen ways of seeking
  good.' He will be taught .to eat, drink and be merry               to establish their own righteousness on the' part of Is-
  for tomorrow he dies. That  is what  theworld believes,            rael, and  turningto   .the righteousness of God in Christ.
  and that is  iYhat it teaches. Every subject is taught                 But does "turning unto the Lord" also have this
with that principle of the lie- as its basis.                        meaning in Exodus' 34  :34? The text-reads literally :
      Let us not be deceived. Such instruction is  anti-             "But when.' Moses   Tuenf in  b.efosre  the  Lo'rcl to  spedk
  Christian. Instruction is either Christian or it is  anti-         w i t h   H i m .   1  `.  ." This hardly  -can be `interpreted as
  Christian. It either points us to the coming of Christ             referring to repentmace  on the part  *of Moses. Neither.
  or the coming of the antichrist and seeks- to increase             do we think that- such is the implication  -of Paul in
  OLW  hope either  ins the coming of Christ when  we shall          quoting this passage, even though the rendering he
  enter into that New Jerusalem of righteousness- and                gives to it refers to Israel's repentance.          -     -.i-
  love  to. God or in the coming of the antichrist when                  Yet; there are`those who  %.ould thus `interpret this
  the lust `of man shall feast- on the false  .and deceptive         passage. They reason, that  iyhereas Moses represents
  prosperity of his reign. Any instruction that avoids               Israel, and whereas going' into the tent  to. speak with
  and eliminates the church of Christ which is His body              God  tias an act of fellowship with  .God, Moses entering
  out of its instruction eliminates Christ and' is"  anti-           into the Old  .Testament  counterpart of Israel's repent-
  Christian.  -. Such elimination and deliberate ignoring            ance and turning to `the Lord in seeing the glory of the
 (for the birth and death of Christ are historical' facts            risen Christ. Of- this view  %e will not here-say much.
  and the Scriptures are the oldest and most published               Only this :  -It seems' to us, firstly,. that' it is `rather far-
  book in the World) of Christ is simply rooted in hatred            fetched and assumes -that very element in Paul's quota-
for the kingdom of God. It is simply one phase and                   tion  miist find- the exact -counterpart in the  IOld Testa-
  manifestation of that enmity of Genesis 3  :15. Far be             ment passage.        Secondly, such assumption hardly
  it from the seed of the serpent to give a place'-in its            squares  tiith the- clear and logical argumentation of
  ,educational  `system for the history, works and belief            the apostle Paul in I `Corinthians 3.
 of the seed of the woman! It will  ign0r.e  THE SEED                    As for the `argumentation of Paul,  -in. the. passage
  OF  THE. WOMAN, CHRIST. And therefore you may                      under consideration, the following is  pertinent-in.re-
  not brand the instruction of the world anything else               gard  to. this. matter of -Moses going  in -before the Lord.
