        VOLUME            xxx                      SEPTEMBER S-1954 -2 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN                                 NUMBER 21

  Ii- -_                                                                   splendour, things which it would be unseemly to speak about
              'M  E,DITATlON-                                              while we are on this sorry globe, and in this terrible dispen-
  I'                                                                   Il.`I sation. And this man, so exalted, so pre-eminently holy and
                                TheChief            .-       .. -- good; calls himself the worst of sinners.
                           "                                                   We should hesitate to make this confession weaker, so
                                . . . . . of whom I am chief." I Tim.  1:15b explain it that after all Paul was not such a great sinner as
        The Apostle Paul had spoken of sinners who were saved              he makes himself in this text. I am afraid of all such at-
  b y   o u r   L o r d  Jesus,Christ..                                    tempts. Paul spoke through' the Holy Spirit, and he knew
        And grouping them altogether into one band, he places              what constitutes a sinner. Look-at the context : it is not. pos- -
  himself at their head and says : I am the chief of sinners !             sible. to make his Iconfession  say anything else but that Paul
        Amazing confession!                                                is the chief of all the sinners that are saved. He says : Christ
        Almost everyone will confess that he belongs to the race           came-into the world to -save sinners ; of whom I am chief.
-~ of sinners. That is, if you do not press them overmuch as to               Well, let us single out one of the worst :. the murderer
  the nature of sin. And also if you  ,do not include them with            on the cross. He is in heaven and was saved by Jesus Christ.
  the worst of sinners, such as gangsters, murderers or harlots.           But  ,Paul says: I am worse than that murderer who .was
        Expressed or in the thoughts of the heart, we often say:           saved.at  the eleventh hour! I am.the  chief of all the saved
  I'm glad I am not .as he or she . . . .                                  sinners !
        But Paul says : 5 am the chief of sinners !                           Is it not amazing ?
        Amazing confession !
                                                                              How must this be explained ?
        ". . . . of whom I am chief !"                                        For you have all felt more or less, that we cannot leave
        And Paul knew what he was talking about.                           the matter at this. juncture.
   , Read the verses 9 and 10 of this same chapter. He gives,                 We all have placed Paul far above ourselves and have
  us a catalog of various kinds of sinners. He speaks of ~the              said: No, Paul, you are not.the  chief of sinners. I am.
  lawless and disobedient, the ungodly and `sinners, the unholy               .Attend to this truth: Paul knew only one heart, and that
  and profane, murderers of fathers and mothers, manslayers,~             was his own.
  whoremongers,  them that -defile themselves with mankind,                   He knew a-lot of sinners, and knew  them-  to`be sinners
  menstealers, liars, perjured persons . . . .                            because of what he saw of them and heard of them. He saw
        Yes, Paul knew what constitutes a sinner before God.              deeds and heard words that were sinful. But he never heard
        Yet, he callshimself their chief.                                 the thoughts, and the motives of the hearts of his fellow men.
        Notice also that-he does not -speak of sin as a deed, an           *B.ut  he did know his own- heart.
  act, but he judges himself, his person. He, Pa& is the sinner.              And that makes all the difference in the world.              .
        Many will say : I have done evil, I have sinned ! But Paul            The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
  says : I a/m evil. And : I am the worst of `all.                        wicked : who can know it? Jeremiah 17 :9.
        And at the same time we know that he said: "For in                  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
  nothing am I behind the chiefest Apostles." But even there              adulteries, fornications,  thefts, false witness, blasphemies . . .
  he returns to this theme in Timothy, for he adds : "though              Matt. 15               :19.       .
  i am nothing."                                                            ,.  O..we can behave before men !
        Attend unto this that Paul was taken up into the  .third              We are able to bridle our tongue' when men are near.
  heaven in order to see unspeakable things, things which he                  We watch over our hands and feet in the midst of our
  could not divulge because of their unearthly beauty  .and                                                      ;
                                                                          fellows.


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       But listen to your heart my brother.                               In our day the `people like to speak of the responsibility
       And shudder.                                             -.    o f   m a n .
       Paul knew his heart, and that was the only heart he                Well, I will at this. juncture also speak of our responsi-
knew.            -                                                    b i l i t y .                                      \
       Comparing himself with the entire church of Jesus Christ,          Two men commit the same sinful deed.
he saw in the one camp a lot of sinners. He saw all their                 But the one has floods of spiritual light of God's grace
wicked deeds and wicked words, but he`saw not, one heart              together with an exhaustive knowledge of God's Word.
among them.            .                                                  And the other is one `who is esteemed the least in the
  And  then~ he looked into the other camp : he saw himself ` c o n g r e g a t i o n .
as he lived his life from out of the heart.                               Both committed the same sin. But who is the greatest
                                                                                                                :
       Listen to Paul : 0 wretched man that I -am ! who shall         sinner  ?                          .I  .,_ e-e.
deliver me from the body of this death  ?                              , The first one, of course.'       *  7  .::  _.I
       Yes, he had talked of his heart for he spoke of the things         And so I could go on. There is also--the  elen~ent  of. tkmp-
lze hted,  and also of his inneT wmn.  And only the spirit of         tation. Some commit sin without `a cause.=&t  of pure devil-
man knoweth the deep things of man.                                   try Others were sorely tempted.
       And so, when Paul stood in his own camp, all alone with            I think you see the point. And if you do, you have al-
his heart and its depths of sin, and when he then looked at           ready said in your heart : with your permission [or without),
that other camp with all the sinners that Jesus saved, he came        Paul: I am the chief of sinners !
to the conclusion that he was the worst of the lot, the chief             Yes, all, every last one of the saints of God say in their
of sinners.                                                           heart: Jesus came on earth to save sinners? of whom I am
                                                                      chief !
                                                                          For we know our hearts, it is the only ,heart we' know of.
   -Of whom I am chief !                                                  And in comparison our neighbor received the higher place.
 Yes, there are other reasons why Paul placed himself at              in sainthood.
their head-
       The closer you are to the light the-blacker your shadow.
       And Paul was very close to the light. He -walked  with             Of whom I am chief !
God much more than his fellows. And when you, walk very                   0 what wonderful fruit it bears.
close to God you see your sins much more than those who                   Attend to the following phrase: Howbeit, for this cause
-walk from afar with God. Theirs is the- grey, the twilight.          I obtained mercy.
Again: Paul was taken up into heaven. That happened once                  First of all, it will cause you to cry for mercy, it will
to Isaiah. And you will remember how strangely he acted.              make you cling `to your Father in heaven. It will make a
While everyone sang and rejoiced in the heavenly heights,             man'of  you mighty in prayer. And I mean in .the silence of
Isaiah began to cry: woe is me! For I am a man of unclean             your hour with God. He will hear your voice, even if others
lips and I live-in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For         do not hear you.., Your voice will go to Him in the most un-
mine eyes have seen the Lord of glory.                                likely places.
       The closer to God the more you see the blackness of your           Sometimes your voice will no longer be a voice.
sins.                                                                     It will be a groaning that cannot be uttered.         _
       .The further away from God the more you are inclined to            But you will have-the fruit of cleaving  to God.
say : I am glad I am not as bad as he and he and he.                  _ But there is more.
  -Let God be near unto you when you are ready to go to                   Having received mercy, you will be very merciful to your
sleep. I mean those moments when we are alone with Him,               fellows.
and when we have set Him before our face. It does not take
long and we bow our heads, we dare not raise our eyes.                    Having, seen the blackness of your own sins which were
Shame floods us and makes our hearts hot within us.                   much worse than those committed by your brother, you
       At such moments you must compare yourselves once with          esteem him more excellent than yourself.--
your fellows, and see the outcome.                                        No, you do not have to tell him that. Words are cheap.
       Listen : 0 God ! I am not worthy to walk with Thee !               You will show it in your demeanor. Your very breath will
And, Lord, I-am not worthy to walk with Thy saints. They              be humility in the midst of your fellows. Born from the
are much better than I.          .-                       -_          conviction, the' wonder that they allow you in their midst.
       I am black of sin and guilt!                                   That ,they have not cast you .out of their midst. long ago.. _
       Have mercy on me, ,O Jesus of Nazareth !                           You will be very humble walking with God.
                                                                          -And it will have the wonderful fruit of being humble in
       The chief of sinners ?                                         the midst of the manifestation of His children who are the
       There is more.                                                 image bearers of Christ.             -


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    Now we can understand how this same Paul could cau-
tion the millions of God's children : Let nothing be done                                                THE  STANDARD   BEARER
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                         --aI-@-                                        _-                Entered.  as Second  Class  matter  at  Grawl   Ra@s,   Michigan
                       Announcement                             _
    Classis East of the Protestant Reformed Churches will
gather-in regular fall session on Wednesday, October 6, 1954,                                                           C O N T E N T S
in the edifice of the Fourth Protestant Reformed Church.
    Special item on the agenda of this Classis is the Examina-                MEDITATION-
                                                                                            "The Chief". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
tion of Candidate-elect James  McCollam,  who has accepted                                        Rev. G. Vos
the call to the Holland Protestant Reformed Church.
   The Classical Committee has arranged the following                                       "A Protest and Its Reply" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Schedule of examination :                                                                         Rev. H. Hoeksema
    Sermon on either Ephesians 5  :l, 2 or Revelation 3  :20.
Time for sermon 30 minutes.  Critici  i Revs. C. Hanko and As To  Boorcs.  -
                                                                                   ~        "De Humor van de  Bijbel"
G. Lanting.                                                             0                   "De Sacramenten"
   Theology and Anthropology  - G. Lubbers.                                                 !`Levende  Woorden van Azfgustinus".  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
                                                                                                  Rev. H. Hoeksema
   Christology and Soteriology  - M.  Schipper.
   Ecclesiology and  Eschatolo,T   - G.  Vanden  Berg.                        OUR DocrarNn  -
                                                                                            Tihe Triple Knowledge (Part III  - Of Thankfulness), . . .  .487
   ,I<nowledge  of the Confessions - G. Vos.                                                      Rev.  H. Hoeksema
   Knowledge of Holy Writ -RR. Veldman.
   Controversy - J. Heys.                                                     FROM   HOLY  WRIT-
                                                                                            Exposition of Romans 1:14-17.. . .I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489
   Practica  - C. Hanko.                                                                          Rev. G. Lubbers
   It is decided that for each Loci in Dogmatics 10 minutes
will be allotted while for the other subjects 15 minutes will                 I N   H I S  F&R-
                                                                                            "Walking in Error" (11) . . . . . .-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          . . . . .491
b e   g i v e n .                                                                                 Rev. J. A. Heys
   Will the delegates kindly regard this notification as a
personal reminder ?                                                           CONTENDING  FOR THE FAITH-
                                                                                           .The Ohm-ch  and the Saoraments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
                                   G .   L u b b e r s ,   -                                      Rev. H. Veldman
                                   Stated Clerk of Classis East.. THE VOIICE  OF OUR FATHERS-
                                                                                            The Canons of Dordrecht (Art. 12) . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
                                                                                                  Rev. H. C.  Hoe&ma
                        dN  M E M O R I A M
   The Consistory of the Hudsonville Protestant Reformed                      DECENCY  AND ORDER-
Church herewith expresses its sympathy with our brother, elder                              Indiscriminate Preaohing".  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
Harry Zwak, in the loss of his                                                                    Rev.  C.  Vanden Berg
                            F A T H E R
   May the .God of all comfort give His woadrous  cons?olation                CONTRIEWTIOINS  -
                                                                                            "DeRcster  Receives a Visitor". ._. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;499
to the bereaved, and may they and we wait for that blessed                                        George Ten Elshof
day of Jesus Christ when  He, shall make our mortal bodies like                    .-
unto His glorious body to the praises of our God.                             Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
                        The Consistory of the Hudsonville                                         Rev. G.  Vanden Berg
                     - Protestant Reformed Church :
                                    Rev. Gerrit Vos, Pres,
                                    Mr. Peter Lubbers, Clerk.


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 II                                                                               one-is not bound by a decision of the ecclesiastical assemblies
            E  D  I  ,i  0,  R-j  A  1  S
                : . . .                                                           "until" it is proved that it is in error.
 ,t         ..                                                                        It is very evident from the language of the reply to the
                                                                        ..:  -    protest of brother Meninga that they will brook no exception
        ..-        A   Protesi:   a n d   i t s   R e p l y                       to their position. No matter what consistory, classis or synod
         The position of the former con&tory of the First Prof-                   may decide, no one has to submit to its decisions "until" it is
 estant Reformed Church of. Kalamazoo, according to its an-                       proved-that it `is in conflict- with the Word of God or the
_ swer  to the protest of brother Meninga,.is  that any aggrieved                 Church Order.
 party, aggrieved, that is,. by a consistory,  classis, or even                       But, in the second place, the decision of Classis East in
 synod, cannot bebound  by such a decision "until" it is proved                   Oct. 1953 certainly concerned the Confessions  !
 to be in conflict with the.Word  of God or the Church Order.                         What was the situation ?
 In other words, when a decision is made by any ecclesiastical                        `The preceding  classis had  hecided  that certain heretical
 -assembly,  &nd someone feels convinced in his own heart that                    statements made by De Wolf and supported by some of his
 such a decision is, contrary to the Word of God and the                          elders were contrary to the Word of God and to the Con-
 Church -Order;  .he can xremain  in the church without being                     fessions, the Three Forms of Unity.  '
 bound by such a decision "until"  he shall have proved (or                           At the same time  classis had decided that the guilty
 shall not have proved) to the .assemblies  that the decision is                  parties had to apologize or be deposed from office.
 in error.                                                                          The consistory of the First Protestant Reformed Church
         This position, however,- is in direct conflict -with  the                of Grand Rapids, Mich.,  adopted these decisions of classis
 C h u r c h   O r d e r .                                                        and carried them out in. its meeting of June l-23, 1953. It
 .       It may be true that in cases of minor importance the ec-                 did this in the presence of the committee that was appointed
                           ..,..,.
 clesiasficai  assembly concerned can decide to allow this free-                  by classis.
 dom, but certainly not in cases in which the Confessions are                         At the October `session of Classis East two sets of dele-
 involved. And this was the case with the decision of Classis                     gates presented themselves, one sent by the legalconsistory,
 East inOctober 1953`with  which the delegates of Kalamazoo                       the other by the deposed minister and elders, who claimed
 disagreed and to which they refused to submit.                                   that they were not legally deposed.
       _ That this position is in direct conflict with' the Church                    The classis, after hearing all the parties involved, and
 Order  is clear from the Formula.of Subscription.                                after listening to the report of its committee, decided that the
                                                                                  legal delegates were those sent by the consistory of the First
        ~ This  "Fdrmirla.`is  Iconsidered  to be of fundamental signifi-
                                                              -                   Protestant- Reformed Church of Grand Rapids,  Mich.,  and
 cance in the Reformed Churches.                                                  that, accordingly, the delegates sent by the deposed and
       That. this is true  is evident from the fact that, according               suspended group had'no right to be seated.
 to  the Church Order, this Formula of- Subscription-must be                          Knott and his elder refused to submit, even for the time
 signed by all candidates for the ministry, by ministers, elders                  being and pending a possible appeal to synod, to this de-
 and deacons, as well as by professors of theology. Cf. Arts.
                                            -                                     cision.
 4, 53, 54, and the decisions under those articles.                                   In other words they held and insisted that officebearers
         Now, in this Formula of Subscription we read :                           who  had,.been  found  .guilty by  Classis  East and the  Con-
        .f'And:further,  the, consistory,  classis or synod, upon suf-            `sistory of the First Church of -heresy and conflict with the
 ficient grounds of suspicion and to preserve the uniformity                      Confessions, should be seated as legal delegates to classis.
 and purity of doctrine, may deem it proper to require of us a                        The Confessions, therefore, were most certainly con-
 further explanation: of our sentiments respecting any partic-                    cerned with the decision of classis,  and with the refusal on
 ular article of the Confession of Faith, the ,Catechism,  or the                 the part of Knott  and his elder to acquiesce in this decision
 explanation of the National Synod, we do hereby promise to                       even "until" a decision should be made upon ,a possible  .ap-
 be always willing .and. ready to comply with such requisition,                   peal to synod.
 under penalty above mentioned (suspension from office,                               Hence, the position of Knott and the former consistory of
 H.H.), reserving for ourselves, however, the right of an                         Kalamazoo, maintained in its reply to the protest and brother
 appeal, whenever. we shall. believe ourselves aggrieved  *by                     brother Meninga, is in direct conflict with Art. 31 and other
 the sentence of the consistory, the  classis or the synod, and                   articles of the Church Order, considered in the light of the
 until  a decision is  made   upon  suck an  appe&,  we will  ac-                 Formyla  of Subscription.
 q&me  in  the  d&ev&na.tion  avid  j'udgmimt   a,lready  fussed."                    The conclusion of this part of the reply to the protest of
 (Italics is mine, H.H.).                                                . .      brother Meninga is a foolish as it is bold.
        .Knott  c.s.. ,will .probably  .object  that this. concerns. *only a          It reads as' follows: "That when the delegates of the
decision in which the confessions are involved.                                   consistory ,disagr.eed  with the classis  in -seating schismatic
        But' to this I reply, in the first place, that the former                 and improper delegates they did not leave the truth and the
 consistory of Kalamazoo left no exception to its position-that                   Church' Order, but were exercising the right given them by


