      VOLUME  XL                            OCTOBER   1,1964   -  &AND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN                          ,N&BER  21

                                                                    and of a -godly walk. God's people may not avoid strife
          M  E  19  I  T-A T I  0  N-  `.                          and sharp  conilict  `when their calling is to do battle in
                                                                    the cause .of the Son. of God, the cause of the truth, the '
                                                                    cause of righteousness. Then indeed they may never flinch
                     LOT'S CHOICE                                   when the  &pet calls them to the battle. And there is
                                                                    no truce in that warfare'!
     "`And Lot also, which went with  A&am; had  floe@,                 But strife of another kind, strife in. the sense of par-
       and herds, and tents. . . . And there was  strife be-        tisanship and contentiousness, there may never be between
       tween the  IzeTdmen  of  Akm's cattle and the  heTd-         brethren. For it is contrary to the mind of Christ that' is in
       men of Lot's cattle .  .- . and Lot  ..dwelled in the                                                                          -
                                                                    them.
       cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.          "Let nothing be .done through strife or vainglory; but in
       &t the men  .of Sodom  weye  tr;icked  and  simu?rs  be-     lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than them-
       fore the Lord exceedingly." Genesis  13~5-13                 selves. Look not every man on his own things, but every
     And Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. .  ; .                 ,,man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you,
     And after a  .while  you  .find him living in Sodom: in        which was also in Christ Jesus.  . . ." Phil. 2:3-5.
  Sodom, `that type and example of the world that pass&h                And of this other, this etil kind was the strife between
away, and the lust thereof; Sodom, the world ripe for the           Abram and Lot..
 final outpouring of the wrath of the holy God.                         For there was a conflict of interests between them which
    `Meditate on it, 0 Christian, and take warning!                 had. become very serious. It had not begun with the herd-
     Yes; Lot was a child of God. For. the apostle  Peter-          men: they were but servants, doing the bidding of their
 tells us that- Lot had a righteous soul that `he vexed there       masters. But it had ah-eady  worked through to the herd-
 in Sodom.  .,And to be sure, Lot was saved, too, but only ' men of Abram and Lot: for they  quarrelled  and strove
:  be&u&  `the Lord knows how to  .deliver his own." And            with one another,  land- very likely came to blows. No, it
 you may indeed envy Lot's  salvation, and strive after it..        had begun between Abram and Lot. .For does not ,Abram
  But never envy the bitter and painful way in which Lot            plead with Lot, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be-
  was. ultimately saved. For Lot was saved as through fire!         tween me and thee, and between my  herdmen  and thy
 And never envy Lot's choice: for Lot was a. child of God, ~herdmen?" Moreover, the occasion of the strife lay in the
a righteous man, who for a time chose the world. And -1 fact that both Abram and Lot had  _ become very rich;
- he had to learn by bitter experience.                             .poisessed great herds and flocks, so that the land, that is,
     There was strife: strife between Abram and Lot, and the immediate grazing land in that vicinity could not bear
 thus strife between the herdmen  of Abram and the herd- them, could not supply sufficient pasture for the flocks and
 -men of Lot.                                                       herds of both. This may have been true objectively; it                 ,'
     Strife between brethren it  _ was, and such strife as          may also be that Scripture presents this facet of the account
 there may never be.                                                from Lot's' viewpoint. However that may be, there was                  .
     Strife there may be, and strife there must be, between         strife.
 the church and the world. For they are not brethren.                Nor did this strife have its source in Abram.  l?or did
 And what concord is there between Christ and Belial?               not Abram plead with his nephew that there be no strife  -
  Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel, the          b e t w e e n   t h e m ?
  sons of God with the men of Sodom? Moreover, strife there             And were not his actions entirely consistent with his
 may be and must be,. even between brethren, when there             pleadings? -Was he not quite willing to deny himself and
 is a principle at stake, whether that be a principle of the        his own interests completely, to look not on `his own things,
 truth of God's Word or a principle of Christian ethics             but on the things of-the other, to esteem the other better


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  than himself, in Christian lowliness of mind, acknowledg-              Abram, the Friend of God, is a striking contrast.
  ing that all that he had was not of himself, but of  his              To be sure, he might have insisted on his position, be-
  God? And was not the Friend of God quite prepared to               cause he h,ad a divinely assigned right to the land. He had
  commit his cause to Him that judgeth righteously, believ-          every "right" to tell Lot, "I will divide the pasture, and
  ing His promise that to him and to his seed He would               you will have to be satisfied with what I give you. Other-
  give, the inheritance?                                             wise you had better go back to  Haran." But he did not.
         And were not Abram's reasons right and sound? We            For Abram wanted no strife, He was willing to commit
  be brethren, he said. Not only were uncle and nephew               his cause  to- the Lord. Above all, he had his heart fixed
  of the same blood. But in the spiritual sense they were            on the heavenly fatherland, and was content to be a pil-
  brethren. They had  .the same calling. They served the             grim and stranger even in the land of Canaan.
  same God, Jehovah. They worshipped at the same altar,                  Hence, he denies himself and his own interests com-
  and had undoubtedly more than once called together on              pletely.
  the name of the Lord. Pilgrims and strangers together in               As far as Abram was concerned, it was better to sepa-
                                                                     rate than to fight, Hence, he makes. his proposal to Lot
  the same land were they. And to glorify the same Lord              that they separate and that Lot take his choice: "if thou wilt
  was the purpose of their calling. And how can that be              take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou
  when brethren strive? Besides, was not the enemy present           depart to the right hand, -then I will go to the left." Com-
round about them to witness their strife? The Canaanite              plete. self-denial was this, and it should have shamed Lot's
  and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. They were              contentious self-seeking. No, it was not wrong on Abram's
  enemies: enemies of God and enemies of God's people.               part to make this offer. He did not tempt Lot to go to
  And do not the people of God become. a spectacle to that           Sodom. Was not the whole land before Lot? And how
  enemy when they  ,strive  with one another? And do they            remarkable that Abram, who was the older man not only,
 not bring shame and reproach on the name of the God                 but the one to whom the entire land belonged was willing
  Whose cause they represent when thus they  stive? And              to go the length of self-denial and to say to his head-
 `do. not they themselves, become spiritually weak, exposing         strong nephew: "You  choose'hrst,  and I will take what is
                                                                     left."
 themselves needlessly to the attacks of the enemy, when                 0 Lot, be careful! 0 Christian, consider well!
 they do things through strife) and vainglory?                           Take not one step without considering where thou goest.
         But to all this Lot was oblivious, wilfully oblivious!      Have an eye for the consequences of every step thou takest
         The trouble was that Lot in his soul separated his own      - the consequences for thyself, for -thy wife, thy children,
 interests from those of Uncle Abram, his brother in the             thy children's children. For not .one step canst thou take
 faith. After all, he had riches and cattle and herds and            that will not affect all these.
  flocks of his own! He was rich in his own right! What                  For Lot this was a moment of trial and a moment of
                                                                     decision.
 became of Abram was not his concern; nor dould he allow                 The alternatives were evident. They were: the kingdom
 his uncle's interests to stand in the way of his own. He            of God or a piece of the world. They were: seek the world
 needed pasture for his flocks and herds just as well as             and its riches and your own selfish interests, continuing in
 Abram did. Meanwhile, he ignored the fact that it was               your present contentious state of mind and heart; or change
 `Abram whom the Lord had called out of Ur, that it was              your mind, live in peace with Abram, the heir of the cove-
 Abram, who had the promise of the covenant, that it was             nant and promises of God.
 Abram to whom the land truly belonged, according to the                 But Lot was not to be stopped!
 Lord's own promise. He ignored the fact that he, Lot, had               Not the fact that this choice involved separation from
 merely gone along with Abram. He overlooked the fact                Abram, on whom were the promises conferred, not the'
 that he had shared in Abram's blessings. He forgot that in          fact- that it involved separation from -the church, from the
 the riches of Abram he shared. He was not mindful of the            organic line of the covenant; not the fact that he, weak Lot,
 fact that those. riches were blessings of the covenant God          needed the sustaining strength and the real, spiritual joy
 ,of Abram. And above all, he lost from sight the fact that          of Abram's fellowship; not the knowledge that he could
 those riches were after all nothing in themselves, but typical      not be strong all by himself; not the fact that he was leav-
 of the heavenly riches of the heavenly country and the              ing the altar where Abram called upon the name of the
 heavenly city that hath foundations; and he began to look,          Lord; not the awareness that he could not really build
  on `those riches as an end in themselves, something to, be         altars and call on the name of Jehovah apart from Abram;
 sought for their own sake.                                          not the awareness that it would be impossible to build
         Strife there was, - sad strife. 0 Christian, do not emu-    altars to Jehovah in the company of Sodom; - no, not all
 late Lot!                                                           these could deter Lot.
         Nothing Abram might say or do would turn Lot from               Nor could the silent, but very vocal testimony of Abram's
 his wrong purpose. For, once Lot had fixed his eye on               self-denying conduct shame his contentiousness and  hum%-
 `his own things" rather than on "the things of others," the         ate him, `as it should have. If only Lot had thought upon
outcome  *was inevitable.                                            his way, he would have been ashamed that he had ever


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         And Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. . . .
         And as inevitably as the moth is attracted to. the flame,      MEDITATION-
     so irresistibly was Lot drawn toward Sodom itself, - Sodom,                  Lot's Choice .._._.__._______  .                      ._______  ___ ___                            ..481
                                                                                          Rev.' H. C. Hoeksema
     the heart of the world, the essence of what Lot had prin-
     cipally chosen. Spiritually his choice was all wrong. Per-         EIJIT~~x~LS-
     haps he had good intentions and many excuses. Is not the                     Congratulations! ____. ..__ __. . .._______...._  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ ._.. ______.  ,484
     road to hell paved with such good intentions?                                Diagnosis From t$e Young West . . . . . 484
         The men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the                      Not Totally Depraved?  .._.___.__.................................................  486
     Lord exceedingly. Rich? Yes,  kdeed!  Rich with the                                  Rev. H. C. Hoeksema
     abundance of the wicked upon whom not the favor, but               A CLOUD OF WITNESSES-
     the curse of Jehovah rests. And remember: there is no                        Samson's Debilitation _., . . __ ._. .._....__ 1. .._____  _..___,  _________ ___ _____.  .487
     common grace! But Sodom was depraved, totally depraved,                              Rev. B. Woudenberg
     openly, defiantly wicked, on the verge of destruction! And
     is not all the world?                                              FROM  HOLY WRIT-
         Pour, blind Lot! The riches of this world blinded his                 ' Exposition of Romans  5:12-21............................  .  ..__......._..._  489
                                                                                          Rev. G. Lubbers
     eyes!
         Yes, the Lord knows how to deliver the godly. And He IN  HIS  FEAR-
     delivered Lot too, - out of Sodom and out of temptation.                     The Right To Be Civil. _.. __..__...... . . . . . . . . .._... .._ .._ . . . . . . . .,...491
     He always provides the escape for His own. For He is                                 Rev. J. A. Heys
     faithful.                                                          CONTENDINGFORTHEFAITH-
       But a lesson Lot had to learn,  a,painful  lesson.  what                   The Church and the Sacraments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...' . . . . . . . . 493
     shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose                           Rev. H. Veldman
     his own soul?
         And how painful the lesson proved to be! Look ahead            THE VOICE OF OUR FATHERS-
     for a moment. When the Lord made him a captive, and                          The Belgic Confession..  _. .  ..~. . . . . . . . .  _. .  .495
     Abram rescued him, Lot did not learn. When he had the                                Rev. H. C. Hoeksema
     painful experience of vexing his righteous soul in the midst       ALL AROUND Us -
     of Sodom's wickedness, he did not leain,  though his con-                    Radio Broadcasting ._..._..__._.._.............................,.................,..,  497
     science must often have pricked him as he saw things                         Regeneration and Total `Depravjty.  . ._. ._. . . ______ _..___  ._._._.......  497
     going from bad to worse. Finally the Lord must- forcibly                     Troubles with Church Union.. . . .                                           .._      ._____.      .498
     deprive him of all that he has, - of his wife, of his whole                  Papal Primacy .: __.______:  _______.__.__...................................,,.,..........  498
                                                                                          Rev.  H.. Hanko
     family (which became involved either actually. or spiritually
     in Sodom's ruin), of all  `his riches! He is left a. poor,         NEWS FROM 01% CHuRcHEs  ..__.____..__._.:  . . . . . . . .._...._____...........................  4%
     wretched, lonely man.                                                                Mr. J. M. Faber
         Yes, but what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
         O-Christian, do not follow Lot's example!                      INDEX To V O L U M E XL ___ ____ .                                              ..__..____       ___, ,501
                                                                                          Rev. G.  Vanden Berg
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ll------~~~-~~                                                    root" -of the patient. Thus he gives his verdict -literally:
           EDITORlhiLS.   - "Our Christian Reformed Church is `sick in the life's root.: m
                                                                  ' But the question is: what is the nature of this illness?
                                                                      When it `comes to this question, "Doctor" Van. Baalen
                     Congratulations!                             seems rather vague and uncertain.
    We are sometimes not as quick to encourage and com-               I suppose the `doctor" in this case intends to furnish a
mend our covenant young people as to criticize them. And          "medical history" of his patient. At any rate, in a brief,
this ought not to be.                                             two-column article he rambles all the way from Dr. Abra-
    I therefore take this opportunity to congratulate them        ham  Kuyper's  talents and his judgment of the "Afgescheid-
on a highly successful Twenty-fourth Convention. And I            enen" down through the immigration in Van Raalte's time
do not say too much if I add that others who observed the         (the mid-nineteenth century), thence through the period
convention will agree with me.                                    of the second generation of Christian Reformed leaders,
    The host society (Hope) and its committee worked hard         and finally to the present. He takes in his sweep the
to have an interesting, an instructive, and well-organized        period of. Americanization. He also includes the rise of
convention. The Federation Board also did its part. And           Religion and Culture and. The Witness, `magazines of the
our young people, who attended in goodly numbers from             1920's  in the picture; but in one brief paragraph he men-
many of our churches, far and near, cooperated beautifully        tions along with the former the present day  Reforme'd
and evinced becoming Christian conduct.                           Journal and Torch and Trumpet. He even takes in an al-
    The theme, "Be Ye Holy," was carried out well in pro-         leged incident in the Christian School from his days in
gram and in practice.                                             Munster, Indiana.
    Congratulations, Protestant Reformed young people!               And then he concludes': "Out of this sick life's root have
    And, above all: Thanks be to God!                             come forth the theology of H. Danhof and H. Hoeksema,
  And now we look forward, the Lord willing, to the               the vague yes-and-no theology of C. Van Til; and not long
gilver  Anniversary Convention in South Holland.                  ago a voice in The Banner which disapproved of member-
                                                  H . C . H .     ship in the National Geographic Society as being world-
                                                                  conformity. Farther it  ,2cou1d- hardly go. Pietistic  separa;
        Diagnosis  From  The Young West
                                  . .                             tion: world-flight; an inveterate (really: cancerous) aversion
    The Reverend Jan Karel Van  Baalen, whose name is             to all true civilization  - those are the detrimental fruits of
well-known to anyone acquainted with the history  of the          a sick life's root. All that is not `of our own' is worthless.
origin of our churches, now resides in Lynden, Washing-           `Separation,' Dr. Van Raalte once said, `is in our people's
ton. I suppose this accounts for the fact that the depart-        blood.' " (translation mine, H.C.H. )
ment for which- he, writes in De Wachter is headed, "Uit             Here, at last, he lets the cat out of the bag.
Het  Jonge  Westen," (Out of the Young West). At any                 Earlier' in his diagnosis the "doctor" makes mention of
rate; this is the only connection  I can  find between his        Dutch class distinctions and of the fact that most of the
writings and the title of his rubric.                             earlier immigrants came from the lowest class of the peo-
    The Reverend Jan Karel Van Baalen is also a `man of           ple, while Dr. A. C. Van Raalte was a `man of culture.
many facets. Circa 1924 he posed as a champion of com-            He also makes mention of an alleged lack of social back-
mon grace and a vigorous prosecutor of the deniers thereof,       ground and lack of university training among the second
although he was never exactly eager to face those whom            generation of Christian Reformed leaders. He  co,mplams
he accused. He also has some reputa,tion  as an expert on         that there were those in the church who cried, "Hold fast
various sects and cults. He even was known among some             that which ye have," and who wanted to build a wall about
of our older generation as a fancier of good cigars, - espe-      the church; and he even brings up the old `language ques-
cially the La Palina brand.                                       tion." He still scolds.. the "arch-conservatives" of The
   But in De Wachter of September i, 1964, p. 10, he poses        Witness for rising up against  Rel,igion  and Culture. In
as a doctor and a diagnostician, writing a first installment      parentheses let me say that the reader must remember that
on the subject "Krank in den Levenswortel," (Sick in the.         not only did the party that gave birth to The Witness
Life's Root). I cannot discern from this first article whether    include names like Danhof and Hoeksema, but also such
`he has completed his diagnosis and whether the next article      respected Christian Reformed names as L. Berkhof, Y. P.
will furnish the prescription for this disease, or, perhaps,      De Jong, and S. Volbeda. Moreover, the "doctor" by im-
advise surgery. But the doctor's diagnosis is worthy of note      plication reproaches those who publish Torch and Trumpet
in as far as he has given it. And about it I will make a          for allegedly refusing to cooperate with The Reformed
few observations.                                                 Journal.
   -The patient who is ill is the Christian Reformed Church.         Finally, while the poor patient's head must begin to
   And the illness, according to "Doctor' Jan Karel Van           whirl at the mention of all these symptoms and ailments,
Baalen, is indeed a serious one. For it affects the "life's       the "doctor" reveals what he believes to be the real nature


