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        VOLUMi XXIX                               SEPTEMBER 15, 1953 - GRA'ND RAPIDS, MICH.                                 NUMBER 21
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   UI-O-(l-(l-l)-,,-~,-,,-,,-,,-,-~,-,,-~,-,,-~,-,-,,-,,-,,~,,:.              the wicked that were around David seemecl  to have the
 !  ..       M-Z  .k  D  1  T  A  T  1.  0  N                      1,  1'  ascendency  over him.
 !~,-o-clrclrclrll-~,-,,-!,-,,-~,-~,-,,-,,-,,-~,~  <1-n- < B-l,- < IWO, p          And David is horribly afraid of a silent God.. Such
                                                                               a God is the God of .wrath over the wicked. -Of them
                          Supplication                                         the Lopd says : I am silent; and the wicked go down to
                                                                               the pit under the roaring of the Almighty when His
                 "Unto thee will I  cry,  -0  LO&  my  rock: be not  silence   is  explained.
               silent to mee:  lest, if thou be silent  to me, IJ become -.        0 Jehovah, when I.cry unto Thee, do not treat me
               like them that. go down into the pit. Hear the voice            as Thou dost treat the wicked. In all the crying -of
               of my  supplidati?ns,  when I cry unto -thee,  tihen  th e wicked in their dj.stresses there is no answer -from
               I lift  up.  my hands toward thy  holy  .pracle." etc.
                                                           ---Psalm  28 the  heavens,   because Thou art far from them.
                    -~                                                           -But do not treat me' thus when I raise the voice of
        .There is a  difference'between prayer and  ,&ppli-                    my'supplication unto Thy inner sanctuary.
cation.                                                                            l&id has his face turned `to the place where the.
 Prayer is that activity of faith whereby you  turfi                           Lord &welled  : the holy of holies.    Such is- the mean-
your ~0~1 to God .as the Fountain of all things5 `thirst-                      ill, of verse  2.
ing for Him and very desirous to-be filled by-&m with
all the good things you need fo? time. and eternity.
        Supplicatiop  is all that, but it. is. prayer coloured                                       *i7**'
by your distresses; YO&, miseries.. Also herein that
you  turn yourself. tempestuously  to-ward Him.                    If I
was -writing in the Holland language I would say :.                                David is horribly afraid of being treated like the
supplication is that "ge Hem. aanloopt ds ,een. water-                         wickecl. It seems as though there .was a. conspiracy
stroom" !                                                                      against the anointed. of the Lord. `There were wicked
        Well, the latter you find, in this psalm.                          -  pe9pJ.e that spoke  peace to David while evil was in
        David is in trouble..                                                  their heart. And David was under condelnnation  ; he
        As such, it is also a prophecy of -the Christ of #God,                 -seems  to have been the-victim of a vile plot sd that he
Who. poured out His supplication  ulito  God. A fit                            groaned under the accusation of being "ungodly and a
commentary on `that truth `you $!l find in Hebrews                             worker of iniquity". Vs. 3.
5 :7. His prayers and supplications were characterized                            Now, if only Jehovah would haoe shown that He
by "strong crying and tears unto. Him that was able -understood, that He knew that  -David was innocent:
to save Him- from -death".                                                 he could have  born`e it. But Jehovah' was  silent.
        Surely, supplication is tempestuous prayer.                            Therefore we hear that vanquished  cry,  `@.rr$ me
        And- exsctly thaJt you will find in ' this psalm.                      not away with the ungodly and with the workers of
        Attend,unto the opening: To Thee, O- Jehovah, do                       iniquity." Fo: that is exactly the way which God
I cry! It is no serene, calm restful prayer that flows- holds with the wicked.                           For a long- time it seems as-
from  David% lips  at- this occasion. The matter-. is                          if there is n0 God in the heavens: they multiply evil
urgent.                                                                      and are pregnant with unrighteousness. And the
        It is evident in the opening strophes of this song. heavens are silent.                      Until the Lord comes and takes
that, Jehovah -had been .ailent. There was no help ;                           them away; then they are carried along as with a


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482                                     T H E   ST.A.NDAR-b  BEARER
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flood; a swift recompence  is their portion at &e time           His supplications unto the ,God of His salvation. This
of:`God's righteous anger.                                       psalm^fits  the complaints of Jesus entirely. He has
       David dreads this. Thergfore  his supplic&ions  are       reiived this psalm so many centuries later.
heard, with a strong crying and tears.                                   Jesus,  our Lord, was in the midst of just  s!rch
       Certainly, it would be Divine equity when the evil-       people who would not regard the works of Jehovah's
doers were destroyed from the face of the earth. They            hands. They acted as if God did not exist, although
had deserved it. Their behaviour testified 6f. their hel-        He surely did not leave Himself without  .witness.
lish origin. Notice : they spoke-peace.with  their neigh-        Christ, the beloved,  coulcl work miracles, do good, bless
bors while evil was in their hearts. -:.That action char-
                                                     :           and save--but they acted as though Jesus was a male-
acterized them. That is exactly -the .behavioui;  of the factor. They spoke peace to Him, but evil was in their
devils : deception; foul playing and dissimulation : their       heart. Think here of that devilish kiss of Judas, the
dee.ds were wicked.                                              fou;l.mouth  of the Sanhedrin.
       Accordingly, David calls for a -swift punishment                  Yes, we can understand how David calls down
on such evil men. And notice that David asks the Lord            God's righteous judgments upon them. (Give them, 0
for puni,shment according to strictest justice. He will          God, according to their work! And we see also that
delight in righteous recompense: Therefore he pleads             David was experiencing  bef.ore the strong  supplica-
that <God give them according to their evil deeds.               tions of  ,Jesus, standing in the midst of those that
       And the deepest reason is that these wicked men           hated Him and His Father whd sent Him.
do not regard God. They have no eye for all the                          And be@ause  they will not regard God who works
wonderful work of Je,hovah.                                      all this beauteous salvation, David knows that God
       Such is also the ,greatest sin of all. It shows how       will pull them down and not build them up.
much they despise [God. They act and speak and walk                      He will-pull them down: it shows their lofty pride
as though there is no God at all, while ail things are           and  arrogancy.       But God will pull them down and
a loud testimony of Him. The heavens and.the  earth              will not build them  LIP.  He will build up all those
and all the host of them is like a veritable chorus of that pour out their supplications before Him,
voices. They ill sing of His wonderful virtues-. Even                    This last truth as confessed by David in verse 5
-the bodies and souls of the wicked join in with this            seems to bring him to the wonderfd  o&burst of faith
concert of God's praises. They have occasion to view             and- trust in the last verses of the psalm. It is the
the -work of ,God's  hands in their very being and yet           transition of strong crying to the jubliant song of
they act as though He is not. It shows the devilish praise and adoration.
pride of these enemies of David.                                         Note how di-yerent  is the tenor. of his song from
       And if the voice of created things is glorious so that    verse 6 onward to the end.
not even the blindest heathen is without excuse,  how                    Even while David is writing down his strong cry-
shall it fare with them if they have not regarded the            ing to ,God, he begins to experience the answer from
works of His hands in salvation? Remember that it                the God of his salvation.
is David, the anointed of the Lord, who cries out                        Blessed be Jehovah, because He hath hear,d the
agairist these evildoers in this psalm. Note that in             voice of my supplication. That is the experience of
-verse 8 David is  exu;ltin#g in the fact that God has           every soul that pours out his heart to God. Thle faith-
been the defense of him, the anointed of the Lord.               ful Covenant God never slumbers nor sleeps. How
It shows that these evil people have attacked the work           could it be otherwise? He has  given  the  Spirit of
of salvation iii Israel.                                         prayer and supplication to David. And that Spirit
       That  wsrk of salvation is above  all things g&i- ~always prays according to the will of <God.
ous. These evil men, whoever they may have been,                    Now the tenor of the song goes upward and on-
knew  abOut salvation. The beloved of God, for that              ward.
is the meaning of the name David, was their king.
Against him they plotted and meant his hurt. And
doing so they had no regard for ihe work of the Cov-                                      *  72  *.I9                  `1  1
enant  Gsd, Jehovah.
                                                                    Jehovah is my defence and my shield. Yes, the
                         a  *  *  *                              wicked will shoot their poisonous arrows to the pure
                                                                 in heart, but God is their defence. He is always as a
                                                                 strong tower round aboout those that fear Him. He
       That, my brethren, is -a grievous sin.                    defends them because it is His own cause for which
   Aad  that  sill is full-borne when Jesus pours out            they are suffering. I&&en to the song of the church


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   And finally, David's heart is enlarged ; he beholds        MEDITATION-
the whole church in the midst of their misery and                   Supplication . . . . . . . . . . . ..*......................*........ 481
struggle with the wicked. And seeing the trials of                            Rev. G. Vos
the-body of Christ, he prays for them : surely, David         EDITORIALS-
is the anointed of the Lord. He is concerned about the              How the Guardian Defends Heresy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
people of ,God and acts aB their repregentative:  0 help            Hofman  Learns a New Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Thy `people and bless Thy ,heritage.  And feed them,                          Rev. H. Hoeksema
and bea'r  them up forever!
                                                              OUR  DOCTRINE-
 This ,final prayer of David again directs us to the                The Triple Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      490
ftilfillment .of David, Jesus Christ our Lord!                                Rev. H. Hoeksema
   Such prayers  are uttered by our great High Priest.
   Such prayers are uttiered  by Him when hanging on          FROM  HOLY   WRIT-
                                                                    Exposition of I Peter 1: 14-16
the accursed tree. 2t seems as though we hear it                                                                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    491
                                                                              Rev. G. Lubbers
again : Help Thy poor people, 0 Father! Forgive
?`hine heritag,e : they know `not what they do !              IN HIS   FBAR-
   Such prayers are uttered even now, my brother!                   Afraid of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  493
He ever lives, this better David, this beloved of the                         Rev. J. A. Heys
Father, to pray for us.                                             The Breach is Widened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                         495
   At the right hand of God, Jesus  pkays. And is.
always heard. When the night is so dark that                                  Rev. H. C. Hoeksema
                                                       you
cannot pray any mor,e,  He sends His Spirit to pray                 Contribution . . . . . . . . *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . .            500
within you with groanings that-cannot be uttered.                             Mr. H. A. Van  Putten
   80 that you may be helped, lifted up upon the Rock
of  ,God's  salvation and everlastingly may be to the               Index to Volume 29 . . . . . . . . . ..I...~.................... 501
praises of `God!                                                              Rev. J.  Howerzyl
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                                                                   6on in whom the throne of David. would be perpetuat-
                                                                   . . ..?d and- would be established for ever. There is here
                                                                   $d*sep&rate  promise, apart from the promise to which
   .~I-I-`-,Otl-,-t,-,,-,,-~,-~,-,-~-~,-~,-,,-~,-,-,-,-,,-~,,~.      the Word of God always refers, as Petter  would have
                                                                     it.
             I&v the Gaavdian Difends Heresy                                 ~Rep:eatedly  this same promise to Davicl is, either
                          (Gontinned)                                directly or indirectly, mentioned in Scripture.
      1s.  +he promise given to  Solbmon  according to  1                    One of the most direct and beautiful passages in
  Ki. 9 a different promise from-that given to Abraham,              this respect is that which speaks of "the sure mercies
  or, in fact, different from the prdmise as it is always            of  Davi,d." I refer to Ps. 89 : 19-37:
 _ mentioned in Holy Writ.? .                                                "Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, ancl
      Let us `consult the text.                                      said& I/have laid help on one that is mighty; I have
      In vs. 3 we read: "And the L0r.d s?icl unto hiill, I           exaltecl one chosen out of the people. I have found
  have heard thy prayer- and thy supplication, that thou             David my servant; with niy hdly oii have I anointed
  hast made before me:  4: have  halloived this house,               him: With whom my hand shall be establishecl: mine
  which thou -hast built, to put my name there for ever;             arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not
  and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perepet-               exact upon him ; nor the son- of wickedness afflict him.
  ually."                                                            And I will beat down his foes before his face, and
      Principally this is the promise of ~60~1's everlasting         plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness  and
 -house, of His eternal' tabernacle with men.                        my mercy shall be with him: Bnd in my name shall
      In vs. 5 we read this promise: "`Then I will estab-            his horn  be exalted. I will set his hand also in the
  li.sh the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,              sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall cry
  as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall             unto me, Thou art my Father, my IGod, and the rock
_ not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel."                    of my salvation. And I will make him my firstborn,
      Here we have .the promise of the eternal kingddm higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy'will I
  of God in the line of the seed of Dsvid.             -            keep for him for  ,evermore,  and my covenant shall
      Now the ,repeated reference in the text to David               stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to
refers to II Sam. `7. This chapter speaks of  the in-                endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
  tention of David to  build. the  (Lord a house. He                 If  hi& children forsake my law and walk not in my
  reveals his intention to Nathan, the prophet; .and the            judgments ; If they break my statutes and keep not
' prophet atiswers  th@ king: "(Go, and do all that is in           my commandments ; then will I visit their transgres-
  thine heart; for the Lord is with thee." But the L&cl             Bion with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
  countermanded the expressed intention of the king as              Nevertheles's  my lovingkindness will I not utterly take
  well as the consent given by the prophet. The latter              from  hiti, nor  suffer my faithfulness to fail. My
  must ,return `to David- and bring him the word of the- covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is
  Lord that not he but his Son shall build the house                gone out of my lips. (Once  have I sworn by my hol-
  of the  iLord. And it is in this connection that' the             iness that I will not lie urlto David. His seecl shall
  promise  ,is given to David: "And when thy clays be               endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will          It shall be e.stablished' for ever as the moon, and as
  set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed `out of           a faithful witness in heaven."
  thy bowels,. and-i will establish his kingdom. He shall                    The first quesl;ion that must .be answered in this
  build an house for my name, and I will establish  the             connection is: who is the seed of David, of which these
  throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father,             various passages make mention? With whom shall
  and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity,, I will SGod's covenant stand for ever, and whose throne shall
chasten hi& with the rod of men, and with the stripes               be established for evermore? From whom shall  IGod's
  of the children of m&n: But my mercy shall not dc-               mercy and lovingkindness never depart?
  part away fsrom him, as I took it from ISaul, whom I                       The answer is, without any doubt: It is'the seecl of
  put away before thee. And thine house and thy king-               David, the. line of Da&d's generations as it culmin-
  dom shall. be established for ever before thee: thy               ates in Christ.
  throne shall be established for ever."                                     The  first- reference of  then term is, no doubt, to
      That $,his is the same promise as the one given to            Splomon. This is evident from II- Sam. 7 :12: "When
  Solomon according to I  Ki.  -9 is  clear.  Solomon is,           thy days are fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy
  in the first place, the son that was pr0mise.d to David           fathers, I will set up` thy seed after thee, that shall
  that would build a house to the Lord. He is also the              proceed out of thy bowels." The meaning evidently