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        the Church Order as it was their conviction that. the Classis      ciples, to be used only by the Mission  Committee and the
        was doing the wrong thing as stated in their motivated             Missionaries for the organization of prospective Churches on
        negative vote."                         0                          the basis of Scripture and the Confessions as these have al-
           The Rev. Knott still reads the Standard Bearer and I            ways been maintained in the Protestant Reformed Churcheg
        hope he also reads this article. And I challenge him to prove,     and as these are now further explained in regard to certain
        and offer him space in our paper for the, purpose, that this       `principles.,, (From official copy of the Declaration  ; Acts of
        statement is' not "as foolish as it is bold." Let him prove the    Synod, 1951, article 285, page 196)"
        following :                                                            Comment  :'
            1. That the classis actually seated "schismatic and im-            I am certainly glad that the consistory of the First Prot-
      proper delegates" when they seated the Rev. C. Hanko and             estant Reformed Church of Kalamazoo, has a decision on
        elder G. Bylsma.                                                   their books stating that they agree with the Declaration of
           2. That the Church Order gave him the right to follow           Principles, and that, after 1951 they considered this decision
        his own "conviction that the cla&is was doing the wrong            settled and binding.
        thing" instead of properly appealing to synod and, in the              That proves, indeed, that, at-,that time, the consistory was
        meantime acquiescing in the decision already made.                 Protestant Reformed.
           3. That by following his own sweet way he himself did               It proves, moredver, that, at that time, they could `not
        not become guilty of schism.                                       possibly have agreed with the statement made by De Wolf
                                                                           in April 1951.' that "God promises to every one of you, that
           We now proceed to the second part of the protest of if you believe, you shall be saved."
        brother Meninga and its reply by the- former consistory of             It also prove? that the consistory of Kalamazoo has utter-
        K a l a m a z o o . -                                              ly departed from the truth they once+ embraced, that they
           Brother Meninga protested as follows :                          never took the  tiuth seriously, that, in fact, they can change
           "In the case of the doctrinal dispute about the statements      like the wind.
        by the Rev. De Wolf, I remind. you that the Declaration of
     - Principles which our consistory adopted some time ago is               For, when the schismatic synod, from which those that
        based on the W&d of God and our Confessions as the truth."         now call themselves the consistory of Kalamazoo now take
        (I took the liberty to correct and complete the wording of         their order as to what is to be-considered settled and binding,
        the protest without altering its sense, H.H.)                      repudiated the Declaration of Principles they  ,also repudiated
           .This part of the protest the former consistory answered        it, just as easily as one wipes his mouth after lunch. First
        as follows :                                                       they express that the Declaration is the  ti-tith,  n&v they
            "B: In answer to your further statement: "the truth            declare just easily that it is not the truth ; first they consider
        which was adopted some time ago by our corisistori,  namely,       that the Declaration is settled and binding, now they just as
        the Declaration of Principles," the consistory would make the      readily declare that it settled and binding no more!          '
        following observations :                                           ~  ~- 0 tempora! 0 mores ! Cicero would exclaim.
            "1. The eonsistory made a statement of agreement with              I will refrain from characterizing the attitude of  such  a
        the doctrine contained in the Declaration of Principles, but       consistory.
        advised against their adoption.                                      But let us examine the contents of this reply of the former
          - a. However, in view of their adoption by the synod of          consistory of Kalamazoo a little more closely.
        1951 they are a settled and binding decision on the  consis-           The former consistory replies to the protest of broth&
     t o r y .                                                             Mepinga "that the Declaration of Principles do not constitute
           b. It must also be borne in mind:                               an expression of all possible truth."
            1). That the Declaration of Principles do not constitute           I would say, to use a Dutch expression, ,,dat is een waar-
        an expression of all possible truth                                heid  als  eeri  koe," a truth as big as a cow. The Declaration
           2 j That they are : ,"A brief exhosition  of the confessions    does not express the truth that two times ttio are four, that
        regarding certain points of doctrine as maintained by the
I                                                                          the square of the hypothenuse is the sum of the squares on
        Protestant Reformed Churches." (From the official copy of          the two sides of a rectangular triangle, that the month of
        the Declaration printed by the Mission Committee, author-          August  has thirty-one days, that God is triune, that the sinner
        ized by  .Snyod)                                                   is totally depraved, that the church- is the gathering of be-
           a) They are "A brief exposition of the confessions . . . ."     lievers and their children, that the dead shall rise, etc. etc.
/          b) Also "regarding certain points of doctrine . . . .`,         No, the consistory that used to be Protestant Reformed did
           c) And therefore may be "true", but certainly not "THE          not need to remind us that the Declaration is not an expres-
        TRUTH."                                                            `sion of all possible truth. It pretends nothing `of the-kind.
I          "2. That the Declaration of  Pr'inciples  has no bearing ! . But what it did,: chiefly, intend  to emphasize, and what
        on the case in question as is evident from the Preamble of the     it actually did emphasize very clearly and definitely, is  ther
        Declaration which reads as follows : "Declaration of Prin-                                 (Corttbwed  on #age 494)


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  I(                                                                        be expected), but rather that it moves on the plane of a
                        AS  TO  BOOKS                          :            domparative  dogmen-historical study. Dr. Berkouwer is, a
                                                                            student. From the pr&ent  work, too, it is evident that he
          De  Hztmor  vaft de  BijbeJ  (The  Humor of the Bible)  by        studied several works on the sacraments. In this particular
   &ke Jager. Published by J. H.  Kok, N. V.,  Kampen,  the. treatise he compares  the views of  the Reformed writers and
   Netherlands, Price f 4.90.              -                                confessions with others of an earlier or a more recent date,
          ,The author of this book is not known to me.. In many             defending the former. This I consider esgecially  the value
   ways the book reminds me of the -writings of Thys  Booy.                 of the present book on the sacraments.
                                                                                         \
          The first chapter, it seems to me, is intended to serve as             3. I found the book to be somewhat heavy to read and,
   the keynote of the whole book. In -it the author gives what I - at times, ,tedious.  This is not due to the style of Dr. Berk-
   regard as a caricature description and application of the                ouwer, which usually is clear, not to the subject material,
   wedding feast and those that were invited to attend it. It is            but rather to too  .frequent repetition of the same material.
   evident that the author intends to apply this description-of             When. Dr. Berkouwer discusses different views of various
- the parable as he .interpr.ets  `or applies it to the church of           aspects of the sacraments by differ&t authors and then de-
   today, particularly  to the Reformed Churches of the Nether-             fends the Reformed view over against them, he frequently
   lands and to Reformed Christians. He is evidently of the                 repe&s himself. Much of this repetition could, to my mind,
   opinion that a hearty laugh and a little humor could go far              have been avoided.`
   in solving  the problems and.difficulties  of those  dhurches.  He            4. My chief. object&n  to the book iS that Dr. Berkou-
   seems to agree' with Billy Sunday when he said that many                 wer hardly ever mentions the doctrine of election. He does
   Ch+tians walk about with faces so long that "tvy could                   not give this doctrine a central and fundamentai  place. In
   eat oatmeal put of the end of a gaspipe."                                fact, as I now recall, election is mentioned only once, i.e. in
          The author is, no doubt,  -an able writer: The book af-           connection with the sacrament of baptism. I do not under-
  fords easy  an< pleasant reading: Moreover, he  offei-s  many             stand how one cdn explain Rom. 6:3-6, that believers are
   good remarks about  humor and irony.                                     baptized into?he  {eath of Christ, buried and raised with Him,
          But I cannot agree with the chief contents of the book.           so that their old man is crucified with Him, without referring
   Some passages, if they were  td be taken seriously, I would              to the. truth of election.
   have to criticise severely. This is true, for instance, about                 5. If I  would  write a more elaborate criticism of the
   the passage on- p. 64, where the writer finds humor in the               book I  woul_cl  certainly ask Dr. Berkhouwer to define clearly
   inkifation  of the angel in the open grave of the risen Lord:            his cdnception  of the promise of God and, at the same time,
   "CoOrnF, see  the, place where the Lord lay." Humor he finds'            I would criticize his view of the conditionality of that
  in the same passage in the sacrament of baptism. To me                    p r o m i s e .
   this means that he  n&her understands the importance of the                   6. Logically the entire  passtige on the necessity of bap-
  place where the Lo&' lay, nor the sacrament of baptism. .                 tism and of the sacraments in general does not belong where
        : The author, `to my mind, .confuses  too much "humor" with         it occurs.
  what  the Bible calls "joy in the Lord."                                       I heartily recommend the study of this book to all students
                                                                    H.H.    of dogmatics.
                                                                                                                                      H.H.
          De  Samautzedek  (The Sacraments) by Dr. `G. C. E&k-
  &tier. Published by J. H. Mok,  N.V., Kampen, the Nether-                     Levende   Wool-den   r)n.ti   A~lrgats&us  (Living Words of
  lands. Price f 9.75.             `.                  .-                   Augustine) by Dr. A. Sizoo; published by J, H. Kok, N.V.,
          Dr. Berkouwer as an author is, by this time, quite well           Karnpen,  the Netherlands.
  known  among  l;s. Hi's latest contribution to Reformed liter-                This book is written in commemoration of the well known
  atuze, under the general heading "Doctrinal studies" %' a                 chuych-father  Augustine  whose birth will be exactly sixteen
  discussion of the-sacraments. The book is worthy of a  more'              centuries ag? on Nov. 13. 1954. Seeing that A-ugustine  was
  thdrough and elaborate discussion than is possible within the
           ,                                                                not only the author of several theological works but also a
  scope of .a mere book review. But this must-wait till a later             preacher of the gospel for thirty nine years, Dr. Sizoo con-
  date, the Lord willing. In the meantime I shall briefly offer             ceived of the plan to select and translate from the Latin
  my  ,evaluation  of the  bbok in the following remarks.                   several  passages from his sermons, many of which are left
          1. The book is divided into three main parts. The first           to  us;and  present them to the modern reader.
  part `deals with the sacraments in general  ; the second dis-                 Though these sermons are centuries old, the passages
  cusses the sacrament `of Holy Baptism ; the third treats of the           from-them presented by Dr. Sizoo are still very readable and
  sac&&ent  of Hdly Communion.                  :                           may be read, not only with interest, but also with spiritual
         `:2. The chief .merit of the book; in- my cipinibn,: is not        beriefit.
  that if offeri  anything new or gives a fuller and rich& devel-               1 gladly .recommend this book to the Holland reader.
  opment of the doctrine of. the sacraments (this could hardly                                                                      H . H .


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                                                                            of the psalm he teaches us that he went into  the  sanctuary,
                 OUR  DOCTRINE                                      I and that in the sanctuary he saw all this prosperity of the
                                                                            wicked in a different light. For he saw their end. And in
                                                                            the light of that end he beheld that prosperity of the wicked as
                   THE TRIPLE KNOWLEDGE                                  " s@pery places, on which God set them, and.on which He sent
                                                                            them into everlasting destruction. The same is -true of Psalm
                                                                            92. There the psalmist speaks of the deep thoughts of God
         AN  EXPOSITION  OF  THE  HEIDE+BERG   CATECFIISM                   and the greatness of His works : "0 Lord, how great are thy
                    PART  III  -  OF  THANKFULNESS                          works ! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man know-
                                                                            eth not  ; neither doth a fool understand this. When the wicked
                             LORD'S DAY 42                                  spring as the grass, and all the workers of. iniquity  dcx
                                                                            flourish  ; it  5 is that they shall be destroyed forever." Psalm
                                Chapter 1                                   93 :4-7. Although, therefore, God in His sovereign dispensa-
                                                                            tion bestows the material goods of this world upon the wicked
                                                                            and the righteous alike, and ususally bestows upon the
            .         Christian Stewardship (cont.)                         former more than upon the latter, this by no means signifies
          Nor does God bestow the goods that He gives to                   ?hat He is gracious to the wicked. His grace rests upon His
       everyone according to His sovereign  disp-ensation  upon             people, His elect, the righteous, the believers in Christ Jesus
      &an in His common grace. For, to be  sure, "He maketh                 alone.
      his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, at-id sendeth               Only the Christian, the believe; in Christ Jesus, there-
       rain  qn the  j&t and on the  unj&t," but this caimot                fore, is again the true steward of God, also with regard to
       be quoted as proof that God loves the righteous and the              the things of this present world. For, in the first place,
       wicked alike, or that His favor is upon the elect and rep-           Christ Himself is the principal steward-over the whole house
       robate. For in that case it would mean that the Lord loves           of ,God,  over all things in heaven and on earth, both in re:
      .the rich capital&, that has an abundance of goods, more              spect  to the things of the present world and of the world to
      than the poor laborer that works for starvation-wages in his          come. For He is Lord. To Him is given all power in heaven
      factory, and the rich landowner, that reaps his abundant              and on earth. And every knee must bow and every tongue
      harvest, more than the laborer -whose hire is kept back by            must confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the
      fraud. For even as the preaching of the gospel,  that is              Father. In Him we have become true stewards of God, also
      general and promiscuous to all that hear, does not mean               with regard to our present material and earthly possessions.
      that God loves all the hearers and is favorable to them, elect        In Him we have again received the right to receive all things
      and reprobate; but that l&s favor rests only upon the elect;          from God. In Him we have .received  the power to acknowl-
      so the general rain and sunshine from heaven that &lls -upon          edge the God of our salvation and to serve Him also with.
      the just and the unjust alike by no means is a proof of thq           our material possessions. And in Him we have received thd
      fact that God loves all the just and the &njust promiscuously,        will to serve Him &d principally to .glorify  Hiti in the midst
      and that the bestowal of earthly goods may be regarded                of the world, whether -we are rich or poor. For we are called
      as a co+non favor of God upon all. The rest of the Scrip-             out of darkness into His marvellous light even as we are re-
      tures teach us the very opposite. For "the curse of the               deemed by the blood of the cross from the dominion of sin and
      Lord is in the house of the wicked," no matter whether that           death.  Priniipally  we are no more  thieves,  thieves with
     r house is a veritable palace; and in it the wicked dwells             respect to God and with respect to one another. But it is
      in luxury. But, on the contrary, "he blesseth the habitation          our joy to consecrate ourselves and all things to the service
      of the just," no matter  ho& humble and poor that habita-             of the Most High. And even as we acknowledge the Lord
      tion may be. Prov. 3 :33. Psalm 73 speaks of the prosperity           our God in Christ Jesus our Savior fdr all our material pos-
      of the wicked : "There are no bands in their death: but               sessions and for all that we receive in the present  life,
      their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men ;       whether it be riches or poverty, health or sickness, prosperity
      neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride - or adversity; and even as we are called to and principally
      compasseth them about as a chain  ; violence covereth them            endeavor to manage all things in the n&e of God and to
      as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness : they hayi
      more than heart. could' wish. They are corrupt, and speak            His giory ; so we expect the reward of faithful servants from
      wickedly concerning oppi-essiori : they speak loftily. They set      Him, and from Him alone, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
     their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walk&h              "For as the apostle writes in I Cor. 3 :21-23 : "Therefore let
      through th_e earth." And the psalmist for a ti.me indeed looks       no man glory in men. For all  things  are yours  ; Whether
      upon this ,prosperity  of the wicked as a sign of the favor          Paul, or  Apollos, or Cephas, or -the world, or life, or death,
_     of God upon. them, and even in distinction from -the+ poor           or things present, or things to come; all things are yours ;
      people of God that suffered in the world. But in' the end            And ye are Christ's; and Christ is  God's"


