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                                          September 15, 1948 - Grand Rapids, Mieh. _

                                                                    In.  Ez$iel 9 we see a ,terrible' committee of six
      M E .D I T' A `I. I 0 N"* with their- slaughtering weapon in their hand, and
                                                                 they are bidden to execute the command of the king.
                                                                 And the sixth verse says explicity : "and begin at niy
                                                                 sanctuary. T,hen they began at the ancient men which
               The Jndging. King
                                    _.                           were before the house."                         `-  /
                                                                    In' Jeremiah  25:29 we read: "For, lo, I begin to
          "And the  King shall answer and  `say  unto  `chem,    bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and
          Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done        should you be utterly unpunished?" .             .
        i it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye         While in I Peter 4 :1'7 we read : `, "For the time, is
          have done it unto Me."                                 come that judgment must begin at the house of God:
                                            Matthew 25 90:       and if it first begin at us what shall the. end be of them
                                                                 that obey not the. Gospel .of God?"
   The time is coming, and it seems to me, is not far               But this scene of Matthew is the end .of ilie ages.
off, when Jesus of Nazareth will return to earth on And then all nations will include all the `nations of th8
the clouds sf heaven, and then He shall judge the liv-           earth since at' that' time the Holy Gospel `shall have
ing  and the dead. That event is prophesied in `the been preached unto the .ends of the earth. ,-                               ._'
context. ,We read: "When the Son of man shall come                  And then `the King shall judge.
in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then                And His judgment sh$l be right!
shall He sit upon the throne of His. glory : and before
Him shall +e gathered all -nations : ari-d He shall sebar-                              Q  :>  :g  * .
ate them one `from another, `.as 3 .sheph@rd  divideth              The King shall sit upon the throne of His glory !
his sheep fviom the goats : and He shall set the sheep on           And His ,very judgment shall be glorioub. `All He
His right hand, but `the goats on the left."                     says and does, shall radiate `virtue and goodtiess., It.
   All nstidns shall appear before'that  throne.                 shall be a glorious judgment, that is, it shall be a judg-
   And yet, the pc&t of view is the Kingdom of God merit that shall radiate goodness  tli&ou&hout.  No
as it was coming throughout the ages.                            matter how we shall fare at- the hatid of that Judge :'
   That is Ijlain' ftiom the context. It is the King who when the -judgment lias fallen and the s&$ence  shall
is judging. And the' iinmediately preceding parables be, executed, everyone shal! know, feel, and express
also view things from the point Of view of the King- that His judgment is right, eternally right !
clam, the church on earth.  :Attend  to'$he  par,able of          s And before the throne there-a@ assqnbied .a great
the ten virgins, and that of the talents. They are multitude. They are called the  sheep. atid the goats,
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vipgins, tl@ church ; ,thtiy have talents which Jesus as `in a parable.                                                   r.
the King had given them, and for which they were                    They are. the people that on earth were c&di the
,held  accduntable to Him, the King of the Kingdom Church of God.
of  heaven.                                                         And that Church 6f -God was His house ori eqrth.
   And-it is also  plain from the text: The King is                 Did you eve?' consider the strange  aspe& of- that
judging and He is judging His kingdom people. More- institution which we call the Church`of *God?
over the subjects of this judgment either served Jesus              It is strange.                               ;        `.
br they did not. Jesus was near  them on earth. So                  It is a^ revelation @f heaven- `on `ea&h.
it must be the -(Kingdom.                                           In it are enrolled the happy peo$l&  t`hat are born of
   It is also taught in other parts of Holy Writ.                God, born from above, born  fror;l\ heaven.  '  '  *
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             ( Look & theti and listen to them. They ar,e of the ened; The more they saw, heard and experienced,
       earth. tia$h&i,gild. yet, they have heaven in the& in- the more they hated God and His' S&. Whatever
       most hea& &&heaven  is in their walk. They sing of bands and cords were laid arpund them in that &I)-&,
       h&ven,  th@<.long  for heaven, and for heaven's  God. they resented. And throughout all histpgy they would
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       ??he song% of the' ch&ch are heavenly throughout.                                    :    s i n g :"Their dominion let us break, le;t `us cast their
                     The .nanie which the God of heaven has given unto yoke away !" A horrible song, a song that would cost
       them is.sh&pj sh,eep of Christ.                                                           them dearly.
            But' look again.                     There are more  t&n sheep  oic                     For the Jesus of the church would some day be the
            Christ  iri tl:at church. There is also a very. strange , J,udge  of the church.
       people there, intermixed with them, and th&g"&me is                                          He would summon all the church members of all
       goats, goats  of  the  c&evil.   Ani  enemy. came,' and he the ages before His throne of glory.
       came often, he came contipuouqly." .And that enemy                                           There they come!
       sowed tares among the wheat. : And the result is that                                        Some anticipate great-wonders and their eyes shine
       in that h&se of God you ever found the terrible mix-
                               --. ._ _,                                                         with hungering and yearning anticipation.. They are
       ture of .cliil&& of God and children of the devil.                                        the sheep.
                     And.@ the name is church of God.                  `.              -            Some anticipate a righteous judgment and their
       :             But attend to this: the children of. God, that is,                          eyes begin the weeping that shall be their portion for-
       the sheep, constitute the kernel of that church, while ever and ever. They are the goats.
       the others-are called the shell, the r&probated shell.                                       But the King shall judge righteously. His very
                     And evtin hs in nature, from- which, the image is                           Name is ?he `Truth !
       taken, these two kinds of peo@le are thrown into very
       ilititiate contact. The Master of thie church had said:
       Let them grow up together. ,It has happened that two                                         Thk King shall judge the church.
       members of that church were formed at the same time                                          And His judgment shall be right.
       ih one wotib:  Rebecca. Yet the one was a she&p and                                          And yet it sounds so surpassingly strange.
       was ldved of God ; and the other was a goat, and was                                         The judgment of Jesus sounds as thdigh the saints
       h                  a                 t       e           d     '                etelriallk.
                                                                                                 of God are saved by their own`works.
                All this happens from age to age.                                                   Listen to the King. He is describing their walk oh
                     And it all calls loudly for a judgment.                 '                   earth, in the church:
            ' The unerring judgment of the. King !                                                  Ye were miqisters of mercy!
               The King will judge ! And  8is judgment shali                                        To the hungry, the thirsty, the strangers,' the
       be  rig&t!                                                                                naked, the sick, and to those that were in prison.
                                                                                                    Does it not seem as though their walk in mercy is
                                                 8 $.  :i; Q                                     the very key tha7t opens heaven and the joy of heaven
                     Now, Jesus walks in that church from age to age.                            for them?
                When the church was- small and but few members                                      Jesus says : "Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit
       were found' therein, we saw Jestis in the Lamb that the Kingdom, prepared for you from the foundation 6f
       Abel kilied'&d`burned  as an offering to God. Jesus the world !"
            dwelt in the church through types; shadows and                                         :And this speech is followed  bjr the words: "For I
       symbols.  .l' .                                                                           was an hungered, etc." So we are inclined to con-
                     And with these shadows, tjrp& and symbols: He clude: because the walk of the chicr;ch was so won&e+
       gave His Word to explain  1 them, in  oxder that the f'zr.lly sweet;they might inhe& the Kingdom of God!
       church-members might know Him and seek Him and                                               I wonder why the Remonstrant corrupters have
       enjoy Him, who is the  caiise of the sdngs of the not madk more of this sweet picture in the prophecies.
       a n g e l s .                                                                             of Jesus.
            *  ' And with the shadows, -and the .explaining Word,                                   `But there is more that seems very strange in this
       He also gave His Hbly Ghost so that they might `taste judgment.
       of all the good things He bestowed on them, even `the                                        We would ask : Why is. the standard for entering
       everlasting love of God and all its `accompanying boun- heaven the ministry of the poor and miserable?
       ties.                                                                                        Why is not that standard the much weightier spirit-
                A?d looking, listening and tasting all this labor ual exercises of love and`hope and faith?
       of J&US in the church, th`ey would long for God and                                          And much weightier still :i how about the first table
       for H`is communion.                                                                       of the  liw? How about the love for God, His glory,
                     But `not all of them.                                                       His Name and will?
                     The  sheep did look and understand ; they heard                                The Pelagian seems to be justified in this  final
       and were obedi'ent;  they tasted and longed for more. judgment : the works of the earthlings are the basis for
       But the goats, under the sanie ministry were hard-                                        entry into heaven.              -: _. .
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    The weightier matters of theology seem .to go beg-             strangely : we r&dgtiizB the glorious -God- in Christ
 ging .in this, final judgment.                                  _ and. in His -brethren' spiritually instinctiu~ely!
    And yet : the Kilig is-just when He judges !`                        You might also ask *it -in this `tiannec-: -the, hidden
    His Name is Verity and Truth !                                 love of God in our  he&&s; the  +@generated and  con-
    They are the basis of His glorious throne !                    verted new man, in Christ, is drawn: like: a magnet to
                    _                                      .-       all that is of God; (He gives `a' ,gla& of water to the
                         *  *  *  *                                thirsty saints in the name of a di.s%iple!
    The King is righteous wheil He jydges !                              Oh yes, it is all theology!  .:                         .'  '  1"  .,l.'
    His judgment is true and glorious.                                   And the r&warding King judges =the'%o+X  of His
    Good works are no basis here for the judiment of Father to be right, right indeed!                                                                           ,:  ,,
 the King.                                                                                     * *  * *                           2.                         .:
    Their  good works are evidence, proof for the  al-.                  Oh, why is this reward  `sci  great?  l%%ry.into   t&e.
 mighty powep of Gdd which wrought in them by faith. Kingdom of God with all its attending pleasures and.
 Their good works lirotied  to the King that they were                                                                                   .:
                                                                   treasures'l                                                                   ,.._ `,`,V'.
 citizens of  the heavenly Kingdom.                                      And  the answer: Because  they,  min@t&e~  &to-
    Their good works were caused by the blessing of                 Christr               .                                  ,;I:  ..                        _.' . . .
 the Father. Attend to the name that Christ gives unto                   Return to the` earth, dear reader, and look about you.
 them : Blessed of the Father ! If and when the Father                   What did you fitid?                    _, I' `,
 blesses you, you cannot but walk in tender mercies.                ' This: a mass of .hungry,- thirsty, naked,  sick tind
    Their good works were not the cause of their acquit- bound strangers,.
 tal and. the ground of entry into the kingdom, for their                It is the definition of the church of God. 3 They are
 name is sheep. They proved in their walk that their acCounted by the world as fit fdr the slaughter.
 Shepherd dwelled in them. Attend to the psalm of                        Surely, they are fitting objects of mercy. .,cZ:T,  ,.:-:
 David : "Know  ye that the Lord He is God: it is He                                                                                            -i_ -.. _:.
                                                                         But wait!                                                             -7 I.... -* z , '
 that hath made us, and not we ourselves; His people                     Let us listen to the evaluation wherewith God has
 and the sheep of His pasture."                                     evaluated them. And He told us by the mouth of Paul.
    God made these church members to be sheep of It is this : "Of whom the world was not worthy !*' The
 #Christ. That is, they revealed the nature of the sheep. Christians are so beautiful, so valuable, 
 And that is the nature of  `God's own Lamb,  J.esus                                                                                SO worthy
                                                                    that they should really not walk upcm this sorry earth !
Christ.                                                                  But why? How is that to be explained?
    Their good works `were not- the ground of their at-                  Because they are housing the Christ of God who
 tending happiness, for they are told that the Kingdom dwells in them
 is prepared for them from before the foundation of the                  And saying that mkans also that God, the God of
 world. Note, dear reader, ,the reward was there' al- the heavens and the earth dwells in the, church, in the
 .ready  before the worker or his work. Is it not beauti- church-members, that -is, the sheep of Christ.
 ful? Now God %411 get all the glory.                                    That makes you so valuable. Valuable ir the sight
   ,Oh yes, the jtidgment  is very right!            '              of God.
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                         * :i:  *  *                                     And the judge realizes that.worth, that valUe;.that
                                                                    surpassing'beauty in the church. Enter  into-:$l$ joy
    The judgment of the King is right!                .             of your Lord, even the Lord that dwells in.yow6;i.
    But there was another questiqn,  namely, why were                    And so the Judge is right when He judges! ;.
 not the weightier matters -of theology advanced as a                    `The righteous Judge of heaven!                    i  `<  `:>  `i  i: ,
 basis in this judgment?                                                                       L  * :!:  *
    And the answer is ready: the matters of mercy and
 loving ministry in misery are the evidence of those                     Minister then, beloved !
 weightier matters of theology and the first  t$ble of                   Minister  to the saints of God. Christ dtiells in them.
 `the law. tAttend to John: "If we love one another, God                 You may put it this way: Christ Jesus, the Son of
 dwelleth in us and His love is perfected in us I"                  God, is very miserable in His people. &sus is hungry
     And again: we love mercy toward the miserable,                 and thirsty, naked and sick, a Stranger and in jail-in
 fo? we see `Jesus in them. We recognize Jesus for                  His people !
 what He is, the very %ace of the Father.                                Love them then, and in that Divine love, reach out
     It seems. as though-the saints did not realize this            to them and alleviate the suffering'of Christ in His
 when they receive their reward. And therefore they body, that is, the church!
 ask: But Lord, when did we see Thee. an hungered,                  .    And the righteous Judge shall reward such mercy
 t h i r s t y ,   n a k e d ,   `e t c . ?                         in His just Judgment!
- But here is the  expl&nation  : . allow me  to-.put  it                                           ::     _                       G. Vos.


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                     Rev. H. Veldman                                                                                                                                mij weer terug naar Sassenheim, waar ik als kleine
                                                                                                                                                                    jongen  allerlei Vaderlandsche en godsdienstige liedjes
 THE DAY OF  SHADOWS-                                                                                                                                               hoorde zingen, later meezong, en sindsdien meenam
             Saul's Climatic Wickedness  and Deep Humili;ation........517                                                                                           naar Duitschland, Engeland, en later, America. Prof.
                     Rev. G. M. Ophoff                                                                                                                              Van Andel heeft mij, ik mag we1 zeggen, sommige ver-
                                                                                                                                                                    rukkelijke oogenblikken bezorgd bij het indachtig ma-.
 STO.N'S                  ZANGEN-                                                                                                                                   ken van die schoone poezie en proza.
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                     Rev. J. Houwerzyl                                                                                                                              vele wat ik later hoorde en las van andere'volken, en ,
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 ecde  knaap, en jongeling in levend contact verkeerde -tember with social science major and English minor;
 met de' Hollandsche letteren.                                      nzember  bf Ref ormecl or- Christian R'ef ormad church
         Een ieder onzer lezers die hun jeugd in Nederland          (1 underscore, G.V.)  `, Correspond with C. Van Beek,
 nog niet vergeten  zijn durven wij gerust aan te raden Lansing, Illinois."
-dit  bock  zich.aan  te schaffen. Ge zult ervan. genieten.             I do not know wh.ether we still follow the approved
         De prijs is $3.50.                                         custom to send a copy of the Standard Bearer to per-
         I-Iet boek bevat twee hoof ddeelen : 262. bladzi jden sons whose acts or writings are criticized in our paper.
 handelen over de poezie, en, de rest over de proza.                I'erhaps  our Chicago people will be%o kind+ to give
                                                 G. Vos.  -         Mr. C. Van Beek a copy of this issue. I think that
                                                                    certainly Mr. Fakkema ought to have a copy of this
                                                                    issue.
          One-Twerctieth   Rather  Than                             - And the reason is obvious.
                                                                        Just compare the report of Mr. Fakkema with the
                         Four-Fifths                                advertisement of' the Illiana Christian High School,
                                                                    and all. that is just and true in you that are' Protestant
         Thresk days I read one report and one advertise- Reformed feels itself outraged. Yes, and we may say
 ment.          -                                                   more. All that is just and true in the Christian. Re-
         The report was incorporated in an editorial written formed brethr,en, the Orthodox Presbyterians, and of
 by the Rev. Peter De Boer of .Edgerton,  Minn., in our the Reformed Church in America will feel itself out-
 church paper Concordin of August 19, 1948; and the raged.
 advertisement is found on page 1023 in The; Banner                     Mr. Fakkema risked a great deal in his outspoken
 of August 27, 1948.                                                conclusions following the report of percentages in the        .
         The Rev.. De Boer noted a quotation from an ad- Nineteen Hundred ,Thirties,  when he said something
 dress delivered by J. A. Ivan Bruggen, appearing in like this: "Note that the Protestant Reformed people
 the *Christian School annual  of. 1947, which quotation, have a 90 (or more, G.V.) percentage of children at-
 in its turn, was taken from Mr. Fakkema's report on tending our schools, while the Christian .Reformed  only
 the church affiliation of the children that attend the have .a 50 percentage. There is something wrong here
      Christian Schools in America, that is, the Christian with our churches."
 Schools that are supported by the Reformed groups.                     What will Mr. Fakkema say regarding this action
         In that report of Mr. Fakkema we note that 80%             of the Illiana High School?
 of the Protestant Reformed people having children of                   It is a matter of public record that the Reformed
school age make use of the Christian School, while Church of America is lukewarm, if not antagonistic
  50% of the Christian Reformed, 10% of the Orthodox to- our Christian School system. `Merely consider the
  Presbyterian,  -,and 57% of the Reformed people send matter of statistics : 570 of their children attend the
 their children to the Christian School.                            Christian School, so that 95 of every 100 children of
 It  is.not my intention at this time to write about                that denomination go to the Public School.
 this report -in the vein of the Rev. De Boer's remarks,                Place overagainst this the fact that  80% of the
 although I fully agree with his observations.. I would children of our Protestant Reformed Churches do at-
 1ik.e to.add to his remarks that it seems as though we tend the Christian Schools.
  are slipping. I say "it seems", for I do not know                     And now make your own conclusions.
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 whether the statistics of Mr. Fakkema -are correct.                    Every right thinking -man or woman will at once
      If, however,- they are correct, we must say that the          conclude: the Protestant Reformed people are much
 Protestant Ref armed people having children of school more Christian School minded than the Reformed
  age are slipping, for I remember distinctly that in a people. Conclusion two : It is entirely desirable to
      report of  `Mr. Fakkema of about ten or  mor,e years have a Protestant Reformed teacher for your children,
  ago; the percentage of children of the Protestant Re- rather than a Reformed.man.
 formed churches was higher than the more recent one.                   The Illiana High School prefers a Christian Re-
      I do not remember whether the percentage was 90%              formed man above a Protestant Reformed man for
      or 9,5%, but I do know that it was in the nineties ;          teaching in that institution. It is anomalous, illogical,
  while now, it is 80%.                                             partakes of the blindness of prejudice, a closing of the
 I       But, `as was :said, it, is not my intention to write eyes for revealed truth, but-we can understand it.
about the comparative percentage of Mr. Fakkema's After all, the Boards of all our Christian Schools are
      report as such.                                               composed of Christian Reformed men, that is, they
        The advertisement `to which I .alluded  states, under are surely in the majority. So, even though the record.
 the heading Teachers Wanted, as follows: "ILLIANA.                 of the Protestant Reformed Churches in their practices
      Christian High School, Lansing, Ill.-Teacher for Sep- and writings, prove conclusively .that. we are more