  than  ANTIC!HRISTIAN AND GODLESS. It is not                            1: In  ., II Cor. 3 Paul is `not at  -all, speaking `of the
  for Christ, and therefore it is against Him. And that              personal life -and piety -of Moses, neither does he speak
  brands  `it as antichristian.                                      of Moses as  a'sort  of- Mediator in the stead of Israel,
                                                                     a priest `bringing'the sacrifice for the sins and weak-
      Such has been the case with all instruction by the             nesses of the people. What  :Paul refers to `is the  dffice
  seed of the serpent in- the past. It has NEVER been                of Moses in the  w&&try -of the  :Old -Testament;
  otherwise, and increasingly, as time goes on, the in-                                                                              This
                                                                     ministry is that Which Paul characterizes as being
  struction given by the seed of the serpent becomes                 written. in "tables of stone" `instead -of that "written
  more. and more serpentine. The guile, the deceit, the              by  -the Spirit of the `living Go-d on the table `of the
  poisonous and dangerous ways of the seed of the  ser-              redeemed `he-art". Nay,  -Paul  is. here not speaking of
 i  .pent grow and develop.. The rattle' snake is a  danger-         the piety of Moses,  -neither--of `a certain  high-pr:i-estly
  0;~s  creature,' but. his dangerous character  incr,eases          function of -Moses' part,.but he is -speaking of Moses'
when his tell-tale rattles are off. Beware the rattle-               office in  .admimstering the  law; Moses is here the -one
  snake.  v&o gives no warning. And the -seed of the                 who has a -ministry of death, a ministry. of  condem-
serpent is shedding his  rattl.es. In the next instalment            nation. (Compare vss. 6-10)  ; In the light of  thisalone
:, we wish to say a little more about this and to show               one should- hesitate to make Moses  the'Olc1 Testament
  why today the danger of intrusting  ,God's children to             counterpart of  the repenting Israel in the N. `T.  ~! .:
 the seed of the serpent is  mcreasmgly great. _                         2. In close connection with  the-~foregoing,  it- should
                        (To be Cont.)                   :            by all means not escape -our-attention  that  Pied  is here
 r  --.                                     -  3.  A .   H .         not speaking primarily of `Moses' ministry but that
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 the theme which Paui  here,develops is his own ministry             Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers
 as an apostle' of Jesus Christ and through His Spirit.  - of the congregation came unto him; and Moses talked
     Says Paul to the Corinthians in vs. 2: "Ye are our              with them. `And afterward all  the children of Israel
 epistle, engraved in our hearts, known and read by                  came nigh: and. he gave unto  .them in commandment
 all men,  b,eing manifested that ye are the  epis:tle of            all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.
  Christ,  ministered  by us, written not with ink, but by           And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put
 the Spirit of the Living  God'not  in tables of Stone               a  vail~ on his face. But when- Moses went in before
 but on the tables of fleshy hearts." It is to Paul's                the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off until
 place as an apostle, his office and ministry..in the Spirit         he came out. And he came out,  `and spake unto the
 that attention is here directed.           The new life in the      children of Israel that which  he0 was commanded.  lllnd
 congregation, revealed in the life of conversion and                the children of Israel saw the face of. Moses, that the
 sanctification is what God wrote  ,there through the                skin of Moses, face shone ; and Moses put, the  vail.upon
 Holy Spirit, by the ministry of Paul, God  ddministerecl his face again, until he went in to speak  w'ith him.,'
 it through' Paul's preaching. Says Paul:  ministered.  Exocius  34:29-35.                               ,
 by  US.                  -
            And having developed t-his theme of the glory  -c            The reason for placing this vail  `upon the face-of
of his own ministry, a ministry of righteousness, a                  Moses is said to be  : the fear. of the people. What did
`-ministry of the Spirit  ,that far exceeds in glory the             they fear? They were afraid of Moses because of the
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 ministry of Moses, Paul begins the 4th chapter of                   radiance of his face.
 II Corinthians  .as follows:  `VTherefore,   having this                Two. elements are here present in the "shining" of
 ministry,  even as we have received mercy, we faint                 Moses face which must not be confused, but which
 not.  P .  ." From this it is evident that Paul is here             must, clearly -be distinguished.
 referring to two ministrations of God.  Th.e one the                    The first is, and we must clearly understand this,
 ministration of the Spirit, the other the ministration that there was a literal, visible light, a glory that was
 of the law by Moses. Surely,  Paul,  therefore, does not            manifest to the naked eye of  Isra.el `on Moses' face.
speak here of the piety of Moses, but he most emphatic-              It was a glory as impossible for the created, eye of man
 ally, persistently. and clearly speaks of the office of             to behold even as it  1 is impossible for the naked eye to
 Xoses in the administration of the law.                             look into the brightness of the noonday sun. Just as
      3.  It is for this very reason also that Paul `does not        it was impossible for Israel to view without fear the
 say. that Moses put a vail upon his  heart. Moses most              glory of Mount Sinai when  IGod spoke the ten words,
 clearly understands the import of the law. Yet, under- the  Decalo@e from out of the midst-of the thunder,
 standing the law on the one hand, and also clearly                  lightning,  eagthquake and darkness and tempest, so it
 perceiving the  .unbelief of Israel on the other. hand,             was impossible'for Israel to view  Moses'.face  even from
 he is said  t-0  -place a vail on his face when speaking .a physical viewpoint. It was divinely terrifying.