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 is that the throne of David shall, after ,David's death       Thus  he. becomes. a `false teacher and leads the
  not be given to another house as had been done in the       church astray by his superficial attempt to explain
  case of Saul, but should continue in the line of Dav-       to the.peeple  the Word of God.
 2s generations. Moreover, the text very definitely                  For do not forget that this superficial and thor-
  implies that the throne of David shall be established       oughly unbiblical teaching is designed to inculcate in-
  over Israel immediately after the death of the man af-      to the churches the false doctrine that `$God promises
 ter God's heart, i.e. in his son. T.his, then, was the       to every one of you that, if you -believe, you shall be.
  promise given to Solomon aclcording  to I Ki. 9. More-      saved."
  over,  accor,ding to the promise to &David in II Sam.              This is the reason why he deliberately makes the
  7, this son of David was to build th,e Lord a house. Al-    false- distinction between the Promise and promises,
  so this was realized in Solomon. And in the promise         consulting Webster's dictionary rather than the Bible
  of I Ki. 9 the Lord promises that He will dwell in that     for his definitions.
 house and have his name, there perpetually. All .this
 makes it abundantly clear that we have no promise in                To be sure, Scripture speaks of promises, in the
  I Ki. 9 different from that in II Sam. 7 and Ps. 89.        plural; as well .of the promise, in the singular. It is
  Petter is utterly in error when he claims this.             the promise of the Seed, the promise of the Spirit,
     Secondly, however, it is also plain from the text        the promise of this life and of the life to come, the
 that this promise is not ultimately fulfilled in Solomon,    promise of eternal life, the promise of His coming, the
  but that it has a wider meaning. This is evident from       promise of entering into His rest, the promise to be-
 the fact that the term "for .ever" and "for evermore" come heir of the world. Hence, the Word of God
  is employed constantly in the text. The kingdom of          speaks of the Spirit of promise, of children of the
 this seed of David shall be established for ever, his        promise, and of heirs of the promise. But always, in
 throne shall be established for evermore, God shall          Scripture, the promises and the promise are one and
 never let His mercy and lovingkindness depart from           the same. As the seven colors of the rainbow are all
 this seed of David, and he shall never break His cov-        refractions of the one white beam of light, so the
  enant with him. It would be folly to maintain that          promises are all individual aspects of the one promise.
 this promise -was limited to Solomon. We may con-                   Allthe promises of ,God are yea and amen in Christ.
 elude,-t.herefore,  that this seed of David has a wider             The promise of the protevangel in paradise, the.
 meaning, and that it refers, in the second place, to an      promise to Noah, the promises to Abraham, the prom-
 entire line `of kings that w,ould come out of the loins      ise to David~and Solomon, the "sure mercies of David"
 of David. And also in this -respect the promise was          in Ps. 89, the promise in all the prophets,-they are
' realized in history. The seed of David reigned over         a.1 one. and the same.
 Israel perpetually even. though, apparently, after the              Always they are an oath of ,God!
  captivity the kingdom was taken away from them and                 For, although in Hebrews 6 it is especially men-
  it seemed as if God's m.ercy to them had failed,            tioned that ,God sware the promise to Abraham with
     And failed the promise would have, indeed, if it .an oath, this does not mean that the promise am1
 were not for the fact that the text itself forces us to      promises of God are ever less than a divine oath to
 take one more step. Even in this line of kings the           the elect, the heirs of the promise. Repeatedly God
 promise cannot have been exhausted, for the simple           swears to His elect that the promise is~ sure to them.
 reason that, while the carnal line of the generations of            And, centrally, the promise is always Christ.
 David `came to an end, the pr0mis.e speaks of an e-
 ternal and unbreakable covenant and an everlasting                  .And all the promises of God are-made to Him, and
 throne and kingdom. And, theref,ore,  the promise re-        in Him to the .elect.  .
 fers in its final analysis to Christ, the End, the ever-            This is so clear and emphatic in Scripture that the
 lasting End of the seed of David. He is tlze Seed of         apostle Paul in Galatians 3 does not hesitate to note
 David. He is both : the -promised Seed and the one           the distinction between the -singular and the plural
 to Whom all the promises are centrally- madIe.               of the word "seed" to prove that Christ is the prom-
     This Petter does not understand when he presents         ise and that all the promises are made to Him. Writes
 the promise to Solomon as a separate promise that            he:
 stands apart from the promise to Abraham.                           "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promis.es
     He does not understand this because he does not          made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but
understand Scripture;                                         as of one, And to thy seed, which is ,Christ."
     And he does not understand Scripture becaus.e  he               Christ is the Promise; the promises are made to
 does not properly exegete. In fact, he `does not  ex-        Him; and by His Spirit He dispenses the promises to
 egete at all, but merely quotes a few texts,                 all the elect,


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        This Petter does not understand. Otherwise -he         good Dutch literature. Oth.erwise it may easily hap-
 could never have. defended the heresy of .De `Wolf by -pen that he finds, some. Yankee-Dutch in his family
 an appeal to the distinction between the Promise and          as will so easily -happen with the Dutch in this court:
                                                                                                               .  .._A.
 promises.                                       0             try.
        But it is not simply a matter of misunderstanding.        I am not sure but- this may be the. case with the
    He and the Guardian no longer want our Protes-             new acquisition of the editor of C'oncordia.  And this
tant Reformed truth.  ,Of this I am now thoroughly would be just too bad. Concodia,  especially editorial-
 convinced.        Deliberately, men like Petter, A.  Cam-     ly, should be an instructorof, the people in every re-
 menga, De Wolf, De Jong and others in our churches            spect.   -If it teaches the  .people  new words, whether
 clistort the truth as has always been confessed by us.        Dutch or English, whether newly acquired by `the ed-
        For the last several years they were foes within       itor or known to him for a long time, they should be
                                                               pure` Dutch or pure' English : it shoul,d not incuIcate
 our gates.                                                    Yankee-Dutch.      If it would instruct the people in
    It is high time we go through a purifying process.         doctrine, it should be pure. doctrine, i.e. Protestant
                                                               Reformed truth,. not Yankee-Dutch liberated doctrine.
                            -:-1:                              If it would give the people a lesson in ethics or mor-
    I must still write about the so-called "conditions" ality, it must be careful that itself furnishes an ex-
                                                               ample of pure ethics and sound morality 
 unto the promise to Solomon and to the promise in                                                         : it shoulcl  not
 general.                                                      become  ,dirty,  slanderous, lying, corrupt.
    But this must wait till the next issue, D.V.                   I am afraid that the new editor was, to put it milcl-
                                                       H.H.    ly, a little careiess  in this respect.
                                                                   I mean, of course, in `offering his new Dutch word
                                                               to the public. He is, of course, quite new to the job
                                                               of editorship, does not have much experience in writ-
                                                               ing for the public.He may be excused; to a certain
                   --j                                        extent. This eclitorial was his first attempt. Never-
                                                               theless, even a new editor is-responsible for what he
                                                               writes. Of course, teaching the public a new Dutch
                                                               word is not so bad, even if -the word is not correct
              H&an Learns A New Word                           But it. is, much worse when the editor writes false
                                                               doctrine or givce a glaring example of corrupt morals, Z
    So he tells us as he assumes the responsibility of         Then I would advise him to apologize in the-very next .,
a new position, the editorship of Conco&a.                     issue. of the paper in which he writes.
    In itself this is not such an- amazing fact, I mean          The- worcl which Hofman learned. is  ink~zcipe~ij.
that Hofman learns a new~word.                                     I am no master of the Dutch language myself, but
                                                               I hardly think that this is good Dutch.
    For the word he learned was supposed to be Dutch.
    And I i.magine that Hofman can learn quite a few               There is, of course, the .Dutch  verb ink?wipen,  and
                                                               the form inkru@ng.
Dutch words before he can say of himself or we will                                      But the noun. kruiperij means
                                                               something entirely different from what Hofman means
say of him that it is rather surprising that he still          to express by  inkruipev-ij.  Moreover, the worcl  in-
learned a new one. Even a master of the Dutch lang-            k??.&%ij does, I think, not exist..
uage may not consider it beyond. the bounds of possi-,
bility that, occasionally, he may increase his Dutch              .So, I am quite sure, inkruiperij is a Yankee-Dutch
vocabulary. And Hofman can hardly be called a mas-             child in Hofman's family.
p ter of Dutch.       --                                          `Where did Hofman get the word?
    It is not amazing, therefore, that the new editor of          He informs us as, follows:
Conco&u tells us that he learned a new Dutch word.                "This .word was spoken while a group of us were
    The Standard- Bearer  sincerely congratulates him          discussing various things in connection with our pres-
with the increase in his !&amily of Dutch, and wishes          ent Church difficulties . . . ."
him many happy returns of the day on which he                     Wait a minute! No! You: don't mean that, Hof-
learned the new word.                                          man ! A group of yen ? What group ? May we know
    Of this, I am sure, he is surely in need.         `-       the names? That would be interesting ! A group dis-
    Only, I would advise him, if he is really desirous         cussing the present ~church difficulties? Was it a group
to increase his family of Dutch words to seek cohabi-          of ministers?  : May I guess? Let me guess by the
tation with some good dictionary. or, better still with process of.. elimination. It was not the undersigned,


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  nor the- Rev. lOphoff,  nor the Rev. Vos, nor the Rev.          that any Christian dares, before the face of God, be-
  Lubbers, nor the Revs. R, and H. Veldman, nor the               fore Whom .he is responsible for every evil word, to
  Rev. -J. Heys, nor the Rev. H. H. Kuiper, nor the Rev.          writes su.ch dirty stuff.
  G. Vanden Blerg, nor the Rev. M. Schipper.  With these             And if the editorial is a -reflection of the whisper-
  menu you would- never freely and openly.` discuss what          ings of that group of ministers in which the term
  yen want to ~say. They like to shout from the house-            "inkruiperij" originated, as is evidently the case, H-of-
  tops what they have to-say. Even what they have to              man in his editorial simply lifted a tip pf the veil that
  say in private about the church -difficulties every one         hides much secret evil speaking, slandering, and wick-
 --may know. They have. nothing to hide. That is the              ed-plotting that was suspected for some time by many.
  reason, I am sure,~  why you would never discuss the               If: Concorclia does not publicly apologize in the next
  church difficulties with them.                                  one or two issues for editing  snch  dirt, I refuse to
        .That leaves the Rev. Blankespoor and  .the Rev.          receive the sheet in my home, and will advise all OLW
  Knott, who however, were not in the West, apart from            good Protestant Reformed people to do the same thing.
  the question whether you -would discuss the church                 Concprdia-Discordia !
 difficulties with them. You might, of course, discuss               Let me first of all say a word about that "Com-
  these difficulties with the Rev. Kok, who likes to whis-        mittee for Protestant Reformed Action" which, by that
  per that undersigned "is an- old man, broken in mind            group of whisperers was characterized by the erron-
  and body" (I think the wish is father to the thought,           eous term "inkruiperij ."
  don't you?`), but I don't remember that he was in the              By the way, it is evident that the group of whis-
  West in the very recent past.                                   perers meant, by that term to express the iclea of se-
        So that leaves- a group of ministers in the Mid- cret and sly infiltration, subversive action, such as the
  dle West.  F-                                                   Communists in our country follow to gain influence
        -But wait a minute!                                       for their party and principles.
        I must`also exclude the R,ev. H. C. Hoeksema. .For'          In fact, Hofman explains the term, with the ap-
in the %rst place, you surely would never discuss the             plication to the above named committee, himself in
  church difficulties with him, would- you? You  bov-             the following words :
  cotted him almost from the -beginning of his minis-                "This new organization calls itself: The Commit- .,i
  try in Doon, you know. And in the second place; he              tee for Protestant Reformed Action. Although ,rather
  was the subject of your .whisperings,  part of which is         expressive, this  ter'm  seems to be a very unhappy
  revealed in your editorial, H.ofman. No, he was .,not           ,choice of a name.. It sounds altogether too much like
  present.                                   -                    those of subversive organizations that are always be-
        W,eIl, that narrows ,down  the number of -your pri-       ing investigated by Congress for un-American  ac-
vate group considerably. My guess is rather safe. I ,tivities;  It is to be hoped that this particular group
  dent have to -mention names.                                    does not mean to be the instigator of subversive agi-
        B u t   w a i t !                                         t.ation  of- another nature in our midst, but its begin-
        I must not forget the Rev. A. Cammenga. I know            nings bring sad forebodings nevertheless. .And while
_ that he was in the West, and without him ~a private             these  ,beginnings were being related, I learned this
  group for such. a discussion of the church difficulties-- new Dutch word : that's ,the connection."
  would' hardly  -be  co.mplete.  And, as an -appendix, I            This is the first Ilying insinuation.
  might also mention the Rev. De Wolf, whom-Cammen-                 In the first place, there was nothing secret about
  ga took along to the middle West.         ~1                    the beginning of this organization. Hofman seems
        For then rest, I- ask you, Mr. Editor of Conco&&          to think that an organization of. this kind must have
  to tell me how far my guess is correct.                         the approval of the consistories, or at least the O.K. of
       Well, then, in that private group. originated the          the ministers. He evidently is of the opinion that it
  incorrect term inkru~peti~.       For the editor informs        must knock at the -door of the minister -before such
  us:  .-  .~                                                     an organization gain membership- for its first meet-
        "In fact. it was used to- describe the activity qf the    ing from the congregation. of which that particular
  origin of a  newt organization that has made its  ap-' minister is pastor. It really must have the consent
  pearance here in the. middle west."             ~.              of the consistory for such a move!
        From here on the editorial by Hofman becomes.                How utterly absurd !                             I
  such a string of evil insinuations; false accusations,            Must any free society in the churches have the
  and downright lies that I am a-mazed. and -grieved-. to         approval `of the consistory or -consistories befone they.
  the depth of my .heart.  to -read how any minister, one         can even organize or after they are organized? That,
that calls himself a  P:rotestant  -Reformed minister, indeed, is hierarchy in its worst form.