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Christian Education-minded -than they are, we can
understand their action in preferring Christian Re-                             :.:Ffeedoni From Sin' And Death
formed teachers over teachers of our churches. ._
          But what must be said of the action of the Illiana                                For the law of the Spirit of life  in,Christ.  Jesus
.High School with regard to. their preference"of  a Re-                                  hath made me free from the  laiv of sin and death.
formed teacher over a Protestant Reformed teacher?                                                                             Romans 8 :21
          The matter at stake is the love of Christian Educa-                    The first $erse of the eighth chapter of the Romans I
tion. `Well, the Board' of the Illiana High `School pro- speaks of freedom from condemnation: There is no
claims tb the whole' world: We'would rather have one condemnation for them. which are in Christ Jesus.
-t,wentieth then. four-fifths !                                               The second verse deals with  -freedom from the do-
          It is more than anomalous : that is only a departure minion and power of sin and death: "For the law of
from the accepted order and rule.                                             the Spirit of life in Chiist Jesus hath made me free
          It `gp??, deeper thai illogical behaviour : it is not from the law of sin and death."- And- the two are
a mere @stake, a mere quirk of faulty thinking.                               inseparably connected .as the little, .but significant, ,con-
I  ;:              ,.
   It is  the expression of enmity: geography plays                           junction "for" by which this second verse. is intro-
A part iu it. Th,ey know us in Illiana !                                      duced, indicates. The sinner that is relieved from the
          That they would reject us, we knew. It is grievous. guilt of sin, and from the condemning sentence of the
We have tqsted  this grjef for 24 years.                                      Judge of heaven and earth, is also liberated from the
          For all of these- 24 years they saici: we maintain I;ower of sin, that.he may walk in newness of life. If
ourselves in our errors and in                                                sonlione should boast that he is free from condemna-
                                             our heresies, our mal-
condtict in throwing you out and in our perpetuating tion, but should continue to walk ,in sin, and to have
the breach that separates us!                                                 his delight in the unfruitful works of darkness, he
          We knew all this, and have borne it, even though                    would thereby prove that his boasting is vain.
it was bitter. Especially so, when you consider that                             The relation between these two is such that free-
as far as the principle is concerned we obtained hatred                       dom from condemnation-is first, and constitutes the
for -our Ipve.                                                                legal basis for the liberation from the dominion of
            .._
          But this action is m&h more shameful, and it really sin and death. As  long as one is guilty and under
adds insult to ,injury : they said, we prefer the 5%                          condemnation he has no right to `be delivered from
of the Reformed Churches to the 80% of the Protestant                         death's dominion. He must first be made legally right-
Reformed Churches !                                                           eous before he may be set free. But  .for this very
          And do not forget that the .perc&tages  are a matter reason, one's being actually liberated from the slavery
of love,  fpr Covenant Education.                 ,,.::`I                     and oppression of sin and death, is to him evidence
                                                             G. Vos.          that he was pardoned and justified before the divine
                                                                              tribunal. To this the apostle refers in this second
                                                                              verse by the conjunction "for". No condemnation for
                                -            -                                me, for I am set free from the law of sin atid death!
                         :                                                    If the decree of his pardon were delivered to a prisoner
                                                                              in his cell, but he were kept in prison, he would have
                              IN     MEMORIAM                                 good reason to doubt the genuineness of, the decree;
         `It  please,d  the Lord to take unto Himself, after a short but      but when the. doors of his cell are thrown open and he
very painful suffering, our daughter and sister,                              is. set at liberty, he can say: There is no longer any
                                                                              condemnation for me, for I am delivered out of prison.
                              MAGGIE  GRACE                                   The same is true of the singer. He is not only justified,
aged twenty-one years snd two months.                                         but  als6 liberated from the bondage of sin. Hence,
         The knowledge that her life was Christ mellows our grief,            he can say with the apostle in these first two verses
                              Mr. and Mrs. Lammert Holstege Sr.               of Romans eight : There is therefore .now no condem-
                              Mr. and Mrs. Steve Holstege                     nation for me, for.  not only was  the decree  `of my
                              Mr. and Mrs. Henry  CTohn  Holstege       I.    pardon and justification delivered to me in the gospel,
                              Mr. and Mrs. Johannes  Bosch-HoistegG           but I am also actually set free from the law of sin
                              Mr.. and Mrs.  Andrew,Holstege                  and death.
                              Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Haveman-Holstege               Let us consider for a moment from what the siieer
                              Mr. and Mrs. ,Gerrit Holstege                   is set free according to our text.
                              Mr. and Mrs.  Marvin H,aveman-Holstege             The Word of God here speaks of "the law of .sin
                              Ben jamin                                       and death". What does this expression mean? Ac-
                              Elizabeth                                       cording td some it refers simply to the moral law of
.Hudsonville,  Michigan.                                                      God, while the words "the law of the Spirit of life"


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  denote the gospel. The text might *hen be paraphrased sinner and that drags him to destrutition,  is Very ?eally
  in the words: "The gospel hath set me free from the the hand of God that is .heavy upon him, and from
  law." But if this had been the intention, why did not which he can never escape. For the will of <God' con;
  the apostle use these  .simple words? Besides, the                 cernini man, ivho was originally made after the image
  moral law of God as expressed in the decalogue can                 of God is that he shall love the Lord his God with all
  hardly be called a law of sin and death. Nor is. the his heart, and with'all his `mind, and with all his soul,
  gospel ever described in the Bible as the law of the               alid with all his strength. .That law is not a mere code,
  Spirit of life.                                                    but the liring. will of Go@ Himself, that encompasses
 We will nidre readily apprehend the meaning of the him on every side, and from whi'ch he can never escape,
  Word of God here, if in both instances the word "`law" ai?d which he can never violate, even for one morhent,
  is understood as denoting an active pqwer or .principle,           with impunity. If he lives  alid moves and acts in
that operates in  ,orderly  fashion, according to  .certain          harmony with that law of God, he is the object bf God's'
  d,efinite rules. It is in this sense that we speak of favor, and the,Most  High blesses him with life and joy.
laws of nature. There is a la+ of expansion and con- But if he rebels, and turns against this will of the liv:
  traction according to which bodies grow larger or ing God, he becdmes  the object of God's wrath; and
  smaller in proportion to the degree `of heat or cold to            this wrath pursues liim, enters .c into his bones and
  which they are exposed. There is a law of gravitation marrow, into his soul and body, makes him unspeakably
  that drags the' disabled aeroplane inevitably to the wretched, and causes him to expe'rience  the dreadful
  ground. In some such sense the apostle had used the reality of the words : "To live apart from God is d,eath !"
 `word law in the previous chapter. For he there com- $uch is the essence of the law of sin, and death.
  plained of anoth.er law in his members that was war-                 -This law of sin and death is operative evgrywhere'
  ring against the law of his mind, and thai brought him             in the world of man. It  accotiplishes its destructive
  into captivity to the law of sin which was in his mem-             and cQrrupting work in the individual and in all human
  bers. 7 :23. Law, therefore, denotes some inner, active, relationships. It works-.in man's body, dragging hini
  directing principle or power that'operates in a specific tc the grave ; and in his .soul, in his niind and will and
  manner.                                                            all his desires, causing hiin to -sink ever more deeply
     In, this sense the apostle speaks of the law of sin             into the mire of iniquity-and degi;ada$ion.  (And it re-
  and death, that operates within and upon the sinner,               veals its power in every  relatiohship  of men, `destroy-
  and keeps him in its clutches. Nor is it difficult to dis- ing the home,  disruptilig society, setting nation' against
  cern just what this law is, and in what manner it oper- natiori, &using hatred and envy, wa'r and destruction
  ates. Sin is the power or principle that controls the everywhere. And thefe is no remedy that- is able to
  natural man from within; an iron-clad law that drags cure this dreadful malady. There is-no `power in mati
  him inevitably down.into destruction and eternal deso- to Counteract, to overcoine  this' law of sin and de&h.
  lation. Just as the `law of gravitation takes hold of              Even as there is no physician that is able to bver&%e
  the stone you throw up into the-air and drags it down              the doniinion of death  and. corruption in the body,
  to the. ground,--so inevitably does the .law of. sin ancl so there is no moral healer in all the world that has
  death hasten the sinner down into hell. And it does the`power to stop the operation of spiritual corruption
  so according to a -definite and-unbreakable order, the and death in the heart and nature of the sinner. Edu-
  order of the expressed will of God: the soul that sin-             cation.is  vain: Moral reform is of  no  avail. Man is
  neth shall die-! Sin. incurs guilt,- and guilt is liability bound from within by the law of `sin and death, and
  to punishment, and the iunishment.is death; aild death, there is among men no power to set him free. And as
  is spiritual. darkness; love. of the lie, corrupi;;on  c'? t.he    long as the individual is not liberated from the bondage
  Keart;   ucrversion of the will, enmity, against God.              of this law; all attempts to strive for a world free from
  For to be carnally minded is ,death;  And the carnal the ravages .of sin and death, free from hatred an4
  m-ind is enmity against God;-for it is-not subject to the          envy and covetousness, from disruptiofi and warf `-a
  law of God, neither indeed can be. And spiritual'death world of freedom; prosperity, and- lasting peace.4must
  is. the source of more sin, -and `of iiio?e .guilt, and' of end in utter defeat. War councils; but also petice  con-
  more condemnation and'wrath .of God upon us, and of ferences `of men that. are in bondage to the law of sin
  more death-and corruption. And thus the law of sin                 and  .death,  themselves operate  und@  and According
  and death finally `drags the sinner intd the darkness              to the same law. There is no peace to the wicked, saith'
  of eternal, desolation; Such is the  `lav?  -of' `Sin  atid        myGod!.              *                           . .
  death : sin, guilt, condemnation, death, more din, -more.            Is there,  then,. no way dut at .a11 ? Yes, there is, but
guilt, the heaping up of- treasmes df wkath, until tile              it  ii not- rnan'i, way in any. sense of the, word, it is
  measure of iniquity is full.                              _        eritir,el$ an;i bnly the `Gay of God.: Divine power alone
    The dreadful feature 6f it a'11 is, that thiS inevitable' is' able to s&t the ,&n&r f&e& f&&i `the law of sin and,
  law of sin `and `death, this principle that CoritfolS the' de&th,  alid -cliSin& power alone actually actiomplishes


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this liberation. This must be. maintained in the strict-- law of that Spirit, that is, the governing and controlling
est sense,of, the word. The situation is not thus.. that pQiYer  of-that Spirit, now directs them and causes them
the liberation of the sinner lies at all within the pbwer,      to `stand and to' live in perfect liberty.    .
or even within the reach of the sinner. When we' say               For this Spirit is the Spirit of life. Life is the
that there is a way to liberty we do not at all mean            very opposite of death. Death is enmity against God,
that an opportunity has been created `by God for the            life- is the  .love of God; Death is disharmony with,
sinner to liberate himself, or even to determine whether opposition to aGod ; life is harmony with l&m. Death
or not, and when-he shall be liberated. We mean that is the reaction of >our who1.e nature against the living
the sinner is so dominated by the law of sin and death,         God ;-life is the harmonious activity of otir'whole  being
thaf he can never help in or put forth the'least effort         in, the direction of. God. To be motivate'd  in all our
to .his own Eberation, that he does not even have th,e          thoughts and desires, in all. our. aspirations and voli-
will to be set free, or to seek escape from the bondage         tion, in. all our walk and converqtion, individually and
of sin and death; but that, Gdd sovereignly and freely,         in relation..to others and to the .whole. creation by. the
by the wonder of His grace sets him free. The sinner love of God,-that is life! To have all our  tlioughts
is cast entirely upon the sovereign mercies of God.             concentrated uoon God, to long for Him, to will His
What is impossible with man is possible with God.               will, to seek His glory, to be consecrated to Him, to
That is the meaning of the apostle's -words  : tlie law of experienec  His ble&ed favor, and to dwell in His fellow-
the :Spirit  of life hath made me free !                        ship, the fellowship of Bis blessed  friendship&hat
       Then, then, is the Christian's freedom. He isliber-      is life. For this is life eternal, to know thee, the only
ated from one law by another, and to be made.subject            tFue God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent, John
to that other: the law of the Spirit of life. For free;         17:3. To, know Him, to see Him face to face, to taste
dom is not licentiousness. It is not a condition or state that. He is good, and to gloriiy Him for ever,-that  is
in which man is his own law, his own sovereign, but life. And that life is freedom; All the rest is bondage.
that in which he is made the willing subject to the law         Of that life the Spirit is the `principle, the Author.
of the Spirit of life. - Instead of the power of sin and        Hence, He is called the Spirit ..of` life. And. by the
death, the Spirit of life now has dominion over him,            governing-power of that indwelling Spirit the shackl'es`
controls him, gives .direction to his thinking &and will- of sin and death are cut, that we might live unto God
ing, to his desires and lohgings, to all his activity, his ip. Christ. And that life is freedom indeed.
s&eitig and  hearilig, his speaking  and acting, from           .' And as we. live in the sphere of that freedom, we
within, that is, from the heart whence z&s the issues           know that there is ,fio condemnation for us. For thus
of life. And. being mad6 subject to the power `and the Word-of God here teaches us: There is no condem-'
dominion; to the directing and governing principle of nation for the law of the Spirit `of life hath made me
that Spirit of  ,life, he is free indeed. For where the         free  !* Do  not misunderstand this connection. The
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, II Cor. 3 9'7. He meaning is not that I am not tinder condemnation
is free from sin unto righteousness ; free from- corrup-        beenuse I am free and walk in liberty. We are-not
tion unto holiness; free from fear unto joy unspeakible first regenerated, and liberated from the bondage of
and full of glory; free from death unto. everlasting sin, in .order .then, on the `basis of our indwelling hdli-
l i f e !i-*                                                    n,ess and holy walk and conversation,. to be declared
       This  ,Spirit is the- Spirit of God as' the Spirit of    righteous before the bar of .divine justice. The very
Christ, indwelling in the body  02  Christ and all its          opposite is  true. I am first justified, declared com-
members. For Christ, Who died~ on the accursed tree pletely righteous, as if. I never had committed any sin,,
for our transgressions, was raised again from the And that solely on the ground of the perfect obedience
dead unto life imn-iortal and incorruptible and heavenly.       of Jesus iny .Lord. He is and remains my only hop&
And the resurrected Lord was taken up into heaven,              Nevertheless, by the fact of my being liberated from
and enthroned on the right hand of God, clothed with            the law of. sin and death, I am all the more sufe that
all power in heaven and on earth, with power, too, over         there is no condemnation for me. For I was in prison,
life and .death.  And to this exalted Christ was given and now I am at liberty. I was in the bondage of sin
the promise of the Holy `Spir`it,  in order that in and         and death, and now `my shackles are cut. And I was
through that Spii$t He might apply to His own all the           set free by order of the supreme Judge of heaven and
blessings of salvation, of righteousness and life and           earth. If a prisoner escapes from his bondage, breaks
peace, which He obtained for them by His  pepfeet               prison, his liberty is stolen, and he cannot conclude
sacrifice and obedience.' In that `;Spirit He returned to       that he is  paidoned.. But I did.  not break from-my
His own, on the day of Pentecost, and through that prison, I was legally liberated. God ,sent  His Spirit,
Spirit He takes `up His abode with them, indwelling in          and -He made me free from the. law of sin and death.
His Church, which is His body, and imparting Himself Moreover, this law of the :Spirit  of life operates only
to them, so th'at He fills them with His grace. ,, `The         in Christ Jesus, nowhere else. If, therefore, I  am-


