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   The love of God does not come naturally; it
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atid lives!

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                                 The Training  of the Child
                                                                Rev. H. Veldman

              "Train up a child in the way he should go. and when he is old, he will not depart from it. "
                                                                                                                                Prov. 22~6.
     Anotner season of instruction has again begun. Our                        Our only calling is to obey this divine injunction.
covenant children are again receiving instruction in
our Christian schools. Soon they will also be receivmg
catechetical instruction. How wonderful it is that we                          DIFFICULT
may be busy in this tremendously important cove-                                   This task is difficult, first of all, because of the
nant task!                                                                     child - he is an imperfect saint. This child is a saint..
     "Train up a child in the way he should go." This is                       Now we do well to note that he (or she) is not an
the Lord's command. We do not decide whether or                                unwritten piece of paper upon which we can write as
not, the child should receive this covenant instruction.                       and what we please.  .Although, of course, we must


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instruct all our children, yet they do not all respond       carnal passions; we can threaten them so unrealis-
the same way, and there is nothing we can do about           tically and for the smallest thing.
this. God alone determines their response. Neither is          Or, we will go to the other extreme, and defend
the child merely a member of the human race; a pro-          our children. We do not mind hearing evil of the
spective member of the human society, a future               children of others; in'fact, we even enjoy that. But we
American citizen. This is the purpose and view of the        do not like to hear it of our own. And then we can do
public school. And it is also true that this child is not    such foolish things; we will listen to what our children
to be. viewed as a prospective child of God, who, as         have to say about their teachers, and we will actually
yet unconverted, must be trained to become a chris-          believe them! This is really so very, very bad. We
tian.                                                        listen to and believe these little gossipers. When has a
  This child is a saint. Of course, this does not mean       Godfearing teacher ever had any difficulty with a
that all our children are saints. But it does mean that      Godfearing child who walks in the way of obedi-
God's children are among our children. Indeed, al-           ence? And in this vein we could continue.
though all is not Israel that is called Israel, we must        This, that the parent is an imperfect saint, also
instruct all our children. Also carnal Israel will be        makes the task of the training of the child extremely
affected by this instruction. However, the positive          difficult.. We must struggle, not only with very im-
purpose of our covenant instruction must center in           perfect children, but also with our own very imper-
this elect child of God, that, according to II Tim.          fect selves. Training the child, we must train ourselves
3: 17, the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly             also. And we do well to remember:, if our children are
furnished unto all good works.
         -                                                   little sinners, we are big sinners! .There is so much in
  That this child is a saint is of tremendous impor-         us that we must oppose; how difficult it is to con-
tance. How discouraging our efforts can be at. times!        tinue our interest in the things of God and of His cove-
All our efforts and training seem to be in vain. The         nant! And then, sinners as we are, we must oppose
fruit is so meager. How wonderful, therefore, it is to       and fight the sins of our children: Indeed, tremen-
know from the Word of God that this child of our             dously difficult is the calling to train up a child.
text `is a saint, that our instruction will therefore not
be in vain.                                                  WONDERFUL
   However, this child is an imperfect saint. This must        `How wonderful it is to be busy in the covenant
not surprise us; in fact, we must reckon with it. He is      instruction of our children! Today we hear much of
regenerated, but only in principle; he has only a small      "Woman's Lib." Women desire equality with men, seek
beginning of the new life. He can be so slow to hear;        to be free. They speak of the drudgery of the
he can be so contrary, so inclined to disobey and            home. . . . They think it more wonderful to be up and
rebel; and as a teenager he can be so conceited. He is       doing, to be getting into politics, and even to be con-
attracted by the things of this world; he enjoys radio       sidered for officebearer in the church of God. They
and television; he can be so reluctant to be busy in         do not understand how wonderful is this, covenant
the things of God's covenant. He mumbles and                 &lling to train up a child. How carnal, how devoid of
grumbles when told to prepare for school and cate-           spiritual insight, how spiritually insensitive are all
chism; he has snacks between meals and does not              these worldly movements that seek for freedom. How
care to eat at mealtime; he considers his parents old-       sensitive we should be to the wonderfulness of our
fashioned, relics of the "horse and buggy days;" he          high calling, how mindful of the fact that the time is
does not like the curfew. Indeed, how difficult it is to     short; indeed, let us labor while it is day before the
instruct the child! But this is not all.                     night cometh wherein no man can work.
I The parent, too, is an imperfect saint. Indeed, he,          The (word, "train up," means literally: to put some-
too, is a saint. We refer, of course, to the Godfearing      thing into the mouth, as with a spoon. The word is
parent. But he is an imperfect saint. He is also in-         undoubtedly derived from natural life when food is
clined to provoke his children to wrath. They get so         put into the mouth of an infant.  .Children  must be
quickly under his skin and into his hair. The child will     instructed, fed. And this applies to a person as long as
come to his parent and ask him to read to him, but           he or she is in the age of instruction, whether he be
the parent is watching television and does not like to       an infant or child or an adolescent.
be disturbed. As parents we can be so unnecessarily            The text reads literally: Feed or instruct the child
demanding and extreme in our demands; we can                 according to his way. Some have interpreted this
be so unduly severe, rave at the child, understanding        scripture to mean: train up a child according to his
so little that we must rule, not for our own sake but        receptivity, talent, character, etc. This gives good
for God's sake. We can make our children so bitter, so       sense. "Way," then, is understood as character, habit,
uncomfortable, and arouse within them their evil and         disposition, aptitude, as, e.g., his way of doing things.