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                             Chapter 2                               first place, that evidently it was not a community of goods
                                                                     in the stricter sense of the word, as if, for instance, no one
                   The Grace of Contentment                          had any-private homes in which they dwelled, as if in their
        Christian stewardship, we said, implies that God is. the     homes they did not have their own furniture, and as `if they
 proprietor of all things through Jesus Christ our Lord, and         did not have their own clothes. They evidently sold so much
 that therefore. He distributes all our material possessions to      of their possessions as was necessary to provide for them that
 each one according to His will. We receive all things from          had need, and laid it. at the apostles' feet. And secondly, we
 Him, and acknowledge Him as the Lord. Secondly, it implies          may well remark that this .community of goods in the church
 that we manage all our earthly posessions in the name of God        was an impossible situation, and that in a sinful world it could
 and according to His precepts. The Christian is simply God's        not possibly be maintained. The example of Ananias and  Sap-
 manager in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. And thirdly,          phira is sufficient proof of this. And the situation came to
 we said that as God's managers in Jesus Christ our Savior           an early end, as is shown by the fact that in chapter 6 of
- we espect  the reward, both in time and eternity, from Him         Acts we already read of the appointment of deacons, OC-
 alone.                                                              casioned by the fact that "In those days, when the number
    This implies, of course, that the Christian does not and         of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of
 cannot believe in communism `as a system of society, or in          the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were
 community of goods. It has been objected that nevertheless          neglected in the daily ministration."
this community of goods is a Scriptural idea, and that a                 The Christian therefore believes in what is called private
 certain system of communism existed in the early- church.           property, and what we rather call the private stewardship.
 For we read in. Acts 2 :44, 45 : "And all that believed were        of the Christian. Communism is in conflict with the organic
 together, and had all things in common ; And sold their pos-        existence and development of the human race, according  to,
 sessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every  man       which God distributes to every man his -own material pos-
 had need.>>  And in Acts 4 ~33-37 we read : "And with great         sessions. This distribution is .accompiished  through all kinds
 power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the          of ways and means, such as buying and selling, labor and
 Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither.             wages, contracts and partnerships, lending and borrowing,
 was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were           inheritance,, and other ways and means. But .it is always
 possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the            God that is the proprietor of all things, that must be acknowl-
 prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at          edged as such in Christ Jesus our Lord, and in Whose name
 the apostles' feet : and distribution was made unto every man       and for Whose sake the Christian manages his earthly pos-
 according as he had need. And Joses, who by the apostles            s e s s i o n s .
 was. surnamed  Barnab&,  (which is, being interpreted, The              According to Ursinus. there are various Christian virtues
 Son of Consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,        presupposed in the keeping of this eighth commandment, such
 Having land, sold  it? and brought the money, and laid it at        as commutative justice, contentment, fidelity, liberality, hos-
 the apostles' feet." But as Ursinus remarks in :his "Com-           pitality, parsimony, and frugality. All these virtues may very
 mentary on the Heidelberg Catechism  ;" "1. The examples            well be subsumed under the head of the one principal virtue
 are not the same: for a community of goods in the time of           of contentment, which is the very opposite of covetousness,
 the apostles was easy and necessary.  It. was easy, because         which is the root of all evil. According to Ursinus again :
 the disciples  ~were few in number. It was necessary because        "Contentment is a virtue, by which we are satisfied Land
 there was great danger, that if they did not sell them, they        contented with our present possessions, which we have
 would be wrested from them by violence. It is different,            honestly acquired, and by which we quietly endure poverty  .`
 however, as it respects the church at the present time  ; for       and other inconveniences. not desiring what does not belong
such a community of goods would now be neither easy nor              to us, or what is unnecessary."
 necessary. The apostles were, therefore, led,for just and               The grace of contentment is beautifully described by the
 sufficient reasons, to have such a community of goods, which        apostle Paul in Philippians 4 :11: "For I have learned, in
 causes are now no' more in .existence.  2. They did it freely,      .whatsoever  state I am, therewith to be content." It is there-
 and not by any  latv constraining them to adopt such measures.      fore a grace by which we are conscious of being victorious:
 Each one did it of his own accord. `Hence Peter said to             over all external things, conditions, states, circumstances.
 Ananias, `While it remained was it not thine own? . And
 after it was sold, was it not in thine own power 7' (Acts 5 :4).    For it is evident from the passage in its context that it deals
 It was; therefore, voluntary. 3. It was a particular custom.        with external things, with things that are earthy, with mate-
 not having respect to the whole church: for it was not ob-          rial possessions -and earthy states. To these external things.
 served in the churches. Alms were collected in Macedonia            our earthly life is related, in a measure, we may say, that
 and Achaia, and. sent to Jerusalem. 4. It was temporary ;           we are dependent on them. We are in need of earthly posses-
 for it was afterwards abolished when the causes which  firsti       sions.*
 gave rise to it passed away." To this we may add, in the                                                                      H.H.
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                                                                         the Lord our righteousness. Wherefore Paul says in Romans
       FROM  HOLY  WR-IT  *.                                             3 :21, but now, without law, a righteousness of God has been
i                                                                        manifested; having been. witnessed of by the law and the
                                                                         prophets, even the righteousness of God which is through
           ' Exposition of Bomang ,1:14-17                               the faith of Christ Jesus. It is a righteousness which isours
                           (Continued)                                   simply because God hath set forth His Son a propitiation for
                                                                                        \
     The Gospel is indeed a power of God unto salvation for              out sins.
every one that  believeth;  first the  Jew-  and also the Greek.            A righteousness of God it is. The original does not say:
Thus  .we noticed in the former article on this passage from             the righteousness of God is revealed in the same. He does
Holy Writ.                                                               not here `wish to emphasize the distinction of this righteous-
     We now must notice what the Word of God tells us here               ness from any other righteousness, but he describes the na-
concerning the reason why the Gospel is such a power of God              ture of this righteousness. A righteousness of God it is. This
unto  salvation..~  We must not try to give the answer to this           means that God'has thought it out in His"counsel!  where no
question from our own human reasoning, but we must listen                one taught  ,Him  knowledge. (Isaiah 40  f33  ; Romans  11:34-
to the Word of God itself. We must also, in this Matter,                 36.) It is wholly out of God's Counsel, and is prepared by
be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath, and not               God Himself. For. God was  in Christ reconciling the world
be wise in our own conceits.                                             unto Himself, not imputing unto us our sins and has given
     What' is this reason ?                                              the Gospel, the Ministry of reconciliation. `Such is this right-
     It is simply that in this Gospel of Christ a riglzteowsness         eousness of God, spoken of here in Romans 1 t17.
of  God  is  revealed  out of faith  unto  fa.ith,  as it is written,        Now we should. notice that Paul does not simply state
the  jab  shall live by faith!                                           here in the text that this righteousness of God is preacked
     Let us try to understand this Yeason  why the Gospel is             to believers. He is not speaking of the preaching, but he is
.such a power unto salvation for every one believing.                    telling us' why he is not  u.&a,wLed   of the Gospel  as  a!
     This Gospel is a power of God unto salvation, because it            preacher! Hence, he tells  US  the inner nature of  the'
*eveals n hgkteo~usness  of God. And it is such a power unto             Gospel and why it is a ,power of God unto salvation. The-
salvation for every..one  that belicvetk  because the $tiunner of        power of the Gospel and the preaching of the Gospel are -by
the revelation of this righteousness in. the, Gospel is out of           no means indentical  in nature according to Scripture and the
faith  unto  faith!                `.I                                   Confessions. And we may not for the correct understanding
     Two very salient points in the text.                                of the sense of the Holy Spirit confuse these two! And,
     The first of these two points we will discuss here. The             therefore, we must not read `the text as if Paul tells us what
Gospel is power of God unto salvation  - since' it reveals a             is  pveached  tq believers! For our. text says something quite
~iglzteomness of God.                                                    different !
     What does this imply  ? ,                                               Nor does the text say: a righteousness of God is re-
     First of all, let us notice that "righteousness" here does          vealed -in the Gospel to b&eve9-s.  The text speaks of such'
not simply refer to the punitive justice of God. It is not               a revelation of the righteousness of God in the Gospel which
that virtue, perfection of God whereby He rewards the good               demonstrates the power of God unto salvation in the `Gospel.
and punishes the evil doers. That is God's punitive justice.             Verse 17 gives the reason (gar) for verse 16. And, there-
Now the Apostle does not refer to this in the text. He is                fore, we must not read here: the righteousness of `God is rkr
speaking of a righteousness that is "Gospel," glad-tiding? of            vealed in the Gospel  to believers:  For we should notice that
good things for poor sinners. This the punitive justice of               this righteousness was indeed ma&fested, openly set forth
God is not. It is simply a reason for terror for the sinner              on the Cross. But Paul here does -not simply speak of mani-
apart from the glad-tidings here spoken of. It is this justice           festation (Phanerow) but of revelation (apokaluptein) ,
of God that causes the wicked to cry mountains cover us                  which includes inner illumination. Compare Matthew 11:25,
because the eye of+Him  that sitteth on the Throne, and the!.            26. The apostle Paul here tells us the  Mode  of the revelation
wrath of the Lamb. That is a righteousness that causes every             of the righteousness of God in the hearts of believers, of this
mouth to be stopped and the whole world to be guilty before              righteousness spoken of in the Gospel.
God. It is the righteousness of the law. And before this law                 It is important to notice, that Paul does not say: It is
no flesh. is justified. Hence, the righteousness here spoken             revealed in the Gospel, that righteousness is 
of is not the punitive justice of God.                                                                                     out of faith unto&
     On the contrary, the righteousness here spoken of, is the           faith,  but he says : in the Gospel a righteousness is  revealed
righteousness of God, which He has prepared for us in                    out of f&b unto faith. "Revealed" must be taken with "out
Christ, when He made Christ for us to be wisdom, righteous-              of faith" and not with "in the same" (Gospel). Thus we seer
ness, sanctification and complete redemption. I Cor. 1  :30, 31.         why the Gospel is only a power of God in those believing, a
And in this righteousness no one can boast in the flesh and              power unto salvation. And thus, to be sure, we also see why
in works of law that we perform,~ but all our glorying is in             the Gospel is indeed a power unto salvation in every one


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       that believeth.  Not one-case can ever be cited. where there            open to the charge of not speaking the language of the Con-
       was a believer and where this power was absent.                         ressions  which speak of the. Bible as the Word of God. All
          Ac'cording  to the text there is no +evelatiopz  of this right-      hear the Bible when the Gospel is proclaimed. But all do not
       eous&s where faith is absent. Where this faith is abser&a               perceive spifitually  what they "hear"  naturally!  Remans
       covering is on the heart, there is blindness. Surely the right-         lO:lS-21.  Since the term "hear" can refer to both the nat-
       eousness is clearly attested to in the preaching<to  all who hear       ural,hearing  as well as the spiritual hearing of faith, it is, in
       the Gospel  ~~oclai~~~ed,-  but there is no revelation of this          our opinion, .better to speak, as does the text, of the differ-
       righteousness, that spells for;giveness,  except in believers.          ence between the preaching of the Gospel and the revelation
     Therefore this Gospel is power of God unto salvation  fog                 of the righteousness of God out of faith unto faith.' In the
       eveq one believing. And, therefore, thk proclamation of the             unbeliever the "sound" indeed was heard, but he does not
       Gospel is indeed promiscuous, together with the command                 hear Jesus say to Him : peace be unto yoy, because I  .am thy
       tb believe and repent, but the reveletion of this righteousness         righteousness ! The righteousness of the Cross is hid from
       of God in its quickening power, its peace, joy and blessed-             him as a wise and prudent one and it is revealed unto babes.
       ness is only for believers.                                             These latter hear Jesus  say with a spiritual hearing: Come
         Why is it only for believers ?                                        tinto  Me all ye .that are laboring, being heavy laden, and I
          This is due to the revealed reality that this revelation is          will give you rest - out of faith unto faith !
       out of faith  mto faith!  That is the  w<,anney,  the mode in              ,Thus it was ever. And it shall be as it is written in
       which the just live.                                                    Habakkuk 2: 4 : "ihe just shall live by faith." This is a re-
          Abdut this too we must &ake a few expository remarks.                markable passage. It was spoken by the prophet Habakkuk
          When the text says "live" it does  nbt. merely mean                  in the time when the Chaldean world-power, under  Nebu-
-      existence. It means -the three-score and ten years that the             chadnezzar,`would  carry Jildah away to captivity. The reason
       believers must live in this .present  world  before God; it is          for their being carried away was that the curses of the law,
       the "living" the eternal life in the midst of this present wsrld        as spoken by Moses, had come upon them. No flesh was
       tihi`ch is nothing but a continual death. It means- to be saved         justified by the works of the law. As far as'Israe1 was con-
      -from the wrath of God which is revealed,. so as to be' ex-              cerned - the earthly and typical glory had departed. Never
       perienced by all the ungodly, who keep the truth of God                 would it again return. And, as far as the flesh could see,
       down in unrighteousness. In the midst of those who are                  there was `rio hope for Israel. But now there must come a
       without excuse the just are the "living ones." We live! We              .Word bf God, a Word of the Promise. Habakkuk must write
       have eternal Iif& joy and peace in our hearts.                          the vision of God, and make it plain upon tablets, that he that
          How do we thus live, have joy and peace in our hearts ?              runneth may read it.  The Promise hastens to its  ftilfilment.
       We  hsve this by the power of the Gospel, as we lay hold by             right through the captivity. And what is the Wofd  in this
       faith on this glad-tidings of God things. For thus Paul                 dark hour? Is it a -word simply for exceptional times ? It,
       teaches-us the righteousness of God is revealed, it is revealecl        indeed, fits the exceptional time of `Habakkuk, but it fits all
       out  of  faith  z&o,  faith.  (ek  pistebos  eis pistin) Only out of    times. The word is the wz~a.nnc~ of the life of the just is out
       that faith, which is a certain knowledge and joyful c&idence,           of faith!
       that Christ died for us, do we li<e. Apart from' this faith the             Thus is the rule for the Jew first.
       preaching affords us nothing; Unto Salvation! Such is the                   It is the rule also for the Gentile as he is a fello&-heir
       reality evidenced by unbelieving -Israel, whose  carcases.  fell        with the Jew of the righteousness which is by faith.
       in the wilderness. Hebrews 3 :12-19.  For notice that it is                 Ashamed of such a Gospel ? Was Habakkuk? Was Paul ?
       revealed out of faitjz.  Only  where such faith is present in the       Shall we be Afmo  1954? Nay, we shall be ready to preach
       heart is the Gospel that is proclaimed -a power of God into             this even before the kings of the earth !                          G.L.
       salvation.  Only where is this hearty confidence. and certain
       knowledge is there a power of God present to bring from con-                                        -IN  M E M O R I A M
       fidence to new and renewed confidence, and an ever richer                  We  exp;ess our heartfelt sympathy with  Jake King and with
                                                                               Joe King, a fellow-office bearer, in the death of their mother,
       blessedness in the God of our salvation. Fbr this righteous-                                   MAGDALENA KING
       ness of God is revealed out of faith, but then also  into faith.        n&e'  Heitema on July 23, 1954 at' the ripe age of 81 years, and
       This power of the Gospel also affords ,growth in Faith. And             their father,
       it always works on the principle that he who  .hath .&all re-                                  F R E D E R I C K   K I N G
       ceive more and have abundance, and that they who have not               on August 25,  1954 at the age of 93 years.
                                                                                  Believing that He, who hath begun a good work in His be-
       from them shall be taken even what they think to have. For              lieving saints, will finish it even until the day of Jesus Christ, and
       the revelation of the righteousness is out of faith unto faith.         that our living Redeemer shall  brin,v again from the dead those,
          Just in passing ,we would  here remark that in our humble            who have fallen asleep in Him, we commit the sorrowing  King.
       opinion it is not necessary to say that only the believers JLcar        family to  His" keeping.
                                                                                     Consistory of the  Creston Protestant Reformed Church
       the  Word of God, to be specific in our terminoltigy.  And it!                                                G. Lubbers, President
       may be confusing also to do so. One thus easily lays himself                                                  P.  Vanden   Engel, Clerk