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  of-the  ailment. Or, at least, he gives himself away: That            4. And does  not- the good "doctor".  know that the
  theology of H. Danhof (now deceased) and H. Hoeksema!              whole Christian Reformed Church (the brethren `of Torch
  That is really the fruit and the symptom of the ailment            and Trumpet, as well as those of The. Reformed Jownal)
  that has stricken the very life's root of the Christian Re-        are fundamentally agreed on common grace, .and therefore
  formed Church! And poor Dr. Van Til must take his                  opposed to his alleged -4nabaptistic  tendencies? Did it, in
  share of the blame too! -Yes,  and the voice that'was critical     fact, not become very evident in all the writings about the
  of membership in the National Geographic Society in The            Dekker case that no one, - emphatically no one, - dared
  Banner is the occasion of this long ecclesiastical diagnosis.      even to hint that the First Point of 1924 might be wrong?
     Hoti silly. . . .                                               Did not exactly this emasculate every Christian Reformed
     .If it were not so dreadfully serious!                          attempt to contradict Professor Dekker's teachings?
     For the reader must remember,  - as the Reverend Jan                5. Yet there is a ray of hope as long as the patient at -
  Karel Van Baalen undoubtedly does, - that to Van Baalen            least realizes that he is ill. That holds for Van Baalen  him-,
  the outstanding characteristic of the theology of Hoeksema         self also. But let not the ill patient function as his own
  and Danhof is the  denjal   of common  grace. And already          doctor. The result will be tragic!
  before 1924 the Reverend Jan Karel Van Baalen  took the                                         a  0  0  it
  position that the denial of common grace was Anabaptistic.
  He even wrote a Dutch pamphlet on the subject, "Denial                 But is the Christian Reformed Church sick? And is it
  of Common Grace, Reformed or Anabaptistic?" And Van                sick in its life's root?
  Baalen has evidently never advanced beyond that pre-1924               Indeed it is! And the ailment is serious. In fact, I am
  diagnosis.                                                         afraid that eventually it will be fatal, - unless -its progress
     Yes, there can be no question about it:. "Doctor" Van           is arrested.
  Baalen really means to say that the Christian Reformed                 The Christian Reformed Church,  - and let it be re-
  Church is afllicted in its very life's root with the disease of    corded that I write this in all earnestness and brotherliness,
  Anabaptism, though for some reason he does not mention             ,-- is -afflicted in its very lifes root with the cancer. of the
  the disease by name.                                               common grace-general grace theory of the Three Points of
                            0  0  r*  0                              1924.
     And what is to be said of this?                                     Here are some of the symptomsi
     I will pass by his rambling, inaccurate, and confused,              1. The seminary and the churches are shot through
  "medical history," in order to make the following remarks          with Arminianism. I could mention the current instance
  on his diagnosis of the ailment:                                   of Prof. Dekker. But Dekker is not by any means alone,
     1. The Rev. Van Baalen indeed makes a serious charge            though he is perhaps more consistent and insistent.
  when he writes that the Christian Reformed Church is sick             2. The inspiration question of a few yeaxs~.ago,  which,
  in its life's root. If the patient has only a scratched finger,    I venture to say, is still really not settled. And by the way,
  or even a broken finger, the trouble is not so very serious.       let it be remembered that the Janssen case of 1920-`22 was
  But to be, sick in the. life's root? That is dangerous! The        inseparably connected historically with the common grace
  patient might die! And .in that case the diagnosis of the          controversy of 1924.
  ailment had better be correct, in order that the proper                3. The Divorce and Remarriage Decision of a few
  cure may be prescribed.                                            years ago, along with its devastating effects, - a matter
     `2: The Reverend Jan Karel Van Baalen makes an un-              which is after all at bottom a case of world-conformity.
  trustworthy doctor, however. For though he presumes to                4. The battle against separate Christian organizations
  be the doctor, he is nevertheless by virtue of his Christian       (witness recent numbers of the Reformed  Jozwnal)  and the
  Reformed membership and office the patient. In fact, he            church's official stamp of approval on membership in so-
  is very close to the "life's, root." He is therefore himself       called neutral, but  re`ally worldly, labor unions. This is
  afflicted with this disease about which he is concerned.           simply another instance of world-conformity.
  And especially in case of illness it is poor policy for the           5. The perennial problem of worldly amusements, movie
  patient to act as his own doctor.                                  attendance, and the like, which has plagued the Christian
     3. "Doctor" Van  Baalen's diagnosis certainly is not            Reformed Church ever since 1924 especially, and which
  accurate. For, in the first place, he ought not to forget          was again the subject of at least one overture to the 1964
  that his own synod, in 1924, declared the theology of              Synod. This too  ,is essentially a problem of world-conform-
  Hoeksema and Danhof to be rather healthy. They declared            ity which cannot possibly be treated successfully with a
  these two ministers whom they nevertheless deposed to be           world-and-life-view based on common grace.
  "fundament&y  Reformed.' And, in the second place, did                These are but some of the major symptoms. And all
not the "doctor" in 1924 assist at a very painful operation          these symptoms point inevitably to the fact that the CRC
  in which. this Anabaptistic "cancer" of the denial of com-         became afflicted with the deadly cancer of the -common
  mon grace was cut out?                                             grace theory in 1924.


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                       Hoeksema  and Danhof warned of these things from the            ploperly  be understood. The result is that Bratt's  explana-
                                                                                       tion of regeneration is also woefully weak, tq say the least.
I     I           start.There will be no end to these symptoms as long as the          But let that be. What does Dr. Bratt say of total depravity?
                  denial of the ant$hesis persists.                                    I will quote him:
                      The Protestant Reformed Churches  have always wtirned                 "It does not mean that man is devilish in -his entire
                 of these symptoms and their cause.                                    being. It does' not imply that all a man is and does is
                       An{, by the grace of God, we will continue to do so:            undiluted. evil. But it means that every part of his being
                      I say again: there is at least hope if the patient begins        has the infection of sin. No phase of his being is exempt
                  to be aware of his illness.                                          from it.
                      Then perhaps he will seek the only cure: radical  sur-           '    "In unregenerate man, that depravity is conditioned by
                  gery on the cancer of common grace, and large, health-               the common workings of God's Spirit. In his common grace,
                  giving doses of the truth, the pure,.Reformed  truth..               sin is restrained and the common virtues  tire practiced."
                                                                             H.C.H.         I do not intend to wage a lengthy polemic against this
                                                                                       uncamouflaged denial of total depr&ity.  Of course, Bratt
                                Not Totally Depraved?                   .              might just  a$ well have said in plain words, "Total deprav-
                      Of late it seems that the common grace theory, of the            ity is not really total depravity," or, `The Christian Re-
                  Three Points is being brought more and more to the fore-             formed Church does not believe the doctrine of total
                  ground and  ,into the open. There was a time when it                 depravity."
                  seemed as though even the Christian Reformed Church                       But allow me to .make a very brief and literal compari-
                  would rather keep silence about the subject.  Of course,             son between Dr. Bra&s  statements and Scrip&e  and the
                  even then the witness and warning of the Protestant Re-              confessions. No exposition is even necessary for even a
                  formed Churches was always that- the common grace                    child to see that  Brat-t contradicts both.
                  theory was an evil leaven "that would work through and                    Dr. Brat-t  says: "It (total depravity) does not mean .that
                  corrupt the whole lump of Reformed doctrine  and life.               man is devilish in his entire being."
                  Today one, can see the operation of this leaven of common                 Scripture, John 8.44, says: `Ye  aye of your father the
                  grace more and more.                                                 devil, (literally: "out of your father the devil," according
                      A very blatant  example  of this may be found in the             to the Greek), and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
                  writings of Dr. John H. Bratt, The B.anner,  August 25, 1964,.       was a murderer from the b&gin&g,  and abode,not in the
                  in the department "The Reader Asks." Of course, we have              truth, because there is no truth  in- himi When he speaketh
                  .always  mainttined that the Second (and Third) Point of             a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father
                  1924  w&s a denial of the Reformed doctrine of total de-             of it."
                  pravity. But the exponents of common grace denied that                    Dr. B'ratt says: "It (total depravity) does not imply that
                 this was  so,. and they frequently tried to camouflage the            all a man is and does is undiluted evil."
                  re&l meaning of the Second Point and its `theory of the                   The Heidelberg Catechism, Question 8, says: `Are we
                  restraint of sin by the Holy Spirit. In fact, there was such         then so' corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing anjr
                  an attempt at camouflage made only a couple of years ago             good, and inclined to all wickedness? Indeed we are; ex-
                  .by the ,Contact  Committee in its conferences with the De           cept we are regenerated by the Spirit of God."
                  Wolf group. People are sometimes fooled by this camou-                    And with the above our Confession and our Canons
                  flage; but they should not be. Neither does Dr. Bratt say            fully agree.
                  in so  niany' words  that man is not totally depraved.  In                If Dr. Bratt wants to instruct his questioning readers,
                  fact,-he  uses the term total depravity. But he very `bhmtly         he should instruct them in the truth df Scripture, and the
                  ,deprives  that term of all its historic  Reformed  meaning,         confessions. Instead he goes out of his way to deny the
                  and that without a single appeal  to Scripture or the con-           truth of total depravity, to substitute for it the.philosophy
                  f essions.                                                 ._  i     of  the Three Points, and that without so much as a refer-
                      I will let the reader judge.                                     ence  to Scripture and our Reforrned creeds.
                      Dr. Bratt is answering the question,  "What ef%ek does                I would expect that his questioner was left very un-
                  regeneration have on the total depravity of man?" tid his            satisfied.      '
                  approach to this question is certainly correct. For he                    And I sincerely hope that readers of, The Banner will
                  writes : "Perhaps it would be well td remind ourselves of            some day begin to realize that a little leaven is leavening
                  the meaning of, total depravity." Now this is a sound ap-            the whole lump.
                  proach. One certainly cannot understand  t&e meaning and                                                                     H.C.H.
                  effect of regeneration if he does not know  what is involved              (Note: I wrote this editorial without knowing. that Rev.
                  in total depravity. And unless total depravity is put in a           H. Hanko would also write on the same subject in his
                  true light, the radical change of regeneration as  a  wond,Fr-       rubric. However, since our articles are different in ap-
                  work of the Spirit, wrought in us without our iid, cannot            proach, I will publish mine as well as his. H.C.H.)


