      VoLuarE  SXSTX                       SEPTEMBER  15, 1963 - GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN                            NUMBER 21


                                                                       And, remember, this Daniel said that in Babylon, where
           MEDI-TATION                                              they were sent because of their sin.

                                                                       Another thing to remember: this included all, even

                                                                    Daniel included. Listen again to him: `Yea, while I was

                      A LITTLE WRATH                                speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of
                                                                    my people Israel."
       "In a little w&h  I hid My face from thee for a.
        moment; but  with everlasting kindness will I have             Moreover, what made this sin so grievous was that it
        .mel*cy  on thee, saith  the LoTd  thy Redeemer."           was committed in the midst of the Word of God.

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                                                       Isa. 54~8       Again listen to Daniel:    "Neither have we hearkened
                                                                    unto Thy servants the prophets, which spake in Thy name

                                                                    to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the
     A strange text.                                                people of the land."

     And a strange context,                                            God never leaves Himself without witness. But there is

     In the verse preceding this one the Lord told His              a terrible difference: it is one thing to sin in the hinter-

people that "For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but           lands of China, but it is an entirely different  thing to sin

with great mercies will I gather thee."                             in the midst of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudson-

     What is this?                                                  de.

                                                                       God's Word is much more beautiful in Hudsdnville!
     That little wrath is the Babylonian Captivity, and that

small moment of forsakenness is seventy years of bondage.              Do you notice how I came from far away Babylon to'

                                                                    Michigan by one stroke of the pen?
     Write this in your little book: God never utterly forsakes

His people!                                                            Of course, I did.

     No, this truth is not popular. In fact, this truth is hated       Because the text has wider application than to that

throughout history.                                                 poor slave people between the rivers of Babylon.

                                                                       Our text applies to all the Church of Jesus Christ in

                                                                    every age and in every clime, only more so as you come to
                          # e 0 #                                   the end of the days of the history of the world. It applies

                                                                    much more to us today than to the Israelites in Babylon.

     What was the painful occasion.for  this little wrath?             It applies also to all the generations of God's people.

     Because of the sin of Israel.          .                          It applies also to every individual of the Church.

     Israel  had grievously sinned. If you desire a com-               Here we are: God has regenerated and converted us.

mentary on that listen to Daniel: "And- I prayed unto the           The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ is in our inmost heart. And

Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, 0 Lord,              He has placed us in the midst of the Church.of Jesus Christ.

the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and                And His word is preached to us from our infancy.

mercy to them that love Him, and to them that keep His                 And then what?
commandments; we have sinned, and have committed iniq-
uity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by               Then we sin, and sin and sin!

departing from Thy precepts and from Thy judgments."                   And we are cast off!`~ And it grows dark.


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       And the church of Jesus Christ often complains: "The            No.

 Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me!"                I think he felt like singing: "From out of the depths I

 Isa. 49: 14.                                                       cry to thee, 0 God!"

       That, beloved reader, is the experience of every child of       How do you think Peter felt after he swore and cursed,

God.                                                                saying: I know not the Man!?

       It is your sin that makes separation between you and            You know it: he wept bitterly.

your God. And you are sent to Babylon.                                 And why?

       Then you taste the "moment of wrath."                           Because he tasted a little wrath, and the Lord forsook

       0, I know, I know, this is denied by many. Even in           him for a little moment.

 our own churches. And I may add that it is denied in all

the ages.

       Listen to them: God loves His people from everlasting           ~Beloved,  we had an expression in the old country, and

 to everlasting. God gave Jesus for the sin of His people,          it was this: "Gods volk zondigt duur!" Ask someone to

 and He accepted the price of His blood for a perfect               translate it for you.

atonement. Moreover, God perfectly justified His people,
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and that means: 1) their sins are forgiven; 2) they receive

a perfect righteousness; 3) they are adopted unto children;

4) they have a right to eternal life; and 5) they have peace           God's clock and-our clock do not run in unison.

with-God.                                                              Seventy long years is with God "a small moment."

      And so, what are you talking about a little wrath and a          And when we are in darkness and great distress, so that
moment of forsakenness?                                             we sing: "The pains of hell gat hold upon me!" then God

      And all the time Moses sings his dolorous song: "In Thy       says: That is My little wrath!

wrath our spirits languish, sinful heath Thy searching                 And of course, that is correct.

eye!"                                                                  A great big wrath is everlasting wrath of God in hell!

      And Jehovah tells you and me: "In a little wrath I hid           But here is the everlasting Gospel of God: even though
My face from thee for a moment!"                                    we often are in darkness and distress, God never utterly

       First of all, we do not deny what we enumerated above        forsakes His people. Even though we deserve everlasting

under five heads. We even emphasize them every Sunday               hell because of our sins, God only gives us a little wrath,

and week day.                                                       and even that little wrath is ultimately for- our good: It

      Of course, God loves His people while they were yet           teaches us to hate sin, especially our own. It teaches us
sinners. And He loves them from eternity to eternity. Of            not to trust in ourselves, but always to cling to the Rock
course, God's people are perfectly justified. Listen to the         who is higher than I. It teaches us to flee from sin and to
Bible: `He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath          pray against sin. Oh yes, it is all for our good.

He seen perverseness in Israel." Numbers 23:21. Of course,             No, God never utterly forsakes His people.

we believe that "Whosoever is born of God doth not com-                And do you know why not?
mit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin,             Because of His kindness.
because he is born of God." I John 3:9.
                                                                       What is the kindness of God?
      But here is the point: Israel is more than born of God!          It is that virtue of God wherein He delights to bless His
      There is, first, reprobate Israel. Second, there are the      people.
unconverted, unregenerated elect; and third,. there is the
                                                                       Yes, there is a weak shadow of that virtue among the
flesh of God's people. Do not forget the old man of sin
                                                                    children of men.
which is in everyone of you.
                                                                       When you love a person very much, you delight to plan,
      And when the old man of sin has the ascendency  He
                                                                    and later to execute your plan to buy some expensive gift
hides His face from us. He makes us feel in our heart His
                                                                    for your beloved.
opinion of us.
                                                                       And later, when your beloved has- the gift all wrapped
.i    Let me put it very plainly: when you drag yourselves
                                                                    up in his or her hands, you delight to watch and see the
,through  the mire of sin, you will come .in contact with a
                                                                    unwrapping, and the final revelation of your gift. But more
l i t t l e   w r a t h . .
                                                                    yet, you delight to see and to hear the manifestations of
      How do you think David felt after he lied, -deceived,
                                                                    gladness and rejoicing and thanksgiving of your beloved.
fornicated and murdered? Do you think he lifted up his
voice and sang: Hallelujah, praise Jehovah; 0, my soul,                That is God!

Jehovah praise! 1' : -T                                                And His gift?


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                                                                    Lord is longsuffering with regard to His people.
           E D I T O R I A L S                                         NOW we must not confuse longsuffering with forbear-
                                                                    ance. The latter term in Scripture is used with regard to

                                                                    the vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction, the former
        Single Or Doublle  Track Theology?                          with respect to the people of God, the vessels of love. The

   We were interpreting the well-known text of II Peter             vessels of wrath are the wicked, who provoke God with

3:9: "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some         their wicked deeds and thoughts. The idea of forbearance

men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not           is that, if the Lord followed His desire, He would destroy

willing that any should perish, but that all should come            the wicked immediately, but they must first serve their

to repentance."                                                     purpose. When the purpose of their existence is reached,

   According to the context, there were those, whether in           He sends them to their eternal destruction. Till then He

the church or outside, that mocked at the people of God             forbears. We may say, therefore, that God restrains His

when they looked for the coming of the Lord and the final           wrath till the day of reckoning. There is no love in for-

realization of the promise. They had, apparently a good ar-         bearance.

gument on which to base their contention that the Lord                 .Longsuffering,  however, is motivated by love over His

would not come again; all things remain as they were from           people. Thus it is in the text which we are interpreting

the beginning. And to this the apostle replied, in the first        here. Thus it is also in Luke 18:7,8, where we read: "And

place, that this contention is not true: things did not re-         shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and

main as they were from the beginning, for the flood inter-          night unto him, though he bear long' with them? I tell

vened. Before the flood the elements of destruction                 you that he will avenge them speedily." The clause "though

encompassed those who at that time mocked the people                he bear long with them" is a wrong translation. It should

of God on all sides, namely, water. The same is true,               be "though he is longsuffering over them;" (Greek m&o-

secondly, with regard to those that mocked at the people            thumb,  Dutch lankmodig).  The same word is used in Jas.

of God at the time of the apostle Peter: the elements of            5:7, where we read:    "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto

destruction were round about them, for the heavens and              the coming of the Lord. Bel-nold,  the husbandman waiteth

the earth that are now are full of the very fire that will          for the precious fruit of the earth and hath long patience

destroy them at the time of the coming of the Lord.                 (is longsuffering,  Greek: makrothumoon) for it, until he

   But the apostle is not writing to these mockers, even            receive the early and latter ram." The people of God suffer

though he writes about them; but he is addressing the               in this world, and they long for deliverance. And the Lord

church. The church longed for the coming of the Lord;               loves them; He, as it were suffers with them. If the Lord

and they, the church, expected Him soon. And seeing                 followed the desire of His heart, He would lead them into

that the Lord appeared to tarry, the cutting satire of the          glory. But this cannot be. Things must all be ready. They

enemy impressed some of them. To these the apostle gives            must be ripe. Even as the husbandman longs to cut the corn

a twofold answer. The first is based on the Lord's eternity.        and gather it into his barns, but must wait till it is ripe,

He is not bound to time; a thousand years for Him is as one         so the Lord restrains, as it were, the impulse of His love

day, and one day is as thousand years. The second deals             until all is ready.

with God's work in and for the church. God is longsuffering            And what is the reason for His longsuffering? Many

over His people; He does not want that any of them should           reasons might be mentioned according to Scripture. The

perish, but that every one of them should come to repent-           measure of iniquity must first be made full. The kingdom

ance. When every one of them has been saved, the Lord               of antichrist must first be realized. The man of sin must

will surely fulfill His promise.                                    first be revealed in all his power. But here only one reason

   When the text is thus read and explained in the light of         is mentioned: God does not will that any should perish,

its context, it will be evident that it cannot teach that God       but that all should come to repentance.

wills that all men shall be saved.                                     What does this mean? That is the question. According

   But let us now look a little more closely at the text itself.    to &riper,  and also according to Dekker, the "not any" and

   The main idea of this passage is, no doubt, expressed in         "all" refer to all men without distinction. This is the Ar-

the words:    "the Lord is not slack concerning his promise         minian  theory. The text then means that God, on His part,

. . . but is longsuffering to us-ward."                             wills that all men should be saved. This, however, con-

   What is longsuff ering?                                          tradicts the plain teaching of Scripture which emphasizes

   We must remember that the early church was filled with           that God, according to election and reprobation, wills that

an earnest and fervent longing for the coming of the Lord.          only the `elect shall be saved while the' reprobate perish.

They expected that He would come soon. And when it                  Besides,. the people of God, over against the mockers of

seemed as if He tarried, they, at least some of them, con-          the day and time of which the.  apostle speaks and over

sidered that the Lord was slack concerning His promise.             against the mockers of any time, longed and long for the

   This the apostle denies and instead he explains that the         coming of the Lord. But, if this coming must wait till all


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men are saved, the Lord will never come.                               I do not-believe it, for the following reasons:

   This Arminian theory assumes many forms; but prin-                  1. In the first place, neither of these passages speak of

cipally it always comes down to the same thing: the re-             an offer at all, an offer of salvation which must, of course,

jection of the .truth  of reprobation. There is, of course, the     be accepted by men' in order to be realized. If man does

most recent theory of Karl Barth: Christ is the reprobate;          not want to accept the offer, God can do nothing about it.

He took reprobation upon Himself, and, after His death              I just happened to hear the other day a sermon by Mr.

on the cross, there is no more reprobation. There is the            Billy Graham over the radio, in which he strongly em-

theory that God wills not that all men shall be saved               phasized this very heresy. Man, according to this sermon,

according to the will of His counsel or His so-called secret        was created with a will and that will is sovereign: God

will; but according to the gospel, or His revealed will,            never touches it or interferes with it. Salvation is offered

He, nevertheless, wants all men to be saved. Then we have           to that man, but he must accept it, otherwise God cannot

two Gods. In actual fact, this is also a denial of reprobation.     save him. He forgot twi things. The first is that, after the

Or there is the theory that speaks of the will of command           fall, man is free only to do evil. He cannot and will not

and the will of God's counsel. Also this, in the practice of        and cannot will to accept any offer of salvation. The second

preaching, comes down to the same thing: the denial of              is that grace is always first, and that the grace of God is

reprobation.                                                        not resistible . . . But, apart from this, the texts in Ezekiel

   But what does the text say, the text in II Peter 3:9?            do not even mention such an offer. They merely contain

   Note the following:                                              emphatic statements, on the part of God, that He has no

   1. The text in the original does not say "all men," but          pleasure in the death of the wicked, but He delights in

simply "all." It must, therefore, be determined from the            the fact that the wicked turn and live. This He even

text itself, in its context, who are included in this "all."        swears, according to the text in Ezekiel 33.