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  liberated by that law, I am as&red that I am in Christ                         r
  Jesus. And for them that are in Christ Jesus there is                         .J.i;--- 0 U R D 0 C `p`.R I N E
  l!o condemnation! God 1s for me, whd can be against
  me? He it is that justified me, who is he that  con-
  demneth?
        But, perhaps, you object that .there is so little evi-                 Gtid's'Covefiant  and The Promise
dence  of this new freedom in your  life. Perhaps,  ybu
  hesitate to appropriate. the words of this part of the                                           (Hebrews. 11)
  ,J'irord of God -and make them your own. For you find                         We `wquld conclude our short- series of articles on
  that the law of sin is still working in your members. the  uncoilditional  character of the promises of the
I Freedom from sin? Ah, it 16oks to you like a beautiful, Lord, in comiection  with the Lord's covenant with His
  but very distant, and unattainable ideal. Sin cleaties people, by calling attention to Hebrews 11. We could
  to you.' Sin you commit every day. There is not a day, refer to other por,tions of the Stiriptures  such as the
  there is not a moment in your life that you live'in apostle's epistle to the Romans. In this epistle the
  perfection, so that you could really say : I am free from apostle Paul develops the truth of the righteousness of
sin. If, therefore, your being, free from the law of God and emphasizes that it is indeed the righteousness
  sin and death must be evidence of your being free from of  `,God. `In Rom.  l-3:20 the holy writer lays the
  condemnation, it is but a .poor comfort.                                   groundwork for his inspired revelation by establish-
  `v And that is true. If freedom from sin reveals itself ing the utter and complete condemnation of the world,
  in a life of perfect sinlessness in this ,world, ,tlien .no the whol'e world, `Jew and ,Gentile,  concluding this part
  on& can take these words - of the `apostle on his lips. of the epistle with the well-known words: "by the
  But listen. Do-you hate. sin? Are you sorry for sin?                       deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in
- Do you; fight against the law of sin in your membersi?                     His' sight: for by the  law is the knowledge of sin."
  Do you eeed forgiveness ? And do you- earnestly long Thereupon Paul reveals that our righteousness, our
  for perfection and have. a .delight in the precepts of justification before God, humanly impossible,  .was ef-
  your  ,God.? And is the  cry of the  publican yours ;                      fected by God  `Hiniself in our Lord Jesus' Christ.
  God be merciful to me, a sinner? Then you are free HEnce,  this righteousness is a righteousness of  #God
  in principle, and  there is no condemnatidn for you. because God Himself realized it in His Son, our Lord.
  A.nd then you may look forward in hope to the day In the chgpters 4 and 5 the apostle develops the truth
  when the inmost. longing i>f your heart shall be ful- that this righteousness, realized by God,, is also God's
  filled,  and' you shall enjoy fop ever the perfect and righteousness in the sense that He bestows it upon us                                ~
  glorious liberty of the cFiildren  of God!                                 by faith; and this, let us mid&stand,  is presented by
                                                            H. Hoeicsema.    the writer as the reward, not `of works, but of grace
                                       -             -                       (Rom. 4 :4-5). In the chapters 6 and .7 tlie spiritual
                                                              -.             calling  alid struggle of the Christian is  .vividly de-
                                     CLASSIS  E A S T                        scribed.. Fact is, -the faith-through which the right-
                     .                                                       eousness of God is bestowed upon us `is a living `faith.
  will meet in regular. session Wednesday, October 6, at Having died to sin we must also conduct ourselves as
  9 o'clock A. M., .+t the' First Prot Ref. Church of Grand                  having risen with IChrist  unto a new and godly life.
  Rapids.                      _.                                            And in the seventh chapter we have that stirring de-
                                            D. Jonker, Stated Clerk.         scription of the  inner struggle of the child of God,
                          1                                                  culminating, however, in that exclamation of triumph
   _,`-  `.  i_                                    -                         ihat  we- have the victory through Jesus Christ, our
         . .                                                                 Lord.    And in the eighth chapter  df this beautiful
                CONSIS'%ORIES' -  ATTENTI0.N  j                              epistle the apostle rejoices in the fact that the.eterrial
   -* 1 have sent the Acts of the Synod of 1948 to all our                   salvation of the Church of God is sure, only because
 L~q~~sistories.*  . If you  hatie received an -extra copy, -nothing can separate us from the love of God which is
  pl.e&e sell it and send the money to the undersigned.                      in Christ Jesus, our Lord. However, we will conclude
        And may I urge every consistor? to appoint one of this short series by calling attention to. Hebiews 11,
  its niembers as agent to sell the Acts and Yearbook of the well-known. Scriptural passage dealing with .the
  1948. I. am sure every one-of our families would like                      Old  Dispensatidnal heroes of faith.                   I
  to have a copy. Price $1.00. There are also a number
  of Church-Orders left `which sell for $1.00.                                  The Relation Betwaen God's Promises And Faith
   _     `_                                  D. Jonker, Stated Cltirk                       An. Important -Question                      0
                .
          .                                 1210 Wealthy St., S. E.          . ,The importance of this question is .&mediately  ap;
                                     Grand Rapids 6, Michigan.               parent when we no$i& the Scriptural emphasis which
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is  laid Upon both: the unchangeable  promises'.of the true that the tiork. of lsalvation is after all,. in collie
Lord and the ;activity of fai$ by the Church and child form  oi. another,. dependent `upon. an activity .of man:?
of  Gsd. That the Word of `cod `emphasizes the sover- But, how is this possible.7 Faith itself is a gift of
eignty of #God%  surely -w$-kiiown  to all the readers the Lord. Can or should we speak of condition&,.  in
of this paper. iAl1 .of Scripture speaks of this sover- the application of salvation when it is God ,Himself
eignty of the Lord.' We need not emphasize this now. Wllo alone  ftilftlls these conditions? Is it not.  true,
Attention has-been called in detail to the fact that the when  we. speak; of- something as being conditional,
covenant of the Lord with His people is unilateral that  we imply that it is  ,dependent  `upon sdmething
throughout, from the beginning to the end. Scripture `outside' of ourselves?               Conditional `salvation': implies
also, however, emphasizes the, activity of faith. That that it is dependent, upon man;                 '       :,
we must believe is also taught everywhere in the Word
of God; Such, indeed, is the keynote of ,the gospel-:                       The .Importanse `of ~Jf&,ezqs 11.% `.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be I -Hebrews 11 `is important, as far as our present dis-
saved." In the, third chapter of Paul's epistle to the cussion `is concertied,  because, fir&iy, -it does not treat
G-alatialis  the apostle speaks repeatedly of faith, as in an  isoIated   case. This c&i,&&  `&VI& the entire Old
the verses 11, 14, 22, 24, 26: "But that. no man is  Dispens~ttion. It is' by `faith that the Church ?f God,
justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: throu'ghout the Oid `Testa&?nt,  rccei+ed the .salvation
,for, The just shall live by faith. . . . That the blessing of  the  Lord. Secondly, !his `chap&" & significknt be-
of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus                                                                  .
                                                                 cause $11 the c%am,$e$ `quoted here, have one thmg in
Christ; &hat we might receive the promise of the Spirit common, and, tliis one tl@ng;"as. we s&d1 see later, is
through  faith.  .  .  . But the ;Scrip&re  hath concluded expressed in the very first verse` of this chapter. `Vi%
all under sin, that the prbmise by faith of Jesus Christ riced not enter at this titi&`intb a' detbiled exposition
niight be given to them that believe. . . . Wherefore o$ berse'l : "Noti faith is &z! substanck  bf things'hoped
the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, for,., the evidence of' l!hings not seen." Some would
,that'we might be justified by  faith.  . . . For ye are 5ave Us -believe that -this t,ext p,resents us with a com-
ali the bhildren'of God by faith in'Christ Jesus." Well-         piete definition of faith, tells us exactly what faith is.
knotin is the embhasis laid upon the. activity of faith This,  fiowev&,   is  haidly  true. On  the  &&  hand;  the
in the. epistle of James, as in chapter 2 :17-U : "Even Bible is `no dictionay;C;1'Ghich  gives us in various .phs-
so  faith; if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. sages ihe ex@t' d&ini&ng df various, `and several con-
.Yea, a man  -may  gay, Thou hast faith, and' I have  .cepts. Besides, `faith is rdkfined in this `f,irst ve:rse as
works : shew me thy faith without thy works; atid .I             the power of  .Gocl'  but  fr&n the  $iewfioint   df its en-
-will shew thee my faith by my works." In the eleventh abling the child of God fo b&r All suffering and pain,
chapter of the.epis&  to the Hebrews the holy writer and'.gain the promitie of everlasting life. And all the
hati .recorded  `the activities of faith of the saints of God    examples of this chapter_establish this truth of verse 1.
`in the Old Dispensation. Yea,. all of Scripture lays                Thirdly, .%fid this is certainly important, Hebrews 11
.c!ontinuous ,emphasis  upon the activity &n,d necessity is significant exactly because it ' defines the relation
of faith.           .                            I               `between faith  and the promise.  .This, let  us bear in
 The importance of the question, therefore, relative mind, is exactly what we ark discussifig  .in these %art-
i$e relation between the unconditional promises  pf  `icles.             Hebrews 10  :36-39 reads as follows:  "F&b  ye
`God and the activity of faith, is -self-evident.      Must have need of. patience, that, after ye have  done the
we understand these conceptions as running paraJlel* will of God, ye might deceive the promise. For yet a
to each other.? Is it true that both must be maintained, little while, and he that shall come will come, and will
`however contradictory they may seem atid appear, and not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any
that they must b,e embraced as two apparently contra-            man draw-back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
dictory truths? In the same Vein present day thought But we' are  liot of them  who draw back unto  per-
`viould explain the sovereignty of God and the responsi-         dition ; bui of th,e&  that believe to the' savifig of the
bility' of man. These conceptions are also presented soul." Please  notice   tliat' the  holjr  wriigr `mentions
.as contradictory. Why does the Lord save' us through the pron-& in verse`36, in the %drds: "Ye liiigh*.re-
faith? Is this optional on the part of God? Could He ceive the promise; For yet a`littl&`while,  and. hi that
save us some other way? Does the fact that the Lord `shall come will  come,  and  iirill hot  tarry: Now  the,
saves. us by faith, as the alone sovereign  ,God, not just' shall live bjr ftiith: but.. if anjr `iliaiz' draw back,
imply  that faith is the Lord's only. possible way of my soul shall have  nb  ple&urF'.iti  him.  B&  "tie are
.salvaeion?  Faith, then, does not contradict  the sovey- not of them who draw`back unto ptird'itioti  ; b'ut of them
eignty of the Lord, but it represents the only way, in that believe td' the saving, df the soul." ~Please. notice
which that wholly sovereign God can sjve us. Or, is that the holy`writer mentidhs the promise in verse 36,
.the matter of our salvation conditional after all? Is' it, in the word; : ".Ve  %mi&ht.`r,eceive  the promise." The


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  idea of the promise in this' passage, .speaks for itself;> power of faith that .Moses' parents hid him when; he
  The promise refers to that which we shallreceive after. was born because they saw that he was a  ,proper
 we have done the .will of God and after He, who will       (beautiful) child  ; and they were not afraid of the
 not tarry, shall have come. The promise here refers king'sL commandment. By, faith Moses, when he was
 to our eternal salvation which we shall receive `as an come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
 inheritance in the day. of our .Lord Jesus Christ when daughter; choosing rather to suffer'affliction  with the
 all .things shall *be made new. And, incidentally, this people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin.for a
  is the content of. the promise. of .God throughout the season ; esteeming the reproach of. Christ greater
 Holy Scriptures, the solemn and unchangeable pledge riches than the.treasures  in Egypt: for he had respect
 of Jehovah to bestow upon them, for. the sake of Christ, unto the  recompence  of the reward. It was by faith
 His eternal glory and salvation. Why, now, do we that he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the
 receive this promise through faith? , Why is it that the king: for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
 `just shall: live by ,faithj according to verse 38 `of the By faith the children of Israel passed through the Red
 `preceding chapter? Is faith our condition upon which. Sea as by dry land: which the `Egyptians assaying to.
 the Divine fulfillment of the promise depends? Heb- do were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell
 rews 11 gives LIS a beautiful answer to this question.
                        -.                                  down, after they were compassed seven days. And by
             -_                                             faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
         -.The, Many ExaTples I$ Hebrews 11.                believed not, when she had received the spies with
     Throtigh faith, we read in verse 3, we understand peace. This is the Divine record.  *Lack  of time, we
 that the -worlds were framed by the word of God, so        read in verse 32, forbids  the, holy writer  ,to tell of
 that things which are seen were not made of things         Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, of David,
 which do appear. Of Abel `we are told that he by faith of Samuel, and of the -prophets. By faith these child-
 offered unto God a more excellent sacrafice than Cain, ren of God of the ,Old Dispensation subdued kingdoms,
 by- which he obtained witness `that he was righteous, wrought righteousness, obtained,promises,  stopped the
 God testifying of his gifts. Enoch was translated by mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped
 faith that he should not see death ; and he was not the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
 ,found, because God had translated him. Noah, being strong, waxed valient in fight, turned to flight the
 warned of God of things, not seen as yet, and moved armies of the aliens, received their dead raised to life
 with fear, prepared by  <faith an ark to the saving again, were tortured not accepting deliverance, that
 of his house ; by the which he condemned the world,        they might obtain a better resurrection. Others had
 and became  heir' of the righteousness which is by trial of cruel mockings `and scourgings, yea, of bonds
 faith. Concerning' Abraham we are told that he, by and imprisonment, were stoned, sawn asunder, tempt:
 faith, when he `was called to go out into a place, which cd, slain with the sword, wandered about in sheepskins.
 he should after receive' for an inheritance, obeyed ;      and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented
 and he went out, not knowing.whither he went. And          (of whom the world was not worthy), wandered in
. by faith he sojourned in; the land of promise, as in a deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of
 strange country;' dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac the earth.
 and Jacob, the'heirs.with him of the same promise, for
 he' looked for a city which hath foundations, whose             What All These Examples Hav,e In Coinmon.
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 builder and maker is `God. `By faith Abraham and              We read in verse 1: "Now faith ,is the substance of
 Sarah embraced the promise and Sarah herself re- things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
 ceived strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of Hence, all these examples speak of the power of faith,
 a child-.when` she was past age, because she judged        whereby the people of God received the things'invisible
Him faithful Who had promised. And by faith, Abra- and that which was humanly impossible. This char-
 hav, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that     acterizes Hebrews 11 throughout. By faith we under-
 had received the promises offered up his only begotten stand that' the worlds were framed by the word of
 son, of whom it was said that in him his seed would        God, so that things which are seen were not made of
 be called; for. he accounted that God was able to raise    thznys which clo appear. Enoch, mind you, was trans-
 him LIP, even from the dead ; from whence also he re- lated by faith that he should not see death. He and
 ceived him in `a:figure. &saac, we read;. blessed Jacob Enja!. are the only children of God who were' trans-
 and Esau concerning things to come. Jacob, when he lated into glory without passing through death. Noah
 was a dying, by; faith blessed both the sons of Joseph ; built an ark through the power of faith, when as yet
 and worshipped, leaning upon the top. of his staff. it had never `rained, and .he be&ieved  that he would be
 By .faith, Joseph, when -he died, made mention of the saved`tlirough the destruction of the world. lAAbrahami
 departing of the children of Israel ; and gave com- sure:*,. -7,. P
                                                                  ?, .,lked by faith,' the substance of things hoped-
 mandment concerning his bones; It was through the for and the evidence of things not seen. He left his