 with Israel, and we  .are told that he put the vail off                 But surely it was'more than this. If it were no  _
 whenever  -he entered the tent  to. speak with the Lord.            more than this then Israel's request would not be-sin-
     The difference, therefore, is as follow. Moses as               ful, it would not have been an indication of the vail of
 the  office-bearer of Gbd in  administering   the law, puts         unbelief that lay upon. her heart. Surely it is more
a vail on his face when he talks with Israel. Israel has than mere brightness on Moses' face; the meaning  -of
 a vail on their  he&t. This latter is not true `of Moses.           which is left to every man's interpretation  a,nd.imagin-
 That is the difference. And this difference is not ex-              ation  i n   Israei.  -
 plained by making Moses a mere pious man without a                      It was  also-a "glory" which bore its own. testimony.
 covering on his heart.                                              Was this glory not' on Moses'. face because he has
     18'0~ must this difference be accounted for then?               spoken with  (God face to face on the mount, and be-
     The answer to this question hinges on the. reason               cause he was bearing the tables of stone on which
 for and the nature of the vail on Moses' face. Why                  God has inscribed  fH'is law with His own finger? It
 did Moses place this vail upon his face? And when                   was the testimony of the glory of the law on Moses'
 this vail is there what is' its implication, what does              face. And this glory of  `-theelaw is nothing else but
 it proclaim to us concerning Israel?                                God's  r,evealed will, His self-maintainance in His glori-
     `As to the  reason for the vail on  Moses?  face, we            ous virtues of justice and holiness,  equity and truth,
 are  .told in Exodus, that it was as follows: "And it               which demand that the man that doeth the law, that
 cameto pass when Moses came down from Mount Sinai                   will face the glory of God even though  ,it condemns,
with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when                shall live in them. `It is the glory of the ministry of
 he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not                    the Old `Testament written in `tables of Stone and not
 that the skin of  his face shone while he (Moses) talked .. . in the tables of the heart. Says Paul, "If the ministry
 with him  (,Gpd)-! And when Aaron and all the children .w of death. . . . became in glory. .  j  ;" II  Cor:3  :7. And
 of Israel saw  @&es, behold, the skin of his face shone  ;          again, in verse 8 it is called "the ministry of  c&nclemna;-
 and  th.ey  were":afraid to come  ni-gh unto him.            And    tion". ,The glory of Moses' face, is- the glory of the
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Ministry of condemnation and death for  thle guilty
 sinner. As  such.it  is clearly perceived to be by Israel                           `s                       Contribution
      even in the radiance of Moses' face.                      _'        --
        The request of Israel that Moses, cover his face                                                        168 Reed Ave., Holland,  Mich.
was, therefore, as to its spiritual nature, fundamentally                                                _      M a y   1 9 ,   1 9 4 7 .
 hardness of heart.        The vail on Moses' face was a
 symbol  ~of this hardness of heart. Hence, the vail on                   Dear Brother and Editor:
 Moses face, is at once the vail of unbelief on Israel's                             Irrespective of what I think of the balance of your
heart. This is the inner connection which is alluded                      article, in  .answer to me in the Standard Bearer of
to-by Paul in.11  Car., 3  :15,  16.                                      April 1; 1947, in re Ladies Aid Sales, there are several
 j      Yet, this vail on Moses' face is more than symbol                 of your remarks with which I am not satisfied. The
 of Israel's unbelief. It is also-an act of the minister                  very unbrotherly, if not sarcastic and untruthful, accu-
of-condemnation, a judicial act whereby Israel's vision                   sations.  which you hurled at me I  .feel to. be sinful on
of the telos, the divinely designed end, the purpose of                   your part, since you place me before the brethren of
the glory of the law is taken from her vision. Briefly                    our Churches and the reading public as a vandal-'
the end of the law was this: it meant to lead Israel                      feigning under the cloak of a Christian, (using the .