   2. The text says that God is longsuffering "to us-ward."             2. Secondly, note that in both the texts of Ezekiel, the

Who are they? Surely, not the mockers. And surely not all           Lord does not address all men, but the house of Israel.

men. The apostle is writing to the church, the people of            And that house of Israel is the Church of the old dispensa-

God. They and they only are included in the phrase `to              tion. Also this Billy Graham and he that finds in these

us-ward."                                                           texts of Ezekiel a general well-meant offer of salvation to

   3. It is very plain, therefore, that, when in the last part      all men without distinction forget. In the old dispensation

of the text the apostle writes "not willing that any should         the Church was limited to only one nation, the nation of

perish, but that all come to repentance," the hot any" and          Israel. It is, therefore, not all men and not all the wicked,

"all" refer to the same number of people as the `us."               but His own people whom He assures of His forgiving

   4. Hence, it is perfectly proper and according to the            mercy.

meaning of the text to explain the last part of the text as             3. Thirdly, the context in both cases and especially in
meaning:     `not willing that any of us should perish, but that    chapter 33, plain reveals that the texts are an answer to the
all of us should come to repentance." And therefore, the            complaint of the people of God that their case is hopeless
text does not refer to all men without distinction, but to the      and they must needs die and cannot live . Say they: "If our
people of God, i. e., the elect.                                    transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away
   And this is in harmony with the entire context.                  in them, how should we then live?" They, evidently, were
   Indeed, this is logic, of which Kuiper, apparently, must         conscious of their sin, and felt that they were worthy of
have nothing. But it is logic based on Scripture.                   condemnation. They did not see a way out. To them the

                         0 e * Q n                                  texts in Ezekiel 18 and 33 are an answer. There is abundant
                                                                    mercy in God: for He hath no pleasure in the death of the
   Two other passages that are supposed to teach, not only          wicked, but in this is His delight, that the wicked turn
the theory of so-called common grace, but also that God             from his evil way and live. `ThereforeJet  them turn, and!
loves all men, are Ezek. X3:23  and 33:ll.                          they shall live.
    The former passage reads as follows: "Have I any                    4. Finally, perhaps you say that the wicked, neverthe-
pleasure-at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord          .less,  niust turn, in order to live, and this is certainly tie.
God; and not that he should return from his ways and live?"         But do not forget that, if they do turn, this is the effect of
And in the latter passage we read: "Say unto them, As I             the grace of God, Of themselves they can never turn, but
live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death            rather die in their sins. But when the irresistible grace of
of the wicked; but that the wicked should turn from his             God, through the Holy .Spirit,  and by the efficacious calling,
way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for             through the Word, is wrought in them, &they  surely turn.
why will ye die, 0 house of Israel?"                                This calling, as far as the preaching and the word of the
    Now, the question is: do these passages teach a sincere         prophet is concerned, comes to all that hear the word, elect
and well-meant offer  of salvation to all men, or that God          and reprobate, btit  it is efficacious unto salvation only in
loves all men without distinction?                                  the elect.                                                 H.H.


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                                                                       We must never say, therefore, that the church was born
11      -0 Ii R D 0 C T R I N E 11                                 on the day of Pentecost. On the contrary, from the begin-
                                                                   nirig she was in the world. But when the Spirit of the

                                                                   exalted Lord is poured out upon all flesh, the shadows flee

           THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH                              away, and reality is come.     And the church then breaks
                                                                   through the limits of her national boundaries to become

                          CHAPTER III                              strictly catholic. She is now universal, not indeed in the

                                                                   sense that all men are saved in the church: for in her uni-
      THE ATTiUBUTES  AND MARKS OF THE CHURCH
                                                                   versality she is strictly limited by sovereign election. But

                          (Continued)                              she is universal in the sense that "whosoever believeth in

                                                                   Christ," whether he be Jew or Gentile, "shall be saved."
       This catholicity of the church, according to which she      In that sense the church has a catholic Lord, Who is rich
embraces all the nations of the earth, is realized in the          over all that call upon Him, and a catholic Spirit, Who
fulness of time. For God sent His Son into the world,              dwells in all the nations of the earth unto their salvation.
made of a woman, our Lord Jesus Christ. And though                 She preaches a catholic gospel: for she is sent forth to
Christ be of the Jews, He and His work are not limited to          preach the gospel to all nations of the world, and to bap-
the Jews; but He is the Lord that is rich over all that            tize them with a catholic baptism into the catholic death
call upon Him. Romans 10:X. He is the end of the law,              of her catholic Lord. She professes an holy catholic faith,
its fulfillment and at the same time its termination. He is        the faith of that catholic gospel, and bows down in catholic
for righteousness to every one that believeth. Through
                                                                   worship before the God of her salvation, the worship of the
Him the sacrifices of bulls and goats, through which the
                                                                   living God in Spirit and in truth. She has a catholic calling,
Jews obtained forgiveness of sins, were abolished, to be
                                                                   the calling to be holy, even as the Lord her God is holy.
replaced by the true sacrifice of reconciliation offered on
                                                                   And she offers up neither Jewish nor Greek, neither Amer-
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and bringing remission
                                                                   ican nor German prayers and thanksgiving, but the catholic
of sins to all that call upon Him, whether they be Jews or
                                                                   prayer for the hallowing of God's name, the coming of His
Gentiles. The earthly temple in Jerusalem, that center of
                                                                   kingdom, the universal accomplishment of His will on earth
Jewish worship, is rebuilt by His .death  and resurrection
                                                                   as it is in heaven. Such is the meaning of the confession
and by the outpouring of His Spirit upon all flesh. Jeru-
                                                                   concerning the catholic church of Christ.
salem is now above,  and is the mother of us all. The church
of all nations is the temple of the living God, where be-             Still the catholicity of the church is not fully realized.
lievers are a royal priesthood, with Christ as their High          In the world it does not become fully manifest. Often the
Priest, offering up spiritual sacrifices of praise unto the God    church is tempted to deny her catholicity when the world
of their salvation. Mount Zion is non  longer a local hill         would press her into the service of national interests, as
in the land of Canaan, nor is the throne of David a mere           indeed is often done. But essentially the church is catholic,
symbol of national glory and sovereignty. Both have been           and she looks forward to a universal hope, the kingdom of
realized and universalized in our exalted Lord, Whom God           heaven in the new creation. For in that kingdom the cath-
has `set at his- own right hand in heavenly places, far above      olicity of the church will be fully realized, and the great
all principalities and power, and might, and dominion, and         multitude which no man can number, of all nations and
every  name that is named, not only in this world, but also        kindreds  and peoples and tongues, which the Seer of Pat-
in that which is to come: And hath put all things under            mos saw, standing before the throne of God and of the
his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the       Lamb. Revelation 7:9. In the new heaven and the new
church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth         earth, and the heavenly Jerusalem in which the tabernacle
all in all."    Eph. 1:20-23.  In the new dispensation the         of God shall be with men, in the light of which the nations
mountain of the Lord's house is indeed exalted above the           of them which are saved shall walk and into which the
mountains, and all nations flow unto it, to worship Jehovah        kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor forever,
their God. The old dispensational olive tree has become            the catholicity of the church shall be completely realized.
strictly catholic, and branches from Jews and Gentiles are         In. that catholic hope the church prays tith the fervent
grafted into it, until the fulness of both shall have entered      longing of the bride for her-bridegroom, "Thy kingdom
in. Romans 11. In the new dispensation believers of every          come."

nation have "come unto Mount Sion and unto the city of                The church, one and catholic in the Lord Jesus Christ,

the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable          confesses that she is holy. This holiness is without doubt

company of angels, to the general assembly and church of           the chief, the most characteristic, virtue of `the church. It

the fistborn, which are written in heaven, .apd  to God  the       is this virtue of the church that is at the same time her

judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made -perfect."       limitation and her catholicity. It is this spiritual virtue

.Hebrews  12~22,  23.                             . -              that determines her distinctive position and calling in the


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world, as well as her conflict with the world. It is her          gave you, so also do ye. And above ati these things, put

limitation, for in virtue of this holiness she is incapable of    on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3:12b,  13,

receiving into her communion whatever and whoever, ,is            14. Again, they are mentioned as "holy brethren, partakers

unholy or profane. For `there shall .in no wise enter -in&  it    of thhe-heavenly  calling." I Thess. 5:17; Heb. 3:l. Besides,

anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomina-       they are admonished: "But as he which hath called you is

tion, or maketh a lie, but they which are written in the          holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. Because it

Lamb's book of life." Rev. 21:27.  And: "Without are dogs,        is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy." I Peter 1:15,  16. Be-

and sorcerers, and -whoremongers, and murderers, and              lievers are said to be lively stones that "are built up a

idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." Rev.           spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual

22:15.  It is therefore the calling of the church to fight a      sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." I Peter 2:s.

true, spiritual warfare, and to be the church militant in         And they are "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an

opposition to all that is unholy and profane.                     holy nation," in order that they might "show forth the

                                                                  praises of him that called them out of darkness into his
   We must constantly bear in mind that when we speak
                                                                  marvellous light." I Petel;  2:9.
of the holiness of the church, we are speaking sf her as an

object of faith and as the true, spiritual body of Christ, the       Besides, it is well known that the apostle Paul in his
fellowship of which Christ is .the head and that has all its      epistles uniformly addresses the church as the communion
life in and from Christ. The confession that the church is        of saints: "To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called
holy is not based, therefore, on experience, on actual ob-        to be saints," he writes in Romans 1:7.  And again: "To the
servation of what we see of the church as she appears on          church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sancti-
earth. Were we to derive our knowledge of the church from         fied in Christ  Jesus, called to be saints." I Cor. 1:2.  Or
actual experience, it would not be difficult to arrive at the     again: "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with
very opposite conclusion and to insist that-she is not holy,      all the saints which are in all Achaia." II Cor. 1:l. The
but very unholy indeed. For there is much carnality in the        church, even as she appears in the world, no matter how
church. And that carnality becomes manifest in many ways.         much sin and pollution may disfigure her and mar her ap-
But the confession that the church is holy is based on and        pearance, is still the communion of saints. Strongly the
derived from-God's own revelation as we have it in the            Scriptures, therefore, emphasize the holiness of the chuych.
Scriptures. The Word of God teaches us, and therefore the
                                                                     Now the question is: what is meant by this holiness bf
believers confess, an holy catholic church, the communion
                                                                  the church? What is its source? In what sense is the
of saints. Moses is instructed by Jehovah to address the
                                                                  church holy? And what follows from this virtue with re-
people of Israel, that is, the church in the wilderness, as
                                                                  spect to the calling of the church in the world?
follows: `And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and

an holy nation." And every part of the Mosaic institution            We must remember that the holiness of the church rests

was designed to remind the nation that they were a people         only in God. Holiness is pre-eminently, if not exclusively, an

holy unto the Lord. And the same truth is emphasized              attribute, or virtue, of God. And the holiness of the church

with respect to the church of the new dispensation. "`Know        is rooted in and based upon the holiness of God. God is

ye not," the apostle Paul writes to the church of Corinth,        thhe  Holy One, according to Scripture. And the holiness of

"that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God        God certainly means that He is the implication of all good-

dwelleth in you.2 If any man defile the temple of God, him        ness. God is good. He is in&itely  good. He is righteous,

shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which           just; He is gracious and merciful; He is the implication of

temple ye are." II Cor. 3:17.  God has blessed us with all        all knowledge and wisdom and power. He is a light, and

spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, according       there is no darkness in Him at all. And therefore, because

as He has chosen us in him before the foundation of the           God is good, yea, because God is the only good, He is

world, that we should be holy and without blame before            eternally consecrated to Himself. He loves Himself. He

Him in love. Eph. 1:3, 4. The church is built upon the            wills Himself. He seeks Himself in all things. He seeks

foundation of the prophets and apostles, Jesus Christ Him-        always His own glory, not only in Himself, but also in all

self being the chief cornerstone, in Whom all the building        created things in heaven and on earth. But the creature,

groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. Eph. 2:21.  And          for that very reason, may never be consecrated to itself.

God reconciled us, in order that He might present us `%01y        The holiness of the creature, the holiness of the church, is

and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight." Col. 1:22.       that virtue of the church according to which it is conse-

Believers are addressed as "elect of God, holy and beloved,"      crated, not to itself, but to God alone. The holiness of the

Col. 3:12.  And exactly as such, they must put on bowels of       church means that it seeks and desires God as the only

mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-            good, and that it finds its delight in praising Him and show-

suffering, forbearing one another and forgiving one another,      ing forth His glory.

if any man have `a quarrel against any, even as Christ for-                                                                H.H.


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                                                                      sent Othniel the son-in-law of Caleb to judge the people,
11 A CLOUD OF WITNESS.ES ! reproving them for their iniquity and leading them in the
                                                                      way of deliverance.