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      native land and journeyed, to a strange. coun&y,  not cerned?. How could Enoch effect his translation into
      kn.~wing, we read, whither he went. He looked for a glory without seeing death?, How could Abraham ,ef-
      city which had foundations; the heavenly city, $rely feet-Isaac's resurrection from the dead after sacrific-
      in.<isible. He believed that SGod would raise up of him ing him according to the Lord5 commandment? How
     2nd  Sarah a seed as many as the stars of the  SLY in           could the children of Israel of themselves make a path
      mult;lude,  and as the sand which is by the sea shore          through the Red Sea and later through the Jordan?
      innumerable. Arid this was sprely a faith in the in- How could that faith of the Israelites, if faith be re-
      visible because .he and Sarah, tis far as the bringing garded as a `human means, effect. the destruction of
      forth of  ihildren was concerned, had both died. By the walls of Jericho? We understand immediately
      faith' he offered up Isaac, believing, mind you, that that faith cannot be iriterpreted merely as a human
      God would raise up Isaac from the dead. Abraham,               means in this eleventh chapter. of the epistle to the
      tb crefore, believed the invisible, namely, that life would    Ifebrews.
      come out of death. Moses believed that the Lord would             Faith, in this chapter, however, is God's means
      bestow upon him. the recompence  df the reward and unto the realization of this salvation. God-alone  does
      that at a time when the .appearance of things made the things, also in Hebrews 11. He brings forth Isaac,
      the realization of that recompence seem utterly im- makes a path. through the Red-, Sea and the Jordan,
      pcssible.  By  faith Moses  believed  .the humanly,  im- causes the walls of Jericho to fall down, etc. Our con-
      p&ible  And invisible, namely, that  the Lord would scious believing is that spiritual activity whe?eby we,
     -cut a path through the Red :Sea and grant His people united with the living God in and through Jesus Christ,
      the victory. By the same faith the Lord made the put all our confidence `and trust in God. Hence, the
      waters t>f the Jordan part before them and caused the Lord bestows faith and works through iaith exactly
      walls of Jericho to fall down. And the .same trusting because faith looks td the Lord and He is therefore
      in the invisible. God and invisible things characterized glorified through  iI+
      the s$ints of the Lord throughout the Old Dispensa-               This also applies to the people of ,God throughout
     tion. Thus it is ever throughout the history of the the ages. JGod alqne is the Worker of our. salvation
      development, of God's covenant throughout the ages. from the beginning to the end. Faith is His means of
      The Divine promise of everlasting life, the heavenly salvation `and it is the: only Divinely possible means
      city which has foundations, is indeed something which of. salvation. Another Divine way of salvation is in-
      human eye cannot see, human ear cannot hear, human conceivable. When the Lord  saves us  He  must save
      heart cannot conceive of. !I'o obtain that promise by us as the only sovereign  Lord, as the God of our salva-
      faith.means  exactly, therefore, that we look forward tion Who alone is our Saviour. Therefore He saves
      to the realization of that which is humanly impossible us and grants us His etdrnal  inheritance through faith.
      and only. Divinely possible.                                   For f&ith emphasizes, not what we can do but what we
                                                                     ourselves cannot do. When the Lord grants us faith
               Why God Saves Only Through Faith..                    He causes us to be united with Himself, enables US to
         The `phrase "by faith" occurs repeatedly in this look away from ourselves and to look exclusively unto
      eleventh chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews. The Him. When the Lord saves He, of course, saves us all
      idea of this expression -is that faith is the means by by Himself, and, therefore, through  .faith. In that
      which these saints obtained the symbolical realization faith we recognize the Lord as our only Bedeemer and
      of the promise (I say "symbolic" .because the promise Jehovah is therefore glorified.
      of the Lord was-granted His people in the Old Testa-
      ment symbolically). A means  we would. define as                     Connection Between Faith Ancl Promise.
      sotiething we use or do, adapted to the obtaining of              This also enables us. to understand the donnection
      that which we seek. In this sense, e.g., bread and between  bur. faith and  the  proinises  of `God. They
      water are means which we use untb the sustaining of mu'st not be understood as running parallel to one an-
      our earthly life. They are adapted unto the sustaining other. It is-not true, then, that-the Lord is willing to
      of our earthly existence. Faith, now, is .the means fulfill- in us `His promise bwt that we must believe.
      wondrously adapted unto the obtaining of our eternal The connection between thm is never such that the
      salvation. It is the means-which we..use and wherein fulfilment of God's  .promise is  dehendent,   contingerit
      we stand, which the Lord bestows, and through which upon our act of faith: This, we under&and, is quite
     .God operates ,and realizes in us His salvation.                impossible.
      " Zet us. notice how this applies to' Hebrews' 11. Faith          Nevertheless, faith and the promise$ of the Lord
      in this `chapter does nbt emphasize what we Can and are inseparable. The promise of Jehovah is His sol-
'     therefore must do. How could Abraham and Sarah emn annduncement to the effect that He will bestow
      of themselves produce Isaac, inasmuch as both had upon gs the eternal'salvation  which He has laid away
      di'ed as far as the bringing forth of children was con- for us from before the beginning gf the world, Faith


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 is` that operation of. the grace of .the living God in our camped on the. two groups of mountains that` enclose
hearts whereby we place our implicit trust and confi- the-broad plain of Jezreel toward the east. From his
 dence-in that God of our salvation. Hence, the promise elevation of about .twelve  hundred feet Saul can see
 is  .realized in us exactly through  .faith because our the Philistine camp which is only four miles away.
 salvation is. a matter of the promise of God alone.               Seeing the host of the Philistines, he is afraid,' and
 Faith,does  not stand over against the promise of God ; his heart greatly trembles. "Saul gathered all Israel
 it embraces that promise. Faith does not emphasize together," mark you, all -Israel, for. the pending com-
 what we must or can do ; it recognizes the fact that bat. Why should he be afraid? The question is perti-
 the Lord alone is the Author and Worker of our sal- nent. Saul used to be a brave general, eager for war.
 vation. Of course, we must fight the good fight of How his anger had burned when he heard of the re-
 faith ; we must hope and -pray even unto the end; we proachful condition offered them of Jabesh-Gilead by
 must put off the old man and put on the new; we must Nahash ! With an army of three hundred thousand
 -put on the whole armour  of Gods and. resist the power men he hastened to the rescue of his distressed breth-
 of the devil and all his evil host. This, however, we ren. Coming into the midst of `the Ammonite host he
 must do, not because this our calling constitutes- the cut it in pieces. Samuel commanded him to smite
 condition of our believing or of God's salvation, but `Amalek. Without tarrying he gathered the people
 only because faith, the gift of the Lord unto salvation, together to. the number of two hundred and ten thou-
 is a living faith, unites us spiritually with the living sand and smote Amalek from Havilah to  Shur.  IAl-
 Christ, and has therefore  as  its  fruit  that we  waik ready he had fought against his enemies on every side,
and conduct ourselves as the party of the living God.           against  Moab', and against Edom, and against the kings
 Faith and promise-the-latter demands the former and of Zobah, and against the Philistines. And no matter
 the former recognizes the latter.                              where he had turned himself, he vexed the adver-
                    (to be continued)                           sary.
                                          H.  Veldman.             We should understand, of course, that his courage
                             ;                                  in those days was that of a man who trusted in the
                                                                arm of flesh. He made not God -his expectation but
                                                                put his confidence' in `those large armies which he
                                                                headed in battle. When his army failed him so that
       THEDAY  OF  SHAD(IWS                                     the only one he could lean upon- was the Lord his
                                                                courage was gone, and he was  ,afraid. This hap-
                                                                pened shortly after his anointing. There in  Mich-
      Saul's ClimGtic WiCkedness                                mash a mighty Philistine army was encamped. There
            zind Deep Humiliation                               were thirty thousand enemy chariots, six thousand
                                                                horsemen, and people "as the sand which is upon the
           (THE WITCH AT  ENDOR)                                sea-shore in multitude" poised for battle. At the sight
                                                                of this host' Saul's army melted away. Some hid them-
     During the last- days of David's residence in Phil- selves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in
 istia the Philistines make a new war again Israel, high places `and in pits. Others of the Hebrews fled
-  28-:I. Samuel is dead and was, buried in  Rama his over Jordan to the land of Gilead and Gath. It can
 own city as .having been lamented by all Israel. The be explained.. The people were unarmed. The Philis-
 Philistines either advance along the sea-coast and tines had stopped the manufacture of weapons by tak-
 enter the valley of Jezreel from the west, or else they, ing away `the smiths. And Saul? As driven `by `fear
 came right through  Samaria, starting from Ephek. he offered the burnt `offering `contrary to the com-
 It is a general war. of all the Philistine princes that mand of God, -his `purpose being to hold that, army;
 is contemplated,. and the purpose is to bring- about a But'he  f a i l e d . .
 decisive battle in the plain with the Israelites.. b.Hence,       But let us make `no mistake about Saul's .naturai
 they advance with their whole force in  .divlslons  of courage. (That is all' he  ~possessed.  He was devoid
 hundreds and thousands, at the head of their divisions         of that valor and `spirit that stems from trust in the
"`the princes of the Philistines". Entering the valley living God the essence of which is love.) It, too, was
 of Jezreel, th,ey pitch in' Shunem on the western de- of' the Lord. This is plainly stated.  -On the day  of
 clivity of the little sermon. Their advance to Jezreel his anointing, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him,
 compels Saul to lead his whole force thither, which he .and he was turned into another man, 10:6. Further
 does and encamps about four miles thence on `Giboa,            on the `text' states that God- gave him another heart,
 that is, on the'mountain range in the territory of Issa- These sentences have reference to the, Spirit's sud-
 char, which traverses the south-eastern part of the denly awakening in Saul the natural abilities and
 plain of Jezreel. The two armies are therefore en-, potentialities that lay dormant in his-`soul and  in-

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 eluding courage in battle. Saul was not a coward. that there is one God. But as the devils he h&es God
 With enough armed forces under his command he was.' so that all his.thoughts  are that there is no .God except
_ fearless in war like any other  gre&t  military leader. when he .is in great trouble as now. `For the moment
among the godless. And ;Squl was a godless man, but hjs thoughts are that there is tine God and he prays
 ,O how pious. He crusaded against the sorcerers with for he needs to be helped and  God% arm is strong.
 such vigor that at the close of his reign there was not The qlTords that Saul directs to Samuel furnish the clue
 a wizard to be found in all Israel. daring to practice to the content of his prayer. "0 God, he prays, "I am
 her dark arts in the open. All had been driven under- sore distressed. For the Philistines make war against
 ground. There was  purpose  to Saul's zeal. He was          me. I beseech thee,  mak& known unto. me what I
 soliciting the Lord's aid  for. the realization of his shall do." But. the p.rayer,  is superfluous. I For Saul
 personal ambitions. But he had not- the witness in knows what he shall do. ..He shall repent of *his sins,
 his heart that the Lofd was with him-how could he seek God's pardon in Christ, and forsake his .abomi,ns-
 have-so that he did not dare to take any risks .with tions. In a wor.d,  he shall humble himself under the
 God alone. He was'biave only when he had an army mighty hand:d'f ,Gad. Thus being clothed with humility,
 to lean upon.                                               God will give him grace; He will return answer, "Be
          Yet now the sight of that Philistine host encamped not afraid of them. `I have given themi` into thine
 on yonder mountain range fills this godless, pious, hand."                                              3.
 .and brave captain of war with fear and great dread.         Saul's sins  are truly great.  Contriry to the com-
 And he has with him there on Gilboa all' Israel, every mand of God, he offered the burnt dffering. 1 He dis-
 man able to bear arms. And they have arms, too,             obeyed the command to exercise God's wrath upon
 swords and spears and all the other war equipment Amalek..  Instead of receiving with a .bel?eving, peni-
 except horses and chariots. And still Saul is afraid. tent ,and contrite heart the sentence of: Go& pronounced
 What has come over him? To say that he is afraid over him by Samuel, he  ,denied  that Samuel  spa%
 of  the Philistines and to say no  .more is to shed no trod's  word ,apd lived out his days seeking the life 01
 light on the real cause of his mental state. The Lord the righteous  man  app.ointgd  .of. God to reign in  1;;s
 does things to him.        Long  ago He took from Saul stead.
 His Spirit in punishment of his disobeying~ the cqm-           But Saul does not repent. He persists in harden-
 mand to exeizute God's fierce wrath on Amalek. "The ing his heart. For itis God's will to destroy him. His
  Spirit of the Lord came upon  David from that  day very  p&& stems fr.v@ unb!elief 2nd is made under
 forward. . . . . B$ the  Spir'it  of the  Lord departed the constraint of sinful egotism  and rebellion. "The
 from Saul, and an evil spirit from, the Lord troubled Philistiines make  war  &g&&t  m'e;"  he wails. That
 -hi&`,  (16:13, 14).      In' that  moment Saul lost his the Philistines make w&r against God enters  not into
 will, th& zest and spirit for war. The rest of his days his  ConsideratiKs.      `The contending  parties   ih the
 the wars of  #God were fought by  D&id except this pending conflict;  are the Philistines and S&l. At this
 one war in which Satil meets his doom. He cannot @me the Philistines have him thoroughly worried.
 avoid taking charge in- the battle that is  pIending.       They have collected in extraordinary large numbers.
 For David has fled the land to escaDe  his periedutions     And his sole petition is that the Lord show him what
 so that there is .none  to .take the lead but Saul. But to do and help him in the doing that he may oyercomc
 he is wholly disqualified for God's yarftire with the S&`s enemies. Hciw dare  he. appear before God's
 heathen. Not alone that the Spirit of the Lord has face with such a .petition `with his sins unconfessed.
 departed from him and an evil spirit of the Lord As the publican in the. temple, he should be* standing
 troubles him, but besides the Lord sends the terror afar off, not as much as da+ng to raise his eyes heaven-
 of the enemy host upon :Saul's heart SO that he faints ward, and smiting,himself upon the:breast  and crying,
 because of the Phil&&es.~ iAnd his `dread of the enemy "0 God be merciful .to me a sinner.`? .But .his sins are
 at bottom `is dread of God. For Saul knows that he a matter that .he does not touch on in his prayer. H e
 is wicked, .the Lord having convicted him of sin ,and is occupied solely with the predicament'in  which he
 the testimony of the Spirit in his heart that God `is       finds l-&nself. And. t?uly the prospect of the adversary
  and is a rewarder of men's works being clearer thaiI triumphing over him and his people is tdo terrible for.
  ever.      "This is  ,the explanation of Saul's trembling words. It is small. wonder that Saul inquires. of th&
 heart. IIe is afraid like the doomed in hell are afraid. Lord. I But Saul will .not repent, so that what he really
  And  every attempt of his to  reassure his trembling asks is that SGod save him as condoning-,his sins, thus
 heart by the consideration `that he `has with him all' deliver him .out -of the troubles that beset him by walk-
  Israel, every  man'able to bear arms, ends in -failure.    ing with him in his abominations. Hence,' "the Lord
          But take notice of Saul's reactions. "And when `answered him not, neither by Urim,`nor by dreams,,
  Saul inquired of the Lord," reads the text. Saul nor by the prophets." This silence .of the Lord speaks
  prays. A godless man praying: Truly, Saul believes as loud as words can, "Saul; thou shalt.repent."               ;


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  Saul now, does a. thing of climactic wickedness. Per- goes .by night in order to escape the `notice of his owu
 ceiving that he m&t repent: to .:be saved :of the. Lord,          people and of the enemy's posts, which were not far
 he bids thi Lord adieu and. inquires of the idol, the off. He is accompanied by two m&n to show him the                       '
 not-god, the  :hevil-god. `,And to Saul, that idol. is the way.- .It is to be a journey of about twenty miles both
 departed Samuel. "Wherefore hast  thou,asked  of me," ways;. ,
 says the seer to Saul, "seeing the Lord is departed from             Coming to the womqn, Saul requests that she divine
 .thee,  sand  hast become thy enemy?" Samuel  means to him by the familiar spirit and bring him up whom
 that, being of the party of God, he, .too, is Saul's enemy. he shall name. But the woman is afraid. She wants
 .Yet Saul claims him as his friend unlike. God willing to know if her visitors are ignorant of what Saul has .
' to help him in his present tu;oubles; Though the Lord clone, how he hast cut off those that have familiar
 is against him, Samuel is for, him. So he wills  to- spirits and the wizards out of the land. She accuses
 imagine. Forsaking.the.iLord,  he puts his confidence them of laying a snare for her life, to cause her to clie.
 in. Samtiel and of Samuel. he inquires. If the Lord Her words show that Saul's orders for the extirpation
 will not save him, except he r&pen& Samuel will, so of this superstition had been vigorously carried out.
 Saul reasons. He thus changes the virtues of this Saul  swears to her by the Lord that no harm shall
 departed and perfected saint into an image'made like come to her. Thus reassured, the woman asks him
 to a corruptible man,. to an idol, -a devil-god>. And whom she will bring up to him. Saul requests that
 before this god, the creatuke  of his imagination, he is she bring up Samuel. Yet it is not truly the -see? of
 .now prostrated,: the reason being that he will not whom he would require but of his idol. But the Lord
 repent and forsake .his sins. Here Saul shows .that by a wonder brings up Samuel's soul and causes it to
 he is now ripe for judgment.- .,His mind is thoroughly            appear to the' woman in the investiture of the earthy
 alienated from God.                                               body and clothing of the prophet in order to become
  / Necromancy-communication with the spirits of irisible to her. She is not prepared for this. It is her
 the dead-according to the passage of the law in which first and only experience of its kind. ;Seeing Samuel,
 it is forbidden (`Lev. 19:31; 20`:5, 6; 26, 27; Deut. 18: the apparition of the seer, she is amazed and terrified,
 9-14)  was regarded as a  wickecl  dealing with evil `and she cries with a loud voice. Turning to Saul she
 powers, which pertain to the dehairlpof heathendom,               says, "Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul."
 out  bf which the  .Lord has chosen his  .pebple  to be Hdw she comes to recognize the king is not indicated
 sjnctified to him ; and as an' apostitacy.  from the living in the words. Saul tells her not to be afraid.. He asks
 .God and a negation of the covenan$`relation  between her what she saw. "I  sa'w  -gods coming out of the'
 `him and his people. In the light`;of ,$he workin!gs  of earth," is her reply. The word "gods" is here employed
 Saul's mind, it is easy to `see why necromancy was so             for the general, vague idea  .of non-earthly. That the
?egarded. The departed spirit was the.not-god  served, word  ~"gods" deliotes  a single appearance is evident
 worshipped,  trusted ,,in, and consulted in the room of from the singular prpnoun "his form" in the question
 Jehovah and under the constraint- of `hatred of Him, that  ,Saul next puts, "What is his form?" "An old
 the `Holy One of Israel.  Whether  the  dead. actually man cometh up ; and he is covered with a mantle," is-                  I_
 appeared and cokhmunicat~d with the living, whether her reply. Perceiving that it is Samuel, Saul stoops
 sutih a thing on the basis of. the Scriptures' is possible to the earth and bows himself.
 is another question. The passages of the law in which                The Lord fiow performs another wonder. He gives
 nec?omaticy  is forbidden only itrike at the evil disposi- Samuel's appearance a voic& For the text states, "And
 tion and wicked attitude represented by that black art; Samuel said to Saul. . .  ." This cannot be taken to
 they leave unanstiered  the question wh&her the dead mean, "The woman spoke from the place where she
 actually  appealrti.  . Though  neciomancy were sheer was standing in hollow, dull tones,  which Saul sup-
 d&eptionFwhich  undoubtedly ft is, consulting tlie necro- posed to. be Samuel's, perhaps in the manner of ven-.
 mbncer were still idolatry, a negaiion of the Lord..              triloquists, the natural result of her excited visionary
' I<! `The de&l-god  has its prophets and proljlietesses to state, in which she identified herself with :Samuel."
 *hick;  tielongs  also' that witch at Endor. As it is only           It can be explained that Samuel puts to Saul the
 through the witch  that Saul  tail  commu&ate`  with question, "Why hast thou disquieted to bring me up?"
 his idol; he orders his servants `to seek' him such a             Saul had ruled without God and therefore without
`woman,  that  h& may go  *to her and inquire of her. Samuel.  His attitude toward the seer htid not changed.
-There  itask is  ntit  `an easy  one.  For  `%aUl had put He is, just as hostile as he always was.
 .away those. that: litid- familiar spirits,` .atid the wizards       But Saul is in deep trouble. That makes all;-the
 out of the land." The servants finally locate such a difference., Besides he is not requirilig of the Lord by
 woman.there  in E2dor; Putting on other cloth& so as Samuel nor properly of Samuel but  of:the familiar
not to be, recognized by his royal dress, @specially since spirit, the devil-god of his otvn imagination. This is
he was  .treading a  ,path.`forbidden.   by:qhimself, Saul         the sense of the notice in I Chronicles 10 :14, which