 pedagogically.to Christ, to the Lamb that would take                     Word of God deceitfully to gain my point of argument
 away the sin of the world in facing the glory of God in                  over my opponents) in order to establish a fact which
 Moses's face. pBut when Israel- would not see this                       is in essence, according to your statements, an untruth.
glory. on Moses' face as it must be the taskmaster to                           `1. You accuse me of using  `Lbogey,, tactics to gain
 Christ, it could not. see either the greater glory to come                                                                                  _-.     ~
                                                                                            my point.
in Christ, a glory so great that it  wo.uld cause the glory                     ,2. You accuse me of falsehood as pertaining to the
of Moses face to dim and pass away. Turning from                                           tax law.
the glory of Moses as the minister  `of death, means                                 3. Then in `the  ,light of the above, in a disdaining
turning away from Him who has come to  ,fulfill  Moses'                                     way, you falsely present me (we brethren) as
law in the perfect obedience at Calvary.  -'                              --                vandals before the eyes of  .the public. You-pre-
        In covering his face Moses does two things. Firstly,                                sent  us as having stooped so low as to have used
he executes the  _ judgment written in the  law. upon                                       God's- Holy Word (feigning as a Christian) to
Israel as reflected in the brightness of his face. That                         _           champion the things which. are not true, merely
was really all that the glory of God in the face of Moses                                   in order to gain our point -over our opponents in
could possibly do. Secondly,  he.nevertheless maintains                                     the controversy.
the law as to its design in view of the greater glory
to come.        The time now must come and has come                             .These methods you employ  are,not only unbrotherly
 (t.hanks  -be to God) that in the' face of Jesus Christ                  but  are.an insult. What other opinion  canrthe-reading
the glory  of. God now shines through the gospel in our                   public receive of me (.we brethren) then that we would
-hearts. Through -whose ministry? That of Moses?                          stoJp to such tactics. Tactics which `are not only low
Nay, through' that of the ministry- of the New  ,Testal                   but devilish use of God's Word'to-establish a falsehood
ment, through the ministry of the Spirit, the ministry                    as truth, just to gain our point of argument. This is
o-f  ,righteousness  and of the glory that is  pre'-eminent.              to -say the least, a very- bad-impression you have made
        For God Himself, the Lord, the-Almighty God has                   of us before the reading public and the brethren of our
 come to dwell amongst us. And we have seen His                           Churches. I am certain that I (we) have never left
/glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full                 such  an. impression before the Church of  ,God in my
-of grace and truth. In Him the Lord has come to fulfil                   (our) walk of life. We. have always. vigorously cham-
the prelude  of. the -tables of stone in Moses'. hand and                 pioned the truth in love to  IGod and have always sought
making  it a reality in our hearts : "I am the Lord Thy                   its welfare: And here with another sweep of your pen
God which hath -delivered thee out. of  ,Egypt,  out. of you disdainingly  placed'.me  before. the public and our
the house of bondage." For the Lord is the Spirit, and                    Churches as a man that would  practise such lewdness.
where the Spirit is  ther,e is liberty:                  . .              This  .is positively untruthful`and false.                                      _
      This glory is not difficult to behold. Moses. cannot                           Irr.espective `of who is right or wrong in the argu-
cover. it; and Paul will not do so. Never  dowe desire                    ment, you have no right to  write`about me as you have
this glory to be  covered,asbelievers. By turning to the                  done. But  in.  or.der to' establish what I seriously con-
Lord in faith the vail is removed: In heartfelt sorrow                    tended' to be truth of law (though it isn't the main
and contrition we turn unto the Lord. And that we                         point in the. argument) I have before me a letter from
nil do: We `do it with  uncovered,-unvail.ed face. And                    the  IDeputy Commissioner of Revenue of the  .State of
from glory unto glory we, seeing Christ by faith in'a                     Michigan, -dated May  .5, 1947, which states that we
 glass darkly  are'chariged'from  glory:unto glory as by                  have `interpreted. the law correctly. Let me quote an
the Spirit of the Lord  !:.  1                  - ,  :*  ,,G.  L.  ..:
                _'                                                        excerpt to -prove this :  "1 promptly admit that there  is.
