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                             Box 124, Sta  C., Grand Rapids,  Mich,                                                                                                                                            A Letter To Dr. Schilder
                                    EDITOH:  -- Rev. H. Hoeksema.
Contributing Editors: - Rev. G. M. Ophoff, Rev. G. Vos, Rev.                                                                                                                                              As might be expected,  amice, the publication of t&e
R. Veldman, Rev. H. Veldman, Rev. H. De Wolf, Rev: B. Kok,                                                                                                                                            letter of prqf.  Holwerda by the Rev. Ophoff produced
Rev. J. D. De Jong, Rev. A. Petter, Rev.  C. Hanko, Rev. L.                                                                                                                                           various reactions among our people. My own con-
Vermeer, Rev. G. Lubbers, Rev. M. Gritters, Rev. J. A. Heys,                                                                                                                                          viction is :
Rev. W. Hofman.
  Communications relative to contents should be addressed to                                                                                                                                             ,l. That the Rev. Ophoff should not have published  t
REV. H. HOEKSEMA, 1139 Franklin St., S. E., Grand Rapids,                                                                                                                                             the letter until he had the consent of Mr. Koster.*
Michigan.                                                                                                                                                                                                 2. That he should have waited with  its publication
  ,Communication's  relative to subscription should be addressed                                                                                                                                      until the Revs. De Jong and Kok had returned, and
to MR. J. BOUWMAN, 1131 S&bee St., S.E., Grand, Rapids 6,                                                                                                                                             they could have accompanied the letter with a public
Mich. Announcements and Obituaries must be mailed to the
above address and will be published at a fee of $1.00 for each                                                                                                                                        repudiation of the letter.
notice.                                                                                                                                                                                                   However, I am convinced that the letter cenlainly
Renewals:-Unless' a definite request for discontinuance is re-                                                                                                                                        should have been published anyway. And for this I
ceived, it is assumed that the subscriber tishes  his subscription                                                                                                                                    have weighty reasons.
to continue without the formality of a renewal order.                                                                                                                                                     1. In the first place, it was not the Rev. Ophof
En'tered-  as Second Class Mail  at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
                                (Subscription Price $2.50 per year)                                                                                                                                   that first published the  I&ter but Mr. Koster of
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chahtam himself. The group in  Chattam to which
                                                                                                                                                                                                      the Rev. Ophoff preached, all knew about it before;the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      former ever saw the letter. And it was, evidently, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      result of the publication of the. letter by Mr. Koster,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      of which he even allowed copies to be made, that *he
                                                                                                                                                                                                      group in  Chattam requested organization by  otir Mis-
                                                                                                                                                                                                      sion Committee on condition that they might maintain
                                                                                                                                                                                                      their liberated conception of the covenant.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. In <the second place, in his letter Prof.  Holwerda,
                                                   C O N T E N T S                                                                                                                                    to speak of him only, and not of the Revs. De Jong
                                                                                                                                                                                                      and Kok, misrepresents all our churches, our ministers,
MEDITATION-                                                                                                                                                                                           and our people. In other words, behind our back he
   Het Pad Des Lichts                                                                                                                                                                                 talks about us, and emphatically about me. It is very
                                                        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...505
                 Rev. G. Vos                                                                                                                                                                          plain from his letter that, if ever the Liberated Church-
                                                                                                                                                                                                      es establish correspondence with us, he would want  $0
EI)ITORIAL,S-                                                                                                                                                                                         exclude me. Now, I know of only one way of counter-
   A Letter to Dr. Schilder                                                                                                                                                                           acting backbiting, and that is the way of publication.
                                                                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...508
   A Letter from Creston's Consistory                                                                                                                                                                 For who knows how many others have written in tho
                                                                                                             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..a512
   Copy of Prof. Holwerda's  OriginaI  Letter                                                                                                                                                         same vein as Prof.  Holwerda and how far the rumor
                                                                                                                                   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...513
   The Open Letter of Prof. Holwerda                                                                                                                                                                  has spread? I  know  of at least one minister from the
                                                                                                             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...615
                 Rev. H. Hoeksema                                                                                                                                                                     old country who essentially wrote in the same way as
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Prof.  Holwerda.          *
   Open Confession to the Brethren Rev. Kok and `De Jong . ...522                                                                                                                                         3. Besides, amice, the contents of the letter is not
   Take Notice `Please                                                                                                                                                                                a secret matter but concerns all our churches. Your
                                                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...523
                 Rev. G. M. Ophoff                                                                                                                                                                    committee of correspondence and others that met  with
                                                                                                                                                                                                      the Revs. De Jong and Kok, in Kampen and in Amers-
S I O N ' S   Z A N G E N -  '                                                                                                                                                                        foort,  certainly did not constitute a sort of secret so-
   Een Vloekpsalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-.................................~24 ciety, did they? You yourself,  amjce, always hated all
                 Rev. G. Vos                                                                                                                                                                          secrecy in matters pertaining to the church of God in
                                                                                                                                   1                                                                  the world. Why, then, all this secrecy concerning  3
   Index to  Volum4  XXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...526                                             conference or conferences in which all our churches
             Rev. J. Howerzyl                                                                                                                                                                         are deeply interested. Why was there no official report
                                                                                                                                                                                                      -_-
                                                                                                                                                                                                        * I now positively know that Mr. Koster does not object to
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. .     in any of `your papers (in fact, so far I have not seen         Bu:t if this were, indeed, the case they certainly
        any report at all) of all that was said at those meet- reported  falsely, and they should have known better.
        ings, a report approved by all? Why must we learn               Let me explain,
       the truth, (unless  Prof.  Holwerda misrepresents the            Before 1924 we stood on the basis of the  Three
        matter) from a private bit of correspondence? This Forms of Unity pure and simple, without any additions,
        certainly is not the proper way of doing the business and without feeling the need of any separate interpre-
        of the church, as you yourself have always emphasized. tation of those Confessions. We were s:ill in the Chris-
        And why, amice, do you even now not con,`,radict  the tian Reformed Churches. Within those churches we
        very strong and definite statements in  Prof. Holwerda's did not all think alike. There were, of course,  supra-
        letter? We must know the exact :truth.  I for one will lapsarians and infralapsarians, there were those that
        never rest until we do know it, not for any personal held the Heynsian conception of the covenant and
        reasons, but because. I love the truth and our churches. others who held to the theory of presupposed regenera-
        I have asked Prof.  Holwerda by phone to tell me the tion, and still others (like myself} who favored a still
        truth about his own very  definite  statements in his different conception. Within the same church there
        letter to Mr. Koster, and he promised me that he would arose the controversy concerning common grace. Did
        do so.                                                       all this difference of opinion and conception mean that
           4. Besides,  amice, the publication of the letter, ac- I contemplated the organization of a separate church?
        companied by a statement by the Revs. De Jong and It never entered my mind. We were, at that time, of
        Kok repudiating it, could only benefit the latter. If the opinion that our confessional walls  .were  wide
        prof. Holwerda is slandering them, it is high time the enough to harbor many different theological views,
        slander be exposed, especially since the matter was and would gladly leave it to free discussion to deter-
        published in Chattam before we even heard of :the let- mine which one of all these different views would ulti-
        ter. And already many others in Canada and in the mately gain the victory. Of course, there were views
        Netherlands, are repeating the false story that our- that could not be tolerated within the church., such as
        churches are wide open for the liberated and their view. those of the `Rev. H. Bultema and Prof. Janssen, but
        One minister from the Netherlands even suggested that was only because they' plainly departed from the
        that we call a 1ibera:ted minister in Canada, suggesting confession as the  outcomes-has  plainly shown.        For
        the name of Van Raalte, who formerly advised the the rest, we all claimed to stand on the basis of the
        Canadian immigrants to organize into separate church- confessions, and on that basis carried on many a con-
        es rather than join the  Prot.  Ref. Churches. Now, troversy and theological discussion. And even after
        amice, if I was misrepresented in this way, do you the notorious  ,"three points" were adopted, we did not
        think that 1 would not welcome. the publication of the contemplate to leave the Christian Reformed Churches,
        letter that was the cause of such misrepresentation? convinced that we are Reformed, a fact to which the
        I certainly would! And if no one else published it, I very Synod of 1924 was a reluctant witness.
        would demand the right to publish it myself.                    :We stood on the basis of the Three Forms of Unity
           And, therefore, although I regret that the Rev. without anything further.
        Ophoff published the letter the way he did, I fail to           But whoever claims that this is still the case does
        see how publication could have been avoided.                 not know what he is talking about.
           Now,  amice, I want to touch upon a different mat-           To be sure, amice, you can quote me to the effect
        ter, which is probably the crux of the whole problem.        that we recognize no other standards than the Three
           It is a matter very emphatically referred  :to in the Forms of Unity. And this is certainly true. But ,you
        letter of  Prof.  Holwerda, and reflected upon rather must never forget to add:  in  &s&action   from the
        clearly in the second installment of your series of "three points".
        articles in the Reformati in which you try to defend            You must never forget the Christian Reformed
        the Revs. De Jong and Kok, and which you were kind Churches put us in a corner all by ourselves, and that
        enough to send me by airmail.                                from that corner they forced us to fight for the truth.
           I refer, of course, to the question of what is binding       They cast us out.
        in our churches, and in your churches.                          They demanded of us a promise that we would never
           Somehow I received the impression that the dis- teach anything against the "three points", and when
        cussion in your conferences in Kampen revolved chiefly we refused because we could not conscientiously make
        about this question. Can it be that the Revs. De Jong such a promise, they expelled us on the basis of "ec-
        and Kok stated or suggested that nothing is binding clesiastical insubordination".
        in our churches except Scripture and the Confessions            Now, you certainly will understand, imice; that,
        regardless of any interpretation of the,Confessions?         after 1924, our churches are no `longer open to the
           I gather from the letter of  Prof.  Holwerda, as well doctrinal errors of the three points, and that we cer-
        as from your articles, that this must have been the case.    tainly do not receive anyone into our communion that