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Besides, this is surely our calling. What differences        then, and in spite of our terrible negligence, and as
there are between children! We cannot discuss this           according to election. But then the child is saved,
now in detail. What a difference between an infant, a        corrected, in spite of our woeful failures. And the
child, a teenager, a young person between the ages of        Godfearing child will understand this, recognize the
twelve and twenty. Then, there are differences in            failure of his parents and remind them of it. And if as
character, in the ability to learn, etc. Some children       parents we repent, it will mean for us sorrow and
are more backward than others. Others, e.g., are             anguish of heart. And if as parents we repent and see
stubborn. And, of course, we must surely figure with         our error, and the children continue in the way we
this. All children cannot be treated alike. So, we must      had led them, that will torment and plague us day
surely train up a child according to his receptivity.        after day after day.
This, however, cannot be the meaning of this scrip-                This scripture, we understand, refers to the  God-
ture. We read: when he is old, he will not depart from       fearing child of Godfearing parents. What a beautiful
it. It is plain that the inspired writer means that the      picture we have here! A child has become old. He
child will not depart from the way in which he was           may forget the things of his present time, cannot
instructed to walk.                                          remember from one day to another, but he does not
  What is our way? We are all creatures of time.             forget what he has learned in his youth. This is also,
Irresistibly we move forward, constantly, to a definite      and emphatically, spiritually true! Why is this? God
goal, and always in an ethical, spiritual direction. My      has given His promise upon the covenant instruction
way is my conduct, my life's manifestation, as in-           of the child by Godfearing parents. Indeed, not all
cluding all my thinking and willing and desiring, and        our children will walk in this way. The children of
this as in the midst of the world. My "way," there-          God, however, will never depart from it. As parents,
fore, refers to my covenant calling. It implies, first of    we must train up the child. And what shall we say as
all, the service of the living God, to love Him with all     parents? Shall we be alarmed when we become old,
our heart and mind and soul and strength. Always we          must depart from the scene, and wonder about our
must love Him and seek Him in all that we do and             children? Fear not! The Lord declares to us: when
with all that we possess. And, this walk must be anti-       they are old, they will never depart from it.
thetical. We must not mix our walk with any "com-
mon grace." Christ and Belial, God and Mammon,                     The promises of God are sure and will never fail.
light and darkness do not mix. At all times we must                May we be faithful in our covenant calling.
walk distinctively, antithetically. The godly and the              Train up the child in the way he must go.
ungodly, the righteous and the unrighteous have
everything in common  naturally,  but they have                    The Lord will ever preserve His covenant.
nothing in common spiritually. We must, therefore,
shine as lights in the darkness, always reveal that we
have a different birth, possess a different life, seek an
altogether different goal. We must walk as citizens of
the new and heavenly Jerusalem, but this also means
that we are called to conduct ourselves as strangers
and pilgrims in the earth.
  This must determine our instruction. In all our                  Know  the  standard  Y-.
instruction, also in the school, all the branches of
learning must lead to God. And in all instruction the                   and  follow it.
child must always be directed to his way, his calling
to serve the Lord his God antithetically in the midst
of the world. This is our calling. All our instruction as
in the home, school, and church must be one. But we
do well to bear in mind that the home is basic. How
ineffective will be all instruction if the home fails to
cooperate!                                                                            Read the
ASSURING                                                                  STANDARD   BEARER!
  "And when he is old, he will not depart from it."
This is also true, negatively, if we fail. If we fail to
instruct our children properly, feed them stones for
bread, the lie for the truth, also then he will not
depart from it. Yes, God can save our children also          b-


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 EDITORIALS


                       Clasping  a  Viper  to  the  Bosom  (3).
                                            Editor's  Notes
                              EncouragQ  Correspondence

                                              Pro5  H. C. Hoeksema



         CLASPING A VIPER TO THE BOSOM                     served for us and our children. As we have mentioned
                                                           before, there is much concern today about the doc-
   Several months ago (April 1 and 15 issues) we           trine of Holy Scripture and its maintenance. This is
began to write on this subject. Since our first two        proper, too. Yet there is little zeal to fight for the
articles under this title appeared, there were other       truth of sovereign predestination. And not only is the
matters of `more immediate importance which de-            truth of sovereign predestination one of the charac-
manded our attention. Now we return to this discus-        teristic doctrines of the Reformed faith, but I would
sion.                                                      also defend the proposition that from a certain point
                                                           of view the maintenance of the truth of sovereign
   Perhaps a word of re-introduction is in order.          predestination is basic to the maintenance of the
   In originally introducing this subject, we made it      truth of Holy Scripture and its infallible inspiration,
plain that the "viper" to which we referred is the         so that the latter cannot be successfully maintained
denial of the doctrine of sovereign predestination,        and defended where the former is denied, I find
especially the denial of sovereign reprobation. We         historical evidence of this not only in the fact that in
called attention to the fact that it is a world-wide       Reformed churches the denials of these truths have
phenomenon that wherever the Reformed faith has            gone hand in hand, but also in the fact that Funda-
been transplanted from the Netherlands to any signif-      mentalists, who are notorious for their Arminian
icant degree, the doctrine of sovereign predestination     denial of sovereign predestination, are being com-
has fallen upon evil times. This we called an appalling    pelled to tight the "battle for the Bible" all over
fact. We likened the embracing of this error to            again. Revelation, after all, is a particula~istic  work of
clasping a deadly viper to one's bosom: it will surely     God: God reveals Himself to His covenant people!
be fatal to any church. In previous articles we already    And if you lose the precious truth that God reveals
called attention to the fact that the Reformed com-        Himself as the covenant God to His covenant people,
munity in Australasia is suffering from the sting of       and not,to all men, you are bound to have trouble main-
this  deadIy viper. We now turn our attention to the       taining  i the doctrine of Holy Scripture, the written
situation in South Africa.                                 record of that revelation. But this is a subject all by
                                                           itself, and I will not expound on it further at this
  We write about this subject and call attention to
the situation in other lands not out of a mere desire      time. I only wanted to stress the key importance of
to criticize others, and surely not out of a kind of       this truth of sovereign predestination and to under-
self-righteous desire to exalt and congratulate our-       score the fatal character of the denial of that truth.
selves. No, our purpose is that we as Protestant           To embrace that error - and I emphasize again that
Reformed people, as well as Reformed readers in            the most common form of that error today is the
other countries who are reached by                         denial of sovereign reprobation - is to clasp a deadly
                                        our Standard       viper to one's bosom.
Bearer, may ,know where the battle-lines are, may be
warned, and may be prepared and equipped to fight                                   *****
for our Reformed heritage, so that it may be pre-            From a correspondent-friend in South Africa we