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     no!..4Jing I  ian add to the conclusion or  observati&is
     made  by,you as concerns application of the sales  tax".                                                      ,- ' Contsibutioti
                I am  Got writing this to flout you nor to obtain a
     victory over you  nor to  ,exalt myself,  but  on14 because                                                                                         .
     you -expressed  &ur. opinion and based your rkasoning                                                                                             ..  M a y   $1,  1 9 4 7 .
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     on this very point;  B&cause  you thought  dou were Esteemed  Editoti of the Standard Bearer :
     right caused you to  write as' you did but you  $dr&ot to
     bc brotherly  and  accused me of things of  which I (we)                                           Not being  used to writing in public; I hesitate to
     are not guilty. Nor have I falsified the  posit@,.  mis-                                       ask for a little pack in the- above-mentioned paper for
     Quoted the  jaw,  or used God's Word unjustly  fo  main-                                       the  fdllotiing remarks.                                    ..
     t$in my  point in questibn. God forbid ! that /I  ,sh+ld                                           Having f&lowed the discussion between the  two
     ever stoop so low. Neither can  5 imagine that you  ex-                                        editors, namely  pf  the "Stapdard Bearer" and  -Ihe
petted me ever to use such devilish tactics as  tdat.                                               "Christian  LaboF Herald",  I as an ex-C.L.A.  meniber
                Disagree with me  if you must. IState your/position was- disappointed with the answer given -by  the  S&ii-
     and let the readers judge-and do so in a  brothebly  man-                                      dard  Be,tir,er Editor in the  May-15'  issue.
,:le~  ; which is your duty to me and all others.1                                                      1. The  Rev!  -H,. H.  states  in  the.first place that Mr.
             I  have the letter of the Deputy  Commis$ioner-of                                      Gritter niade a poor job  of clef&ding  the present  staild
     ievenue  of the State of Michigan on file,  fad  anypne                                        and action of  the  C.L,.A.  in  Fegard to . . the so-c&d
     wh6may  wish`to read it. It was not intended  fbr  publi-                                      "closed shop with  .a'  lodphole",  but  not  &en principally
     cation  snd therefore, I do  not publish it.  The Com-                                         defending it  butt just  applogizes  for what  they  we+?
     missioners of -Revenue will publish what they/ want.. to f o r c e d   t o   d o ;
     make known.                   `Therefore, I ask  y6u to  ljubiish this                             2. I doubt that  .as the  .strike question in the  sam.e
     article in its  eqtirety, to  whichr>I  haGe a right before                                    article is-presented is  exactly correct, as if that is  t$eir
     G;i d and  the  brethren  ; to defend  myself and state. my first and -most important. weapon. Much has been
     position (not overagainst the Ladies` `Aid  #Sales this                                        written on this question,  pro and con, and-the last word
     time) but  overagainst you, Editor. and brother. That                                          has most likely  not  ,yet been said;. Is it not  pos_sible  $0
     the truth may be vindicated that I am not that  "Bog&y-                                        look at this thing. from a different point of view?
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     i~~n"  uSing God's Word in vain to gain a sinful end as                                            3. Point 3 is something which  cali not be made  out,
                wiil confess through the Standard Bearer to' re-                                    but consists between the  two.  p&s&s,   who are in  d&i-
     ;VOLI  
     move the blame placed on  us,  that all things;  also our                                      ger of calling-each other a liar, which should not be
     wyiting, may. be done in  the way, of God's blessing.                                          done.               (_                   :
     `I'ims we may continue again as  brethien in the  Lord,                                            4.  .The fourth  point of which I have a few remarks
     l,`~usting each other that we fully mean to be, serious                                        is about the so-called  "mudslinging"at our Protestant
     a1  c?. crave  God% blessing.                                                                  Reformed Churches by tating (namely by Mr. Gritter)
                                                                                                    that there are  persons   in our churches who  s&-n closed
                                                        Your brother in Christ,.  '                 contracts with the A.F. of L.-and C.I.O. which  con;