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propagates those errors.  -Our church doors are closed      say that this is not true,  amice,  and that you have
to them. Hence, the rejection of all that is taught in no officially binding view of the covenant. For, in the
the three points is binding in our churches. That ia        first  place,,you  refused as churches to be bound by the
the official stand of our Protestant Reformed Churches. decisions of 1942-1943 and 1946, and, in the second
In other words, we still stand on the basis of our Three    place, all that is ever writZen  by the leaders of your
Forms of Unity but ,now as interpreted in distinction churches supports the Heynsian view of the covenant.
from the errors of the three points. That is officially When you say that you stand on the basis of the Con-
binding.                                                    fessions, you mean that the Heynsian view of the cove-
    And that also implies that the rejection of the         nant, excepting, perhaps, his theory of preparatory
Heynsian conception of the covenant is binding in our grace, is  :the true interpretation of those Confessions in
churches, and that there is no room for the view of         distinction from the interpretation of the synodicals.
the Iiberated in our communion.                             And that means that your churches still maintain "bet
    This does not at all mean that our churches could puntje van bet eerste punt", with application to the
not start correspondence with yours, but I would want covenant.         For what else is the conception that the
such correspondence, in the early stages, at least, on promise is for all the children that are born in the
a different basis than that laid down by your Synod historical line of the covenant %than that of grace for
of Amersfoort  1948. It was, indeed, a very nice and all, elect and reprobate alike? Certainly, the liberated,
friendly gesture on your part, amice,  that your synod however they  may'wish  to separate election,  and, espec-
opened your pulpits to `all our men, but it was a mis- ially reprobation, and the covenant, cannot deny that
take, nevertheless. That we opened our pulpits?0  you, there are reprobate in ithe historical line of the cove-
amice, was an exception, decided upon because of form- nant. And if they maintain that the promise is for
er friendship, and because we felt that you were quite all, head for head, they at the same time maintain that
safe. But about my conception of correspondence I God is gracious to the reprobate.
expect to write later. I hope that the present mis-            And the rejection of the first poirtt of 19.24 makes
understanding does not have the result' that we lose it binding upon all our churches to reject this vkw of
all contact with your churches..                            the Liberated.
    But to return to the subject under discussion.             That the idea of "the promise for All" implies the
    Prof. Holwerda, in his letter which Mr.  Koster         idea of grace and love for all the ijhildren  born of be-
made public in Chattam, writes emphatically i "If the lievers, the reprobate included, is very plainly express-
conception of the Rev. Hoeksema were binding, I would ed by my dear friend and brother "Neef Kees" in his
say: "Never join."                                          "Appel",
    But *that conception is binding in the Protestant         Note the following quotations (I translate)  :
Reformed Churches, not because it is the theological           "Baptism, which is being given us by the Lord,
conception-of one man, but rather because the  concep-      always remains  efficient, &eq) dny, every hour, ,until
titon of the Rev. Hoeksema is :the official conception our death, ?/eu, unto eternity. *The -fact really is that
of. the Protestant Reformed Churches, and the con- the Lord continuously baptizes us. After He sprinkled
ception of, the latter, in distinction, at least, from the us with water, when we were as yet but a few days'ol'd,
liberated view, has been adopted in their rejection of He keeps that water, so to speak, always fresh; living
the first point.                                            and powerful on our foreheads. And .the words which
   That first' point maintained that there. is  ,a favor- He then spoke for the first time He continues to speak
able attitude of God toward the reprobate.                  throughout our whole life. Every second Jehovah
   And in that first point it maintained common grace, repeats' it: Carl,  Willitim;  Mary, I baptize thee in the
not only in the Kuyperian but also in the Heynsian name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
sense of the word. In their zeal to condemn us, and Ghost. Or, betier yet, Jehovah does not repeat that
in their failure to find anything in the Confessions        word but He continues $0 say it; it comes to us from
to prove the Kuyperian conception of common grace, His heart in unbroken  power, seriousness and grace."
the Synod of Kalamazoo 1924 hit upon those passages ,(The  cursives  in the above quotation are all of the
of the Confessions that speak of the general preaching author.  )
of the gospel. And they virtually declared that the            Or listen to the following:                 .
preaching of the gospel is grace for all including the         "Of what is baptism a seal? . . `. ,
reprobate. And this "puntje van het eerste punt" was         " "In answer to :this question all true Reformed say
rejected by our churches even more emphatically than with great unanimity : I#aptism is a seal on the promise
the rest of the first point.                                of God.
   Now, the Liberated Churches reject the Kuyperian            "To understand rightly what this sentence means,
view of common grace. But they are not consistent,          wemust know thoroughly, and always maintain that it
for they still maintain the Heynsian view.  Do not pleased the Lord in His marvellous  love to give to all .


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       the children of believers His promise. Or, to express question as to what is Protestant Reformed doctrine
       it differently: it pleased Him to give those children a and what is binding in our churches.`.  c
       glorious assurance (toezegging, promise, H.H.) . He                And, therefore, over against the rather sharp ad-
       says, namely, to all those children, head  for,head,  day vice of  Prof. Holwerda: "Never join", I confidently
       in day out, well-meaning and in uprightness:  I a;m  tke       place my : "Never admit".
       Lord  your Go& I establish my covenant with you.  .I               We will continue to work among the Canadian immi-
0      wash you  of  all your sins in the blood of our Lord grants, instruct them in $he pure Reformed truth of
       Jesus Christ. My Holy Spirit will dwell in you. In             God's eternal covenant, and when they become con-
       brief : I promise you `( Ik zeg u toe) the full forgiveness    vinced of the truth, we will organize them into Pro-
       of all your sins and eternal salvation ; all the riches        testant Reformed Churches.
     , and treasures, which I will and can give to men." (All             That is our way of doing things.
       the  cursives  are the author's.) pp. 4, 5.
           All this God promises to all, elect and reprobate, in          Next time, D. V., I will write about conditions in
       His love and in His grace.                                     t h e   cov.enant.
                                                                                                                              H .   H .
           AIso  the Rev. Petter, I am glad to note, does no:
       subscribe to this liberated doctrine.
          Bu:t, amice, do you not see now, that your concep-
       tion of "the promise for all' implies the idea of grace
       for all, including the reprobate?                                                        I N   M E M O R I A M
          And do you not acknowledge that the rejection of               IThe Ladies' Society of the Hudsonville Protestant Reformed
       the first point makes it binding for all our churches          Church  hereby  expresses its  eympathy  with their fellow members
       to  reject  this liberated view?                               Mrs. John C. Lubbers, Mrs. Peter J. Lubbers and Mrs. Bert
          Indeed, the conception is the Protestant Reformed           Maring, in the loss of their mother
       doctrine and is, for that reason, binding upon all.                                   MRS. AGGIE LUBBERS
          I challenge you, amice, or anyone else publicly to             May the God of all comfort be near the hearts of the bereaved .
       contradict this. And if the Revs. De Jong and Kok family.
     s maintained, in the conferences in Kampen and  Amers-                                    The Hudsonville Ladies Society
       foort, that this conception of the Rev. Hoeksema is                                             Rev. G. Vos, Pres.
       not binding, they reported falsely about our churches.                                          Mrs. C. Spoelman, Sec'y.
                                                                      Hudsonville, Mich..
          Besides, amice, there is much more'  to prove that
       the conception held by the Rev. Hoeksema is  ,the same
       as that of the- Protestant Reformed Churches, and has                                     *  * * *
       always been considered binding. For this I point to
       all the literature that has been produced by me, and              The Lord, Who doeth all things in wisdom, was pleased to
       that has been supported and distributed by our church-         take to Himself on August 10 our beloved husband, father and
       es, both officially and unofficially, by the Board of the      grandfather,
       R. F. P. A., by the Mission, Committee; and by our                                     JOE SJOERDSMA
       Synod. ,                                                          "If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
          *es, also by our Synod.                                     also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with  Him."-1 Thess 4:X4
          For, in the first place, the synod decided some time                        .             Mrs. J.  Sjoerdsma
       ago to order a reprint of my book "The History of the                                        Rev. and Mrs. G.  Vanden  Berg
       Protestant Reformed Churches",  :the second part of                                          Theodore J.
                                                                                                    `Joanne E.
       which contains my criticism of common grace, both in                                           and two grandchildren.
       the Kuyperian and in the Heynsian sense of the word.           Grand Rapids, Michigan
       And, in the second place, what is more important still
       is that, not only had the Mission Committee a reprint
       made of my "De Geloovigen en Hun Zaad", for distri-                                                              .
       bution in the Netherlands, but the Synod of 1947 de-
       cided to ask for a translation of the same work. And                                    CLASSIS  EAST.                  :     -
       you, amice, as well as others, including Prof.  Holwerda,
       know that in this pamphlet my view of the covenant,            will meet in regular session Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 9 o'clock A.M..
       together with a criticism of the Heynsian view,' is set        at Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Those who need, lodging please contact
       forth.                                                         Homer Kuiper, 2517 Hillsdale Ave., Kalamazoo,  Mich.
          Hence, there can be no reasonable  doub.t about the                                                      D. Jonker, (S.  C.)


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      A Letter From Creston's Con&dory                                    For the above, and many other reasons, we regret
                                                                      that you, dear Editor, did not prevent the publication
                                                                      of that article. We also know that a lot of flimsy
                                           Grand Rapids, Mich.        excuses might be found why it was not so bad after
                                           September 2, 1949          all that it was published. We even know that by this
      To the Rev. H. Hoekserna                                        time the Rev. Ophoff himself has admitted that he
      Editor of the Standard Bearer :                                 should not have published the article at the time he did
              The Consistory of the  Creston Prot. Ref. Church and wilthout first talking to the brethren. However,
      at  *Grand Rapids,  Mich., comes  ;to you, dear Editor, all this does not take away the fact that it was pub-
      to express our deep regret over the fact that you have lished, the churches were unduly disturbed, men were
      allowed the Rev. G. Ophoff to publish in the Standard put under a cloud, and great harm was done. We even
      Bearer of August 1, 1949 the article entitled: "Rev's believe so much harm was done that no matter what
      De Jong and Kok in the Netherlands". We strongly measures may be taken torectify this thing, the actual
      diaspprove of  8he placing of said article for the follow- harm it has done will not completely be wiped out.
      ing reasons, (to which we could readily add more).                  Therefore, we as Consistory, severely condemn the
         1. We know it has not been your policy in the past, publishing of said article.
      neither is it ethical to use letters written to individuals                                    Yours in the Lord,
      and publish them `in your Standard Bearer, without                          Consistory of Creston  Prot. Ref. Church,
      first receiving permission from the person who wrote                                               Joe Geelhoed, Clerk.
      the same. The writer of this letter of protest recalls
      distinctly an incident when a brother asked you to take Note of Editor:-
      over a writing which he had received. At that time                  1. The above rebuke by the Creston Consistory I
      you expressed  to him your desire to do so, provided that refuse  :to accept, and seeing that it is an official docu-
      the author of the letter first would give permission for ment by the Consistory which will undoubtedly appear
      publication. The result was that the writer never gave in the minutes, I demand a public apology which is also
      permission and, hence, you did not accept the letter for to be spread upon the minutes.
      publication.                                                        Grounds :
              2. In the Standard Bearer `of Oct. 1, 1945 you, dear       a. In my long vacation I did not edit  The Standard
      Editor, counselled the Rev. H. J. Kuiper in re his con- Bearer, and refuse to be responsible for its contents.
      clusions regarding Prof. Schilder and the Liberated                b. I advised the Rev. Ophoff not to publish the letter
      Churches, the following : "Let it not be deemed pre- of Prof.  Holwerda before he had seen the Rev. De Jong
      sumptuous by the Editor of the Banner when I ca,ulion           and Kok. He agreed to wait but, without my know-
      him once more not to rush into print with strong ex- ledge, changed his mind.
      pressions of opinion, until he has  :the official documents        2. Apart from this, I now assume full responsi-
      and information from' both sides and thoroughly di- bility for the publication of the letter as such. See my
      gested it. He may have to alter his stand once more." editorial in this issue.
      And we agree, that. was good advise, but how much                   When all the camouflaging dust that has been raised
      better it would have been then to refuse to publish about publishing the letter has been laid, we must still
      the material of the Rev. Ophoff, and advise him in- attend to the main and most important issue : :the state-
      stead not to rush into prim anything against his col- ments of the Revs. De Jong and Kok. And prof. Hol-
      leagues which placed them under a cloud of suspicion.           werdu still maintains that he reported correctly in his
              3. It was only a matter of a couple of weeks and letter which Mr. Koster gave to the Rev. Ophoff.
      the Revs. De Jong and Kok would have been home.                    For the sake of our Protestant Reformed truth and
      What was the haste? Could Rev. Ophoff not have our churches I want to know and expose the truth.
     waited that long and talk to lthe brethren and believe                                                                H. H.
      them? And if he had not been satisfied there still
      would be other ways and means to deal with this mat-
      ter.
~             4. We beliede such a procedure is unethical against                      NOTICE  - CONSISTORIES!
      any person, how much more to fellow ministers of the               I hereby wish to inform the consistories that the Acts of the
      Gospel, who were in good standing in our Churches.              Synod of 1949 have been  mailed out to  all the Clerks. I plan to
      And speaking with regard to our own minister he al- contact the Clerks again in order that I may send them a numher
      ways had and still has the full confidence of us as of copies that are to be sold to the members of the various con-
      Consistory. Without even entering into the material gregations. You may  also  drop me a  card or phone  iq your
                                                                      order. Write: D. Jonker, 1210 Wealthy St., S. E., Grand Rapids,
      as such we are convinced that a grievous injustice has Michigan, or phone 90093.
      been done to these brethren.                                                                              D. Jonker, (S. C.)