                                                                          Next it was the tribes of the southern and eastern parts
                       EgBon  and Ehud                                of the country that fell under the wrath of God, the tribes
           And the children of Israel did coil  again in the sight    of Reuben and Gad, Ephraim and Benjamin. These tribes
        of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the
        king of Moab agakt  Israel, because they had done             did evil against the Lord until He gave new strength to
         evil 6~1 the sight of the LORD . . .                         some of their old enemies to punish them. Chief among
           But when the children of Israel cried unto the             these enemies was the nation of Moab with Eglon as its
        LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer,  Ehud              king. This was a nation which stood in a very peculiar
        the son of Gera, a Benjamite,  a man lefthunded.
                                                    Judges 312, I5    relationship to Israel. The Moabites were descendants of
                                                                      Abraham's nephew Lot. When Israel had approached the
       In the days of the judges Israel was a very unsettled          land of Canaan they had been forbidden to invade the land
nation.     There was no king in -Israel to give it political         of Moab because it had been appointed unto them by God.
union. Divided as the nation was into tribes and families,            Rather than to fight against the Moabites, Israel had cir-
there was no one person who could serve as the head and               cumvented the land without crossing its borders. Still
hold the nation together. Ideally no such king was needed.            Balak, the king of Moab at that time, had been so moved
The unity of Israel was meant to be something more than               to fear by the greatness of the strength of Israel that he
merely political; it was meant to be spiritual, joining the           had hired Balaam the prophet from the east to cast a curse
people together from the heart. Jehovah was their Lord                upon Israel. But all of his efforts had been in vain and God
and in the true and united worship of Him their unity was             had repeatedly blessed Israel through Balaam instead of
to be found. It was the strongest unity that could ever be            cursing them. But now the situation had changed. This
known by any nation. As long as the people of God con-                generation had followed. the way of wickedness instead of
tinued to join themselves together before Jehovah's altar in          the faithfulness which had characterized their fathers who
a true worship of love, they could never be far divided               followed Moses and Joshua. In reply to this God gave to the
politically, socially, or in any other sphere of life. The love       king of Moab that strength against Israel which the Moabites
of God would bind them together in a mutual concern and               had often desired but never had obtained. The Lord en-
respect for each other which could not be broken. That                abled Moab to rise against Israel in battle and to overcome.
was a bond which could withstand all of the dividing and
                                                                         It happened in this way.      Eglon made an agreement
scattering powers of Satan and the world. The difficulty
                                                                      with the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join together in
was that though ideal, this spiritual unity did not long hold
                                                                      battle against the children of Israel and try to regain their
the nation of Israel together. There were in Israel strong
                                                                      former possessions which were now in the hands of Reuben
carnal and reprobate elements that were working to divide
                                                                      and Gad. Almost to their own amazement these nations
the nation. At first after the entrance into Canaan these
                                                                      found themselves not only to be successful in battle against
had not been able to gain too much influence; but gradu-
                                                                      the children of Israel but actually to be able to overrun all
ally as the people settled down and began to take their
                                                                      of their own former lands. The children of Israel were with-
blessings for granted the power of sin began to grow more
and more influential. People forgot their indebtedness to             out power to withstand them. It was almost as if the God
                                                                      Who had formerly fought for Israel was now on their side.
God and began to seek the satisfaction of their own lust and
                                                                      Coming to their old former boundary at the river Jordan
earthly desires. Israel became more and more divided and
                                                                      the combined forces of Moab, Ammon and Amalek felt no
groups and factions began to form, each pursuing its own
                                                                      need to stop there.    Like an overilowing  tide they swept
self-centered interests. Instead of love developed antagon-
ism; instead of unity developed division. Each person and             across the Jordan and on into the tribal lands of Benjamin
                                                                      and Ephraim. Here was a new strength such as these na-
faction did that which was right in his own sight, and that
                                                                      tions had never felt before, even prior to the return of Israel
was generally always the wrong way of sin. These were the
                                                                      from Egypt. Excited by his new-found power, Eglon pro-
days of the judges, troubled and unsettled on every side.
                                                                      ceeded to build for himself a palace at Jericho from which
Each section of the nation went in its own way and at its
                                                                      he could rule his new domain. His intentions were no doubt
own pace into the way of sin.
   First of the portions of Israel to fall most deeply into           to establish a permanent kingdom over which he would rule
                                                                      as king;
sin were the tribes of the northern regions. They went

deeper and deeper until God sent an eastern monarch,                     For eighteen years Eglon continued his rule over the

Chushan-rishathaim  of Mesopotamia to invade the land                 children of Israel. For the children of Israel the oppres-

with his armies. For eight years .he oppressed the people             siveness of those years and the humiliation was immense.

of Israel, until at last they saw the folly of their way and          There was, of course, the tribute itself which they were

turned to the Lord in repentance. Out of Judah God then               required to pay. That was hard. `Eglon had conquered over


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the children of Israel and he was determined to make it            Jericho. Ehud took care that the usual ceremonies of

pay. Every year the children of Israel were required to            presentation should be performed carefully and with pro-

gather together as large a tribute as could possibly be ex-        priety. It was of greatest necessity that no suspicion should

acted of them. It brought the people to the brink of ab-           be aroused on the part of the king. But everything went

solute poverty. And still that was not the worst. Along with       well and when the men of Israel turned from the palace it

this tribute Eglon was determined to humiliate them. With          was evident that Eglon was pleased.

the annual presentation of tribute at Jericho, it was de-             It was only after Ehud had brought his men well on the

manded that there should be elaborate-ceremonial acknowl-          way back to their homes that he returned alone to the

edgment of Eglon's superiority over the children of Israel.        palace of the king. Ehud's plan had been well devised, for

They were forced to act as though it were actually a priv-         when he came again to the palace the king had retired

ilege to bring their annual tribute to him. For the children       alone tb his summer parlor.    This was a room built apart

of Israel, so conscious of their freebirth as children of Abra-    from the rest of the palace for privacy and quietness with

ham, this was the most painful of all. Every year that passed      windows opened to the valley to catch the summer breeze..

seemed to make it more painful than the year before. At            To him Ehud sent his message, "I have a secret errand

last the burden became so heavy that they remembered the           unto thee, 0 king." This was the critical point in Ehud's

God of their fathers and cried unto Him for deliverance.           venture. He had made for himself a special two-edged

The strength which God had given to Eglon had served its           sword with a long thin blade. Being lefthanded he had

purpose.      Through its chastisement the children of Israel      tied it under his clothing on his righthand side, opposite

had returned to their God in repentance.                           from where any suspicious eyes might look for the signs of

   Among those who suffered most from the humiliation of           such a weapon. And now it was important that no further
Israel under Eglon was a man of the tribe of Benjamin by           suspicion should be aroused lest he be examined and
the name of Ehud. We know very little, about him per-              searched more carefully. But the impression he had so
sonally other than that he was lefthanded and of unusual           shortly before left with the king had served its purpose. It
courage and strength. To him the tribute of Eglon was              even flattered him to think that Ehud should return alone
especially painful. Through the years he had risen to a            with a spirit of fawning concern. Quickly he told Ehud to
position of leadership among the people and it was now his         say nothing until all of the servants had been dismissed.

duty to present the annual tribute to the king of Moab.               At last the opportunity for which Ehud had been waiting

Ehud was a man who loved Israel and it hurt him to see             had come. All alone with the king, he came close as though

his nation so humiliated year after year before a foreign          still to whisper his message softly. At the same time he was

and wicked sovereign.      He knew that Israel was the cov-        able to reach under his garments with his left hand and still

enant nation of God called to be separate and distinct from        not arouse suspicion. With one swift motion he swept the

the world. The reason why it was powerless before this             sword from under his clothing and deep into the king's fat

foreign enemy was a clear testimony that the strength of           body without drawing from him a cry. Israel had been

God had departed from them because of their sin. It was a          avenged of its enemy.

spiritual humiliation which they suffered more than any-              Stepping from the large outside doors of the summer
thing else. Ehud was among the first of those that cried to        parlor, Ehud locked the doors and escaped without anyone
God in repentance and pleaded that He return unto them             knowing he had departed. While the servants waited within
with His favor and His grace.                                      the palace for the king to summon them, Ehud was able to

   It was in the eighteenth year of Eglon's dominion that          return to his people and call them together with the battle

God heard the cry of Israel and answered it. He separated          trumpet. The message which he bore was the answer to

Ehud to be a judge and deliverer, to show to Israel the            Israel's prayer, "Follow after me: for the LORD hath de-

right and gracious way of the Lord. For this work Ehud             livered your enemies the Moabites into your hand."

was particularly qualified. He was the leader whose duty            When at last the troubled servants of Eglon broke
it was to represent Israel before Eglon the king. He was a         through the door of their king's parlor, there was little they
man of faith who grieved for Israel's sin and pleaded for          could do, and. confusion reigned. Their leader was dead
its deliverance. He waS  a warrior and a man of particular         and at best they could only hope to make good their escape
strength and courage.      And then it was of peculiar im-         back to Moab. But Israel had already anticipated that.
portance because of the nature of the deliverance which            The first thing the newly formed army of Ehud did was
was determined that he was a man able to use his left hand         head for the ford of Jordan and take control of it. This was
in battle.                                                         the only passage way back to the land of Moab, and as the

   The time of the year had come for Ehud and the retinue          fleeing Moabites came to make use of it they were cut down
of men which bore the annual tribute to present themselves         one by one. The whole invading force of Moab, ten thou-
before Eglon. The king received them sitting upon his              sand men, was destroyed in that one day. God had returned
throne amidst the optilence  of his newly built palace at          to save Israel again from its enemy.                    B.W.


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                                                                       place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought
  11  F R O M   HOlmY  W R I T                                  11     forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
                                                                       eOen from everlasting to eve&sting thou art Goo?!
  IL                                                              I
                                                                          Thus we bring with us a new and wholly other kind of
                    Exposition of II Peter ,3                          standard in measuring the footsteps of the coming of Christ

                                  d.                                   in history!

         The position of the Church of God in the midst of the            We then no longer will see the Lord's coming as tardy
  world in these last times is an extremely difficult one. Al-         by our human standards of computation! We then hear the
  ways the believeis  have to contend with their mortal foes:          Lord in faith as he says in Isaiah 40:18: "Td whom will ye
  the world, devil and their own flesh. Although such was              then liken God? -or what likeness will ye compare unto
  ever the case with God's Church throughout the ages, this            him?" Or again in verse 25 of this same chapter we read:
  is most emphatically the case in these last times.                   "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith
         We have pointed out in earlier essays that this is due        the Holy One." And, finally, as we read in vs. 28: "Hast thou
  to the peculiar nature of these last times. It can not do any        not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
  harm to repeat this factor once more. All the great prom-            the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth
  ises of God are yea and Amen in Christ Jesus. And we may             not, neither is weary? He giveth power to the faint, and to
  add that they have all been fulfilled centrally in Christ.           them that have no might he increaseth strength"?!!

  Every article of our undoubted Christian faith is in the past           Such is the eternal God with whom we have to do!
  tense except the return of Christ and the present gathering             And, therefore, there is quite a different  reason and
  of the church. And the wicked scoffers mock the Church               cause for the seeming delay, as some "men count it slack-

  that is being gathered now, and laugh to scorn her hope of           ness." The Lord has His wise counsel of providence and

  the blessed return of Christ, the Parouaia!                          of predestination.

        This makes it difficult for the righteous to run the race         History must pass through a rather long period of time.

  and to hold to the course. And with a view to this the               Much must happen before the trumpet shall sound and the

  aged apostle Peter stirs up their pure minds by way of               Lord shall appear.       From the Alpha of creation till the

  bringing to remembrance what had been taught them both               Omega of Christ's return there lies a great deal of history.

in the Old Testament Scriptures and in the teachings of                It is the history of the "Holy Catholic Church." The church

  the apostles. They must not be moved from their own sted-            must be gathered and the world must live its` life here and

  fastness. On the contrary, they must grow up in the grace            serve the purpose of God in the gathering of His church,

  and knowledge of Jesus Christ. In view of' keeping the               and the manifestation of his righteous judgments upon the

  course they must keep a certain basic truth concerning God           wicked. And, in this entire history, not one of all those

  before their mind of faith! It must be their guiding-star in         whom the Father gave to Christ His Son as head of the

  the night!                                                           church, may perish. Is His name not called "JESUS" be-

        Writes Peter: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one       cause he shall' surely save his people from their sins? Matt.
  thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,            1:21.  And does not Jesus tell the Jews in the synagogue at

  and a thousa.ncl  years a.s one day. The Lord is not slacli          Capernaum that he has come to fulfil  the will of his heaven-
  concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but             ly Father? For we read: "`All that which the Father giveth

  is longsuffering  to usward,  not wil1in.g  that any should          me shall surely come unto me; and he that cometh unto me

  pet%sh, bzrt  that a.ll should come to repentance."                  I will in no wise cast out." John 6:37.  In this same chapter
        The apostle Peter calls the attention of the believers to      in verses 38 and. 39 we read: "For I am come down from
  the one preju+ce  which they must ever have; it is the prej-         heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that
  udice of faith. He that cometh to God must believe that              sent me. And this is the will of him that sent me, that of
  He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek him.              all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but
  Implied .in this prejudice i's that we confess God to be the         should raise it up at the last day."
  Creator and that we are the creatures of His hand. He is                Such is the positive purpose of God in the sending of

  eternal and we are temporal. The formula of Peter is: "one           His Son.

  day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand                 All the elect are, in time, the called according to His

  years are as one day.",The  entire concept of fast and soon or       purpose.       And this purpose is that Christ should be the

  slow and tardy is thus radically and completely changed.             firstborn  among many brethren, and that all the elect should

  We then stop applying the standards of "soon" and "later,"           be conformed to his image!

  as they apply to our mode of existence, to the Lord. He is              Such is, indeed, the clear teaching of Peter also here in

  the eternal God. In the beginning God was.- We then look             this Scripture passage under consideration. Not one of all

  about us in childlike wonderment, and we exclaim -with               the elect may perish!! Why not? Because God does not will

 *Moses  in Psalm 90:1,  2: "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling         it. It all is determined by God's will. The counsel of His


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will shall stand and He shall perform all His good-pleasure.         When we turn to the 0. T. Scriptures we find that the

   Such is the clear teaching of Peter in this text.              term "longsuffering" is employed by the Lord Himself in

   We are, of course, aware that no Arminian will sub-            His self-disclosure to Moses on the holy mount. The Lord
scribe to this interpretation of the text here. He will insist    there calls forth~his  NAME to Moses as he passes by him
that we have here a very clear instance in which the Scrip-       in the cleft of the rock assigned him. There the Scriptures
tures teach that God wills to save all men; that he there-        have the following:       "And the LORD descended in the
fore does not return. The gospel must then be first preached      cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name
to all and thus God gives all men, as far as He is concerned,     of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and
the possibility of salvation.    God thus does His part; the      proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and
rest is up to man. However, this teaching of the Arminians        gracious, longsu#`ering,  and abundant in goodness and truth,
here does not stand the test of good exegesis.                    keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and trans-
   In the first place because Peter is not addressing this        gression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty,
epistle to man or mankind, but he is addressing the church,       visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children, unto
the "beloved" of God. `Notice that Peter addressed the            the third and fourth generation." From this Scripture pas-
church as "beloved" in the verses 1, 8, 14 and 17. The            sage the following is clear:

term "beloved" here evidently means more than simply a               1.      That it is a virtue of God on a par with such virtues
term of endearment, or of refined address on the part of          as God's being "merciful and gracious." Mercy finds the

Peter for the readers of this letter. The term `beloved"          object of love m its helplessness, while grace finds it in its
means that they are such because God loves them and sent          worthlessness. And the "truth" of God is really His being
his Son a propitiation for their sins. Herein is love not that    faithful and trustworthy, while the "goodness" refers to His
we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son a              being the fountain and source of all goodness, mercy, grace

propitiation for our sins.                                        and truth. And "longsuffering" belongs to these virtues. It
   In the second place, it ought to be observed that Peter        means that the Lord does not pour out his wrath and fury
is addressing the church most definitely in distinction from      because of His great mercy and grace. He holds in His
the "scoffers." These scoffers had been foretold as a New         wrath in love over His sinful children.