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   affords the true ihsight into the transaction. The sins         But Saul has asked that  Samuel  show him what
   that the passage lays to Saul's charge includes that "of he shall do, give counsel regarding, the pending battle,
   asking counsel of bne that had a familiar spirit, to reveal to him the course of action for  tk;e.morrow;
   enquire of it; and inquired  not. of the  Lord;".  The But Saul is rejected of God. The Lord has no task
 Chrbnicler views Saul's doing in the point of view of `for him to perform and accordingly no counsel but
   his  intkntion.  It is to his idols that he discovers the, only a word setting forth what the Lord will do to
   state of his heart and addresses his petition, "I am Israel and. to Saul and to his sons.  "Mqreover the
   sore distressed ; for the Philistines  make  war against Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
   me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me               of  the  Philistines  and tomorrow thou, and thy sons
   no more, neither by the prophets, nor by dreams : there- shall be with me, and the Lord shall deliver the host
   fore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known of Israel into the hand of the Philistines."                        *
   to me what I shall do." Implicit in Saul's complaint               Hearing, Saul falls straightway all along the earth,
   is the question what will happen to him on the morrow.          and is sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel,
   But the matter that he puts into words is what he ,meariing that the Lord spoke Samuel's words in Saul's
   shall do. He is in the need of counsel regarding what heart.             But however  .anguished,  Saul does not  re-
   action he is to take on the morrow. It is guidance that pent.
   he seeks not truly with the Lord and with the seer but             However, to gain .an adequate conception of the
   with the Ob, the idol, the not-gods of his own creation.        hardness of Saul's heart  and of the intensity of his
   But it is the Lord by the mouth of ;Samuel  who gives           rebellion and stubborne&,  we must concentrate ori the
   answer, `Why dost thou ask me, since. the Lord has t:,uestion  put by  him first' to  -the Lord and then to
   left +hee and .become  thy enemy?" If the Lord has Kamdel, "I have called upon thee that thou mayest
   left thee, why dost thou apply to me, His instrument?           show' me what I shall do?" The qpestion is revealing.
 If God is against thee, 0 Saul, thinkest thou that I am It spealis  volumes. `It shows, does this question, that,
   thy friend? If He be thy enemy, who can be thy as was just stated, Saul insists he is still in the employ
   helper ?                                                        of tlie Lord in the capacity of Israel's theocratic king,
          Saul must perceive that these are not the words of and that therefore be is entitled to the Lord's counsel
   the familiar spirit. Sd speak only `they-the Lord's tis he used to .be before his rejection.
   prophets--4vhose  desire is to be wholly in the service          The Lord,  buch is Saul% stand, is still obliged to
  :of God and'His Word.            a              Z                tell him'what he shall do. It indicates Saul's attitude.
          "Why  _dost thou ask me?" says the seer to Saul.         I-16 is. willingly ignorant first of the acts of  Rebellion
  :It is the tiay of the wicked to identify their idols and on account of which he lost the kingdom and sobn after
   God, the lie and the truth ancl thus to pose as lovers of was personally rejeeted. He is willingly forgetful of
   God though':they  hat6 him and are -piostrated  before' the sinful course that  he pursued since, such as seeking
  tFe"ghri$,  of their idol. In this point of view it is the life of the righteous man appointed to reigri  in his
   true- t&t Saul applies to ,God .and to .Samuel  though stead.            He is fully aware of the significance of the
  factually he seeks counsel a&help with the not-god and           Lord's telling him what he should do in the present
   his prophetess, that witch at Endor.  "Why dost thou crisis. The Lord's counseling Saul would be a declara-
   ask me?" For reasons just stated, the question is a tion on His part that Saul is still 1sra;el's  rightful king.
   p r o p e r   o n e .                                      8    Thus it would imply or even be accoinpanied  `by -the
          Samuel now identifies himself with such finality as promise of victory on the morrow; Saul realizes this.,
   to compel Saul to conclude that the discourse addrecsc-l        It is plain that his prayer for cbunsel  is the expression
   to him origina& with God as communicated by Samuel,             of amazing dbduracy. Saul deliberately shuts his eyes
   "And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me:              to his past abominations. He asks God to do likewise.
   for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand,           His petition is that God deal virith him as though he had
   alid  g&en  it to thy neighbor, even to David." All             no sin. And what about *Samuel  who had commanded
   a.long Saul haa denied that Samuel spake God's word. him in the name of the Lord and brought him `under
   But' the prophecies, of the seer have come to pass.             God's sentences? Saul's petition verily implies the re-
  `The  kingddm'  ~8s  rent out of  ISaul's hand and was Iquest that the Lord declare the seer a false prophet and
  `given to David. It happened before Saul's `eyes, so .drive him into everlasting desolation by His curse.
  .that he .cinnot but conclude that the seer whose counsel           Saul's `prayer, it `is plain, was a d&-iial of all God's
   and guidance he spurned `was the Lord's prophet and virtues; " *Sati thus prayed to-an idol, a not-god.- Only
   that'the voice now speaking to him is that of this very         in the setise'that h& identified his.' idol' with Gdd can. it
   seer. Why did the `Lord do this thing to him this day? be said that- he prayed to God.
S a m u e l   gives  ansWe+, "Because thou obeyest not the            The .&an&g of the. Lord's not `&&ering Saul is
   voice of the.' Lord; nor executeih  his fierce wrath- upon      evident. Saul must repent. But he cannot  -will to
  ,A&&.           -     "     :          `.,           .:'         repent. For it was the Lord's will to destroy him.

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   As was explained, Saul's turning from the Lord to
Samuel was a doing of climactic wickedness.             (It is
not correct to say that Saul once more tu?ned to-the                  .,  :  .SI,`ON,`S  ZANGEN
Lord but this time through Samuel). Let us considkr
once more his petition to the seer. "God is departed
from me and.answereth  me no more." This was meant                      Israel's Liefdevok  neiland
as an accusatioli so that here Saul slanders `God before
Samuel. The seer points out the folly of Saul's inquir-                          (Psalm 105; Derde Deel)
ing after him, seeing that God has become his enemy.                 Het Woorcl Gods dat we n.aar Zijne aanbiddelijke
It shows that Saul deifies Samuel  and opposes him to voorzienigheid deze keer moeten behandelen, begint
God., Samuel takes God's side against Saul. He sets met een waarheid die zeer zwaar is: "Hij is de Heere
Saul's rebellions before him, points him to the punish-           onze God: Zijne oordeelen zijn other de geheele aarde."
ments already inflicted according to the seer's word,                Dit Woord zit vast aan Let Woord, dat we de vorige
and reveals the doom that awaits Saul on the ,morrow.             keer behandeldbn : "Gij zaad Abrahams zijns knechts,
However great Saul's anguish at hearing, he hardens gij kinderen Jakobs, zijne uitverkorenen."
his heart.                                                           Daarog: de genetief "onze God" is meer clan be-
   But there is yet another angle at which the matter zittelijk. Het is de relatie van eeuwige liefde die ook
can be looked., If Saul in times past always  lias                zat in dat "uitverkorenen". De Heere is de God van
spurned the Word of God, why should he now be Zijn volk van  eeuwi&eid  tot in eeuwigheid, want Hij
imploring the Lord and  ,Samuel to show him what heeft hen liefgehad met een eetiwige  liefde.`.
he should do? Saul is greatly afraid. The Lord has                   Dan ook dit: Hij is onze God, zoodat Hij  absohiut
sent tihe dread of the Philistines on his heart. Never            zeggenschap h'eeft over ons. God is onze Souverein:
yet has Saul known such fear. And for the first time, Hij gebiedt en wil gehoorzaamd.
he beseeches the Lord and Samuel for guidance in the                 En ten slotte: Hij is onze God, zoodat Hij ook onze
Present crisis. The proud, ,rebellious, stubborn Saul Wreker is tegenover &ze en Zijne vijanden. Staat er
is humbled. For the first time he takes cognizance of daarom in het tw+ede  lid van dit vers : "Zijne oordeelen
God in his sinful way, and by .his imploring San&e1               zijn over de gansche aarde"?
to show him what he should do, he for the first time                 Zijne oordeelen zijn over de gansche'aarde!
declares the seer to .be God's prophet again in his own              Paulus heeft daar een andere editie van. Die
sinful  way. Thus it is correct to speak of  Saul's ,Godsman zegt : "Want de toorn Gods wordt geopen-
climactic wickedness and at once of his deep humilia- baard van den hemel  over alle goddeloosheid en onge-
tion in this  present crisis. In a  sense it is true that ,rechtigheid  der menschen, als die de waarheid iri onge-
not any longer is he the,.actively  rebellious and stub- rechtigheid ten onder houden." Tech zeggen die twee
born Saul. "rhe Lord has humbled his pride and cast schrifturen hetzelfde. God doet Zich gelden temidden
him in the dust before Rimself and Samuel.                        van het gewoel der heidenen. Hij oordeelt alle clagen,
   There are several schemes of explanations of the zegt een andere schriftuur. God zegt van alle ding&,
transactions at Endor. The explination that- sees here dat ze of  goed of  kwaad zijn. Het behoort tot Zijn
the real appearance of Saniuel-the  on;! given in this Godheid pm zulks te doen., En Hij laat Zich dagelijks
writing-is' according to the text.        Not the others. gelden ten overstaan van alle menschen. We kunnen
This is d point for the`next article.                             het nu nog niet ten voile zien, omclat eens iegelijks hart
                                                                  voor zijn metgezel verborgen is, maar het kan geen
                                  :      G. M.. Ophoff .          twijfel dulden, dat God  Zich laat  gelden  tegenover'
                                                                  alle zonde, tot in het diepe hart toe vati elk mensch.
                                                                  Denkt b.v., aan de schriftuur : "tin Die gekomen zijnde,
                                                                  zal de wereld overtuigen  van zonde, en van gerechtig-
                                                                  heid, en van oordeel." Joh.  16:s. En nu is het  we1
                    4 NOTICE  -                                   waar, dat deze laatste waarheid van toepassing is op
                                                                  het werk van  d.en Geest van  Chiistus, na Zijne uit,
   The 24th Annual. Meeting of the Reformed Free storting, maar het is even waar, dat God Zich ook in
Publishing Association will be held on Thursday even- de vorige dagen niet onbetuigd liet in des menschen
ing, September 23, 1948, at the First Protestant Re- hart. Zie  b.v:, Hand.  14:!7. En als men ons zou
formed  Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rev. C. tegenwerpen,  dat dit getuigenis een bood%chap was van
Hank9 will  speal; on the theme, "Prospering in the               Godswege aangaande Zijne goedheid, dan zou ik wil-
Lord". The `public is cordially invited to attend.                len zeggen, dat spijs en vroolijkheid in`het diepe hart
                                                                  ook @en boodschap achterlaten van oor'deel,  als we den
                                         - T h e   B o a r d .    God die zulks gaf niet loofd,en en prezen. :- Zie ook:


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Rom. 1:20. Van het begin der schepping af aan heeft dat volk hetwelk Hij van alle eeuwigheid  Wilde, zag
God tegen alle heidenen gezegd : Ik ben God en niemand en liefde in Zijn raad..  Denkt hi.er, b.v., aan een tekst
meer ! En het is juist vanwege dit veroordeelend spre-       zoqals  Jer.  31:3: "Ik heb U liefgehad met een eeuwige
ken van `God in het hart der goddeloozen, dat dezelfde liefde, daarom heb .Ik `u getrokken met goedertieren-
goddelooze zegt in &jn hurt : Er is geen God!                heid." - En, vierdens, daarom is dat verbond dan ook
       Gods oordeelen zijn over de gansche aarde!            absoluut. particulier  en niet gemeen. Men mag in de
       De oordeelsdag ial doen blijken hoe ver dit woord steer van het eeuwige verbond geboren worden,  zooals
zich uitstrekte. Er is, een aanvankelijk oorde.el  in het Ka'in,  Ezau en Judas, evenwel  hidden zij geen deel
hart van elken zondaar aangaande alle zonde die- be- aan het veTbond. Gaat terug naar dien eerder genoem-
dreven werd. Er is een'gedurige handhaving Gods in den tekst uit  Jeremia.   Daar gaat het over Israel.
het hart van elk mensch.                                     Leest vers 1 tot 4 en ge zult zien, dat het verbond par-
       Doch de tekst zegt meer. Zijne oordeelen zijn over ticulier.is. Zou er iemand zijn die vers drie zou willen
de gansche aarde. En de geheele geschieclenis der toepassen op meer dan het getal der uitverkorenen? *
menschenkinderen heeft die oordeelen gezien. In klim- Vers 1 spreekt van alle geslachten  Israels. Vers 2
m&de mate. Denkt aan den laatsten wereldbrand. spreekt van het volk der otiergeblevenen. Vers drie
En ziet het komen van den derden wereldoorlog. En van Gods eeuwige liefde voor hen. Vers 4 van de
siddert. Ja, God oordeelt alle dagen. En  h&t  wordt jonkvrouwe Israels. Zou  .er nu iemand zijn die een
al duidelijker.                                              eeuwige liefde Gods zou willen toekennen aan de ver-
       En nu Verde+.                                         worpenen dnder Israel? Des neen.         .-
       "Hij gedenkt aan Zijn verbond tot in .eeuwigheid,        Vijfdens, dit is de belofte des verbonds: Ik zal u
aan het Woord dat Hij ingestelcl heeft, tot in duizend       geven het land Kanagn, het sneer van ulied.er  erfdeel.
geslachten ; .het verbond, dat Hij met Abraham heeft YFIet is mij hier geoorloofd vrijuit te spreken,  .en te
gemaakt, en Zijnen eed  aan Isaak; welken Hij ook zeggen, dat Kanagn de -hemel  is, daarboven bij God.
gesteld heeft aan Jakob tot eene inzetting, aan Israel Indien niet, dan is de belofte uitgevallen, en dat kan
tot een eeuwig verbond, zeggende : Ik zal U geven het        niet. God is `God en kan niet liegen. Neen, God zwoer
land Kanazn, h.et snoer van ulieder erfdeel."                aan Abraham, Isaak en Jakob, dat zij Kanagn zouden
       Dat zal ons tot troost zijn temidden van den `oor-    hebben tot  ,hun land. Welnu, zij hebben het op dit
deelenden God. Want zoo ligt het verband. God sprak huidig oogenblik. Zij' zijn. in het hemelsche Kanagn.
.van Zijn oordeelen die over de gansche aarde zijn. En En zoo is he& met al degenen die in het verbond zijh,
dan slaat ons de schrik  oti het hart. Wie zou niet naar zijn kern. Zij hebben zelfs. dat Kanagn nu hier
vreezen, wanneer we lezen van Gods rechtvaardige  oor-       op.aarde,  doch geestelijk, in het hart, dat vernieuwd is,
deelen? En waar zal een iegelijk mensch verschijhen, waarin God door Jezus Christus woont. Het aardsche
als God oordeelt? Ja, ook de uitverkorene siddert als        Kanagn was niet- dan type en schaduw. Dat heeft
hij staart op Zijn gerichten. Zij kunnen niet dan Abraham geweten, want de schrijver aan de- Hebre&
vreeselijk wezen.  , En naar &ze oude natuur zijn wij        zegt, d& Hij uitzag naar een beter, dat is, een hemelsch
niet beter dan de goddeloozen  di.e zonder God en zonder vaderland.
hoop in de  wereld.zijn.  ._                                    Zesdens,  dat- deze belofte een  erfdeel  is, dat wil
       Doch dan spreekt de Heere ;an Zijn verbond, van zeggen, d& .het onze bezitting wordt door Jezus Chris-
Zijn eeuwig verbond. En dat is troost voor Gods tus die stierf en vercees.' Wij zijn  erfgexamen. van
volk. Wat is ,er tech al veel gespreken en geschreven        den hemel en van den .God des hemels door den doocl
over het Verbond! En hoe uiteenloopend zijn- de ge- van Christus,  doch dan zoo, dat Jezus  Christus zelf
dachten en overtuigingen!                                    eerst de erfgenaam' is die eerst van Zijn eigen dood
       Het zou niet passen om hier een breede behande-       profiteert.  Lee&  weer  Hebre@n, waar ons  vermelcl
ling op te zetten van het verbond. En daarom zullen staat, dat Hi5 de schande verachtte en het kruie ver-
we .er niet veel van zeggen hier. Alleen dit volgende:       clroeg vanwege het loon, dat Hem voorgesteld was.
eerst, God is Zelf en in  Zichzelf, de  verbdndsGod.         Jezus is de eerste en de belangrijkste erfgenaam. En
Dat leert de Heilige  Schrift duidelijk. Denkt, b.v.,        clan die van ,Christus zijn, en let wel, dat dit alle ver-
aan al de teksten  die spreken van "Mijn" verbolid.          worpenen buitensluit. Men tracht vandaag weer om
Of denkt a+n dien heerlijken tekst in J.esaja (54 :lO)       de dingen die eeuwig particulier zijn, gemeen te maken.
"bet vclbond Mijns vredes zal niet wankelen". En al             Last &ij h& ten'slot$e  eens heel duidelijk zeggen:
die teksten leeren,  dat Go$ een verbondslevefi  leeft in    Het Verbond, h& eeuwige Verbond, de God des, Ver-
Zichzelf; tweedens, dat het verbond Gods een relatie bonds, de  groate   .Erfgenaam  Jezus Christus, de  Be-
is van .liefde en vri'endschap tusschen de drie Personeti lofte en het  Be1oofd.e   Goed, namelijk,. de  hemel der
in het Goddelijke Wezen, en tusschen den DrieEenigen zaligheden, die allen zijn voor niemand dan voor de
God en Zijn .volk in Christtis  ; d&dens, dat dit'verbond uitverkorenen.  Zig op  `bet  verband.  Het ging juist
een eeuwige relatie aanduidt ttis8chen God en Zijn vblk, over *de uitvekkorenen, vers 6. En let ten slotte op het