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The Open Letter of Prof. Holwerda must not write before he has become thoroughly ac-
                                                                  quainted with the matter and knows exactly what it is
    The complete text of Prof. Holwerda's letter in the           all about. One who in that case writes an article in
original is found at the end of this article.                     the hurry and connects .with that article such indict-
    Its translation here follows ; which, however, I di- ments sins, for he takes hold of a serious case in a
vide into different sections, each of which is followed           rash manner, which mocks with all seriousness. And
immediately by my comment. This is done for the                   of this sin you now have made yourself guilty. I will
convenience and better understanding of :the reader.              therefore publicly confront you with a number of ques-
                                                                  tions on which I demand a clear answer.
    Prof. Holwerda writes as follows:                                "1. Although I cannot check up on the English
    "Highly esteemed Rev. Ophoff :                                translation which you offered, because I am too little
    "You have, as is evident from the Standard Bearer acquainted with that language, I must nevertheless
of Aug. 1, 1949, deemed it permissible and mandatory ask you the question why you inserted elements in that
to publish a personal letter of mine to an immigrant,             translation which are not found in the Dutch text. The
and to give that letter an explanation which enables word `gemeenbespreking' (meeting for the purpose  o.f
you to place the Revs. De Jong and Kok in a position mutual discourse, H. H.), for instance, was not used
of guilt in a most serious manner.                                by me, although you allege that I wrote it. But why do
    "I am sorry to say that I find myself compehed  to you  .transIate  this then, to add to the disaster, by
oppose the manner of your action and to repudiate your            `a meeting, the purpose being mutual discourse'. I
indictments. For what you have done is so seriously had not written one word about the purpose of that
in conflict with the norms which Christ established meeting. And in the sequence of your article you act
for the fellowship of the brethren that it may not re- indeed as if from my letter you know exactly what  &he
main uncontradicted. And I hope that my present purpose of .that meeting was. But you simply added
letter may help to induce you to retract your article this to it your imagination. And you build the sequence
with an expression of regret."                                    of your article not on my information, but upon your
                                                                  own imaginations, which in your translation you smug-
    Comment  :                                                    gled into my letter. Do serious men act thus? And
    It is definitely not true that the Rev. Ophoff pub- can you account for this over against Christ?
lished a personal letter of you addressed to one immi-               "2. You knew indeed that my letter was an answer
grant; and, after my visit to Mr. Koster in Chattam,              to a question of an immigrant. Did you read that letker
I .am very much inclined to think that it never was of the immigrant? For to be sure, no one can accurate-
meant by you to be a letter to one immigrant, but tha;            ly read an answer if he does not know the question to
it was meant for all the immigrants concerned in the which  .the answer has reference.
community.        Thus, at least, it was received by the             "3. If you also knew the question of that immi-
latter. &4nd when the Rev. Ophoff received the letter, grant, why did you publish then only my answer and
it was no longer private, but public. For the same                not also his question.
reason Mr. Koster had no scruples at all to give the                 "4. To be accurate I must tell you that the now
letter to Rev. Ophoff and let him read it and take a published letter, regardless of the inaccurate text, was
copy of it along to Grand Rapids. Nor, I am con- already&he fourth of a series that'entirely concerned
vinced, does Mr. Koster have any objection :to the publi- ' Lhe same question. Are you able without knowledge of
cation of the letter in the Standard l%ar&r, for he as- the letters 1 to 3 to understand exactly the contents
sured us that he considered it no private matter but  a of number 4, and to inform your readers about  it?
matter pertaining to :the church, and that therefore Only rash people act in this manner.
it should be published.  *                                           "5. It was a private correspondence between me
    I deny, too, your statement that the Rev. Ophoff and one brother. You published it without my consent,
explained the letter in such a way that it placed the and, z fear, also without permission of him to whom
Revs. De .Jong  and Kok in a state of guilt. If you will the letter was addressed. Do you have the right to
but read the comments of the Rev. Ophoff again, pro- make public a private correspondence without permis-
fessor, you will find that he did not indict them at  all. sion? And, if you deemed the matter so important.,
    Prof. Holwerda continues as follows :                         why then did you neglect to ask consent for publication
                                                                  of me and of the brother?" .
    "For you the question is serious, but just because of
this I must protest against your rashness. For when                  Comment:
one is convinced that it concerns serious things, ,one               To prevent all further casting of suspicion upon the
   * The Rev. Ophoff received a letter of Prof. Holwerda which    accuracy of the letter, the reader will find a photostatic
we would Like to publish, but we wait for word from him.          copy of it in this issue of the Standard Bearer. Instead


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of "gemeenbespreking" the reader will find that the          "9. However, you maintain not only the right but
term used by Prof. Holwerda was "samenspreking", also the obligation to publish the letter because a) `the
which to my mind means approximately the very same deliberations of that conference vitally concern all our
thing. Now this term the Rev. Ophoff in his transla- consistories.' Where do you get this? It is incorrect,
tion circumscribed as "a meeting, lthe purpose being for this gathering had an entirely different purpose.
mutual discourse." Now the  .term  discourse may mean At the Synod in Amersfoot it was decided to seek con-
"conversation, talk ;" and I would like to know what is tact and to open correspondence with your churches.
wrong with the circumscription of the term "samen-        Some seven brethren, among whom I myself, had some
spreking" by "a meeting of which the purpose is mutual objection against the decision. The entire synod was
discourse".     To my mind it is exactly that. And if convinced that great injustice was done to your church-
Prof. Holwerda would have been: better acquainted es in1924, but for the rest we knew yet so very little
with the English language, `he certainly would not of your churches. Some, therefore, were of the opinion
have criticized this translation.                         that it was necessary first `to gain information whether
       And as far as the rest of the arguments in this we were indeed one in confession. I also, as has been
connection are concerned, professor, you must have felt said, belong to that minority. For us, therefore, it
yourself that they mean less than nothing. The state- was very di%cult  to give advice to our immigrants to
ments in your letter which we received from Mr. Koster join the Protestant Reformed Churches. When the
are so definite that we need not know the contents of Revs. De Jong  ,and Kok were in Holland, the deputies
lthe letter to which yours was an answer, neither the for correspondence thought it would be profitable- if
contents of the series of letters of which the letter     those aggrieved brethren could talk once with them
published in the Standard Bearer was one. If you and were further informed concerning the history, the
really think that it .affects  our understanding of the confession, the conceptions, the life, etc., in your
letter that was published of you seriously, please let churches. This, according to their judgment, might
us know and we will gladly publish the mistake. And be conducive to remove the objections and the mis-
your argument about the alleged personal nature of the understandings of some brethren, and that in this way
correspondence between you and Mr. Scheele I have also a unanimous advice could be given to our immi-
already answered. Your letter was no longer private, grants. It was therefore not an occasion that concern-
but public.                                               ed all your churches, but a difficulty that had arisen
       Professor Holwerda continues as follows :          in regard to correspondence with the Prot. Ref. Chur-
                                                          ches and in regard to the immigration problem. The
       "Further, I must oppose the arguments which you Revs. D Jong and Kok never thought for one moment
use to defend the right and the obligation to publish that they could do here in the Netherlands what only
the letter.                                               your churches can do, but they have in a way which
       "Again I will put questions to you:                is above all praise spoken about your churches and
       "6. You allege that my letter bears the character their struggle against Arminianism and in all this
`of a report of the conference that was open to  the there beau,!ifully appeared their love to your churches.
public certainly'. Where do you get this.? You will Faithful in everything they were, and they did not
find nothing of this in my letter. Let me tell you cover up any point of difference. They did not speak
openly that it was no public meeting to which eyeryone for your churches, but they gave information for the
interested was admitted. You only imagined this, and removal of misunderstanding in our churches.
you made a mistake. But with this the entire argu-           "10. Under b) you allege that these diaculties  in
ment falls.                                               which my letter. involves these brethren can only be
       "7. You allege that Revs. De Jong and Kok `were removed to the satisfaction of all your churches. In
speaking for all our people'. Again I ask: where do other words, according to you, my letter brings these
you get this? Not out of my letter, for I did not men- brethren in difficulties; and because these difficulties
tion anything like it. You were imagining things again, can be solved only to the satisfaction of all your church-
and you were mistaken for the second time. And here- es, ' publication was necessary. `Why do you put the
wi,th  falls your second argument. Let me tell you things upside down? My letter to one person brought
emphatically that Revs. De Jong and Kok in our meet- no one in difficulties or under suspicion. The difficulties
ing have immediately remarked that they were not originated only through your unallowed, rash, and sug-
delegated and therefore could not speak in the name of gestive publication. But if the difficulties originated
their churches.                                           only through the publication, those difficulties can never
       "8. When you in serious cases, as these, use such be motive to publication. Not my letter brought the
untenable arguments, where then is your seriousness. brethren under suspicion, but your publication of the
For what remains of your  righ.t  to make these things letter and your foolish remarks accompanying it. If
public? Point a falls and also point b.                   you had been careful and brotherly and Christian in


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 your writing, no difficulty would need to be solved in are to blame if, namely, they made the statements in
 your churches, simply because without your article your conferences which you report them to have made.
 they should not exist."                                     For as far as your letter is concerned, I repeat once
    Comment  :                                               more : it was not private and personal, but qui,te  public ;
                                                             addressed to one immigrant indeed, but through that
    About some of these arguments I would rather have immigrant to all the rest in Chattam.  And as far as
 the Rev. Ophoff himself write. He can always come the Revs. De Jong's and Kok's statementsin  your con-
 back on it, if he pleases, in the next Stastdard  Bearer. ferences are concerned, they must not and cannot re-
 I only want to remark the following, however:               main secret, but concern all our churches.
    We understand very well that the Revs. De Jong
 and Kok were not delegated to speak for our churches           `The Professor continues as follows:
and that they did never claim to speak in that capacity.        "11. But your remark under c) is again incorrect,
 But this does not remove the fact that the contents of for nothing is `broadcasted far and wide'. That is your
 their speech concerned all our churches, our consist-       imagination, and by it you simply blow a case up. And
 ories, and our ministers, especially myself, as well as for that reason this cannot constitme  a cause or motive
 the Rev. Ophoff. If they discussed my theological con- for publication. Besides, here the mistake does it&
 ceptions behind my back, and if they said that in our harm, which I mentioned already above under 5 to 7:
 churches they do not all agree with that conception you thought that you could without difficulty under-
 of election, I like to know exactly what was said. I stand my letter. And for that reason you simply wrote
 have the right to know, and I still want to know it.        in the hurry ; but you did not understand. For what
 And therefore, I still maintain that the conference and was the question in my letter? The question was not
 its deliberations concerned all our churches, not only, the confusion of your churches, but definite theological
 but also our ministers and especially myself and the conceptions. Some of the members of our Synod had
 Rev. Ophoff.                                                read sometime articles from your circle tvith definite
    I cannot but agree with your objections against the views, conceptions, terms, and distinctions with which
 decisions of your synod at Amersfoort, 1948, especially they did not agree ; and they were afraid that (exactly
 as those objections are stated here. Your synod should as we experienced the same misery here) such personal
 have been more careful in the matter of correspondence theological ideas would be binding. And therefore
 with our churches. It should not have decided im- they hesitated to advise our immigrants to join your
 mediately to open your pulpits to all our ministers: We churches.                                       .
 did not ask for such -a thing in the letter of our synod       "This fear was voiced by some in that mutual dis-
 seeking possible correspondence with your churches ; cussion. For we here in the Netherlands have learned
 but we simply asked that you take preliminary steps very well that unity of confession does not yet mean
 in that direction. I, for one, am not even interested or unity of theoretical conception. People that are one
 eager to preach in your churches before complete cor- in the faith do not necessarily have to think alike in
 respondence is established.  ,4nd, at any rate, I can all things. And the Rev. De Jong and Kok have said
 conceive of a much more fruitful correspondence than that also in your circIe there is room for differences in
 that which gives our ministers the right to preach in thought; and they pointed to the Rev. Petter, who in
 your churches and your ministers to preach in our a certain good  Refqrmed  sense is in favor of speaking
 churches: I mean a correspondence that consists of of `conditions', while others are afraid of using that
 conferences between your ministers and ours both in term because of the misuse of it. Did they say there-
 the Netherlands and here, and in which all kinds of with anything that they could not give account of?
 differences, different conceptions concerning theolo- But the Standurd  Bearer of August 1 itself gives the
 gical problems and church-political questions are thor- proof, for your combatting Rev. Petter shows that in
 oughly discussed. But, as I wrote in my letter to Prof. regard to some points in your circle there exists dif-
 Schilder in the Standard  Bearer,  your committee  of ference of thought, while on the other hand the unity
 correspondence should have contacted our committee of the faith is not lacking. But how is it possible that
 and not have discussed the problems in secret confer- the correct informations of the Revs. De Jong and Kok
 ences behind our back.                                      which were mentioned in my letter can cause difficulties
    For the rest, professor, why don't you openly con- which must be solved to the satisfaction of all your
 fess that not we and the publication of your letter by churches? And how can this be a reason to publish
 the Rev. Ophoff is the cause of all the present trouble the letter?"
 in our churches, but that you yourself are the cause
 through writing such a letter .behind our back to the           Comment  :
 immigrants in Canada, and that fundamentally. and               Here, professor, you touch upon the crux of the
 in last analysis, the Revs. De Jong and Kok themselves whole matter, as I have explained in my letter to Prof.