Testament phenomenon. Surely these are not part of those             2. That such is the "`longsuffering" of God is evident

whom the Lord would bring to repentance. Why? This is             from the prayer of Moses as recorded in Numbers 14. Here

exegetically crystal clear from the fact that Peter teaches       we read of the weeping of Israel and their determination

that the Lord is longsuffering  to "usward." There is a read-     to make them a "captain" and return to the land of Egypt.

ing which reads: "to youward." Although we prefer the             The LORD would smite them, disinherit them, and make

former reading, it makes not a particle of difference which       of Moses a greater ,and  mightier people. It was then that

reading we choose as concerns the issue here at stake. In         Moses appeals to the "longsuffering" of God. This is not a

either case it refers to the church, either inclusive pr ex-      common, a certain neutral longsuffering of a "not yet" of

clusive of Peter himself.                                         final judgment in the text here in Numbers 14. It is a long-

   In the third place, it should be observed `not any should      suffering for the people of God as rooted in "great mercy,

perish" is limited in the text by the term "to usward."  And      forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means
these "usward"  are those who have "obtained like precious        clearing the guilty." Hear Moses pray: "Pardon, I beseech
faith with us through the righteousness of God and our            thee, THE INIQUITY OF THIS PEOPLE ACCORDING
Savior Jesus Christ." II Peter 1:l.                               TO THE GREATNESS OF THY MERCY, and as thou hast
   In the fourth place, this interpretation of the Arminians      forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now." It is a
fails to grasp the point at issue, namely, that the Lord is       longsuffering of a merciful attitude of love for that which
not slack, but that he is longsuffering. The Arminian at-         provokes to wrath because of sin and disobedience in God's
tempts to apply the attitude of the Divine longsuffering to       people.

the objects of wrath instead of to the objects of grace as do        3. It takes a great deal of longsuffering on the part of

the Scriptures. Concerning this latter point permit us to         God upon us as his church to ultimately bring us to glory.

elaborate just a bit.                                             We see this in the case of the apostle Paul as recorded in

   It is our finding, when studying the term and concept          I Tim. 1:16,  when we read: "that in me first Jesus Christ

"longsuifering,"  that this is an attitude of God toward His      might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them

people, a redeemed yet sinful.people,  in the midst of this       which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."

world. Fact is, that "longsuffering" is the attitude which           In all of these passages it is evidently the teaching that

the elect too must exercise toward one another in this world      "1ongsufEering"  is a virtue of love and mercy over God's

as long as we have but a small beginning of the new obe-          sinful and erring people whom He foreknew.

dience! Both of these propositions we must now demon-                                     (to be continued)

strate from Scripture.                                                                                                       GA.


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                                                                   cui-ately  the pails of water, the shovels of sand and bags of

              I N   HIS  F E A R                                   plaster or cement. Otherwise he will suffer loss. And when
                                                                   you see the giant jet airliner flying or being built, you must

                                                                   remember that mathematically the pitch of the wings, the

                                                                   tensile strength of the metal has all been determined be-
                    My Father's World                              fore construction began. It was proved by mathematics to

                                                                   be airworthy before its first flight. We ride over long

                                                                   suspension bridges and fail to remember that some man had

                                                                   to figure out how thick those cables had to be to hold that
       It must be interesting for a teacher to watch a child
                                                                   weight and what the limits of such a bridge are. Similarly
learn his way through the world of numbers.
                                                                   before the first atomic bomb was made, it was demonstrated
       At first our children know only the names of the num-       mathematically to be possible. Figures and numbers serve
bers and use them as they see fit. It is not at all unusual to     us in so many wonderful ways. They are important tools,
find a pair of three- or four-year-olds picking dandelions out     and we ought to get a good grip on them and we ought-to
of the lawn. The one may hold in his pudgy little fist.  six or    learn how to use them skillfully.
seven of them and say, "I got ten of `em." The other replies,
                                                                      But only a fool then can say that there is no God.
"I got a hundred." LThey  are aware of numbers already and
learn to hold up their fingers to indicate how old they are.          Let us remember that the whole human race has grown
But here again. They will often hold up three fingers and          up too. Adam when he left paradise did not know how to
                                                                   build a modern comfortable home. Man did not know the
say, "Five."
                                                                   harmonics in music, the steps and halfsteps, the chords and
       Then comes that day in their lives when they leave the      progression of these chords. He did not know yet how to
protection of home and parents and find themselves con-            melt his iron and brass and make his tools. He was as the
fined in a school room for hours at a time. Now they are           child who knows t$e  numbers and even sees them around
shown a picture or card with one apple. And they are               him, but he knew very little of how to use them. Algebra
taught to say, "One apple."     Then a picture with two ap-        and geometry were not taugbt Cain and Abel. Noah aid
ples is shown, and the same process is followed. Soon they         his sons did not go through some tedious equations before
come home being -able to count the windows in the room,            they had the right proportions to the ark. Even today there
the flowers in the vase, exactly how many pieces more of           is a new method of teaching arithmetic which undoubtedly
fruit you gave the one child than the other or how many            is better and teaches the child to work out his problems
toys and playthings they have.                                     fast. But that method came after some sixty centuries of

   The next process is that they learn the multiplication          thqught  and working with numbers. Today man, with elec-

tables, a certain number each grade until they have all the        tronic computers, which neither Adam nor Noah nor- Sol-

fundamental tools for working with numbers. They will              omon had, can speed up the processes and produce the

soon be introduced to algebra and geometry in all their            answer long before man can have done much more than

variations. By that time they have come a long ways in             start. We have come a long ways. The human race is at

their formal education. And these will remain with them all        the university level in its learning.

their life. Only the historical highlights will stand out in         But remember this, that man only d&cowers  this wonder-
their  memory. But the mathematical processes will and             ful world of numbers. What wisdom is it not, that is in the
must remain with them, if they are to take their places in         eternal mind of God, Who from eternity  had all this in His
this world. And the covenant child must take his place as          ini&ite  mind! He did not learn it. God learns nothing.
well as the child of the world. He must learn this world of        You cannot teach Him a thing. He knows your sinful at-
numbers that also is our Father's.                                 tempt to do so before you do yourself. "Shall any teach

   The child will find when he is grown that every day he          God knowledge: seeing He judge& those that are high?"

is dealing with numbers and profiting by the knowledge             Job asks in Job 21:22. All the world of numbers is in Him,

of numbers to which others. have attained. The housewife           the three in One. Actually, if you have the one, you have

deals with her fractions and numbers when she bakes her            all the numbers infinitely. He is the Alpha, and therefore

cake. So much of this and so much of that. In the oven             He also is the Omega and all that which is in between.

for exactly so many minutes and at such and such a degree             Man has not invented the mathematical sciences. He has
of heat. The carpenter needs to cut his rafter at an exact         only discovered what was created  into this world before he
angle to make the desired pitch of the roof. He must               ever appeared on the scene. The fool says in his heart that
measure accurately the feet and inches of his boards. And          there is no God. *The  wise man sees the wisdom of God
though he need not count his nails, they too must be spaced        and wants his children to see that. a.+ well. The fool speaks
definite distances according to the stress and length of the       of a mighty world evolving from an original cell, whose
board. The plaiter  man and cement man must count ac-              origin he. cannot explain: But the world of numbers alone


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points to an infinitely  wise God. Listen to the psalmist in      that if YOU  do fear Him in that sense, you will keep His

Psalm 104:24,  "0 Lord, how manifold are Thy works!. `in          commandments.

wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of ,Thy            How important but how wonderful that the teachers of
riches." -Arithmetic is a rich field  to emphasize the inscru-    our  children may have the privilege to do that! What an
table wisdom of God. It is a wonderful field wherein to im-       opportunity to impress upon the minds of the covenant
press upon the child's mind that HE IS GOD!                       seed that Jehovah is God! They will themselves, of course,

   And so we could continue. There are reading, spelling          have to be filled with that awe. They will have to see Him
and grammar. aThere is art and music. There are social            in His glory and majesty before they can impart it to His
studies and civics. And with a little thought God and His         children. It requires consecrated study and effort to present
glory will be seen in them. But if our children do not see        the various subjects in such a way that the glory is His.
God in each and every subject, we have missed the mark            But it is well worth the work. It is worth it in the fruit to
and our instruction is worse than in the public school            be seen upon that labor in the lives of the children. It is
system. Our children expect it of us. It is our solemn duty       cheering to hear the children speak of Him as God and not
and obligation to do so. The unbeliever in the world does         simply some powerful being somewhere who rules and
not even know this calling. But to know how to do good            guides and sees all things. It is rewarding to see His fear
and not to do so, is a serious matter. We deceive our             in them and their love.for Him as the God that He is. But
children. We encourage their worldly thoughts which are           the greatest reward is the one that He gives in the life to
so strong because of the flesh.                                   come. This work does not go unnoticed by the One Who
                                                                  demands it. Although He is under no obligation to reward
   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And           us for anythin,0 that we have done, and as Jesus stated,
that does not mean that our children are to learn to cringe       we can only declare after we have done it all, that we are
with terror at the mention of His name. It does not mean          unprofitable servants. We have not earned a single thing.
that they are to live in the fear that the heathen have for       See Luke 17:10,  "We are unprofitable servants: we have
their idols. No, it is the fear of awe and reverence. It          done that which was our duty to do." Yet He is pleased to
means that we do see that this is our Father's world. It          send His Son to earn that which unprofitable servants `can-
means that with meaning and feeling we sing, "How great           not earn. And His Son will return at the elid  of time with
Thou art."                                                        HIS -not our-reward. By the wonder of God's grace we

   It is one of the tragedies of today's church world that        will share in HIS reward. But remember that it will.  always
therein men do not want a God Who is .GOD.  They sing             remain His reward. In the New Jerusalem, when we are
and compose songs that extol Him as God and speak  of             in our Father's new world, we shall be filled with His
His love and greatness. And yet they do not actually want         fear. As the holy angels cover their faces and say, "Holy,
so great a God. And that flows over into all the instruction      Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty" we shall render all de
given the you.th  of the Church as well. But we repeat with       praise and all the glory to Him. We will see Him in all
the psalmist, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of           the works of His hands, the new world in its extent and
wisdom."      Truly a good understanding have they that do        content, the endless history of the day of the Lord, the
His commandments in that fear. One who serves in terror           everlasting Sabbath and in the wisdom whereby He upholds
of punishment does not actually serve. He complies. He            and rules all things.    We shall be rewarded with a large
seeks to serve his own preservation; but he does not serve        place before His face to rejoice in awe and reverence before
the Lord. Solomon in all the wisdom that God gave him             Him as we see Him in His glory. For that we were made,
declares at the conclusion of the whole matter in the Book        and for that we are saved by His grace. In His fear is life,
of Ecclesiastes, "Fear God and keep His commandments:             that is, walking in His fear is living. To stand in awe of Him
for this is the whole duty of man." Here again we are to be       is to enjoy true beauty.

warned not to separate these. We can keep His command-                                                                   J.A.H.
ments only in His fear.    It is not "fear God or keep His

commandments." It is not so that if .you "keep" His com-

mandments but not in His fear that you have done part

of the duty of man. You have done none of it. `Ihat  is not                  I keep before me still.
keeping His commandments. It is outward compliance for                          The Lord Whom I have proved;
a %eshly reason.    To keep God's commandments you must                      At my right hand He guards from ill,
love  Him. And that means you must stand in awe before                         And I shall not be moved.
Him with profound and deep respect as the Sovereign One,                     Life's pathway Thou wilt show,
the Infinite One, the God of all grace, the only Potentate,                     To Thy right -hand wilt guide,

the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. In one word,                    Where streams of pleasure ever flow,

that you bow before Him as GOD. It is therefore also true                      hd boundless joys abide.