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 9de-en  lode vers.  Wie  worden  daar genoemd? Deze:             Wie  denkt  liier niet aan het snoeven der verwor-
 Abraham, Isaak en  Jakobl  En dat zijn  uitverkore-          peneii:  Dat hoopje amechtige Joden?  .
 nen !                                                            En, let er nu op; dat tot de uitverkdren  Abraham,
     Nog &n din& moet ik er bij zeggen, en het is' h-it:      Izaak en Jtikqb  gezegd werd, dat zij het geheele land
 Al die zaligheden van het Eeuwig Verbond Gods zijn Kanasn zouden hebben tot hhnlieder  erfdeel, toen zij
 het deel van Gods volk  onvoorwanrde@ijk.   ?at zegt weitiike in getale waren ! Is dat niet Tironderlijk?  Als
 Gods `Woord ook duidelijk. Let vooral op Heb; 8:lO.          God bet gezegd had tot ,een volk, dat ten tijde van Zijn
 Daar staat: "Want dit is het verbond dat Ik met het belofte verreweg het grootste gedeelte uitmaakte van
 huis Israels mak,en zal na die dagen, zegt de Heere:         de bevolking, dan zouden we de belofte gemakkelijker
 11~ zal Mijne wetten in hun verstand geven, en in hunne gelooven.  Maar het is  slechts  een.handvol  volks. Ten
 harten .zal Ik die inschrijven ; en ,Ik zal hun tot een tijde vdn hun vertrek naar Egypte eenige tientallen.
 God zijn en zij zullen Mij tot een-volk aijn."                   En zoo is het altijd.
    11s zou  willen vragen in  allen ernst: Wat is het           ;Stelt het U  yoor: het  geheele  heelal, zooals het
 voorrecht van een .belofte  van allerlei zaligheid, indien straks vernieuwd, verjongd,..verheerlijkt te voorschijn
ik de.voorwaarde  tot vervulling der belofte tot in der zal treden, behoort aan h.et "bundelken der levenden" !
 eeuwigheid toe niet kan nakomen?                             Jezus -zeide : "want zij zullen het aardrijk be&ven" !
    Neen, maar de belofte houdt geloof in! Want God              Bovendien zijn zij vreemdelingen.
 schrijft in mijn hart Zijn wet en Hij geeft dat gebod           Vreemdeling t"e zijn maakt U. tot een lijder.
 in mijn verstand, zoodat ik,riiet meer van noQde  heb,          En dat is Uw  roeping.       Wij zijn  uitverkoren  om
 dat iemand mij leere. Alle uitverkorene kinderen  Gods vreemdelingen te zijn op aarde.
 zullen van den Heere,  geleerd zijn. Hij liefde hen met         En dat vreemdelingschap van Gods volk raakt alles.
 een eeuwige liefde.                                          Gij staat geheel en al vreemd tegenover alles en ieder-
    En  nti  weten we, dat dit verbond tot  bewuste,          een. De oorzaak van Uw vreemdelingschap ligt in Uw
 ethisehe en zedelijke  schepselen. kbmt, zoodat er ruimte geboorte van God, van boven, van den hemel.  .,Ge zijt
 is voor "een ingesteld Woord" en een "inzetting" in in `t diepste van Uw bestaan een .hemeling,  een. kind,
 Jakob, zoowel als vermaning en bestraffing..  Maar dit va.n God. En dat gaat zoo strikt en absoluut door3 dat
 doet het onvoorwaardelijke karakter van het Verbond de Bijbel zegt, hoe Uw wandeling in de hemelen is.
 niet te niet. Het "tweede  deel" van het verbond maakt En ge.wordt toegeroepen om gedurende Uw gansche
 het Verbond ni,et tot een Yakkoordje";  noch ook geeff' leven de ,dingen die boven zijn te gedenken en te zoe-
 het ons recht om te spreken van "twee partijen `in het       ken, niet die op de aarde zijn.
 verbond". Maar 266 werkt het: God zegt in mijn hart             Zoo woonden Abraham, Izaak en Jakob in tenten. -
 doqr Zijn Woord en Geest:  Zoek  Mijli  gangezicht   I          En zoo woont Gods volk temidden van de godclq-
-En dan zegt bet volk van God : Ik zoek Uw aangezicht,        loozen als vreemdelingen en bijwoners.
 o Heer!                                                         En dat is zoo vanwege het beginsel des nieuwen
    En zoo, en zoo alleen, krijgt God alleen de ,eer !        levens. Vanuit het hart zijn de uitgangen des' levens.
    En al die  heerlijkheden  ontvangen zij "Als zij          Welau, sindsdien Uw hart r&n is (Matth. 5) zoekt dat
 weinige menschen in  getale  waren, ja, weinigen en hart de reinheid, en die reinheid is alleen te vinden bij
vreemdelingen daarin."                                        God in den hemel.
    Dat maakt het zoo onuitspr.ekelijk benauwd bij tij-          Dan zeggen de goddeloozen, dat ziende : Gij dwazen !
 den en perioden  voor de Kerk Gods op aarde. Zij. zijn En het lijden is Uw deel. Z,e kunnen U niet verklaren,
zoo weinigen.                                                 omdat zij het geestelijke  leveti niet kunnen  onder-
    Weinig te zijn is smartelijk.        .                    scheiden. Gij zijt wandelende raadsels voor de godde-
    De mensch wil gaarne verkeeren  temidden van de loozen,  wiens deel aardsch en op aarde is. Straks wordt
 duiienden en tienduizenden.                                  ge afschrapsels' der wereld  in zeer letterlijken zin, als
    Als ge met weinigen. zijt is niet zoo &g, als er niet     de Antichrist zijn volle gedaante zal ontvangen heb-.
nicer zijn dan gij. Dan zijn immers de weinigen  alles?       ben. Dan zullen .we ons geheel vreemd gevoelen op
Maar om weinigen  te zijn die  tezamen  tegenover  de         aarde.
massa's staan : ziet, dat .is erg. Ik'denk  hi& direkt aan       Zoo vreemd is Gods volk,m  dat als men uitermate
Jezus, temidden  van de stieren van Basan, temidden .- leeft naar dit nieuwe, reine beginsel, zooals een Henoch,
van het oprukken der honden.                                  men door het goddelooze rot'gezocht  wordt om gedood
    .Gods  volk zijn altijd in de  groote  .minderheid   ge- te worden.  `Weg met zulk eenen!
weest. De  massa's' zijn bij de  verworpenen.  Denkt             Maar zij worden  door God bemind ; het verbond is
hi&  .aan het `6&e huisgezin van  Noich; toen er mil- `hunner met zijn belofte, en zij zullen het aardrijk tot
lioenen van menschen  waren op de  aard& Die man in eeuwigheid b,ezitten.                  Dan niet meer vreemdeling,
meet een zeer groot geloof gehad hebben om het uit te doch dan tehuis bij God, met Zijn volk en Engelen tot
houden tegen de .publieke opinie.
                             --                               in eeuwigheid.                                G. Vos.


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                                                              are vulnerable when we studv from the Creeds at any
                  IN  H.IS  F&AR  `c time, also when we preach the catechism on `Sundays.
                                                              I believe rather "no Christ without a creed,`.  ' How
                                                              m&h we disassociate the Creeds from the Bible, and
        About Catechism  Again. . . I.                        thus become guilty of studying creeds instead of the
                                                              Bible depends upon how we preach the Catechism and
                                                             how we teach it in our classes. If we use catechism
   I hope you have read what ,brother Rev. Doezema books we are also vulneyable. I like studying direct
wrote  in our column last time. Better re-read it or from the Bible, but history and experience has taught
re-call it otherwise .you won't know what i am going us that we need compendiums, etc. The Creeds are
to try to write about now;                                    not the Bible, I know, but if we should interpret the
   While oti my vacation we came, into contact with- Bible contrary to the Creeds. . . .what would we have?
John Calvin, and, believe it or not, he had something If our children follow the system which we outlined,
to say about  .doctrinal  catechism for  ten-year:olds        and they have grace in their hearts, I believe they will
 (Institutes IV, 19, 13). He said it would be a good have a'good conceptiop  of the Bible.
thing if we should observe the `methods of ancient
days when ten-year-olds  studied the system of Chris-            Next, the brother states -that  a detailed study such
tian Religion and made public examination thereof as we outlined will not indoctrinate the youth but
in the presence of parents and especially in the pre- ~rather  give them to know the language of the Confes-
selice' of the `church.                                       sions. Answer: The language of the Confessions is
  This, however, just by the  way.                            the vehicle' through which the doctrines of Scripture
                                                              are transmitted.  I& is very essential that our youth
   At least Calvin thought that ten years old was `not kgow the language of the Confessions. and we in-
too early to-train them in the doctrines of the church.       structors must teach- them what that language means.
Besides, he.had something to say also about how lax A generation which no longer knotis the language of
,parents would be put to shame if at ten years old the confessions is ready to learn a strange language.
their: children were ignorant of the vital doctrines.
    This; however, just by the way.'                             The -Heidelberg Catechism is beautiful, but it is
                                                              only. ONE of the THREE Forms. Besides, the Cate-
    I believe that Rev. Doezema and I agree psrfectly .chism  ,is preached continually in our churches, and
on the fact that our children should receive doctrine.        except we be careful we  .will  haye generations who
He states "we should teach doctrine through history". know nothing about the THREE Forms. Along with
Hence, we should teach doctrine. `The difference be- the Catechism we should study also the other two.
tween us seems to be that of method. And after all            Who could ever object to that?
the method d&pends  upon the instructor or catechist.
I certainly believe, in teaching  history, but not in the        Next the  b&her says that' experience and psy-
sense of using bur time in catechism for telling and chology show that much of the confessions cannot be
re-telling Bible stories. -The brother would not want assimilated before the age .of twenty.. [Answer : I know
to do that either. He, too, would like to acquire some people three times twenty years old who haven't as-
system whereby doctrine is taught through history. similated' the truth yet, and I know some, half-twenty
We were looking for that system.' When the children years old that are assimilating as  ?apidly as it is
come to the age where they will study the Heidelberg presented to them in digestible form. All depends
Catechism or the Essentials or what have you, thc:r           upon how we present things, that is, .if there is faith
will study doctrine but through history also.                 present to- understand spiritual things. The doctrine
    I believes  as .I wrote before that children in their     of Justification is  $ntensely  diffictilt, especially for
early years are very receptive, and if we will but coma,      adults. We assimilate it by faith. Children also h&e
to them with that which is calculated for young minds,. faith .and they have minds which are logical- and re-
they will grasp tl"emendous  things.                          ceptive. And as for the psycholog$ of giving children
    Another question is, have we tried it?                    doctrine at say 11-13 years of age, I know famous
    We.ought  not to say: it can't be done, we must say:      psychologi&s who are catechizing children at six-years
.let's come to the children in such a way that they can o f   a g e .
understa;ld.  Then  the method Will be left to the in-           Our friend from sunny  California  comes  next to
structor.                                        t            say  thtit  in9 system runs the  danger of' abstracting
 Timothy from a child knew the Scriptures.                    history from doctrine. Answer : It might appear that
    Brother Doezema is afraid that such a system as I way. The m&hod of teaching would  have  to,decidde
 outlined makes us vulnerable to the charge .of being that. To  abstyact history from doctrine is as wrong
more interested in ,Creeds  than th6 Bible. Answer : In as.to abstract doctrine from history. How much we
 the eyes. of those who cry "no creed but -Christ" we         in all our catechism teaching teach.fiistory doctrinally.