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Schilder in this same issue of the Standard Bearer;              The questions are as follows:
and I can refer you to that letter for further informa-       1. Did you or did you not assume *the responsibility 0.t'
tion regarding this question.                                meeting with the committee of correspondence appoint-
       But now I want  to'call special attention to the last ed by the Reformed Churches under Art.  31 in the
two sentences in your above paragraphs. For there Netherlands ?
you again admit that your informations concerning             2. Do you or do you not deny, in substance or form or
what the Revs. Kok and De Jong said at the confer- both, the letter by Prof. Holwerda?
ences in Kampen were correct. In other words, they            3. Did you or did you not state at the conference iu
said that my conception regarding election etc. is not the Ne:herlands  that the conception regarding election
the doctrine of our churches. They said that no one etc. maintained by the Rev. Hoeksema is not the doc-
is bound by this doctrine. They said that some emit trine of the Prot. Ref. Churches?
an entirely different sound. They said  ,that according
to their opinion most of the Protestant Reformed people       4. Did you or did  YOU not say that the above doctrine
did not think as the Revs. Hoeksema and Ophoff. They is not binding in our churches?
said that the sympathy for the liberated was great,           5. Did you or did you not, with evident approval,
also in regard to their doctrine of the covenant. They state that some are sounding an entirely different note?
said that for the liberated conception was complete           6. Did you or did you not state that, in your opiniou
room. That is, of course, what YOU say, professor, in        most;or many of the Protestant Reformed did not think
the sentences referred to.                                   as the Revs. Hoeksema and Ophoff?
   Yet, I can hardly believe that they actually said          7. Did you or did you not state that ,there is great
those things.                                                sympathy in the Prot. Ref. Churches for the covenant
                                                             view of the liberated ?
   Do they not know that in 1924 we rejected the Three
Points? Do they not understand that in rejecting the          8. Did  YOU  or did you not state that there was ample
First Point we-also  reject the Heynsian view of the         room in ,the Protestant Ref. Churches for the covenant
covenant, which virtually is the same as the liberated view of the liberated?
concepLion?  Besides,  t,hey  both are members of our         9. Did  YOU  or did you not state that there was ample
Mission Committee ; and they are thoroughly aware binding in the Prot. Ref. Churches is Scripture and the
of the method which that committee follows in their Three Forms of Unity regardless  of any interpretation?
work among the immigrants in Canada. They know 10. Did you or did you not, in that conference in the
that we never' organize churches among them unless Netherlands, camouflage the Protestant Reformed
they are first instruc!ed  to know and discern the dif- truth? .
ference between the liberated view of the covenant and 11. Did you or did you not definitely set forth the
ours and have embraced our conception.         Not only Protestant Reformed stand in regard to  ,the covenant
this, but when the request came from a group of liber- in distinction from that of the liberated churches?
ated immigrants in Chattam that they might be organ-
ized into a congregation on condition that they might           At the end of the meeting of the consistory referred
retain their liberated conception, and when that r-c?- to above it was decided to give the Rev. De Jong a vote
quest was denied by the Mission Committee, both the of confidence, and this was publicly announced from
Revs. De Jong and Kok were present and fully agreed the pulpit of Fuller Avenue. But this does not satisfy
with the committee. How then can they possibly have me. For in the first place, I do not know what is meant
said or even have left the impression that there is by that vote of confidence; and in the second place, the
ample room for the liberated and their view in our minutes do not show whether or not the Rev. De Jong
Prot. Reformed Churches?                                     answered my questions positively and unequivocally.
   Nevertheless, I now want .to direct the same eleven And therefore I must ask them to give a public account
questions to them that I directed to the Rev. De  Song       of themselves in the  Staxdurd   Bearer,  especially in
at a meeting of our consistory in the presence of the view of the fact that the statements in ,the letter of
consistory of Holland and of  Creston  with him, the Prof. Holwerda were so very definite.
Rev. De Jong. My physical  condi,tion  did not allow
me to be present at that meeting, but I sent these ques-        Professor Holwerda continues :
tions to the consistory with the request that they should       "12. Under d) you mention that the Rev. De Jong
present them to him ; and I sent a copy of the same          has a call from Fuller Avenue, and also this is supposed
questions beforehand to the Rev. De Jong himself. I to be a reason for publication, for he may only accept
do not know just how he answered those questions, but that call `if he succeeds in dispelling the thick cloud of
I now ask him and the Rev. Kok to give a clear and suspicion under which he has been brought by Prof.
unequivocal answer to the same.                              Holwerda's letter'. But not I, but you are accountable


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for that cloud of suspicion. You caused that cloud by            I must therefore continue in the next issue of the
your article. How can a cloud of suspicion which is Standard Bearer,  D. V.
the result of your writing and publication be the cause,                                                      iI.  IX
of such publication.
    "13. You also.discuss the question why `you did not            OPEN .BRIEF VAN PROF. HOLWERDA
wait until their return and defend yourself with the                          AAN REV. OPHOFF
remark `the seriousness of the case rules out all delay'.
Must I suppose that you are, an adherent of the  moral        Hooggeachte Rev. Ophoff,  I
of the Jesuits, `The end justifies the means?' I can
not believe *that of you, nor can I believe that. even one       U hebt, `blijkens de Standard Bearer van I Augus-
member of your churches can be an adherent of such t& 1949, het geoorloofd en geboden geacht  een persoon-
a godless ethics. But what  the:l~remains  of your argu- lijk schrijven van mij  aan een immigrant  .te  publi-
ment ?,'                                                      ceeren, en  aan dien brief een uitleg te geven, die U in
                                                              staat stelt uw collega's De Jong en Kok op zeer ernstige
    Comment :                                                 wijze in staat van beschuldiging te stellen.
                                                                 Tot mijn spijt zie ik me genoodzaakt publiek'me te
    I do not agree, professor, with your remarks under verzetten tegen uw handelwijze,  .en uw aan.:ijgingen
12. For your argument is still based on the supposition te weerleggen. Want wat U `gedaan hebt, is zoozeer
that your letter was a private and personal letter to in strijd met de  normen,  die Christus aan het verkeer'
one immigrant in Chatham. . Once more I emphasize der broederen heeft gesteld, dat het  niet onweersprbken
that before the Rev. Ophoff ever came to  Chatham  the mag blijven. En ik hoop, dat mijn brief van nu ertoe
matter was public among the immigrants in that com- mag bijdragen, dat U onder betuiging van leedwezen,
munity that were concerned in the matter. And again uw artikel  terugneeint.
I say that I do not believe that you even intended the           Allereerst heb ik ernstig bezwaar tegen het feit hat,
letter to be private to one man. Naturally the advice en de wijze waurc-p U bedoelden brief ter kennis van
given by you was not to one immigrant, but to all the de leden  uwer kerken hebt gebracht.
immigrants concerned. And therefore I maintain that              Volgens U is de kwestie ernstig. Maar juist daar-,
not the Rev. Ophoff, but you yourself are the  ultimake       om  meet ik al protesteeren tegen uw lichtvaardigheid.
cause of the cloud of suspicion under which, the Revs. Want als men overtuigd is, dat het gaat om ernstige
De Jong and Kok have been brought:                            dingen,  moet niemand  schrijven v&jr. hij zich grondig
    Wi.;h your remark under 13 I must agree, at least op. de hoogte heeft  -gesteld,  en precies weet waar. het
in `so far that it would have been expedient for the over gaat. Wie dan maar haastig een artikel schrijft,
Rev. Ophoff to wait until the Revs. De Jong and Kok en daaraan zulke beschuldigingen-  verbindt, zondigt.
had returned and had been asked to accompany the Want Hij  pakt een ernstige zaak  aan op een  licht-
publication of the letter by a statement of their own. vaardige wijze, die met  allen   ernst spot.  Aan deze
And I advised the Rev. Oplioff to wait until that time. zonde hebt U zich thans schuldig gemaakt. Daarom
 At the time I was on my vacation in a cottage at Lake zal ik U thans publiek een aantal vragen stellen, waar-
 Michigan, and there the Rev. Ophoff visited me. When op ik een. duidelijk antwoord verlang.
 he left me, he agreed to wait until the return of the           1. Hoewel ik de engelsche `vertaling door U niet
 Revs. De Jong and Kok ; and I did not know that ha controleeren kan, omdat ik daarvoor die taal te weinig
had changed his mind until the letter was published in ken, moet ik U tech de vraag stellen, waarom U in uw
the Standurd  .Bea.rer. But this certainly must not lead ; vertaling elementen inlaschte,.  die niet in `den neder-
you to the conclusion that the Rev. Ophoff is an ad- `landschen tekst gevonden worden?  Het woord "gemeen-
herent to the ethics of the Jesuits, as you do no5 state bespreking" b.v. is door mij al  niet  gebezigd, hoewel  U
but nevertheless insinuate. Nor am I sure that in the beweert dat ik het  s&reef. Maar waarom  vertaalt
 end it would have made much difference : for the day U dat dan tot overmaat van ramp nog door "a meeting
 after his return I met the  Rev:.Kok  in Holland, Michi- . . .  L the purpose being mutual discourse". Ik had
 gan, and in the presence of a witness I asked him to geen w,oord geschreven  over `the purpose' van die ont-
 repudiate that letter of Prof. Holwerda,. and his  `ans- moeting. En U doet nu in het vervolg wel, alsof U uit
 wer was: "I cannot do that, because Prof. Holwerda mijn brief precies weet, wat het  doe1 der samenkomst
 is not a liar. But I can give a different interpretation `was. Maar u hebt dat er zelf bij gefantaseerd, en
 to his statements." And for that interpretation I am bouwt dan uw verdere artikel ook niet op de mede-
 still waiting.  *                                            deelingen van  m$j,  doch op uw  eigen  fantasiegn,  die
    Lack of space prevents me from finishing the trans- U bij de vertaling in  mijn brief insmokkelde.  Doen
 lation  of. and comment on the letter of Prof. Holwerda ernstige menschen zoo ?          En kunt U dit tegenover
 in this issue.                                               Christus  verantwoorden?