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                                                                 without changing qualities." We would expect to read,
I[        Co&ding For The Faith. 11 wotid we not: "then God certainly could change qualities
                                                                 without changing substance." Instead, we read that "then

                                                                 God can certainly change substance without changing qual-

                                                                 ities." And this is certainly what we call begging the ques-
            The Church and the Sacraments
                                                                 tion. What is really true, according to the Romish concep-

            THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION                          tion of transubstantiation, is that God can certainly change
                                                                 the substance without changing the substance. This does

                                                                 not make sense? Of course not! In this 860th question and
 VIEWS ON THE SACRAMENTS (LORD'S SUPPER)
                                                                 answer we read that the substances (the bread and wine)

                     THE ROMISH VIEW                             change but the appearances change. However, this is not

                                                                 true. Fact is, the bread and wine not only continue to look
       Continuing where we left off in our preceding article,    like bread and wine, but they also continue to operate and
the Fathers Rumble and Carty, in Volume I of their Radio         work as bread and wine. If these elements, after the change
Replies, discuss the interesting subject of the elements in      has been effected according to Rome, were submitted to a
the Lord's Supper, the bread and wine, and their change.         chemical analysis, the result would be that the bread and

       860. The elements do not change, for there is no          wine had not undergone any change at all. So, the sub-

chemical difference after consecration.                          stances remain essentially the same. Also, in this 860th

       `Which elements do not change? In every material thing    answer we read of a block of iron, that it was square, can
there are two sets of elements quite distinct - substance and    become round, but that it remains iron. However, this is
qualities. And no man has ever seen substance; he has            not a true comparison. It would be a true comparison if it
seen qualities only. Thus I see the squareness of a block        were stated that this block of iron were no longer iron.
                                                                 What we have here is nothing else than Romish sophistry.
of iron, but it can become round, still remaining iron. I

can feel its hardness, though it can become soft in the             Of interest are also Questions and Answers 868-870.
furnace, the substance being unchanged. If it be black, it       Question 868 reads: There is only one sacrifice for Chris-
can become red; if it be cold, it can become hot; if it be       tians - that of' Calvary.
heavy, by great heat I can render it a vapor. The qualities,
                                                                    `The Sacrifice of Calvary was a Sacrifice not only for
then, differ from the substance, or we could not change one
                                                                 Christians but for the whole human race from the moment
without changing the other. And if we can change qualities
                                                                 of the fist sin. But whilst the death of Christ upon the Cross
without changing substance, God can certainly change sub-
                                                                 was the one great absolute Sacrifice, the Mass is a true and
stance without changing qualities. Any chemical differences
                                                                 relative Sacrifice applying to the souls of men the fruits of
are dependent upon qualities. Granted the permanence of
                                                                 Calvary. Anyway the doctrine which denies that the Mass
the same accidental qualities, the same chemical reactions
                                                                 is the true Sacrifice in the Christian dispensation is simply
will be apparent.     Father Faber, whilst yet an Anglican,
                                                                 anti-scriptural." And the Fathers Rumble and Carty might
well said, "I am worried about the Roman doctrine because,
                                                                 have added that the Sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is
whatever may be said of the proofs for it, I do not see how
                                                                 effective only when this sacrifice of Christ is daily repeated
any man can disprove it.      If they say that the substance
                                                                 in the Popish Mass.
changes, but that all appearances remain the same, then

they say that something changes of which no man has any             869. How do you prove that the Sacrifice of the Mass is

experience and yet which reason must postulate as the            Scriptural?

reality underlying all appearances and separate from them."         "By religion we honor God, and the chief and highest
When you say that the elements do not change their               form of worship has ever been by the offering of sacrifice.
chemical properties, I simply reply that the elements of         Now God demanded continual sacrifices of various kinds
external qualities do not change their chemical properties,      from the very beginning of the human race until the coming
and that no Catholic has ever imagined that they do. But         of Christ, and it is not likely that the Christian and more
the substance underlying those external appearances cer-         perfect religion would lack a continual and regular offering
tainly does change.      The fact that qualities remain un-      of the highest act of religion (we would certainly not speak
altered iS a fact of experience; the fact that the substance     of the Christian as the more perfect religion, but as the only
changes is revealed by God, and cannot be known in any           religion - H.V.). All the various sacrifices of the Jewish dis-
other way. Yet is it not more than sufficiently guaranteed       pensation represented and prefigured the Sacrifice of Christ
when God says so."                                               on Calvary, and derived all their value by anticipation from

       Here we have another example of Romish clever soph-       His death upon the Cross. And if the Jews had to honor

istry. We read: `And if we can change qualities without          God by regular sacrifices, so too must Christians in the

changing substance, God can certainly change substance           higher and more perfect New Law. But there  is this difz


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ference. Whilst the Jewish sacrifices were anticipations of       Scriptures, although interesting. Here Roman Catholicism

the Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, the Mass is a recollection    attempts to prove its ,contention  from- the Word of God.

and constant application of that one great Sacrifice to the       And it refers to what `we read in Gen. I4:l.S  `of Melchi-

souls of men."                                                    sedech, that -he brought forth bread and wine, and also

                                                                  that he is called a priest of the Most High God. We do
   One might almost gather from this answer that the
                                                                  not even read in Gen. 14:X3  that Melchisedech brought
Lord's Supper is merely a recollection, a remembrance of
                                                                  forth this bread and wine and offered them as a sacrifice.
Christ's sacrifice upon the cross. And that, we understand,
                                                                  And then the Fathers Rumble and Carty  quote Ps. 109 and
is what Protestantism believes concerning this sacrament.
                                                                  Mal. 1:10-U. We have already called attention to the pas-
But, according to Rome, the Lord's Supper is surely more
                                                                  sage in Malachi. But, why does not Rome quote the pas-
than a remembrance. Fact is, according to Rome, the Mass
                                                                  sage in Heb. 7, the verses l-3? Melchisedech was surely a
itself is a sacrifice. The bread and wine are changed into
                                                                  figure of the Christ Who was .to come. In what sense was
the actual Body and Blood of the Lord. And it is also a
                                                                  this Old Testament figure a type of Christ? In the sense
fact that the sacrifice of Christ upon Calvary would not
                                                                  that he brought forth bread and wine, &d this as a priest,
benefit the Church of God were it not for the fact that
                                                                  and therefore a type of Christ who would also offer bread
Christ is also offered and sacrificed daily in the Popish
                                                                  and wine as a sacrifice as in the Romish Mass? Indeed not!
Mass.
                                                                  Melchisedech is a type of Christ in the sense that he is
   870. It is little use your telling us what ought to be, un-    Priest forever, and also that in him the offices are com-
less you can prove it as a fact from Scripture.                   bined, inasmuch as he is not only a priest but also a king.

   "I can do so. The Old Testament predicts that Christ              I wish to quote one more question. Question 878: Jesus
will offer a true sacrifice to God in bread and wine - that       gave Himself under the forms of bread and wine. YOU are
He will use those elements. (Incidentally, notice, please,        not justified in withholding the cup from the laity.
how Rome cleverly begins to distort right here at the very
outset of this answer. Having stated that Christ will offer          "The fact that the Catholic Church does so is sufEcient
a true sacrifice to God in bread and wine, they immediately       proof that she is justified in doing so. However, let us view
change that so as to read that the Lord will use those ele-       the theology of the matter. Jesus gave Himself under both
ments - H.V. ) And this prediction is every bit as clear as       kinds, yet He was completely present in either kind. He
the prediction that He will also offer Himself upon the           who receives either kind receives the whole Christ. In
Cross. Thus Gen. 14:X3  tells us that Melchisedech, King of       any case, Christ being risen dies no more. It is not possible
Salem, was a Priest, and that he offered sacrifice under the      now to separate Christ's body and blood in actual fact.
form of bread and wine. (Of course, we understand, that           Wherever Christ is, there He is whole and entire. He is
according to Gen.    14: 18 Melchisedech actually brought         wholly under the. appearances of bread and wholly under
forth bread and wine, not merely that he offered sacrifice        the appearances of wine.     In receiving the Blessed Sacra-
under the form of bread and wine - H.V. ) Now Ps. 109             ment under the form of bread the communicant receives
predicts most clearly that Christ will be a Priest according      the Blood of Christ also. In receiving under the form of
to the order of Melchisedech, i.e., offering a sacrifice under    wine alone he would receive the Body also. There is no
the forms of bread and wine. We must, then, look for some         possibility of receiving the Body of Christ without the
form of sacrifice differing from that of Calvary, for the         Blood of Christ."

Crucifixion was not a Sacrifice under the forms of bread             In connection with this answer we have the following.
and wine. You may say that Christ fulfilled the prediction        In the first place, it is simply a fact that our Lord Jesus
at the Last Supper, but that the rite was not to be con-          Christ commanded His Church to eat of the bread and to
tinued. However, that admits that the rite was truly sacri-       drink of the wine. Nowhere is it stated in the Word of God
ficial - and the fact is that it has been continued in exactly    that the laity should eat of the bread and that the cup may
the same sense. It was predicted that it would continue.          be withheld from them. Rome has simply placed itself
After foretelling the rejection of the Jewish priesthood, the     above the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. But, in the second
Prophet Malachy  predicts a new sacrifice to be offered in        place, notice please the opening statement of this answer.
every place. "From the rising of the sun even to the going        The fact that the Romish Church does as it does is sufficient
down my name is great among the Gentiles: and in every            proof that it is justified in doing so. That simply settles it.
place there is sacrifice and there is offered to my name a        Whatever Christ  may have said, the fact that Rome has
clean oblation." Mal. 1:10-U. The Sacrifice of Calvary took       adopted this custom justifies the custom. Never may the
place in one place only. We must look for a sacrifice apart       Church of Rome be questioned. And this, we understand,
from Calvary, one offered in every-place under the forms          simply means that the Pope may never be questioned. The
of bread and wine. The Mass is that Sacrifice."                   Church, the Pope, is infallible.

   This is not even a clever .and adroit handling of the                                                                    H.V.


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                                                                   Arian conflict, when the true Godhead and equality of the
       The Voice ,of Our Fathers                             -     Three Persons of the Trinity was in question, and when not
                                                                   d&y  the deity of the Son was denied, but also the deity of

                                                                   the Holy Ghost. It is true, of course, that the passages above

                The Belgic Confession                              cited refer not directly to the inter-relationship of the Three
                                                                   Persons within the divine Beinig, but rather to the sending
                         ARTICLE XI                                and procession of and indwelling of the Holy Ghost as the

                         ( continued >                             Spirit of the exalted Christ, as has frequently been pointed

                                                                   out. Nevertheless, not only must we remember that Christ
The Procession of the Spitit  (continued)                          Himself is the Son of God, as taught in the preceding ar-
   As to Scriptural proof for the doctrine of the double pro-      ticle, and that therefore as soon as you say that the Spirit
cession of the Holy Spirit, we may call attention to several       is the Spirit of Christ, you are saying that He is the Spirit
passages. In John 14:16  and 17 we read: "And I will pray          of the Son; but it must also be remembered that what God
the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he       is in relation to His church in time, He is in Himself from
may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth whom         eternity to eternity, and that the eternal background of the
the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither        procession of the Spirit as the Spirit of Christ into the
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,            church is the procession of the Spirit as the Spirit of the
and shall be in you." This passage is the more significant         Father and the Son within the Holy Trinity.
in connection with verse 18: "I (that is, Christ, the Son)
                                                                      This brings us to the importance of the doctrinal cleav-
will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." In
                                                                   age between East and West on this score. As already sug-
John 14:26  the following occurs: "But the Comforter, which
                                                                   gested above, the necessary consequence, in the first place,
is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
                                                                   of the denial of the double procession is Arianism and
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
                                                                   subordinationism, the denial of the equality of the Three
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:
                                                                   Persons of the Godhead. This is `in itself serious enough.
23 has the plain implication that the Spirit is the Spirit of
the Father and of the Son; for there we read that through             But, in the second place, the practical results of this
the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, both Father and Son have            denial of the double procession are plain to see. It is simply
their abode with us:    "Jesus answered and said unto him,         a fact of history that the movement of the church in history
If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father             has been ever westward, and that as far as the main stream
will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our             of the life of the church in history is concerned, the Eastern

abode with him." And in John 1526 we find more proof               Church has been left behind. This is one of the historic re-
that both the Father and the Son send the Comforter, the           sults of the separation that became final in the eleventh
Holy Ghost, and that therefore He proceeds from both the           century. And not only has the Eastern Church been his-
Father and the Son:     "But when the Comforter is come,           torically separate and largely out of the picture, so to sheak,
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit         but the theological and spiritual status of the Eastern
of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify       Church coincides with its historical position. As far as theo-
of- me." In Romans 8:9 the Holy Spirit is mentioned in one         logical vitality and development is concerned, the Eastern
breath as the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ: "But         Church is for the most part sterile and characterized by
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the      dead orthodoxy. And as far as spiritual life is concerned,
Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the            there is a strong current of mysticism. The work of the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." In Galatians 4:6 He is       Spirit is separated from that of the Son. This is a funda-
called the Spirit of God's Son: "And because ye are sons,          mental error, -of course. The Father does not work directly
God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,        in the hearts of God's people through the Spirit, but always
crying, Abba, Father." And in Philippians 1:19 He is called        through the Mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ. All the riches

the Spirit of Jesus Christ:    "For I know that this shall turn    of salvation and life, of righteousness and holiness and
to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the         knowledge of God, of the forgiveness of sins and just&a-
Spirit of Jesus Christ." In all these passages, therefore, the     tion, of the new life and sanctification, are in Christ Jesus;
underlying supposition, if not the direct teaching, is that the    and apart from Him they cannot come into the possession
Holy Ghost is both the Spirit of the Father and of the Son,        of the church, the elect body of Christ. And the relation is
and that therefore He proceeds from both. It was this doc-         never such that the Spirit testifies of Himself, apart from
trine which the church of the East was not willing to con-         Christ. But as the Lord Hims,elf  says, John 16:13-15:
fess. The most that they were willing to say was that the          "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
Holy Ghost proceeded from the Father through the Son.              you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but

Nor must we imagine that this was an innocent difference.          whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will

For this controversy goes back in history to the time of the       shew  you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall


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receive of mine, and shall shew  it. unto you. All things          Holy  Spirit by the pronoun "it," but always by `le." In

that the Father hatb  are mine: therefore said I, that he          the second place, the Scriptures always ascribe to the Holy

shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you." And the           Spirit personal attributes when they speak of Him and His

fundamental error of the mysticist is that he denies this          operations. This iS not difficult to show. First of ail, all the

relationship between the work of the Spirit and the work of        passages which we cited in connection with the"procession

Christ, the Son. He speaks rather of the work of the Spirit        of the Spirit also present Him as a real Person. Thus, for

and of his own "experiences" than of the work of Christ.           example, He is the Comforter, not merely an impersonal

According to the mysticist, the Holy Spirit visits the be-         comfort or comforting influence. IKe is the One Who cries

lievers separately from Christ, and, therefore, separately         in our hearts, "Abba, Father." Secondly, there are many

from the Scriptures, the revelation .of  Christ. And accord-       other passages which ascribe to Him personal attributes

ingly, of course, the Holy Spirit is presented as working in-      and works. He has the attributes of intellect and will. For,

dividualistically, apart from the body of Christ and the           "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into

communion of saints and the means of grace. This error             the heart of man, the things which God bath  prepared for

has plagued the Eastern Church. But, - and this is nearer          them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by

home, - it is the same error that characterizes all mysticism      his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep

in one degree or another. Hence, if we cleave fast, both in        things of God." I Cor. 2:9, 10. And again, I Cor. 2:13:

doctrine and practice, to the truth concerning the inter-          "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's

relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, both with-       wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; com-

in the `li-inity  and in the revelation of the Triune God in       paring spiritual things with spiritual." Both these passages

the work of salvation, we shall be guarded against false           presuppose the attribute of intellect, or understanding.