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recently received some of the theological writings of a        idea. It stands to reason that a theologian proceeding
Dr. A. Kijnig, who is a minister and theologian of the         from such a viewpoint will have serious problems
Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa (N.G.K.),                with, among other things, sin and reprobation; but in
the largest of the three main Reformed denomina-               certain instances that preconceived natura dei (nature
tions in that country. As we reported some time ago,           of God) is consequentially followed through, and in
from time to time criticism of the  Gereformeerde              the most frightening manner a sensible place is given
Kerken  of the Netherlands has emanated. from the              in God's plan to the senseless and chaotic. Of this
Reformed community in South Africa. This criticism             Boettner and Hoeksema are surely of the most
has centered not only on the Dutch churches' support           shocking examples, and at the same time good proof
of the World Council's attempts to stir up revolution          of how necessary a renewal in theology is necessary."
in Africa, but also on the modernistic trends in doc-          A footnote indicates here that Kijnig is referring to L.
trine in the GKN. Some time ago, according to my               Boettner's The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
correspondent, Dr. K. Vorster, Moderator of the N.             and Herman Hoeksema's De Plaats der Verwerping in
G. K. of South Africa, spoke out against the modem-            de Verkondiging des Evangelies (The Place of Repro-
istic trends in the GKN. But from the literature sent          bation in the Preaching of the Gospel). The same
me, it appears that the South African church itself is         footnote indicates that  Kijnig apparently swallowed
not, free from those liberal trends. If the theology           G.C. Berkouwer's Divine Election in its criticism of
expressed in these samples is representative of what is        Hoeksema and Karl Barth's Church .Dogmatics in its
taught at the University of, Potchefstroom and incul-          criticism of Boettner. Needless to say, however, the
cated in their future ministers, then the South                above critical reference to the idea of God's plan
African Reformed community has already fallen                  aroused not only my curiosity but also my suspicion
upon evil days.                                                with respect to  Kijnig's teachings concerning sover-
   The first sample of such bad theology which drew            eign predestination, and especially reprobation. I was
my attention was an article by Dr.  K&rig in  Theo-            glad, therefore, when this first sample of Dr. Konig's
logica , Evangelica, the  Tydskrif van die Faculteit           views was followed a little later by a copy of his
Teologie,  Universiteit van Suid-Aftika  (Journal of the       lecture notes on Systematic Theology, Course II,
Faculty of Theology, University of South Africa). In           Book 2, which deals with the subject of Election. In
an  article  in  the  Afrikaans  language on  The Living       these notes my suspicions were confirmed. Dr. Kijnig
God,  Dr.  Kijnig tampers with the truth of God's              simply throws overboard the whole Reformed doc-
unchangeability by an appeal to the Scripture  pas-            trine of sovereign predestination, reserving his
sag& which speak of God's repentance. The entire               strongest attacks for sovereign reprobation, a doctrine
                                                               of which he wants nothing at all. In my opinion,
article reminds one of the method and approach-of a            while his views are similar to the views which have
man like Kuitert; and it reminded me of the article by         become familiar to us from such men as Berkouwer,
Dr. Klaas Runia on this very subject some years ago,           Daane, Runia, Boer, Woudstra, etc., in some respects
the article which I criticized under the title, "Topsy-        he is more outspoken in his rejection of the Re-
Turvy Theology from Down Under." But what par-                 formed view.
ticularly drew my attention in  connedtion with the
subject we are discussing was the fact that Kijnig               First of all, in discussing "Election in the Old Tes-
criticizes the thoroughly Reformed idea of God's               tament," Dr. Kiinig classifies as a misconception the
"plan" and tries  & draw a disjunction between the             idea that the Old Testament is a period of "the most
ideas of "plan" and "purpose," as though the latter is         rigid particularism. " He denies that Israel is the
proper while the former is not, and as  thougir it is          elected people, while the Gentiles are rejected. Along
possible (either in the light of Scripture or logically)       with this, he classifies as a misconception and denies
to speak of a purpose without a plan. Let me quote a           that election implies rejection. He writes: -.
few lines in translation: "One of the basic problems                 The particularistic  view of the Old Testament is
in this connection is that frequently men proceed                 supported by yet another misconception, viz that
from the idea that God drew up beforehand a de-                   election implies rejection. According to this view God
tailed plan, and that all that takes place in the course         as a matter of course rejects while He elects; while He
of history is only a careful execution of that plan . . . .       elects Israel He automatically rejects the Gentiles. The
Also here, however, they proceed from a precon-                   whole Old Testament history can then be described as
                                                                  the acts of God in choosing one nation (Israel) to be
ceived idea of what would be proper for God, and the              his people, (due to His lack of concern for all the
Biblical message is then adapted to that preconceived             other nations) and the way in which He limited His


                                                       THE STANDARD BEARER                                                                                  991


      blessings and special care to this His elect people:            Acts of Synod,  In the near future we hope to con-
      According to this presentation election becomes                 tribute to a discussion of the subject of baptism on
      "favouritism". As a result election constitutes a threat        the mission field, in connection with the Study Re-
      to many, for the moment "election" is mentioned,
      people immediately think of the logical and inevitable          port which was referred to our churches for study. At
      counterpart: rejection. And if you are not elected,             present,: however, we do not plan to republish in its
      what then! At least - so many think - all men.are               entirety' the material which was before Synod, since
      divided into two groups: the elected and the rejected.          this will be included in the 1976 Acts. The Stated
      And to make matters worse, election is often pre-               Clerk informs me that the 1976 Acts will be available
      sented as a great mystery about which very little is
      known. Nobody  ever knows  who are the elect and                by the time this appears in print. They will be distrib-
      who are the rejected.                                           uted toall our Protestant Reformed families at their
         However, it is clear beyond all doubt that these             respective churches. We urge you to read and study
      misconceptions have no roots -whatsoever in the Old             the pertinent material. Readers of our  Standard
      or  in the New Testament.                                       Bearer  outside the Protestant Reformed Churches
     It is obvious from the above that the very tone of               who are interested in this subject may obtain a copy
                                                                      of the 1976 Acts of Synod by writing to the Stated
Konig's description is  hostiIe  and disparaging. And
while we would not accept all the details of his de-                  Clerk: Rev. M. Joostens, 7194 - 20th Ave., Jenison,
scription, nevertheless it is plain that                              Mich. 49428. The price is $2.00.
                                                Dr. Kiinig  has in
mind the traditional Reformed doctrine of a double                                ENCOURAGING CORRESPONDENCE
predestination, with an election and reprobation
which are equally sovereign. And he argues long and                      R e c e n t l y   I   r e c e i v e d   t h e   f o l l o w i n g   l e t t e r   f r o m
hard to get rid of this doctrine, and finally to confuse              Wellington, New Zealand, one of the places where
election and reprobation in such a way that the                       Rev. .C. Hanko and I visited, lectured, and preached
Reformed' view can no longer be recognized in his                     during our tour. The letter is private correspondence,
                                                                      though there is nothing secret about. its contents.
teachings.                                                            Rather than take the trouble of getting permission to
                       (to be continued)                              publish - something that would take a long time - I
                                                                      will omit names, The contents of the letter speaks for
                      EDITOR'S NOTES                                  itself.        :
End of Volume LIT. This issue is the last in our 52nd                 Hear Professor Hoeksema,
volume-year, and we give thanks to God that He has                           I would like to express my gratitude to you
directed our way to complete another year of publi-                      and to Rev. Hanko for your visit to New Zea-
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standing orders are encouraged to place an order (cost                   with you in seeing how the Lord has used you,
is $7.00 postpaid) and to get their names on the                         in many places, to confirm and encourage the
standing-order-list. Write to our Grand Rapids busi-                     saints to stand firm in the faith. It is a cause for
ness office.                                                             thanksgiving also to read that the Synod of your
                          *****                                          churches has granted the request of the O.P.C.
i                                                                        group in Christchurch for a pastor to be sent
kpecial  Request. One of our students is interested in                   over.
obtaining a complete set of the  Standard Bearer,
bound or unbound. Anyone who can help is re-                                 Prior to your  visit to New Zealand my prog-
quested to write our Grand Rapids business office.                       ress out of the "morass" of  Arminianism was
Incidentally, our students                                               being somewhat hindered by those from whom I
                                   always  Iike to  add a set of
the Standard Bearer to their libraries; so if you ever                   expected help. My religious connection, since
wish to dispose of a set or if you hear of an available                  becoming a Christian nine years ago, has been
set, please keep the students in mind.                                   with those whom you would probably call
                           * * *  *  *                                   "Plymouth Brethren." I gradually found out
                                                                         that their views on election, predestination and.


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  the sovereignty of God were not in accord,with                    Bearer and with R.F.P.A. publications; for all of
  Scripture. From time to time I received help and                  these I now thank our God.
  encouragement, directly and through  publica-                       There is still a lack of like-minded people in
  tions, from persons who seemed to be more                         Wellington, but at least I now know that there
  enlightened in these matters. However, on                         are some in other places.
  deeper study I discovered that these too believed
  in a god whose desires are frustrated and who is                    Knowing something of your commitments, I
  not  .really in control of the destinies of the                   do not expect an answer to this, but I thought
  finally impenitent. Since I respected those with                : that by writing this expression of gratitude even
  whom I disagreed and thought it highly probable                   I might be of some encouragement to you.
  that they knew better than I did, I naturally                       There are many things which I still must learn
  reexamined their views but could not reconcile                    and unlearn, but I feel that with the foundation
  them with Scripture. I then found myself in the                   rightly laid the prospects for the building are
  unenviable position of being in disagreement, on                  bright. The Potter will fashion the vessel accord-
  basic doctrine, with almost all Christians of my                  ing to His good pleasure, and I have no wish to
  acquaintance.                                                    ' ask Him, "What doest Thou?"
        Your visit to Wellington, in addition to the                   May His name be glorified!
  encouragement of your Friday evening lecture,
  brought me into contact with Mr. ,.                  with                                             Yours in Christ,
  the brethren of the O.P.C., with the  Standard                                                        N.N.