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 II                                                                        `There are many things in that record that could with
                                                                        profit be studied. There are things which on the surface are
                                                                        so glaringly  untrue.  There  are accusations hurled which
                                                                        came & a boomerang to plague thosk who uttered them.
                        Wcdking  i n   E r r o r                            One accusation, however, which was sworn to in the
                                   (11)                                 cross bill and repeated on the stand by a witness did not get
                                                                        its proper answer  because of the evasive answering to which
       Of late a whispering campaign is being conducted in these        the -witnesses resorted: Or shall we be charitable and say
  parts (and no doubt, also elsewhere) `concerning the under-           that it was due to the,fact that frequently they hZd a lapse of
  signed's presentation of the court case .                             men&y so. that on certain `fine points they could say that
       These whispered accusations, which  .claim  that the under-      they did not remember? One. amazing thing the complete
  signed distorted~  the facts- and that' there is another side         court record will show is that witnesses appeared to state
  which denies  .his writings, are wrong-on two  daunts.                literally and swear  to `it that they spoke ttie exact words
       The whispering campaign is wrong on  the first  count            which the Rev. Hoeksema spoke. thirty years ago when the
  because we presented the court case exactly as it actually            articles of incorpordtion  of First Church were drawn up, but
  occurred.  \]le put nothing in the mouth of anyone. We gave
                                     .                                  they could ndt  rerilember  what happened, just last year and
  the court iecords'  then&elves. Let those who whisper that            would not commit themselves.
  the undersigned distorted facts produce  other  court records             But the accusation we have reference to which ought to
  if they can which they dare to publish as court records. Let:         be answered is the one Jnade during the testimony of Rev.
  them produce the evidence or keep silent.                             De Jonge. He repeated the accusation- of the cross bill that
       They are wrong on the second count  in that they never           the Rev. `Hoeksema came out to Hull to wreck  his church.
  confronted the undersigned with these accusations but whis-           After preaching for two Sundays in Hull the undersigned
  pered them to others whom they wanted to deceive into                 can understand, as far Bs his flesh is concerned, this com-
  believing they were not true. Let them come  td the un-               plaint  of Rev. De Jonge. He was amazed to see how many
  dersigned and-~ then with evidence' and not merely with               left him and refused to waik with him in his. way of error.
  words. Let them speak up and not whisper %ords  not in-               But his accusation- htirled  at the Rev.  Hoeksepa  is unjust
  tended for his `ears because they know that he has, the facts         and false. And he kno.ws  it too.
  to put their whispers to -nought:  They know that we h&e              -' When, under cross- examination it `was pointed out to
  either the official records or witnesses to everything that we        him that Rev. De Wolf also made a trip out to Sioux Counfy
  wrote about  *the court case.                                         in  Ioiva to plead his cause, Rev. De Jonge stated that if the
       And yet there-is a ray of hope which they unwittingly and        Rev.  Hoeksema-had  not first come, Rev. De Wolf would not
  unintentionally emit. For by trying to cast the whole thing           have come either. He left the impression that the Rev. Hoek-
-in a different light, they  adn$t  that what actually  tobk place,     sema came to do his "evil work"- and that it was necessary
  as recorded in these columns, is to their shame,  @at they and        for Rev. De Wolf to come and to counteract it.
  theirs should.never  have done such things and that what was          Now that all sounds  SO awful!
  done is indeed wrong. `If they will now only confess this will-           And we are not even going to stress the. point that thq
  ingly and intentionally, then there is indeed hope yet even           Rev. Hoeksema made to Mr.. Linsey when he brought up
  at this late'hour.                                                    this matter, namely, that the split in Hull had already taken,
       The conviction grows upon is that it is needful to get           place before he came and that he came ONLY because he
  the court records of the entire trial from the first word to          was invited by the  fai!hful  group to  cotie to Hull. That
 the  last.`Then  many amazing and, to some, unbelieving things'        evidence is in the records and puts the lie to ,this whole  ac-
  will be revealed. The cost is one m&n barrier to obtaining            cusation that he went to wreck the churches in Ipwa and
  them.  But if  en&g!1 individuals can be found who are will-          M i n n e s o t a .   :
  ing to help finance it and will write either the undersigned or           But there is another element that ought to -be known and
  the Rev. James MC Collam that  tiey are  $lling to do this,           receive its proper emphasis.
  we, together with the Rev. Gerald Vanden.  Berg will in-                  The Rev. Hoeks&a  -was not the first one to visit Iowa
 vestigate t.he possibility of lnaking  such a complete record          in regard to the two statements of Rev. De Wolf and in
  available to thpse who have "signe"d  up" for it. If the case .is!    regai-d to his suspension.
  appealed to the Supreme' Court of the State of Michigan, the              Of all men it was Rev. Kok who saw the need of attend-
 cost will be far less, and we would wait tin that is deter-            ing that September session of what was still up to that time
 mined before trying to secure the complete record. Howkver,            Classis  W e s t .
  we wduld have to know @fore that time how many desire a                  Rev. k-ok, a man equally involved in the Liberated Con-
 copy. We dirge also those who left us to get a copy and study          ditional Theology with Rev. De Wolf, a man against whom
  it. These things were not done' in a corner. They were  ,done         protests were lodged because he, too, was guilty of. introduc-
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       was pending with the  sathe  Classis, he saw fit and the need               But let us ,have  one authority who maintains that when a
       to go t6 Classis West last September.            '                      consistory receives notification of suspension ,that it must
         ' And no doubt he was given advisory. vote !                          take a stand & to whether it will recognize it or not.
               You see, we called these men engineers of the schism,pf             Instead of rushing  -such a tremendously important thing
       `53 and not in malice and sarcasm but because we are firmly             through in orie day they should have adjourned till they had
       convinced upon factual evidence that. these men wer.e work-             found at least one authority whose learned opinion is that
       ing together for years as a unit in that which we call :the             this was the-right way to go. But they did not. According
     "Hate Hoeksema" campaign. -Retilember  l&t one instance                   to the school of engineering which they had attended, they
       -related on `the -pages of a former -Standard Bearer how the            could do such a thing and build a bridge over article 84 that
       Rev. Hoeksema was DENIED -advisory vote at a session  pf                "No church shall in any way lord it over other Churches,
       Classis West and the president declared that they did not               no Minister over other Ministers, no Elder or Deacon over
       need him there to give advice.                                          other Elders  arid Deacons."
               In September Rev. Kok, also from Classis East, did not              Who taught you that ~engineering feat ?
       get such a reception you m&y be sure, even though his teach-                You produced no authority for its legality.
       ings -were being questioned and examined by  Classis East                   Or .did Rev. Kok,  your authority in Church Polity, take
       and a committee had been appointed. to give the Classis ad-             that trip to`Iowa-  in September of `53 in order so to advise
       vice both in regard to his teachings and refusal to  abide'&
                                          _                                    you ?
       the deci$on  of the Synod which had adopted `the Declaration                1s he  the.&uthority  for such a schismatic act?
       of Principles.                                                              And we.dare to predict that all these engineering feats of
               Whether he used his advisory vote or not, we are not, iri       yours are going to be your downfall in the future.  You  can-
       a position to state. But ,you may be sure that h& spoke PO              not build a `bridge like that -which will stand the test of the
       the delegates butside  of the. sessions of Classis and about            stress and storms of this life nor surely of God's Word. Soon
       the statements of Rev. De Wolf and his  .suspension.  The               you may find yourselves in a position where all these illegal
       picture  was surely colored by his- speech.  Anybne   who               decisions'and actions of yours will backfire and you will be
       knows Rev. ISok is well' aware that he is not a- man of few             helpless because you have thrown away the truth in order
       words. A'nd wotlld  a man travel all alone  some five htihdred          to get yo,ur way in this schism.
       miles to this* Classical session just to -see the- rolling hills ,of        Let  us, therefore, in the mercy of Christ plead with  you
       Iowa  ancl the faces of the delegates that came from far land           to reconsider all. that you- hate done. Do not hide it. Expose
       tiide?                                           . .                    it to the light of God's Word and :the Church Order. YOU
               Rev. Kok felt the need of being at that Classis.                cannot hide it from  Hiti anyway.
               Was he perliaps invited or urged to come ? '                        Btit  doctrine.+nd-walk  of life go hand in hatid.%
               At any rate, Rev. De Jonge, he was there long before the-          .You will have to cast your doctrinal errors away. first.
       -Rev. Hoeksema ever thought of taking such a trip. He                   . For  hit  is a doctrinal issue.  We  .can prove that. YOU
       spread propaganda for the cause of Rev. De Wolf and for                 have prpven it.
       the Liberated. And though Rev. De- Wolf-  was not there!                    We p;omised,  last time, to give you the details of what
       personally before the Rev. Hoeksema came, yet, Rev. De                  we consider to be the biigest  blunder  0%. the whole  cotirt
       Jonge, you know that he was represented by Rev. Kok.  `And              case. We do so .noW as briefly as possible.          -
     I your testimony  that Rev. De Wolf would never have come if                  It must be borne in mind that our churches subscribe to
       the Rev. - Hoeksema had not first come is camouflage and the Presbyterian form of church government according to
       distortion of. the truth.                                               -which we b&eve  in the autonolily  of the local church and
        And Rev. Kok is your authority  oti Church  Polity.  Is                in a federation of. these  autotiomous  churches that meet in
       he not? It looked that way in court.                                     Cljssis  and Synod to de&de  things which are for the well-
          Was*it upon his advice that you took your  decision ?                being of these churches in common.
               Several witnesses for Rev.  De Wolf stated that since the           On the afternoon of June 3 Rev. Kok was on the stand
       suspension of Rev. De Wolf involved churches in  Classis                 and Mr. Tubbs  ,q;estioned  him to show that his church
     - West, they had to decide for themselves whether they would              political view was Congregational rather than Presbyterian.
       recognize the suspension and  .allow  him on their pulpits or           For the Congregational chgrches  also believe in tht autonomy
       not.                                                        I:          of the local  chilrch but have no  Classis and Synod. They
          Will anyone, -please, quote  -onIe authority who maintains            simply m&et  in a conference where no decisions are made,
       thBt ?                                                                  the problems  are  simply..discussed  without a decision being
               The church that suspends `is in' duty bound -to `notify all     made for the churches. At one tim_e Rev. Kok even admitted
      `the churches in the defiomination  so that they do .not invite'         to Mr. Tub& that afternoon. that! though his view was Pres-
       him to their pulpit. This First Church did,  but significantly          byterian, it was closer to Congregational. (It is a!1 in the
       enough, it did not send notick  to -.the Classis,  for Classis can      recqrd).  Ir; it any wonder that Mr. Linsey, Rev.  De Wolf'.s
_      take no action  in the matt& being treated in a sister Classis.                            (Tontimed   on  fiag2  5 0 0 )


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                                                                        fice"   o r "oblation."    Neither does he  speak  ~hefe of the
 [I         Contending  For  The  Faith  I[ Eucharist. However. when he writes, "that so all things may
                                                                  II    agr'ee  in &ity," he is referring to the idea of "sacrifice" as
                                                                        ,it  -%ppears in the early Christian Church. The same thought
              The Church and the Sacraments                             ;S expressed by this early Church leader in the following -
                                                                        quotatioh:  "!As therefore the Lord did nothing without the
           EARLY  &ws  ON  THE  SACRAMENT  OF  THE                      Father, being united to Him, neither by Himself nor by the
                              LORD'S  SUPPER                            apostles, so neither do ye anything without the bishop and
                               (Continued)                              piesbyters.  Neither endeavour that anything appear reason-
                                                                        able and proper to yourselves apart; but being come to-
                                                                        gether into the same place, let there be one prayer, one sup-
  .     The sacrifice constitutes an essential element today in the     plication, one mind, one hope. in love and in joy undefiled.
  Roman Catholic doctrine of the mass. The Romish  Churchi              There is one Jesus Christ. than whom ,nothing  is more ex-
  distinguishes between  the Mass and the Eucharist. The bass           cellent. Do ye all run together as unto one temple of God,
  precedes the Eucharist and is, of course, n&essary  for it.           as to one altar, `as to done Jesus Christ, who came forth froth
  There can be no Eucharist, no partaking of the body and               one Father, and is with and has gone to one." - end of
  blood of Christ and of thanksgiving to God without the                quote. In this-quotation Ignatius has refeience  to the Lord's
  Mass. In the Mass the bread and wine aye actually changed             Supper undoubtedly when he speaks of ."one altar." And,
  intb the body and blood of the Lord through the-intercession          althofigh  he does not mention "sacrifice" or "oblation" in
of the priest; and the j>&dy  anh blood of the Lord are really , this quotation, he does mention the various Christian graces
  offered by the Church. This may be a bloodless sacrifice, but         which should characterize the Church of the living God. We
  it is just as real a sacrifice-as that which occurred upon the        should:therefore  riote that this early Church leader speaks OF
cross of Calvary. This is the Roman Catholic conception of              the various Christian. graces (one prayer, one  supplicatibn,
  the sacrifice in connection with the Lord's Supper.                   one mind, one hope, in love and joy undefiled) in connection
        It is `and should be a most interesting question whether        with the altar `or sacrament ?f the Lord's Supper. There are
  this idea of the sacrifice inconnection  with the celebration of      evidently the sacrifices which mu& be brought by the child
  the `Lord's Supper was also present .in the days of the early         and church  bf. God.                                   ,
  Church. W.e know that the term, sa&ificej  was used in con-               Justine Martyr, the great Christian apologist in the days
  nection with the celebration of the sacrament. We also know,'         of the Church Fathers, commenting on the sacrifices of the
however, that the term, as used by the early Church, had's              Christians (and, by the way, .when we speak of our thanks-
  meaning altogether different from the Roman Catholic view.            giving, prayers, etc., as sacrifices l+ie certainly use Scriptural
. . .And we c& say+his  with great certainty because not a little       language - does not the.Word  of God speak of the sacrifices
  concerning- this matter can be found in the writings of the           of a broken h&t? - N.V.) writes asfollows : "A&zordingly,
  early  &r~h Fathers.                                                  God, antidipatin,g all the sacrifices which' we offer through
       Ascertaining the  meanin,u of the term as used in thosd          this name, and which Jesus Christ enjoined us to offer, i.e.,
  early days, let us first of all, turn our attention to the Apos-      in the Eucharist of the bread `and the cup, and which are
  tolic Fathers. the Church Fathers immediately following               presented by  Chiistiaqs  in all places throughout the world,
  ipon the apostles. Concerning these- sacrifices or oblations          bears witness that they- are well-pleasing to Him. But He
  (sacrifices or  offerjngs   L.H.V.). Ignatius, onk of the Apos-       utterly rejects those presented by  you  and by those priests
  tolic Fathers; writes as follows,. and I quote: "For if I in          of y&s, saying, "And I will not accept your sacrifices at.
  this brief space of  time, `have enjoyed such, fellowship `with       your hands; for from the rjsitig  sun to its setting my name
  your bishops - 1 mean not a mere hunian, but of 2 spiritual           is, glorified among the Gentiles (He says) ; but ye profane it.
  nature --how  much more do 1~ reckon you happy who are                (Mal. 1 :lO-12)"  (we. should bear in mind that Justin is ad-
  so joined to him as the ,Church is' to Jesus Christ, and Bs           dresiing  these words `to a wicked Jew&h  philosopher, H.V.) .
  Jes.us  Christ is to the Father, that so all ihings  m&y agree in     Yet (continuing with this quotation of Justin- H.V.) even
  unity ! Let no man deceive l&iself : if any one be not' within        now, in your love of contention, you.assert  that God does not
  the altar, he is deprived of the bread of God. For  if  the           accept the sacrifices of those who dwelt  ihen  in Jerusalem;
  prayer of one or  tivo possesses such power, how much more            and were called  Israe`lites;  but says that He is pleased wit%
  that of the bishops and the whole Church ! He, therefore.. the prayers- of the individuals of that nation then dispersed,
  that does not assemble with the Chilrch  has even by this             and calls their prayers sacrifices. How, that prayers and
  manifested his pride and condemned himself. For it is writ-           giving of thanks, when offered by worthy men, are the only
  ten "God resisteth the proud."' Let us be careful,  then, nob         perfect and well-pleasing sacrifices to God, I also admit. For
  to set oursel$es  in oppositioti  to the bishop, in brder that we     such alone -Christians -have undertaken to offer, and in the
  may  be subject to God." -end of -quote. It is true that              remembrance effected-by their solid and liquid food, whereby
  Ignatius in this quotation does not' even use the word "sacri-        the suffering of the Son of God which H-e endured is brought.


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 to.niind,  whose name the highpriests of your nation and iour?          that'of freemen, in order that, by the very oblations, the in-
 teachers haie caused to be profaned and blasphemed over all             dication of liberty may  be` set forth. For With Him there is
the earth"  - end of quote. In this quotation the famous                 nothing purposeless, nor without signification,  nol without
 Christian apologist speaks of the sacrifices  .of the Christians,       design.. And for this  regson  they  -<the Jews) had indeed-the
_ and he, speaking of them in .connection  with the L&d's Sup-           tithes of their goods consecrated to Him, but those who have
 per identifies them with the- prayers of the people' of God.            received liberty set asidb all their possessions for the Lord's
 This. we understand is surely a far cry from the vie.w of               purposes, bestowing joyft$y  and freely not the less valuable
 "sacrifice" as entertained by the Roman Catholic Church to-             portions of their property, since they have the hope of better
 day in connection with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.              things (hereafter) ;' as that poor widow acted who cast all
That Church explains the "sacrifice" as referring to the daily           her living into the treasury of God." - end of quote. Also
 dying of the Lord Jesus Christ as--real as His death upon               in this quotation speaking of the sacrifices which continued to
 the `cross of Calvary.                                                  be in effect among the Christians, there is surely nothing
       Irenaeus another of the -early Church F&hers also has             which resembles the Roman Catholic doctrine -of the sacrifice
 something to say' about these sacrifices atid it is also evident        of Christ at the Mass arid which is so repugnant to the heart
 from his writings that what he writes concerhing  these sacri-          and soul of thk Reformed child of God.
 fices has nothing iri com&n  with the conception as enter-                  Or, how utterly in conflict with the .Rom%n Catholic doc-
 tained by the Roman Catholic Church. We quote him as fol-               trine of the Mass, and, of course, with the absolute necessity
 lows : "The oblations of the Church, therefore, which the               of the-daily  sacrifice of the Christ, is the following from the
 Lord gave instructions to be offered throughout all  th'e world,        same Church Father, and we again quote: "Sacrifices, there-
 is accounted with God a pure sacrifice, and is acceptable  tar          fore, do not sanctify a man, for God stands in no need of a
 Him  ; not .that He stands in need of a sacrifice from us, but          sacrifice  ; but it is the conscience of the offerer that sanctifies
 that. he who offers' is himself glorified in what he does offer,        the sacrifice when it is pure, and thus moves God to  accept
 .if -his  gift be accepted. For by the  gift both honour  and           (the offering) as from a  fi-iend."  But the sinner, declares .
 affection &-e shown forth towards the King ; and the Lord,              Irenaeus, who kills a calf (in sacrifice) to Me, is, as if he
 wishing us to offer it in all simplicity and innocence, did             slew a dog."` The Church Father, in these last words, quotes
 express Himself thus : "therefore, when thou `offerest thy              Isaiah 66 :3 : "He that killeth an ox is as `if he slew a man ;
 gift upon the altar, and shalt remember that thy brother  hatlz         he.that  sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he
 ought against thee, leave thy gift before the altar, and go thy         that offereth  an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood ; he
 way;  first be reconciled to-thy brother, and then return and           that burneth incense,  as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have
 offer thy gift." We are bound, therefore to offer to God .the           chosen  their own Ways, and their  s&l  delighteth.  in their
 first-fruits of His creation as Moses also says "Thou shalt             abominations.:' `In these words the -Church Father, when
 not appear in the presence of the Lord thy God empty ;" so              speaking of the sacrifice, refers to the sacrifice as brought by
 that man' being accounted as grateful by &ose `thirigs in               the child of God and which is pleasing to the Lor.d only when
 which he has  showm his gratitude may receive that  honouti             brought  t? Him as with a pure conscience. The Roman  _
wliich flows from  Hirri;."  L-end  of quote. We may notice              Catholic Church can derive no comfort from this quotation
 ,that Ifenaeus  in this quotation speaking of the obl&ion  of the       from Irenaeus. .
 Church does not refer to a sacrifice by Christ of Himself but                                .                                        H.V.
 to an oblation or Sacrifice which is brought by the Church                                             --be--
 and, is acceptable to God. We again- call the attention of our                          A  PRO?`EST  AND  ITS  REPLY
 readers to the fact that this had riothing  in common with the                               (CoMiwd   j%wk  page  485)
view of the Roman Catholic Church which interprets the                   truth that the Promise of God is unconditiona!  and for the
 "sacrifice" of the Lord's  Stipper  as referring to the  dea,th         elect  ?nly.
 of the Lord.Jesus  Christ.                                                  In this respect it is,  i&leed,  `5 brief exposition of the
  . in a quotation which follows immediately upon the fore-              confessions regarding certain points of doctrine as maintained
 going Irenaeus comments that the class of oblations in general          by  thi: Protestant Reiormed  Churches." i: In this regard it is
 has not been set aside and we again quote from this Church'             a "brief &position of the Confessions regarding certain points
 Bather : "And the class of oblations- in general has not been'          of doctrine."                                 u
 set aside  ; for there were both oblations there (among the;                And with regard to those certain points of doctrine, it is
 Jews) aid there are oblations here (among  the:Christians).             not only true, but it is "THE TRUTH." This the- former
 Sacrifices there were among the people; sacrifices there are,           consistory of Kalamazoo now. denies.
 too, in the Church: but the species alone has been changed,                 And iti regard to this fundamental truth, the. Declaration
 inasmuch as the offering is now made, not by slaves, but by             of Principles has indeed "beariiig  on the case in question."
 .ffeemen.  For the Lord is (ever) -o&and  the same ; but the             But about this next time, D.V.
 `character of a servile oblation is peculiar (to itself), as is also     .~      _-                            *,                  H.H.