mysticism.                                                         And the attribute of will is ascribed to the Spirit in I

                                                                   Corinthians 12:ll: "But all these worketh that one and the

The Personality of the Spirit                                      selfsame  Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."
                                                                   As to works which are plainly personal, we call attention to
   Our Confession states that the Holy Ghost "in order is          the following passages of Scripture. He teaches, I Cor. 2:13
the third person of the Holy Trinity." Here, therefore, is the     (cited above). He searcheth, I Cor. 2:lO  (also cited previ-
confession of the peTsona&y  of the Spirit. In connection          ously). He is grieved and He seals, Ephesians 4:30: `And
with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, this distinct personality    grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed
must be emphasized. In the case of the doctrine of the Son,        unto the day of redemption." He has communion, or fellow-
this is not so much necessary, because it is not denied. The       ship, II Cor. 13:14:    "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
question was not whether the Son, Jesus Christ, is personal,       and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
but whether He is a divine Person.. With the doctrine of           be with you all. Amen."         He makes intercession, Romans
the Holy Spirit this is different. From of old it has been         8:26,27: "`Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
denied that the Spirit is a distinct Person within the divine      for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
Being. It has been taught that He is no more than an im-           but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groan-
personal power or influence proceeding from God. And this          ings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the
is serious, for the denial of His personality is not only in       hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because
general a denial of the Trinity by implication, but it simply      he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will
means that the Holy Spirit is not real at all. He is nothing       of God." Me speaks and separates men unto the ministry,
but a vague power or influence, as passing and indefinable         Acts 13:2  : "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the
as the exercise of that power or influence. Moreover, it           Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the
stands to reason that with the denial of His distinct per-         work whereunto I have called them." And again, Acts 13:4:
sonality the denial of His Godhead goes hand in hand.              "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost . . . " He con-
For if I-Ie  is not a Person, He is not God either. He is no       victs the world, John 16:s:     "`And when he is come, (that is,
one. He is an "it" rather than a "He." The Holy Spirit is          the Comforter, cf. vs. 7), he will reprove the world of sin,
very really an individual subsistence in a rational, moral         and of righteousness, and of judgment." Hence, there can
nature. In the one, spiritual nature of God He is a distinct       be no doubt that Scripture always presents the Holy Ghost
subject, one that says "`I." He is "third in order," not indeed    as a distinct  Person of the Trinity.                   H.C.H.
in time or in rank. He does not come later than the Father

and the Son. Nor is He of lesser majesty and glory than                                       -         -

either the Father or the Son. But He proceeds from the

Father and the Son.                                                        Through life Thy goodness and Thy grace

   That the Holy Spirit is personal is very plainly taught                   Shall daily follow me;
in Scripture, In the first place, while the Greek term for                 And I, within Thy house, 0 Lord,

spirit is neuter (pneuma.), the Scriptures never refer to the                Sh& ever  dwell with Thee.


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 Ir-                                                              71    in the Roman Catholic Church.
 11 A I I               APnIiND-US                                         This.  whole doctrine was recently being re-examined by
                                                                        tl$ Lutherans who still bear the name of the great Re-

                                                                        former. In Helsinki. Finland delegates from all over the
                                                                                             I
 A VOICE OF PROTEST                                                     world representing all branches of the Lutheran Church

       The main ecclesiastical news of the day concerns the             met in the fourth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federa-

 constant movements towards church merger and ecumeni-                  tion. This subject was the main subject of discussion.

 city.                                                                     Although the assernbly did not decide anything definite

       Once in a while, however, there is a voice raised in             yet, it seems as if this fundamental truth of Scripture is

 protest against all this; and this voice sometimes comes               going to be discarded.

 from unexpected places.                                                   Many, many objections were raised against the doctrine
       One such voice recently came from the Lutheran Church            of justification by faith. Some of them are very revealing.
 - Wisconsin Synod.                                                        In the first place, it was argued that the New Testament
       Our readers are aware of the fact that the Lutheran              itself seems to refute this doctrine - especially in the book
 Churches in America have been badly split ever since                   of James. Delegates maintained that James taught a dif-
 Lutheranism came to this country. Recently all this has                ferent doctrine than Paul taught; and it is an open question
 changed. Some Lutheran Churches merged into what is now                who is right.
 the American Lutheran Church; other Lutheran denomina-                    Secondly, some argued that this doctrine was modged
 tions banded together to form the Lutheran Church in                   and altered by many branches of the Reformation.  They
 America.                                                               claimed (and this is patently false) that Calvin, for example,
       Two of the more conservative branches of the Lutheran            really taught something different  from Luther on this point.
 Churches (The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the                 But, it was urged, nobody knows any more what to do with
 Lutheran Church'- Wisconsin Synod) also engaged in a                   this doctrine. To quote one delegate: "For the church today
 merger of sorts some years ago. It was called a Synodical              it is clearly an embarrassment."
 Conference with the intended purpose "of encouraging and                  Thirdly, it was claimed that the doctrine just didn't fit
 strengthening one another in faith and confession." They               in with our world anymore.     Most people didn't have the
 worked together in various welfare and missionary pro-                 slightest idea what it meant. The prominent theology of
 grams.                                                                 the day is not justification by faith but justification by
       But recently, in their biennial convention in Milwaukee,         works. The emphasis falls today on doing good, on earning
 the Wisconsin Synod voted to break all ties with the                   salvation, on justifying one's self, OJ?I working for God. It
 Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and go their own and                    ought therefore to be discarded as old-fashioned and out-
 separate way. The issue was the desire of the Missouri                 dated. It can perhaps be profitably filed away in the ar-
 Synod to work along with the National Lutheran Council.                chives of the church as a historical curiosity; but it ought
 Those who belong to the Wisconsin Synod (at least the                  to be eliminated from the confessions and, at all costs,
 overwhelming majority) consider the National Lutheran                  kept out of the pulpit.
 Council to be a center of downright heresy that only en-
                                                                           Naturally, all this led to further discussion concerning
 courages the "false ecumenidsm"  of the modern Church
                                                                        the way back to the Roman Catholic Church. It was argued
 world.
                                                                        that nothing would do more good to heal the breach with
        What is particularly striking is the stand that this Wis-       Rome than to get rid of this embarrassing doctrine that
 consin Synod takes on some of the major issues of the day.             nobody believes. It was said that perhaps it was all a mis-
 This group of the Lutheran Church still insists that their             understanding anyway in the days of Martin Luther; that
 pastors must teach that the Bible cannot err even in its               it is high time that this be cleared up and Luther's place
 smallest details; that God created the world in six days of            in the Church be put into a different perspective.
 24 hours and not in long periods of time; that Moses `is the              And Roman Catholic theologians are rejoicing.
 sole author of the Pentateuch.                                            It all makes one feel sick. God raised up Luther in the
        It seems as if, on these critical issues at least, the Luth-    history of the Church and used him to release the Church
- eran Church-Wisconsin Synod stands more firmly on                     of Christ from the shackles of Rome's apostasy. Because
 Scripture than many Reformed Churches.                                 of that glorious event, the Church of Christ has maintained

 `REPUDIATION OF THE REFORMATION                                        the truth once again since that day to today. Now all that
                                                                        this courageous man of God stood for is being thrown on
        Every child brought up in a Reformed home knows that
                                                                        the ecclesiastical dump. And, at bottom is the' terrible fact
 the main truth of Scripture that led to the Reformation in
                                                                        that the Word of God is despised and hated.
 the 16th century was the truth of jusfification  by faith. This

 was the doctrine that Martin Luther defendp$-  qvgragainst             THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY

 the evil doctrine of salvation by works which was taught                  August X5 was the date of the feast of the Assumption


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of Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. A recent article                                   Perhaps a pious imagination would see flights of angels
in the Roman Catholic paper, "Our Sunday Visitor," des-                           whirling down from heaven, wheeling over Mary's tomb, and
                                                                                  then the -power of God touching her, and the marble mask
cribed this doctrine and explained why the feast was im-                          of death softening into a smile, and Our Lady floating ripwards,
portant for all Roman Catholics the world over.                                   trailing  clouds .of glory, soaring past legions of shimmering
                                                                                  angels and archangels, finally reaching her throne as the Mother
    But, more than that, it gives to us some idea of how                          of God. If astronauts are welcomed by bands and flags and
evil the Roman Catholic Church really is. Luther called the                       paper blizzards and the cheers of a happy city, would heaven
                                                                                  be outdone for the home-coming of its Queen?
pope an antichrist; and all the Reformers spoke of that
                                                                               And the last paragraph is the clinching argument.
Church as being. apostate.        Some people today say that it
                                                                            "Maybe Our Blessed Lord after His Ascension into heaven
has improved and is still improving. This article shows
                                                                            was just lonely for His Mother, and brought her up to join
clearly that it has not.
                                                                            Him. This would be no more for Him than for one of us to
    And this article is, in a small way, the proof that any
                                                                            send our Mother the plane fare. When you look at it
Protestants who want to go back to Rome will have an
                                                                            through the eyes of love, the Assumption seems simple
awfully lot of evil to swallow to do it.
                                                                            indeed."
    The author of this article first describes what the As-
                                                                               The conclusion of the matter is that we are taught (by
sumption of Mary was.           It was the taking to heaven of
                                                                            this assumption of Mary) to avoid undue emphasis on bodily
Mary in her body. It was. different from the Ascension of
                                                                            beauty as the world does today. (While this is, of course
Christ because Mary was taken to heaven "as a painted
                                                                            true, it is somewhat difficult to see how precisely this
autumn leaf is wafted up by the gentle breeze." Jesus
                                                                            follows.)
went to heaven by His own power "as a plane soars off by
                                                                               These evil doctrines the Roman Catholic Church clings
the might of its own engine."
                                                                            to tenaciously while they teach unity. You may be sure
    Besides, the assumption of Mary means that she is the
                                                                            that they will never give them up; and probably will not
only one (besides the Lord Himself) who was taken bodily
                                                                            have to give them up to get most Protestants back to them.
to heaven. Jesus and Mary are the only ones who are in

heaven in their glorified bodies. (Has this learned writer                  RIGHT TO REVOLT
forgotten about Moses and Elijah and Enoch  and the bodies
                                                                               In "The Banner" a reader asks whether the American
of the saints that were raised at the time of Jesus' resur-
                                                                            Revolution was justifiable from a Christian point of view.
rection? j                                                                  The reader admits that the colonies suffered  unjustly, but
   He then proceeds to give his proof which is really of
                                                                            wants to know whether this excused their revolt since the
two kinds.
                                                                            Jews also suffered injustices at the hands of the Romans in
   The first proof is that it has been declared to be a true
                                                                            the days of Christ Who taught "Render to Caesar the things
doctrine by the infallible Roman Catholic Church, by which
                                                                            that are Caesar's . . . "
he means the pope. He admits that there is no "crystal-
                                                                               The answer is given that this position is correct. Refer-
clear" text that teaches it. He argues only on the basis of
                                                                            ring to Calvin and Kuyper  the position is taken that revolt
tradition and the pronouncements of the pope.
                                                                            is justified only when religious liberties are taken away and
   Secondly he argues that it is a logical doctrine. But
                                                                            the citizen cannot worship God according to the dictates
since it is very difficult to see how his "logic" is really
                                                                            of his conscience. But even then revolt would only be
logical, it is best to quote him at this point.
                                                                            justified if the lower magistrates (on a city and state level,
         When you get down to it, the Assumption is as logical as           for example) led the revolt.
      the multiplication table. It is as natural that our Blessed Lord
      must bring His Holy Mother up to heaven as that the sunbeam              The -4rherican  Revolution `does not fit these require-
      should draw up the dew. Figure it out. The decaying of the            ments, and is therefore to be condemned. The reasons for
      human body in the grave is one of the penalties of original
      sin. But by the Immaculate Conception, God exempted Mary,             revolt then were social and economic.
      His-Mother-to-be, from original sin, and therefore from its              This is. a controversial answer to an important and in-
      penalties, specifically here from disintegration.
         When you consider the relation between Mary and .Jesus,            teresting .question  - especially in the Christian Reformed
      that of Mother and Son, was it fitting that the immaculate            Church where throughout grade school and high school
      body from which the Omnipotent took His own flesh, should
      crumble to bits like a dry leaf? Should the Mother of God             undersigned was taught just the opposite.
      become the mold of earth? Should she who was first among                 Nevertheless, I am convinced that the writer is correct
      creatures, before whom archangels bowed down, be overrun
      with boring worms? Does not the very' thought seem sacri-             and that the American Revolution was a sin.
      legious?                                                                 However, it still remains a question whether revolt is not
         Go down to our National Museum in the District of Co-
      lumbia or to the stateIy  mansion at Mount Vernon and you             always wrong - even for religious reasons. I believe that a
      will find, carefully preserved under glass, the uniform of General    Christian is always called to submit to the state even when
      Washington. If our grateful country so carefully preserves the
     mere clothing of its so-called Father, would not Almighty              he is persecuted by the authorities. He cannot obey if he
      God preserve, not just the clothing but the very body of His          is asked to disobey God; but he may not seek the over-
      own Immaculate Mother? The power of God could do it.
      The love of God would do it. And a long tradition down the            throw of his government even then.
      centuries and a universal belief across the Catholic world                                                                     H. Hanko
      says that the power of God and the love of God did' do it.