ALL AROUND US


                    Rev.  Tuininga  on  Reprobation   According
                                       to the Canons :of Dordt
                                Queen  Elizabeth's  Coup  d'etat
                                           Tories  and  Loyalists
                                            The Dutton ,Appeal
                      Dr.  Preus  Transfers  Tietjen  Heresy  Case

                                                        Rev. H. Veldman

REV. TUININGA ON REPROBATION ACCORDING                              love of God in Jesus Christ, even as Christ came not
              rT0 THE CANONS OF DORDT.                              into the world to condemn it, but to save it. At the
                                                                    same time we must solemnly warn people that if they
  The subject of reprobation received considerable                  do not repent and believe, the wrath of God abides
attention in The Outlook of June, 1976. In an article,              on them, and if they persist in their unbelief, they
entitled: The Canons of Dort on Reprobation, Rev.                   will be damned. It seems to me that is the only
Jelle Tuininga, writes, among other things, the .follow-            Biblical way we may present reprobation from  the
ing (page 29):                                                      ipulpit. It undergirds the utmost urgency of the gos-
                                                                    pel: reprobation is a real possibility if you do not
         As far as the silence of the pulpits in regard to          believe. And if that kind of preaching is absent from
       reprobation is concerned, I don't think we have to           our pulpits, if the warning about the dire conse-
       "preach reprobation." We have to preach the saving           quences of rejecting the gospel is not presented, then


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   God have mercy on us. But that is not the fault then            the Bible verse inseparably attached to the Liberty
   of the Canons of Dort, and the way it talks about               Bell has been removed from the new Liberty Bell
   reprobation.                                                    which is to perform the functions of the old. Coming
  I do not intend to discuss at this time the subject              for the main purpose of presenting the new bell, she
                                                                   offers in the glamour of pomp and ceremony an
of reprobation at length. I understand that the editor              emasculated gift, one that separates God and His
of our Standard Bearer intends to do this.                         Word from the faith of the nation and the struggle of
  I do wish to comment on this writer's contention                 those who won the independence. She then proceeds
that the subject of reprobation need not be preached.              to be honored in the White House as she dances with
It is true that the words, preach reprobation, appear              the successor of George Washington the next day.
in quotation marks. However, what the writer means,                      A God-fearing people cannot accept this. The
it seems to me, is clear from what he writes: "It                  spee.d with which she accomplished her coup, the
seems to me that is the only biblical way we may                   shock tremors which now shake the nation, call for a
present reprobation from the pulpit."                              placement upon that bell of the words of Leviticus
                                                                   25: 10: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto
  Will this paragraph be permitted to stand in  The                all the inhabitants thereof." Out battle cry echoing
Outlook? This comes very close to a conditional rep-               from Valley Forge is "No Bible; no bell!" "NO God;
robation. Any Arminian will subscribe. to this. But                No Liberty."
no Arminian will subscribe to the subject of reproba-
tion as set forth in the-Canons of Dordt. Reprobation             I do not wish to comment upon this so-called Coup
.must not be preached? I assume that Rev. Tummga                d'Etat of Queen Elizabeth. I do not know whether
does not preach on this subject. Of course, then he             this was deliberate on the part of the queen of Eng-
does not preach on election either. And then he does            land. I do wish to make a few remarks about the
not agree with what the apostle Paul says in Acts               statement: "A God-fearing people cannot accept
20:27: "For I have not shunned to declare unto you              this." And, also on page 1 of this issue of Christian
all the counsel of God."                                        Beacon Dr. Carl  McIntire writes, and I quote: "The
                                                                whole mdependence struggle was built upon the truth
  The only reprobation preaching Rev. Tuininga                  of God and the liberty He offers." This I cannot
wants is to proclaim to the wicked that the wrath of            accept.
God abides on them if they do not repent and be-                  First of all, our fathers, who engaged in the strug-
lieve. The fathers, however, speak of the  decree  of           gle for independence, stated among other things, that
reprobation according to which the Lord sovereignly             all men, have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit
withholds from sinners this faith and repentance.               of happiness. This is surely contrary to the teachings
That Rev. Tuininga wants this is easily understood.             of the Word of God. Man has right to nothing. All
One simply cannot believe that God loves all men,               men are under divine condemnation. The right to life,
would save all men (the Three Points of 1924) and               liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is the possession
that He does not love all men. To say the one thing             solely of the people of God and only for the sake of
simply means that one denies the other. So, believing           the atoning suffering and death of Jesus Christ, our
in the Three Points, one must be silent about God's             Lord.
decree of reprobation and present a proclamation of
the gospel to which no Arminian can possibly object.              Secondly, is our country a God-fearmg people? It
Rev. Tuininga writes: "And if that kind of preaching            seems to me that the most optimistic would dispute
is absent from our pulpits, then God have mercy                 this. Apart from the terrible scandals which rock our
upon us." To Rev. Tuininga I would say: "If this be             country time and again, one fact stands out among
the kind of preaching which prevails in your church,            many: our country is characterized by a terrible
may God have mercy upon you." The Formula of                    desecration of the sabbath day. This does not only
Subscription certainly requires of you that you                 apply to the common people; it is also characteristic
maintain the Reformed Creeds, and this includes the             of those who sit in the high places of authority. And
divine decree of reprobation.                                   they all seem to use the Name of the Lord in vain.
                                                                  Thirdly, in connection with that quotation from
      QUEEN ELIZABETH'S COUP D'ETAT                             Leviticus 25, only part of that verse appeared upon
                                                                the old liberty bell. The text also speaks of the fifti-
  In CHRISTIAN BEACON of Thursday, July 15,                     eth year, which would be a jubilee unto Israel. I do
1976,  Vol. XLI, Number 23, page 1, the following               not believe that they who inscribed this text, or a
article appears under the above heading, and we                 part of it, upon the old liberty bell understood this
quote:                                                          text from Leviticus 25. And I also fear that the
          Queen Elizabeth II representing the British people    Christian Beacon understands this liberty in the
    has negotiated a coup d'etat of the greatest historical     national sense of the word. This, however is not the
    significance. The tragedy of the Bicentennial is that       meaning of liberty as according to the scriptures. The