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                                                                                 and along what way it is obtained. Let us remember, there-
            The  Voice`  of  Our  Fathers                                        fore, `that -not only from the point of view of the objective
                                                                                 maititenance  of the true doctrine, but also from the point of
                                                                                 view.of  our own spiritual life and spiritual health, the fathers
                  The Canons of Dordrecht                                        did us a favor whqn they laid down this proposition of Ar- .
                                 PART TWO                                        title 12.`
                                                                                     The first ,element  of truth maintained in this article is
                    EXPOSITION  OF  THF,  CANONS                                 that this assurance-of our eternal and unchangeable election
                     F                                                           is both possible  and- actual for the elect : "The elect . `. . attain
                          IRST  HEAD OF  DOCTRINE   .                            the assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election."
                    OF  DIVINE  PREDESTINATION                                   That the d&t  attain this assurance, and they only, is, of
               Article, 12. The elect in due time, though in various             course, self-evident. Assuranct must be based on and rooted
               degrees- and in different measures, attain the- as-               in reality, in objective fact. Any other assurance is false, is
               surance of this their eternal and unchangeable elec-              self-deception, is a lie. If a mzm is not elect, if God has not
               tion, not by inquisitively prying into the secret and             eternally and gnchangeably  chosen him in Christ Jesus, then
               deep things of God, but by observing in themselves
               with a spiritual joy  and-  holy pleasure, the infallible         he cannot possibly have. the assurance of being elect. For
               fruits of election pointed out in  the Word of God  -             GoJ does not lie. He does  hot-assure  a man of sometliing
               such as a true faith in Christ, filial fear, a godly              which is not true. One may, of course, be a hypocrite. And                *
               sorrow for sin, a hungering and thirsting after  righte-          as such he may leave the itipression  in the church and with
               ousnkss, etc.                                                     men that he has this assurance. But in his heart and hefore
   The above translation is correct, and differs from the                        God also the hypocrite knows better. And he certainly will
   Dutch version only in that the latter adds a reference to                     not die with the assurance of being elect, and open his eyes
   Scripture, II Corinthians 13 5, something wXch  is not found                  presently  in the hell of the reprobate. Only the elect attain
   in the original Latin  -quoted  by  Schaff.                                   the- assurance of their eternal- and unchangeable election.
      This article-deals with a matter of doctrine, to be sure,                      But it is important to note that the elect do attain as-
   but with a matter of doctrine which is of extreme practical                   surance. The  Canorrs  not only proceed from the positive
   importance : for what could be more vitally practical than  the               thought that this assurance of our election is ,possible, leav-
   subject of the assurance of our eternal and unchangeable' ing room for the idea, that some, or perhaps many, of the
  election  ? Essentially, of course, doctrine is always $ra&ical-.              elect never attain to this possible assurance. But they posi-
   It is a matter of the truth, - the truth concerning God, con-                 tively maintain that the elect (infants are, of course,  excltided
  cerning ourselves, concerning our salvation, concerning all                    from assurance from the very nature of the case), -but the
  things in relation th_ereto,  - the truth which we believe,                    elect do obtain the assurance of their election. And there is
  which is the object of faith. But doctrine as it concerns so                   no exception to this rule, we may be sure. Furthermore, it
  great and- unspeakable a blessing -as the assurance of our                     is no~-~~~al,  not exceptional and-abnormal, to have this as-
  election  is. especially practical. And when you consider that                 surance. It is not correct to imagine that this blessed  assur-
  that election is eternal and unchangeable, the matter becomes                  ance of election is for an elite group of saints, and that the
  still more vital. To know and to be assured that God has                       vast majority would really be impious if they claimed the
  eternally and unchangeably chosen me to be His very own                        same assurance. It is not correct to teach  that it is normal
  child, loved me, set His divine affection upon me, -what                       for the Christian to doubt his election, and to foster such
  could be more wonderful, but also more practical than that?                    doubt. It is not correct to say : "It is an unspeakable privilege
  That is everything. -That is all that ever could be of any                     that we are elect; but oh, if we may only knozv that too,"
  account- in life or in death, for time and eternity. Being as-                 as if the latter belonged to the almost unattainable. Reformed,'
  sured of that election, I need no 6ther assurance whatever.                    confessionally Reformed, it is to say : "The elect . . . . obtain
      In this twelfth article the fathers maice a doctrinal state-               the assurance  of this their eternal and unchangeable election."
  ment of this very' practical truth. And we must also not                          And this is thoroughly Scriptural. The fathers do not
  o.verlook  the apologetic element in this statement. It is again               here adduce Scripture references. Presently, in the Rejection
  because there \vere  those who denied the truth that the elect Y of Errors they will quote Scripture  on~this  subject. But how
  can and do become assured of there eternal and unchangeable                    numerous in Holy Writ are the instances of the saints break-
  election, who taught instead that election could be inter-                     ing forth into expressions of thanksgiviqg  and praise exactly
  rupted and changed, recalled and annulled, and that the                        in the consciousness and assurance of their election. And
  saints to the very moment of their death could attain no f&-m                  how often they are addressed as "elect." To mention only
assurance because their election was conditioned by their                        one passage at this time, think of- that beautiful expression
  perseverance, that the fathers -found  it necessary to state in                of joy and thanksgiving in Ephesians 1:3, ff. : "Blessed be
  concise form and language  tha!: this assurance of election is                 the God and Father of our  Lprd Jesus Christ, who hath
  not only possible but actual for the saints, and to state how                  blessed us with all spiritual blkssings in heavenly places in
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  Christ: According  cis  he  bath chosen,  US in  hip before  the    may be nurtured, and grow. And we may also say, especially
  foitndation   of  the world,  that we should be holy and without    with regard to the children of believers who are elect, that
  blame before him in love ; Having p?edestinateB us ztnt.0 the       it is normal for this assurance to differ in degree as the child
  a.dojtion  of &ldren  by Jesus Christ to himself, according@        grows up, -to differ in the sense that it -increases as he
 -the good pleasure of his z&l, To the praise of the glory of his     grows up and as he becomes founded in the truth of the
  grace, wherein he hath made us accepted. in the beloved."           gospel. But apart from this, what Christian does not know
  Such is always the- tone of Holy Writ. And how utterly              from experience those times when his assurance is dim and
  foolish and unreasonable is.any contrary notion. How foolish        those times when he is on the mountain-tops. of faith ? Yea,
  and useless would be that unspeakable blessing of eternal and       at times, - dark times they are for the child of God, usually
  unchangeable election, how wasted it would be, if the Lord          times of gross sin and walking in sin,- at times he may
  God chose people and would never cause them to know that            lose this consciousness, even though that election itself re-
  they were His chosen and precious ones. Nay, but His                mains unchangeable: Indeed, this assurance is attained in
  Purpose is exactly that they, the elect, shall be to the praise     val'ious  degrees and measures.
  of the glory of His grace. And that grace iscrevealed  in its          All the above is not to be conceived of in separation from
  highest perfection as grace in that He sovereignly chose us         the further instruction of this article concerning the manner
  from before the foundation of the world according to an             of this I assurance. It is important. that we remember this.
  unchangeable decree. How utterly inconceivable that God             For in the first place, if we understand this connection, we
 , would ever".hide  that most wonderful manifestation of elect-      will be on our guard against any rash and hasty assertions
  ing grace from His people ! And if we remember that our             of confidence of our election. It is indeed true that election
  eternal and unchangeable election in Christ Jesus is the most       and the assurance of election are wonderful blessings of sal-
  comforting element in the Christian's comfort, how cruel it         vation. But it is also true that the relation between the two
  is to teach that the God of His people denies them that com-        is a very delicate relation, and that the relation between
  fort !                                                              assurance and the Christian virtues mentioned in this article
        Concerning this assurance of election the Calouts further     is equally delicate and intimate. The way of assurance is a
  instruct us: 1) That it is obtained in God's OWPZ  t&ze. This       clearly defined and exclusive way. ,Secondly,  an understand-
  isthe idea of the expression "in due time." Due time is, of         ing of the connection between our personal assurance of
  course," always God's time, not our time. It is .time  deter- election and the manner of attaining this assurance will
  mined by Him, according to His good pleasure. It is literal- serve undoubtedly to foster a greater &surance and to ans-
  ly in the Latin original of this article "His -own time." Hence     wer  for"the  child of God the question as to why that assurance
  the idea is that also the assurance of our election takes place     may often be weak and wavering. And therefore  again?  both
  according to God's good pleasure. The one, -as for' ex-             doctrinally and practically we do well to give heed to the
  ample, the thief on the cross, -may not obtain it till his          instruction of the fathers on this subject.
  dying moments. That is God's-time for him. The other may                                    (to be continued)
  attain it at a very young age, and may early be assured of                                                                    _ H.C.H.
 -the ~fact, and clearly confess it, that he is an elect child of                              u&--m
  God. And that is God's good pleasure. But the elect attain                                  IN MEMORIAM
, this assurance in dale time. 2) That this assurance may in-           The Cons&tory of the Hope Protestant Reformed Church of
  deed- vary in degree and measure. This is true, first of all,       Grand Rapids, Michigan herewith extends its sincere sympathy
  when we compare Christian and. Christian.. All do not have          to one of our fellow labourers in God's Kingdom, Deacon A.
 the same measure of assurance. There are some who are very           Langerak in the death of his mother,
 firm and clear in that assurance, who seldom .know  a moment                     M R S .   A N T O N I A   L A N G E R A K
  of doubt, and who very genuinely  ,and sincerely. will affirm          May He Who orders our  steps'and  guides us by-His counsel
  that they are assured of their election; But there are also         comfort the bereaved with the words of eternal life which, as our
                                                                      Heavenly Father,  .come from Him alone.
 those (not who never attain it) who seldom have the courage                                             Rev. John A.= Heys, President
  to say without hesitation that they are of God's chosen ones,                                          John Lanning, Clerk
  who frequently despair, and  who. are plagued with doubts
 and fears and  .questionings.  And there are various degrees                                 IN MEMORIAM
 in between. But brightly or dimly, the elect obtain this as-           The Men's Society of the Hope Protestant Reformed Church
  surance. And -assurance is normal, not abnormal. Doubt is           of Grand Rapids, Michigan, hereby wishes to express its heartfelt
  sin. And the doubting and fearful and weak Christian is to          sympathy with one of its members, Mr. A. Langerak, in the
 -be pitied and helped and borne along by the saints. But his         death of his mother,
  doubt may not be fostered. However, we may also discover                            MRS. ANTONIA LANGERAK
  this variation in degree and measure of assurance in the same          May the bereaved experience the comfort  .of our covenant God
                                                                      in His promise of eternal life.
  Christian. Assurance may waver from time to time. As-                                                  Rev. John A. Heys, President
  surance may also be fostered through the proper means, and                                        -t J. Korhorn, Secretary


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                                                                            This principle follows from the Reformed conception of
             DECENCY  and  ORDER                                    . the church institute which, needless to add, is also the Scrip-
 i                                                                  1 tural conception. The R6formers  have always militated,
                 Indiscriminate Preaching                               against the Roplish  conception of the church. -Also, they
                                                                        h&e Stood adverse- to the loose, modernistic views that are
                       Article 15  (co:?.)                              so prevelent today and which are making mighty inroads into
      "No one shall be permitted, neglecting the ministry of            allegedly Reformed circles. The church, the Reformers iti-
his church or being without a fixed  charge,  to preach indis-          sist,  ii the gathering of believers and their children by the
criminately without the consent and authority of Synod or               Son of God into a living communion which reflects the body
Classis.  Likewjse,   "no one shall be permitted to preach or           of Christ. It is not just a gathering of individuals or a mass of
administer the sacraments in another church without the con-            people, the more the merrier. In this spiritual communion
sent of the consiitory  of that church." - Art. 15:                     the holy offic&  are instituted and through these Christ Him-
      The important matter brought into consideration here is           self dispenses the gifts of His Spirit and grace `unto His
that of the right. to preach the 1Vord and administer the               people. It is through the offices that Christ speaks &to His
sacraments, This right, according to the Reformed position,             -Church the effacacious  word of life. Through them He im-
does not inhere in any individual. It m&kel;  no differenece            parts Himself and all His fulness  in--the Holy Sacraments.
how talented, how gifted, how popular or important an in-               And so the  word and sacraments, the. means of grace, are,
dividual may be. These things do not permit him to preach               not and camlot be administered exeept thrqugh the offices '
the Word. The right to do so is given unto the church by                and these are not fixed to any person. or persons but are
Christ and only when the church properly commissions men                inseparably attached to the institute of the church.
to perform the work of the ministry are they vested with                   When one, therefore, is not bound to the church, he has
authority to do so.                      .-                             no right to-perform the labor that belongs unto the church.
      Of  tl!is authority Article 15 speaks. Although the article       Of these two kinds are mentioned in the first `part of article
itself was originally formulated with a view to certain wrong           -fifteen. There are those who "neglect the ministry of the
practices  by wandering preachers, -and, therefore,  was de-            church." It was not uncommon-in former years that a man,
signed to combat an evil that was more prevalent in the                 growing tired of the ministry in a certain church, would
sixteenth century than. it is now, yet, the principles of truth         simply forsake the congregation to iyhich  he was joined a9
-set forth here are of most fundamental importance and also             minister and seek another field on his own. This neglect was
very applicable to present day c&umstances.                             very sinful although many tried to justify it by comparing
      The article-itself may be divided into two parts. In the          their actions to those of the apostles and evangelists in early
first part the principle is maintained that no one may go,              times. The Synod of Dordt in 1575, however, refuted their
about preaching here and there on his own. No one has tha               claim by pointing to the fact that the office of the apostles
right -to do so. Christ does not commission individuals apart           had  l&g ceased. Beside, were not the apostles sent out
from `His church to preach. He commissions and authorizes               directly by the church? (Acts 13  :1:3) Those that neglected
the`church, and the church sends men forth.. (Acts. 13:2,               their ministry lost, by that neglect, their  of&e and therein
Remans  10) There is here a reference to church extension               lost the right to preach. To do so indiscriminately and `with-
or missionary work which properly belongs to the churches               out authority was. to conduct themselves contrary to the
alid.  consequently,. can be performed only upon their author-          ordinances of Christ. Such conduct our church order does
ity. The fact that there is general ignorance of this principle         not countenance.
of truth today is evident from many alleged missionary                     There were also those "without a fixed charge" who,went
practices. We `should remember that those who  proclaijn  a             about at random and preached where they willed. Although
false gospel quite expectantly do not care to have thkir                this, too, was wrong it should be noted that there is a dif-
methods ruled by Scriptural principles but rather always                fe'rence between these and the ones who neglected. their
follow the practices of expediency.                                     office. Those without  fixed~ charges were not necessarily
      The second part of the article, however, i.s concerned with       guilty. of neglect. They may have lost their charge through
the matter of preaching the word within the established                 no fault `of theirs whatsoever. Perhaps persecution disinte-
church and in connection therewith the` sound rule or prin-             grated the flock leaving them without a charge.. Perhaps
ciple is expressed that this shall be controlled and rkgulated          economic conditions forced the membership into other local-
exclusively by the consistory. T-he local consistory exercises          ities. Yet, being without a, church, they were also without
sole jurisdiction over its own pulpit and over the administra-          an  off& and without an office they had no authority to
tion of the sacraments in its  colymunion.  The ,gist of the            minister the word.
whole matter comes down to this.. Without the authorization               - The article further expresses that those who were person- '
of the church, calling men to perform the work of the
                                               0                        ally but not officially qualified to preach could engage in mis-
ministry, official proclamation of the Word and administra-             sionary labor or church extension work only with "the con-
tion of the holy  sahamepts  is impossible.                             sent and authority of synod or classis."  An interesting ques- --