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and doctrine historically depends upon the method
u`sed. If, as the brother suggests;we will use history                                              :  Index  Foi  Volume  24  _
as our text book, good and well, but who will. create
us some system? And what-system of doctrinal study                                        INDEX  i0 SCRIPTURE PASSAGES TREATED
could ever prepare our youth for making confession                                        T e x t .                                                                                                                                                     Author ?age No.
of the Christian Faith  !quite like our Confessions? G e n e s i s   1:31
                                                                                                             ................................................................... C.H. 502 21
Our young people will never learn the reformed faith.                       Genesis  29:35b ..............................................................                                                                                                              217 10
                                                                            Exodus 4:2-4 ................................. ......................... .....                                                                                                               81 4
unless we present them a system of `that faith. I be- Exodus 
                                                                            Exodus  9:13,
                                                                                              g:16  14 ... .....................................................                                                                                                         63 3
lieve we have that system in our Creeds, at least basic-                                                    ...................................................... ............G.M.O. -13 1
                                                                            Exodus  11:7b .................................................................                                                                                                             313 14
ally.                                                                       Exodus 12 :7 ................................................................                                                                                                               279 12
                                                                                   Continued .......i.................................. ..................                                                                                                              301 13`
 And our colleague says that Scripture says be- `Exodus  12:13. ............................................................. G.M.O. 250 11
ginners should be fed  tiith milk. Answer: The true Exodus 14:19b ........: ..:. ....... ........................................G.M.O. 130                                                                                                                                    6
                                                                            Exodus  34:34  (contmued from Vol. 23)
doctrine is milk. How much it becdnies digestible.for                                                                                                                                                                       ................ G.L.
                                                                            Deuteronomy 
                                                                            I Samuel                            10:12,
                                                                                                  14:47-52                              13 ..............................................                                                                               `4:: 2:
the youth depends, under God, upon how it is' presented                                                     ...................................................................................................................... G.25 .                                37    2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         . G.M:O:        38    2
to them.                                                                    I Samuel 15
                                                                                   Continued'............................................................. G.M.O.                                                                                                        63  3
    In conclusion: Rev.  Doezema does not write in I Samuel 16 .............................................. ..!...............G.M.O.
                                                                            I Samuel 17 ................................................................ p$g.                                                                                                            i::  44
order to ma?ntain his point over against, say, my point                            Continued .............................................................                                                                                                              110  -5
                                                                                                                   ..................................................... ....... >G.M:O: 13s  -  s
(if I have any), but he writes becaus'e he wants people                            Continued
                                                                            I- Samuel 18 ........................................................ .........G.M.O. 154 7
to weigh things carefully when it -comes to catechism I Samuel 19 ................ ................................................. G.M.O. 178  8
                                                                            I Samuel 20                                                                                                                                                                :..pg. 202 9
endeavour.                                                                         Continued........................................................................................................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ... .            226 10
                                                                            I Samuel 21                                                                                                                                                      ...... G.M:O: 252 11
    And that is excellent advice. The "religious" tiorld                                                    ..........................................................
                                                                                  /Continued ..................................... i...................... G.M.O. 273 12
in which we live requires in ever-increasing measure I Samuel 22 ................................................................ G.M.O. 29s 13
                                                                                                            .................................... ............................. G.M.O. 324 14
that our young people be equipped to distinguish'care-                      I Samuel 23
                                                                            I Samuel 24
                                                                            I Samuel 25 ................................................................ G.M.O. 348 15,
fully. .W.e do not pretend that contact with the truth                                                      ................... ............................................. G.M.O. 371 16
merely will fortify them, of course not, thb Grace of                              Continued .................................. ...........................JG.M.0. 39s 17
                                                                                   Continued ............................................................. G.M.O. 422 18
God fortifies them, but God empowers His  pedple                            I Samuel 26.................... ............................................ G.M.O. 445 19
through the Word and their knowledge' of the Word.                          I Samuel 27 ................................................................ G.M.O. 469 20
                                                                            I Samuel 30                                                                                                            i........................ ;G.M.O.                                    494 21
After  P&l tells his listeners what weapons belong                                                          .................... -...................
                                                                            Psalm 11:4 .................................................................... C.H. 502 21
to the armour  of :th&. Christian, he tells them also that Psalm 22:25a ................... ..-.......................................... G.V. 217 10
they need the sword of the Spirit. . . .and that is the Psalm 25 
                                                                            psalm                :14
                                                                                          33:1s, :;. ............................................................                                                                                                       198 9
                                                                                                                        ............................................................ i?Hv                                                                               503 21
Word of `God.                                                               Psalm 101 (continued from Vol. 23) ...................... G:V:                                                                                                                               l&' 1
                                                                            Psalm 102 ..............................t................. .......................                                                                                                           88 4
    `The time is short!                                                            Continued .............................................................. i?vv                                                                                                        112 5
                                                                                   Continued .............................................................. G:V: 137  s
    The recently begun Draft tells us that the time is                             Continued .......................................................... .;..                                                                                                            16.0  i
still shorter. Part of the precious time bf our youths                             Continued .............................................................. .g;                                                                                                         183 8
                                                                            Ptsa.lm 103 ..................... ................................................. G:,V: 207 9
will be spent away from any catechism contact, un-                                 Continued ............................................................... G.V. 233 10
less we put forth some effort as churches to keep con-                            Continued .............................................................. G.V. 255 11
                                                                                   Continued ...............................................................                                                                                                            280 12
tact with our draftees. But the quiet of the catechism                            Continued .............................................................. ET                                                                                                           303 13
room at least is broken up, and our yduth have ho face Psalm 104 ...................................................................... G:V: 351 `15
                                                                                   Continukd ................................................ ............... G.V. 374 16
th`e world in a way which calls for preparedness.                                  Continued .... ...........................................................                                                                                                           401 ,17
                                                                                   Continued .............................................................. 2::                                                                                                         424 18
    Can we then begin TOO early to indoctrinate?,                                  Continued .............................................. i.. .............. G:V: 44s ,19
                                                                            Psalm  105 .................................................................... G.V. 472 20
   And what'system have we which  is better than the                               Continued .............................................................. G.V. 49s 21
system which our Cliristian Faith itself proposes?                                 Continued ............ .._..............1:............................... G.V. 523 22
                                                                            Isaiah 35:lO .................................................................. G.V. 481 21
    By the way, we have sent out some Methodologies; Isaiah 40:9-11 ............................ .;................................. G.V. 431 19
                                                                            Jeremiah 31:31-34 ...................................................... H.V.
th.ey give the scheme. according to which we. operate                                                                                                                                                                                                                   199    9
                                                                            Jeremiah 32:39 ............................................................ G.V. 457 20
our system. If you want one we will send it to you.                         Matthew pi :lO ................................................................ C.H. 477..20
                                                                            Matthew
And Rev. ICammenga is getting his presses ready .to                                              15:22-28 ........................................................ G.V. 334 15
                                                                            Matthew 25:40 .............................................................. G.V. 595 -22:
provide more Easy Steps, Primers, etc.                                      Matthew 26:14-16 ........................................................ G.V. 217 10
                                                                            Matthew 26:49 ............................................................ G.V. 217 10
    I hope you may have enjoyed our little debate, as                       Matthew  27:50-54 .................... .................................... G.V. 265 12
much as Rev. Doezema and I did, and may have been                           Mark 4:10-12 .................................................................. G.V. 385' 17
                                                                            Mark 16:9 ....................................................... .;............. G.V. 289 13
edified.    And as for catechism, let's accept nothing Luke 1 W-79 ...................................... ........................... G.V. 121 6
less than the best.                                                         Luke 23:27-31 ...................... .......................................... G.V. 241 -11
                                                                            Luke 
                                                                            Luke 23:46
                                                                                      24 :51, `j;,                                                                .................................................................................                     265 12
                                                                                                                 .............................................                                                                                                  E-::    361 16
                                                   M. Gritters.             John  2:1-11 .................................................................... G:L: 116 5
                                                                                  Continued .............................................................. G.L. `141 -6
                                                                                  Continued ............................................. ................ -.. G.L. 164 7


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           Subject                                                            Author Page No.                             Subject                                                                                 Author Page No.
John  10:27-30 ................................................................ G.V.  4 0 7   1 8                   Continued ............... .I................................ ............J.A.H. 139                                     6
John 20:16 ........................ ............................................... G.V. 289 13               ","u,rc", Discipline ........................................................ J.H. 429 18
Acts  2:33 ............................ .......................................... G.V. 361 16                                                                            ............... ..........:H. De.Jong                     23      1
Romans `7 .;.................................................................... H.H. 464 20                  e~~~g~l~`~~~"~~~~`~ttitude   Towards the
Romans  8:2 ................. .:................................._ ................ H.H. 510 22                                    .................................................................... W.H. 166                            7
Romans  9:6-S................................................................. H.V: 322 14                          Continued ............................................................
      Continued ............................ .....l............................ H.V. 394 17                   Condolences and Congratulations ........................ %F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           . .  :z          E
Rdmans 9:18,  19, 20a ................................................ G.M.0.. 230 10                         Conference at Hull, Iowa ..... .I ................................... G.V.                                             6      1
Romans  9:20,  21 ..........................................................G.M.O. 107 5                      Conference at  Sutton?  Nebraska ...`......................... G.V.                                                    4      1
I Corinthians  13:2 ........................................................                    25 2          Conference-The Schilder ......................................... G.V. 160                                                    5
I Corinthians  13:3 ........................................................ z-::                       4     Conference with Dr. Schilder-Our ........................ H.H. 101                                                            5
I Corinthians  13:4 ........................................................ G:V:  1:; 8                      Contributions :
II Corinthians  1:12-20 ................................ ................ H.V. 441 19,                            A Question Concerning the Article of Rev.
II Corinthians 3-16 (continued from Vol. 23) ......... G.L;                                    .20                    Doekes .................................................... Geo. Vrieling 168                                         7
Galatians 3 .................................................................. H.V. 465  2:                       Answer to Rev. Van Halsema .................. K. Schilder                                                         28      2
      Continued ............................................................... H.V. 491  ,21                     Catechetical Instruction .................................... L. D. 500 21
I Timothy 2:lff ................. .I:. ..................................... M.G. 90 4                            Change.But  Essentially Nothing New-A ........
Hebrews 6:16-18 .......................................................... E.F :l-z 1:.                                                                                                        J. HH K;ety;;; 3 1 1 13
Hebrews 8:8-12 ................................................ ............          . .                         C. L. A. .................................................. .... . . .                                            23 1
Hebrews 9:14 ................................................................ C.H. 477 20                         Concerning Ladies' Aid Sales .......H. A. Van  P&ten                                                              2 2 ` 1
Hebrews 11 .................................................................... H.V.   5 1 3   2 2                Concerning Mission Work in Canada ................
Hebrews  12:28 .................. ,.,.(......................................... .C.H.  4 7 8   2 0                                                                                      ' J. R. Vander Wal 189 8
Revelation 1:7. .............................................................. 2: 14:                   1         Delegated and/or Assumed Power ....................
Revelation 4:2, 3 ..........................................................          . .                                                                                                  H. A. Van Putten                        389 17
Revelation 4:4 .............................................................. g.F               4$                How Strange ................................................ H. De. Jong 3X8  1 7
Revelation  4:5, 6a .................................... y...................                           53        Ingezonden ........................................ J. R. Va;dgog;i                                              167 7
R e v e l a t i o n   4:6b-8
                              .......... .............................................. G:V_ .`. 193    9         Promise and Pledge .......................................                                                        54 3
                                                                                                              Correspondence With the Netherlands
                      INDEX  TO  SUBJECTS  TREATED                                              :       -'       Belofte en Toezegging ................................ L.  Doekes                                                  54 3
                                               iA-                                                            Covenant and the PromiseGod's
                                                                                                                 (See under God's Covenant, etc.)
Abigail .................................... z................................... G:M.O.   3 9 8   1 7        Covenant-Conception of the
About Catechism Again ...................................... . ..... M.G. 524 22                                  (See under Covenant God, etc.)
Another Voice ............................................................ W.H; 118 5                         Covenant Controversy-The ....................................                                                        172      8
As a Thief in the Night ............................................ J.A.H. 354 15                                   Continued .............................................................. Evv
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            . . 196         9
                                                                                                                     Continued ..............................................................                                      220 1c
                                               -B-                     .                                             Continued .................. ..................,.......................... ii::: 244 11
Baptism-A Question Concerning the Article by                                                                         Continued ..............................................................                                      268 12
   Rev. Doekes ...................................... ........... Geo.  Vriehng  168 7                               Continued ............I.. ................................................ ,g-;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            . . 292 12
Baptism  Form=The  Expression  Sanctllfied  in                                                                Covenant God-Our ....................................................                                                126       E
   Christ in Our ............................................................ H.V. 343 15                           Continued ............tl................................................. E"v: 151                                       `i
       Continued ............................................... ............... H.V. 367 16                         Continued ..............................................................                                      174       E
Beginning at IJerusalem ............................................ J. H. 310 1:                                    Continued ............................................................... gg 198                                        E
Beginning of Signs-The .......................................... E. it:                                             Continued .............................................................. H:V: 222 l(
       Continued ............. .................................................                                     Continued ............ ..i............................................... H.V. 246 11
       Continued .............................................................. G:L: 164  !                          Continued ......................................................
                                                                                                                                                                    \                                       ........ H.V. 270 If
Beloften Eens Konings-De .................................... G.V. 16 1                                              Continued ..............................................................                                      294 1:
Belofte en Toezegging ........................................ L. Do;k;s 3Ey 1:                                      Continued ............................................. .:............... 2:;: 321 14
Blessin,gs of the Holy Spirit ................................. ...                                           Covenant-Cur Conference with Dr.  Scmlder ...... H.H. 101                                                                      f
Brokskens Voor Hondekens .................................... G:V:  3 3 7   1 5                               Creston. Overture-The. .............................................. G.V. 316 ld
Book Reviews :                                                                                                Creston OvertureThe ............................................ H.V. 347                                                     15
     Bijzondere Canoniek van de' Boeken van het                                                                                                                             -D-
        Nieuwe Testament-Greydanus ...................... H.H. 393 17                                         David and His Men With Him ................................ G.M.O. 273 12
     Boek de Prediker, Het-Aalders ........................ H.H. 418 18                                       David Anointed ......................................................... G1M.O.
    `Bock Ester, Het--Aalders ................................... t HG.  F iz"; 11:                           David Chastened .........................................
                                                                                                                                                                         .....................................................y&c& 4::  2:
     Calvin's Commentaries ..........................................                 . .                     David Flees to Nob .......... . . . . .                                                                     . . .
     Christus  De Heil.and-Grosheide ........................ H.H. 418 18                                     David is Afraid ........................................................ G.M.O. Ei  IL1
     Four More Calvin Commentaries ........................ ,G.V. 468 21                                             Continued ............. ................................................. G.M.O. 2 2 6   1:
     Kramer Dictionary-A New ................................ ~  F  pz  ;;                                    David-Jonathan:s Love of                                                                             . gt.g. 133 6
     Nederlandse Bloemlezing ....................................                     . .                     David Slays the Giant ................................................................................ . . . 110 5
     Cnze Geloofsbelijdenis-Feenstra ...................... H.H. 393 `17                                      David Tempted ............................... t...........................G.M.O. 348 15
     Theologische Cultuurbeschouwing van Abra-                                                                David'.s Residence in Philistia ................................ G.M.O. 469 2C
        ham Kuyper, De-Ridderbds .......................... H.H. 394 17                                       David's Trust in God .............................................. c.G.M.O.                                         178  8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          $.E       70
                                                -C-                                                           Day of the Lord in Scripture-The
                                                                                                                     Continued .................................. ....................................................      . .     93'  i
C.&in's ,~mmnentaries ........................... ................... G.V. 342 15                             Dayspring From on High-The ................................                                                          .121          E
Calvin's Commentaries-Four More ........................ 2 VG. i' 44;: 42                                     Dead  in Sin or Dead to Sin ........................................ CGkv
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            . . 379  1c
Catechism Around the Confession ..........................                                                    Delegated and/or Assumed Power ........................
Catechism,  etc.-About ............................................ M:G: 427 1 8                                                                                                          H. A. Van  Putten                        3 8 9   17
Catechism Again, About ............................................ ;y.$ i",`& g:                             Divine Distinction ........................................................ G.V. 3 1 3   14
 Catechetical Instruction ........................................... ,                . .                    `Divisions in the Church-Who Makes .................... J.H. 359  1:
 Change but Essentially Nothing New-A                                                                         Doctrine-A Scriptural Evaluation ....................... . J.H. 3 5 9   1:
                                                               J.  H. Kortering  3:;  1:                      Doctrine and the Fear  of. the Lord-False
 Ch&t-T'lx Picture of .............................................. W.H.                                     D;Sne;tmdeedeeylse  Doctrine, etc.)
Christian, Education-Living in His Fear (cont.                                                                                                  ............................................................                       4 2 9   U
    from Vol. 23) .......................................................... J.A.H.              i;      i                                                                                                                         265 1:
                                                                                                              D y i n g Christ-The ......................................................                                  2.::
       Continued ............................................................. J.A.H.
 Christian Education-Sex Education .................... M.G.                                     66      3                                                                  -E-
 Christian Education-The Objective of ................ C.H. 307 13                                                                                                                                                                 279 1:
                                                                                                              Eating the Lord'
                                                                                                                                                s Passover ................ .................... G.M.0.
       ,Continued .............................................................. C.H: 332 `14                         Con&&xl ............................................................ G.M.0. 301 1:
 Christian Education-The I Reformation and Our                                                                 Ecumenical Synod-K.` Schilder's Reaction on
    School Movement ......................................................J.A.H. 114,                    5        the First Reformed ................................................ G.V. 197 !