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                                                                      nature. His faith had faltered. The dedication to God,
  1  A  CLQLID.  OF  WKNESSES   1 -typified in his Nazarite vows, remained no longer the mov-
                                                                      ing force of his heart. This the Lord could not endure,
                                                                      and Samson was led into temptation.
                 Samson's Debilitation                                    This was brought about through what had always been
                                                                      Samson's greatest weakness, a love for fair and beautiful
         And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she               women. His steps were led to bring him through the valley
       called  for a man,  and'she caused  htm  to shave  ofi         of Sorek of the Philistiries,  where he came upon's woman
       the seven loclcs of his head; and she began to a#ct            named Delilah; and his heart went out to her. Immediately
       him, and h.is strength weut  from him.                         he began to cultivate her friendship, and his life was taken
       And she said, The  Ha&tines  be upon thee, Sam-                up in seeking to win her  alfection.  In this there was no
       son. And he a.woke out of his sleep,  a.nd said, Ir will       faith that was active. He was not moved by any desire to
       go out as at other times  before,  and shake myself.           .fight the battles of the Lord and to seek an occasion against
       And he wist not that the LORD was departed from' the Philistines. It was purely a matter of carnal passions
       him.                                J u d g e s   16:.19,20    which cried .out within hirn to be satisfied. In his heart,
     Twenty years Samson judged Israel in the name of the             he had already forsaken his Nazarite vows.
 Lord. He was a Nazarite and the Spirit of God was upon                   The Philistines, as usual, were quick to recognize their
 him. His life is given to us as an example of remarkable             opportunity, for Delilah  &as one  of+them.  They had long
 faith. It is true, .of course, that his life was not without         since learned the futility of &ying to prevail over Samson
 the taint of sm. Samson had some very apparent moral                 by force. The lessons of Timnath, Lehi, and Gaza were still
 weaknesses, particularly in his relationships  to, women.` too vivid within their memories. But it did not mean that
Such things in his life as his marriage to the godless                their hatred for Samson and the cause which.he  represented
 woman of Timnath and his visit to the harlot of Gaza can             had in the least begun to dim. They were determined to
 never be condoned. In fact, our first impressions upon               take Samson, if ,not by force, then by subtility; and `for this
 reading through the life of Samson are apt to be more those          the passionate love of Samson for Delilah was the oppor-
 of repulsion than of approval. But the Scriptures compel             tunity. They needed only her cooperation. Again they
,us to go deeper; and then we find that, in spite of Sam-             knew better than to try to make use of threats and fear as
 son's weaknesses, there was a deeper motivation behind all           they had with the daughter of Timnath; the consequences
 of these actions which is worthy of the highest recognition.         of that had proved too, painful. Rather, Delilah's assistance
 Samson was a man of faith.- He loved Israel as the people            they . gained willingly by offering her a vast reward of
 of God and hated the Philistines as their enemies. His, money if only she would find for them the secret of Sam-
 deepest purpose, despite the improper means through which' son's power. Loving the things of this world, Delilah was
' he at times sought to realize it, +vas to broaden the breach        more than willing to lay her snare.
 between Israel and the Phil&tines,  between the righteous              The way to her seemed easy. Knowing Samson's pas-
 and the wicked. For this his life was approved in. the sight         sionate love for her, she returned it, at least in appearance.
 of God and is given to us for an example.                            Samson was captivated. Soon all of  his, time and atten-
     It was, at the close of this, twenty years, however, that        tion was given to Delilah. The  infatuation  of her charm
 an incident took place which was entirely different. Sam-            became his sole concern in life. Passion and lust became
 son, the representative of God in Israel, was led into a his master. This was exactly what Delilah wanted. It
 temptation which he could not resist. He fell into a sin             gave to her the opportunity for which she was looking.
 for which there was no excusing. Because of it, he was               Now she began to draw back from him, teasing and sulk-
 deprived of his office in Israel, as well as his strength, his       ing as though she doubted the sincerity of his affections.
 freedom, his sight,' and finally his life. There can be little       He had not given. her his all. He had withheld from her
 question as to what the real reason for it  &as. Samson,             the deepest secret of his life. `So she turned pleadingly to
 as is always the case when the people of God are led into            him one day. and said, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy
 temptation, had allowed himself to become lifted up with             great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest  be bound
 pride. In his early years as a Nazarite and a Judge in               to afllict thee."
 Israel, he had always realized full well that the extraordi-            It testifies to the shame of Samson that he was not
 nary power which he possessed was purely' a gift of God.             alarmed at this. It is not likely, after all, that he did not
 It was in no sense due to the excellency of his own per-             suspect the real source of this question. He had dealt with
 sonal physique or being; but it was the Spirit of God who            the Philistines too often and  kneti them too well not to
 wrought mightily within him. In this humble awareness                realize that they were always plotting against his life. In
 he.labored. But now, after so many years of possessing this          spite of all the feigned motivation, the question was evi-
 remarkable gift, he had'come  to, take it for granted.  -He          dently-not her own. What interest could she possibly have  _
 assumed that strength and power were part of his own                 in binding and afflicting him? Surely he must have seen


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  through that. But Samson was not afraid.  So. long had              bind `me fast with new ropes that never were occupied
  he lived safely under the protection of God `that he no             then shall I be weak, and be as another man."
  longer  seriously~  considered it possible that anyone could           Once again Delilah made her preparations; she obtained'
  do him harm. He took the protecting hand of God com-                the needed ropes,. and called the  Phil&tines  to hide within
  pletely for granted. Thus all that mattered to him now              her room. When Samson next appeared, she was ready to
  was that he should regain the -full affection of Delilah.           test him. This time any attempt at playfulness and festiv-
  This he felt he should be able to do with ease by merely            ity was shallow and  uriconvincing.  There was the tension
  pretending to give to her an answer. So he said, "If they           of two people that did not quite trust each other. As Deli-
  bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, . lah bound him, Samson did his best to appear helpless
  then shall I be weak, and be as another man."                       beneath the ropes. But long years of conditioning could
         Delilah was undoubtedly jubilant. Here was already           not-refrain from responding to the sudden cry, "The  Phil&
  the answer which she sought. Not only were green withs              tines. be' upon thee, Samson," and he broke the ropes as
  or twigs known to be extremely strong, but the answer of            thread.
  Samson reflected the kind of mystical symbolism that was               Still a third time the process was repeated all `over
  considered so important in that day. The number seven               again. This time Samson answered to her plea, "If thou
  was generally known to be a very important number in                weavest the seven locks of my head with the web." The
  the Hebrew nation. It could be seen in the religious ob-            situation was becoming tense- all around. Unconsciously,
  servance of every seventh day by the children of Israel,            Samson's suggestion was coming closer to the true secret
  and in the seven locks into which Samson kept his hair              of `his power. No longer did Delilah dare call the Philis-
  divided. In addition, the green withs symbolized the power          tines, nor did she dare to reveal openly to Samson her in-
  of nature still unaffected by the hand of man. As soon as           tentions. She waited until he was asleep and wove his. hair
  possible, she relayed the answer back to the lords of the           into the web. But when her call aroused him, he stood
  Philistines and instructed them to bring her the required           up as always'and walked away pin, beam, web, and all.
  green twigs. Carefully she laid everything  ,ready  while the          By now the situation had become extremely tense and
  Philistines hid themselves in eager anticipation behind the         frustrated. It was the strong passions of Samson's nature
  ~curtains of her room. Thus when Samson next appeared               which brought him back to this plotting ,woman over and
  she was completely prepared. As though in a spirit of               over again. He must have come to realize by this time how
  playfulness, she threatened to make Samson her slave by             evil her intentions really were; but his lust held him
  binding him with the twigs; and Samson willingly cooper-            ensnared. He was convinced that he could care for him-
  ated. Standing as though helpless, he watched her fuss so           self even before her plotting ways; nor would he seriously
  carefully in binding the twigs. It was only when she cried          -believe that the Lord would forsake him in any case. But
  out suddenly, "The Phihstines  be upon thee, Samson," that          the persistency of sin won out. The day came when he
  his reflexes responded naturally by breaking apart the twigs        weakened under her incessant pleading and said, "There
  as though they were old ropes weakened in the fire. De-             hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a
  lilah had to- fight not to reveal her complete dismay; and          Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven
  the Philistines hidden behind her curtains could only wait          then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak,
  until Samson was gone so that they might quietly sneak              and be like any other man.'
I away.                                                                  Delilah knew immediately that at last success had come
         Still Delilah  was  not ready `to give  up.. The  re.ward    to her efforts. Exuberantly she called the lords of the Philis-
  which had been offered- her was too great and she wanted            tines saying, "Come, up this once, for he bath showed me
  it too badly. Besides, now  she: had added grounds for              all his heart," so that they came with their money in hand.
  forcing the issue. Samson had lied to her, and she would            With sadistic joy, she met Samson when he came again and
  not let him forget it. Before she would receive him into            enticed him to sleep with his head on her knees. Quietly
  her favor, she could threaten, he would have to tell her            a Philistine barber was. beckoned and put to work removing
  the truth. The,next  time he appeared, she made it immei            the badge of dedication to God from Samson's head. Only
  diately apparent that she was displeased with him. In the           then did Delilah dare to let all of her pent-up hatred for
  weeping way of women she hurled at him her accusation,              Samson burst forth. Crying, "The Philistines be upon thee,
  "Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell            Samson," she began to tease and afllict him.
  me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound."                     Samson could hardly believe it. So accustomed, had he
         Samson was dismayed. He wanted nothing else but              become to the Lord's blessing, he could not believe that it
  that Delilah should be content and pleased. But she was             had left him. But it had. He had no more strength left
  pressing him concerning the deepest secret of his own               than any other man. He was helpless before the Philistines,
  existence, and how could it ever be safe with a godless             debilitated -by a woman, and by his own weakness in the
  woman as she? He could think; of `nothing more than to              way of faith.
  try to placate her again with another lie. He said, "If they                                                                 B.W.-



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                                                                     respective "all" whom each represents. Let this be clearly
11  F R O M   H O L Y   W R I T   ./I seen.
                                                                     The Free-Gift  of Grace Pwbminent.  Over the Trans@ssion.
IL                                                                                                                        vs. 15
             Expositidn of Romans 592-21                                ,Paul is not treating here of two subjects but only of
                                                                     one. He is telling the church at Rome the great gospel-story
Adam a Figuw  (Type)  of Christ.                                     in Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the Promise to the
      We were not yet finished with what we head-lined as            fathers. The greatness of the gift of grace is set in bold
"Christological Perspectives." `We referred, of course, to           relief against the one transgression .of Adam in Paradise.
the implicit meaning and divine intent of Adam's being               He does still more! He shows the great design of grace in
the one man through whom sin entered into. the world, so             Christ as prefigured by the fall through one man. Only
that death passed to all men, bedause God reckoned Adam's            thus will the truth stand that we are not saved by works
transgression to all men unto condemnation.                          but by grace. Otherwise grace will no longer be grace,
      Yet, herein is. the great. Christological perspective: Adam    and works will not be works! The gates of hell would pre-
is a type of Christ. He is a type of the One, Who is coming.         vail against this truth and deny the chief corner-stone:
Christ was coming already in the counsel of God before               Christ. Faulty anthropology and erroneous doctrine con-
the foundation of the world. For God has a book of life              cerning the fall must needs be a part and parcel of the
of the Lamb; Who was slain from the foundation of the                denial of the atoning work of God in Christ Jesus, Who, is
world. Rev.  13:8. Christ was indeed before Abraham, as              also the one man. This is evident from Pelagius' proposi-
He says, "Before Abraham becanie, I am." John 8358. Ac-              tions which we quoted in our former essay, which see on
cording to Col.  1:17-19,  Christ is "before all things." He         p a g e   4 7 0 .
is the First-born of all creatures, as the First-born out of            It is quite evident that Paul in speaking of "the offense"
the dead. For "all things were created by him and for                of Adam is not referring to the multitude of sins which
him!"                                                                Adam must have committed during the some 960 years
      Such is the meaning of Adam's being, the type of Christ.       which he lived on ear&i after the fall in his sinful nature.
Christ is first. Otherwise Adam could not be the one                 Rather is he speaking here of the one great offense of eat-
typifying Him. When Paul says that Adam is the type of               ing from the-forbidden tree, the tree of knowledge of good
`Christ, the last Adam, Who is the Lord from heaven, he              and evil. He repeatedly speaks of this as being `the trans-
evidently limits this to one aspect of Christ's work. In-            gression," or "the offense," as it is translated in the KJV of
deed, there were many shadows and types in the Old Testa-            the Bible. See Verses .12, 15, 17, 18, and 20.
ment dispensation which refer to Christ's work. We have                  In this comparison between Adam and Christ Paul
but to think of the bloody sacrifices up,on the great altar          teaches us that `inany died" through the transgression of
in their message of the expiation of all of our sins. Heb.           one. Paul uses a form of the-verb-, which sees the entire
9:9. However, Adam was not a type of Christ in this sense,           picture of the millions of the dying in one view. The verb
He was only a type of Christ from the viewpoint that as              .employed  in the Greek is not entirely adequately translated
Christ is the head of all of His people, so Adam is the rep-         by the verb "died." The Holland  "afsterven" is more ex-
resentative head of the entire human race. They are indeed           pressive and comes ,nearer  to the point. It really means:
both Adam, man,  (anthyopos),  who  as. one "man" repre-             to die off. It refers to a violent death. It is the same verb
sented all who were in them. Adam was not a savior of the            which Paul uses to indicate the death of Christ on the
human race, but he is "father." Christ is not a father but           cross. Besides, this death is not a long process but is re-
He is the Savior, the ,mediator  of God, who represents all          ferred to as being the death of all. Millions upon millions
His own. Thus we.must understand this "figure" or type               of people died in Adam. That Paul here says that `hnany"
which was Adam. Each in his own way and on his own                   died  does, not mean that "all" did not die, as is evident
level and according his own nature represented an "all."             from verse 18. Rather Paul is speaking of the one in relation
The first .Adam  represented all mankind, the last Adam              to the multitudes upon multitudes of. those who died in
represents all the elect given him from the Father from              that one transgression of Adam. This death in its dire con-
before the foundation of the world. John  17:4-6.  Such is           sequences must be seen in its full magnitude. Only thus
the evident intent of the apostle in verse 18.of this chapter,       will we appreciate the `inuch more" of what Christ did for
where we read, "Therefore as by the offense of one judg-             us when He died for us and brought about the free-gift of
ment came upon. all men to condemnation; even so by the              g r a c e .
righteousness of the one the free gift came upon all men                 Let it then be noticed that the gracious gift of God is
unto justification of life."'                                        not such that it brings to death, to the grave' and to hell!
      The point of comparison which Paul makes here be-              For it is the grace by the one man, Jesus Christ. There are
tween Adam and Christ is thus limited in its scope,; it is           several elements here which we ought to notice clearly.
confined to the point of the legal headship  of both to their        .In the first place, we should notice the names here of this