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 Word of God knows only one liberty or freedom, and                                                    plainly in the Synod's treatment of the Dutton
 that is the freedom wherewith we are made free by                                                     appeal.
 the Son of God. This is liberty, the, freedom of the                                                     That church appealed against a  Classis Grand
 service  of the living God, to serve the  only God                                                    Rapids East decision to approve the ordaining of a
 unhampered  and unmolested. (Incidentally, we                                                        candidate after he had said under examination that he
 r e c o m m e n d   t o   o u r   r e a d e r s   t h e   a r t i c l e   o f   H a r r y             did not believe that the serpent spoke to Eve as re-
 Langerak in  OUT Beacon Lights of June-July, 1976.)                                                  ported in Genesis 3 and that the earthquake reported
                                                                                                      in Matthew 28 should be understood as an  eschatol-
 TORIES AND LOYALISTS                                                                                 ogical symbol and not necessarily as a fact. The
                                                                                                      grounds for the appeal of Dutton were as follows:
      A t t e n t i o n   i s   c a l l e d   t o   t h i s   s u b j e c t   i n   C H R I S -
 TIANITY TODAY of July 2,  lS76,  page 6. In our                                                    We will not quote these grounds at this time. The
 country we call these people who did not support the                                              Dutton Appeal presented five grounds. These grounds
 American Revolution Tories. Elsewhere, as in En-                                                  are potent. They cannot be refuted. We now continue
 gland and in Canada, they are called Loyalists because                                            with our quotation.                               __-  .-..
 they remained loyal to the king of England. This is an                                                  The `Dutton church, following proper  pro;edure,
interesting article. We quote only a small part of it:                                                appealed to Synod, not against a man, but against a
            Colonial Americans who remained loyal to Great                                            decision of the  Classis  it believed was wrong. Synod
        Britain during the  Revohrtion have only recently                                             had to decide whether the decision of the  Classis  was
        become a subject of serious study. For a very long                                            right or wrong. Synod, made aware of the seriousness
        time, writers on American history perceived the                                               of the matter by the clearly worded appeal and many
        Revolution much as the original patriots did. So long                                         speeches of its delegates, rejected the appeal and
        as the virtue of the patriot cause and the magnitude                                          thereby, in fact, said that the  Classis decision was
        of British evil were accepted without question, the                                           right. Even though it deliberately rejected the several
        historian could look upon colonial Tories only as                                             proposed grounds which said the candidate's views
        sadly deluded, stubbornly obnoxious, and crassly  self-                                       were orthodox, it sustained the decision to ordain
        serving lackeys of the Bristish tyrants. And from a                                           him.
        religious perspective, belief in the manifest righteous-                                          This has developed into a test case. Even the
        ness of the patriot effort prevented later Americans                                         Grand Rapids  Press sensed the importance of the
        from being able to understand how a colonist could                                            decision, it headlined its report, "Dutton Appeal
        be both a genuine believer and a Tory.                                                        Provides the Drama As Curtain Falls on CRC Synod."
           There were, however, Christian roots to the                                               What does the Synod's decision tell the church and
        Loyalist point of view. The political commitments of                                          the world? (1) It says that the Christian Reformed
        the Christian Loyalists may have to be rejected, but a                                       Church will permit a man to enter its ministry even
        study of their religious perspective can enlighten                                            when in his examination he denied facts reported in
        American Christians who are concerned about sorting                                           the Bible. (2) It says (as the grounds of the appeal
       our loyalties to God, church, and country.                                                    intimated) that one entering our ministry may inter-
      We will not comment on the question whether the                                                pret his confession (Belgic Confession, Art.  V) that he
political commitments of these Christian Loyalists                                                   believes "without any doubt all things contained in"
may have to be rejected. But we do well to hesitate in                                               the Holy Scriptures to  mean  that he need not believe
                                                                                                     all things contained in them. (3) It means that the
our condemnation of people who acted as they did                                                     warnings the 1972 Synod issued even in the  contrd-
because they were loyal to the king of England. The                                                  versial and at some points ambiguous "Report 44"
scriptures surely justify obedience to the authorities,                                               "against the use of any method of biblical interpreta-
as in Romans 13, and they do not support revolution.                                                  tion which excludes or calls into question . . . the
I believe it is proper that we, in our history courses,                                               event character . . . of biblical history, thus compro-
try to understand these Loyalists during the Ameri-                                                   mising the full authority of Scripture as the Word of
can Revolution.                                                                                       God" (Acts 1972, p. 69, Art. 52, 3e) is not main-
                                                                                                      tained by the Christian Reformed Synod today. (4) It
                         THE DUTTON APPEAL                                                            means that our churches in officially permitting men
                                                                                                      who deny or question matters taught in the Bible to
      This DUTTON APPEAL was treated by the recent                                                    enter office, therefore have no valid ground on which
Cmistian Reformed Synod. The Rev. Peter De Jong                                                       to deny to others the right to hold or teach further
discusses this decision of thesynod in The Outlook of                                                 departures from Bible teachings. (5) It means that we
July, 1976, beginning on page 2 of this issue. We will                                                are well on the way toward catching up with our
now quote from this article.                                                                         increasingly liberal mother churches in the Nether-
                                                                                                     lands, perhaps where they were in 1967.
          The Dutton Appeal - Whether the denomination
      will permit its officers to question or deny events                                                One delegate, Rev. Stuart Pastine, after the
      recorded in the Bible, and therefore deny the Bible's                                           decisive vote had been taken, proposed a motion that
      claims to its own inerrancy, came out even more                                                Synod declare that the event-character of the serpent


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  in Genesis 3 and the earthquake in Matthew 28 must                 case against the. Rev. John H. Tietjen, who was sus-
   be regarded as facts.                                             pended in 1973 as president of Concordia Seminary
  The chairman, somewhat arbitrarily, it appeared,                   in Clayton, has been referred to another officer by
ruled this out of order. How sad! This is surely what                the Rev. Dr. Jacob A. 0. Preus, conservative president
                                                                     of the Lutheran Chruch-Missouri Synod.
this ,decision of the CRC Synod tells the church and
the world. This is exactly what one might expect                        "Dr. Preus said he took the action `because it. is a
after that Synod adopted Report 44. Unless these,                    well-known fact that I have been publicly identified
                                                                     as one who has been in disagreement. with Dr. Tietjen
churches repent, they will only continue to develop                  throughout the controversy in the synod. I have come
in the way of heresy and departure from the Word of                  to the conclusion that any further action ought not
God.                                                                 to be decided upon by myself.'
DR. PREiJS TRANSFERS TIETJEN HER&Y CASE.                              ' "THE CASE has now been turned over to Dr.
In Christian News, Monday, July 19, page 1, the                      Theodore Nickel, third vice president of the Synod."
following article appears:                                              According to the Globe, "Dr. Nickel, who has
        "Dr. Preus transfers Tietjen heresy case" is the             been a vice president of the synod since 1962, said he
   title of a story in the July 15 St. Louis Globe Demo-             plans to meet with all individuals involved in the case
   crat. The paper reported: "A decision on the heresy               before he reaches a decision."