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  the Liberated in Canada by ail means should make.that           tijd, om Uw  heele  artikel, met betuiging van  Ieed-
  their aim'. Ik sprak.over  wegneming van misverstand. wezen, in te trekken?
  Want ik constateerde vroeger al, en nu ten overvloede              Op al deze vragen meen  ik een ondubbelzinnig pub-
  uit uw artikel, hoe groot het misverstand is, dat bij U liek antwoord te mogen verlangen.
  ten opzichte van ons bestaat. Vindt U het geen christe-
  lijk werk, om  atie mogelijk misverstand bij de  geloovi-          M e t   h e i l b e d e ,
  gen weg te nemen? En als ik daartoe opwek, mag U                                        Uw broeder in Christus,
  dan de caricatuur  teekenen;  dat het mijn  .bedoeling
  zou zijn om uw kerken tot een vrijgemaakte gemeen-                                                      B. Holwerda.
  schap.  te maken ? Rev. Kok zei: we kunnen veel van
  elkaar `leeren. Ik geloof dat ook. Van : eZh+zur leeren.
  dus de Vrijgemaakten van de Protestant Reformed,
  en omgekeerd. Waarom doet U, alsof  ik andere en
  booze bedoelingen heb?
     18. Ik moet me inhouden, om niet bitter te worden.
  Maar U insinueert verschrikkelijk, als U'spreekt over            Open  Confession  to  the  Brethren
  `the fundamental purpose of that visit to the Nether-               Rev.  Kok  and  Rev.  De  Jong
  lands'. Natuurlijk, U stelt slech~ts. een vraag ; maar                                          .
  een vergiftigde vraag is .voldoende  om booze verden-
king te wekken tegen twee predikanten, die niet het                  Dear brethren: -
  minst om hun zuiverheid van bedoeling, om hun .op-                 There is a statement occurring in my previous
rechtheid en onkreukbaarheid, verdienen zeer in eere article (in my comments on the Ietter of Prof. HOI-,
  te worden gehouden. Ik wil U vragen:  sin& wanneer werda) to which I must return. It. reads, "Can it be
  is dat stijl in de Protestant Reformed Churches. en in that we here hit upon the fundamental purpose of that
  hun kerkelijke pers, om artikelen  te schrijven die drui- visit to the Netherlands,-the purpose, namely, to show
  pen van verda&tmakingen ? Het negende gebod geldt the irreconcilable leaders among the liberated that they
  tech ook in uw kerken?                                          need have no scrupples  about advising their people
      19. Ik. zal niet elke zin van uw artikel analyseeren. coming to these shores to affiliate with the Protestant
  Mijn brief werd dan zeker dubbel zoo lang. Ik  ,wil Reformed?`- I am not accusing you brethren here
  alleen, zeggen, dat ik zelden iets gelezen heb, dat .zoo directly or indirectly or by implication. What I do
  consequent en aanh'oudend in onschuldige woorden een is to ask the question whether that might not also have
  verkeerde beteekenis zoekt. Kunt U het verantwoor-              been  the. purpose. You were offended and rightfully
  den, als U letterlijk alles van wat  ik schreef verdraait so. For the question is suggestive of a motive. But
  om dan daarop uw conclusies te baseeren?                        motives are known to God alone. I therefore confess
                                                                  to you brethren'that  I should have kept that statementi
     20. U doet het voorstel, dat Uw kerken onze  theo-           in my pen, and add that,1  am heartily sorry.
  logie  .officieel  als  kettersch   zullen  verwerpen. Boven       Second, I do believe, after having given the matter
  s&reef  ik al, dat U van die theologie nog geen begrip          some thought, that in publishing Prof.  Holwerda's
  toonde te hebben. En Uw kerken.,,zullen  de waarheid letter, when I did, I failed to take you brethren into
  dienomtrent niet verstaan uit uw artikelen, als U zoo consideration  suf&iently.   ,Out of regard for you I
  voortgaat. Maar nu  W  tech maar het  advies   geeft,. should have waited until you had returned to make a
 , Wilde ik U vragen: is U nu al' vergeten  de ellende, die statement and had received testimony `of the brethren
  de besluiten van 1924 door ehun onrijpheid en opper-            in the Netherlands. Your statement together with
  vlakkigheid over Christus' kerk in  Amerika brachten? their testimony could and also should then have been
  En wat me nog zwaarder weegt : mogen kerken andere published with the letter and my comments. Tha! would
  kerken en hun theologie  veroordeelen,  zonder eerst have been the right way. By my hasty action I took the
  daarvan gehoord te hebben en te verstaan wat ze doen?, joy out of your homecoming and caused you unneces-.
  Ik denk hierbij natuurluk aan Joh. `751. -De'Farize& sary grief. And for this, too, I am heartily sorry. I
  waren tegenover Jezus Christus  heel gauw klaar met see now that I sinned against love.
  hun vonnis. Maar Nicodemus heeft hen gewaarschuwd :                But brethren, I do wish that you would perceive
  zoodanige . veroordeeling, zonder kennis van, zaken, from my statements occurring in my previously pub-
  overijld,    overhaast, wordt altijd geoordeeld  door de lished article that I `did not accuse you at all and that
  w e t   G o d s .                                               rtherefore  I did not accuse you unheard. May I ask
     21. Om al het bovengenoemde, moge ik U met allen you to return with me to that article, (the Standard
  aandrang de vraag stellen : wordt het voor U niet hoog Bearer for Aug. 1). In the third column is found this


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     sentence from my pen, "Our whole movement is at                 2. There was absolutely no fraud in connection with
     stake, if the statements contained in the letter  ,(Prof. the Rev. Ophoff's obtaining of the letter.
     Holwerda's letter) are true." Mark what-1 wrote, "Zf           3.  ,Of his own free will Mr. Koster gave the Rev.
     the statements are true." This "if" clause occurs three Ophoff the letter, wanted him to have it. When the
     times. It occurs the second time at the bottom of  tte Rev. Ophoff could not read it, Mr. Koster read it to
     third column and again at the close of the article. The hi, offered him the original letter, and finally gave
     implication of this "if" clause is not: The report of him a copy of which Rev. Ophoff made a copy.
     the professor (Holwerda) is true. But the implica-              4. Although the Rev. Ophoff had first agreed not
     tion is: The report of the professor may also nijt be to publish the letter, Mr. Koster had no objections t.o
     true. I know not. That is for the brethren Kok and its publication at all. Repeatedly he stated that there
     De Jong to say, and Prof. Holwerda especially and the must be no secrecy in matters pertaining to the church,
     ministers and the professors who were present on that and that it was a good thing the letter was published.
     meeting. That is the thrust of that "if" clause. What           5. Emphatically he denied that the Rev. Ophoff
     I state by that "if" clause by logical implication is that ever made himself guilty of evil-speaking or of discuss-
     I suspend judgment and will continue to suspend judg- ing persons at all."
     ment until you, brethren, and Prof. Holwerda and the                                                            H. Hoeksema.
     others supply us with the statement, "The Revs. Kok             Such is Rev. Hoeksema's testimony.
     and De Jong did not make the statements attributed to
     them by the professor either as to substance or as to the                                                      G. M. Ophoff.
     form of their words.                                                                      *     *      9
        Further, will you please take notice, brethren, also
     of the phrase occurring in my previously printed art-                      NOTICE TO  ,OUR  READERS!
     icle, "According to the report of the professor  (Hol-
     werda) ." The phrase occurs four times. And it means            I, the undersigned, have in readiness my reply to
     "Not according to what I report or say-1 say nothing Prof. Veer&of's  letter. But because of lack of space,
     at all-but according to what the professor reported. its publication will have to wait. It will appear in the
     That whole article of mine is predicated on that "if" next issue of The Standard Bearer.
     clause. That whole article, therefore, is hypothetica                                                           G. M. Ophoff.
     in so far as it turns on you brethren.
        I do wish; brethren, that you would also perceive
     that I did no wrong in ~publishing  the letter as such.                                   +  *  *
     The letter had to be published sooner or Iater for
     reasons stated in my previously published article.                                     IN  MEMbRIAM
     It had also to be published to clear your name, breth-
     ren, if you did not make the statements attributed to           The Immigration Committee hereby expresses  ,its heartfelt
     you by Prof. Holwerda.                                       sympathy to relatives of, the Sjoerdsma family in the sudden
                                          G. M. Ophoff.           death of their committee member
                                                                                          MR. JOE SJOERDSMA

                    Please  Take  Notice                             May the God ofyall  grace comfort the sorrowing family.
                                                                                                     Rev. J. D. De Jong, Pres
                                                                                                     Mr. B. Woudenberg, Sec'y.
        It is being said that the way in which  I got hold                      ."  ^.
     of Prof. Holwerda's letter is fraudulent and very base;                                IN MEMORIAM
     and further that I am guilty of evil-speaking in the            The Protestant Reformed Male Chorus of Grand Rapids,
     home of the brother-Mr. Koster of Chatham-who Miohigan hereby wishes to express *its sympathy to Mrs. Joe
     gave me the letter. But that is not true. Let us hear        Sjoerdsma and family in the sudden death of their husband
     Rev. H. Hoeksema on the matter:                              and father
        "I know positively that all this is a downright lie.                              MR. JOE SJOERDSMA
     For on Thursday, Sept. 8, the Rev. Ophoff, accompan-         May the thought that  ..their  loved one Is now rejoicing in
     ied by two witnesses of which I was one, visited Mr.         glory comfort the sister and her family in this hour of  sor-
     Koster, and of our conversation I briefly report the row.
     following :                                                                            Protestant Reformed Male Chorus,
        1. His dealing with the Rev. Ophoff and the 1aYxr's                                                Dick Jonker, Pres.
     dealings with him were strictly honest and above board.                                               ,Gerrit   Helmus,  Sec'y.