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       Must such action have the consent of the domine's?           they sdw seeds of distrust  and suspicion, unless it
That is (and now I coin a word, whjchis  neither -Dutch yere true that to teach the people no longer to accept
nor English)  clominocratie.                                        the lie is to sow such seeds.
       Must aLabor  Association have such approval? Do                  Hofman writes: "That is evident from the methods
you think that such was. the origin of the R.F.P.A.                 employed in gaining the first adherents for organiza-
that publishes the  Standa&  Bearer?  Was such  the                 tional purposes. Through various and devious means
origin of @oncoYclia? Or any society or league of so-               `certain and particular friends of the cause' were con-
cieties? Wh'y then, I pray, the Committee For Prot-                 tacted in the various congregations here in Sioux
estant Action?                                                      County and Minnesota, to attend this private organ-
       Was ther.e anything se&et about the action of this           izational meeting. And although the organization sup-
committee, as Hofman alleges? Tliat is another lie.                 posedly represents the Protestant Reformed cause none
It was open and above board  frolti the  vety begin-                of our Protestant Reformed ministers, except the
ning,  ai is evident from the "sheet" which Hofman                  ypung Rev. Hoeksema, were informed, invited or ask-
mentions in his editorial, which was sent, I believe,               ed, to suggest or appoint members of their congrega-
to all members of our churches in the West, the dom-                tions who might be willing to serve on such a com-
ines included, in which they openly state the purpose               mittee."
of their organization.                                                 About this I remark:
       No, that it is not the reason why Hof,man and his               1. That this is a slanderous lie. The committee
whispering group are opposed to this committee for                  did not use devious means but went straight to tiome
Protestant Reformed Action. The reason is, I am                     friends of the Protestant Reformed cause to invite
sure, that they are afraid that the people might learn              them to join.
to know the  truth, and  t&t the corruption of the                     2. No, other ministers were not'invited. Sad, but
West might be exposed.                                              true.`Who, in the West; could they invite? Would, in
       One of the purposes ~of that Committee for Protes-           1923, when the R.F.P.A. was organized, that organi-
tant Reformed Action is tb induce the people of the                 zation have invited Van Baalen, or G. Hoeksema, or
West again to iead the Standard Bearer, which many                  C.  Bourn&, or  Berkhof? Well, no more would the
people there did no longer read, also under the influ-              Committee for Protestant Reformed Action invite Hof-
ence of that whispering group: From the Standard tian and his whispering group. They only wanted
Bearer ~the. common church members might learn to                   friends of the Protestant Reformed truth and cause,
know the truth. Their eyes might be opeqed. For it                  and not men who sell that cause down the river, as
is still the ~only paper that represents the Protestant: De Jong did in the Netherlands.
Reformed`-,cause.  And thus must,  by. all  m'eatis, be                3. I-Iofman speaks of "the young Rev. Hoeksema."
avoided.                                                            His name is I-T.. C. Hoeksema. The editor, evidently,
       This is]`1 am-sure, the reason why Hofman and his            hates the very name Hoeksema. Otherwise he could
group of slanderous whisperers are so bitterly opposed              nqt avoid mentioning his name and he could not write
to the organization of the Committee for Protestant                 as if he were old enough to be his- granclf.ather.  .May
Reformed Action.                                                    I know why you hate that name so, and not only you
       Not becau_se  there was any "inkruiperij" about it. -but alsd your. group of slanderous whisperers ? No,
(They meant, of course,  "ouderkruiperij" which is                  you don't' have to tell me. I will tell you. It is be-
the correct Dutch word.)                                            cause the name is connected with the open and pub-
       Hofman writes : "From a propaganda sheet which               lic exposition and clefense of the Protestant Reformed
they have isstied we learn that the.bstensible  purpose             truth, and the public exposure of all corruption in the
is to bring `before our Protestant Reformed people                  churches.
the facts and the truth, in the present church situa-                  4. Hofman complains that he and his. group of
tion. However; this almost appears as a mere `front                 whisperers were not invited to `,`tq suggest or appoint
for their zearly activity has been- marked by insinua-              members" of thle <Committee  for Protestant Reformecl
tion and `the sowing of seeds and distrust and sus-                 Action." The Lord would say : "Thou. hypocrite !"
p       i    c    i    o    n    .         "                        Suppose you would have been so invited,. ~voulcl you.
       That is another downright lie, and Hofman I&ows              not immtidiat&ly  have taken steps to warn the people.
it.                                                                 against joining that Committee? I know you woulcl.
       The "front" of the Committee for Protestant Re-              And the committee knew it too, of course.
formed Action states exactly what they purpose to                      Hofman writes further :
accotiplish, i.e. to let the people know the facts and                "Neither were these Protestant Reformecl consis-
the truth. They did not insinuate anything, nor- did                tories asked to help or invited to join the formation.
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Instead, slyly, secretly, a small `select' group was           tion":-at  all tb steal the she&p. He did nbt "brazenly
gathered out of these congregations apart from, and            take it upon himself to do as he pleased in another
without even the courtesy of notifying then consistor-         congrtigation." He did n& "hastily" act. He did not
ies or the ministers."                                         purposely visit those members at a time when the local
   I remark:               *                                   minister was busy  w<th his Young People's Society
   1. In  the next paragraph Hofman speaks of all              in order to avoid the minister.
this as "scurrilous infiltration." While it is  well-             All this is nothing else than so <much dirt to befoul
known that Hofman does not knoti his Dutch, he now i&e good name of Hoeksema.
arouses doubt whether he knows his English. For                   And so, Hof.man, your entire first attempt to write
the adjective "scurrilous" can by no stretch of the ini-       editorials for Concoy&a  has only succeeded to make
agination be used with the noun infiltration. It means that paper a dirty sheet, and, at the same ' time, tp
something coarse and vile and abusive, and is espec-           reveal what dirty slander is going on in some whis-
ially used in connection with course jokes or jocular- pering groups in our churches.
ity. And I assure Hofman the Committee for Protes-                I would ask you to publish this entire article in
tant Reformed Action did not mean "to crack a coarse           Concorclia.
joke." But Hofman,  evidently, means something like
                                                  .
sly or secret.                                                    Again I say: If no apology is forthcoming I re-
   2. A.nd then, again, I say the editorial of Hofman          fuse to befoul my home any longer with your dirty
is pure slander. It is nothing but a downright lie.            sheet, and advise all our good Protestant- Reformed
There was absolutely nothing sly or secret about the           people no longer to support this slanderous cause by
method of gaining members for the ICommittee.                  subscriptions.
   3. This would have been true if the committee                                                                  - H . H .
had been obliged to contact the consistories or the
ministers first, before they might contact members of                               -:::-
any congregation for membership. But in this Hof-
man is mistaken.. This is never dorie in case of-any
general, inter-congregational society. That would be
as I have already remarked,`hierarchy  and "domino-                                A N N U A L   ME$TIN,G  -
cratie", the lording of the domin6.
   And an instance of this scurrilous infiltration Hof-           The annual meeting of  the RFPA will be held
man mentions in the next paragraph:                            Thu:rsday, Sept. 24th .a$ the Creston Prot. Ref' Church,
   "In one congregation, for example, the Rev. H.              at 8 :00 P.M. Rev. H.' V,eldman will be the speaker.
Hoeksema (the young Rev.  Hoekseina) felt it  nece&            Annual reports will be given by the secretary, treasur- _
sary that he himself make a few personal calls upon            er and business manager. Four board metibers are -
certain sheep  bf -that -flock.  lHe did not inform or to be chosen from the f&owing: T. Van Eenenaam
contact the lawful shepherd, nor .did he enter by way          (First)  ; J. King, P.  Variden   Engel, N. Kunz  (Cres-
of the  l.egal consistory of that  ,congregation.  In~fact,    ton) ; ,G. Pipe (Fourth) ; H. Brands, J. Kalsbeek (Sec-
his first call there was made rather hastily on a Sun- ond) and A. Langerak (Hope). Please reserve this
                                                                                                                ~,.
clay evening when the local minister would be busy             date and plan to attend.
with his young people's society."                                                              THE  B,OARD-R.F.P.A.
   In as far as this paragraph is written, as it is, to
prove the  "scurrilious infiltration" the whole para-
graph is a terrible and slanderous lie.
   I do not know to what congregation Hofman k*e-                                     -::---
fers, but I know that this whole paragraph is written
with a purpose to make the impression that "the
young Rev. Hoeksema" is a crook. It is a downright                                 ANNOUNCEMENT
lie, except for the bare fact that the Rev. H. C. Hoek-           Classis East will. reconvene on Tuesday, October
sema undoubtedly visited some members of a certain             6, 1953 at 9 o'clock A. M. in tile Fourth Protestant
cqngregation,  perhaps also on a Sunday evening, to            Reformed  ,Church. This  is the same  classis `as that
gain members for the Committee for Protestant Re-
formed Action. That was his good right. For the                of April, 1953, and will meet to finish the agenda.
rest, the whole thing in a lie. He did not have to in-         Will the delegates of April  Classis  please  take note.
form "the lawful shepherd." He did not have to in-                                             Rev. Geo. C. Lubbers
form the consistory. He did not "enter the congnega-               .A.  --_-_-.                   Stated Clerk