GUEST ARTICLE


                               Good Works -- Yes, No

                                                  Rev. Wayne Bekkeving
                                                               ,
  The subject of good works has given rise to con-            &d must do good works. In Matthew 5: 16 we read
fusion in the minds of some of God's people. The              "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see
reason for that is not .difticult to understand. On the       your good works, and glorify your Father which is in
one hand, the Word of God and the Confessions                 heaven." Jesus i> here teaching us that the citizens of
speak of good works and admonish the saints to per-           the kingdom of heaven do perform good works. A
form them. On the other hand the Word of God and              more powerful text concerning good works we find in
the Confessions stress that our good works are not            Eph. 2: 10. "For we are his workmanship, created in
"the whoie or part of our righteousness before God,"          Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
"and also that our best works in this life are all im-        ordained that we should walk in them." Here the
perfect, and defiled with sin" (see the Heidelberg            deepest' cause for good works is seen in the fore-
Catechism, Lord's Day 24). Since the emphasis of the          ordained purpose of God, to glorify Himself through
Scripture is upon salvation by grace alone without            the good works of the saints. The. only possibility of
works, one could ask "Does not that truth make one            good works is presented here to be through recreation
careless with respect to performing good works?"              @I Christ Jesus.
  Part of the cause for confusion concerning good                   The Heidelberg Catetihism  in Lord's Day 33 asks'
works may also lie in the difference between what             the question "But what are good works? and it
man accounts a good work and what God accounts a              answers', "Only those which proceed from  a. true
good work.                                                    faith, are performed according to the law of God, and
                                                              to His glory; and not such as are founded on our
' Let us'try to shed some light from the Word  ok             imaginations, or the institutions of men." So often
God on this subject by first considering the positive         we judge works according to our imaginations and the
aspect (Good.Works - Yes) and then considering the            institutions of men. Do not we often think of good
negative aspect (Good Works - No) and finally con-            works from the point of view of their external value
sidering the relation between the two.                        or how they will look in the eyes of men? We like to
  The Scripture clearly teaches that the saints can do        think that a good wdrk would be something great,


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spectacular, and easily appreciated by men  - for          before God. "For by grace are ye saved through faith;
example, to give $50,000 to the cause of Missions or       and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not
for the construction of a new church or some other         of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph. 2:8 & 9)
building. That may or may not be a good work, for          "And if by grace, then it is no more of works: other-
that depends on the motive of the heart, and only          wise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works,
God can see the heart. By far the majority of the          then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more
good works of the saints are not evident to men            work." (Rom.  11:6) "Therefore we conclude that a
because they take place in the regenerated heart of        man is justified by faith without the deeds of the
the child of God.                                          law." (Rom..  3:28) All the righteousness of God's
   The "heart" in Scripture denotes the center of the      people is in Christ Jesus. His is the only righteousness
spiritual life of a person. A regenerated heart is the     that God will receive as satisfaction for sin. If a man
seat of a true and living faith. In the new hearts of      tries to merit righteousness by performing good
God's children dwells the new, eternal, and heavenly       works, the terrible weight of the law crushes  him.
life of Christ Jesus. With new hearts God's people         There is only one possibility of righteousness before
love God and the neighbor. In that reborn heart there      God and that is in and through the cross of Jesus
is a desire that, above all things, the name of God be     Christ. All attempts to merit righteousness are odious
glorified. Out of that regenerated heart the saint         to God, a stench to His holy nostrils.  ". . . All our
walks in the way of all of God's commandments.             righteousnesses are as filthy rags." (Isa. 64:6) It is for-
   The child of God has this new life now in principle,    ever impossible for a man to merit anything before
that is, in seed form. He has a beginning of heavenly,     God, for God has created man to serve and to glorify
eternal life now. But when we say "in principle" that      Himself. If a man does not do what God requires,
does not deny the reality of good works that proceed       then he becomes disobedient and guilty before God.
from the new heart. Often it seems that we are in-         If a man does serve and glorify God perfectly through
clined to deny the reality of spiritual things simply      good works (which he cannot do after the fall) then
because we cannot touch them. That is due to the           he still does not merit anything because that is what
weakness of our faith. Let us use an example to show       his Maker requires. "So likewise ye, when ye shall have
the reality of "in principle." When we plant a seed, a     done all those things which are commanded you, say,
bean seed in this case, soon the kernel swells. Some-      We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which
thing is happening inside which we as yet cannot see.      was our duty to do." (Luke 17 : 10)
If we take that swollen seed and break it open we will.
see a bean plant "in principle." Small, tender, im-          Secondly, we consider the question "Do the good
mature but nevertheless the complete beginning of a        works of the child of God come to manifestation
mature plant. So it is with the child of God; in prin-     perfectly, that is, without the defilement of sin?" We
ciple there is a complete beginning of a mature life of    have seen that the child of God  does  perform good
good works.                                                works in principle, but the Heidelberg Catechism in
                                                           Lord's Day 25 teaches "that our best works in this
  The whole life of the child of God as he lives out       life are all imperfect and defiled with sin." In Rom.
of a true faith involves good works. Believing in God      7:19 we read: "For the good that I would I do not:
through Jesus Christ is a good work. Praying properly      but the evil which I would not, that I do." It is when
to God is a good work. Confession of sin before God        we look at these two truths side by side that we can
and the neighbor is a good work. Trying to walk            become confused.
according to all of God's commandments and to His
glory are good works. Good works are real. God has           The child of God with a regenerated heart has a
before ordained that we should walk in them. Saints        desire to glorify God through good works, but he
do  perform good works. That is briefly the positive       finds that the good works that he wants to do,  he.
aspect of good works. (Good Works - Yes)                   does not. And the evil works that he does not want to
  Turning now to what we termed the negative               do,: he does. The explanation for this miserable situa-
aspect of good works (Good Works  - No) we will            tion is that the regenerated heart of the saint lives yet
                                                           in the flesh. The new heart is designated as the "in-
consider two questions. In the first place, "Are good      ward man" in Rom. 8: 22. Scripture also speaks of the
works the whole or part of our righteousness before        "new man," which, of course, implies rebirth through
God?" Or, in other words, "Do we gain merit by our         Christ Jesus. The "flesh" referred to in Romans 7 and
good works?" Secondly, "Do the good works of the           elsewhere denotes the "outward man," "the old
child of God come to manifestation perfectly, that is,     man," or "carnal mind which is not subject to the law
without the defilement of sin?" The answer to these        of  :God, neither indeed can be." The "flesh" sur-
questions is, of course, negative.                         rounds the "heart." The "heart" can only come to
  It is not difficult to show from the Word of God         expression through  .the agency of the "flesh." The
that by good works we do not merit righteousness           problem is that the "flesh" is corrupted through sin