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 one man, by whom is the gift of grace. He is "Jesus Christ."          of' the offense was such that it brought violent death to
 That He is Jesus tells .us that He is the Son of God. This            many, the fact of the grace-in Christ is such~that  it far ex-
 is the name given Him by Joseph upon the .instruction  of             ceeds the bounds of sin and death!
 the angel in a dream. It indicates that He is Immanuel,               The Free-Gift Out of Many Transgressions  Unto
God-with-us. For the name Jesus means: Jehovah saves,                  Justification. Vs. 16.
 or Jehovah is salvation. He is the God of the burning-bush.              In this verse Paul does not really introduce a new sub-
 The zeal of God's house consumes him. Many waters can-                ject, but rather tells us some more about the abundance
 not quench His love for the church. He is the faithful                of the free-gift to many. He introduces the legal aspect
 I-Am-that-I-Am. He remembers his mercy and his. promise               of this free-gift by contrasting it with the legal aspect of
 in the  time of the  fulfilment  of the promise. Besides, He          the offense of Adam in Paradise.
 is the Christ. He is `the Anointed'One  of God. He revealed              We ought to notice that Adam is here called "the one
 the secret counsel of God concerning our redemption. He is            who sinned." Here too the tense indicates that Paul is: not
  our chief Priest, who brings the sacrifice for our sins. More-       referring to the continual sins of Adam after the fall till the
 over, He is also our eternal King. This one will save His,            day of his death, but rather to the one sin of eating from
 people from their sins.                                               the forbidden tree, and thus transgressing the command-
        All that Christ is and does is the gracious gift. It is the    ment of God. For Adam did not die as the physical con-
 charisma. Paul calls it "t7~e grace of God" and "the gift in          sequence of eating the forbidden fruit, but he died as the
  grace." That he calls it the grace of God shows. that it is a        execution of the' just judgment of God. Wherefore the term
  grace. which is first of all a perfection in God. He is the          "sinned" is here introduced. `This qualifies the offense as
 God of all grace, The term gyuce appears more than one                being sin: the. transgression of the commandment of God.
 hundred times in the New Testament. Basically grace is                The law was present; otherwise there could be no  trans-
 that which affords joy,  pleaswe,  delight, sweetness, charm          gression. For all sin is lawlessness. It'was great disobedience
 and loveliness. It indicates that God as the God of grace is          to the command of God, and not simply an error or la'ck
 beautiful in His perfections. Here it refers to the grace of          of knowledge. It falls under the rule: he that knows to do
 God manifested to the guilty and .filthy sinner. It is God's          good and does it not, to him  it is sin! By this one act of
  attitude and work in which he restores the ill-deserving             disobedience "many were made sinners," that is, legally thus
 sinner. It reaches us when we were yet sinners, enemies of            declared to be by the judge of heaven and of earth. All men
 God, helpless and weak. It saves from wrath and from the              were thus in the state of GUILT! It affects our legal status
 curse of the law. This is underscored in what is added                to the law by virtue of the pronouncement of the Judge of
 when Paul writes `the gift in grace." In the sphere of this           all the earth. It was a `judgment unto condemnation" in
  grace of God there is nothing but the gift of God. By grace' which we were all declared guilty in Adam, the first!
 .are ye saved through faith, and that not of you; it is the              But not so the free-gift. Ah, take note, dear reader!
 gift of God. It is wholly and purely gift; nothing more!              Here the starting-point is not in a state of rectitude. Nay,
 However, it is also nothing less than gift. Thik makes those          the starting-point of the free grace is in the midst of "many
 who are saved only recipients of the benefit. We can boast            transgressions." Calvary is placed by God in the midst of
 in nought else by the gift of grace, and thus we end not              sinners and among the many transgressions in which the
 in the gift but in the Giver, God!                                    original sin manifests itself! We can hardly say that the
   , However, thus we do not yet grasp the fine point here             cross of Christ towers "O'er the wrecks. of time." I would
 in the text. That matter is the "`much more" of the gift of           rather say that it towers in the midst of the many trans-
 grace.  In-the  Greek this is placed emphatically on the  fore-       gressions of mankind. It towers even as did the serpent in
 :ground by the apostle. There is an "abundance" in this               the wilderness. It towers as the great love of God in the
 grace. It flows over the bounds of all human measurements,            midst of the loveless, the enemies, the weak, the helpless,
 not only, but it is far greater, deeper, richer, and more             the guiltless, the damn-worthy!
- wonderful than the one transgression of Adam. And this                  Out of these.many the free-gift of the righteousness of
 is due to the fact that the last Adam is so far preeminent            God is unto such a state that God pronounces us just
 over the fist Adam. The latter is but a type of the former.           before Him and heirs of everlasting life! Here we jubilate
 And as the Christ exceeds Adam so does the `free gift" in             in our being accounted before God as those who had never
 Christ. For grace does not simply restore us to the former            sinned, yea, as those who had kept all'of God's command-
  state of rectitude in Adam but it establishes us. to the             ments, because the Lord did account this one man, Jesus
 eternal inheritance in Christ as sons and daughters of the            Christ as the Guilty One with our guilt. The curse of our
 living God. In Him we have eternal life, immortality, and             sins and the wrath of God pressed  from  His brow the
 glory!                                                                bloody sweat.
        Indeed, the free-gift (to charisma)  is not as the offense.       Forsooth, such is the preeminence of this one man, our
 The apostle casts this reasoning in the form of a conditional         Lord Jesus Christ.
  sentence. It is a conditional sentence of fact. If the  fact                                                                   G.L.


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                                                                  ,cities, some over five, and some over two. There are ranks
           Iti  H I S   FE'AR                                     and degrees of angels; and some are arch or chief angels,
                                                                  the others are not.                                               ,
                The Right To Be Civil                                 So much talk is given in this day and age to man's
    In the minds of some, "all men are born free and equal."      rights. And because it is maintained that all are equal, all
    To others this is outright heresy.                            have the `same rights. But. what is man's right? Just to
    And it may be conceded that what resides in the minds         what does man actually have a claim? Upon what may he
of men is not necessarily true to fact.                           insist? What may he say is his and .that he shares equally
    One may be called a Communist because he disagrees            with other men? Before God he has no right at all to any-
with that above quotation, even though the Communists             thing. All men are born equal in that ethical sense that they
have their own race problems which they like to try to hide.      are all conceived and born in sin. All have come short of
One may be called an obstructionist, if he does not agree         the glory of God. All are totally depraved, inclined only
with this broad statement that is acco,mpanied  by not one        to all evil. All can e,xpect the everlasting torment of God's
shred of proof or attempt at proof. One may be called a           wrath. To what do we by nature have a right? To noth-
racist and disloyal to his country and decidedly unpatriotic.     ing, absolutely nothing that is good. But let the Word of
But even that does not change the fact or actually make           God speak. "The wages of sin is death." That is our pay.
him any one of these.                                             That we may claim. To that we have a right and to that
                                                                  alone.
   `It is as plain. as the sun in the heavens that all men are
not born equal. And were all men born free, there would              But what about before men? Do I not have the right
not be all this talk of guaranteeing him the four freedoms.       and does not every man, woman, and child have the right
He would have them, without the legislation of men. And           to claim certain privileges and benefits before and with
when I say that all are not born .equal and all are not born `other men? We have said it before that we have no delight
free, this does not at all mean that the color and race of a      in mistreatment of any human being, regardless of his race,
man has anything to do with it. There are blacks that are         color, or nationality. He is my neighbor regardless of the
not equal to whites because they are superior to these            color of his skin. He is the man God placed next to me with
whites. And there are whites that are superior to, blacks.        the calling to walk in love with him regardless of what his
There are whites not equal to other whites, and blacks not        psychologiCal  and emotional make-up is. I must seek his
equal to other blacks. That is not the point. Is the white        well-being, promote his good, show honor and fidelity
Cadillac a better automobile because of its color? Is the         towards him, if he is in authority over me, show patience,
petunia a more beautiful flower than the pansy? Well, you         meekness, mercy and kindness, prevent his hurt, live chaste-
are entitled to your preference. And there are men skilled        ly with him, deal with him as I desire to be dealt with by
at certain work who are all thumbs when it comes to other         others, and promote his good honor and character whether
activities. You can take two motors of the same kind and          he is physically like me or `my very counterpart; You look
compare them. You can take two flowers of the same                in vain in GOD's law for a distinction that will allow differ-
species and note their differences. But to make all, things       ent treatment to the one neighbor from that of another
equal, when there are not only external but also internal,        neighbor.
psychical differences is to compare the beautiful flower             And what I want to say, in His fear, at this' time is that
with a graceful animal, a piece of music with an oil paint-       we must not simply talk about civil rights and a Civil
ing. They are not in the same class and are not to be             Rights Bill. We had better talk also about a right to be
judged in the same way. Surely they are not in a broad            civil. In the midst of much abuse, it certainly does not do
sweeping term to be called equal. There are blacks with           the cause of justice any good, to. retaliate with more and
whom I would rather be equal than some whites I have              bolder abuse._ To kill, and wound, and destroy property
learned to know. There are blacks who differ so far from          is not what the Civil Rights Bill grants to anyone. To kill,
me that I would feel highly insulted to be told that I was        and wound, and destroy property, to incite riot and revolt
their equal; and so would you. There are blacks, who are          is to reveal that all one's rights should be taken away!
children of the living God and have the same life of Christ       According to the Word of God, such must be put in prison
within them that by His. grace I may have. And this black         and have their freedom taken from them! Ministers of the
brother does not say that he is my equal; and I do not say        Word who love the `truth and preach, the gospel in truth
that I am his. Both of us in sincerity before God say with        will not advocate breaking God's law. Civil right never
Paul, ". . . let each. esteem other better than themselves."      goes. contrary to the right way pointed out in God's Word.
   And, if you please, when pretty soon, the books are            The murderer, be he black or white, -with God there is
opened and every man receives the things done in his              no respect of persons, - must be put to death! All right
body, it will ,be all too plain that all men are not equal.       to continue on this earth and to live among men must be.
According to works each shall take his place. in glory or in      taken away from him.. (Even in that respect all men are
torment. There will be degrees;  Sqme will be over ten            not born free and equal. Some are slaves of deep passions


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 of hate and murder. We  & are by nature born in the               these lines are being written (August 6) pagan .China, -
 slavery of sin, it is true. But some are born to be murderers     Red China,  - is not only attempting to produce its first
 in the very deed and display it already in childhood.)            nuclear device which fl pave the way to becoming equal
        Men may pass a Civil Rights Bill, but men can never        with nuclear bombs, but is boldly fostering and carrying
 cause and force man to be civil and to do what is right.          on attacks upon our ships. The lines of Armageddon tie
 That is a matter that  must begin in the heart.  .For that        being drawn. The day itself may be far off, - and it might
 reason we may expect more race riots, more violent dem-           be nearer than we think, - but the conditions are here and
 onstrations, and more laws and attempts of man to change          have been here since the Tower of Babel and the confusion
 a hopeless situation. And let the Church preach the gospel        of tongues.
 and not serve the kingdom of the  anti-Christ. Let not the           A Civil Rights Bill in the United States is not going to
 Church sell Christ short. The whole solution and the only         affect that global conflict between the races. A Civil Rights
solution to the problem is redemption and regeneration.            Bill of United Nations, League of Nations, United States
 And let the Church preach that, and not men's. laws and           of the World, the kingdom of the antichrist, or the like,
 vain ideals.                                                      is not going to bring equality and freedom and peace to
    There really is no, solution to the problem as far as man      the world.
 is concerned. The Word of God indicates that we  rush                Let  the~f Church preach the gospel of Christ. Let  the
 towards more of this than at the moment is our painful            Church hold forth the Word df life and not the philosophy
 experience. According to-God's  program, decreed from all         of death. Let the Church preach Christ and Him crucified.
 eternity in His sovereignty, the wound the human race             Let the Church preach the truth, for the truth shall make
 suffered at Babel will, as we begin to breathe down each          us free. There is only one way for this world to become
 other's necks, and as the world is shrinking in size. to a        free and for all fear to be banished forever from this earth.
 very small globe, fester and ~produce  more and more pain         And that is the way of the fear of the Lord. Only ?he fear
 until it has global proportions and implications. Soon            of the Lord can drive away the fear of--men. Only faith
 ,enough,  even though for a brief period of time, the man of      in God can give us any hope of a world in which each
 sin shall seem to have solved the problem with his world-         esteems other better than himself and we mind not our
 wide empire, the pagan nations, Gog and Magog, shall rise         own things but seek the well-being of others. The love of
 up to assault the Christian nations. The battle of Arma-          God must be in our hearts. And then we will dwell in love
 geddon shall explode before the eyes of that world-wide           with the neighbor for God's  s'ake. A Civil Rights Bill?
 power of the antichrist. A race riot of universal proportion      What is wrong  with the Ten Commandments? What is
 shall.result.  It will not simply be black against white and      wrong with the Beatitudes?
 underprivileged in our nation against the privileged, the           Do you not see that men can legislate civil rights but
 have-nots against the haves. But it will be hordes of pagan       cannot make men civil? It is worse than that. Not only
 peoples, who, for  a time, because of the power of the beast,     can you not by legislation make a  m& deal civilly with
 gave their power to that beast for the reasons of self-preser-    his neighbor, no  man  can give to any man the  riglzt to
 vation, will in utter disgust and boldness rise up against        be &viZ, nor surely the power to be civil. For what is it to
 that once prosperous and  utopian  kingdom of the son  of         be civil but to deal with the fellow citizen according to
 perdition to assert themselves and seek to take over the          God's law? It is not mere forbearance from rudeness. It is
 world. That is predicted in Revelation 16. Paganism has           not simply courtesy and outward politeness. The one citi-
 always revealed itself as an unchanging foe of the Church.        zen has a calling from God to deal with the other citizen
 Ulterior purposes, advantage for the flesh may dictate CO-        in a particular way. It is not simply `a matter of meeting
 operation and even fellowship with the so-called Christian        certain requirements and stipnlatiofis  which are set by men,
 nations. But the seething hatred undemeath;the utter and          nor even by .governments.  It is a matter of the law of God
 apparent contempt for "decadent" Christianity will in time        and thus of love towards the neighbor.' Such is the second
 bring forth an explosion and engulf the whole world in one        commandment, according to Jesus, and it is based upon
 vicious conflagration of violent warfare. Gog and Magog,          that first commandment that we love the Lord  &r God
 the pagan. nations, are not -and never have been equal to         with all our heart and soul and mind and  .streng,th.  And
 the so-called Christian nations and have never had their          until you have changed man's heart so that he loves his
 place in the  sun as leading, ruling kingdoms. They have          neighbor, you are not going to get civil  tieatient;  and
 been.the underdog, the races that had to take the back seat-      civil rights will not be maintained. You cannot legislate
 in world affairs, while eyeing the foremost seats and secretly    honesty. You can demand it by legislation; but you cannot
 and unceasingly longing and waiting for the day when they         realize it by drawing up a law and even by punishing, those
 may climb up and be equal. The race riots in our country          who violate it. Murder has been outlawed from Cain's day
 today are only a little disturbance compared with the uni-        onward. But it has not been eradicated by punishment or
 versal race conflict that is building up and will some day        laws of man.
 bring the real World War of Armageddon. Even  while                                  (Continued on page 504)