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                                                               question` whether OS not the subjects obey the, law
    ; O U R   DOC-TR.INlil   1.`$i$m .the heart, but only in its .external observance.
                                                              There is, therefore, a fundamental difference between
                                                               the kingdom of heaven and the kingdoms. of the world.
                                                               That the kingdom of heavemis fundamentally different
            THE TRIPLE KNOWLEDGE                              from the kingdoms of the world is evidellt not only
     AN EXPOSITION OF THE HEIDELEERG CATECHISM                fSOlll the admsnitisll  0f the EOPd caneerhillg the Oath,
                                                              but  is  still  mo:e clear from what follows. In  -vs. 38
                 PART  III  - OF THANKFULNESS                 the Lord azddresses the subjectsof  His kingdom in ithe
                                                              folloviring words : "Ye have heard that it hath been
                        LORD'S  DAY 37                        -said, An eye for  ai eye,  and a tooth for a tooth."
                               1;                             `Now no~one'will deny that these words expr,ess  strict-.
                                                              es! justice,. and that this justice must be maintained
            The Place of The Oath in the Kingdom              by the powers that be and that bear the sword not
                                                              in vain. For according to the apostle Paul, in Rom.
        There is, of course, truth in this interpretation.     13, even the believers in this world must su,bject them-
 The-Lord certainly condemiis in this passage the.rash        selves to this power: "Let every soul be subject. unto
 and, camouflaged swearmg of the hypocrites. Never-           the hi.gher powers, For there is no power but of God :
 theless, I do not believe that this is the whole truth.      the powess that be are ordained of `God. .Whosoever
This is evident when we compare the introduction to           therefore resisteth the power; resist&h  the ordinance
 this passage in vs. 33 with the conclusion in vs. 37.        of God: and they that resist -shall receive to them-
 In verse 33 we reed: "Again, ye -have heard that it          selves damnation. For rulers are not-a teproll to good
 hath been said by them of old Sime, Thou shalt not -works, .but to the evil. Wilt thou .then not ~b!e afraid
forswear thyself, but shalt.  perforni  unto the Lord         of the power, do that which is.goo& and thou shalt
 thine oaths." It was there$ore not simply a question         have praise of the s&me : For he is ~1 mini&r of `God
 of rash swearing or of swearing a  camouflag6d  snd          to thee for good. But if thou do that  .which is  evil,  j
 hypo&itical oath, but it was the question of the con-        be afraid ; for he beareth. not the sword -in vain : f,oy
 trast between' perjury and keeping the oath that is          he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath
 once sworn. It was a question of the antithesis be- -upon him that do&h evil." Yet the Lord continues
 tween the truth and the lie, between light and dark-         to admonish His church, the subjects of the- kingdom
 ness. And it is in this connection thak the Lord ad-         of heaven, in the words: "But I say unto you, That
 monishes His people in the kingdom of heaven- em-            ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee ofi
 phatically in the words of verse 34: "But I say unto         the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if
 you, Swear not at all." And this is emphasized once          any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy
 more in the conclusion of vs. 37: "But let your com-         coat, let him have thy cloak also.?' It is evident that
 munication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is ihis is `an  eritirely different law, the law of perfect
 more than these cometh of evil." These words teach           liberty, the law of love, which certainly is not applic-
 very clearly not-indeed that the oath as such is sin-        able to the kingdom of t6e world, and which the pow-
 ful, nor that in the world, or  ev& in the imperfect         ers that be cannot and may not apply, but refersonly
 church in the world, the oath may not be nec&sary            to, the kingdom  of heaven and to the relation of tne
 but in the kingdom of heaven the simple affirmati,on         subjects of that kin,gdom to one another.
 of the truth or the simple denial of the lie is always                                                             This the
                                                              Anabaptist did not understand; They confused the
 sufficient.     That a particular oath is necessary com-     two kingdoms. Hence, they maintained that it was
 eth of evil.                                                 sinful to hold office `or to execute justice by itihe sword
     The Sermon on  *he Mount has  .sometimes  been           or to wage war. Hence, they attempted to establish
 called the constitution of the kingdom of .heaven. An'd      a separate kingdom of heaven in Munster, where John
 we must remember**  that this constitution is not like       of Leiden for a tihile was seated on the thk'one  of Zion
 the constitution of the United States. The law of            with the title, "King of  6he New  Jerubalem  and of
 the  kin,gdom  of heaven is spiritual. It is a law that      Righteousiless  over the Whole Earth."           :
 is written in the hearts of the subjects. !Q is the per-
 fect law of liberty. It need not be  enf,orced; it is          _-If we understand ~this distinction, we will also be
 freely observed. But this is not the  ca& With the           able to apprehend the ,meaning of the words of the
 application of the same law of God in the world: 1 The       Saviour.  concePning the oath.  Su&ely  the  Lo& never
 magistrates bear, the sword. Th.ey must maintain the         meant to ,c'onvey the thought that `the oath as' such
 law by mere force. They are not interested in the            iS sinful;but He certainly intends to emphasize that
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                                              fkE  sf~jb~Bb  .-BZARER                                                    49i
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  in the kingdom of heaven a special oath should qey-
  er- be necessary, `for the. simple reason that the sub-
  jects of that kin'gdom  should live a `continuous .oath.          .f  -_-  I;iR.OM  -fJOIjy  WRIT   i
  What makes the special oath necessary? It. is  ,nec+
  es&y only because we do not live~b&f&e  t&face of
  IGod constantly, and therefore because we do not al-                          f%positioti  of I Peter 1:14-16
  ways speak as standing in the presence of our covenant
  God -in Christ Jesus. It is necessary because -we do                 The Word of God from the pen of Peter in the&-
  not trust one another as--always speaking before the              verses reads as follows :
  face of God. If we always lived  conscjously  in the                  "As  obeclient children, not fashioning  yourselves
  presence -of ,God,, if we always lived from- the con-             ccccording to the former lusts in your ignor&nce : but
sciousness -of -standing in zthe covenant of friendship,            as He zvhich hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in
  a. special oath would not be necessary, because our               all  maker of  conversastion (living)  ;  B,+cause  it is
  lives would be a continuous oath. If then believers in            wriiten : B'e ye holy; for I um holy"
  Christ Jesus in relation to qne another always lived                 S.&ely it is imperative that wee have the loins of
  in the perfect .conficlence  that they speak th-e. truth          our ,$nd girt up, and be spiritually sober according
  in love, they could never demand' of. one another to              to the clear teaching of  this Scripture passage.  Of,,
  swear an oath; In heaven, in the state of perfection,             this sobriety Peter spoke ifi the former verse, and' it-
  our  .life will be one continuous oath. It will be one            is a-conceptthat  is constalitly in the mind of the writ-
  continuous life in the consciousness that we  seek                er of this Epistle. In Chapter 4 :7 we read: "But the
  God's face and stand and live bef,ore  Him and .in His            end of all `things is at hand ; therefore be ye sober and
  presence.      And although ..this .~state. of ,perfection  is    watchful to prayer". ISobriety is therefore to have an
  never realized iti the present world, Scripture neirer-           eye for the realities of all things' in the` light of the
  theless  holds before i-he people of God in the world the         Word of God and the grace of -God in aChrist  Jesus.
  ideal of  then kingdom of  heaven. And therefore  .it             He; who is sober, sees his own &reatnes's  in Christ in
  admonishes them that the& relationship to one another             faith~afid wills to live this new life in hope and sanc-
  should be such $hat their yea, is always yea; and their           tification: Only they `who are `not in their proper
nay is always nay, and that therefore  t&e oath; the                spirifqual senses Will not be careful of their w&k in the
  special oath, is sbsolutely  unnecessary, ~both as to the         midst of this world. They will flirt with sin and with
  speaker an'd as .to the hearer. From the principle of             the Deiril and fall a snare to his wiles, and be brought.
regeneration believers. in  ,Christ must  always speak              condemned into the court of God by Satan. Where-
  the truth in lpve, and,.fight the good fight also in this         fore the Apostle Peter writes in I Peter 5 :8 "Be sober,
  respect, that they strive to `li% one continuo&  oath             be vigilent, because your adversary the devil, as a
 -before the face `of God,~ as `His friends,- Andy to His           roaring lion,  walketh about, seeking whom he  may-
  g l o r y .                                                       devour."
                                                    - `H:H.            This need of spiritual sobriety is brought to our
                                         .                          attention in exhortations.  ,Once more I repeat that  :.
                                                                    these exhortations of the Gospel must riot be confused.; *
                       .-    F::::-                                 with, nor maliciously  pr:esented as being command-
                                                                    ments of the law, but they must be left for what they
                                                                    are: precepts of the Gospel! In these precepts of the
                                                                    Gospel we are not admonished to become what we are
    The book of life, or decree of  electioqis  thg mar-            not, but we are told to live out in holy fear and trem-
riage register of -the' .saiqts  ; in which their everlast- . bling what we have been made. to be in the regenera-
  ing espousal .to Christ stands indelibly recorded by the          tion  in Christ through the power of His resurrection.
 pen of ,God',s free &ad eternal love.                              We are to work out, bring to a  finished  process our
                                                    -Tqpladjr       salvation .in Christ; for (God is the one who worketh
                  0                                                 (energizes) in us .both to will and to do of His good-
                              * * * *                               pleasure. We are to walk worthily of the calling where-
                                                               : with we have been efficaciously called out of darkness
                                                                    into VGod's marvelous light.
      A true believer lives upon free -grace, as. his- net-'           Any other presentation simply makes the admoni-
 essary food. And, indeed, he who has. really tasted then tion suck;, that one practically makes of the Gospel a
 swe`etness of grace; can live upon nothing else;                   n& iaw (neonomism) and makes the, "in the way of
                                                    -Toplady        faith" a condition; it changes the faith as a means of
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  receiving, of appropriating into a meanC;:of-  fh&ring.       I ]:It'-&as necessary for us to give account of- these
  And this latter then becomes a "pre-rtiquisite",~,whtch      cg?eful .:distinctions  in view of more than one consid-
 mati- must fulfill in faith: That is the deep error of        e r & i o n .
 Borne,.  which is at -bottom  simply Pelagianisni. Here                In the first place, because it has been insinuated
  penitence and contrition become meriting factors in          and whispered that the undersigned does not reject
  acquiring the forgiveness of sins. Rome will have the propositions condemned by Classis East from con-
nothing of Calvin's "in the way of faith", and that            viction, but rather as a matter of expediency or even
  "faith is an instrument". We greatly appreciate the because he lacks courage to disagree -with his former
  careful remarks of Dr. ,G. C. Berkhouwer in his `(Ge-        professors; a certain lack of courage and cowardice
  loof En Rechtvaardigmakin.g",  `pages 193-194, where         subniission motivates the undersigned.          In view of
 we read: "From this point ,Calvin, already in 1536,           this I have deemed it necessary to give the underly-
 battles against the periance sacrament in a profound          ing motivation of the StnncZard  Beayer column in the
  discussion in which  One. matter comes to stand in           above paragraphs.
  clear focus :  the forgiveness of sins.     The believer
 receives the forgiveness of sind in  the  zonz~  of  pe&          Secondly, it ,can not do any harm,  ancl I cannot.
  temce.  (We underscore, G.  L.) That "in the'-way of" believe but what it will do good to all of us to clearly
  is always again the Reformation answer to every mer-         see the-point at issue. The "statements" -surely ought
 itorial penance teaching and every erroneous formula-         to  tbe retracted for the truth's sake as it is in JSTIS
 tion of the correlation. (faith and jL&tification,  1G.L.)    our Lord. This has nothing to do with personalities.
 It is doubtful whether dogmatically it  ctin ever  be-        When ail <the perspnalities are removed from the stage
 formulated more clearly because here  the secret of           in  humblQ confession, then still  the  trtith of "in the
 the correlation is set forth between this penitence and       way of faith" stands as the Rock of Gibraltor. No. one
  God's grace".                                                has since the days of Calvin improved upon. this for-
     Although  Berkhou-wer  is here speaking of faith          mulation, and before his day this truth was buried be-
 and' justification, what he says clearly has meaning al-      neath the- "prerequisite" works of Roman  Sacerdo-
 so for faith and  sanctificati&, for sanctification is        talism. z This ought to be seen and acknowledged for
 simply walking in justifying faith, in putting off of         our very life!s sake.
 the "old man" and the "putting on" of the new man in            Finally, it WPS necessary to also see the true na-
  Christ Jesus.                                                ture of "exhortations" generally So that in the par-
     Two errors we must avoid. The one is that. of             ticular text before .us, we might see clearly the pit-
                                                               falls that we  shou18d avoid in -the interpretation of
 antinomism, that does not will. to hear of admonitions        Scripture. No one can -really correctly instruct the
 of the Gospel to a new obedience, and hence errs by           people who does not carefully distinguish. In this re-
 putting apart what IGod has joined together, namely,          spect we clo not judge that we have attained, but we
 walk and .grace of godliness and exhortations of -the         strive and ever press forward so that our progress
 #Gospel. This. is  indeed,  as the Fathers of Dort say,
 a  ."tempting of #God:.                                       may be evident to all !
                               We are indeed exhorted unto
 this "in the  way of faith".  The other is to so  pre-
                                                   .               &et  us then turn to the Scripture passage uncler
 sent tllis "in the way of faith" that it becomes a way        consicleration.
 of  ac.qtiiring salvation.     For as soon'- as we in any         It ought t6 be clea? to all- of us that Peter places
 way change the receiving of salvation, into `acquiring        the neecl of conversion on the foreground here in the
of salvation we have lost the "only grace and through          verses 14-16.
 faith" of salv&ion  !                                             Yes, the need of conversion.
     All exhortations unto sanctification. in Scripture            Let us not forget, that the conversion of the Scrip-
 are really a stirring UP in us of the living hope that        tures is also due to what we have in the faith in Chrisl-
 is ours, in the grace in which we stand. @or only in          as. the gift of jGoc1. It is sometimes erroneously prc-
 this living in hope -do we purify ourselves as he is          sented as if contrition and sorrow for sin precede
 pure. And even in sanctification we rece&e  salvation,' faith and good works. Then the  ordel; is: Contri-
 but we in no way acquire it. Sanctification is out of         tion, faith, good w&lrs. And the first of these is con-
 -faith and conversion. The "in the way of faith"`ought` version, as a certain prerequisite to gaith, justification,
 therefore, to be our constant watch-word as Reforma-          forgiveness, and walking in sanctification, good works.
 tion churches. lest we return as-the dog to,his vomit,        But this is erroneous, and has never been the positi&
and as tlie washed sow to h&r wallowing in the mire!           ancl teaching of the fathers of the Reformed prqtes-
 In the libe.rty wh.erewith  Christ has made us free. let      tism. Both `Calvin in his In+itutes .and Ursinus in his
 us  stand, both in doctrine and in life!                      Schatboek takk~ the position that all conversion is out


of faith, as must be viewed as the good fruit on  a
good tree.
    ISuch is the conversion unto which Peter admonish-        f.i  JN HIS FEAR
es here in our text.
* But since the matter is so important for a propel.
understanding oft the truth of Scripture concerning                           Afraid of the Gospel
conversion we will give the following-quotations from                                    (11)
Calvin, Ursinus and also from Dr. H. Bavinck.
    Says Bavinck in "IGeloof and Bekeering" Vol. IV,             .Were you  tc assure the  maan, who was planning
Geref. Dogmatiek, page 133 (we -translate) "Thus the          to break into an establishment in order to steal, that
concept conversion was already limitecl on one sid&-          the nightwatchman of that building made a practice
it is not before and outside, but within the new life,        of leaving that structure at a certain hour every even-
and flows forth from faith, and is-rooted in regenera-        ing to spend one half of an hour seeking a bite of lunch
tion in the narrow sense" Sapienti sat!                       and refreshment in some nearby Cafe, you would un-
    Writes `Calvin : "Now it ought not to be doubted          doubtedly encourage him to go ahead and perpetrate
that repentance not only immediately follows faith,           his crime.
but is produced by it. For since pardon or retiission            Were you to assure the visitor that the policemen
is offered (set forth seriously G.L.) by the j?feaching       ih your city were instructed not to place parking vi-
of the Gospel, in order that the sipner liberated from        olation ticketi on those illegally parked automobiles
the tyranny of- Satan, from the yoke of sin, ahd the          which had out-of-state licenses upon them, you woulcl
miserable servitude of his vices, may remove  -irito  the
kingdom of God-no one can ,embrace  the `Gospel, but          uddoubtedly  encourage him to  .break  those parking
                                                              regulations.
he must'depart from the errors of hB former life, en-
ter into the right way, and direct all his attention to          mere you to set a plate of candy on the table bc-
the exercise of repentance. Those who imagine that            fore your children, were you to forbicl them the right
repentance rather precedes-faith, than is produced by         to take one piece and were you to assure them that,
it, as fruit by a tree, have never been aciquainted with      if they did, you would in no way and to no degree
its polver,  -and are induced to .adopt  that sentiment by    punish them, you could well expect to find some of fhat
a very insufficient argument." Book III, Chapter III          candy  gone when you returned.
of -1nstistutes.                                                 How, then, can we maintain what we did last time
    Ursinus, writing on the matter of the true conver-        that we- need not be afraid of the gospel, need not bc
sibn of the believer, has the following. to say: "Both        afraid- to tell our children that ail the sins of all God's
of these parts #of conversion corn@  forth, Out of true       people  are already paid for and that Christ suffered
faith. The reason is that  no one can hat-e sin and           already all the punishment for which these sins call?
come to `God or he must love *God. And no one loves           How can we maintain that this doctrine of a full and
God or is gifted with faith, th$at, is, he must certain-      free salvation which from beginning to end is the
ly believe that God is merciful, and that he receives         work-of God does not make man careless and profane?
in grace, who take refuge to God in true faith. Where- ' Hbw can we maintain that noth$ing must be put be-
fore that in neither part (putting off old man and put-       tween-the elect and the Cross, no conditions that must
ting on new men G. L.) mention is made  of' faith, is         yet be fulfilled, no prerequisites that still stand in
not because faith is excluded from conversion, but the way of their cdming to the blessedness already
because f!aith-must be understood to be in the whole          merited by the cross ? We find no difficulty heie anr!
teachin.g of conversion and thankfulness ; just as al-        that for very good reasons which we shall now present.
ways when we .speak of an activity there is a cause."            First of all, let us never forget that it is God who
Fol. 97.                                                      tells His Covenant children that glorious message of
    And when it is objected that there is a sorrow be;        joy that all their sins are blotted out and that He has
fore faith Ursinus  tileets  this objection as follows:       done it all for them. It, is God Who tells His people
"I agree that there is a certain sorrow before faith,         that "It is finished" on C,alvary's brow,, and that their
but not:such d sorrow that is a part .of conversion. For      salvation is ai sure as <God  is sure. And when He
the sorrow of the godless is before and without faith,        speaks  .that gospel to His regenerated children, He does
and is morea turning away from God than a ccmver,-            so irresistably and efficaciously. Indeed, were you to
sion . . . . But in the elect this sorrow is a prepkration    tell  your children that there is no punishment for
to conversion;"                                               their sins and were that the extent of it, your children
                    b    (To be cohtinuedj                    would live as careless `and profane as they pleased ancl
                                              G. Lupbers      perhaps be more careless after hearing you say this
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than before. But then your children have n&.-heard             Lqrd believes what the Lord says. The fear of the Lord
t h e   gospel.Paul makes a beautiful  distii&on  iti          believes~  Him when He says that "it is finished" on
Romans  10.~18 between  th:e "sound" of  .-the' gospel .Caivar$`s brow and ther.efore  believes Him when He
which is .gotie  out into all the earth and the gospel it- says that He is for us and that-therefore nothing-not
self. If all we can say is that y&r children heard the         our sins and short-comings--can be against us. That
sound- of that glorious-goscel, ith& what Paul says in         is the glorious gospel which the fear of the Lord em-
this passage to  -the Romans will follow.  `Y,6ur  chil-       braces and to which those who fear the Lord do not
dren, will not believe it. A:nd as unbelievers yob can         wa& to add prerequisites and conditions. Let us put
expect th.at they will be careless and profane, for,.that      it &lloq&lly, we want a salvation that has "no strings
is characteri&ic  ' of a711 unbelievers. You can even exi      at&hed." We want the gate of Christ's righteous-
pect,  if they are unregenerated, that ,by-the sound of        ness without other little gates we first  must,go  through
the gospel they will be hardened into more. careless-          to-get  to this all important and~wide open g&e.  Christ
ness and profanity. `That is the truth pf Scripture,           is THE  WAY-, THE WHOLE WAY, not the biggest
and that the unbelievers ire h,ardened by the Gospel           part of it.
has always been .tiain&ained  by the Protestant Re-               For .rather thav to be afraid of God, he who fears
formed ,Churches. Accordinlg to Isaiah 55 ,God's  word         Him  LOVES Him. SConsiider that the gospel is noth-
never returns void; It always has an effect. It is             ing, less than God's message to His people that HE
either a savour of-life.unto life or of death unto ,death.     LOVES THEM. If your children hear that gospel-
     Every time the gospel, and not merely the sound of        and we say. again not merely hear the. sound of those
the gospel is heard by the child. of God, the response         words  Ibut the love of which the sound speaks-they
is not carelessness and profanity; it. is not a ju,bilant      will not be. afraid of ,God. Nqr will they want to be
cry of jby that now we can live. in sin with impunity;         careless and to sin against Him. What is more, wlien
it- is not a devilish tionclusion  th,at then we ought to      they hear, that gospel, they will love #God for it. As
sin that grace may abound. But i+r$ time the gos-              John says, "We love Him because He first loved us."
pel is heard .by the regenerated child .6f God, the re-        And that means that if God had not etern,ally loved us,
sult is that this child, in the true fear. of. the Lord,       it would be impossible for us to love Him, but it al-
stands in awe before Him and says, "0 God, how-good            so means. that. He causes us to love Him .by causing
Thou &t ! Keep me pure ! Keep me here in the light,            us to experience His love.
for.this  is life and this is joy.!" .Tkat is the' t+z fear       That is the seoond element. we must not overlook
of the Lord. -But to cringe i&n fear before Him lest you,. %vhen we speak of being afraid to preach a full and
have -not fulfilled all -the conditions He demands of          free salvation of God's grace and work alone. To say
you, to be- afraid that you- cannot get to the cross be-       that. so glorious a gospel makes men careless and that
cause there are  prerequisi:tes  to its benefits,  thingd      we need to tiresent  to tien conditions and prerequisites
which you must do begore God will take you there to            of our salvation in oPder to avoid a passive doctrine
enjqy all- its blessedness, that is not the fear &! the        and, in order to maintain that those who receive it
Lord.           L                                              are not stocks and blocks is to overlook the fact that
     To fear the Lord does not mea< that we are afraid         God works love towards Himself in the hearts of
of  Him, Shall we, can we be afraid of. Him -Who is            those regenerated children tihen He comes with the
our heavenly, our  .Covenant Father? Can we. be a-             gospel. By the efficacious preaching of that gospel
fraid of Him Who loves us with tin unchangeable and            of His 1,ove God works love for Himself in the hearts
everlas2in.g love?.  N,ay, "fearing the L&d" i`s the Old       of His unregenerated children.
Testament equivalent of the New Testament, "believ-               And so, Covenant Parents, tell your children of
ing in the  Lord"' And to be afraid of the Lord is             that  wondeiful  &conditional love. Do not to any de-
not to believe in Him.. For He says that nothing-and           gree fear to tell them ,of it. Tell them- ,that no sins
that also nieans nothing~we can do, no sins, no proud          which still remain `in. God's people shall keep them
rebellion our dld man of sin can yet produce atid pray-        from entering the kingdom of .heaven for the punish-
tice in the future-is `able to separate us  f&m  His. lnent of those sins has been endured and the guilt of
love  in Christ. Of course not!. For He  loves us  in -them has been taken away before the sins were com-
Christ,  and eternally  %Ie sees  us  in  Him. He never        mitted. And. if you say no more than that to God's
forgets the cross nor His sovereign  election in #Christ.      regenerated youth-or. for that ,matter adult-you  will
He sees, without it. ever bein,g ,hidden from His eyes         n:ot by that gospel- move him to passivity or careless-
and mind for one brief moment, that all. the pyerequi-         ness..  You cannot make him careless by that gospel.
sites of our justification were.fulfilled  by His Sin, The     You cannot overthrow God's.work in that child. And
fia? of the Lord beiiepes  all that. Those who fear athe       if you speak to him of n&thing more than God's love