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and is the enemy of all good. It is always disobedient         not one good work that can come to expression with-
to the will of God and always obedient to the will of          out becoming ensnared in the ruts of sin. This is the
the devil. The "flesh" is filled with pitfalls and ruts of     negative aspect of good works. (Good Works - No)
sin. The "flesh" is crooked and perverted. When the               Finally, what is the relation between our desire to
child of God, therefore, seeks to perform good works           bring forth good works and our inability to do so
he  finds that, as they pass through  & flesh, they            perfectly? Shall we despair and give up the struggle
become defiled and corrupted by the ways of sin in             against our flesh? May we take the attitude that it
the flesh. Even our best works and our loftiest mo-            makes no difference how we live since we are fore-
tives cannot corn:: to expression without corruption.          ordained to good works? Never may we do that!
For example, a child of God has sinned against a
brother and therefore against God. By grace he knows              The calling of the child of God is to be a faithful
that the way to forgiveness and peace lies in repent-          soldier and to war against the world, the devil, and his
ance. By grace he is able to carry out that good work,         own sinful flesh. He is called manfully to fight against
but not perfectly. Even while the child of God is on           and overcome sin, the devil and his whole dominion.
his knees before God in prayer confessing his sin he           He must struggle mightily to bring forth good works
has ;a mental picture of himself: he views himself as a        to the glory of God. The very fact that he cannot do
truly humble man doing now just the right thing. You           that perfectly makes him see his own wretchedness
see, pride creeps in and spoils the good work. Or one          and cry out for deliverance.
saint sees another saint in need. He, is motivated by             There is, however, comfort and victory for the
his new heart to manifest the mercyjof Christ to that          saints - comfort in that they do good works because .
one in need. That is a good work. But at the same              God has graciously chosen them to be vessels of
time there is a burning fleshly desire for someone to          honor. God by His Holy Spirit has given new life, and
become aware of his deed of mercy. He may carry                God upholds that new life because He has fore-
out his good work in a way that men can see. You see           ordained that His people should walk in good works.
that again the good work is tarnished with pride and           God leads the saints to the glorious victory so that
self-glorification. That is not satisfying to the saint; in    they receive the reward of the faithful - life eternal.
fact, it makes him miserable and leads him to cry out,         Presently God will free us from the corruption of our
"0 wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me                sinful flesh and bring us to glory. Glory for the child
from the body of this death?" (Rom. 7:24) There is             of God will be that he is able perfectly to bring forth
in this present life not one moment in which the               good works without the opposition of the flesh. Is
"flesh" ceases its corrupting influenceupon us. There is       that your only comfort?


FROM HOLY WRIT /


                   Exposition of Hebrews  13:22-25

                                                    Rev. G. Lubbers  I

  The writer to the Hebrews now has a few parting              doctrines." (Heb.  13:9) So the writer appeals to the
words for the Hebrews in connection with his letter,           brethren in this final word of exhortation to receive
or perhaps doctrinal teaching with fit and necessary           this entire letter which he characterizes as a "word of
exhortations. Now that he has written all that which           exhortation."
is contained in this letter there is but one thing left.
This letter must be "received," it must be read,                 AN APPEAL TO THE BRETHREN TO RECEIVE
digested, and the "word of exhortation" must be                THE WORD OF EXHORTATION  (Hebrews  13:22)
followed up by a conformable conduct and life. They              The Hebrews are not only addressed as brethren,
must not be "carried about by divers and strange               but each time that the writer would  ,make special


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     appeal to the sanctified consciences of these saints, he    reason it is to heed the word spoken first by the
     calls them "brethren." This means that the Word of          Lord Jesus Himself, and which was confirmed by
     God here comes to the very people of God whom               those who heard him, and which were followed by
     Jesus is not ashamed to call brethren. He views them        the testimony of signs and wonders and divers (mani-
     in their connection with Christ, Who has sanctified         fold) miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost according
     them, for both Christ, who is the sanctifier, and the       to his own will! And if a man died without mercy
     congregation which is sanctified by Christ,,are all out     who despised Moses' law on the word of two or three
     of one father, Adam. (Hebrews  2:10, 11) The                witnesses, how much worse will it be for those in the
     Hebrews belong to. the "many sons" which the                New Testament, "who have trodden under foot the
     eternal God brings to glory through the sufferings of       Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant,
     Christ and His sitting at God's right hand. These           wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and
     Hebrews are not merely brethren of one another and          have done despite unto the Spirit of grace"?
     of the writer, but they are brethren of the Lord and          That is the constant calibre of the admonitions
     of the entire church. In the midst of the congregation      here. They are very strong throughout. But the situa-
     Christ will praise the Lord. (Hebrews 2: 12; Psalm          tion among the Hebrews called for it. They were living
     22:23) Hence, there is a mighty appeal in the terrn         in  Judea in the very shadow of the Old Testament
     "brethren." Compare: Hebrews 3: 1 where the                 temple. The beautiful stones were still not yet thrown
     Hebrews are called "holy brethren, partakers of the         down by the Romans. The sacrifices were still in full
     heavenly calling." Only as such partakers can they          swing. (Hebrews 13: 9) There was a tremendous
     consider the Apostle and High Priest of their profes-       appeal in this all. For thus it had been since the time
     sion, Jesus Christ. This puts the usage of the term         of Moses. However, they must not return. The situa-
     "brethren" in a special light in such passages as           tion called for strong medicine of the Word. It is an
     Hebrews 3:12; 10:19; 13:22.                                 either-or situation!
        The readers are .asked to receive, as brethren, the        Small wonder that there was need of this earnest
     word of exhortation. This is really an exhortation          plea that the Hebrews suffer the word of exhortation.
     which appeals to the new relationship in Christ. Thus       The word "suffer" is a very telling word in the Greek.
     in Philippians 2: 1, 2 a very special appeal is made to     The term is  "aneschesthe.   ", We believe that it is
     the "consolation in Christ, fellowship of the Spirit,       imperative, expressing an exhortation. It sometimes
     comfort of love and bowels and mercies." Here is an         means "endure patiently" (I Cor.  4:2; Matt. 17: 17)
     appeal to the new man in Christ Jesus. Here is the only     to bear with the weakness of the brother. (Ephesians
     "point of contact" for the exhortations in Christ           4:2) It also means to "hold oneself back" as did the
     Jesus. If one cannot appeal here he has  ngt&g  to          Corinthians .with Paul. (II Cor. 11: 1, 19) But here it
     which to lay hold on in the sanctified conscience.          means to receive and place oneself patiently under
     Then either the word is altogether rejected, or it is       the teaching of the entire Old Testament. Scriptures
     not received because the flesh prevails, and men do         as interpreted here and as shown fulfdled in Christ,
     not put off all malice, envy, evil speaking, hypocrisy      the Son of God in these last days.
     and desire the pure milk of the word to grow
     thereby. (I Peter 2: l-3)                                   !~-HE  ~h5vrTY  0~  THE  BOOK OF  HEBREW:
                                                                 (Hebrews 13 : 22b)
       A close look at this letter will indicate that the
     entire argument from the Scriptures of the Old Testa-         At first sight of this matter of the writer's assertion
     ment are at every point "exhortative." The writer           that he has "written with few" words, one is a bit
     therefore gives the readers the key of knowledge here.      mystified. For surely this letter is not a short one
     They must not throw it away as did the evil Jews in         compared with many of the other letters in the New
     Jesus' day. These were men who took away from the           Testament. Besides, this is a rather long letter, com-
     people the "key of knowledge," failed to enter them-        prising thirteen chapters.
     selves into the kingdom, and hindered them to enter           Upon closer and more careful consideration it is
     who would. Such is not the case with this writer.           quite evident that the writer can speak of "writing in
     (Luke 11:52) Hence, they must receive this word of          few words" when he compares the vastness of the
     exhortation which is, so deeply, broadly, and Scrip-        subjects which he has been considering in this writing
     turally anchored. They must not fall away from the          to the Hebrews. It covers the entire field of the
     living God as revealed in all the Scriptures. We have       shadows and types as they are related to the promises
     but to look at such passages as Chapter 2: 1, 2,3 and       of old to be realized-in Christ Jesus. The writer could
     Chapter  10:26-31  to see the mighty urgency of the         have expanded each of these facets in the instructive
     writer's "exhortation." Was there reason for heeding        argument to a larger treatise. It would have perhaps
     the teaching given in the Old Testament dispensation        been easier then to grasp. Now they will need to
     which was given by angels to Moses at Sinai, far more       study and think, and be as the Berean brethren, who