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11---r                                                            Belgic Confession, Art. 35. And this also applies to other
       Cot&ding For The. Faith `11 Reformed Confessions of Faith.
                                                                     All the Reformed Confessions emphasize therefore that
                                                                  +e eating and *inking which takes place at the table of
        The Church `and the Sacraments                            the Lord is purely spiritual. There is: a spiritual food:
                                                                  Christ imparts Himself at &e table of communion to be'-
         THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION                              lievers as the true meat and drink unto life eternal. There
 VIEWS ON THE SACRAMENTS (LORD'S SUPPER)                          is, secondly, a spiritual. operation: it  .is through the Spirit              _
                THE REFORMED VIEW                                 of Christ that He  imparts Himself to the believers. And,
                                                                  thirfly, there is also a spiritual mouth, by which we eat
   In this article we conclude our discussion, of %he Re-         and drink; and that spiritual mouth is faith. But this entire
formed view of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. This           mode of operation, this. spiritual eating, and drinking of
article also concludes our series on the Church and  the          Christ, takes place through the means of the signs of the
Sacraments which began years ago when this rubric was             broken bread and  wine that is poured out.
introduced into our  Standard.  Beam.  In this series we             He or that which is nourished through the sacrament
have discussed the views of the Church and the sacraments         is, of course, the regenerated man, or child of God, which
of- baptism and that of the Lord's Supper as' maintained          is created in Christ Jesus. This spiritual life of the regen-
and developed in the Church of God-.since  the days of the        erated sinner can never be nourished by material food. It
apostles. We now conclude this series. We concluded our           must have spiritual nourishment. And this spiritual food
preceding article with the question: "What, then,. is the         or nourishment: righteousness, holiness, light, etc., is in one
connection between the sign and the thing signified? What,        word: the grace of God. And that grace is  .all in  Christ.
according to the Reformed conception, takes place at the          He is the Bread and the Water of life. Him we eat and
celebration of the Lord's Supper?" We will now attempt to         drink, must eat and drink.
answer this question.                                                However, we eat and drink Christ only  spiritially. This
   The Reformed conception certainly emphasizes that              is  ~surely emphasized in all the Reformed Confessions. The
every imagination of a local presence of the Christ is to be      Roman Catholic Church teaches that there is an action of
discarded `entirely. Christ as a man is now preseni  only in      Christ through the priest upon that physical and material
heaven, and not upon the earth; and therefore His com-            bread and wine whereby their substance is changed into                   .
munion is to be sought only by faith. He cannot be                the actual body and blood of the Lord. But this. is impos-          .
included in the earthly elements. The doctrines of  transub-      sible and untrue. It is surely impossible because they
stantiation and consubstantiation are rejected completely.        would then proclaim a'lie. And they would proclaim a lie
   This is certainly the teaching of the Reformed Confes-         because they, although not bread  and.+ne, would continue
sions.  The Heidelberg Catechism asks the question  (Ques-        to look like bread and wine, taste and act as bread and
tion 79): "Why then doth Christ call the bread His body,          wine. If one should drink too much of this, wine, he would
and the cup His blood, or the new covenant in His blood;          become drunk; and how could anybody ever  ~become  drunk
and Paul the `commur$on of the body and blood of Christ? "        when he drinks too much of Christ? When does Christ
And the Catechism answers: "Christ speaks thus, not with-         ever make a man drunk? And therefore the operation in
out great reason, namely, not only thereby to teach us that       the Lord's Supper is surely spiritual. 0, it is emphatically
as bread and wine support this temporal life, so His cruci-       true that our Lord Jesus Christ is.. very really present in
fied body and shed blood are the true meat and drink,             the signs of the broken bread and the poured out wine, but
whereby our souls are fed to eternal life; but more especially    He is present only in a spiritual sense. He imparts Himself
by these visible signs and pledges to assure us, that we are      to the believer by an operation of His Spirit, not only
as really partakers of His true body and blood (by the            mystically, but also through the consciousness of the regen-
operation of the Holy Ghost) as we receive by the mouths          erated child of God, so that he is constantly strengthened
of our bodies these holy signs in remembrance of Him;             in righteousness and. holiness, and so grows in the grace of
and that all His sufferings and obedience are as certainly        the Lord. And as Christ imparts Himself by His Spirit to
ours as if we had in our own persons suffered  and made           this regenerated man, the latter i&s and drinks Him, not
satisfaction for our sins to God." It is evident, therefore,      with his physical mouth, but by the spiritual mouth of faith.
that two elements are mentioned here as constituting the          And this faith, whereby I  Lreceive  Christ, eat and  drilik
pow& and efficacy of the supper of the Lord: ( 1) That            Him, is surely wrought and strengthened chiefly by `the
through the Supper we spiritually eat and drink Christ at         word of the gospel, but also through -the signs and seals
His table, and our souls are fed to eternal life. And' (2)        of the sacraments, as through the broken bread and the
the  stiengthening  of our faith through the Holy Spirit,         poured out wine.
that we are really partakers of the sufferings  and obedience        This explains the significance of the Lord's Supper. We
of Christ. The same view is substantially taught in our           must not think that a special grace is bestowed upon us


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through the sacraments and which we receive only `when           merely an offer, no sinner could possibly be saved. In-
we receive the sacramental bread and wine. What we               deed, the promise is not an offer. It is good news, glad
receive is Christ, and we receive Him in `all His benefits.      tidings, exactly because it proclaims the promise of the
Faith also' receives Christ and all His benefits. Faith oper-    Lord, God's announcement of His own promise, His own
ated through the preaching of the Word and also through          inviolate Word, of what He, and He alone, can and will do.
the sacraments. Hence, what we receive through the sacra-           And the sacraments are seals of this promise, not in the
ments must be the same as what we receive through the            sense that God promises us something He will do provided
preaching of the gospel. And we receive Christ and all           we believe, and therefore dependent upon our faith. But
His benefits by faith. This is emphasized in  all. the Re-       they are seals of the promise in the sense that they are His
formed Confessions.  \          .                                pledge and guarantee. of what He has done. This is em-
                                                                 phatically held before us in our Confessions. Fact is, we
       Indeed, the sacraments seal the promise of the gospel.    read in Answer 67 of our Heidelberg Catechism: "Yes,
We read this literally in Answer 66 of our Heidelberg            indeed: for the Holy Ghost teaches us in the gospel and
Catechism, and we quote: "The sacraments are holy visible        assures us by the sacraments, that the whole of our salva-
signs and seals, appointed of God for this end, that by the      tion depends upon that one sacrifice of Christ which He
use thereof, he may the more fully declare and seal to us        offered for us on the cross." This we must constantly bear
the promise of the gospel, viz., that he grants us freely the    in mind. Our salvation depends upon the cross of Cal-
remission of sin, and life eternal, for the sake of that one     vary. It is not so that the cross made it possible for men
sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross." And in          to be saved, provided that they believe, and that there-
Romans 4:ll we read that the sacraments are signs and            fore what actually saves us is not the cross but our faith.
seals of the righteousness which is by faith, and we again       No, but we glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ;
quote: "And he received  then sign of circumcision, a seal       we. are not saved by the cross because we believe, but we
-of the righteousness of the faith `which he had yet being       believe because we have been saved by the power of the
uncircumcised: that he might be the- father of all them          cross. And therefore the sacraments are connected with
that believe, though they -be not circumcised; that right-       the cross of Calvary. And that means that the sacraments
eousness might be imputed unto them also." The gospel            are just as particular as is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
is the proclamation of good news, glad tidings. And it is        The one is  -a sign and seal of the other. If the cross be
the proclamation of good tidings exactly because it pro-         particular, the sacrament cannot be general. And this also
claims the promise. This promise is not an offer, but God's      means that the sacraments are signs and seals of the
announcement of His own promise, His own inviolate               `promise of the gospel as fulfilled and realized. We need
Word, of what He, and He alone, can and will do. Imagine         not add anything to it. And that includes our faith. Faith
if the gospel were merely an offer of salvation. This would      never adds anything to the cross, is never a substitute for
mean that the Lord, in the gospel, offers salvation to a sin-    the cross, always embraces the cross of Calvary. How im-
ner, to all sinners who hear the preaching of the gospel.        portant it is that we continue to maintain this fundamental
This would mean that the Lord wants all men to be saved,         truth of our Confessions and of the Scriptures! Today it
that He extends that offer of salvation to all the hearers of    is almost universally denied. Indeed, they may boast of
the gospel, and that that sinner will be saved who accepts       their historic Christianity, that they are faithful to the
this offer and consents to the divine work of salvation,         fundamental principles of the Reformed faith, have built
allows the Lord to work and operate in his heart. But this       upon the "`faith of our fathers." They may glory in the fact
would make the salvation of any sinner impossible. In            that they maintain the fundamental truths of the Word of
the first place; such an .offer must surely imply that God       God and of .the Reformed Confessions. But all such boast-
possesses what He offers: salvation to all men, and this         ing is idle and-vain, when they permit the  Arrninian lie
must imply that Christ died for all men.  But. a Christ          that Christ died for all men, head for head, that `God hates
who died for-all men is no Christ, and this for the simple       nobody arid loves everybody, and that the gospel is a sin-
reason that He then would have died also. for those who          cere and well-meaning offer of salvation to all who come
perish. But if He died also for those who perish, then His       within `range of the preaching of the gospel. The Lord
death never paid for their sins, because they could never        willing, we will conclude in our next article.
perish had He paid for`their sins. And so `we have a Christ                                                                 H.V.
upon the cross of Calvary who never died for the sins of
men, and such a Christ surely cannot save anybody. But                                Announcement
this also makes salvation impossible for the sinner because         Classis  East of the Protestant Reformed Churches will
who would ever be able to accept an offer of salvation?          meet, D.V., on Wednesday, October 7, 1964, at 9:00 A.M.,
The sinner is blind and deaf and lame and dumb and dead.         at the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids,
One might just as well offer life to the dead in a cemetery      Michigan.' Consistories, please take note of this announce-
or freedom to a man who is chained behind bars, bars             ment in the appointment of delegates.
 which he cannot possibly break. So, if the gospel were                                       REV. M. SCHIPPER,' Stated Cle&


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I ,                                                           11       Let us' try, in the light of Scripture, to understand a
  11 The Voice of  Our Fathers  11 little of this wonder-work of God's providence.
                                                                       First of all, we must rid our minds of every mechanical
                   The Belgic confession                            and physical conception of divine preservation. God is a
        `.                                                          spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in
                            ARTICLES XIII                           spirit and in truth. We must have no physical and material
                             ( continued )                          conception of the hand of God whereby He upholds all
  God's PTouidence  a.s Presewation                                 things. We must not conceive of things as though  some-
                                                                    wbere there is a hand of God in which all existent things are
       The providence of God is rather commonly distinguished       deposited, as though, moreover, it were conceivable that
  as consisting in preservation, cooperation, and government.       God would drop them, and as though then, furthermore,
  As we have already remarked, the whole stress of our Con-         they would continue to `exist, but no more in God's hand.
  fession is on the element of government. This latter ele-         If in that-sense of the word I uphold an object, that object
  ment we shall discuss in due course; and, in connection           has existence before I uphold it; and even though I should
  therewith we shall also treat the element of so-called CO-        allow it to drop, that object would continue to have exis-
  operation. But though our Confession makes little reference       tence. If I uphold an object in my hand, that object does
  to the element of preservation, it is nevertheless necessary      not receive its continued existence through my act of up-
  to develop the idea of it because the latter element is basic     holding it. When, therefore, we speak with Scripture of
  to that of God's government. Without divine preservation          God's act of upholding all things, this does not presuppose
  there could be no divine government in any real sense of          any existence of things apart from His upholding power,
  the word. If the existence of the creature were altogether        nor the possibility that the creature would continue to exist
  apart from God, the movement and development of the               should `God drop it from His hand. The Almighty thus up-
  creature and of all creatures together would be outside the       holds all things in heaven and on earth that, should He
  control and direction of God. Hence, the preserving power         drop any creature, it would simply be nowhere: it could not
  of God's providence, and that too, in a very real sense of        possibly exist -even for another second.
  the word, is presupposed by our Confession. It is implied in
  the statement that "God, after he had created all things, did        In the'second place, and positively, we must certainly
  not forsake them . . ." And, of course, this element of pres--    define God's providence in terms of His immanence and
  ervation'is mentioned in the article on creation: "That he        transcendence. God is the Immanent One; and as the Im-
  doth also still uphold .' . . them by his eternal providence,     manent One, He is the Transcendent One. And the Im-
  and infinite power." ,                                            manent-Transcendent. God is the God of providence.
       We stated above that the truth of divine preservation is        When we confess God's transcendence, we confess that
  basic to the truth of divine government. This is so' obvious      God is essentially other than the creature. He is greater
  that one would almost call it a truism. Nevertheless, it is       than the creature. And this greatness is not a difference-of
  important that we understand this relationship. Just as the       degree, according to which God would after all be in the
  movement and development of the creature, as well as the          realm of the creature, even though He were at the pin-
  inter-action of all creatures mutually, are inseparable from      nacle of all created things. But our God is infinitely greater
  the very existence and mode of existence of the creature, so      than the creature. He is the Creator! And when the crea-
  God's government of the creature is inseparable from the          tive work is finished, then He remains the Creator in rela-
  truth that God upholds the very being of the creature from        tion to all the creatures of His hand. There is an infinite
  moment to moment. Indeed, though one may readily dis-             chasm between the Being of God and the being of every
  tinguish, he, can never separate between the elements of          creature. "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens
  preservation and government. The relationship might even          cannot contain thee . .  ." I -Kings 2:37.  And "the Lord of
  be stated this way: God's government of every creature is         heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with
  so complete that it includes the very existence of the crea-      hands." Acts 17:24. He is infinite m-His being and nature,
  ture.- And when the matter is thus stated, it is readily un-      in His virtues and attributes, He is the I Am, the  self-
  derstandable that our Confession concentrates its attention       sufficient, independent God. And He is far exalted above
  on the truth of divine government.                                all that is called creature. The creature is finite, exists in
       But what, `then, is implied in the element of providence     time, is changeable and changing, is always dependent, has
  that we call preservation? What is meant by preservation?         no existence in itself. Mark well, however, that the Biblical
       Preservation is the almighty and omnipresent power of        and Reformed confession of this transcendence of God is
  God whereby He upholds all things so that they continue to        not the same as the heresy of Deism. According to the
  exist.                                                            latter, God is not merely infinitely above the world. If that
       This is a marvellous and -we may add at once - a little      were the teaching of Deism, we would not have a quarrel
  noticed and little thought of wonder of God.                      with the Deist. Deism teaches that God, having created