                                                              H.  [A. Van  Putten.
                                                                       I.              -_           tracts make it impossible for them  to employ others
                                                                                                    than members of said organizations an& that  ,. these
             To provoke no  further argument, we  Will let  the                                     persons are members in  good standing  iti  .our  churches:
brotl1e.r have the -last word. Let the reader  cqmpare                                                  Now I for one would not call  ,this  tiud&nging  be-
     and judge for himself.                                  `,                   H.  IH. ,         cause this statement is riot merely based on rumors, but
                                                                                                    is a well  l&own fact, at least  -b+ many of  us.  Hoti
                                                        .                                           much they are worked with and admonished by their
                                            _                                                       consistories, we, of course, do not know, but we know
                                                                                                    that this has been  .going on for years. We. can not,
                                                                                                    of course,  mention  names.of  p&sons  we have  in mind,
                                     .  IN  MEM~~~AM                   _
                                                  -.                                                but some  6f them are leading men in our churches.
             We  herebk  wish to  express   o& sympathy to our fellow                                  And we like to ask what difference is there if a
     office bearer, brother G. Gritter  Sr.:  iti the loss of  himi brother,                        noor man is joining  an.orpanixatioli  `for  th'e sake of his
                             -'  l&R.  GEORIGE   GRI'rTtiR   `-              '                      daily bread, for himself and for his dependents. and a
who  passed away last  Augus't  21.'                                                                ?+rson who is in business. who  makes  agrgements  with
         May the Lord  comfort the  rel&iyes  with His all  lsufficient                             thk  .same groups to submit to their  idemand for the
grace.                        '                                                        .,           Fake .of the same purpose ? I fail to see  the difference.
                                                                                                    If.  th.e?e is' a difference,  *h.e  poor  m&  .has much-bet&
                       The Cons&tory  of the Creston  Prot. Ref. Church                             excuse than the  business  man.  - If the  first is  wroni:,
                      `.a                 -1,.               John D. De Jong, Pres.                 and  Iit  & than the  skcond is just. as much wrong. if not
                                     ,.  :;-  .:i P a u l   Vanden'Engel;Clerk.                     more,  an'd  sk;ould  `be  watchedJo and treated just as


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severely.  I$  be_comes more and more difficult to  disci-                                                                                          :                                                I N   MEMORUM
pline union members because they point  us  direct to                                                                                                          `ThB %onsistory of the l?inst  Protestant Refor&$d  Church of
this very condition.                                                                   Just imagine,  an=  eld.er in  our                     Grand Rapids, Michigan hereby  exppesses  its heartfelt-sympathy
dhurches is  comDelled to discipline a member  of. his                                                                                        to De&n  J. B'belema  in the loss of his &ter,                                             -  ..
church because he is affiliated with an ungodly  orianiz-
ation, but the same elder- is  rLinning  a closed shop or                                                                                                                               .             Mm. J.  IIAGER                  -.
job "without a lodphole" having a contract  signed-with                                                                                                        niay  the  Gold of all grace give His rich comfort and  the
the- same union.. . .                                                                                                                         peace  which pas:eth  all understanding to all the bereaved.
           -Coming back once more  $0 point one, we. sure  thiilk                                                                             -.
that Mr.  .Gritter at least tried to defend the stand  of  -                                                                                                                  4                                         H. D. W&If, Pres.
the C.L.A.  pyincipally, see the Christian Labor Herald,                                                                                      -.                                                                        S. De Young, Sec'y.
May; 1947.