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  tion may be raised in this connection. In view of the last                  With this matter we are not so much concerned as we
  part of Article 15 which ascribes the authority to minister         have not adopted the policy of geographical boundaries and
  the word to the consistory, why is the synod and  classis           it is not likely that we will. We do, however, maintain the
  mentioned in the first part ? There are, it seems to  m$,           principle `that the consistory of each church has jurisdiction
  several reasons for this in light of which we can see that          over her own pulpit. This is a vital part of her autonomy
  there is no conflict in this article as might otherwise appear              Another question which occasionally arises is whether a
  to' be the case. First of all, let us bear in mind that when        minister may preach the word in a church of another deno-
  one is admitted to the ministry of the word, this concerns          mination. I, do not believe that our churches have ever
  not only one church but all the churches in the denomination.       expressed themselves on this but Dr. H. Bouwman writes
  For this reason it is the Synod that declares candidates. to        on page 84 of his Kerkrecht :
  the ministry. (See Arts.. 8 and 9, D.K.O.) In. the second                   ,,Hieruit  volgt ook, dat een dienaar ook niet in een ambte-
  place we should note that Article 15 refers to the perform-         lijken dienst mag optreden in een andere kerk  b.v. eene
  ance of church extension or missionary work.. This work,            Hervormde  of -Luthersche  kerk, zonder overleg  met of goed-
  too, is `generally speaking, the concern of more than one           keuring van den kerkeraad der Gereformeerde kerk. Men
  church. It involves all the churches and is, therefore, "reg-       zou hiertegen kunnen aanvoeren, dat hiertegen geen  over-
  ulated by the Synod.? (Art. 51, D.K.O.) This, of course,            wegend bezwaar is, indien het woord, dat hij brengt, maar
does not exclude the right of an individual church to send a          goed is.  Doch indien de betrokken leeraar behoefte gevoelt om
  missionary out if it chooses to do so and has the means to          in eene andere kerk te spreken, dan zal het hem ook niet
  carry out such a plan. Nor does, it annul the fact that the         teveel  moeten  zijn hiervoor toestemming te vragen  aan den
  Synod regulates the work of missions through a particular           Gereformeerden kerkeraad, en zijn optreden van  dezen  kerke-
  congregation and consistory.  It only establishes this principle    raad, die op dit terrein  opzicht en tucht oefent, te  laten
  that no one may engage in mission work without the authori-         afhangen. Stoort hij  zich  aan dezen kerkeraad niet, dan
 zation of the church or churches in general. Although it was         handelt hij willekeurig en onordelijk, en maakt hij  zich
 incorrect, it has happened-in the past that Classes and Synods       schuldig aan scheurmakerij ."
 have called men directly and- sent them to do mission work.
  It is better that Synod instruct one of the churches to call                The principles set forth in this article deal with the
 as the right to call is not ,in the Synod but in'the congrega-       preaching of the Word and, sadly enough, are becoming
 tion. Hence, preachers that have no fixed charge may be              more and more obsolete. The trend is toward individualism
 authorized by the church or churches in general to engage            and liberty in the evil sense of the word. Rules stipulating
 in church extension labor.                                           good order are undesired. Especially is this evident with
                                                                      regard to the ministry. Pulpits are opened -to all. Elders
     The last part of `Article 15 speaks of the right to preach       exercise no authority and rule. Guarding against such abuses
 the Word or administer the sacraments in the various in-             of the sacred ministry we must adhere strictly to the prin-
 dividual churches. The right to do so does not lie in the            ciples of Dordrecht that good order and decency may be
 minister. He may not go and preach where and when he                 maintained in the church of Jesus Christ our Lord.
 pleases. The consistory of each church has the sole jurisdic-        .;."                                                                     G.v.d.B.
 tion over its own pulpit.
     Some hold that this does not refer to preaching or ad-
 ministering the sacraments in certain church buildings but                                 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
 rather has reference to the practice of Reformed Churches                         On Monday, September  20,  1954, our parents,
 .in the Netherlands according to which certain geographical
 boundary lines were established for each church.  ,One's  mem-                             REV. RICHARD VELDMAN
 bership was then not a matter of choice but was determined                                                      and     -
 by where one lived. Those living within certain marked                              E L L A   V E L D M A N - V A N D E R   V E N N E N
 boundaries belonged to the church of that district. The              hope to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
 article then means that. no one might enter into that district        .  )Ve, their children, are sincerely thankful to God for having
 to preach or conduct services without the consent of the             spared them and for  thef.blessings He has  given us as a family.
 consistory of the church residing in that distrct.  Van  Dellen      Our; prayer is, that He may continues to keep them for each other
 and Keegstra  write: ,,Eindelijk  spreekt het artikel uit, dat       and us for years to come.
 geen Dienaar in eene andere Kerk mag optreden, zonder be-                                                                    Eleanor Ruth
~ williging van den Kerkeraad  van die Kerk. Niet slechts niet                                                                James Richard
 in het kerkgebouw van die  Kerk,  maar ook niet in haar                                                                      Delores Mae
 kring, want zulk optreden leidt tot verwarring, en een indrin-                                  9                            Esrett  Allyn
                                                                                                                              Daniel Lee
gen in eens anders dienst."  -                                                                           _ 1.                 Richard Dale


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                                                                     what couldn't git to church. We hat it here too already ven
                                                                     Nellie en I hat de flu so bat last vinter en even dat medicine
                                                            .        from de Watkins man didn't help. En, vat's me en Nellie
                                                                     sposed to say? Did we hear an sermon by, Ds. Vati Ooster
              DeRoster Receives a ,Visitor'                          on dat thing ? It sounded like -him -an later ven we got an
     Last time, we noted that Ds. Van Ooster called on our           bulletin I see it vas de same text but, how do we know 7
 farmer friend,, Jake De Roster. About a week later, we find         Maybe somebuddy fake  di whole bizness en even fooled de
 that he receives as a visitor'an old acquaintance, John Vander      deacons who took it over ?"
 Baum. Let's listen to their conversation.                               "En dis morning I lissen to de weather reports on de
     "Good evening, Jake, you were expecting me  ?"                  radid en de man said it vas raining ii; Chicago. How do I
     "I don't know, John, maybe yes, maybe no."                      know? It vas dry here. Vas dat just somebuddy  tryin to fool
     "What do you mean ? I `phoned your wife this afternoon          us farmers es if we didn't haf enough trouble with pairity,  in-
 and  asked.if  you'd be home tonight. Didn't she tell you?"         cuni te&as en so on ?"
     "Vel, ja, Nellie said dat someone called up en dat it vas           "En John, do you  spose  it-happen in dat dominee's house
 your voice en dat you said it vas John VanderBaum,'  but,           if de phone ring en somebuddy say, yust td use en name now,
 dat don't proof nuthin."                                            `Dis is R/lrs.  Blauwenbeck, mine hussband is awful, awful
  -~ "Come, come,  Jake, we've  knoyn  each other for over           s&k, can you come right avay? Does he ven de juffvrouw
 twenty years and you talk this way ? What's come over you ?"        ask say,  `Neffer mind, let's go on mit supper. Somebody
  "I tell  you John. In de first place, I `spose you heard           who claimed to be Mrs. Blauwenbeck  called en wants me to
-dat dominee is by me geweest about an week a@ ? And I               come right over. But, I don't know;"' .
 `spose you think dat aldough  you  h.affent  come to call on me        `<But, excuse me for taking up all de time, John. Vat vas
 in an long time, you maybe have to set me `straight in my           it you wakted  to see me about? Church, wasn't it?"
 church thinkin  ?"                                                     "No, not tonight, Jake. I just'remembered  that I should
    "Yes, Jake, that's true. Dominee told me about what you          get home right away. The boy is quite sick and I `phoned
 said and the idea he had was that it might help if I talked         the doctor before I came and he said ,he'd be all right but,.
 with..you  once - sort of man to man rather than dominee to         how do I know it was the doctor  I talked to ? Maybe it was
 parishoner. But, that doesn't explain about this `phoning           just someone who "claimed" he was ~Dr. Healemquik. I'd
 b u s i n e s s . "                                                 better get home. I don't`trust the business. Goodnight."
    "Vel,  John, I tell you. Dat iss an little yoke dat Nellie                                                   George Ten Elshof
 en  me, hape. You see, ven dey hat ~dis court-business about
 de church, one day while Nellie was down town in de Sears
 Roebuck store, she thought,- I'm close by de court house  -                             CHURCH NEWS
 guess I stop in for awhile en jissen, And you know, John,               NEWS  FROM  THE  SECOND  PROT ESTANT
 I wouldn't  haves believed it  if. anyone except my Nellie had
 tole me vat happint.  Dey  fiat an dominee `on de stand en  dati    REFORMED CHURCH OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
 lawyer guy says to him. sometin like dis : `Dit you hit en             Sunday, Spptember 5, was certainly a day of  joy and
 long-distance call from dominee so an so ?' En de dominee           gladness for us.
 answered dat,  `somebuddy who claim tom be dominee so en so            For eleven months we have been without a shepherd be-
 called to ask for sum business about de synod.' You see,            cause of the unfaithful desertion of him who was formerly
 John, maybe I can't figger dem tings  so good but, 5s I see         with us but now having severed himself with 4 elders and
it, tekknickly de dominee's right. He didn't see de dominee          2 deacons from the  communion'of  our church and churches
 but he did rekkonize  de voice `cuz later on I hear he even         by taking a- stand with the schismatics  in.October  1953. So
-asked dbout  de dom&`s  wife - her health en so on."                that, we were compelled to replace those men (elders' and
    "Vat you tink of dat,  John   ? En  so  Inine  Nellie en me      deacons) in October 19.53. And now, the Lord has answered.
 have a laugh every time dat phone rings en ven I ask, `Who          our prayer by sending unto us another shepherd (in the
 call ?`,`she say, `I don,`t  know. A guy who claini he is John      place of the Rev. Blankespoor) who heeded the call extended
 Smith, our neighbor, asked if you wanted help r$t your hog-         to him, and will again go in and out with us:
 butcherin, but I don't know if it tias him 0; not-sounded,             On the evening of September 2, the Rev. Marinus Schip-
 like him and acted like he knew you, .but, I didn't see him !"      per was installed as minister  of $he Second Protestant Re-
   "You know, de first time she `did dis, I got hoppin'  mat         formed Church. of &-and Rapids, Michigan. Rev. J. Heys
 at Nellie but den she couldii't  keep -en strait face no more       had  charge of the installation assisted by Rev. G. Lubbers.
 an  busted  out laffin en tole me she learnt dat in court. I        Rev. Heys preached from John  10:9,   and Rev. Lubbers read
 laffed too, but you know John, I got to tinkin  it over en it       the-`form of installation. The service was closed with Rev,
 made me  kinda  mad too- yet."                                      M. Schipper pronouncing the benediction.
    "You know, we  hat dat recording  .ting to bring to  people.        On September 3, a congregBtiona1  welcome was given


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 in honor of Rev. M. Schipper and family in the Hope Prot-                                      .WALKING   IN  ERROR
  estant Reformed .Church. A short program was arranged                                         (~ontinucd  fronl.  @gse 492)
  and after which refreshments were served by some of the             lawyer, was confused by Rev. Kok ? Rev. Kok has only him-
  "Martha? of the Hope Protestant Reformed Church. New                self to blame for what happened when Rev. De Jonge was
  and renewed acquaintances were made and we indeed had's             on the stand the next day.
 very enjoyable and edifying evening of Christian. fellowship.             Mr. Tubbs asked him the innocent question as to whether
         On Sunday, September 5, Rev. Schipper preached his           he, Rev. De Jonge, had been taught the Presbyterian form of
 inaugural sermon, from I Peter 2 :4-5, and in the evening,           church government when he attended our Seminary. Rev.
  Philippians 1:9, 10: The evening service was a preparatory          De Jonge answered very correctly, "Yes Sir." Then Mr.
 sermon.                                                              Linsey interrupted with apparent disgust; even though Mr.
         For many of us Rev. Schipper is no stranger having been      Tubbs was doing the examining, and asked why these wit-
 our Pastor previously. On September 3 it was exactly 15              nesses did not listen carefully to the questions being put to
 years ago he' preached his first sermon in our midst as our          them. He asked Rev. De Jonge whether he knew what he
minister. Much has come to pass in those years and especi-            was saying, for the Presbyterian form of church government
 ally in the last feiv years in which we were led through a           "has the Synod at the top" and the local autonomous con-
purifying process.                                                    gregation on the bottom. He made the observation that Rev.
     We have had times wherein we were put to the test, but;          De Jonge must have meant that he was taught the Congrega-
 how `wonderful, the Lord provided for our needs, first a suit-       tional form of church government in our Seminary. Rev. De
 able place to worship, secondly, regular preaching, and even         Jonge replied, "Maybe I do."
 catechetical instruction by the Rev. Heys. And now He has                 Then it was that Rev. Kok quickly arose and hurried
 given us a Pastor who will faithfully bring us the Gospel.           across the whole court room to stop' Mr. Linsey and whis-
 We trust He will make it well also in the future in spite of .pered  something in his ear.
 all the evil predictions.     .                                           You cannot blame Mr. Linsey who never studied Re-
     We wish  to- express our sincere thanks and deep ap-             formed Church Polity and was dependent upon Rev. Kok to
 preciation for all the faithful help we received in these past       be briefed upon it. Rev. Kok is the one who caused Mr.
 months of all our ministers and students who preached for            Linsey to tell Rev. De Jonge to say mactly wha.t MY. Tubbs
 us and served us with advise, especially Rev. Heys for his           had &ied  to get Rev:k'ok  to admit, namely, that his view is
 time and sound advise having been our moderator. Also, we            Congregational and not Presbyterian. They no longer sub-
 thank the Consistory of Hope Protestant Reformed Church              scribe to the Church Order of Dordt.
 for the use of their church and basement `for our monthly                 In that light you can explain all the schismatic action
 meetings. Also, the school board of Hope Protestant Re-              Rev. Kok and -those with him perpetrated. For with the
 formed School for the use of the school `on different oc- Congregational form of church government it is not schism.
 casions. Our prayer is that the Lord may send soon again             But it surely is when you  have the Presbyterian form such
 one of -His servants to Soufh  Holland, Illinois to fill the         as we still maintain and defend ; and the engineers of the
 vacant place left there by Rev. Schipper. That we in all             Schism of ,`53 only say that they subscribe to it. Theirs is
 things in the future may put our .complete  con$dence  in Him        Independentism  with the emphasis upon the fact that even
 who will never forsake us as He has promised.                        their omn  do not know anymore upon what they can de+end
    Cons&tory  of Second Protestant Reformed Church                   in their.own movement. As we wrote before, they change to
                                    N. Klaver, Clerk.                 meet each new emergency.
                              kss+-               -'                       And that, in itself, ought to reveal that there is something
                 W E D D I N G   ANN,IVERSARY                         wrong.                                                              J.A.H.
    On September 25, 1954, our dear parents,                                                           e-azd
               MR. AND MRS. JOHN TRIEZENBERG                                                 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
                                                                          On Sunday, September 19,  ou; dear parents
 hope to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, D.V.
    We are thankful to our covenant God who has graciously  seen                             REV. AND MRS.  C. HANK0
  fit to give them `to us and we pray that they may continue to       hope to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
 guide and instruct us as they have in the past. May they be              We join them in this celebration in" giving thanks to our
 blessed in the way that lies ahead and experience that there is
 no peace apart from God.                                             covenant God Who in His mercy has led us together in the path
                                                                      of His truth.
                         Their Grateful Children :                        May God richly bless them in the time in which He has
                                             Nellie                   ordained that we should remain together, and may His benediction
                                             Eleanor
                                             Lois Ann                 rest upon them all the days of their life.
                                             John, Jr.                                                                Mr. and. Mrs. H. Hanko
                                             Harold                                                                   Frederick A.
                                             Franklin          c
                                             Elaine Ruth                                                        E l a i n e   J .
                                              Patricia Kay                                                      Alyce  M         .
  913 Gull Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan.                              G r a n d   R a p i d s ,   M i c h i g a n .         --