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                                                                     C. Hanko showed some slides and gave a short talk on
       NEWS FROM 6ilR CHURCHES                                       "Jamaica, the Island of Contrasts." Rev.. Hanko is 
                                                                     /                                                          with-

                                                                     holding.his  report on the work accomplished until a "Mis-
              `Al2 the saints  salzcte  thee . . ." PHIL.:  4 :21
                                                                     sionary Meeting" can be held, and limited his remarks to

                                                                     the-extreme conditions he witnessed, from the flamboyant
                                                 Sept. 5, 1963       display of wealth of the rich in the resort cities to the

   Seminarian David Engelsma has accepted the call from              abject poverty of the people in the hills. Their experience

Loveland. Redlands, Lynden and Isabel-Forbes had also                revealed the answer to the Word of God asked in James

extended calls to the new graduate.                                  25, "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in

   Rev. C. Hanko, of First Church, has declined the call             faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to

which came to him from our_Southwest  Church in Grand                them that love him?" Surely, if we all could see what Rev.
Rapids.                                                              Ha&o's  party saw it would be easier to comprehend the

   The Mission Committee has directed our missionary,                Scriptures found in Luke 13:29:"And  they shall come from
                                                                     the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from
Rev. G. Lubbers, to work in the Paterson, New Jersey, area.
Rev. R. Harbach, of Kalamazoo, has been requested by the             the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God." Yes,
Committee to accompany the missionary for two weeks be-              Jamaicans too, shall be of "that great multitude which no
cause of his familiarity of the territory and many of the            man can number." Rev. 7:9.

people residing therein. Rev. Harbach's previous experience                At this time when the activities of our congregations gain
in the East under the Mission Committee years ago, and his           momentum we present the following appropriate contribu-
continual contact by correspondence will be of invaluable            tion: "This month the societies of the Protestant Reformed
help to introduce our missionary in that new field.                  Churches will again resume their meetings. Most important
   At this writing Classis  West intends to meet Sept. 25            among the activities is, of course, the study of the Word of
(the revised date) and is expected to examine Candidate              God. The Radio Committee of the Reformed Witness
David Engelsma before his installation in Loveland's con-            Hour wishes to remind our people that books written by
gregation.                                                           Rev. H. Hoeksema are still available. Free pamphlets are
                                                                     also obtainable as an aid in the study of our doctrinal
   Reports from the people in Edgerton  have come filtering
through acclaiming the 1963 Young People's Convention as             stand relative to subjects such as Calvinism, Infant Baptism,
"the best yet." The deportment of the young delegates was            Holy Matrimony, and various others. For a complete list
unblamable and the meetings were well attended. The                  of books and articles write to The Reformed Witness Hour,
Mass Meeting was held Tuesday evening, Aug. 20, in the               Box 1230, Grand Rapids,. Mich. 49501; or you may order
Southwest Christian High School Gym with a large and                 direct to the Book Committee, c/o Mr. Fred Geers, 162
enthusiastic audience in attendance.                                 Baynton Ave., N. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503.
                                              Some six hundred
people heard Rev. H. Hoeksema deliver the keynote speech,                  The Board of the Society for Prot. Ref. Secondary Ed-
"More Than Conquerors In The Church." Wednesday was                  ucation (High School) scheduled a special meeting to be
a busy day beginning with a business. meeting. A tour of             held Sept. 6 at Southwest Church. A proposed site for a
Pipestone National Monument followed; then to Blue                   High School will be presented to the Society for approval.
Mounds State Park for games and supper. The evening                  The location of the proposed site is adjacent to our Hope
meeting featured a speech by Rev. R. Harbach on, "More               Church and School. The Board reasoned that this site is
Than Conquerors Over Against An Evil World." Thursday                most desirable because, 1. Many of the pupils that will
picked up the unfinished business and ended with an eve-             attend the High School live in this area; 2. *The  proximity
ning banquet in the High School gym. The banquet's motif             of Hope School offers possible co-operation in the trans-
was, "Buffalo and Indians." Special numbers by the dele-             portation of pupils;    3. The cost is less than half that of
gates preceded and followed the main event which was a               property in a central location; 4. This site offers oppor-
speech by Rev. G. Lubbers on, "More Than Conquerors In               tunity to locate in a new and growing communi~.

The Last Days.`: Rev.. J.. Kortering closed the Convention                The Oak Lawn Prot. Ref. ChristianSchool  held Convoca-

with prayer; and joining in, "God be with you till we meet           tion exercises Sept. 3, the first day of school, in their school

again" all the delegates went to their lodgings. The next            which this year will be housed in two rooms in the Trinity

morning, to meet the 8 o'clock bus back home, some of the            Lutheran Church of Oak Lawn, Miss Hulda Kuiper will

young people had to fight the results of a 3yz  inch rain            teach the four lower grades; Mr. Henry Kuiper will teach

which gummed up the roads SO that their car had to be                the higher grades and will be the Administrator of the

towed (dragged) through the mud by a tractor, and then -             school. Shortly after the opening of school they will be

homeward bound to await August, 1964!                                visited by an agent of the Cook County Superintendent of

   Thursday evening, Sept. 25, the Adams St. School                  Schools that they may be accredited.

Mothers' Club held their first meeting of the season. Rev.                 . . . . See you in church.                         J.M.F.


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         I N D E X   T O   V0LUM.E   X X X I X                                                                                          T E X T                                                                                       A u t h o r ,    P a g e

                                                                                                                                I Timothy 6:17-19 ............................................................ G.C.L.                                  375

                                                                                                                                I Timothy 6:20,
                                                 TEXT INDEX                                                                                                     21 .......................................................... G.C.L.                   395
                                                                                                                                Hebrews 6:17-20 .................................................................                         G.V.               1
           T E X T                                                                                    A u t h o r    P a g e    Hebrews 11:30 ...................................................................                        B.W.          226
Numbers 21:9 . . .._..______.._.___....................,..,...,......................  B:W.                             10
                                                                                                                                Hebrews 11:31 ...................................................................                        B.W.           154
Numbers 22:2, 3, 5, 6 ........................................................ B.W.                                    31       I I Peter 3 ........................................................................                  G.C.L.           422
Numbers 23:7, 8 ................................................................ B.W.                                  57
                                                                                                                                II Peter 3 .......................................................................... G.C.L.                           444
Numbers 25:1,  2 ................................................................ B.W.                                 81
                                                                                                                                II Peter 3 ...............................           . ........................................... G.C.L.              468
Numbers 31:1, 2, 8 ........................................................... B.W.                                    81
                                                                                                                                II Peter 3              ........................................................................ G.C.L.                490
Deuteronomy 3:23-26                        ....................................................... .B.W.             105
                                                                                                                                II Peter 3:9 .......................................................................... H.H.                           461
Deuteronomy 34:5,                     10 ..................................................... B.W.                  130        II Peter 3:9               ........................................................................ H.H.               484
Joshua l:l, 2 ...................................................................... B.W.                            154
                                                                                                                                Revelation             14;lO ..1111111.1111111111lllllllllllltlllllll,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ........ G.V.                       73
Joshua 21-3 .......................................................................                    B.W.          442

Joshua 2:23, 24 .................................................................. B.W.                              178
                                                                                                                                                                               SUBJECT INDEX
Joshua 3:8, 15-17 ................................................................ B.W.                              202

Joshua 7:1, 26 ..................................................................                      B.W.          250
Joshua 8:l ............................................................................ B.W.                         274                                                                  -A-

Joshua 9:3, 4, 6, 15 ................................ ............................ B.W.                              298
                                                                                                                                         S U B J E C T                                                                                 A u t h o r     Page
Joshua 10:13, 14 ................................................................ B.W.                               322        Achor (The Valley of Trouble) ...................................... ..B.W.                                            250
Joshua      21:43           ................................................................ ..- .... B.W.           346        Agonizing Cry in Utter Darkness, The ............................ G.V.                                                 241
Joshua 22:9,  10 .................................................................. B.W.                             373        Altar, The Great ...............................................................                         B.W.          373
Joshua 23:1, 2, 14 .............................................................. B.W.                               393        A New Release From Cares .............................................. H.H.                                           215
Judges 2:11-19                .................................................................... B.W.              466        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank. ........................ H.H.                                                    149
Judges 3:12, 15 .................................................................. B.W.                              488        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     173
I %mueI  1:27, 28 ............................................................... G.V.                               361        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank .......................... H.H.                                                   197
I Kings 83840 ................................................................... G.V.                               409        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     2          2    0
I Chronicles 29:16,  17 ........................................................ G.V.                                433        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     244
Psalm 17:l ............................................................................ G.V.                         457        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ...................... ..H.H.                                                     268
Psalm      48         .........................................................................    G.C.L.            180        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     292
Psalm 9O:lO .......................................................................... G.V.                          145        Arminianism In Ca&in Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                      316
Psalm 90: 16 ........................................................................ ..G.V.                         169        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ......................... .H.H.                                                   340
Psalm       146:5          .......................................................................      G.V.         337        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     364
Ecclesiastes 12:5 .................................................................. G.V.                            193        Arminianism In Calvin Seminary, Rank ........................ H.H.                                                     388
Isaiah 54~8 ............................................................................ G.V.                        481        Arminius and Arminianism ................................................ H.H.                                         100
Ezekiel      18:23 ...................................................................... H.H.                       485        Arminius and Arminianism ............................................... .H.H.                                         124
Ezekiel 33:ll                ...................................................................... H.H.             485        Arminius and Arminianism ................................................ H.H.                                         148
Matthew 2:1-12 ................................................................ G.C.L.                               156        Arminius and Arminianism ............................................... .H.H.                                         172 ~
Matthew 5:8 ......................................................................                     .G.V.           25       Arminius and Am:inianism ............................................... .H.H.                                         196
Matthew 18 .................................................................. G.V.D..B.                              236        Arminius and Arminianism .............................................. ..H.H.                                         220
Matthew 24~44-47 ................................................................ G.V.                               217        Atonement of Christ According To Dordrecht, The....H.C.H.                                                              366
Matthew 27:39a                   .................................................................. G.V.             289        A Truly Happy Man ............................................................ G.V.                                    337
Matthew 27:45, 46 .............................................................. G.V.                                241        Attributes or Virtues of the Church ................................ H.H.                                              440
Luke 2:8-11 ........................................................ ..: ............... G.V.                        121        Attributes or Virtues of the Church .............................. ..H.H.                                              462
Luke 24: 13-35 ........................................... . .......................... G.V.                         313        Attributes or Virtues of the Church .............................. ..H.H.                                              486
John 3:14             ............................................................................ B.W.                 10
John 3:14, 15 ........................................................................ C.H.                          265
Acts 2:4a .............................................................................                 G.V.         385                                                                  -B-
Acts 2:13 .............................................................................. G.V.                        385
Acts 14: 17 .......................................................................... ..G.V.                          73       Balaam             ...............................................................................       B.W.            31
Romans 1: 18 ....................................................................... .G.V.                             73       Balaam and Balak .............................................................. B.W.                                     57
I Corinthians 12:3b ........................................................... .G.V.                                385        Balaam's Final Plot ........................................................... .B. W.                                   31
II Corinthians 9: 15 ............................................................ G.V.                                 97       Be Ye Also Ready .............................................................. G.V.                                   217
Colossians 1:12-14                    .............................................................. G.V.              49       Belgic Confession:                   Article VII .................................... ..H.C.H.                              18
1 Timothy 5:17, 18 .......................................................... G.C.L.                                   12       Belgic Confession: Article VII ...................................... H.C.H.                                                65
1 Timothy 5:19-21 ............................................................ G.C.L.                                  33       Belgic Confession: Article VII .................................... ..H.C.H.                                                89
1 Timothy 5:19-21 ............................................................ G.C.L.                                  59       Belgic Confession:                   Article VII ...................................... H.C.H.                         113
1 Timothy 5:22-25 ............................................................ G.C.L.                                  83       Belgic Confession: Article. VIII .................................... H.C.H.                                           138
1 T&o&y  6:1, 2 .............................................................. G.C.L.                                107        Belgic Confession: Article VIII .................................... H.C.H.                                            162
1 Timothy 6:1, 2 ....................... . ...................................... G.C.L.                             132        Be&c Confession:                     Article VIII ................................... .H.C.H.                          186
1 Tim&y  6:3-5 ............................................................. G.C.L.                                  204        Belgic Confession:                   Article VIII .................................. ..H.C.H.                          210
1 "J-jm&y  f3:6-10 ............................................................ G.C.L.                               228        Be@ Confession: Article IX ...................................... H.C.H.                                               234
1 `J-h&y              633-10 ............................................................ G.C.L.                     252        Belgic Confession:                   Article I X .................................... ..H.C.H.                         258
1 Th&-,y 13:11-16 ............................ ..: ............................. G.C.L.                              276        Belgic Confession: Article IX                              ...................................... H.C.H.               282
1 T&o&y 6:11-16 .......................................................... ..G.C.L.                                  300        Belgic Confession: Article IX ...................................... H.C.H.                                            306
1 Timothy f3:11-16 ................._. ......................................... G.C.L.                              324        Belgic Confession: Article IX ...................................... H.C.H.                                            330
1 Timothy f3:11-16 ..............................................................                  G.C.L.            348        Belgic Confession: Article X ........................................ H.C.H.                                           330


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Belgic Confession: Article X ........................................ H.C.H.                              3 5 4                 Article         76, 77 .................................................. G.V.D.B.                 308
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Belgic Confession:               Article X ...................................... ..H.C;H.                401                   Article         76, 77 ................................       r.................. G.V.D.B.         332
Belgic Confession: Article X ........................................ H.C.H.                              450                   Article         78      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.          356
Belgic Confession: Article XI                        ..................................... H.C.H.         474                   Article         79      ....................................................... .G.V.D.B.          381
Belgic Confession: Article X I ....................................... .H.C.H.                            496                   Article         79      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.          403

Bible, Another Attack on the ......................................... ..H.H.                             310                   Article         80      ...................... . ................................. G.V.D.B.        428

Bible, Another Translation of ............................................ H.H.                             70                  Article         81      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.          452

Billy Graham, That Phenomenal                              ................................... .H.H.        52                  Article         82      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.          453
Blueprint of An. Antichristian Kingdom ............................ H.H.                                  383                   Article         82      ......................................................    G.V.D.B.         476