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                                         T H E   STANDA~Rl-`~  B E A R E R                                             495

_ to His people, even though you tell Him of. none of
 ,God's-  demands and laws, you still will not make- him                           -The Breach Is `Widened
                                                                       .*


 careless by that go,sgel. God uses it to work His love
 in the hearts of His own, and that love alwuz~s finds               ,I. refer to the fact that Classis West in its session
 delight in serving Him. That love always seeks to do             of Wednesday, September 2, 1953, took the schismatic
 what is pleasing in His sight.                                   action of formally declaring that they recognize the
                                                                  schismatic group of the Rev. H. De Wolf as the legal
     We said; that' if you say no more than. that glor-           and proper continuation of the First Protestant Re-
 ious gospel .of an unchanging and unchangeable love              formed Church of `Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  oft God to His own, that you would cot by it move                  This action I do not `hesitate to characterize as
 your children to carelessness. That does not mean                premature, hasty, illegal, and schismatic.
 th,at  ~you must not say more. You must! You must
 instruct them in the precepts of the gospel. You must               And I call it a widening of the breach  in our
 admonish and rebuke them when through the weakness               churches, hecause:  1) It immediately caused a breach
 of their flesh they fall into sin. But all this -you do- between the Consistory of  Doon and the erstwhile
 not and must n,ot do because there are conditions to             Classis West `of the Protestant Refor,med  Churches.
the gospel, prerequisites to our salvation or to any              2) It will undoubtedly cause more of a breach among
 phase *of that salvation. We plan to write a few things          the congregations residing in `Classis West, and who
 about prerequisites nevt time, D.V., and show how un-            will not be able to recognize the schismatic actions of
 tenable the position is that God demands prerequisites           a schismatic Classis. 3) It certainly brings to the fore
 of us so  th,at an act of our must precede an act of             the long-recognized split in our churches between East
 His. At present we simply~want to point~,out  that we            and West.
d,o and must hold before our children their covenant                 Nor do I hesitate to say that this is good for our
 obligations and demands because (1) by nature they               Protestant Reformed cause. Recently our  .editor wrote :
 do not know what pleases Him.. They must be taught               where there is a split, that split must actually take
 it. (2) Because when they through the weakness. ,of              place. Long have I and many others realized that
 their fZes72 (not weakness of the IGospel)  fall baek~into       there was a split also here in the West; and now, at
 acts of hatre'd and rebellion toward God instead of acts         long last, that split has been realized by the schismatic
 of love toward Him, G,od will bring them back again              action of the Classis. And from this point of view, I
 only in the way of instructing them, through you, in             call it good. I feel relieved, #even though from another
 the knowledge of their misery and need for this un- viewpoint I mourn the schism.
 conditionally free, and full salvation in Chsrist.        (3)
 Because although .it is true that all the sins of all God's
 people are forgiven and no punishment remains for
 them, your children may know that they belong to
 that people of God only by the fruits which ,God w,orks             But let me, for the sake of the record, relate as
 in them, the fruits of faith, the desire and activity of         much as space will allow of the history of  Classis
 -walking in good works. Then faith, our act of con-              West's schismatic action.
 version, obedience, repentance and the like are not                 Classis was scheduled to meet in Oskaloosa on Wed-
 conditions that first have to .be fulfilled by us by #God's      nesday, Sept. 2. All the consistories had, of course,
`-grace, but they are ,God given signs ito us that in prin-       received the material concerning  Rev; De Wolf's sus-
 ciple we axe saved already and that -therefore, because          pension from the ministry, sent to them by the leg-
 God is unchangeable, we shall also by His power and              al consistory of First Church under the signatures of
 grace attain to the fulness of salvation in the. day of the Rev. H. Hoeksema, -Rev. C. Ha&o, and Clerk ,G.
 Christ. By `God's fruit in them, which becomes their             Stadt. They  head also received material from the
 fruit as His gift unto them, they know themselves as would-be consistory of the schismatic De Wolf group.
 those chosen from eternity to salvation `in Ch.rist.             Some consistories, among them Pella, Oskaloosa, Bell-
     In  tine light of all the above .let us listen `to the       flower, Orange City, and Edgerton, had by majority
 word of  ,God Himself through the Apostle  J,ohn,                vote (not a unanimous vote in every case) recognized
 "There is no fear in love; but perfect 1,ove'casteth out         De Wolf's schismatic  lgroup. One consistory, as far
 -fear : because fear hath torment." I John 4 :18. Con.:          as I know, the Consistory of Doon, had by unanimous
 ditional theology works a fear which is not fear of- vote- decided to recognize the suspension of De Wolf
 t h e   L o r d .                        I                       as legal, and therefore also the consistory represented
                                                                  by the signatures of H. Hoeksema, C. Hanko, and ,G.
                ..:-                           -J. A.  Beys       Stadt. as the legal consistory of the First Protestant


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 Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Mi.~higah.I-lDoon's                Tfi.e.result  of the morning session was that Classis
 Consistory had also published its decision, .tog&her~            fiGally..decided  at least to provide the delegates with
 with the related material, to the congregation, and had mimeographed copies of the instructions from Bell-
 sent to First Church, Grand Rapids, a notice of its              flower, Oskaloosa, and Pella. Nothing further was
 decision. Doon, however, had decided not to  siend               accomplished, and Classis recessed until 1 p.m., when
 anything on this matte7 to Classis West, considering             the mimeographed copies  woulcl be ready. We here
that the time was not yet ripe, and, in fact, `having             quote the 3 instructions from the mimeographed copy:
 nothing to send. Being acquainted, however, with the
 ggnera.1  attitude of  Classis West, the `Consistory of                  Material from Oskaloosa, Pella and Bellflower
 Dpon had instructed its delegates, the pastor and el-            A. From  Oskalousa
 der J. Vander Top, that in case the Classis should take                                                              August 31, 1953
 a definite stand in favor of the schismatic group of De
 Wolf, they should -1eame the classis and announce that           Classis  West of the  Proiestanrt Reformed  Churches
                                                                  In Session, September 2, 1953
 they would appeal against them.                                  Oskaloosa, Iowa
        Such is the background.                                   Brethren in the Lord:
        On Wednesday morning  classis gathered. The Rev.            The Consistory of Oskaloosa desires to inform you concern-
 M. Gritters, of Pella, presided. As he took the chair,           ing the following stand which we have taken.
                                                                    From the letters received it is evident that Rev.  IIoeksema
 he said himself that usually he did not'take his turn,           and those supporting him refused to allow  ,the majority to
 since he is also Stated Clerk of Classis. `Otherwise,            govern in this instance. Further, that rather than following
 however, it would have been the turn of the Rev: H. C.           the orderly way of appeal, they followed  the revolutionary way
 Hoeksema ("The young. Rev. Hoeksema,`: as  Concor-               of meeting secretly, and secretly and in minority, deposing the
                                                                  majority of elders and suspending Rev. De Wolf.
 cli4~`s editor would cali him).    Was the reason for this         From the available evidence, the consistory of Oskaloosa can
 change, perhaps,' this, that they did not want the lotie         at this time come to no other conclusion than that the group
 dissenting member in Classis West to preside at this             which supports Rev. Hoeksema is guilty of schismatic action
 momentous occasion?                                              and we cannot  ,therefore  recognize the suspension of Rev. De
        Bellflower's consistory was not yepresent& ; other-       Woaf, nor the deposition of a majority of  el,ders,  nor the  righ't
 wise all the consistories had at least one delegate              of existence as a Protestant  Refolsmed  Church of that  f.l.ction
 present.                                                         of the Consistory which follows  ,Rev. Hoeksema.
                                                                    We hereby overture Classis  to take this same stand with us.
        After the credentials were accepted, it appeared
 that there were 3 instructions at classis concerning the                                     Consistory of `Oskaloosa Protestant Re-
                                                                                              formed Church
 Fuller  Avenu.e Case, from Bellflower, from Qskaloosa,                                         Pres.   (w.s.)  James   How&y1
 and from Pella. Mark you well, although only a year                                            Clerk  (w.s.) John W. Van Wtelden
 ago a-rule had been adopted calling for an agenda to             Done in Consistory, August 14, 1953.
be published to all the ,consistories  -in adtitince  of clas-
 is' sessions so that the delegates might Abe acquainted          B. From  Pelia:
 with the proposals coming to classis,  this rule had been          I. We hereby wish to acquaint Classsis with our stand, in
 ignored, so that no one ( ? ? ?) knew that' any of, these        regard to the Split in the First Protestant Reformed Church
 instructions were coming to the table of Classis, and            ia Grard Rapids. Both sides  hzve, been notified as to  th&  fol-
I no one had a copy of the 3 instructions  concerning-this        `iowing  answer. We overture Classis  ,to take this stand wit?1 us.
 serious matter black on white.                                                                                           Pella, Iowa
        The instructions were read and received for infor-                                                               Ju,ly 29, lY53
mation.       There was a lengthy discussion about the            Rev. H. Hoeksema, Rev. C. Hanko, Mr. G Stadt,
 method of procedure in treating them. During this                Dear Brethren:
 discussion two important facts became evident,  name-             We have received your letter concerning the suspension of
 ly:                                                              Rev. Hubert De Wolf and the deposition nf eleven elders
                                                                    We answer that we refuse to accept the notification and
        1) AR one of the delegates, the `Rev. L: Ve&neer,         hence continue to acknowledge  them as  th, legal consistory.
 stated almost literally, there was no question. as to              Our grounds for this  action  are:  .-
 the `final adoption of these 3 proposais by the Classis ;            1. You, brethren, have, by your actions broken with the
 it was only a question of the form of Clnssis' d&%on.            Prot. Ref.  ,Churches, by walking out of our churches  3s a min-
 And, the Rev. Vermeer  was indeed eager for action!              ority of Consistory.
        2) The. delegates from Doon made known the de-                2. You have not followed the church-political way of  re-
 cision .of their consistory, that in case such a stand `ferring your matters to  Classis  before proceeding in the way
was taken by Classis they were required to leave the              you now follow;
                                                                      3. And you have carried on mutiny in the Churches by your
 mectincs of  Classis,                                            separatistic activities,