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                 all things, withdraws  Himself completely from the, universe       What is present in the creature is always infinitely present
                 and has nothing to do with  it. any more. All things operate       in Him. But they are not mere empty figures, without a
                 from within according to increated laws and ordinances             basis in fact. They may not be so understood that the crea-
                 and powers. In other words, as our Confession puts it, God         ture is the pattern for God ,or for our knowledge of Him.
                forsook His creation.. God's transcendence certainly implies        On the contrary, they are based on the truth that all things
                 that He is in the most absolute sense of the word qualita-         are made and sustained by the Word of God, so made that.
c                tively and incomparably "other" than the creature. The             they are a reflection of the nature and glorious virtues of
                 creaturely qualities of time and space simply cannot be            Him that called them into existence by His omnipotent will.
                 applied to Him.                                                    God is immanent in the world. He is very near us. In Him
                        But Pantheism errs in another direction. Usually it is      we live and move and have our being. And there is affinity
     .-          said that Pantheism teaches God's immanence at the ex-             and similarity between Him and the whole creation."
                 pense of His transcendence. But this is hardly true, and it           With this in mind we may mention a few such passages'
                 betrays a wrong conception of God's immanence when                 which portray this immanence of God so vividly. According
                 Pantheism. is thus portrayed. As we stated in another con-         to Psalm 104, God covers Himself with light as with a gar-
                 nection, Pantheism identifies the creature with God and            ment, stretches out the heavens like a curtain, lays the
                 God with the creature. It elevates - and this. is the pride        beams of his chambers in the waters, makes the clouds His
                 of sin - the creature to the level of the Creator, `and thus       chariot, walks'upon the wings of the wind,.sends the springs
                 commits the sin of making the Creator like unto the crea-          into the valleys, waters the hills from His chambers, causes
                 ture. But'by so doing it denies both the immanence and             the grass to grow, brings forth food for man and beast,
                 the transcendence of God.                                          and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, oil to make
                        God's immanence means that He is in all things, and         his face to shine, and bread that strengthens his heart. Ac-
                 that too, while being and remaining the transcendent God.          cording to this same Psalm, it is God that makes darkness,
                        One of the passages often cited in support of the truth     and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest do creep
                 of God's immanence is the well-known passage of Psalm              forth, when the young lions do roar after their prey, and
                  139: "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I      "seek their meat from, God." In fact, all creatures receive
                 flee from'thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou           their meat from His hand; and when He hides His face they
                 art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.       are troubled. When He taketh away their breath, they die,
                 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the utter-        and return to their dust. According to Psalm 147, it is God
                 most parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, -Who covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain, makes
                 and tliy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the            the grass to grow upon the mountains, gives to the beast
                 darkness shall cover  me;- even the night shall be light           and `the young ravens their food, gives snow like wool,
                  about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;  .but the       scatters hoarfrost like ashes, casts forth his ice like morsels,
                 night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are           melts them by His Word, causes the wind to blow and the
                 both alike to thee." vss. 7-12. Or think of Acts 17:27, 28:        waters to flow. Also according to Scripture, God has a face,
                  "That they should seek the Lord, if haply  they-might feel        has eyes and eyelids, ears, nose, mouth, lips, neck, arm,
                  after him, and find him, though he be not far from every          right hand, fingers, a heart, bowels, a bosom, a foot. He
                  one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our             comes down, looks down, sits and stands, works and rests.
                 being . .  ." But very frequently, especially in the Ps,alms,      He comes and goes, He laughs, He mocks, He speaks, He
                 this immanence of God is concretely presented. And while           sees, hears, inclines His ear, kills and makes alive. And thus
                 it is certainly. true that the presentation of the Psalms is       Scripture passages can be multiplied which speak very
                 poetic, and while in the passages to which I refer there are       vividly and concretely of God's immanence. He is indeed
                 many of what are called anthropomorphic expressions,               not far from any one of us!                                               .
                 nevertheless such expressions may never be explained in                It is these truths which lie at the basis of the truth that
                 such a way-that we deprive them of their very real mean-           "God upholds all things by the Word of his power." He-
                 ing with respect to God and His immanence. Concerning              brews  1:3.                                                        H.C.H.
           ,     this the Rev. H. Hoeksema writes in his "Theology" (mime-
                 ographed'edition),  pp. 43, 44: "To. be sure, all these expres-                      R E S O L U T I O N   O F   SYMPATFY
                 sions  in Scripture that ascribe to God human passions and            The Martha Ladies Aid Society of the Protestant Reformed
                  creaturely virtues, and even members of the human bo.dy,          Church of Hull, Iowa wishes to  e`xpress their sympathy to Mrs.
                 are not intended to be understood literally; nor do they           James De Boer, in the loss of her father,
                 ever leave that impression. For then indeed God would be
                 degraded to the level of the creature, and. the distinction                                 MR.  WI'LLIAM  JANSMA
                between Him and the world would be obliterated. .Rightly,              May the Lord graciously comfort her and her family  iti this
                                                                                    their time of sorrow.
                 -the church has always considered them figures of speech,                                                       Rev. J. Kortering,  Pres.
                 anthropomorphisms. God is a Spirit of infinite perfections.                                  \                  Mrs. E. Van Maanen,  Sec'y.


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                                                                               nist organizations in his community. The answer of the
      11 A L L A. R 0 U N D U  ,S  j FCC was interesting. It replied that it did not require him
                                                                               to give equal time to Communists, but that "the- matters
           II                                                            J1    listed raise controversial issues of public importance on
           R A D I O   B R O A D C A S T I N G                                 which persons other than communists hold contrasting, views;
                   For the  nast several Sundays, the Reformed Witness         There are responsible contrasting viewpoints on the most '
           Hour which is aired over station WNAX in Yankton,                   effective methods of combating communism and commu-
                                                                     South
           Dakota was followed by an announcement made by the                  nist in&ration." The FCC ordered the station to give
           station which is. of some interest. I do not have a copy            equal time to them.
           `of the announcement; nor do I know whether other stations             The FCC has the power to revoke or refuse to renew
           are following this policy. However, briefly the announce-           the, license of say station which, in its opinion, does not
           ment stated that the station, in an effort to be fair, some-        comply with this ruling.
           times airs controversial programs with which listeners                 It is not difficult to see how a ruling of this nature can
           might not be in agreement. The announcer invited those              easily frighten stations into avoiding all controversial pro-
           who did not agree with views expressed on these programs            grams. No station wants to bother with sending copies of
           to write the station and inform it of their objections. If          "attacks" around the country to those attacked. No station  '
           such objectors desired time to answer charges made or to            cares- to give its' time free of charge to, anyone who wishes
           air their own viewpoints, the station would do this.                to answer such attacks. It could, in time, mean the end of
                   I am told that this announcement is made periodically       our radio broadcasting; for nothing is quite so controversial
           over this station, but that only recently has it been made          as the proclamation of the true gospel of salvation in a
           after religious broadcasts, and, more specifically, after the       world of wickedness.
           Reformed Witness Hour.
                 Evidently such an announcement is made in observance          REGENERATION AND TOTAL DEPRAVITY
           of the new ruling recently passed by the Federal Com-                  An interesting question and answer recently appeared
           munications Commission in its so-called "Primer of Fair-            in The Banner concerning the above subject. We quote the
           ness." This ruling spells out the steps that radio and              question and answer in full.
           television stations are obligated to take in presenting con-                 What effect does regeneration have on the total depravity
           troversial issues including religious programs.                          of man?
                                                                                        Perhaps it would be well to remind ourselves of the mean-
                   Some of the rulings are bound to have considerable               ing of total deprfzui.ty.
           effect upon religious broadcasting. For one thing, the FCC                   It does not mean that man is devilish in his entire being.
           ruled that whenever an individual or an organization is                  It does not imply that all a man is and does is undiluted evil.
           subjected to- a ."personal  attack" over the air, the station            But it  means  that every part of his being has  the infection of
                                                                                    sin. No phase of his being is exempt from it.
           must give a copy of the text of the attack to the person or                 -In unregenerate man, that depravity is conditioned by the
           organization attacked along with an offer of free time for               common workings of God's Spirit. In his common grace, sin
           a reasonable reply. If no text of the broadcast is available,            is restrained and the common virtues are practiced.
           the station must be prepared to give an "adequate sum-                       In regenerate man, that depravity is radically modified.
           mary."                                                                   Regeneration is positive in its operation. It gives a new  difec-
                                                                                    tion, a new drive, and new power in a man's life. It does not
                   Further, a station must maintain an overall broadcast            cancel out total depravity-vestiges of sin remain to one's
           balance. Specifically this means that a station may not carry            dying day  - but it relieves it substantially because now, under
           only evangelical radio programs, but must give. opportunity              the impulse of the Spirit, he embraces the truth as it is re-
                                                         __  -^ __  _
           to church liberals to air their views as well. If no lib,era.ls          vealed  inFChrist,  gives his love to God and fellow man, and
                                                                                    voluntarily seeks to walk the God-glorifying way.
           request time, the station must use its public service time             Of course, this answer, inasmuch as it deals with the
           to accomplish' this.                                                question of common grace, is acceptable Christian Re-
                  Moreover, if the programs which contain such "attacks"       formed theology, and one could e?rpect no different  from a
           are general without any person or organization specifically         son of that Church. Notice however: 1) that total deprav-
           named, the station must nevertheless see to it that the "other      ity is defined as being ah `infection" of every part of man.
           side" of such controversial issues is also presented to the         This is Arminian terminology, for the krminians  love to use
           listening audience.                                                 the terms "infection" and "sickness" to define sin. I have
                   One station, for example,? carried programs attacking       before me an avowed Arminian theologian who 1s discuss-
           `the alleged infiltration of our government by communists,          ing in his dogmatics the question of total depravity. He
 the alleged moral weakening, of our homes, schools, and                       insists strenuously that he believes this doctrine, and says
           churches which have contributed to, the advance of inter-           concerning it: "When we  affirm that man is totally de-
           national communism." The station owner claimed that he              praved, we do not mean that he is degraded from his rank
           did not offer equal time because he knew of no Commu-               as- a man. He has not, indeed, the uprightness and purity

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     -    which Adam possessed before the fall. It is true, also, that,            The Lutheran Synod&l Conference, after being so great-
          by reason of sin, the human powers have been greatly  dis-           ly decimated in numbers discussed the advisability of dis-
~         ordered, obscured, enfeebled, vitiated in their exercise. Yet        banding as its main order of business. They decided,
          man is still a moral being. If the servant of sin, he is vol-        however, to continue in order to seek closer contacts with
          untarily  so.. He is able to obey God, or disobey him. Life.         overseas Lutheran Churches in the hope of broadening their
          and death are still set before him. He can still do whatever         organization to include them.
          God requires. him to do. Not that he can atone for his sins,            'The Wisconsin Synod Lutherans, apart from their "died-
          or regenerate himself;  .nor is he required to; but he can           in-the-wool" Lutheran views, are generally considered to be.
          yield to gracious influences, whereby he may be made holy."          very conservative, maintaining the infallible inspiration and
          ("Natural and Revealed Theology;" John J. Butler, p. 260.)
              -.  -           -    -           --  -                           literal interpretation of Scripture and the view of 24-hour
             2) I presume Rev. Bratt would be in agreement with                creation days. The Missouri Synod Lutherans, while once
          this quotation from Butler, and, indeed, there is no detecta-        very conservative, have drifted the `last years towards
          ble difference.                                                     . greater liberalism.
             3) There is little `difference between common grace
          and `regeneration in this'view.  Common grace i-s a power             PAPAl,        PRlMACY
          by which `sin is restrained and the common virtues'prac-                 In our last column we mentioned briefly the  first en-
          ticed." Regeneration "gives a new direction, a new drive,            cyclical issued by Pope Paul VI entitled "Ecclesianr  Suam"
          and new power in man's life." What is supposed to be the             or "His Church." The significant part of this encyclical, and
          difference here between the two?                                     the section that attracted the most attention, dealt with the
             4) Following from this, regeneration does not even                subject of papal primacy. The section reads as follows:
          "cancel out total depravity." Presumably because there
          never really is any total depravity in man. .Nevertheless,                        . . . It is not in our power to compromise with the integrity
                                                                                     of the Faith or the requirements of charity. We foresee that
          this is a serious mistake. Scripture speaks. of regeneration               this will cause misgiving and opposition, but now that the
          as creating a `new man" It speaks of the regenerated man -                  Catholic Church has taken the initiative in restoring the unity
          as conformed again to the image of Christ. It speaks of a                   of Christ's fold, it will not cease to go forward with all patience
          regenerated man as `being dead to sin" and "alive unto                     and consideration. . `. .    -
          God." It is true that `Vestiges of sin remain until one's                         In reflecting on this subject, it distresses us to see how we,
          dying day"; but total depravity is forever gone nonetheIess  ,             the promoter of such reconciliation, are regarded by many of
          by the work of regeneration. And -this is because regenera-                the separated brethren as being its stumbling block, because
          tion is far more than a new drive and a new power in man                   of the primacy of honor and jurisdiction which Christ bestowed
                                                                                     upon the Apostle Peter, and which we have inherited from him.
          which gives him a new direction. It is the implanting of
          the life of Jesus Christ, the radical, spiritual change of heart                  Do not some of them say that if it were not for the primacy
          that results in a completely new man from .a spiritual and                 of the Pope, the reunion of the separated churches with the
                                                                                     Catholic Church would be easy?
          moral viewnoint.
                                                                                            We beg the separated brethren to consider the inconsistency
             How beautifully our Canons express this in III & IV,-11,                 of this position, not only in that, without the Pope the Catholic
          12; and how different is this from Rev. Bratt's  explanation.               Church would no longer be Catholic, but also because,  witb-
                                                                                     out the supreme, efficacious and decisive pastoral office of
                                                                                     Peter the unity of the Church of Christ would utterly collapse.
          TROUBLES WITH CHURCH  UhilON                                                      It would  :be vain to look for  other  principles of unity in
             The Lutheran ,Synodical  Conference of North America                    place of  the.one  established by Christ Himself. As St. Jerome
          was formed 92 years ago and was until recently a large                     `justly wrote: "There would arise in the Church as many sects
                                                                                     as there are priests." We should also like to observe that this
          association of conservative Lutherans. It was composed of                  fundamental principle of Holy Church has not as its objective
          four different denominations : The  ; Wisconsin Evangelical                 a supremacy of spiritual pride and human domination. It is a
          Lutheran Synod with 350,000 members; the Evangelical                       primacy of service, of ministration, of love. It is not empty
          Lutheran Synod with 14,000; the Lutheran Church-Missouri                    rhetoric which confers upon the -Vicar of Christ the title of
          Synod with 2,684,OOO  members; and the Synod of Evangeli-                   "Servant of the Servants of God."
          cal Lutheran Churches with 20,500 members. Recently two                  From this it is evident that the Pope has no intention
          denominations left the organization - the Lutheran Church, . of abandoning his claims as Vicar of Christ and Head of all
          Wisconsin Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church.                  Christendom. This-was a bitter blow to many Protestants,
          They left because they charged especially the other churches         for they (especially of the World Council of Churches) had
          with liberalism. The charge was based upon the fact that              already indicated somewhat their readiness to unite with
          especially the Missouri Lutherans were seeking closer re-             Rome if this doctrine of the Church could somehow be
          lationships with the far more liberal Lutheran Church in              toned down.
          America and the American~Lutheran  Church.                                                                                          H. Hanko