Books, As To:                                                                                                                   Article         83      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.          477

          New Testament Commentary, Philippians .......... H.H.                                           126        Church, The Doctrine Of The .......................................... H.H.                                   294

          The Gospel According To St. John ...................... H.H.                                    126        Church, The Doctrine Of The ........................................ ..H.H.                                   318

          The Imminent Appearing of Christ .................... H.H.                                      126        Church, The Doctrine Of The .......................................... H.H.                                   343
Building the House of God .......................................... :...G.V.                             433        Church, The Doctrine Of The .......................................... H.H.                                   371

                                                                                                                     Church, The Doctrine Of The ......................................... H.H.                                    390
                                                    -c-                                                              Church, The Doctrine O f The ......................................... H.H.                                   420

                                                                                                                     Church, The Gathering of the .......................................... H.H.                                  438
Canaan, At The Entrance To .......................................... B.W.                                154        Church, The Attributes of the .......................................... H.H.                                 462
Capture of Ai,  The ........................................................... B.W.                      274        Conditions, A Baptist Speaks Concerning ........................ V.G.                                         175
Censurable Sins ................................................ ............ G.V.D.B.                    428        Consolation, A Strong ........................................................ G.V.                               1
Censura Morum ............................................................ G.V.D.B.                       452        Correspondence                   .......................................................... r...r..G.V.       199
Censure        And Education               ........................................... .G.v.D.B.          188        Crossing The Jordan .......................................................... B.W.                           202
Censure And Education .............................................. G.V.D.B.                             212        Cry for Help, A ................................................................ ... .G.V.                    457
Censure, Ecclesiastical ................................................ G.V.D.B.                           67

Censures, Ecclesiastical                   ..........................................    G.V.D.B.           91
Censure, More And Ecclesiastical ............................ G.V.D.B.                                    164                                                                -D-

Censure, The Objects Of Ecclesiastical .................... G.V.D..B.                                     116
                                                                                                                     Days of the Years of Our Life ........................................ G.V.                                   145
Censure, The Objects Of Ecclesiastical .................... G.V.D.B.                                      140
                                                                                                                     Deaths       .................................................................................. H.H.          190
Censure Of Office Bearers                      ........................................ G.V.D.B.          381
                                                                                                                     Dekker, Be&of,  and H. J. Kuiper, A Comparison .... H.C.H.                                                    247
Censure Of Office Bearers                      ........................................ G.V.D.B.          403
                                                                                                                     Discipline And Censure .............................................. G.V.D.B.                                308
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................. ..H.V.                                    16
                                                                                                                     Does The Cross -Beg or Conquer, Mr. Martin? ..............V.G.                                                  71
Church And The Sacraments, The ................................... H.V.                                     37
                                                                                                                     Dutch Roman Catholics                        .................................................... H.H.        263
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                    63
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                    87

Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H:V.                                  111                                                                -E-
Church And The Sacraments, The ................................... .H.V.                                  136
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  160        Ecumenicism ........................................................................ H.H.                       46
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  184        Editorial Notes .................................................................... H.H.                     364
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  208        Ehud, Eglon and ................................................................ B.W.                         488
Church And The Sacraments, The ...................... .._. ........ ..H.V.                                232        Election And Reprobation According To Barth ..............H.H.                                                    4
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  256        Election And Reprobation According To Barth .............. H.H.                                                 28
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  280        Election And Reprobation According To Barth .............. H.H.                                                 53
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  304        Election And Reprobation According To Barth .............. H.H.                                                 76
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  328        Election And Reprobation According To Barth .............. H.H.                                               100
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  352        Evolutionism In The Reformed Church ............................ H.H.                                         335
Church And The Sacraments, The . ................................... H.V.                                 379        Evolution, More                  O n .......................................................... H.H.          406
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  399        Excommunicated,                  Re-admittance of the .................... G.V.D.B.                           356
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  426        Excommunication, Steps                       Of     ...................................... G.V.D.B.           332
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  448        Exegesis, The Fundamental Significance of .................. D. J.E.                                          418
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  472        Exposition          of II Peter 3 .................................................... G.L.                   444
Church And The Sacraments, The .................................... H.V.                                  494        Exposition of II Peter 3 .................................................... G.L.                            468
Church Goes To Its Congregation, The ........................... .H.H.                                      95       Exposition of II Peter 3 ...................................................... G.L.                          490

Church Order:

         Article          76    ........................................................ G.V.D.B.           20                                                            .-F-

         Article          70    ......................................................... G.V.D.B.          44
                                                                                                                     Fiery Serpents               .................................................................... B.W.          10
         Article          71    ........................................................ G.V.D.B.           67

         Article 71, 72 .................................................. G.V.D.B.                         91
                                                                                                                                                                            -G-
         Article          71, 72 .................................................. G.V.D.B.              116

         Article          71, 72 .................................................. G.V.D.B.              140        Gibeonites,           The     .................................................................. B.W.         298
         Article 71, 72 .................................................. G . V . D . B .                164        Gift, The Unspeakable ........................................................ G.V.                             97
         Article 71, 72 .................................................. G . V . D . B .                188

         Article          71, 72 ................................................... G.V.D.B.             212                                                               -H-
         Article          72    ........................................................ G.V.D.B.         236

         Article 73, 74 .................................................. G.V.D.B.                       260        Heart Trouble                .................................................................. J.A.H.        254
         Article 75             ........................................................ G.V.D.B.         284        Hoeksema Memorial                     Library ............................................ H.H.               190


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 Holiday or Holyday . . . _. . . . __. .__.._. _... .._. J.A.H.                                                 182          News From Trans World Radio .______........,..,..................  !.u;I".%                                 238

                                                                                                                            Night, It Was .....................................................................             G.V.         121

                                                                                                                            Non Cooperation                ................................................................ H.H.             69
                                                       -I-                                                                  Nuclear War And Our Children ..................................... H.H.                                     214

 I.C.C.C., More On The ,.....,,..,.....  ~._.______..........................                     H.H.         119

 Inconsistency, A Strange . . . .._. ._. __. . . . . . . ..H.H.                                                      94                                                          -o-

                                                       -J-                                                                  Only Two Churches-? ......................................................... .H.H.                               5
                                                                                                                            Our Long Home .................................................................. G.V.                       193
 Jamaica, Report On ............................................................ H.H.                                46     Our Theological Conflict Today .................................... H.C.H.                                  415
 Jericho, Capture of ........................................................... B.W.                          226          Our Unique World ............................................................ H.H.                               69
Jesus' Resurrection              ............................................................ ..G.V.           313

Joshua's Farewell ............................................................... .B.W.                        393

Judges, The ........................................................................ B.W.                      466                                                               -P-
Justification,       Of      ............................................... .;. .............. ..H.H.                6
Justification,       Of      ............................................................... ..:H.H.                 30     Passer-By         ...................................................... .~.......................  G.V.    289

Justification,       O f ................................................................. .H.H.                     54     Pentecostal Reaction ............................................................ G.V.                      385

                                                                                                                            Pentecostals,  `Growth Of .................................................... H.H.                         118

                                                                                                                            Persecution, A Foiled Attempt To Escape ........................ H.H.                                       239
                                                       -L-                                                                  Please, Professor Henry Stob ........................................... .H.H.                              246

                                                                                                                            Poor, Assisting the ...................................................... G.V.D.B.                         477
Ladies' League Report, Eastern ........................................ P.K.                                         93
                                                                                                                            Presbyterians         In Korea ........................................................ H.H.                118
Ladies' League Report, Eastern ........................................ E.K.                                   342
                                                                                                                            Preservation And Perseverance                          ........................................ H.H.        201
Ladies' League Report, Western ....................................... S.A.                                          71
                                                                                                                            Preservation And Perseverance                          ........................................ H.H.        222
Ladies' League Report, Western .................................... J.D.B.                                     407
                                                                                                                            Preservation And Perseverance                          ........................................ H.H.        249
Lenten Nonsense               ..............................................................     .H.H.         311
                                                                                                                            Preservation And Perseverance                          ...................................... ..H.H.        270
Love That Conquers                  ....................................................... .J.A.H.            230
                                                                                                                            Preservation And Perseverance                          ...................................... ..H.H.        294

                                                                                                                            Protestant Confessional ...................................................... H.H.                         262

                                                      -M-                                                                   Prayer, Acceptable .............................................................. G.V.                      409
                                                                                                                            Prayer Day For Peace, A National? .................................                            H.H.              76

Man of the Year? ................................................................ H.H.                         191          Prayers For The Dead, An Ecumenical Prayer? .......... H.H.                                                 286

Mary, The Assumption of ................................................ H.H.                                  498          Pure In Heart, The ........................................................... .G.V.                             25

Matrimony,           Holy      ........................................................ G.V.D.B.                     20

Matrimony, Holy                ........................................................ G.V.D.B.                     44
Membership           Attestation         .............................................. G.V.D.B.               453                                                              -Q-

Membership,           Certificates         o f     ......................................    .G.V.D.B.         476
Merger Proposal, Another .................................................. H.H.                                           Quotes ..,,...........,  _.,_..._._._______...............................................  H.H.             454
                                                                                                               310

Mergers      ................................................................................ H.H.             358

Merger Talks           .................................................................... ..H.H.             239
Minister Shortage ................................................................ H.H.                        286                                                              -R-

Mixed Marriages And Rome .............................................. H.H.                                   167
                                                                                                                           Race Track Sweepstakes ................................................... H.H.                              405
Moses'     Prayer Rejected               .................................................... B.W.             105
                                                                                                                           Reconciliation With The Church .............................. G.V.D.B.                                       284
Moses, The Death Of .................................................... :...B.W.                              130
                                                                                                                           Reformation,           Repudiation           of ........................................... .H.H.            498

                                                                                                                           Reformed Church in New Zealand .................................. H.H.                                       359

                                                      -N-                                                                  Relief In Spain .................................................................... H.H.                    263
                                                                                                                           Religion On Campus .......................................................... H.H.                           358

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                    24         Returned To The Lord ........................................................ G.V.                           361

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                    48         Return Of The Spies, The ................................................ B.W.                               178

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                    72         Revolt, Right to .................................................................. H%.                      499

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                    96         R.F.P.A., Annual Report of the Secretary ........................ R.B.                                        42

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   120         R.F.P.A., Financial Report of the ...................................... H.V.                                 43

News From Our Churches ............................................. J.M.F.                                    144         Righteous Wrath                .............................................................. J.A.H.         109

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   168         Righteous Wrath .............................................................. J.A.H.                        134

News From Our Churches ........... . .................................. J.M.F.                                 192         Righteous        Wrath .............................................................         J.A.H.          158

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   216         Roman Catholics                .............................................................. ..H.H.         406

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   240                                                              -s-

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   264         Sanctification, Of ..................... . .......................................... H.H.                    55

News From Our Churches                            ............................................ J.M.F.          288         Sanctification, Of .............................................................. ..H.H.                      78

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   312         Sanctification, Of .............................................................. ..H.H.                     102
News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   335         Sanctification,         Of .............................................................. ..H.H.             1          2    7
News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   360         Sanctification,         Of ................................................................ H.H.             150

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   423         Sanctification, Of ................. ~.............................................. H.H.                    176

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   456         Sanctification,.        Of .............................................................. ..H.H.             200

News From Our Churches .............................................. J.M.F.                                   480         Secret Sins, Dealing With                      ........................................ G.V.D.B.             260

News From Our Churches ............. . ................................ J.M.F.                                 500         Sects ...................................................................................... H.H.            190


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                                                                                                                                    0 thank the mighty King of kings,

Union Shop, The ................................................................ H.H.                                95             Whose arm has done such wondrous things;
Unions, The Power Of ....................................................... ..H.H.                                214              His tender mercies ever sure
Union With Rome .............................................................. H.H.                                166
                                                                                                                                    To all eternity endure.

                                                       -v-                                                                          His wisdom gave the heavens their birth,
Vatican Council, The Coming .......................................... H.H.                                          22
                                                                                                                                    And on the waters spread the earth;
Victory In Canaan .............................................................. B.W.                              322
Voice of Protest, A ............................................................ H.H.                              498              His tender mercies ev'er sure
                                                                                                                                    To all eternity endure.
                                                       -w-
                                                                                                                                    He taught yon glorious lights their way,
W e Protestant Reformed ............................................... .H.C.H.                                       39             He made the sun to rule the day;
What To Call The Minister ................................................ H.H.                                    167
World, My Father's ................................... 1.. __ .................. J.A.H.                            278              His tender mercies ever sure
World, M y Father's .......................................................... J.A.H.                              302               To all eternity endure.
World,       My Father's             ........................................................ J.A.H.               326
World, My Fader's .......................................................... J.A.H.                                350               He set the moon, with milder light,
World, My Father's                 ............................................................    J.A.H.          377               And shining stars to rule the night;
World, My Father's .......................................................... J.A.H.                               397               His tender mercies ever sure
World, My Father's                 .......................................................... J.A.H.               424
                                                                                                                                     To all eternity endure.,
.World,     My Father's ..................... . .....................................              J.A.H`          446

World, My Father's .......................................................... J.A.H.                               470
                                                                                                                                     He thought on us amid our woes,
World, M y Father's .......................................................... J. A.H.                             492
Wrath, A Little .................................................................... G.V.                          481               And rescued us from all our foes;
Wrath Revealed ................................................................. .G.V.                                73             His tender mercies ever sure
Wrath,       Righteous           ............................................................ J.A.H.                  85             To all eternity endure.

                                                        -Y-                                                                          Give thanks to heaven's Almighty King,
Youth, A Word to Covenant ............................................ J.A.H.                                         14             Who daily feeds each living thing;
Youth,. A Word To Covenant ........................................ J.A.H.                                            35
                                                                                                                                     H-is tender mercies ever sure
Youth, A Word To Covenant ........................................ J.A.H.                                             61
                                                            Index by Rev. G. Vanden Berg                                            :To all eternity endure.