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Subject                                                                                                                                        Author Page No.
                                     Index To iolume XXV                                                                                                                                                       Abner and his opposition to David                                                                                                                                           g.;.cg y; ' g
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Abner's Assassination ...................................................................... . . .
                       INDEX OF SCRIPTURE PASSAGES TREATED                                                                                                                                                     Abner's break with Saul's House .......................... G.M.O. 159                                                                                                                                 7
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Advice to Immigrants .................................................. H.H. 174                                                                                                                      8
                                 Text                                                                                                                                                Author Page No.           Appeal ............................................................................ W.H. 478 20
    Genesis  3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*..G.V.                                        25 2                   Continued ................................................................ W.H. 503 21
    Deuteronomy 8:10-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                                                               97 5        Ascent of the Ark of the Covenant ....................G.M.O. 325 14
    I Samuel  28:7-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                                                       13. 1. Attr$mu~so~God .......................................................... ;.F :.;                                                                                                                          c ".
    I Samuel 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Ek&g. 38 2*                                                                                                  ..................................................................
    II Samuel 1 . . . . . ..*........................................................ . . .                                                                                                                                                                   .................................................................H.V. 155                                                                              !
    II Samuel 1:17-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                                                               !k .;                 Fiiz%E2 ...............................................................................................................................                             z.; ;l;                 ;
    II Samuel 2:1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                                                         89 4                                                             .                                                                                                                          . .
    II Samuel 2:5-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                                                      110.    5               %zzz%: ................................................................................................................................                             g .F ;2; ;p
    II Samuel 2:12-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2k'M.g. :x3&                                                          t               ml;alFi                                                                                                                                                               . .
    II Samuel 3:6-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                                                    ................................................................ H.V.  -.273 12
    II Samuel 3:22-39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.0:  181 8                                                                          Continued ................................................................. H.V. 298 13
    11 SamueI 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  G.M.0,A- 205                                            9               tj;m&uu ..................................................... I..........H.V.' 321 14
    II Samuel 5 ................................................................ G&LO. -229, 10                                                                                                                                                               ................................................................ H.V. 345 15
    II Samuel 6:1-11 .................................................. ......G.M.O. 253  11                                                                                                                             Continued ................................................................ H . V .   372  16
    II s;t;&;:dl9..................................................................................................................gkM.g. 302  13                                                                        Continued .............................................. ..................H.V. 394 .l7
                                                                                                                                   \.                                                 . . . 325 14                       Continued ................................................................ H.V. 417 18
    II Samuel 6:16, 20-23 ............................. ............. !...G.M.O. 328 14                                                                                                                                  Continued ...................i.. .......................................... H.V. 439 19
    Psalm 17:15 .............................. i..................................... C.H.                                                                                                                              `Continued                                                                                               . . . . . . . . .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ................................................. . . . . . . . g.: 46;: ;y
    Psalm  23:1-3 ................................................................ G.V.                                                                                                           Zd     t               cont+lued :`...................;. ........ ..:................................
    Psalm 43:3,  4 ..................................................................                                                                                                            ;%&  ;y Arithmetm-Prmciples of Teachmg .................... J.A.H. 308 13
    Psalm 48:13-15 .............................................................. 2-T
                                                                                                                                                                                         . .
    Peal~;O&l(l~c t. from Vol. 24)                                                                                                                                                     .zT
                                                 .... ............................................................................................ . . .                                                                                                                                                            -B-
                Continued ................................................................ G.V.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            I
    &alm 106                                                                                                             ".                                                           $.;                      Baptism-Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ., . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            W.H. 479 20
                                                                                                                                                                                                               `Baptism in the Reformed Confessions-The
                Continued
                                    ...................................................................... .......................................................... . . . .
                Continued                                                                                                                                                                                           Sacrament of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I................ ** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H,' 318 14
                                                 ................................................................................................................................      g;        139 6         Baptism--The Institution of
     C o l l t i n u e d                                                                                                                                                                 . . 161 7                 (see under Institution of Baptism, etc.)
                iCont$ued ................................................................                                                                                                       186 8         Baptism-The Meaning of
        refuel                                   ................................................................ ET.
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 208 9                        (see under Meaning of Baptism, etc.)                                                                                                                                        : ,.
                                                 ................................................................                                                                                232  10       Baptism-;The Sign and Its Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 392 17
    Psalm 107 ...................................................................... 2-T
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 256  11           Beholding God's Pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  C.H.. 94                                                                    t
                Contmued ......................................... .......................                                                                                                       279 12        Belofte Van Vernieuwing-De . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  G.Y. 145
                g+?&=j ................................................................ 2%
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 305 13
                                                 ................................................................                                                                                              Book Reviews:
                                                                                                                                                                                                 328 14             Christus  in Zijn  Lijden-Schilder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l......  H.H. 390 17
                Continued ................................................................ E-::
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . fg  :;                 Conflict Met Rome-Berkhouwer s.......................  I&H.  3 4   2
    Psalm 108 ........................................................................                                                                                                                              De Boeken Van Samuel-Goslinga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;..H.H. 151                                                                                                                  7
                continued ................................................................ 2-F
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 426 18                 De Bevoordeeldheid  Der ExegeseGrosheide  . ..$.I&' 377 iff
    Psalm 109 ....................;...................................................                                                                                                           447 19             Het Hooglied-Aalders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                   `4
                 Continued ................................................................ E-;
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 473 20                 Hoofdlijnen in de KerkgeschiedemGDe  Graaf....H.H.  151                                                                                                                                          7
                                                 ................................................................                                                                                499 21             Kleuter Vertelboek-De Vries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. "372 1;
                :::E:," ................................................................ ii-::
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 624 22               Wijsbegeerte en Levenspraktijk-Spier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. I 151
     Song o f Solomon 1:4a ....i.............................................                                                                                                                    337- 15
    Isaiah  53:8,   9 ............................................................ G.Er:
    Isaiah 55 :l ...................................................................... G:V: "G  I2                                                                                                                                                      .
                                                                                                                                                                                                         4                                                                                                          -c-
    Isaiah 65:17 .................................................................... G.V.145 7
     Micah 6:6-8                                                                                                                                                                       ,g: 4 3 3   1 9         Called to the Waters ....................................................
    $qha@mu,"h2 3:17b
                                           ................................................................................................................................ . .                                Capture of Jesus ........................................ ............... ..G.i::: 2:: 1;:
                                    ................................................................ . .......                                                                                   `E  216       Careless Christian-The Impossibihty of a ............H.H.
    Matthew 19 :28a ............................ .:................................E::
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 145 7             Catechism-Essentials ................................................ H.V.  13:                                                                                                                       i
     Matthew 21:42-44 .......................................................... G.V. 289 13                                                                                                                   Catechism-System of ................................................ H.H. 148                                                                                                                         7
     Matthew 28:5, 6a .......................................................... g;                                                                                                                                      Continued ............................................................... tH.H.' 172 8
    Luke 2 ................................................................................                                                                                                      E  I46        Catechism-Ssstem  of                                                                                                                                        .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ................................................ .M.G.  148 7
     Luke 18:13 ...................................................................... G.V.                                                                                                                    Catechism-System of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.H. 167 7
     Luke 23:4,  14, 22, 24 ....................................................                                                                                                                ~'26:,   1;    Catechism-System of
    ggl 55:;; ...................................................... i.................E-T
                                                                                                                                                                                         . . 121  6                  (see under Tendency Toward Individualism, etc.)                                                                                                                                                         .
                                    ........................................................................ G.V. 385 17                                                                                       Civics-Principles of Teaching .* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  * . . . .J.A.H. 3 3 1   1 4
     AC& 1;:31a .................................................................... s.x. ,265 12                                                                                                              Clear Language :.................................................... ..$$.                                                                                                                     4
     Romans 6:1,  2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..di.n.--..  23.  1                                            Christ Alone in His Suffering .................................. 377 lf  "
    Romans 10:14,  15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                                    58...4       Christian Education--Correction .............................. G.V.                                                                                                                            6
II Corinthians  5:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V:..  145 7                                                              Christian Education-StudentaTeacher  Club.......G.M.O. 184                                                                                                                                            ii
    Ephesians 1:5, 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 457 20                                                       Christian Education-Training for  Life!s   ,  Call-
     Ephdsians 5 :l, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.
                                                                                                                                                                   .                             217 10             mg .............................................................................. J.A.H.. :' `*&l                                                                                                ii
    Titus 3:4, 5b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  I..
                                                                                                                                                                        . . . . . . . . . . ;..cg. ;ij; 1;                                                     ............................... ............................. J.A.H.  ,44
     II' Peter 3:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                          $Z%Z ........................................................... J.A.H.  9 2                                                                                                                t
    Revelation 21:5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.  -145  7                                                                                                   ............................................................ J.A.H. 115
     Revelation  22:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 169                                                  8               ti2zE: ........................................................... j$.  Eg.  y;                                                                                                             f
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Continued .................................................. ........... . . .                                                                                                              7
                                           INDEX OF  SUBJEZTS  TREATED.                                                                                                                                                  Cont+med ............................................................ J.A.H. 189
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         -gm~~ ........................................................... J.A.H. 210                                                                                                                i
                                  Subject                                                                '                                                                           Author Page No.                                                           ............................................................ J.A.H. 237 10
                                                                                                       -A-                                                                                                               p;e$                                                                                                                                                                                       I1
     As ta Correspondence with the Churches in the                                                                                                                                                                                                             ........................................................................................................................    S-E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             . . .  25g
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       282          12
          Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. i51 7                                                          p;zi ............................................................ J.A.H. 308 13
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ...........................................................
    As to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  J.A.H. 331
                      Teaching our Confession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :.H.H. 148                                                                                 7
                 Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  -* . . . . .
                                                                                                                                                                                       H.H. 172 8 ~Christian  Giving .......................................................... W.H. 336 ::