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    Brethren, we beseech you, return, that we may- be one who.  _ -of De Wolf are "litera~lly  heretical regardless of what the Rev.
  belong to be one.                                                            De -Wolf meanIt by them, regardless of how he explains them."
                          Consistory, Pella Prot. Ref: Church                    a. The $rst statement made, reads: "God promises every one
                             (w.s.)  M .   G r i t t e r s ,   Pres..  - of you-that, if- you believe,  ,you  shall be saved."
                             (w.s.) W. De Vries, Clerk.                          This statement by itself, perse,  is not heretical. If the Rev.
                                                                               De Wolf taught that `God promises salvation to every one of
    II. We instruct  Classis  that  -the Mission Committee be re-              you," he would have erred.
  quested to reinstate ourMissionary, Rev. A. Cammenga to -his                   `What he meant to preach outside of the two statements h.ls
  mission activity.                                                            been unjustly ruled out of consideration by  Cl,a.ssis East. There-
  III. We instruct  Classis  that  Classis  request of the Theo.               fore we can  on!y limit ourselves to the statements as such at
  log&l  Schcol Committee th3.t because of the action of our past              this time.
  professors, who have withdrawn themselves from our churches,                   This first statement is not heretical because its equivalents
  the committee provide ways and means  <to  sgain provide  our                are found in Scripture and the Confessions. (Acts  16:15, 16;
  theological school with new Professors unless they repent.                   16:31;  Romans 10:9; John  3:16. Canons 11:5; III, IV: 8, Heidel-
                          -Consistory   ,of Pella Prot. Ref. Church            berg-catechism Q. 84:)
                             (w.s.) M. Gritters, Pres.                           It makes  nlo essential  differerme in this case if we say `God
                             (w.s.) Wiebe De Vries, Clerk                      promises' or if  -we say that `God says' or `God swears'. God's
                                                                               Word is yea and amen always. Although it is correct to dis-
  Done in Consistory, July 27, 1953                                            tinguish God's Word and the minister's word, it is an error
                                                                               to make a separation of the official preaching of the minister,
  C. -From Bellflower:                                                         his official preaching, "I  prea,ch," from the "thus saith the
                                                      August 25, 1953          Lord." Such an error denies the true ministry of the Word.
  Classis  West Protestant Reformed Churches                                     b. The second statement reads: "Our act of conversion is a
  c/o Rev. Martin Gritters, Stated Clerk                                       prerequisite to enter into the kingdom of God." That is the
  Pella,  Iowa                                                                 reading according to the information received from the min-
                                                                               ority group of Fuller Avenue. Very strange it is to  rea.d in a
  Dear Brethren:                                                               report of  Classis  East  that the statement reads: "Man's act of
    At this writing we are not able  t,o say that there will be a              con!version  is a prerequisMe  to enter into the kingdom of heav-
 delegation from Bellflower to your meeting in Oskaloosa. So                   en." It is very strange that there  ,are  note   exact*ly  the same
 far the elders .and pastor have expressed that it is not possible             quotations in these official reports.
 to attend the meeting of Classis.                                               This second statement with contextual reference' among other
    At our meetinig  of July ,27 we received communications from               *things may refer to, the requisites of salvation and may give
  a minority of the cmsistory of Fuller Avenue, and the  Consis-  ' prominence to the idea. that these must be in the consciousness
  tory of the First Protestant Reformed Church, informing us                   of one as fulfilled in Christ before such a one can lay hold of
  about their case.                                                            the- claim to the riches of Christ  an,d His kingdom. Such a
    On our meetings of August 1'7 and 21 we made.  .decisions                  statement may refer also to the progressive entering the king-
  concerning the Fuller Avenue case, .snd are enclosing them.                  dom as we are Galled  to a godly walk, and to run the race that
    It was decided to send  ,these  decisions to  Classis  East; too,          is set before us, to turn from self to Christ. (Cf. Psalm 100:4;
  and to overture Classis  West to -express the same in subs,tance,            118:19,  20; Jeremiah  7:2, 3; Matthew  5:20;  7:13,   14. Luke 13:
  and -overture Synod to ,do the same.                                         24; John 3; John  10:9; Acts  14:22; Hebrews  4:3:  12:l: 6:16-
    Because of the nature of the  .cs.se  we  felt.  constraine,d  to          18; Heidelberg Catechism  quest.ions  -88-90; 123; Confession of
  make these expressions and pray that you may give them your                  Faith XXII; Canons 1, 12, 13; III, IV:% 9.
  careful attention, and that the Lord may  lead  yen  in the way                This statement may also with  contextu,ll  reference give prom-
  of truth and justice in-this matter and in all your deliberations.           inence to the- truth that this prerequisite is fulfilled according
                          Yours in His Service,                                to the  wil,l  of God in Christ Jesus through His Spirit. (Cf.
                             Consistory of Bellflower Prot. Ref.               Acts  13:48;  Cal.  1:13; Ephesians 2:1-3).
                             Church                                            4. That it is misrepresentation; on the part of Classis  East and
                               (w.s.) L. Doezema, Pres.                        the minority of the ccnsistory, in the light of the above:
                               (w.s.) John  iRuma,   .Clerk.                     a. To say that the one statement teaches `:a general promise
                                                                               of God unto salvation to all that externally hear the preaching
  Bel,klower  Consistory expresses re Fuller Avenue Case:  -                   of the gospel head for head s.nd soul for soul, limited by a
  1.. That. the suspension ,and deposition- of officebeasers  ~by the          condition which  man1 must  fulfil,l,"  .and further to quote Scrip-
  minlority  group of the consistory of Fuller Avenue  Ebngregn-               ture and the Confessions as it condemns the error of t.he Armin-
  tion cannot be recognized `as legal. A minority is not the                   ians.
  consistory and cannot suspend from office, nor can it  .deprive                b. To  .say that the second statement "teaches that our act
  of  s. vote.                                                                 of conversion is a prerequisite to enter the  Iiinlgdom of God,
 -2. That the  m-1.jority  group. is the legal "First. Protestant  Re-         which means that. we ,cgnvert, humble ourselves before we are
formed  Churbh  of Grand Rapids" until the privilege of appeal                 translated from the power of darkness into the kingdom of
is considered and Synod has expressed that the majority group                  God's dear Son"
  cannot be recognized as such,. i.e. as a Protestant Reformed                   c. To give this restatement of the two statements according
  Church.                                                                      to the meaning of the judges, after having denied ,the  ,accused
  3. That the minority group of Fuller Ave. Consistory, and                    the right to his meaning and statement and teaching.
  Classis  East erred in.its. decisions of the. case "Hoeksema, Op-              -This same treatment would then have  to be applied to every
  hoff versus De Wolf". The judgment is that two statements                    Scripture -and speech, and to the Word of God too, if just. It


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 is obvious that when the Lord says in one instance of the Bible  ulti&&r   voted   with  the  majority  too.                  It reminded
 that He repents, we may not deny Him the right  ,&o. say  th3t        c$e strongly of 1924 when they said: "He must get
~ per se; or  say that He  contradict,s  Himseif, since He  also' out; but how do we get him out?"
 says, "He; is not `a  .man  t&t He should repent." So too, if
 Jesns says, "God so loved the world", we may not deny Him                    It was in the light of this very attitude of the
 the  rights  to say that. alleging that it is per se  -her&al  for    Classis that the delegates from Doon simply kept si-
 the word  "wor1.d"  m,ay mean "reprobate world" according to          lence during the afternoon and evening meetings of
 Jesus own  usage.                                                     Classis.,  The die was cast. There was no sense in
                         C o n s i s t o r y   o f   Bellflowey,       giving any advice as to hoti to proceed, etc.; it would
                           (w.s.) L. Doezema                           simply  .be aiding the enemy. Nor was there any sense
                           (w.s;) John  Buma                           in debating the issue, for one would only be accused
 August 21, 1953'                                                      of obstructionism or be ignoied. Besides, the Classis
                                                                       knew our position ; and, moreover, the -undersigned
        Such was the material on the table at tCl&sis.                 had to no avail debated the- underlying issues of this
        Notice, by the way, that there was no other mater-             whole controversy as long as he resided in  Classis
 ial of any kind that-was legally before the Classis con- ' West. whence, we kept silence, that the Classis might
 cerning this case. Neither the letter addressed by                    work out its own condemnation.
the LConsistory  of First Church (signed H. Hoeksema,                         A substitute motion was  th6n presented by the Rev.
 C. Hanko, G. Stadt.) to all the consistories, announc-                W. Hofman. Its content was principally the same as
 ing I& Wolf's suspension, nor the letter addressed to                 the preceding lnotion. The peculiar thing was that the
 all  .the Consistories by De Wolf's schismatic group                  motion without the grounds was first presented, and
 was before `the Classis. Mind you, this ,constituted  the             the  Ghairman allowed the Classis to "chew the ra$
evidence in the case (this, plus $he decisions of. Clas-               about .it for a long time, while the Rev. Hofman work-
 s& East), and this evidence was not even legally be-                  ed on a formulation of some .grounds.
fore  the Classis. It is true, some individual- delegates                     But .Classis could not agree on a formulation ! Some
 had this material with them;  .but it was not before the              d'd
                                                                        1  nst want  td speak of "minority" and "majority"
 Classis officially. All the Classis had, in other words,              in  .the case.  *Others  had different objections to the
 was the say-so of Bellflower,  Oskaloo$a,-  and Pella.                formulation. ISome still spoke of reconsideration by
Atid .even a cursory examination of those three docu-                  `Classis East. But on one thing the  Classis was  cer-
men@ will reveal that all three documents ignore then TV * 1
                                                                        am y agreed: they ~rnz,st take a star& somehow that
facts, ignore the  grounds  offered by  Classis for its                clearly supported De Wolf, and, condemned Hoeksema.
 decisions, and, in their' attempt to produce grounds
for their stand in some cases offer mere opinions                             Finally the  Classis was so thoroughly  ensnarled
which themselves require proof. But, niark you well,                   in its own delib.erations  that in desperation they re-
here there was a case before the Classis, and non& of                  turned to the"origirra1 suggestion of the ,&ev.  J. How-
                                                                       erzyl, that .a committee be appointed to advise ,Classis
 the evidence iti the case was even presented for exam-
imation!  Talk about church order! Talk about  jus-                    about the 3 overtures and to suggest a for,mulation
tice! The type of* justice defended, I take it, by that                that would in substance agree with all three instruc-
                                                                       tions. About'midway in the afternoon this was done,
itisidious and slanderous little magazine which tails
itself the Reformed Guardia& !                                         and a recess w&s called until 7 p.m., when the com-
                                                                       mittee would be ready. At 7:45 the evening session
    But let us go on.                                                  began, and the committee presented its report, quoted
    There came a motion to adopt the first point of below:
Bellflower's instruction (see above). This motion
caus$ much discussion.  ,Oskaloosa really wanted                                     Report of Committee Re  Doouments
their instruction first. Pella liked their -presentation                               of Pella,  Oskaloosti and Bellflower
better. But -in all the lengthy and confused discus-                     On the  -basis  of these  .documents we advise  Classis  to  ex-
sion the delegates w:ere essentially agreed : they ,want- press:
ed to sustain De Wolf .cum sock%, but they could not                     I. That we cannot recognize the suspension of Rev. De Wolf
agree as to the for.mulation and the grounds. Not. 8                   and the deposition of the elders supponting him but on the
single yoice.  was raised in oppos?tion to .this motion,               contrary must consider Rev. De Wolf with his consistory and
or any other motion that was  pyesented,  on  princi-                  congregation as the legal ,and proper continuation of the First
                                                                       Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
pal: grounds. The minds -were made up; It is true, a
couple of delegates spoke of  prematiure  action, and- IGrounds:
                                                                         1. This action of  suspenssion  and deposition was taken at  :an
would rather "ask  Classis East to reconsider  thei&                   i.llegal consistory meeting since many of the legal office-bear-
action"; but `even these. did not differ priacipally,.`ancl            ers of that consistory were not notified of this meeting.


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    2. The Revs. H: Hoeksema and C. Banko and the elders fol-             Be!lflo@F (IIj- C, 2) was with only a few minor chang-
 loiving them failed to follow the proper  -church political order        es  ado&&d by the  Classis.        The principal decision,
 of appeal when:-                                                         Point -1,"was -adopted by all except the two negative
    a. Prhe  Rev. Hoeksema deserted the legal consistory metitin~~
 discussing the case.                                                     votes ofrQoori;  From that time on Doon did not vote
    b. The Revs. Hoeksema, C. Hanko with the cofisistory  &em-            at all anymore. And at the end of the evening session
 bers following them severed  t?emselves  from the rest  df the           when Classis adjourned until the following morning,
 congregation' and organized separate meetings and- activities.           the delegates from Doon repeated their announcement
    II. Regarding  the specific documents we advise Classsis to           of the morning session, informing the chairman of
 express :                                                                their departure and of their intention to appeal a-
    A..Re Oskaloosa-that  Cmlassis  adopt  the advice of our com-         gainst Classis.
 mittee as under I  rather than support the overture of Oskaloosa             The doctrinal part of Bellflower's instruction- was
 sinice  :                                                                not treated by the ,Classis  that evening, but again giv-
    1. &r advice concurs with tile stand taken by Oskaloosa re-
 garding the suspension  of. the  kev, De  WoIf and the depo-             en into the hands of the committee for advice. What
 sition of the elders supporting him.                                     became of that part we do not know, since we left the
    2. Oskaloosa's grounds  ,are not  specifi,c   and properly for-       gathering of what was now a schismatic class&.
 mulated when they simply state, "from the letters received it                Such is the history of the case.
 is evident". and again "from the available evidence."
    B.  Re.Pella:                                                                                   R  *  *  ti
    1. Your committee advises under Instruction I, to :adopt  our
 expression rather than that of  Pella,  since:
    a. This stand agrees in general with that of P&a.                        Much can be said about these decisions. And,
    b. Some of  Pella's  language is not too clear.                       D.V., we shall certainly furni,sh a complete criticism
    2. Your committee advises under Instruction II, to express            of them in the near future.
 that, unless Pella has received official information Classis  can-
 not express itself on this matter.                                           That, however, is not the point now. Our intention
    3. Your committee advises under Instruction  IX& that  we             is now to sound a warning  .to every consistory, to
 ,answer  Pella, that the appointment of new professors, belongs          Classis East, and to all who wish to remain Protestant
 to Synod; see constitution of the Theological School, Art. 6.            Reformed! It is this : you  may not recognize  ancl
 C.  From Bellflower:                                                     maintain these decisions. Nor may you recognike any
    1. That regarding the Church-political  asped  Classis  adopt         officebearer or consistory or  classis that  m.aintains
our expression since it  ifi general  .concurs  with that of Bell-        these decisions. They are not Protestant Reformed,
 flower.
    2. Regarding the matekial  (aspect, your committee is not conl-       but- schismatic !
 vin,ced  that we are.call&d  upon to enter this material as ,Classis.       And the reason is plain. First of all, bear in mind
    III. Finally we advise  Classis:                                      that you do not deal here with mere decisions, which
                                                                          may be the subject of debate and argument. You deal
    A. To send these d0cument.s  `and our decisions to all the Con-
 histories  of our churches;  in&ding  the two groups in Fuller           with concrete actions, or, as one of the delegates him-
 Avenue.                                                                  self expressed it, with finalities. From now on it is
    B. To sen!d these documents and our decisions to Classis  East        &her . . . or!       For, in the second place, it  must be
 with a letter pleading with and exhorting  Classis  East to              evident to all that any person, be he member or office-
 work for reconcili,ation  and unity. among the churches-and con-         bearer, and any consistory or classis, which supports
 gregations and not follow the  w&y  of separation and division           and recognizes a schismatic group, such as that of
 which was furthered when  Classis  East stipulated the entire
 course of action which was to be followed in this case, a matter         De Wolf and his followers, is also guilty of schism. I
 which was not before  Classis.                                           cannot, and you may not, any more recognize Classis
   Note: Elder Flikkema  tiishes to state that he does not sup-           West as a legal Protestant Reformed  classis,  or, in
 port  aI,1 of point I. His  expressioti  of Point I is as follows:       fact, as a classis at all, as long as they continue in
-"That we  cannot  recognize the suspension of Rev. De Wolf               their schism ! Tlney are  nothin.g but a schismatic
 and the deposition of the elders supporting him. Since this              group !
 .action   of' suspension and deposition was taken at an illegal
 consistory meeting, since  many  of the legal office-bear&s of              *That means too, whether you are in the majority
that consistory were not notified of this meeting.                        or in'the minority, that you may not recognize your
                          Respectfully submitted,                         consistory if it maintains this stand of Classis West.
         :                                                                Size` and numbers and majority have nothing to do
                            Your committee,                               with this question: you yay not for a moment recog-
                               (w.s.) J. De Jong, W. Hofman, J.
                               W. Van Weelden, M.  Flikkem,?  and         nize these schismatics.
                               G. Mesman.  )                    _ i       ' Classis East may not give them an advisory vote,
                                                                          should they appear there, any more than they may
    All of this advice up to the second point regarding                   seat De Wolf as a delegate. ~,Our Synod, whether the