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                                                                       &z&o news: Rev. J. Kortering, of Hull, Iowa will be the
      NEWS F,ROM OUR* CHURCHES                                      speaker on the Reformed Witness Hour during October,
              `All thk sa&s sakte thee . . ." P                     and the four sermons will be under the general theme,
                                                   HIL: 4:21        `Preserved by the Father". The individual titles are, "Pre-
                                                                    vailing Over The World" (Oct.  4),  "&tory Over The
      Rev. J.' Kortering, of H&i, Iowa, received the call to- be    Flesh" (Oct.  ll),  `<Peace  For The Despondent" (Oct. 18)
  minister in First Church of Grand Rapids.                         and, "Our Epitaph - Redeemed From Evil" (Oct. 25). For
                                             .                      printed copies write, "The Reformed Witness Hour,  BOX
      Rev. M. Schipper,  of Southeast Church in Grand Rap-          1230, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49501.
  ids, received the call to be Missionq  for our churches..
     The 1964  Yotig People's Convention was  imiversally              A group of ladies from the Grand hapids area churches
  &claimed to be the `best ever". The Mass Meeting, which           have organized a Protestant Reformed High School Circle.
  gave the conventioneers the initial impetus, was certainly        The first regular meeting, July 27, featured Mr. R. Moore,
  a worthwhile evening. Prof. H. C. Hoeksema substituted            one of our newest  Semir&y enrolees, who spoke on the
  for his father in the  Keynote  Speech. His topic, "Be Ye         subject, "Why a Protestant Reformed High .School?
  Holy-Personally" was the thrust which gave- the entire
 convention direction in developing the general theme, "Be             Randolph's church auditorium underwent some redec-
  Ye  *Holy".  The large gym in Grandville was filled with a        orating. The Buildink  Comm. improved the appearance by
  ,quiet and atteneve  audience, having attracted many p&-          installing rubber runners, and `new drapes were hung - a
  ents and friends of the delegates. The keynote.speech  was        gift from the Adult Bible Class.
  an excellent exposition of the admonition to be hdly, find-
  ing its basis in the. Holiness of God Himself. A' girl's sex-        Mr. and Mrs. J. Westra, of Randolph, celebrated their
_ tette from Hudsonville reelidered  a beautiful number, and        50th  wedding  anniversary with an "Open House" recently.
  a girl's trio from Edgerton executed an intricate vocal selec-    The congregation presented the aged couple with a gift of
  tion with aplomb. The outing, the pancake. breakfast, and         an  F.M. radio which was greatly appreciated.
  the concluding banquet were continuations of the fine be-
  ginning made at the Mass. Meeting. Rev. -H.. Hanko tias              At this writing Southwest's manse is a lonely place for
the Speaker at the Outing and spoke to  an appreciative             its new pastor. Mrs. Lubbers suffered a hip-fracture Sept.
  audience of young people on "Be Ye' Holy'- With Your              3 at a picnic of the Mr. and Mrs. Society. She is now in
  Friends", The Banquet, held in Unity High Gym in Hud-             Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital where she submitted
  sonville, was also a huge success when 200 young people           to surgery. The surgeon warns that it will be at least five
  and their leaders enjoyed a Dutch dinner. They were served        months before she can expect to walk again.
by couples dressed in Dutch costumes-minus the  klom-
 -pen. To the Hollanders present the menti,  printed in Dutch,         The  tw; senior pastors of our denomination are still
  was quite intelligible except for the one item called "pic-       resting from their labors. Hudsonville is eagerly awaiting
  cadilly". Rev. D. Englesma gave the concluding address,           Rev. Vos' rem to the pulpit as Rev. Hoeksema's recovery
  "Be Ye Holy - In The World". A girl's qu&tette from First         is being watched by his congregation.
  Church  of Grand Rapids sang two numbers; ,`a movie by
  Don Faber was shown which depicted the printing of one               During. Rev. Otis' recuieration  period Rev. H. Veldman
  issue of the Beacon Li&s,from  the planning stage to the.         of Hope Church, is conducting  Htidsonville's  morning serv-
  living room of the reader. Narration waq by L&m Lub-              ice at 9 A.M. and  Hopk's  morning service tit  11 A.M. and
  bers.  AftFr   t&e  ,closing prayer the audience rose to sing,    another service in  the evening in his  od church. Thus
 "God -be with you till we meet again" and the huge crowd           Hope's' pastor is preaching three times each Sunday. Re-
  dispersed in a bushed and reverent manner, looking forward
  to the 25th Convention to be held in South Holland. Par-          minds one of olden-times!
  ents, you may be glad to know that the ministers present             To au the `sick and shut-ins we recommend the reading
  at the Convention are mighty proud of your teen-agers!.           of the beautiful 139th Psalm which begihs with the Chris-
     We lifted this paragraph from Holland's Aug. 30 bulle-         `tian's acknowledgment: "0 Lord,  thou  hast searched  me
  tin: Work has begun on our  new- church building. The             and known me. Thou  knowest  my  downsitting  and mine
  concrete footings have  be& poured this past week. The            ,uprlskg,  thou  understandest  my  th,orcghts  afar of. Thou
  concrete walls will be poured this coming week if  eirery-        compassest  my path and my lylkzg  dotin, and art acquainted
  thing goes according to plan. Thus we have the beginning          with all my ways."
  of another milestone in the history of the, Protestant Re-
  formed Church in Holland.                                            .  .  . see you in chtich.                         J.M.F.


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                                                                                                                         :
                                                    R.F.P.A.                                                                     IN GRATITUDE
                        Hear Rev. R. Harbach speak on "MODERN  SYN-                                      We give thanks to our heavenly Father, that for so long a time,
                 CRETISM" at the Annual Meeting of the Reformed Free                                  92 years, we could have our Mother,
                 Publishing Association to be held in the Hudsonville-  Protes-                                         MRS. FRED  (De  Borst) FABER
                 tant Reformed Church at 8:OO P.M., September 24. Three                               whom it pleased to take from this pilgrimage on July 23, 1964.
                 Board  members are to be chosen from the, following nomi-
                 nation: Len Dykstra, John W. Faber, Peter Faber, Vernon                                 "For the Lord is good: his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
                                                                                                      endureth to all generations." Ps. 100:5.
                 Graeser, Clare Kuiper, and Ralph  Meyer.
                                                                G. BOUWJUMP,  Sec&ary                                                               Mr. and Mrs. Arie De Borst
                                                                                                                                                    Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holtrop
                                                                                                                                                    Mr. and Mrs. Hemy  De Borst
                                                                                                                                                    Miss Janet De Borst
                                                                                                                                                       7 grandchildren
                                                                                                                                                       16 great-grandchildren


                                        WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

                   ( On September 25, our beloved parents,                                                                    WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
                                  MR. AND MRS. JOHN  TRGZENBERG,  SR.                                    On August 12, 1964, our beloved parents,
                 will.  celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.                                                      MR. AND MRS. PETER H. IPEMA
                        We, their grateful children, thank and praise our covenant                    celebratea their 45th wedding anniversary.
                  God for them and for using them -to instruct us to walk in the
                 fear of His name. Our prayer is that they may continue to  e,xperi-                     We'thank and praise our heavenly Father for using them to in-
                  ence  the Lord's blessing on their earthly pilgrimage.  Psalm   128:5,              struct us to walk worthy of the  callirig  wherewith we are called and
                  "The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt  see  the good               continually holding before us the precious heritage which we have
                  of Jerusalem all the days of thy life."                                             in Christ.

                        Their grateful children:                                                         .With gratitude and thanksgiving to God, we acknowledge his
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Jolm Kloosterman                  goodness to them and to us for sparing our parents these many years
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Koekkoek                for each other and for us.
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunnick                          May our Father in heaven continue to bless them and lead them
       _                                               Mr. and Mrs. John Triezenberg, Jr.
                             ,                                                                        through their remaining days together1
                                                       Harold and Fiancee Phyllis Stapert
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Triezenberg                  Their grateful children:
                                                       Elaine Ruth                                                                              Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Poortenga
                                                       Patricia Kay                                                                             Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Ipema
                                                          9   g r a n d c h i l d r e n                                                         Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wierenga
                                                                                                                                                Mr. and Mrs. James Triezenberg
. .         -                                                                                                                                   Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peter Ipema
                                                                                                                                                Mr. `and Mrs. Robert Hoving
                                                                                                                                                Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Medema
                                                                                                                                                Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haak
                                                                                           .                                                       36 grandchildren and
                                        W E D D I N G   A N N I V E R S A R Y                                                                        5 great-grandchildren
                                                                                                                                    Riverdale,   I l l i n o i s
                        On Septeibe;  28,1964,  our dear parents,

                                   MR.  AND  MRS. PETER A. POORTENGA
                                                                                                                                         -
                  will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. We, their covenant
                  children thank  odr God for  the blessings we receive from them.                                                                                    \
                  May our heavenly Father continue to bless and keep them.                                    ATTENTION ALL OFFICE BEARERS
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Poortenga
                                                       Mr. and Mrs. Peter Poortenga, Jr.                  There will be an Office Bearers Conference held October
                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Vander Noord
                                                        Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Underwood                  6, First Protestant Reformed Church at 8:00 P.M. All
                                                       Delores Pbortenga                              present and fotier Office Bearers and Ministers ire invited.
                                                        Sandy Poortenga                         a.
                                                       Robert Poortenga                                   Speaker for the evening will be Rev. H. Veldman, who
                                                       David Poortenga                                will speak on the Topic: "The Calling of the Elders on
                                                       Lois Poortenga
                                                       Karei;   P o o r t e n g a          -  I       Family Visitation."
                                                          5 grandchildren                                                                                           JAY BOMERS, Sec'y.


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                                                                                                                    Remans  5: 12-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G... C . L .                 444
                                              TEXT INDEX                                                            Romans 5: 12-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                  468             "
          TEXT                                                                                   Author     PIme    Romans  5:12-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,G.L.                  489
 Genesis  l-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                                                                        341
                                                                                              ..H.H.        148     Romans  7:15 . ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     .H.H.
 Genesis  13:5-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..?....H.C.H.                             481     I Corinthians  13:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                 49
 Genesis 23: 2b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                    25     Ephesians 5: 1,2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                337
 -Judges  4:4,5 . ..;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                    10     Colossians  1:20.. . . ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.S.               457
 Judges  5:l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                  34     I Timothy  2:4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         .F.B.    215 .
 Judges  5:7b           . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                                                              433
                                                                                                .G.V.       2 5     I Peter  4:18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H..H.
 Judges  G:ll,   12,14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                       58     II Peter  3:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                  12
 Judges 6: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                   80     II Peter  3:10, lla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                     60
 Judges 7: 13,14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                     106     II Peter  3:10b,  11,12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                        8               2
 Judges  7:19-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                    130     II Peter  3:13            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.    108
 Judges  9:14,15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                     154     II Peter  331313-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L. .              132
 Judges  lO:ll,   13,14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                      177     I John  2:15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                   97
 Judges  11:ll  :...............`
                                                       ..;................B.W.                              201     Jude  20,2l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                 73
 Judges  11:30,31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                      226     Revelation 2  : 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H. . H .            342
 Judges  12:5,6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             .B.W.       250     Revelation 22: 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.            193
 Judges  13:2,3,24               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.          274
 Judges 13 : 24,25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                      323                                             SUBJECT INDEX
 Judges  14:1,2,4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               .B.W.       348                                                           A
 Judges 15: 3 .                  . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . B.W.    372
 Judges 15: 15,16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                      420             SUBJECT                                                                             Author    Page
 Judges 16: 3 . . . ..i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                   442     Adam a Figure of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.L.                      489
.Judges   16:19,20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                     487     Alcoholism, An Epidemic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                               71
 II Kings  10:29,30 . . . . . . . . . .-.;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                           220     Angels, The Creation of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                         209
`Psalm 3:Sb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.C.H.                      145     Angels, -The Creation of the. . . . . i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                         234
 Psalm  101:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                  340     Angels, The  FaR  of the Evil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                         329
 Psalm  ll9:104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.                      340     Angels, The  Fah of the Evil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                          3          5    6
 Proverbs  8:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           ..H.H.        340     Angels, The Nature and Work of  .the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                                282
 Isaiah ,42:3a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.              409     Angels, The Nature and Work of the. . . . . . . . . ; . . . . H.C.H.                                  ,306`
 Isaiah  49:14-16 . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                    361     Another Attack on Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                         1 9 1
 Jeremiah 44:4             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.         341     Appeal, An Urgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.C.H.                   339
Amos  5:21           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . .H.H.         341     Apostasy, A Lesson in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                   333
Zachariah  8:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.                     341     Apostasy, Renewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                  1          7         7
 Malachi...........................:............G,C.L.                                                      156     Arminianism,  Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B                   335'
 Malachi..............................;........G.C.L.                                                       179     Assen 1926 `
                                                                                                                                       - Groningen 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  388
 Malachi  l:l-5 . . . . . . . . . . .., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                   203     Assisting the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d:B.                   20
.Malachi   l:l-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                228     Attributes and Marks of the Church, The. . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                                         6
 Malachi  1:6-2:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                        252     Atheism in Russia  ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. .               382
 Malachi  1:6-2:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                        276
Malachi  1:8-2:17               . . *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.            325                                                         .B
 Malachi  3:1-4:6             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.C.L.            350
 Malachi  3:1-4:6             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.           374     Baptism Form, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                       380
Malachi  3:1-4:6              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.         422     Baptism, Infant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                 452
 Matthew 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                  121     Baptism, The Form for Infant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                            331
 Matthew  3:8  I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                     1     Baptism, The Sacrament of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                       223
Matthew  5:.43-45 . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                       28     Baptism, The Sacrament of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                         248
 Matthew  8:23-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               .G.V.       217     Baptism, The Sacrament of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                       271
Matthew  16:21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                      241     Baptism, The Sacrament of . . . . . . .I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                        295
Matthew  27:50-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.                          265     Baptism, The -Sacrament of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                        319
 Matthew  28:5;  6a . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                    289     Baptism, The Sacrament  .of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     342
Mark  4:36-41            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.           217     Baptism, The Sacrament of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                       369
Mark  4:39 . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                217     Baptism, The Sacrament of ............................................. .H.H.                         3 9 0
Luke 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.               121' Baptism, The Sacrament of.                                                                    .H.H.      414
Luke  2:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.                   169     Baptism, The Sacrament of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                         438
Luke  6:33                                                                                                                                                                                                                 18
                   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          Belgic Confession, Article XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H,
                                                                                              ..H.H.         29                                                                                                            40.
Luke  8:22-25             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   Belgic Confession, Article XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.
                                                                                     .: . . . . .G.V.       217     Belgic Confession, Article  ,XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                        66
Luke  23:46 .              . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.      265     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                            88
Luke  24:51,52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.                       385     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                           114
,John   3:13'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.              121     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                           138
John  20:15,16   i . . / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .!. . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                  313     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                           162
Acts  2:33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . :.G.V.                385     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                         185
Romans  2:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                   221     Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                           209