                                                                                                                                                      THE  STANDARD   BEARER

                                   Subject                                                                                                                              Author Page No.                                     Subject                                                                                                         Author Page NO.
        Christian Reformed Statistics .................................... J.H. 407 17                                                                                                                      Clear Language s....................................................... H.H.
        Church Membership in the Netherlands ..................J.H.                                                                                                                     72 3                Church Weddings and Bridal Parties .................. H.H. 38;: ,a
        Church-The  Multiformity  of  .the ........................... Jc.f.3. 213  9                                                                                                                       Correction .............. ................................. u.................G.V.
                   Continued ................................................................ C.H. 234 10                                                                                                   Correspondence with Rev. Petter ........................ H.H. 1246                                                                                       F
        Church Union ........................... .:................................... W.H. 120 5                                                                                                           Extinguished Root and Branch ............................ H.H. 244 11
                   Continued .............................................................. W.H. 286 12                                                                                                     Facts and Figures .................................................. R.V. 436 19
        Church Weddings and Bridal Parties ...................... H.H. 388 17                                                                                                                               Kuyper's  Parable of the Jealous Fisherman......H.H.                                                                                      196            9
        Common Grace Mystery ............................................                                                                                                              192 8                .Propositions  Concerning the Covenant of Grace H.H. 220
        Common Grace or  .Post-Millenialism ...................... T-E                                                                                                                 383     lti                   Continued ..........................................................                                                             245
        Common Grace-Problems and Criticism ..............W:H: 239 10                                                                                                                                                Continued ......................................................... .HH.HH                                                       268
       Communism .................................................................. W.H. 216  9                                                                                                                      Continued .......................................................... H:H: 294
        Contributions:                                                                                                                                                                                               Continued .......................................................... H.H. 340
              Catechism System, etc. .......................................... M.G. 148 7                                                                                                                           Continued ........................................... `a.. ............H.H. 364 16
              Growth in Hope Church .............................. H. Mensch 212  9                                                                                                                                  Continued .......................................................... H.H. 4sz
             Marriages in the Church .................................... P.D.B. 2 9 6   18                                                                                                                 Reply of the Rev. Van Raalte ..............................                                                                               294 :i
             Onbetrouwbaar Nieuws Uit Canada...... W. Wildeboer * 366  16                                                                                                                                   Reply to the Rev. Van Raalte .............................. l%$: J 316 .14
             Preaching as Means of Grace .............................. A. P. 124 6                                                                                                                         Reunion ? ..................................................................                                                                             3
              Something New in Kalamazoo ................ H. G. huiper                                                                                                                 349 15               The Drive-in Theater .............................................. E"v                                                                   4:: 20
             S. P. R. E. Secretary's Report .................. C. Doezema 2ti8  1 1                                                                                                                   Editorial Quote ............................................................ W.-H: 286 12
              Uit Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ............L. Van Huizen                                                                                                                  380  1 6       Education (see under Christian Education, etc.)
        Conditions in the.Covenant-Open  Letter to Rev.                                                                                                                                               Eeuwige  Goedertierenheid ..........................................                                                                            256
             A. Petter (see under Open Letter, etc.)                                                                                                                                                           Continued ........................ ........................................ s:: 219
        Controversy Can Be a Duty ........................................ J.H. 409. 17                                                                                                                        Continued .... ............................................................                                                            365
       Copy of Prof. Holwerda's Original Letter ............H.H. 513 22                                                                                                                                        Continued ................................................................ 2:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               . . 328
       Correction ...................................................................... G.V.                                                                                                                  Continued ..............                                                                                       .*............y&.       305
       Corr~o~~;~ with Rev. Cammenga .................... H.H.                                                                                                                          $8      a     EldegnTEu$ffiee  of .........................................................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        .                                                                      ............... 450
                                                 ................................................................ H.H. 100                                                                      5                                     ........................................................................ ........................&.;::          476
       Correspondence with Rev. Petter :. ............................ H.H. 124                                                                                                                 6     Endor-The  Transaction at                                                                                                              . . .     18
        Correspondence with the Reformed Churches in                                                                                                                                                  Enmity Between Seed and Seed ................................ G.V.
             the Netherlands ........................................................ W.H. 191,                                                                                                 8     Essentials ............................... ..-..................................... H.V. 1::
        Correspondence with the Reformed Churches in                                                                                                                                                  Extinguished Root and Branch ............................ ...... H.H. 245
             the I\retherlands-As  to ............................................ H.H. 151 7
       Covenant and the Promise--God's ............................ H.V:                                                                                                                10 1
                   Continued ................................................................ H.V.                                                                                      34 2                                                                                -F-
       Covenant--Appeal                                            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H.    479 20
                   Continued ..-..* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  i . . . . . . . . . . . y&508  2 1                                       Facts and Figures ........................................................ R.V. 436. 19
       Covenant Controversy . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  a. . .                                                                       Faith and Works ............................................................ H.H.
       Covenant-Established W,lth W horn . . . . . . s . . . . . . . . . . . ..e... H.V.                                                                                                3-i     fi    Fathers Regarding Conditions-The .................... G.M.O. 46: .zf
       Covenant of Grace-Propositions Concerning the                                                                                                                                                  Federal Council Meeting ..............................................                                                                          336 14
              (see under Propositions Concerning, etc.)                                                                                                                                               Few Few Corrections Please-A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ................................................................................     g. 292 13
        Covenant-Open                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          . .                  15
                                                      Letter to Rev. A. Petter                                                                                                                        Footnotes of History                                                                                                                            360
              (See under Qpen Letter, etc.)                                                                                                                                                           Forf>ance of God-The Longsuffering and
        Cove;o~~u~eachmg m the Sphere o f the . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 152 7                                                                                                                                   ............... ........................... ............................ ..........H.V. 463 G!
                                                 . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              Continued ................................................................ H.V. 490
        Cove;t;&u!dv. Petter Replies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .G&Z                                                                                                       Friendship of God ........................................................ H.V. 372 16
                                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M:O:
        Covenant-Who are in The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                                                                                                                                            -G-
                   Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.
                                                                                                                                                                             *                        Gebed eens Boedvaardigen-Het ..........:......                                                                                          G.V.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ...............
                                                                                                - D -                                                                                                 Geloof en Rechtvaardigmg .......................................... H.H. 39: 1 :
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Geogrr;~~~muples of Teaching ...................... J.A.H. 163                                                                                                 7
        Danger of Complacency .............................................. J.H.                                                                                                                                                      ............................................................ J.A.H. 189
David Displeased ...................................................... G.M.O. 3:;  1;                                                                                                                         Continued ................................. ..-.......................J.A.H. 210                                                                      :
        David's Message to the Men of Jabesh ................ G.M.O. 116                                                                                                                        5     Glad Tidings o f Christ's Resurrection .................... G.V. 313 14
        David's Return .......................................................... G.M.O.                                                                                                              God-Attributes of (see under `Attributes, etc.)
        Detecting and Labeling .............................................. M.G. 4:; 1:                                                                                                             God-Names of (see under Names of God, etc.)
        Dramatic Fever .............................................................. J.H.                                                                                                            God's Covenant and the Promise ..............................
                   Continued ........... .:................................................... J.H.                                                                                     tt      B              Continued ............................................................... .z-::                                                         Et k
                   Continued ................................................................ J.H. 143                                                                                         -6     Goodness-God's ............................................................ H:V: 226 10
        Drive-in-Theater-The ................................................ R.V. 460 20                                                                                                             Grace of God-The ......................................................                                                                         394 17
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Continued .... ........................................................... HH::: 417 18
                                                                                                 -E-v                                                                                                 GrTnTe$oncept ............................................. .......
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ................................................................ 2:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               . .     It            f
 _ Earthquake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.H.                             359 15         Grammar-Principles of Teaching ........................ J.A.H. 283 12
        Ecumenical Synod-Uniformity in Invitations                                                                                                                                                    Groote Tevredenheid .................................................... G.V.                                                                    49            3
              to the Second Reformed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H.                                                           71 3          Growth In Hope Church                                                                                                                           212            9
        Editorials :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ................ .................... H. Mensch
                A Few Corrections  Please .................................... H.H. 292 13
                A Letter from Prof. C. Veenhof .......................... H.H. 484 21                                                                                                                                                                                       --`fI -
                A Letter to Dr. Schilder ........................................ H.H. 484 21
                A Letter to Dr. Schilder ........................................ H.H.                                                                                                 568  2 2       Hand of the Lord-The .............................................. C.H.                                                                                ,-
                A Letter from Creston's Consistory .................... H.H. 614 22                                                                                                                   Heeren Eisch-Des ...................................................... G.V. 4193 139
                A Tendency Toward Individualism .................... H.H.                                                                                                                       2     Heidelberg Catechism (see under Triple Know-
                            Continued ..........n.............................................. H.H.                                                                                    ::      4          ledge, etc.)
                            Continued .......................................................... H.H. 100  5                                                                                          History-Principles  af Teaching ............................ J.A.H.                                                                              44            2
                           Continued .................................................... .."..H.H. 126 6                                                                                                      Continued ................................... ......................... J.A.H.                                                                        3
                Advice to Immigrants ............................................ H.H. 174 8                                                                                                                                           ............................................................ J.A.H.                                             ii;           4
                As to Correspondence with the Churches in                                                                                                                                                      alter ........................................................... J.A.H. 115                                                                          5
                      the Netherlands .................................................. H.H. 151 7                                                                                                            Continued ............................................................ J.A.H. 141                                                                     6
                As to Teaching Our Confessions .......................... H.H. 148 7                                                                                                                  Holiness of God-The .................................................. H.V. 250
                           Continued .......................................................... H.H. 172 8                                                                                                     Continued ................................................................ H.V. 273 :i


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                           Subject                                                                                                                Author Page No.                                       Subject                                                                                                       Author Page No.
Home Mission News .................................................... W.H. 119                                                                                     5       Meditations:
            Continued .............................................................. W.H. 167                                                                                       Called to the Waters ................................................ G.V.                                                                                    73          4
            Continued .............................................................. W.H. 23Y 1;                                                                                    De Belofte Van Vernieuwing ................................ G.V. 145                                                                                                      7
            Continued .............................................................. W.H. 260 II                                                                                    De Lof Sions ............................................................ G.V. 241 li
Hope of the Covenant Mother in the Old Dis-                                                                                                                                         De Verworpen Steen .............................................. G.V. 28Y  13
     pensation .................................................................... C.H.  117                                                                                       Des Heeren Eisch .................................................... G.V. 48;1  19
            Continued ................................................................ C.H. 166                                                                                     Enmity Between Seed and Seed .......................... G.V.                                                                                                  25          2
How Far Are  We  From  Persccmiun ........................ J.H. 144                                                                                                                 Groote Tevredenheid ................................................ G.V.                                                                                                 3
                                                                                                                                                                                   Het Pad Des Lichts ................................................. G.V. 5:: 22
                                                                                                                                                                                    Het Gebed Eens Boetvaardigen ............................ G.V.                                                                                                            1
                                                                                    -I-                                                                                             Imitate God .............................................................. G.V. 21:
Idea of the Sacraments--The .................................... H.H. 198                                                                                           9              Jesus Before Pilate ................................................ G.V. 265 :P
            Continued ................................................................ H.H. 223                                                                                     Let Us Go To Bethlehem ........................................ G.V. 121                                                                                                  6
            Continued ................................................................ H.H. 21'7 :I                                                                                 Maasceeni ..................................................................                                                                               337
            Continued ................................................................ H.H. 270 12                                                                                  0 God My God ........................................................ E:: .361 ;;
:&Sz$enc;; m Deuteronomy ................................ G.M 0                                                                                             423 1X                  Predestination To Praise ........................................ G:V: 457 20
                                  .................................................................... G:V: 217 10                                                                  Saved by the Dawn ................................................                                                                                         409 18
Immigration News ...................................................... W.H. 287 12                                                                                                 Silent  in Love .......................................................... 2::                                                                             481 21
Immutability-God's .................................................... H.V. 156                                                                                    7               Take the Water of Life .......................................... G:V: 169                                                                                                8
            Continued ................................................................ H.V. 177                                                                     8               The Glad Tidings of Christ's Resurrection ........G.V. 313 14
Impossibility of a Careless Christian-The ............H.H.                                                                                                    6                     Tot  Den Bornput ................... ..................................                                                                                    193            9
Insti~o~&;~Baptmm-The                                                                                                                               g.rg yg 1;                     Vorst en  Zaligmaker .............................................. ET                                                                                      385
                                       .......................................................................................................       . .                                                                                                                                                                                                    -1;
                                                                                                                                                                   16               Wacht U Bij Verzadiging ...................................... G:V:                                                                                           97
Instruction (see Fnder Christian Education, etc.)                                                                                                                           Mer;yo;lm&o-The .................................................... H.V. 439 1 9
InTh:;ih   Strife  m the Orthodox  Presbyterran                                                                                                                                                                        ................................................................
       7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       463
                           ........................................................................ W.H. 286 12                                                             Michal's  Contempt of David. ......................... *. ......G.Z                                                                                                328. 49
Ishbosheth  Slain ........................................................ G.M.O. 205                                                                                       Minister of the Word-The ........i............................... C:H: 428 20
Israel's Liefdevolle  Heiland (cont. from Vol. 24)....G.V.                                                                                                   17     f       Mixed Marriages ............ -.................... ......................... J.H.                                                                                     47
            Continued ................................................................ g:                                                                    41             Mixed Marriage-The ................................................                                                                                                501 2:
            Continued .................................................................                                                                .     64     f       Modern Church-The ................................................. .*-i                                                                                           262 11
                                                                                                                                                                            Modern Inquisition ...................................................... W:H: 239 10
                                                                                                                                                                            Modern Persecution ...................................................... W.H. 215                                                                                                9
                                                                                    -J-                                                                                     Mouth of the Lord-The. .............................................. C.H.                                                                                            21
Jesus Before Pilate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                          265 12          Movie-The Drive-in Theater .................................... R.V. 460 2;
Justic+God's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 301 13                     Mult.CfoonrFedof  the Church-The ............................ C.H. 213
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ................................................................ C.H. 234 11
                                                                                   -K-                                                                                                                                                                         -N-
Knowledge-God's ........................................................ H.V. 178
            Continued .................................................................................................                            g. g. m;         P Names of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 58 3
Korean Meditation .._.............._                                                                                                                 . .                                Continued . . ..*..........................................................  g $f
Kuiper's Parable of the Jealous Fisherman ..........H.H. 196                                                                                                        t                   Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                         5"
                                                                                                                                                                            News Flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.H. 359 15
                                                                                                                                                                            No Substitute for the Word . . . . . . ..-.............................  J.H.                                                                                         47          2
                                                                                   -L-
Labeled or Unlabeled ..............................................................................................FF t&F 17                                                                                                                                   -o-
Let Us Go To Bethlehem                                                                                                                               . .            6
Letter from Prof. C.  Veenhof--,A ............................ H.H. 484                                                                                                     Office in the Church-The ..........................................                                                                                                284
Letter from Rev. Hofman-A ................................ G.M.O.                                                                                           498 ;;                      Continued ................................................................ :*iz* 333
Letter from Creston's Consistory-A .................... H.H. 512 22                                                                                                                     Continued ................................................................ C:H: 428
Letter to Dr. Schilder-A ............................................ H.H. 484 21                                                                                            .         Continued ................................................................ C.H. 450
Letter to Dr. Schilder-A ............................................ H.H. 508 22                                                                                                    . Continued                              .......... .                                                    .                :`....... C.H. 476
Lied Des Harten-Een ................................................ G.V. 403 17                                                                                             OfFni  ;o,  AI1   Behevers-The  Special Office
            Continued ....................................................... .........G.V. 426 18                                                                                                            ............              ................................................. ................ ............... .....................C.H. 333
Lief$;;&zeoon  Zwaar Getergd ............................ G.V.                                                                                               90     4       0 God My God .............................................................. G.V. 361
                                        ................................................................ G.V. 113                                                   5       Omnipresence-God's .................................................... H.V. 155
            p;F=$ ................................................................ G.V. 139                                                                                 Onbetrouwbaar  Nieuws+  Uit Canada ..........W. Wildeboer 366
                                        ................................................................ G.V.  161                                                  f;      Open Confession to the Brethren, Rev. Kok and
            Continued ................................................................ G.V. 186                                                                                   De Jong .................................................................. G.M.O. ,522
            Continued ................................................................ G.V. 208                                                                     i       Open Letter of Prof Holwerda-The ........................ H.H. 515
            Continued ................................................................                                                                             10       OpenLrLgee; Rev. A. Petter -:............................... G.M.O. 351
Lof Sions-De .......................................................... .a....ET
                                                                                                                                                     .  , 232
                                                                                                                                                            241                                                       ...."................;.;.:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ................................... g.&!$.g. 376
Longsufferin and  Forebearance  of God-The ......H.V. 463                                                                                                                              Cont@md ................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . 398
            Continue3 .......... .3.. ................................................. H.V. 490                                                                                                                                                                                 ...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ............................................................                                                             421
Love of God ....................................................................                                                                                                       Z&S                                                                                             . .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ............................................................ 2%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           . . . 442
            Continued ................................................................ 2:
                                                                                                                                                     . .  %                            Continued ............................................................ G.M.O. 466
                                                                                                                                                                            Orthodox Presbyterian Statistics .......................
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   . ..... J.H.
                                                                                                                                                                            Our Student-Teachers Club ................... .................G.M.0: 12
                                                                                  -M-
Maasceeni ........................................................................ G.V. 337 15                                                                                                                                                                 -&-
Marriages in the Church                                                                                                                           P.Y.E. 296 18
Marriage-Mixed ................................................................................................ . . . . . .                                                 Question-Divine Worship with  .Best Men and
                                                                                                                                                             47     2
Marriage-The Mixed ................................................                                                                                                               Bridesmaids  ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . .
                                                                                                                                                            501                                                                                                                                                                                               2
Mea;tf&tfdaptitism-The .......................................... ZEi
                                                                                                                                                     . .                    Quiz  . . . .  '
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ,.,.... **..a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *..* .,.........,.....................,.......,E-F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 .  , 2.::
                                                                                                                                                            370                                                                                                                                                                                               9
                                       ................................................................                                                     391
            Continued ................................................................ ii%
                                                                                                                                                     * . 414                                                                                                   -P-
MeanL;&zeye-Th-The ................................................
                                       ................................................................ E-z-
                                                                                                                                                     . .     2               Physiology-Principles of Teaching *................*..   $I-&   Y22;                                                                                                            10
            Continued ................................................................                                                                                                  Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*........................................ . . .
            Continued ................................................................ 2::
                                                                                                                                                     . . 18p                 Pictures of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.H. 408 :5