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                  INDEX. TO VOLUME XXX                                                                       INDEX  OF  iUBJECTS  TREATED.
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         INDEX  O,F  SCRIPTURE   PASSAGES  TREATED-                                              T E X T                                                     Aithpr Page No.
                                                                                          A -Challenge+ To Rev. J. D. De Jong ________________ M.S. 238 10
       TEXT                                                       Author Page No.         Afraid of the Gospel ______________________________ J.A.H.                         16      1
 Exodus  33:16  ________-___--_____________.          _________ H.H.K. 145          7             Continued _______________ i _______-:  _____-___  J.A.H.                  44       2
 Numbers  16:1-3  _______________________________  :---G.C.L. 121                   6             Continued ____  I ______________________________ J.A.H.                   63       3
 II Samuel  7:14  ________________________r___   :________ H.H.               4     1             C o n t i n u e d   ___________________-_____________            .-J.A.H.  8 7   4
 I Kings  9:4,  5  ________-_   1_--________________________       H.H.       4     1             Continued-, __________________________________ J.A.H. 111                          5
 Psalm  24:1, 2  ____________-___________________:          _____ H.H. 463  20                    Continued ______ L--r ________________________ J.A.H. 133                          6
 Psalm  50:7ff  _____________-_________________________            H.H. 463 20                    Continued _________________________________  :J.A.H. 157 7
 Psalm  24:3-6  _____________--_-_____________________            J.A.H; 112        5             Continued  __________:  _______________________ J.A.H.  182                        8
 Psalm 32 _________  :,  ______--_________________________         G.V.      25     2             Continued ; ________ L _______________ :________  J.A.H. 207                       9          ,
 Psalm  34:lS  ______________________________________ H.C.H. 217 10                               Continued __________________________________ J.A.H. 230 10
 Psalm  89:3(X32  _______--_----____-___________   :_-____  H.H.              4 1         Ambulantes Levitae _ __ ______ __ _- ______ ____ _____ G.v:d.B.  ,139                      6
 Psalm 103:17-----_- ______________________  i _________ J.A.H.              17 1         A   P a t h e t i c   Picture--..~___-..~~__-..-.-___--_____-~____M.S.           4 7 8   2 0
 Psalm 104:10-28  ______ r; _____ :z__.________-_______  H.H. 463 20                      A Symposium on Television ________________________ M.S. 239 10
 Psalm  139:21,  22-L  _______-______-   T:---: ____________ H.H. 340 15                  Authority, Question of  __________--____________.  _____ H.H. 104 5
 Isaiah  16:4, 5  ____________-_______________________           H.H.K. 169         8             Continued ___________________________________ H.H. 176 8
 Isaiah57:,18-21   _____________________c________________            G . V .   7 3   4                                                                                                     .
Jeremiah  14:22   ____.______________________________             H.C.H.-337  15
-Jeremiah 23 :5, 6i ________L-___________  1____________  --GV.                                                                  ~-B-
                                                                            97 5
 Joel  2:12-14  _____:  _________________.__________         I---H.C.H.  361 16           Baptism, Early View of  __________---____--_________  H..V. 137                            6
Joel  3:4, 5  ________________-_______________________--           H.H. 463 20                    Continued ___________________________________ H.V. 159 7
Haggai  2% _______  -.: ___________  I ________.____   i ____.  H.H. 463 20                       Continued _ __ _- -_ __ _-__ __ ____-- -__- .: --______--  H.V.          184       8
 Matthew 5  :9 _______________________________________ G.V. 433 19                                Continued _______  L  ________________-___________  H.V. 209                       9
 Matthew  7:21____  --_L _____  _ _______________________  J.AH.           111      5             Continued _________  l_____:   ___-____-_________   :-H.V. 232 10
 Matthew  22:37-40  _______  :--_______________:   -___--__  H,H. 104               5             Continued ________  I  _____: __________________  I--&V. 259 li
 Matthew  26:2-5,  14-16  -___---__._____________   --:---H.C.H..  289 13                         Continued  - ___________________________________ H.V. 280 12
Mark  lo:42  -=------------------------.---------------  G.V.                 2 1                 Continued  ____-___________-   I  -__-__--____-___-  H.V. 305 13
Luke  12:32  _____  --;---:  ______________________:  ____ H.H.K. 193               9             Continued _________  1  _____________L___________  H.V. 328 14
 Luke 14.:10 ________:  ------,--------------------------  G.V.               -1  1       `Believing Parents and Infant Baptism  ______:  ___--_ M.S. 456 19
Luke 23:,42---z ---------------.------.z  _______ __ ________ G.V.          49      3     Billy Graham Does It  .Again  ________________________  MS. 456 19
John 6:37b  ______ I---: _________________:  ________-___  M.S. 286 12                    Book Reviews :                                -
John  10:17,  18::  ____________-________:  _____________  G.C.L: 301 13                     A Theology of Grare by Dr. J. Daane ________  l--H:H. 439 19
John  10:27, 28 ____________________________________ G.C.L.  3-24.  14                       Blijf~.bij mij, Heer by Rev. N.  Buffinga   __._______  H.H. 274  12.
John 14:15-19  _____ `.--L -_____-______________  5 ______ G.C.L. 444 19                      Christenen in de  Antieke  Wereld
                                                                                                 by Dr. A.  Sizoo-..-:   __________-____-__________                H.H. 274 12
John 20:16 ___________-____---______  `___, ___________ H.C.H.% 3'13 14                      Commentaar op het Nieuwe Testament  :
Romans  1:14-17   ___________--__:  ___________________ G.C.L. 468 20                             Mattheus by Dr.  F.. W. Grosheide- ____ __ _____ H.H. 366 16
Romans 9:14-23  ______-____--_i_  - ____________ - ____ H.C.H.              92      4        Commentary on the Prophecies-of  Isaiah..----..-:H.H.  `320 14
Romans  13:1-4-z  _____--___--___________________  :---H.H.                   8 1            De  .Humor  van de Bijbel by Okke Jager  ______-_  H.H. 486 21
I Corinthians  6.:1-S  ________-____; ___________________ H.H. 126                  6        De Ouderdom der Aarde by Dr. G. Sizoo _______ H.H. 175                                  8
I Corinthians  16:13, 14  ____--______________________            G.C.L. 371 16           De Sacramenten by  Dr; G. C.  Berkouwer-l_-___  H.H. 486 21
Galatians  6:14  ____________.____:  ___________________ H.C.H. 265 12                       De Toekomst Van  Christus   b.y Dr. K. Dijk ______ H.H. 130                             6
Ephesians 6:13  _____-____________   _ ________________ G.C.L.              14 1             D.ogmatic  Theology by  .Wm. Shedd  __--_______--  H.H. 224 10
Col. 1:21, 22 ________:  _-_____-________________________          G.V. 457 20.              Ellicott's Commentary on the Whole Bible
II  Thess.`2:4-1___________________________________  G.M.O. 465 20                               by.Chas.   J..Ellicott  ___________________________ H.H. 391 17
                                                                                             Expo,sition   .of the Gospel of John
I Tim. 1:15b  _____.__'  _---___--____'  ___________________ G.V. 4 8 1   -21                  -by A. W. Pink  -_____________--_____________   `-1-H.H. 130                          6
Hebrews 4:9 ________ `..-l___-________________________             H.H.     79     4         Gestalten der.  Liefdea  by Dr. G. B. Wurth _______ H.H.                       78       4
Hebrews'  9:24-, _______________  1:: ________________ H.C.H. 385 17                         Hebreen by Dr. F. W. Grosheide  -_______________  H.H. 55                               3               I
Hebrews 11:30  ____ __ ____________  ----;--:  __________ H.C.H. 241 11                    . Hebrews by  D.r. J. Owen  _____________:  __________ H.H. 129 6
I Peter  1:14-16_---   _________.______________________  G.C.L.  -61               3         Heden  zoo  gij.Zijne.S.tem  hoort by 12 authors--H.H. 56 3
I Peter  1:17  _________----____________  1_____:  ______ G.C.L.            83     4         Het Evangelie in  een.  Ontkerstende Wereld
I Peter`l:l8,  19---:-L  _________.  _____; ______________ G.C.L. 109,             5             by.Dr. G. B. Wurth and Rev. W.  Wierenga..-H.H. 175 8
I Peter  1:18,  lg..-:-:  _-_____________________   1______  G.C.L. 131            6         Hosea.by  Drs. C. Van Gelderen  & W. H.  Gispen--H.T.                          55 3
I Peter  1:22-25   ______.-_:   __-_-_______   :.__._____   i,--G.C.L. 155         7         Inleiding in de  Zielkunde  by Dr. A.  Kuyper---..-H.H.                       78 4
I Peter  1:22-25---..   __---__  J  -______________________  G.C.L. 180            8      J e s a j a   b y   D r .   J .   Ridderbos---~---~---`___________   H . H .   2 7 4   1 2
I Peter  1:22-25  ______-.____-; ____  -  __._____________  G.C.L. 205             9         Levende Woorden van Augustinus
                                                                                                 by.Dr. A. Sizoo ______  7  __.___---______________  H.H. 486 21
I Peter  1:22-2.51__________________________________             G.C.L. 228  10                                                                                                                      I
                                                                                             The Holy Spirit  by,Dr. J. Owen _____________  ---H.H. 439 19
I Peter  Z:l-lO..~__~~~--~_~~-~   _______:  ____:  _________ G.C.L. 255 11
                                       ..,_^_.                                               The Well -Meant Gospel Offer
1. Peter :2:l-10U-~~-_-~::-I  _-____._____:  ________ :--G.C.L.
                   --.     ._..     _...     ".._                          348 15                by Dr. A. C.  DeJong  -_______---___-________   ;H.H. 439 19
I John  1%7,,,-_,_-,,,,--,   _________..____________  H.C.H. 409 18                          Tijd en Eeuwigheid by Rev. J. M. Spier ________ H.H.                         78         4


502                                                       T H E   STANDARD   BEARER

               SUBJECT                                             Author Page No.                         SUBJECT                                             Author Page No.
   `I  & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon                      ~                                        Answer to Rev. De Boer by  S.D.V   .________----- ----- 335 14
         by  Dr; C. Bouma ___________________________ H.H. 55                            3         A Testimony From The Records by J. A.  Kortering--   119                    5
                                      -c-                                                             Continued ___________________________________ ----- 166 7
Called by Another Church ______________________ G.v.d.B. 236 10                                    A Question by Mr. G. Ryken  _____________--------  ----             24      1
Canons of Dordrecht, Introduction _______  _ _______ H.C.H.                      67      3         A Word For It by T. Feenstra  ________________------                 24 1
.,Head I, Art.  l_________________________________               ,-I-&C.H: 68 3                    DeRoster,  receives a Visitor--: ___________  I__-_ G.T.E. 499 21
,Head  I, Art. 1: ___________________________________ H.C.H.                     9'1    4          Hope Prot. Reformed Christian School
Head I, Art.  2 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 113                          5            by, J. Kalsbeek ___________________z  _______ i --__----        383 16
Head I, Art. 3 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 135                           6         Herder of  Huurling  by J. R. Vander  Wal__----------  165                  7
Head .I, Art. 4 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 186                         8          Letter from Harold Tilma  ________________-__--------  432  18
Head I, Art. 5 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 211                           9    ,    Letter to Concordia  by-Rev.  G. Lubbers -----  :--------           48 2
Head I, Art. 6 _________________________.  ___________ H.C.H. 234 10                               Lynden, by H. Hanko _____ c ----.----------z  ___________ 383 16
Head I, Art. 6- __ ____ __ ____ ____ ____ _-____  ____ _____ H.C:H. 261 11                         Lynden,, News Item from by H. Vander Veen, Jr.---- 312 13
Head I, Art. 7 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 2 8 2   .12                             P,ertinent Quotations from the Dogmatics of
Head I, Art. 7 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 307 13                                     Rev. H. Hoeksema by G.L  ._______________________  143                   6
Head I, Art. 7 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 330 14                                       Continued  ______________________________________.              1 6 4   7
Head I, Art. 8 ____________________________________ H.C.H. 354 15                                       Continued ______________________________________ 191 8
Head I, Art. 9  ___________________-________________               H.C.H. 378 16                   Reformation in Redlands, by-H. De Jong ____________  _ 168                  7
Head I, Art. 9  ____________________:   _---________-__  H.C.H. 402 17.                            Report of Eastern Ladies League by G. De  Vries----  408 17
Head I, Art.  lo- ____ ____ ____ ____ __________ ______  .-H.C.H. 541 19                           Report of Western Ladies League _____  T _____________ 144                  6
Head I, Art.  ll______________________________: ____ H.C.H. 474 20                            The Farmer's Strawstack __________________  _-..G.T.E.  479 20
Head I, Art. 12 _____________________________'  ______ H.C.H. 4P5 21                               Wat is Waarheid by J. R. Vander  Wal_______________  407 17
Chastity ___ ________ __ _____________ ________ ________  H..H. 393 17
Church And The Sacraments                                                                                                        -D-
   (See Early Views of The Church)  `:
   (See Early Views of Baptism)                                                               Deciding The Call  _____:   ____________:  ___________  G.v.d.B..  263 11
   (See Early Views of Lord's Supper)                                                         Declaration  of. Principles Discarded--- ____ __ __ ____  -MS. 455 19
Church, Early Views of  __________-_-_______________                H.V.        18      1     Dismissal of  Ministers---: _________  l____________  G.v.d.B. 332 14
         Continued ____________ i ______--___  ___________ H.V.                 45      2     Divorce and Remarriage  -_--------------------------  H.H. 345 15
       Continued ______________________________  i___,- H.V. 65 3                             Dr. Daane vs. Prot. Ref. Theology  & Ethics _______  :M.S. 357 15
         Continued  _ ____ ____  __:  ______-----___ ______  I-  -H.V.          89      4                                                            .
Church Order                                                                                                                     -E-                      2
   Article 4 _____________________________________ G.v.d.B. 20 1
       C o n t i n u e d   ______-_________________________      G . v . d . B .   6 9   3    Ecumenical Synod, The Third ______________________ M.S.' 95                      4
   Article 5 ______________________________________ G.v.d.B. 93 4                             Editorials :  -
   Article 6 _____________________________________ G.v.d.B. `115                        5             Another Assault ___________________________ G.M.O. 318 14
   Article 7  ___________________________:          ---_______  G.v.d.B.  139'          6             Another Assault ______ _____________________ G.M.O. 341 15
   Article 8  ____________-_______-.-----------------  G.v.d.B. 161                     7     Answer*  to Kok _______  - ____________________________ H.H. 220 10
       Continued. ______ _ ____________----  L -________  G.v.d.B. 188                  8     Answer to Rev. Petter _____________________________ E.E. 148                     7
   Article 9 ____________________  i  ___-____________  G.v.d.B. 213                    9     As To The Court Case _____________________________ H.H. 388 17
   Article 10 _____________________________________ G.v.d.B. 236 10                           A Protest and its Reply ___________________________ H.H. 460 20
       Continued ---;- ______ :--- __ -------- ____ _____ G.vd.B. 262 11                      A Protest and its Reply  ________:  ___________________ H.H. 484 21
 Article  ll_________________________          -: __________ G.v.d.B. 284 12                          Autonomy _________________________________ H.H. 436  ,19
       Continued _____ ___________________ ______  i--G.v.d:B. 309 13                                 Autonomy  _______~-___________---~~----------H.H.   4 1 2   1 8
       Continued ___ ____ ____ __ ____ ___ _____'  ________ G.v.d.B. 332 14                           Bulletin No.  l_______________________________            H.H. 148 7
   Article 12 _____________________________________ G.v.d.B. 356 15                                   Bulletin No. 2 ________________________________ H.H. 172                 8
   Article 13  ________________________________'   _-__-  G.v.d.B;  380 16                            Bulletin No. 3  _______________=________________  H.H.  lP6              9
       Continued  ___________________-_____________             G.v.d.B. 404 17                       Bulletin No.  4_--, ____________________________ H.H. 196                9
       Continued -I_,  ___________ 1___-__:  __________ G.v.d.B. 428  1 8                             Bulletin No. 5  ____:  ___________________________ H.H. 221 10
   Article 14 _____________________________________  G..v.d.B.  435 19                                Chronicle ___ ______ __ __ ____ __________  --:--- ---H.H.       52      3
   Article 14 _____________________________________ G.v.d.B. 476 20                                   Doctrine and Life ____________________________ H.H. 128                 6
   Article 15 ____?  ____,_ -`_____________------_______  G;v.d.B. 497 21                             Domineering, Who ___________________________ H.H. 364 16
   Article  2& ______ ___ ________  _____-  __  -~---  _________ H.H. 126               6             Earmarks ___ ____ ____ ______ _____ _________ _____ H.H. .76            4
Commandment, the Fourth  _____________:  ________  -..H.H.                      56      3          Earmarks ___________________________________ H.H. 100 5
Commandment, the Fifth __________________________ H.H.  lC14                            5             Earmarks ___ ____ ____ __ ___ __ ____ ____ __ __ ____ -H.H. 124         6
Commandmknt, the Sixth  -------------------_------  H.H.  204                           9             Earmarks  ___________________________________ H.H. 197 9
Commandment, the Seventh  ______-_________________  H.H.  .297 13                                     Further Reports on  Classis   East---  __ ____  -H.C.H.          35  ~  2
Common Grace, What kind is it __________________  :--M.S. 117 , 5.                                    Heresy and Heretics _________________________ H.H. 316 14
Common Grace, The Accepted View ___________  _ ____ M.S. 190                            8            How The Guardian Defends Heresy __________ H.H.                    4     1
Covenant of  Grace- ____ ____  _______-   -____ ____________ M.S. 405 17                             Kok's Moral Confusion  _____:  ________________ H.H. 172                 8
Covenant of Grace _____ __ __ ____ ______ __ ______ __ ---M.S. 430 18                                Lynden ___ _________________________________ H.C.H. 150 7
Covenant of Marriage ______________________________ H.H.  297* 13                                    Lynden _______________  r-.-i: _________________ H.H. 271 12
Contributions :                                                                                      Lynden, Lies About ________________________ H.C.H. 272 12
   All is Well by H. A. Van  Putten  _____________________ 240 10                                     More Interpretation-  ___________________.  _____ H.H. 199              9