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       continued synod of next March, or the new $ynod of
       next June, may not seat them as  d&legat&p They                               C O N T R I B U T I O N S
       have departed ; and until they return, which may God
       graciously grant, and confess'their error, they may not
  be acknowledged.                                                         Dear Editor of the Stanclurd Bearer:
                                                                             If space permits, please  publish the following in the
                               72  *  *  *                                 Stamdarcl  Bearer, so that tie as churches may know
                                                                           both sides of the ,burning question, as this is making
           As to the future of our churches here in the West,              history with rapid strides, also here in Holland, Mich.
  I do #not know as yet just how things will develop. I                    Thus the following:- WHAT NEXT?
  do know, however, that Doon does not stand alone                             The above question is very up to date here in Hol-
  &mong our people. There are still many of our members                    land, and it is anyone's guess just what the develop-
and officebearers too who are with us, and who must                        ment of this ";Condition in the Reformed Sense Idea"
  now take action. Many of them have long awaited                          will bring to light next.
  this moment, for they saw it coming. Others are be-                          Spellbound with the perplexities for all that is
  ginning to see things only recently.                                     taking place in general, the `IConditionAl-Promise' con-
           But may God give us grace to be faithful in the                 cept, here in  Hollarid` bursted into further  clevelop-
  face of much opposition and many.opponents.  When                        ment when on Sunday morning, Aug. 23rd, just prior
  He is for us, who can be against us?                                     to the celebration of the IL,orcl's  Supper, Rev. Kok (in
                                                                           his sermon) told the congregation that if we didn't
                                           - H .   C .   Hoeksema          believe `in a `Conditional-Promise' that then we didn't
                                                                           have the right to partake of the Lord's Supper-that
                                                                           he had always believed in a `Conditional-Promise',
                           --.-:::-                             /          and that this was Protestant Reformed- and THAT
                                                                           WE MIGHT TELL ANYONE THAT REV. KOK
                                                                           SAID SO. I (H.V.P.) have checked, and  clouble-
                                                                           checkecl these gbove statements, as to their validity
                             IN- MEMORIAM                                  and fnd`the essence of same undeniably true. .Thus,
        1011 August 29, 1953, the Lord called to his etkrnial  home our    I take the liberty TO TELL ANY.ONE, of this latest
 beloved sister in law and aunt                                            clevelopment  of the  6Conditional-Promise'  idea.  clot-
                                                                           trine.
                         MRS. PETER PASTOOR                                   Secondly: On Sunday Aug., 30, we had another sur-
 at the  ;lge of 82 years.                                                 prise, which deeply saddened many of us, when the bul-
                                      Mr.  & Mrs. Cornelius Pastoor        letin revealed that one of our ministers who  hacl
                                      Mrs. Ben Pastoor                     preached for Rev. De Wolf (Suspended) and the (el-
i/,                                                                        ders deposed), congregation, was to preach for us
.:,        :                          Mrs. Gerrit Pastoor
,... :.                               Mrs.  Herm,an  Pastoor               during the .evening service here. Thus to him was ex-
                                      Mrs. John Pastoor                    tended the liand of fellowship, and the greeting of
                                      Nephews and nieces,                  God-speed to officially co'nduct the preaching of the
                                                                           Word from.Holland's.  pulpit, EVEN OVER THE PR.O-
 Grand Rapids, R&higan                                                     TEST <OF ,ONE  ,OF THE EL?ER,S  (which I have in-
                                                                           vestigated H.V.P.).  ,One might ask "Is this one of
                                                                           those `reformed  con,ditions' also?". My  alloted  (?)
                                  -pJ            .--                       space is full. Maybe more later.
                                                                                                         Y,ours in Christ;
 It is in the  ch;lrch, as it is with nations: war must                                                     H. A. Van Putten
sometimes be carried- on, in order to estafblish  a sound                                                   Holland, -Mich.
and durable peace at last.
                                                           -Toplady                     -y--la

The best watchfulness I know of, is d continued look-                         The way to heaven lies, not over a toll-briclge, but
illg .to, ,and dependence 011, the grace of  God's& Holy over a fr`ee bridge: `even t,he unmerited grace of Gocl
Spirit, from moment to moment.                                             in Christ Jesus.
                                                  -From  Toplady                                `.  ~                   -Toplady


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                   INDEX  TO  -VOLUME XXIX                                                                         :               Subject                                                              Author Page No.
                                                                                                                                                                      -      B      -
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                                          IN.DEX  OF TEXTS                                                                   iBehoud&s Des Levens-De ...................................G.V. 217 10
             ffexts                                                                 Author Page No.                          Belofte  Van Zekere Bevrediging-De .................... G.V...i6  9                              8
     Genesis 25:27-34 ...................... .:....................................  .G.L. 35.1 15                           Book Reviews ............................................................. M.S. 262 11
     Psalm 4:6-8 ................................................................... G.V. 145                           7    Book Reviews:
     Psalm 17 .`....................................................................... G.V. 337 ~15                              *Christ in His Suffering, by Dr. 1~. Schilder . . H.H. 225 10
     Psalm 22 ......................................................... ................G.V. 409 18
     Psalm 24 .........................................................................                                           De Zegels Hem Bescharen, by Rev. Dirk
                                                                                                .G.V. 433 19
     Psalm 26 ......................................................... i...............G.V. 457 20                                     Sikkel ............................................................. H.H.       58    3
     Psa,l,rn  28 ......................................................................... G.V. 481 21.                          Deuteronomium, by Dr. J. Ridderbos ............H.H. 150                                     7
     Psalm 34:9 ......................................... ::......................... .G.V.                 38 2                 . Dogmatic Theology, by Wm. G. T. Shedd ........ H.H. 321 14
     Psalm 118 (Continued from Vol. 28) .......................G.V.                                         13          1         Dossier 333, by B. Nijenhuis
             ,Continued ................................................................. G:V.~             92          4                                                         ...... . .......... ..........H.H. 150      7
     Isaiah 49:14,16 ........ ........................................ ...............G.V. 313 14                                 Exodus, by Dr. P. N. Kruyswijk .................... H.H. 293 13
     Isaiah  53:8,  9 .................................................................. G.L. 303 13                              Het Evangelie Naar Mattheus, by Dr. D.
     Micah 7:19 ..................................................................... G.V.                  73          4               Jacob ............................................................... H.H. 199        9
     Matthew 5:8 ....................................................... ...........G.V.                    97          5         Het Hooglied, by Dr. G. Ch.  Aalders ............H.H. 150                                   7
     Matthew  5:9 ................................................................... G.V.                  63          3
     Matthew  7:7.-11 ........................................................... .G.V.
                                                                                           .           169  8                     Jeremiah I, by Rev. H. A. Wiersenga ............H.H. 293 13
     Matthew 7:2l-23 .............................; ............................. G.L. 395 17                                     Kentering  in de Vrijzinndgheid, by Dr. G.
     Matthew 15:25, 26 ................................................. . ...... G.V. 217 10                                           Brillenburg-Wurth .......................................H.H. 198                     9
     Matthew 16:7b ................................! ..............I.. .......... ;..G.V. 289 13                                  Minor Prophets, by Lange ................................ H.H.                        58    3
     Matthew 27:45,  46 ..................... ......................... z..........G.V. 265 12
     Luke 2:15-18,  20 ........................................................... G.V. 121                             6         Moeder Zeg Me Eens, by V. D. Burg and
     Luke 22:41-44 ................................................................ G.V. 240 11                                      Bult        ................................................................. H.H. 58 3
     John -3:16 ....................................................................... G.V.                                      Oud Testamentische Kanoniek, by Dr. G. Ch.
     John 6:51 ........................................................................ G..L. 3713   lf                                 Aalders ........................................................... H.H.        34    2
     J o h n   1!1:43..................................................................... G.V. 193  9
     Acts 2:2-4, 11 ................................................................. /G.V.~ 385 17                               0,utlines In Dogmatics, by Rev. S. G. De
     Remans  11:6 ................................................................... G.V. 361 1.6                                      Graaf ............................................................... H.H. 293 13
     I Corinthians 15:20 ................................... ;.:. .................G.L. 324 14                                    Paradise, by Jan Overduin ....................... (........  H;H. 344 ,15
     Ephesians   5:1, 2 ............. il.. .......................................... `G.V.                 49 3                  Principle's of Personality Building for
     Colossians  3 :3 ............................................................... G.V.                  25 2                        Christian Parents, by C. B. Eavy
     I Peter  l:l, 2                                                                                                                                                                              ...........H.H. 226 10
                               ...................i...........................................G:L.          18 1
     I Peter  1:3 ..................................................................... G.L.                42 2                  Reformed People-What Now?, by Rev. G.                                              I,_
     I Peter 1:4, 5 ................................................................. G.L.                  71 3                        Toornvliet and Dr. H. S. Westerfnk ........H.H. 226 10
             Continued .............................................................. .G.L.                 9'5         4         Regeneration, by Dr. J. D. De Groot ................H.H. 226 10
             Continued ............................................................... G.L. 1119                        5         Spreuken, by Dr. W. H. Gispen
     1 Peter 1:6, 7                                                                                                                                                                      ........................ H.H. 106    5
                               ............................................................... G.L. 140                 6
     I Peter 1:8, 9 ................................................................. `G.L.  2 3 6   1 0                          The Art of Praying and Speaking in Public,
     I Peter  l:lO-12 ............................................................. .G.L. 254 11.                                       by Herbert  Lockyer                                                 .H.H.
                                                                                                                                                                           ...................................         58     3
             Continued ............................................................... G.L. 279 12                                rl'he  City of God, by Dr. D. K. Wielenga ...... .H.#H.                            334 15
     I Peter  1:13 ................................................................... G.L. 445 19                                The Faith of the Fathers, by Rev. P. Visser  ..H.H.
             -Continued                                                                                                                                                                                              439 19
                               ............................................................... G.L. 469 20
     I Peter  1:14-16 .............................................................. G.L. 491. 21                                 The First Epistle of John, by R. S. Cand-
     I John 2~15-17 ................................................................ G.L. 164                           7            l i s h ...... .I ......................................................... H.H. 198     9
             Continued ................................................................ G.L. 185                        8         The Last Things-The End of the Ages, by
                                                                                                                                        Dr. K. Dijk ...................................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                            H.H. 225 10
                           INDEX OF  SUBJECZS TREATED                                                                             The Lord's Property, by Rev. J. G. Feenstra ..H.H. 226 10
                                                                                                                                  The Typology  of Holy Scripture, by P.
                                                   LA-                                                                                  Fairbairn .......................................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                            H.H. 151          7
     Absalom Recalled ................................................... G.M.O. 68                                     3         The Untouchable, by Rev. J. Overduin .......... H.H. 438 19
     Absalom Revol+The ...................................... :...:,.G.M.O. 138                                         6         The Word of God in Human Script, by Dr.
     Absalom Slain ............................... ..?. ....................... G.iu.0. 274 .12                                         H. J. Westerink ...........................................H.H. 344 15
             Cominued ........................................................... G.MlO. 297 13                                   The Word of Christ, by Dr. G. C. Berk-
             ,Continued ........................................................ ;...G.M.O. 321 14                                      houwer ........................................................... H.H. 438 19
     Absllom's Murder of Ammon ...............................G.M.O.                                        67          3         This Happened in the Hills of Kentucky,                                             . .
     Absolute Antithesis-The ......................................... MS; 455 19                                                       by John Vogel ..............................................H.H. 106 5
     Afraid of the Gospel ................-. ............................... J.A.H. 471 20                                        Whyte's Bible  Charactera,  by Alexander
             Continued ............................... ............................J.A.H. 493 21                                        Whyte ............................................................. H.H. 321 14
     Age of ihe Earth-The ............................................. .H.I-I. 238 10                                            Zielszorg en Pspchiatrie, by B. Chr. Hames ..H.H. 106                                       5
     Agonizing Cry in Outer Darkness-The ...........G.V. 265 12                                                              Breach is Widened-The .......................................H.C.H. 495 21
     Agony of Jesus-The ................................................ .G.V.  2 4 0 11
     Anguish in Darkness .............................................. :...G.V. 409 18
     Another Declaration of Principles .................. i......... MS. 384 16                                                                                       -c-
     Antithesis and Common Grace-The .......................MS. 335 14                                                       Canons. of Dordrecht .............................................H.C.H. 256  11
     Arminian or Remonstrant Struggle ........ ............G.M.O. 348 15                                                          Continued ............................................................ H.C.H. 281 12
     As to the Birth of the Church ................................ MS.  -287 .a2                                                 ,Continued .......................................................... .H.C.H. 305 13
     Ascension  Into .the Hill of God ...... ........................;G.V. 433 19                                                 Continued ........................................................... H.C.H. 328 14
     And Peter ..................................................................... G.V.  .-289 19                               Continued ....................................................... ;...H:C.H . 355 15