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                               Subject                                                                                                                       Author Page NJ                    Tot Den Bornput ............................................................ G.V. 193                         9
 Please ITake Notice .................................................... G.M.O. 523 22                                                                                                        Training for Life's Calling (see under Christian
 Prayer ............................................................................ W.H. 261  11                                                                                                 Education-Training for, etc.)
 Preaching as a -Means of Grace ................................ H.11.                                                                                                            57  3        Tramaction at Endor-The .................................... G.M.0,                                   1;:     1
             Continued ................................................................ i1.n.                                                                                     73  4        Triple Knowledge-The (Lord's  .Day 24 continmd
             Continued ................................................................ H.H. 103  5                                                                                               from Volume 24) ...................................................... H.H.                                1
 Preaching as. a Means of Grace ................................ A.P. 124  ii                                                                                                                         Continued-( Lord's Day 25) .............................. .`I  1-I.  3:  2
 Preaching in the Sphere of the &venan: ..............H.H. 153 7                                                                                                                                      Continued ................................................................ H.H. 54  3
             Continued ................................................................ HR.                                                                                      198.  9              Continued ................................................................ H.H.                79      4
 Predestination to Praise .............................................. G.V. 457 20                                                                                                                  Continued ................................................................ II. H . 103
 Problems and Criticisms ............................................ W.H. 229  1 0                                                                                                                   Continued ................................................................ H.H.  1X  :
 Propositions  Concernng the Covenant of Grace                                                                                                                                   220 10               Continued ................................................................ H.H. 162  `i
            Continued ............................................................ ::::E                                                                                         2 4 5   11          Continued ................................................................ H.II.-  19x
            Continued ................................................................ H:Ir : 268.  13                                                                                                c'ont.inued ................................................................ H . H .   2"3  .I;
            Continued ................................................................ H.H. 494  1.3                                                                                                  Continued ................................................................ H.H. 247 4.1
            Continued ................................................................                                                                                                                Continued ................................................................ 1I.H. 270 12
            Continued .................................................... ............E-i?*
                                                                                                                                                                          . .                         Continued-(Lord's Day 26) .............................. H.H. 318 14 ..
            Continued ..........................                                                                                                                                                     Continued ................................................................ g.  I-$.  5;;  g
 Publican-The Prayer of the ............................................................................                                                            E? I' 1 1                        Continued ................................................................             . .
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Continued                     b
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ................................................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Continued-( Lord's Day 27) ....................... i....HH.HH*                                 i;; :;
                                                                                          --*R -                                                                                                     Continued                                                                        H
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       .................................................................. : H : 414 18
 Read it Through . . . . . . . . . . . ..I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H.                                         96 4                                                         L.`U,
 Reading-Principles of Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H. 282 12
 Reformed Churches in the Netherlands- As to
      Correspondence With the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                                                             Uit Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. .-
                                                                                                                                                                                 151  7                                                                  ....;.........L. Van Huize,n  "3'80                16
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands--Clear                                                                                                                                                    Unified Living-A ........................................................                     . .     19 1
                                      . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  Uniformity in Invitations to the Second Reformed
                                                                                                                                                                   H.H.            4 1
 Reigchurches  in the  NetherlandMor-                                                                                                                                                             Ecumenical Synod .................................................... J.H.                         71  13
      respondence With . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                 Universal Military Training
                                                                                                                                                                  W.H. 191. 8                                                                      ....................................... J.H.      23  I
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands-Reunion
       (see under Reunion, etc.)                                                                                                                                                                                                               -v-
Regeneration Immediate ............................................                                                                                                              105  5
            Continued ................................................................ iE
                                                                                                                                                                         . . 126 6             Van Kust Tot Kust ...................................................... W.H. 190                            3
Removal of the Ark-The ........................................ G.M.O. 253  11                                                                                                                       Continued ................................................................ W.H. 240 lo
Reply of the Rev. Van Raaite .................................                                                                                                                   294 13        Verworpen Steen-De .................................................. G.V. 289 13
            Continued ................................................................ E-2
                                                                                                                                                                         . . 316 14 Vloekpsabn-Een .......................................................... G.V. 447 19
Report from Canada ..................................................... W.H. 325 14                                                                                                                 Continued ................................................................ G.V. 473 20
Report of the Synod of 1949 .................................... W.H. 431  18                                                                                                                        Continued ................................................................ G.V. 499 21
           ,Continued .............................................................. W.H. 455 19                                                                                                     Continued ................................................................ G.V. 524 22
Reunion of Netherlands Reformed Churches ? ........H.H.                                                                                                                                        Vorst en  Zaligmaker .................................................... G.V. $85 17
            ~~hl.glll~ ................................................................ H.H.                                                                                     ::      :
                                             ................................................................                                                                    220  10                                                      -                   -                  -.
            Continued ................................................................. Ez-
                                                                                                                                                                         . * 2 4 5   11
            Continued ................................................................                                                                                           269 12        Wacht  U Bij Verzadiging ............................................
            Continued ................................................................ HH.::                                                                                     294 13        Wedding and Bridal Partieehurch ...................... LIZ&! 3:: 1;
            Continued ................................................................ H:H: 340 15                                                                                             Weddings--Divine Worship with Best Men and
            Continued ................................................................                                                                                           364 16           Bridesmaids ? ............................................................ H.H.                    30 2
            Continued ................................................................. ii-::
                                                                                                                                                                         f . 412  1 8          What Authority .............................. .............................. W.H. 399 13
Rev. Petter Replies .................................................. G.M.O.                                                                                                                  What Can We do ? ........................................................ M.G. 357 15
            Continued ............................................................ G.M.O. :x;  8:                                                                                              What is Coming to Our Synod .................................... J.H. 407 17
Revs. De Jong and Kok in the Netherlands ........G.M.O. 469 20                                                                                                                                 What Will be Coming to the Synods ........................ J.H. 382 16
Righgooumses  of God-The ........................................ H.V. -274 12                                                                                                                 Where Now? .................................................................. J.R.                    23  1
                                             ................................................................ H.V. 298 13                                                                      Who Are Your Friends? ............................................ J.H. 144                                  6
                                                                                                                                                                                               Wisdom-God's ..............................................................                          203
                                                                                                                                                                                               Witch of  Endor
                                                                                         -s-                                                                                                                              ...........................................................                13,  ?
Sacrament of Baptism in the Reformed confes-                                                                                                                                                                                                   -Y-
     sion&a--The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. 318 14
Sacraments-The Idea of the (see under Idea of                                                                                                                                                  Young Men! Where Are' You? ..........                                     -`...I........
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ........                  M.G. 453 19
the Sacraments, etc.)                                                                          '
Saul at  Endor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.
Saul's End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.                            s:      ;
Saved by the Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                                               409 18
Silent In Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V. 481 21
Something New In Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. G. Kuiper 349 15
Song of the Bow-The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.O.
Sorrow and Indignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.M.O.                                                                 iit     :
Special Office and the Office of All Believers                                                                                                                                                                  ANNUAL R. F. P. A. MEETING
     - T h e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 333 14
S. P. R. E. Secretary's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Doezema 263  11
Synodical  Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.H. 190 3                                                            The annual R. F. P. A. membership meeting will be held D.V.,
                                                                                                                                                                                               Thursday, September 29 in the basement of the First Church.
                                                                                        - T -                                                                                                  Pastor Blankespoor wiU honor us with an address. In addition
Take the Water of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                                                                        to other business there will be election of three new board mcm-
Television-What to do with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H.                                                                                    bers from the following nomination: G. Borduin, P. Dykema,
Tendency Toward Individualism-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.
           Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                           C. Kregel, F.  Tiesma,   J. Oomkes, J. Wiltjer.
           Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zz
                                                                                                                                                                        . .
           Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                                                                                               R. F.  P. A. Board.