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                    Subject                                                                                                                             Author Page No.                                     Subject                                                                                                                    Author Page No.
Ecumenical Synod-Regretfully Passed By . . . . . . . . G.V. 125                                                                                                                  6      God's Plagues on Pharaoh's Heart
Editorials  :-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.           63
                                                                                                                                                                                        God's Revelation in Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                                             7
      A Helpful Speech                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       T
                                                                 ........... .......................................... _G.V. 413 18                                                    God's Revelation in the Scriptures ..: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.
      A Question Regardmg Paul ................................ ~ .; y;                                                                                                                 Goliath-David Slays the Giant
      A Riddle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O. 11";                 E
                                    ........................................................ .............                                                                              Good Works-The Repudiation of All (see under
      An -Unsavory Mixture                                                                                                                                                       ;
                                                                                  ........................................... G:V: 340 15                                                     Repudiation of All Good Works, etc.)
      Conference at Hull, Iowa .................................... G.V.                                                                                                                Gospel of John-Signs in the (See under Signs
      Conference at Sutton, Nebraska ........................ G.V.                                                                                                   ii                      in the, etc.)
      Conference' With Dr.                                                                                                                                                       1'
                                                                              SchilderAOur ................ H.H. 101                                                                    Ground of Justification-The . . . . . I.............................. H.H. 391
      Covenant Controversy-The                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              17
                                                                                                    ................................ G.V. 172                                    i      Growth in Praver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                    Continued                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                M.G. 163
                                                         ...... L.. ............................................... G.V. 196                                                                       Continued  "
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.G., 185
                    Continued                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ii
                                                         ................................................. ."...... G.V. 220 1:
                    Continued ..... ..*................................................ `zg. ;&l; 1';                                                                                                                                                                         -H-
                    Continued ..... ...................................................                                                                                                 Having Much, Yet Being Nothing .I............. ..c . . . ..I.. G.V.                                                                                                      25
                    Continued ........................................................ G:V: 292 13                                                                                      Heavenly Gift--The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 457
      De  W,achter Spreekt  Schoone  Woorden, Maar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2:
                                                                                                                                                                                        Heidelberg Catechism
       . Bepleit Geen Trouwe Daden ................K. Schilder                                                                                                    28             2            (See under Triple Knowledge, etc.)'
      Dr. Schilder Answers Rev. Van Halsema ..........                                                                                                                                  Holland Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H. 381
                                                                                                                                         K.  Scbilder                                   Holy Spirit-Blessings of the . . . . . . I ,........................... G.V. 361
     Eight Ammal Prot. Ref. Y. P. Convention ........ G.V. 4:: 2:                                                                                                                       Home Mission News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H. 143
      God Invites All Men To Christ? ........................ g. I$ L33; ;; Home Mission News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H. 262
     Insinuations ..........t.................................................                                                                                                          How Do You Quote Scripture ? . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I................. M.G. 235
     K. S's Reaction on the F.R.E.S . ......................... G:V: 197                                                                                                                How Strange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  :I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H. De Jong 388
     Nederlandse Bloemlezing .................................... G.V. 508 2;
  One-twentieth, Rather Than Four-fifths ........ G.V. 509 22                                                                                                                                                                                                                  -          I           -
     Prayers of the Unregenerate-The .................... G.V.                                                                                                                         In Vain .......................................................................... C.H. 356 15
     Prof. Dr. S. Greydanus ........................................ G.V. 4:; 1:                                                                                                       In View of -the Housing Shortage ............................ .M.G.                                                                                                   475 20
     Rededication ............................................................ G.V. 485 21                                                                                             Insinuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 436 19
     Regretfully Passed By ...... .................................. G.V. 125                                                                                                    6     Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                  56 3
     Schilder Conference-The .................................... G.V. 100                                                                                                       5     Instruction (See under Christian Education, etc.)
     Set the Ball A-rolling........................................... i G;V. 460 20                                                                                                   Inzake Eerherstel-Dr. A.  !C. Van Raalte . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H. 264 11
     The  Creston  Overture ............................................. G.V. 316 14                                                                                                  Israel's Liefdevblle Heiland . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,..: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                     472 20
     Two Letters ............................................................. G.V. 388 + 17                                                                                                       Continued. . . . ..I........................................................ 2:' 498 21
lducation  (See under Christian Education, etc.)                                                                                                                                                   Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G:V: 521 22
leuwige  Goedertierenheid ....................................... . G.V.  : 207 9
         Continued .............................................................. G.V. 233 10                                                                                                                                                                                 L-J-
         Continued .............................................................. G.V. 255 11                                                                                          Jehovah Komt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 431 19
         Continued ............................................................... G.V. 280 12                                                                                         Job-The Patience of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 187 8
         Continued .............................................................. G.V. 303 13                                                                                          Jonathan's Love of `David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                                                      133 6
Eighth  Annual Prot. Ref. Y. P. Convention  ;. ...... G.V. 484 21                                                                                                                      John-Signs in the Gospel of
Europe-Report  on ...................................................... W.H.                                                                                     47         2                  See under Signs in,, etc.)
Europe-Report  on ............................................. ...... ;..W.H. 119                                                                                                     Judas, the Praise of Jehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `G.V. 217 1 0
Existence of God-The Proofs for the .................. H.V.                                                                                                       33  ;                Judging King-The : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V: 505 22
Expression-Sanctified in Christ in Our Baotism                                                                                                                                         Ju&fi&tion   and Good Works
  Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       343 15                      (See under Repudiation of All Good Works)
         Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii!::             367 16                Justiiication-The  Ground of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 391 17
eyes  of the Lord-The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . G;H: 502 21                                                                                                                                              -K-
                                                                                        -m-F-                                                                                          K. S.`s Reaction on the F.R.E.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 197                                                                                9
"ace of God-The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...' . . . . . . .  1.C.H. 452 19
Faith' and Justification . . . . . . . . . . . .._................................. H.H. 415 18                                                                                                                                                                              -Ii-
        Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ;..H.H. 438 19                                Ladies' Aid Sales-Concerning ..........I-1. A. Van Putten                                                                                                               22
False Doctrine and the Fear of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                                                                                           258 11                Land of the Living-The .......................................... .C.H. 211                                                                                                          ii
        Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                    282 12                Levende Schepsel-Het .............................................. G.V. `193                                                                                                        9
        Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J;A.H.305 13                              Living in His Fear (cont. from Vol. 23) ............J.A.H.                                                                                                                           1
        `Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                330 14                           Continued ............................. ............................... J.A.H.                                                                               22
`ear of the Lord-False Doctrine and the                                                                                                                                                Lord Maketh Pharaoh to Stand-The ................ G.M.O.
   (.See under False Doctrine, etc.)                                                                                                                                                   Lord's Grace Sovereign-The .................................G.M.O. 2;:  1:
`ear of the Lord-The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  :.: ,.....: . . . . . :..&H. 237 10                                                                    Lord's Supper-The ........................ .......................... G.M.O.
`lash-Rnev.  .Hoeksema  Preaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y.............. W.H. 239 10                                                                                                           Continued, .................
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   . ...... b................................ G.M.O.                                           iii          ;-
`reedom From Sin and Death . . . . . . . . z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                                                                        Love ............................................................. .:. ................ G.V. 169 8
                                                                                                 ^: .                                                            510 22                Loveless Sacrifice-The ............................................ G.V.                                                                                                73
                                                                                         -G-                                                                                           Lubbers-The Rev. Geo. C. ............ ........................... W.H. 262 lf
;aining  Others to Christ ........................................;.. M.G. . 209                                                                                            9
:ebed Eens Verdrukten-Het ................................... G.V. 12                                                                                                       4                                                                                        -M-
        Continued .............................................................. G.V.                                                                                                  Majesteit en Heerlijkheid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $xX ;;; ;;
       Continued ...............................................................                                                                                 137        i                    Continued  ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       Continued .............................. ................................. 2:                                                                             160        7                    ,Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G:V: 401. 17
       ,Continued .............................................................. G:V: 183 8                                                                                                      Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 424 18
 od Invites All Men To Christ? ........... ................... G.V. 364 16                                                                                                                       Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G;V. 448 19
od is One ..... ................................................................ H.V.                                                                            .78 4' Maria-Rabbouni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 289 13
od is Triune :. .............................................................. H.V. 103 5                                                                                              Marriage-In View of the Housing Shortage . . . . . . . . M.G. 475 20
 od-Oar Covenant (see Covenant God, etc  .)                                                                                                                                            Meditations:-
od. Seeing the Blood .............................................. G.M.O. ,250  1 1                                                                                                         Bij de Wisseling Des Jaars. ........................ ........ G.V. 145
od-Proofs For the Existence of ...... `................. H.V.                                                                                                     33 2                       Blessings of the Holy Spirit ...... .: ........................ G.V. 361 1:
od. Unto Thee-A ....................................................... C.H. 260 11                                                                                                          Brokskens Voor Hondekens ................................ G.V. 337 15
od's Covenant and the Promise ............................ H.V. 394 17                                                                                                                       Davsarina from on High-The ............................ G.V. 121
      Continued .............................. . ................................ H.V. 419 18                                                                                                Di&e Distinction ................................................ G.V. 313 1:
       ,Continued .................. ..!. ........... ............................. H.V. 441 19                                                                                              Dying Christ-The ................................................ G.V. 265 12
       Continued ...................... i.. ..................... ,................. HV. 464 20                                                                                              Having Much, Yet Being Nothing .................... G.V.                                                                                                         25
       Continued .............................................................. H.V. 491 21                                                                                                  Heavenly Gift-The ........................................... .:.. G.V. 457 2;
       Continued. .............................................................. H.V. 513 22                                                                                                 Levende Schepsel-Het ........................................ G.V. 193
lad's People Live Alone .......................................... G.M.O. 130                                                                                               6               Jehovah Komt ........................................................ G.V. 431 1:

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                                                       Subject                                                                                              Aut&y  Page No.                           t                  Subject                                                                                                                Author Page
                                            Judas, the Praise of Jehovah .... ........................ G.V. 217 10                                                                                              Continued ............................... .: ........................... G.M.O. 2-28
                                   ; Love .......................................................................... G.V. 169                                                           8          Reward of Grace ........................................................ H.H. 487
                                            Loveless Sacrifice--The .................... .................... G.V.                                                               73     4          Revelation in Nature-God's .................................... H.V.                                                                                          7
                                           Maria-Rabbouni ...................................................... G.V. 289 13                                                                       Revelation in the Scriptures-God's .................... .. H.V.                                                                                              57
                                            Misplaatst .Weenen ............... ................................. G.V. 241 11                                                                       Riddie-A ...................................................................... G.V. 148
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                                            Rondom .
                                                                  den . . .
                                                                             Troon                . . ...................................... G.V.                                                  Random  Den Troon .................................................. c. G.V..                                                                                49
                                            Salvation is of the Lord ...................................... G.V. 4:; 1:                                                                                                  `
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               .  .
                                           The Judging King ....... :.. .....................................                                                                                                                                                                            -s-
                                                                                                                                                                   G.V. 505 22
                                  .        Troon des Hemels-De ........................................ G.V.                                                                                       Sacraments-The Lord's Supper, ................... .I.......G.M.O.                                                                                            11
                                           Verstaan  van de .Verborgenheid-Het ...... .......... G.V. 3851 1;                                                                                                  Continued ..... ........................................... ............G.M.O. 49
                                           Vlammen  des  He,eren ............................................ G.V.                                                               97     5          Sales-tioncerning Ladies' Aid...........:H. A. Van Putten 2 2
                                           Wederkeering met Gejuich .................................... G.V. `481 21                                                                              Salvation-An Unsavoury Mixture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ......................... G.V. 340
                                       Men of Keilah-The-. ............. :..: ................................ G.M.O. 324 14                                                                                   Continued ....................:.:. ..........I........................... G.V. 364
                                  :Miracle of the.Rod-The ........................ . ................ G.M.O.                                                                                       Salvation is .of the Lord ............... .;.................. ......... G.V. 407
                                       Misplaats Weenen ..................... ................................... G.V: 2:: 1;' Sanctified in Christ. in Our Baptism Form-The
                                       Mission Activity ......................................................... . W.H. 479 20                                                                            Expression ............. .`.................................................... H.V. 343
                                       Milssion  News-Home ................ ................................ W.H. 143                                                                        .                 Continued .................................................. ............ H.V. 367"
                                       Missionary News ........i.. ............................................. W.H. -239 1:                                                                      Saul Again Humbled ................................................ G.M.O. 445
                                                                                      .  .                                                                                                         Saul's Climactic Wickedness and .Humiliation...:G.M.O.
                                                                                                            -N-                                   .                                                Saul's Duplicity  ..`......................................................  G.M.O. :i?t
                                  `Nabal-is Smitten ................. .`...:.; .`... ......................... G.M.O. 422 18                                                                       Saul's Rebellion .................... ...................................... G.M.O.                                                                          37
                                       Nabal, The Man of.Maon.. ........ :.<.:. ......................... G.M.0; 371 16                                                                                        Continued ............................................................ G.M.O.                                                                    60
                                       Nature-God's Revelation in .................... /......... l.... H.V.                                                                     7      1          SchilderzA' Riddle ................................... ................. G.V. 148
                                                                                                            -o-                                                                                    Schilder-Another Voice ......... .................................... W.H. .118
                                       Objective of Christian  EducationlThe ..............i. C.H. 307 13 Schilder Answers Rev. Van Halsema......Dr.  K. Schilder                                                                                                                                                                                               28
                                              -Continued. ............................................ .................. C.H: 332 14                                                              Schilder-Conference at Sutton, Nebraska ............ G.V.                                                                                                     4
                                  .Offer of Salvation ................ ................... .,.................. G.V. 364 16                                                                        Schilder Conference-The .......................................... G.V. 100
                                  .Other Churches .............. ...........:...................... ........... W.H. 455 19                                                                        Schil.derLOur  Conference with Dr. ........................ H.H. 101
                                  `.Our  Calling -as R.F.P:A. ..........) .................................                                                                                       `Schilder's Reaction on the F.R.E.S..........I.... 1...I.... G.V. 197
                                                                                                                                                                   H.V. 413 18                     S~child~~&-Visit to Westminster Seminary ............ W.H. 119
                                                                                                     :P-                                                                                           Scripture-How Do You Quote ................................ M.G. 235
                                       Pamphlet  - De  Protesfanteche Gereformeerde                                                                                                                Scriptures-God's Revelation in the ...................... H.V.
                                         Kerken-A New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.D. J.     381 16             Service of God ............................................................ C.H. 4;;
                                              Continued ................................................ ..............J.D.J. 406 17                                                               Set the Ball A-rolling ................................................ G.V. 460
                                       Papacy During the Period of-the.Reformation....G.M.O.                                                                                    300 13            Sex Education ............................................... .;...i.......... M.G.
                                              Continued .................................................. .:........ G.M.O. 327 14                                                                Signs in the Gospel of John .................. ....!. I:`......... G.L.                                                                                      ::
                                   Papacy-Reformation Popes ...................................G.M.O. 277 12                                                                                                  ,Continued ......:...: ........................... .............:.::. ........ $j:i                                                               6s
                       Papacy-Renaissance `Popes                                                                                                                                                               Continued ................... .; ..................................... .:..
                                          (See under Renaissance Popes, etc;)                                                                                                                                  Continued ........................................................ ....... GIL: 1El
                                   Passover-Eating the Lord's .................................. G.M.O. 279 12                                                                                                 Continued ................................... .:............... ii.. ...I.. G.L. 141
                                              Continued ............................................ ................ G.M.O. 301 13,                                                                           Continued ................................................................ G.L. 164
                                   Patience o f Job-The ........................... ...........;.:. ...... C.H. 187                                                                     8         Signs of the Times ..................................................... W.H. 191
                                   Paul-A Question Regarding ....................... ............. G.V. 124                                                                             6         South,& Presbyterian  !Problems .:.:. ..... ::................. J;H . . 287
                                   Pharaoh to Stand-The.Lord Maketh .b................G.M.O.                                                                                                      Spirit-Blessings of the Holy .................................. G.V. ,.!361
                                 ... Pharaohls Heart-God's Plagues on :. .................. G.M.O.                                                                              ii      i -Synod in Session ............... .................................. . ..:..... W.H1 `.`430
                                   Pimcture  of Christ-The .............................................. W.H.                                                                                                                                                                 -                       T                        -
                                   Plagues on Pharaoh's Heart-God's .................... G.M.O.                                                                                 ti      32
         ..:.l  i                                                                                                                                                                                 Trinity-God is Triune .............................................. H.V. 103
                 ..                Potter and the Clay-The ...................... .................. G.M.O. 107                                                                         5
                                   Praying for Them in Authority .................... .......... M.G.                                                                           90  ii.           Triple  Knowkledge-The
                                   Prayer for Peace-Set the Ball A-rolling ............ G.V. 460 20                                                                                                        L. D. XXIII `(cont. from page 441, Vol. 23) ...... H.H. 391
                                   Pra.yer-Growth in ...................... ..........::.................... M.G. 163                                                                   7                      Continued ..:I.. ......................................................... H.H. 415.
                                              Continued ............................................................... M.G. 185                                                        8                      Continued .... .......................................................... H.H. 438
                                   Prayers of the Unregenerate--The ........................ G.V.                                                                               76 4                           Continued-(L .D. XXIV) .................................... H.H. 440
                                   Presbyterian Church in Canada ................................ W.H. 456 19                                                                                                  Continued ................................................. ............. H.H. 462
                                   Priests in Nob Slain-The .....................................                                                                                                              Continued .............................................................. H.H., .486
                                                                                                                                                          .G.M.O.               298 13
                                   Prof. Dr. S. Greydanus ............................................... G.V. 4 1 2   1X                                                                         Two Letters ................................................................... G.V. 3 8 8
   .....                           Promise and Pledge ........................................... :L. Doekes                                                                    54 3                                                                                                   -u-
                                 i Promise-God's Covenant and the                                                                                                                                 Unsavoury Mixture-An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1;; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$$                                                 %i
                 ( S e e   u n d e r   God%   C o v e n a n t ,   etc:)                                                                                                                                       Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    ., .
                                  ,Proofs for the, Existence of  ,God ...........I................ H.V.                                                                         33 2                                                                                                    -v-
                                                                                                            -Q-                                  "                                                Van  ,Raalte-Inzake   Eerherstel-Dr.  A. C. ........ W.H. 264
                                  , & u & i o n s ': -                                                                                                                                            Vanity ............................................................................ C.H. 356
                                         How Must We Explain the Zeal of Paul Before                                                                                                              Verovering Der Wereld .................................. .......... W.H. 192
                                         His Conversion ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 124          6                      Continued ..................... ................................ ......... W.H. 213
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Verstaan van de Verborgenheid-Het . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 385
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                                  ,Rededication                                                                                                                                                   Visit to Westminster Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i. W.H.                                                                119
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                                  Reflection .;....................................................................                                                  . .                          Vlammen des Heeren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  *.G.V.                                    97
                                  .Reformation  and Our School `Movement-The ....J.A.H. 114                                                                                            5.                                                                                             -w-
 ....                                         Continued ............................................................... 6.A.H. 139 6                                                              Wachter.  Spreekt Schoone  Woorden, Maar Bepleit
  ,a,                             Reformxt;on'Pbpes .................................................... G.M.O!   ,277  1 2
-_:.,  `(                                                                                                                                                                                                  Geen Trouwe Daden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Schilder                                                28'
                                  .Regretfnlly  Passed by ................................................. G.N.  125 6                                                                           Walking With God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 285
                       .. .Released  Time'-Religious Instruction ...................... J.H. 357 15                                                                                               We and Our Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ;., . . . . . . . . . . . .,C.H. 404
                       .          Report of  Classis  West .............................................. J.B. 335 14                                                                             Wederkeering met Gejuich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 481
                            .     Report on Europe ........................................................                                                                            2          Westminster Seminary-Visit to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  :..W.H. 119
                                  Report on Europe ........................................................ ZEi:  1EJ 5                                                                           What Manner of Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                                                377
                                  Repudiation of All Good Works-The ..................... H.H. 440 19                                                                                             Wisseling des Jaars-Bij de ..: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 145
                                             Continued .......................... ..;;. ................................ EI$ &E zy                                                                Works-The Repudiation of All Good
                                              Continued ............................................................. . .                                                                                  (See under Repudiation of All,  etc:)
                                  Renaissance Popes ..................... ............................... G.M.O. 158
                                             Continued ............................................................ G.M.O. 182  :                                                                                                                                                   INDEX by Rev. James Howerzyl
                                              Continued ............................. ................................ G.M.O. 206                                                      9                                         .                                                                                  Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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