           Speaking of authority, I -would- like to have  ati ans-
wer to the  question--%ho  really has so-called  "God-
given authority" one over the other,  has.the.employe?,
just because he has  the  means  an-d ability to run a.                                                                                                                                       I$?  M E M O R I A M
factory? Is he not even much  depgndent-  on. the em-                                                                                                          The .Ladies -Society of the Hudsonville Protestiant  Refogged
Tployee? Should we not rather speak of dependency                                                                                             Church  wishes  to express its sympathy to one of.ibs members,
and co-operation from both sides  1  - Is there not- such a                                                                                   Mrs. George Lubbers in the lo& of her
thing as responsibility also among each other: as em-                                                                                                                                                M O T H E R
ployer and employee, and  labormen together?
           If conditions can be arranged. in  &..& a  .way that                                                                                                May the Lord  c&f&t her and all the bereaved relatives,
Christians can work in places without being molested                                                                                          and  a&b6  them that "blessed are the dead that  die in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  . . .
and- nevertheless  .be free to join and not to join,. should                                                                                  Lord." .                                         >       -.
we not support this, instead  `of- condemn it without                                                                                                                                                        I  Rev.  o13-Kok,  Pres.               .  "
giving anything better in its place?                                                                               .'
                      _                                                                                                                                                                                          Mrs. C. Sgoelmatij  `Sec'y.
                                :'                            _I                              . Respectfully yours,
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                                        -                                                                 Hessel De  Jong.                                                                             _A--
Note  :LTh@ above Contributions  were` received  by
Rev.  Hoeksema  b e f o r e   h e   became  ill,  b u t   due  t o   t h e                                                                                       ,'     .'
lack of space were unable to be placed until  now..                                                                                     -                                                            -  N O T I C E .   -  .--
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 ;                                                                                                   _                                                    .CowectecZ   -itinerary of Dr. Schilder's  rlecture  tour
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                                 T.                    :-              "                                                                      .Redlands                                       Lectpre            Thurs. P.M.                      act.  i
                                                                                       NOTICE:              .,                '               B e l l f l o w e r                             Letiture           Friday P.M.                      Oct.  3.
           Candidates. Gerald  Vand,en Berg, who has  .accepted Bellf  loiver                                                                                                           Sernidri                 Sunday A.M.                      Oct. 5
the call of Grand Haven,  .and Edward  Knott,-  who has                                                                                       R e d l a n d s -   -  S e r m o n   _                             Sunday eve.                      Oct. 5
accepted-the call of  Fuller Ave. to become home mis-                                                                                         Manha&n                                         Lecture            Tuesday P.M.                     Oct. 7
sionary for  the  .Protestant Reformed Church, -will be                                                                                       Mantiattan                                      Sermon             W e d .   P . M .                oet. 8
.exgmined  at the  October..meeting of  Classis East- ac-                                                                                                                     Committee for  thi  Schildler Lecture Tour
cording to the  follotiing schedule :  -                                                                                           .
                                                                                                                              .                                               for the Middle West and West.
      Se?mons.                                                                           -                         . . .                                                                                                   Rev. G. Vos.
               Doimatics I  &  IIiRev. B. Kok.                                                                                               .-           -
               Dbgmatics  II!,  & IV-Rev. H. De  Wolf.
      , Dogmatics V  &  V&Rev. J. De  Jong..
               Controversy -- Rev. W. Hofman.                                                                            e                                                    -.
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      _ `Knowledge of  our  Confessions?Rev.   IIX  Feldman.                                                                                                                            i- -BOUND  .COSI&  ;
               Knowledge of the  Scriptures+Rev. M.  Schipper.
           Practica  -  R.ev. M. Gritters.                                                                                                                     At  piesent consistories or societies of  oujc churches
 +             Sermon-.Critics-Revs. J.  tieys and R. Veldman.                                                                                have the opportunity to purchase a `complete  Bet  o'f
                                                                                                                                              bound Standard `Bearers.
The  Synodical delegates of  Classis  West are  :pequested
to be present.                                                      ..  :  -                         .                                               Literature, books; and back issues of the R.F.P.A.
                                                                                                Classical Committee :                         will now be loaned  -o.ut to dur  read&s with the  pdr-
                                                                                                          R .   V e l d m a n .               mission of our librarian, Mr. M. Woudenberg.
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