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       SUBJECT                                                                      Author      Paw            SUBJECT                                                                        Author      Page
Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                     234    De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . .I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                    340
Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                     282    De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  389
Belgic Confession,  .Article  XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                  306    Dekker Case, As to the . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     7 6
Belgic Confession, Article XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                   329    Dekker Case, Christian Reformed Synod on the. . . .H.C.H.                                          461
Belgic Confession, Article XII                                                   H.C.H.         356    Dekker Case, Once More the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                          100
Belgic Confession, Article XIII  '... .................................
                                                   :                             H.C.H.         399    Dekker, Kuiper and' H.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                      436
Belgic Confession, Article XIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . ; . H.C.H.                     426    Dekker, Kuiper and H.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                        412
Belgic Confession, Article XIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                      450    Depraved, Not Totally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.C.H.                       486
Belgic Confession Article XIII . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                                       495    Depravity, As to Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                   53
Books, As to:                                                                                          Depravity, As to Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  100
       The Four Major Cults, by A. Hoekema. . . . . . . . H.C.H.                                174    Diagnosis from The Young West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                            484
       The Growing  Storm,`by  G. M.  S. Walker. . . . . . H.C.H.                               174    Divorce, Rockefeller's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                382
Book Briefs:                                                                                           Dogmatics Project . . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,H.C.H.                 462
       The Epistle to the Ephesians by F. Faulkes.                                                     Drama in Church
                                                                            . . . H.C.H.        175                                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.    214
       The Epistle to the Romans by  .F.  F..Bruce.                                                    Dying Christ, The
                                                                           . . . . H.C.H.       174                                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.    265
       The N. T.. in Plain English by C. K. Wms. . . . . . H.C.H.                               175
       Them He  Glorified  by B. Ramm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                         175                                                       E
Book, The "Honest to God". . . . . . . . . . . . !. . . . . . . . . .B.W.                       463    Earthquake, The Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-. . . . . . . .J.H.               424
Bible for All, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.          44    Ecumenicity . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.        404
Bible, Another Edition of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; H.H.                    45    Explanation, In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.C.H.          460
Bramble Made King, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                   154
Bread for His Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . J.A.H.          302                                                       F
Bring Forth Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.             1    Faith and Hope Permeated with Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                             236
Bus Law, New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.         .45    Faith and Hope Permeated with Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                               254
                                                                                                       Faith and Hope Permeated with Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                               278
                                                  C                                                    Faith, The End of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.A.H.              352
                                                                                                       Faith, The End of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.             395
Calvinist and An Arminian Discuss I Tim.  2:4, A. ..... .F.B.                                    21    Faith, The End of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.               376
Can Nature Be Tricked by Science. . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . H.H.                        403    Fearof   Sin,The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.          134
Change of Climate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.               460    Federal Aid to Christian Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                       310'
Christian Schools, Federal Aid to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     310    Followers of God . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                337,
Church and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.            213    Foreign Mission Work, Long Range Report on. . . . . . . . C.H.                                     346
Church on the Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.               476
Church Order, Article 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                   20                                    c-z
Church Order, Article 84                                                                                                                                  G
                                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.     21
Church Order, Article 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                   42    Gates  .of  Gaza,  The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.             442
Church Order, Article 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                  68    Genesis 1-11, About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.               148
Church Order, Article 86 . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                   90    Gideon, The Call of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                 58
Church Order in Retrospect, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                         90    Gideon, The Preparation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                      80
Churches, Recognition of Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                        68    Glad Tidings, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.               289
Church's Witness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.           382    Glossololia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.         118
Church, The Attributes and Marks of (See Attributes)
Church, The Attributes and Marks of. . . . : . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                            30                                                       H
Church, The Power and Government of. . . . . . . :. . . . . H.H.                                 30    Hate Sin or the Sinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.               389
Church, The' Power and Government of. . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                               54    Heaven, Space in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.                238
Church Union, A Way to More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                         383    Hierarchy Or Independentism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                         '42
Church Union, Troubles with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                      498    Holy Ghost as the Spirit of Christ, The. . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                               40
Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.          484    Holy Ghost, The Godhead of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.C.H.                            18
Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . . A.N.    294    Holy Spirit, Blessings of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                    385
Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.J.L.     405    Honest to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.             463
Correction, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.      213
Correct, Not Quite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.         148                                                        I
Counting and Recounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                  470
Covenant, Our Part in  Gods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G,v.d.B.                     428    Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.       118
Cross, Reconciliation Through the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S.                     457    Integration or Segregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                   36
                                                                                                       Integration or Segregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . J.A.H.                   84
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Deborah, The Song of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . .B.W.                  10
Deborah, The Song of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.               34    Jepthah Made Judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..B.W.                    201
Decline of Parochial Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                   383    Jepthah's Vow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.            226
De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cA.. . . . . . . .:. .H.H.                     244    Jesus' Appearance to the Magdalene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                            313
De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.               268
De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.H.                 292                                                       K
De Jong-Dekker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..`.H.H.               316    Keep Yourselves in the Love of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H.                                73


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               SUBJECT                                                                       Author      Page             SUBjECT                                                                         Author     Pose

                                                          L                                                      News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                        408
       Ladies' League, Report of Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                         406     News from Our Churches.  ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . J.M.F.                     432
       Ladies League, Report of the Eastern . . . . . . . . . .I . . . .T.N.                              94     News from Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                       456
       Ladies' League, Report of the Western. . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.H.                              102     News from Our Churches . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                       480
       Let Us Go to Bethlehem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                 121     New Year's Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.C.H.                 145
       Like a Cake of Barley.  1, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                 106     Nuclear War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.            167
       Little Sins, The Enormity of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                  446
       Liturgical Forms, Our . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                   308                                                         0
       Liturgy, Why a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.              116     0, 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.        2 6 8
       Lord's Supper (See Sacrament)                                                                             Offerings and  Alms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                 284
       Lord's Supper, The Sacrament of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                        439     Office Bearers, Equality of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                      21
       Los Angeles Crusade . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                 44     Order of Worship, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                      211
       Lot's Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . .H.C.H.             481     Orange City Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  70
       Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.      49
       Loveland Welcomes `New Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.A.G.                              94
       Love Not the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.                97                                                         P
       Lovingkindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r.i.. . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                361     Papal Primacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.         498
                                                                                                                 Particular Throughout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  364
                                                                                     .                           Pope in Palestine, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                238
                                                   M                                                             Pope Paul, A Comment on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                          23
       Marriage  iri the Romish Church . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . . . H.H.                          262      Prayer, A Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  213
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy. of . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                             156     Prayer in Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                    403
       Malachi, Exposition of the  PropheFy  of. . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                          179     Prayerless Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.            70
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                            203     Prayer, The Congregational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                       260
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                              228     Preaching of' the Word as a Means of Grace. . . . . . . . H.H.                                       79
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . .G.C.L.                            252      Preaching of the Word as a Means of Grace. . . . . . . . H.H.                                       103
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                              276     Preaching of the Word as a Means of Grace. . . . . . . . H.H.                                       126
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                              325     Preaching of the Word as a Means of Grace. . . . . . . .H.H.                                        150
       Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                              350     President Is Dead, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                  143
       Malachi,  E,xposition  of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                           374     Principles of Primitive Baptists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                       196
     Malachi, Exposition of the Prophecy of. . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.L.                               422      Publishing Project, The New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                                                                                                                       #                                                                             358
       Means of Grace, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                  55
       Mergers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.       287                                                         Q  _
       Missionary Work, The Perils of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                   .  93    Question, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.H.            244
       Mission Calling of Our Churches, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                           258
       Mission Matters for Synod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                 393
       Missions, The Evangelical Approach in.  : . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                         466                                                         R
       Missions, The Synod on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'; . . . . .C.H.                 ,415     Radio Broadcasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                 497
       Mission Work in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                    110     Radio Broadcasting, as Mission Endeavor. . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                                 300
       Mission Work in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !. .... C.H.                      158     Radio Broadcasting and the F.C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                          142
       Mission Work in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H.                   205      Reformed Ecumenical Synod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                            22
.      Mission Work, Long Range Report on Foreign. . . . . . . .C.H.                                     346     Regeneration and Total Depravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . + ..... H.H.                             497
       Mockery at the World's Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                       190     Religion, Drugged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        .H.H.         92
       Morality in High Office . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                   22     Religion in Public Schools, More About. . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                                 263
       Mother in Israel, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.       25     Religion in School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.               477
                                                                                                                 Religion of the Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.               181
                                                                                                                 Religious Discrimination in Spain..                                                                 263
                                                   N                                                                                                                      . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.
                                                                                                                 Report of Synod of  1964. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                    430
       N.C.C., Meeting of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.               239      R.F.P.A., Secretary's Annual Report  too the. . . . . . . . . . . . R.B.                             46
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                      24     Righteous, The Hard Way of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                            433
       News from Our Churches . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..m.F.                           47     Right to Be Civil, The. . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                491
       News from- Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                      72     Right to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     H.H.        190
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                   96     Roman Catholic Decline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                    44
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                  120
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                    144
       News from Our Churches: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                      16b                                                         S
        News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.               192     Sacraments, The Idea of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     153
        News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                     216     Sacraments, The Idea of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     175
        News from Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                  240     Sacraments, The Idea of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                   198
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                      264     Sacraments, The Idea of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                    222
       News  lfrom Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.M.F.                     288     Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                       16
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        News from Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                  312 - Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                        38
        News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                     336     Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                       64
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                    360     Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                       86
       News from Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M.F.                   384      Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                  112


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        SUBJECT                                                                             Author     Page             SUBJECT                                                                     _     Author             `Page

Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V.                 136      Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                      i72
Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : .... H.V.                          160      Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                     220
Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-.  ;. .H.V.                         183      To Be Without God. . . . . . . .-: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. . 266
Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                       207      To Stop Competition Between Baptists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                                        191
Sacraments, Views on  .the. ....................... 1H.V.                                              232      Treatment, Religious Beliefs and. Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                         93
Sacraments; Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                   256
Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                       280                                                           u            . . . . .
Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . .1; .?H.V.                              304      Union Decline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                      71
Sacraments, Views on `the.  .1...  1. . . . . . . :. . . . . . . ;?:...H.V.                            354      Unions, News of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                       262
Sacraments, Views on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                       378.     Unity, Getting Ready for . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                              45
Sacraments, Views on the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V.                 397
        The Lutheran View (`Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . ;-H.V.                                66
        The  .L,utheran  View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                            112                                                            V-
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                 136      Vale!  :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.           409
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . 1 .HN.                                    160      Vatican. Council, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H.                          166
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V.                                  183      Vatican Council, The Second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B.                                  298
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V,                                207      Vatican Council, The Second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.B.                                 3 2 1
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                232      Vatican Council, The Second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B.                                  344
        The Lutheran View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                256      Vatican Council, The Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.B.                                  370
        The Reformed View  (Lord's  Supper). . . . . . . :. . ..H.V.                                   280      Vatican Council, The Second... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.B.                                   391
        The  Refomxed  View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . :..H.V.                                  304      Vatican Council, The Second. . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B.                                418
        The Reformed View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . . . .:-&IV.                                354      `Violence, Seeds of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.A.H.                     327
        The Reformed View,' (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . :..;H.V.                                  ,378     Vows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.               474
        The Reformed View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . .:..H.V.                                    397
        The Reformed View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . .`:H.V.                                     448                                                           W
        The Reformed View (Lord's Supper). ......... 1H.V.                                             472*     Wedding Marches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                             -44
        The Reformed.View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                       493      "Whereof  - Lesquels" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                            197
        The Romish View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . , H.V..                                   16     Why Not Teach in a Secular College . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . .H.H.                                        286
        The Romish View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . . . . XV.                                     38      Why Rome Remains Our Enemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                       Q2
        The Zwinglian View (Lord's Supper) . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                   38      With the Jawbone of an Ass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                                . 420
        The Zwinglian View (Lord's Supper). . . . . . . . . . . . H.V.                                   64     -Women Office Bearers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H ..                           i18
Samson, Birth of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.W.                  274      Worship, The Elements of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.v.d.B.                                  164
Samson's Debilitation' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.-W:                  487      Worship, The Elements of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                                   188
Samson in  Timnath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :B:W:                 348      Worship, The Idea of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d.B.                              140
Samson Moved by the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.W.                           3 2 3                                                        - Index by Rev. G. Vanden Berg
Samson's War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          .B.W.      372
Schools, The Decline of Parochial?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                                                            -
                                                                                            .HI-I.     383
Servant, The Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G:V.                     241
Shibboleth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    : . .B.W.        250                                        THE RIGHT TO BE CIVIL                                  ,' .
Single Or Double Track Theology (See Theology)                                                                                                   ( C o n t i n u e d   f r o m   p a g e   4 9 2 )                    ,,
Sign-and Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.v.d:B.                  381             Neither will you get the races to accept one another
Sign and Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         .G.v.d.B.        4tn
Simeon's Sight of God's Salvation..................... . . .G.V.                                       169       and -treat one another civilly until you have changed, the
Sovereign Love of the Lord for `Jacob-Israel.                                         :  -. G.C.L.     203       hearts of all men. And that you and I carmot do. Redemp-
Sovereign Love of the Lord for Jacob-Israel. . . . . . . .G.C.L.                                       228       tion by the blood of the cross and regeneration by the Spirit
Sovereign of the Sea, The . . . . . . . . . . ,... :. . . . . . . . . . . .G.V.                        217       of Christ alone can realize this. What is more, that cross
Standard Bearer Financial Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS.                              46      is also the only basis for our receiving the right to do what
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation. . J.D.                                               78
Statistics, 1963 Church Membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                              is civil and good. We forfeited all blessings and all good
                                                                                             H.H.      213
Subscription Campaign . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C,$.                           6      apd right. to good behavior when we joined Satans army
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Sword of the Lord and of Gideon, The.                                                       .HX=$      130       against&  the'&&g'Go&: "We do not even have the right to
Synods,  Aisemblies, Mergers, Etc. . ............................. . H.H.                              434       de&e to be changed. Even that right to desire we lost.
Synod of  1'964, Report of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                     4 3 0 We became guilty, worthy only of death. And we knew
Synod, The Reformed Ecumenical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H.                                   22      it and tid, under the trees of the garden. The cross gives
                                                       T                               -                         us the' right. The Spirit gives us the desire and power.'
Take the Water of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.. ,......G.V.                              193       For Philippians 2:i3 declares that it is God that worketh
The Lord Gave the Word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... C.H.                                    14      in us TO-WILL as well as to do. In His fear' we will not
The Lord Gave the Word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            . . . . . . C.H.        62      dare to say anything ,else. We will not claim that right of
Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . . .                                  . . . . . . H.H.         4      and in ourselves. And the Church will,proclaim  that cross
Theology, Single Or Double  Track. . . . . . . .                                 . . . . . . H.H.        28 - and a perfect,~kingdom  where' the' races are united in love
Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . .                                    . . . . . . H.H.        54
-Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . . .                                 . . . . . .H.H.       124-      by the' power of: the Spirit of'~Christ.
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Theology, Single Or Double Track. . . . . . . .                                  . . . . . . . H.H.    149                                                            . .                                             J.A.H.
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