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               Continued ......................................................... ..H.C.H.. 375 16                                                                                       How the Guardian Defends Heresy ...............H.H. 460 20
               `Continued ..........................................!. ...............H.C.H. 399 17                                                                                      Continued ................................................................ H.H. 484 21
               Continued ............................................................ H.C.H  ,. 425,,:,18                                                                                 Man's Freedom and Responsibility ..................H.H. 412 18
               Con,tinued ........................................................... H.C.H,, .; 499 .19                                                                                  Our Candidates ................................................... H.H. 412 18
               Continued ............................................................ H.C:H.,: `473 20                                                                                    Our Visit to Europe ........................................... H.H. 316 14
       Censured ......................................................................... H.H. ,343 15                                                                                   Reorganization .................................................... .H.H. 220 10
       Changes His  Mind-  on Unions ................................ M.S. ,383 16                                                                                                       Reply. to Rev. Kok ............................................. H.H.                                                       76    4
      . Children's Retreat Et  AIia ..................................... G.L: 212                                                                                      9                              Continued ...................................................... .H.H. 100                                          5
       Choosing the Right Church ..................................... H.H. 19,2                                                                                        8  i             The Closing of Concordia ...............................H.H.                                                                76    4
     ..Christia  n Education  (,See Under Education etc.)                                                                                                                                .The Deposition of an Officebearer ..... ...........H.H. 172                                                                      8
       Church and the Sacraments-The .... ............:..........;.H:V. 401.0 17                                                                                                         The  .New  Bible ................................................... H.H. 245 11
               Continued .....................................I......................... H.V! 427'  1 8                                                                                  The Promise According to the ,Cdnfession
               Continued ..................................................t.........;...H..y. :451 `(i19                                                                                              (Continued from Vol. 28) ........................ H.H.                                                         4    1
              Continued ............................................................ ..H.V. 475 20                                                                                                     Continued ....................................................... H.H.                                        28 2
       Church Order ........................................................ G.V.D.B. 260 11                                                                                                           <Continued ........................................................ H.H.                                      52    3
               Continued ....................................................... G.V.D.B. 285 12                                                                                                       Continued ....................................................... H.H. 148                                          7
               Continued (Article 1) ................................ G.V.D.B. 309 13
                                                                                                                                  .                                                                    Continued ....................................................... H.H. 196                                          9
               Continued ....................................................... G.V.D.B. 333 14                                                                                                       Continued ....................................................... H.H. 220 10
               Continued ................................................. .......G:V.D.B.                                                                 359 15                                      Continued ....................................................... H.H. 244 11
               Con.tinued  (Article 2) .................................. .G.V.DJB. 360 15                                                                                               The Promise and Conditions According to
               Continued ...................................................... :G.V..D.B.                                                                 381 16                                      Scripture ....................................................... H.H._ 268 12
               Continued (Article 3) ................................ G.V.D.B. 405 17                                                                                                                  Continued ....................................................... H.H. 292 13
               Continued ................................ . .....................:G.V.D.B.                                                                 429 18                        The `Split ............................................................... H.H. 436 19
               Continued (Article 4) .................................. G.V.D.B. 453 19                                                                                                  Why We Should Read the Standard Bearer ..H.H. 124                                                                                 6
               Continued ...................................................... .iG.V.D.B.                                                                 477 20' Education-Looking to the Future (See Under
       Classis  West Versus the Declaration                                                                                                  H.H.
                                                                                                           .......................                         341 15                     . Looking to the Future etc.)
               Continued .................................. .............................H..H. `364 16                                                                          Exposition of I Corinthians  15:20 ........................ G.L. 324 14
              Continued ........................... l......:. ............................ H;H. 388 17                                                                          Exposition of I John 2:15-17 ...................................G.L. 164                                                                   7
       Closing of Concordiaahe ...................................... .H.H.                                                                                 -76         4                Continued ................................................................ .G.L. 185                                              8
       Common Grace .... ....................................................... H.H. 142                                                                               6       Exposition of I Peter 1 (Verses 1, 2) ..................G.L.                                                                         18    1
       Conditions in the Light of Scripture ........................ H.H. 292 13                                                                                                         Continued (Verse 3) ............................................ .G.L.                                                      42 2
       Contributions:                                                                                                                                                                    Continued (Verses 4, 5) ...................................G.L.                                                             71    3
               Biased and `Sidetracked ...........H. A. Van  Putten .. 46                                                                                               2                Continued ................................................................ G.L.                                             95 4
               Doctrinal in'the Wrong Sense ........ J. H. Kortering                                                                                         47 2'                      Continued ............................................................... G.L. 119 5
                          `Continued ................................. J. H. Kortering                                                                       72         3                Continued (Verses 6, 7) ...................................... G.L. 140                                                           6
               Een Noodkreet Uit Redlands . .  J. R.  Vanider   Wal  3,84  16                                                                                                            Continued (Verses 8, 9) ...................................G.L. 236 10
               What Next? .................................... H. A. Van  Putten  500 21 . . . . <Continued (Verses 10-12) ................................ G.L. 254 11
       Cry For Help-A ........................................................ G V
                                                                                                                                                  . . 337 ,15 Ji `j                      Continued .............................................................. ..G.L. 279 12
                                                                                                                                                                                       Continued (Verse 13) ........................................ .G.L 445 19
                                                                               -D-                                                                                                      Continued ............................................................... .G.L. 469 20
                                 .e.                                                                                                                                                     Continued (Verses 14-16) .................................... G..L. 491 21
       David's Fligh'?::. ....................................................... G.M:O. 187                                                                            8       Exposition of Genesis .25:27-34 ................................G.L. 351 15
               Continued ..................................................... . .....G.M.O. -) 208                                                                     9 Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism-An  (8ee Under
       David's Grief for Absalom ................................... iG.M.0. 370 16                                                                                                      Triple Knowledge etc.) ..
       David's Return ................................... ..... ...............mG.M.0.                                                                     393 17 Exposition of Isaiah  53:8,  9 .....p;. .......................... G.L. 303 13
              Continued ................................ . .......................... G.M.C. 443 19                                                                             Expo,sition of John 6:51 ...........................................G.L. 373 16
       Defeat of  AhithophelTs  ,Counsel .......................... ..lG.M.O.                                                                              232  `10 Exposition of Matthew  7:21-23 ................................ G.L.  3985  17
       Deposition of an  Officebearer-The .................... :...H.H:17  2                                                                                           8
       Discipline ........................................................................ H.H. 166                                                                    7
       Dr. Daane and Common `Grace ....................... ....... .:MrS: 431 18                                                                                                                                                                     .-FL
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       Doctrinal in the Wrong Sense ............. J. H. Kortering                                                                                            47 2  ..:.  F&d. with the Spirit ................ .;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              *I ........................... :G.V.  3 8 5   1 7
               Continued .............................................J.-H. Korter+g                                                                         72        3  ::' .First Protestant Reformed  Chur,c&  Splits ............M.S: 479 20
       Dutch Sentiments ..........................................................H;H. 166                                                                             7        Foliowers of.  God ........................ .;...............................G.V. 1 49 3
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       Eating and Drinking Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S.                                               455. 19              Gods Eeuwige Ontferming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;....;z! . . . . . . . G.V.                                    73 4
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              *Censured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l...........................  ;... .H.H. - 343 15                                           VOL.  2 8 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i..:..;.;*.,  . . . . .,.?;i'....... . . . . . . . . ,:i . . . . . . . . . . .
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               Classis  West Versus the Declaration ;  ,.......... H.H. 341 15 U,,. : ,Cbntinued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;.;.c ..r. i: . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I............ >G.V. 92 4
                         Continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.    364 16,;. @ad's .Love of. Zion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix; . . . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.M.IO. 189                        8
               C o n t i n u e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.        388 17 L God's:Proddence (,Continued from Vol; 28-
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         ,Continued ............................................................... H.V.                                            59      3                   ... Continued ........................................................... G.M.O. 273 12
         Continued -............................................................... H.V.                                            83     4 Man's Freedom and Responsibility .......................... H.H. 412 18
         :Continaed +: ............................................................. H.V.  ,111                                             5 Meditations:
         Con,tinued ............................................. . .................H.N:,-131                                            . 6                          A Cry for Help ...................................................... G.V.                                                            33 15
         Co.ntinued ............................................................... H.V.. -159                                              7                         And Peter ............................................................ :G.V. 289 13
         Continued ............................................................... H.V. 179                                                 8                         Anguish in Darkne.s.s ............................................ G.V. 409 18
         `Continued .............s....;...................................~.., .... H.V. 203 9                                                                         Ascension Into the Hill of God .......................G.V. 433 19
         `Continued ............................................. . ................H.V. 226 10                                                                        De Behoudenis Des Levens ...............................G.V. 217 10
Good Order ............................................................ ;G.V.D.B                                                    309 13                             De Belofle  Van Zekere IBevrediging ...............G.V. 169                                                                                   8
Good Order and Our Churches ........................ .:G.V.D.B,                                                                     333 14                            De Herders ............................................................. .G.V. 121                                                             6
Gospel and the Command-The ........................... G.M.O.                                                                       23      1                          Filled With the Spirit .......................................G.V. 385 17
Grace or Work ............................... .;............: ....... ...... :;:G.V. 361 16                                                                           Followers of God .................................................. G.V.                                                               49      3
Green Eyes ................................................................. J.A.H. 397 17                                                                             Gods Eeuwige Ontferming ...............................G.V.                                                                           73      4
                                                                                                                                                                       Grace or Work .................................................. .G.V. 361 16
                                                                                                                                                                      Het Leven der Hemelburgers .............................. G.V.                                                                         25      2
                                                               -H-                                                                                                    1nn:ocence  Attacked ............................................... G.V. 457 20
`Heidelberg Catechism  (~See under Triple Knowledge etc.)                                                                                                             Jehovah's Faithfulness ........................................ G.V. 313 14
Herders-De ................................................................. G.V. 121                                                       6                         Light for the Future ............................................ G.V. 145                                                                     7
Hoeksema's Foolish Binding ...................................... M.S. 311 13                                                                                         Suppli,cation ........................................................... G.V. 481 21
Hofman LearnIs a ,New Word ...................................H.H. 486 21                                                                                             IThe Agonizing Cry in Outer Darkness ............G.V. 265 12
How the Guardian Defends Heresy ....                                                                                                                                  The                                      Jesus ............................................
                                                                                      ......................H.H. 460 20                                                            Agony. of                                                                                                   G.V. 240 11
         Continued' ................................................................ H.H. 484 21                                                                       The Love of God for the World ...................... G.V.                                                                              1      1
How the Old Country Knows History ...................... H.H.                                                                       94. 4                             The Pure in Heart ............................................... G.V.`, 97 5
                                                                                                                                                                      The Raising of Lazarus ...................................... G.V; 193                                                                         9
                                                                                                                                                           Missions and the Creeds ...........................................
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             H.H. 143                6
                                                                -I-                                                                                        Moses Intercession .................................................... G.M.O. .. 20                                                                      1
                                                                                                                                                           My Brother's Keeper ............................................... J.A.H. 326 `14
Ignorance ........................................................................ H.H. 214                                                 9                         Continued ............................................ ...............J.A.H. 353 15
Innocence Attacked .................................................... ;G.V. 457 20                                                                                  .Continued. ............................................................ J.A.H. 377 16
Introduction to Contending for the Faith .................H.V. 258 11
         Continued ............................................................... H.V. 283 12
Introduction to Decency and Order .................... G.V.D.B. 260 11                                                                                                                                                              -N-
         Con,tinued ...................................................... :G.V.D.B.                                                285 12                 New Bible-The
I Will  Sina ............................................................... J.A.H. 252 11                                                                                                              ........................................................... H.H. 245 11
         ContinGed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H. 277 12
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                                                                                                                                                           iOur ,Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . ..* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.    412 18
Jehovah's Faithfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.         313 14                 Cur Courts on the Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.S. 407 17
Journalistic Ethics ..:...............................:  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 230 10                                                   Cur  Visit to Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                      316 14
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Later Prophets-The ............................................... G.M.O. 467 20                                                                           Prayers, for . the Liberated ........................................ M.S. 312 13
Leven der  Hemelburgers-Het ................................ G.V. 25                                                                       2 Promise According to the  ,Confessions-The (Con-
Liberated Slam the Door Shut-The ........................ H.H. 117                                                                          5                         tinued'&m Vol. 28) ...........................................
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Light for the Future ................................................... G.V. 1,45                                                          7                         Continued ................................................................ H.H.                                                        28      2
Looking to the Future (Continued from Vol.                                                                                                                            Continued r'.. ..r.:. ......................................................... H.H.                                                   52 3
         28) ............................................................. ..........HC.H.                                          16      1                         Continued .....~..`~...  .`........................................... ..........H.H. 148 7
         Continued ........................................................... H.C.H.                                               40 2                              Continued ............................................................... H.IH. 196                                                            9
         Continued ............................................................ HC.H.                                               65 3                              Continued ............................................................... H.H. 220 10
         Continued ........................................................... H.C.H.                                               87 4                              Continued ............................................................... H.H. 244 11
         Continsed ............................................................ .H.C.H. ,114 5                                                             Promise and .Conditions  According to Scrip-
         #Continued ........................................................... H.C:H.                                              135 6                             tures-The ............................................................. H.H. 268 12
         ,Continued ........................................................... :H..C..H. 162 7                                                            Promise of the Holy Spirit-The ...........................H.V. 403 17
         Continued ............................................................ jH.C.H.                                             183 8                  Providence of God (See under God's Providence etc.)
         Continued ............................................................ HC.H. 207 9                                                                Pure in Heart-The ................................................... G.V.                                                                        97      5
Love of God for the  Worl,d-The ...........................G.V.                                                                      1 1                   Purified in His Fear ........................................... ..-. J.A.H. 423 18

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Mahanaim ,,.....,................. *.*,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *.,**,.tG.M.0.  249 11                                       Raising of Lazarus-The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  G.V. 193                                    9


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     Reconciliati6nLThe .......................... ...... ;..:.:.i .... ...... G.M..O'.             `8-a  4                                                     - w  -
     keformed-  Guardiah .....: ..:. ........................ . .................. RI:s.--~riio io
     Reorganizat& .:.......... .: ......... .I................................... -.H.H; i2i). 16                   What Does Brotherhood Mean- ................................................. M.S.  2 8 7   1 2
     Reply .io Rev 1 .Kok ................:. .:. .................... .;............ H.8.           7ii-- 4         Why Doctrines Have a .History-                                 .;................. H.V.        307 13
           Continued- ....................................... i............. ...........H.&`lO&           i               continued. ................. I ...
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     Rite of `Expiatory Sacrifices-The ..... . ................ .&M.& 1Oi                                      5    mhy We Shbuld Read the Stan,d&l  Bearer .......... .H.H. 124                                              6
           Continued ....... ......... .:..............-. ...:.... I.................. &.M.d ... i31      .I3       Women Suffrage in ,the NetherIan& .......................... M.S. 312 13
           Continued ......... ....... ...................... .......................G.M..O. 155          7
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     Science  and  the. Bible .................... t:.. .....`.:. ................ H.Hz 116               5                                                                 Index by Rev. J. Howerzyl
 Smoking and Cancer .......... ......................................... H.H. 143                         6
 Split-The ............. ..... :;.........................................i.. ...... H.Q; 436 19
     study of the History of Doctrine--iThe ........ i........... H.V. 357 15
           Continued ......... .I ....... i...`.....:. ................................ ..H.y. 379 16
 Supplicrition ................. .................................................... G.V. 481 21

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Tamar Defileci ....!............i..................................... .....G.M.0:                  44    2
 That Fifth  Spsrrow ................................................. J:A.H. 301 13
 The New Bible ........:. .......................... .: ..:. .................... H.H. 2i4                9
 Theological Dialecticism Vs. the Three Points . ..H.H. 16'7                                              7
 Triple  Knowledge-The  (Continued from
           Vol. 28) .................................................................. H.H.          7 1
          ,Continued ......... ......................... t............................. H.H.        31    2
           Continued .................. I............!........_........................ H.H.       `55    3
           Continued ....................................... ........................ H:H.          79    4
       . Continued ...............................................................H.H. i04                5
.         Continued ..... ............ ........ ............:.... ................. I;...H.H. 127         6
          Continued (L.D. XXXIV) .................................:.H.H: 151                              7
          ,Continued .......................................................... i.... ;H.H. 175           8
          .Contiimed ......................................
                                                                . ........... T.. ...........H.ti. 199    9
           Continued  (q.D. XXXV) ....... .: ..;. ......................H.H. 222 10
     . . Con.tinued ....................................................... ::. .....H.H. 246 11
          Continued ................................... i....................... I.;.H.H.          270 12
          Cdntinued ................................... ............................H.H. 294 13
      Cpntinued             .;......... ...................... I.. ........................... H.H. ,320 14
      Continued .:........................................... ..................H.H. 344 15
          Continued ................................................................. H.H. 368 16
          Continued ................................... ............................H.H. 390 r17
          Continued (L.D. XXXVI) ..............l'.............. _. ... H.H. 390. 17
     .. Contiimed` ................................................................-.H.H. 417  ~18
         -Continued .......................................................... ~...;.H+H ... 439 19
          ,Continued  (L.D.  XXXVI!) ....zi.. ........................ H.H.  .44? 19
          Continued .................. i.. ..... i.. ...................................H.H. 464 20
 .. . Continued ......................... i.. .................f.. .......i....... H;H. 490 21
Two Fundamental Principles in Preaching ...........:H.V. .. 11                                            1.

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Unbreakable Scripture-The ...... . ..............................M.S. 288 12
Union Question-The ...........................; ..:. .................H.H.                         94     4
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Vacationing in His Fear .................... L.. ......... -. ......... J.&H. 447 is
Vreedzamen  ~Zaliggesproke&De ...........,........ ,...,.. ,...G:V,                                68     3