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                SUBJECT .                                                Author Page No.                            SUBJECT                0  -'                             Author Page No.
          My Reply To Kok _____ ____ _______ ___-_- _._ -G.M.O. 273  .12                                                              -              M      -
          Of Love And Hatred _________________________ H.H. 340 15 - Meditations:  -
          Reply To My Classical  Censure---.  ____:  ______  HH. 244 11                                        Aliens and Enemies Reconciled- __ _______ _____ G.V. 457 20
          Reply To My Classical Censure  ____________.c_  H.H.  .268                                           Blessed P.eacemakers  ____________----_________  G.V. 4 3 3   1 9
                                                                                          12
          Reply to Rev.  Hofman-_~ __________________ H.C.H. 37 2                                              Faith And Jericho's Walls  ------------,------  H.C.K. 241 11
          Re the Reformed Guardian and Rev.  Petter--E.E.  173                                               -- Father's Good Pleasure  __________-_________  H.H.K. .193  9
                                                                                               8
          `Rev. J. Howerzyl Misunderstands __________ G.C.L. 292 13                                            Fruits of Deliverance--- ____  --:  _-_____  __ ____  -G.V.            25 2
          Synodical Letter-:- __ _ - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ -- _ _ __ -_ __ _ _ Synod                                  God's Presence of Grace  ______________.  _____ H.H.K. 145 7
                                                                                   4 1 5 1S
          The Court Case and I Cor. 6:1-8 ____________ H.H. 126                                                Into Heaven Itself  ___--__________----______  H.C.H. 385 17
                                                                                               6
          To Dr. James Daane _________________________ H.H. 272  12                                            Jehovah's Nearness To The
          To Rev. P. De Boer _______________________  1--H.H.  292 13                                              Broken Hearted  _-_____________________  H.C.H. 217 10
          What Happened At  Classis   East-..-  ___ __ __ ---H.H.                                                                                                                   313 14
                                                                                    2 8   - 2                  Mary . . . Rabboni ___-  :---1=  _______-_______  H1C.H.
          What Happened In  ThF: West  ____'  ____________ H.H.                                                Moab's Calling To Defend  Israel---s ______ H.H.K. -169  8
                                                                                     6         1
          What Rev. Hofman Did Not  Write--,  _____  .-G.C.L.  221  10                                         Remember  Me..~-~~~_~~_~_~__~~~_~~~~~__~~___~G.V.                     49 3
 Election, Too Much..-:  ___.___  :-..i _____________ i ____ M.S. 117                          5               Rend Your Heart, And Not Your  Garment--H.C.H.                       3 6 1   1 6
 Emeritation of Ministers _______ ---- ________  ---`-_G.v.d.B. 380 16                                         The Betrayal _____  I ____  1:  __________-________  H.C.H. .289  1 3
          Continued _____: _____-  i ___________________ G.v.d.B. 404                                          The Chief- __ _____ _ ________ -.- __ __ __ __ ____ _____ G.V.
                                                                                          17                                                                                        481 21
          Continued  ___-_______-____________________                 G.v.d.B. 428 18                 -      , The Cross and  B'oasting..--~--~~:   _----______ H.C.H. 2 6 5   1 2
Engaged In Secular Labors __________  l-- ________ G.v.d.B. 356  `151                                          The Lowest Room ______________  l_-___________ G.V.                     1 -1
Explanation, Just A Word Of ___________  :---i-.,,-G.C.L.                                                    s- The Message of  Comfort--_  _________________ G.V.                   73 4
                                                                                    14 1
Exposition of I Corinthians  16:13, 14 ______________ G.C.L. 371 16                                            The Righteous Branch-  :_ -I__ __ ________  ;--- -..-G.V.             97 5
Exposition of John  10:17, 18 ______________________ G.C.L. 381 13                                             The Voice of Jehovah and Contending
Exposition of John  10:27,  28 _________ _____________ G.C.L. 324 141                                              Rebels 2 __________--_-__________________                  G.C.L. 121 6
Exposition of John  14:15-19  ______________________ G.C.L. 444 19                                            Walking In  The, Light ______________________ H.C.H. 4 0 9   18
Exposition of  Remans   1:14-17  _____________________ G.C.L.  489  21                                         We Will Wait Upon Thee  _._____   - __________ H.C.H. 337 15
Exposition of  I'Peter   1:14-16  _____________________ G.C.L.  .61-  5
Exposition of I Peter  1:17 ______________________ G.C.L.                          83..  4                                                          -N-
Exposition of I Peter  l:lS,  19--_-:  _____________.___  G.C.L. 109                       5
Exposition of I Peter  1:,18, 19 _____________________  G.C.L;=  131                                Natural Blessings and The Well-meant  Offer..------M.S.
                                                                                           6                                                                                       2 8 7   1 2
Exposition of I Peter  1:22-25  ______  :1____________   _G.C.L.  155                               Not Hoeksema But Kok Changed- _ _ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ _ -M.S..
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Exposition of I Peter  22-25  _______________________ G.C.L.                                        Novices ________-_______________'  ________________ G.v.d.B.
                                                                                  180  -  8                                                                                        213 . 9
Exposition of I Peter  1:22-25 _________  I ___________ G.C.L.  205                       9
Exposition of I Peter  1:22-25 _____________________ G.C.L.  .22S 10                                                                                -0-Y
Exposition of I Peter 2  :l-10 _____ _________________ G.C.L. 228 10                                Oath In The
Exposition of ,I Peter  2:1-10  ----------"-.   ~ _________ G.C.L.                                                      World ---_ `--.... __-- 1__________-_________  H.H.           8  1
                                                                                  348 15            ,Oath in the  World-..-.:  ______--'   -____________________  H.H..              43 2
                                                                                                    Obedience and Promise-  :--..`---i..-`---L  ______ _______ H.H. 200 9
                                                                                                    Orders From Headquarters  _--___________-_________ MS. 141 6
Getting Personal---: _____  _ __________________  _ ______ M.S. 237 10                              Ordination, Public.. ____ __ __ --l..`- __ r-t-..Z __ _______ G.v.d.B.           20 1
Ghysel's Hodgepodge- __ __ -I__ __ :--.. _ _____ __ ____ __ -M.S. 286 11
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                                         -H-  '                                                     Pastdrates,       Changing  -..:-..,   ______________;  ______  G.v.d.B.         93 4
Heidelberg  Catechism(See  under Triple Knowledge, etc.)                                            Promise Conditional or Unconditional- __  -`_-  ___-  .--MS.                    22 1
Historic Phases of  thee  Weekly Sabbath ____________ H.H.                         79     4         Prophecy of Isaiah, The  -,---------------.---------  G.M.O.                     11 1
                                                                                                              Continued _________  - _______________________ G.M.O.                 82  4
                                          -.I -                                                               Continued i----  __________________________ --G.M.O.                 106 5
                                                                                                              Continued  ----------------.-----------------  G.M.O. 152 7
Idea of The Sabbath ______ :_______________  _______  ::H.H.,                      56     3                   Continued ____________  z  ------.--------------  G.M.O. 253 11
Indiscriminate Preaching-  ___.______   ---..-~..-  ____ G.v.d.B. 497 21                                      Continued _____  1__________-________________  G.M.O. 275 12
                                                                                                              Continued _________  -  ____--__________-______ G.M.O. 299 13
                                         -L-L                                                                 Continued- ___________  I _____________________ G.M.O. 323 14
                                                                                                           - Continued ______:  ______-______________  _ ____ G.M.O. 347 15
Leave of Absence ___________  _______________:  ____ G.v.d.B. 453 19                                          Continued _--___________---   l---: ___________ G.M.O. 368 16
Leave of Absence ____________________ __________  :..G:v.d.B. 476 20                                          Continued ______________-:  _________:  -______  G.M.O. 395 17
Liberty to Minister _____________________________ G.v.d.B. 115                            5                   Continued _______,______________.  ____________ G.M.O. 421 18
Love of The Neighbor's Person _________  I __________ H.H. 248 11                                             Continued : ________________________________ G.M.O. 441 19
Lord's Supper, Early Views of- __ -: _____ __ _ _ __ __ __ -H.V. 329 14                                       Continued ________ `..._: __-__________________  G.M.O. 465 20
         Continued- _ 1.. ____ --:.. __ __ _- __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ -H.V.      352 15             Protestant Reformed  Spht  Spreads ________________ M.S. 142 6
         Continued _ ---"  ________._______________________              H.V. 375 16
         Continued ___ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _. :: _ _ _ _ -L__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -H.V. 400 17                                                         -R-'
         Continued _________  Z- _________  i ________________ H.V. ~426 18
         Continued _ __ L_ -i __ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _- __ __ __ __ __ -H.V. 449 19            Remarriage and Divorce ______  L _______  - ____________ H.H. 345 15
         Continued  ,----------.----------------~--------H.V.                    472  20            Reply to Rev. Hofman and Mr.  B.yker   ____-____,_   L--..M.S. 310 13
         Continued ____________________________________ H.V. 493 21                                 Reply to Rev. Hofman and  Mc'Byker  _.__-_________ M.S.                         3 3   1 4


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                           SUBJECT                                 -a-.  _-  -                      Author .Page tjo;
                                                                   -s-                            .--I.                            :  Y GOD  `SA.VED. HIS  _ PEOPLE  FRbM-  DISTRESS
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Sabbath,.dbservance  of First- Day _____  -..z _______  H.fl. 103                                                       5.              :  :                 God -saved -His -people.  from `distress
Science And The Bible ____  i:i _____  ~_~`~:~~___~_-_~_r_iM.S..  163' 7                                                           f.1
                                                         .  _  _  _.                                                                                         And led. thern. through the wilderness ;
Special Admission  Into  T,he Ministry _____  L _____ G.v.d.B. 161                                                      7          2
                                                  -..._.  _-._.                                                                                 `.:          Then-%noun-tains  -t-rembled  in their place
Specially-Gifted Men_-; ____ ~~~_-~..  ________.  _____ G.v.d.B: 188                                                    8  1             b.
                                                              .~ .  .._._.                                                                      :  T.he-heavenswere  bowed before His face.
Supporting The Ministry ________________  I:--, ____  G.v.d:B.  ,248  -12                                                          ;            r
             Continued _______  :::_l_____   I_____   --I--ii-...G.vid.B..   309.  13                                                   .c      ~  : With -copious` showers Thou djdst _ assuage
                                                                                                                                                                                   -. _ _ -.- _ __. _ __ _
Sword Power And The  S~;t~`Cb`mmandment_.-___-_H.H.  226  10                                                                            -1                   The.  thrrstmg   of-Thy  heri$ge~   :  ,-                        '
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                     ,. . . .  .~  .____.._  __...                                                                                              1'           T h y   .congreg.atio.n   -dwelt  sec.ure  ; :   -1~  ~:
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                             .- . . .  -.  _ . . .  -.  -. .  _ _                        :                                                             Thou. God,- art -gracious .to -the poor. :
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Television, `,A `Sympesium  on--- --:: i-:- ___ ____ `__ :- -~.S~ 239 10                                                                        '            The Lord-sent forth His mighty word,
The Good  1.n The Totally  Depraved~-_`__-:____;  ____  MS.  -215                                                       9                                    And shouts of victory were heard ;
Theology And Schism _____ -L-- __ ____ ______ ____ I____ M.S. -:71                                                      3          ._
The Triple Knowledge                                                                                                                            The women came; a mighty throng,
            Lord's Day 37 _______  l---:-1:  ____  :I _______ ____  i-i-H.H.                                     8      1          '                         To join' the glad triumphant song.
Continued ____ I ____________.__  :: _____: ____.  _____: ____ H.H.                                               42    2                                    When God His: `chosen people:ledj  1
Continued Lord's Day 38-r ____ l-:;,.: __________: ____ H.H.                                                      56    3                                    The kings and armies ~turned.  and fled ;
Continued __-__  1____________  i _________ 2-i:  ____ i-I--H.H.                                                  79    4                                    The hosts of God victorious fought,
Continued __________  1-1---:-:  _________  i-, __________ H.H. 102. 5
Lord's,Day 39 ___________:  __________________________ H.H. 104                                                         5                                    And  homes  their spoils and trophies brought.
Continued ..: _____ -..--:  _____ :..--1-:------  _________ I_____  H.H. 176                                            8
Continued ______ :-::  ____:  ________ i-; _____________ H.H.  200                                                      9               `r :                 God's people -rested, -free from care,
Lord's Day  40-:-Y---: ________________________  l_____   .H.H. 204                                                     9                                    In. glo;ri~us `peace and .beauty  fair ;
Continued _ __ ______ L:____  __ ____ ____ __ __ _____ _______ H.H. 224 10                                                                                   Their mrghty" King  -did overthrow
Continued _____ __ __ ___:__  _____________-___  __ __ __ ---H:H. 246 11                                                                                     The: hostile .ki&s like dri.ven,  snow.
Continued ____________________  I_____   _ ____  :_______   ,H.H. 295 13                                                                                     All mountains unto God belong,                              ,
Lord's  ,Day  41---: _________  I-:  ____________-_________  H.H. 297 13                                                                                   - But' Zion's holy -mountains strong .
Continued  ___.__  1: ____ ____  -:--.. __________________  ---H.H. 321 14
Continued _ ________ ______ `---:-- ____ ________________ H.H. 345 15                                                                                        Above them all the Lord loves well,
Continued ______  I __________________________________ H.H. 367 16                                                                      :                    And there Her will' forever dwell.-
Continued  -----------------------------------------H.H.   .392 17
Continued ___ ________________ ______ ________________ H.H. 440 19                                                                                           Great hosts  tom holy wars have. trod,
Lord's Day  42: ______  :-;-----:::  ______________________ H.H. 462 20                                                                                      The armies of the living God ;
Continued __________ :--: _____ :-:-:-::---i  __________ H.H. 487 21                                                                                         Among them He reveals His face,
                                                           L&L                                                                                               The God of justice .and of grace.
                                                                                                            _.                                         - Thou hast ascended up on high
Walking In Error  ______-.__________________________  J.A.H. 257 11                                                                                          And.  captive. led.  captivity ;'
               C o n t i n u e d   _____-____________________________                                 J . A . H .   2 7 8   1 2                              They come with gifts who did rebel,
               Continued-  ____-______________-______________                                      J.A.H. 303 13                                             That with them God the Lord might dwell.
               Continued ________ ::::-I:---=-: _____:  _______ J.A.H. 326 14.
            Continued _____  _ ______________________  1_____   J.A.fi:   -3.50.  15
               Continued ---: _____ ;1_____ Y-;;;;-~  _____:  ______ J.A.H. 373 16                                                      .                   `Blest-be the' Lord ! for us- He cares
               Continued  _______________;   ________;  _________  J.A.H. 398 17                                                                            And daily all our burden bears ;
.,             Continued --_: _______________ ;---ii:;  ________ J.A.fi.  -423 18                                                                          Our God is mighty,. strong to save ;
             :Continued   =_;;_;~_;_;__;----~-~-~~~~---~~~--J.A.B.   4 4 6   1 9                                                                            J.e_hovah frees us from the grave;
             `~Continued  ____  :=: _____  ~~~_z__~z_L~~  ______  ;.,-J.A.H.  -470 20                                                                 '  God's'unrelenting`   e n e m i e s   -.  -
               Continued  ;;-..;_zL  _________  z;--z--zIz~  ____  2,J.A.H.   491 21
Way, The Truth- and -The Life___,L,:,,,,_--  ________  :M.S.' 382,  1 6                                                                                      No peace shall find in-earth or seas ;
                                                                                                                                                      His people shall triumphant go,
                                  _                         - Index by- -Rev:  - G.  Vanden   1 Berg
                                             -  -.--.--                                                                                              .,  .Victorious  over every foe.
                     *                            ._  ._  ..--....~..  -..  .
                            kiYH.E.AJU                              DOTIl                OVEG$OW                                                           With ,glorious-  pomp our. -King and God
                          1  -_  My-hearth.doth-overflow;   -                                                                                               Has entered into-His abode-
                                                                                                                                                t: With sacred  minstreisy and song,
                                                                                                                                                       While maidens. with th.eir.  timbrels  throng:
                                  r Doth praise the King divine.                                                                                       .- Assemble-ye before-His face, .  '                                        ~
                                       Supremely fair Thou art,                                                                                             All ye that- spring from Israel's race  ;.
                                       Thy lips with grace o'erflow;                                                                                        Ye chosen-tribes; with one-accord
                            .His richest blessings evermore                                                                                                 Come ye, and bless your God, the Lord..                                     .
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                                       Doth God on Thee bestow.                                      Psalm 45  :l                                                  _                                                                    Psalm 68


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