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"searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things         this letter is written from near Rome in Italy. The
were so." (Acts 17: 11) They must needs do this very         view that those "of Italy" were perhaps people of
painstakingly for their very life's sake. If this is done    Italy living elsewhere, where the writer is, seems a bit
they will not take offense at what the writer exhorted       unnatural, although this is possible. It might-have
but will thankfully receive this letter as the key of        been such people as Aquila and Priscilla. (Acts 18:2)
knowledge. What a joy it has been for the writer of          Had the Bible intended this as something important,
these lines to have engaged in this study, and by            we would have been told. We shall, therefore, pursue
God's grace to be a faithful and more noble                  this matter no farther.
"Berean"!
THE WRITER  `S INTENTION  l'0 VISIT THE                      FINAL GREETINGS  (Hebrews 13 :24,25)
HEBREWS (Hebrews 13 : 23)                                      This is the salutation from the writer. It is for the
  It is not the intention of the writer in mentioning        entire congregation. It is something which the readers
the fact that Timothy has been released,                     must do for the writer. They must "salute" the
                                                             brethren which have the rule over them. That first of
(upolelumenon)   to tell us in a vague way that he is
Paul; Perhaps he was. However, when reading such             all. It is proper that they should have this respect for
                                                             them as they who must give account for their souls.
writers as  Phillip  Schaff and T. Rees and a host of
others, perhaps it is best to follow the judgment of         (Heb. 13: 17) However, they must bring the writers
                                                             salutation to all the saints in Jerusalem, which pos-
Origin who wrote "Only God knows who the author
of Hebrews is." (Compare Vol. I,                             sibly numbered in the hundreds. And the peace of the
                                      International Stan-    writer must not return to him. Thus the way is paved
dard Bible Encyclopaedia, pages 1355-l 362, Histow           for a fruitful visit by the writer in their midst, Paul or
Of Th'k Christian Church, Vol. I, pages 808-824. We
heartily concur with the judgment of B.F. Westcott,          whoever he was.
Page lxxix, where he writes, ". . . We acknowledge the         To this is added the greetings of the congregation
divine authority of the Epistle, self-attested and           of "`those of Italy." Here is an expression of the fel-
ratified by the illuminated consciousness of the Chris-'     lowship of the saints. Here is the bond of unity from
tian Society: we measure what would have been our            the one "synagogue" to the other, the tie that binds
loss if it had not been included in the Bible; and we        in Christian love, which is like "the fellowship from
confess that the wealth of spiritual power was so            above." Psalm 133.
great in the early church that he who was. empowered           And finally there is the greetings "Grace be with
to commit to writing this view of the fulness of the         you all." This is the grace which edified the heart and
truth has not by that conspicuous service even left his      not meats. It is to be with each of the members of
name for the grateful reverence of later ages. It was        Christ. The whole congregation of Christ receives the
enough that the'faith and the love were there to min-        grace of Christ' and the peace of God which passes all
ister to the Lord (Matt. xxvi 13)"      j                    understanding.
  What the writer intends to tell the readers is that          Thus it shall truly be.       The writer ends with
God has brought forth Timothy from prison, so that           "Amen." All that he had written was concerning Him
now he is free to accompany him to them very                 from whom, by whom, and unto whom all things are.
shortly. The situation called also for a visit to the        It behooved Him, in bringing many sons to glory to
Hebrew saints. And we can well understand that such          perfect the captain of our salvation through sufferings.
a visit was indeed fruitful. How grand to have had the
visit of such a servant of God in our midst. Perhaps           Amen, so let it be!



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                                 Love Not the World


                                                  Rev. J. Kortering

  There are many passages in the Bible that empha-           by Him." The same is true of the world of the lost,
size the truth of the antithesii.  Do not let that word      the world of evil. Under the prince, Satan, the world
scare you. Literally, it means to be against God. By         of evil is organized in opposition against God. The
its usage, however, it means to oppose that which is         ranks of devils, depraved men, all stand united in
against God. The calling of covenant youth is to             hatred of God and His people. Hence the Bible speaks
oppose evil and thereby be free to promote the good.         of the  world  of the lost: "I pray not for the world,
This is living the antithesis. The Word of God empha-        but for them which thou hast given me, for they are
sizes this repeatedly. "Can two walk together except         thine," John  17:9. Finally, the same is true for the
they be agreed?" Amos 3  :3. "Have no fellowship             world of the saved. Christ, the last Adam, redeemed
with the unfruitful works of darkness,  ,but rather          the world and presents this world unto the Father for
reprove them," Eph. 5: 11. "But be ye not unequally          His glory. Of this we read in John 3 : 16, 17: "For
yoked together with unbelievers," II Cor. 6: 14. "Pure       God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten
religion and undefiled before God and the Father is          son that whosoever believeth on him should not
this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic-    perish, but have everlasting life. God sent not His son
tion and to keep himself unspotted from the world,"          into the world to condemn the world, but that the
James 1:27.                                                  world through him might be saved."
  There is one passage, however, that speaks directly           Looking at I John 2: 15-17, we can immediately
to young men, and so to all young people. We find            conclude that in this passage John refers to the world
this in I John  2:14-17, "I have written unto you            of; evil. Love not the world! The devil is the defiant
young men, because ye are strong, and the word of            leader of this world. With him are all his fallen angels
God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the                 of different ranks. He influences the ungodly and uses
wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things           them in the service of sin. All are organized together
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the        in the goal of defeating Christ and His church.
love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and        Besides the persons involved, John also speaks of
the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the         "the things of this world." These are further defined
world. And the world passeth away and the lust               in verse 16: "The lust of the flesh, the lust of the
thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth           eyes, the pride of life." This is a description of the
forever."                                                    spiritual make-up of this world. Lust refers to the
                                                             influence of man's depravity upon his will. From an
THE WORLD                                                    evil heart, he wants the things of the flesh, or his evil
  The inspired John writes concerning the world. As          nature. To be sure, these "wants" are always wrong.
you know, he uses the word world in three different          They are sinful. They turn away from God. The lust
ways throughout his writings. The root idea of world,        of the flesh may be described as the desire to believe
kosmos, means orderly relationship of many parts.            the lie, the longing to fulfill the appetite for sin, and
Bearing this in mind, the word world applies to crea-        to do this in rebellion against God. The lust of the
tion. The world of nature is made up of many parts:          flesh is excited by the "lust of the eyes." The eyes
animals, vegetables, minerals, all interdependent.           represent the windows of the soul by which the flesh
John 1: 10, "He was in the world, the world was made         is made aware of the appealing things which are round


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 about. There are other "eyes" such as the hearing,            and pride of life to influence our lustful flesh. To join
 the touching, the tasting, and smelling. All together         in such, is to love the world.
 the senses put us into direct contact with the world
 round about us. The flesh sees and hears things which it      AFATALMISTAKE
 desires and therefore "lusts after." With the eyes one          The inspired writer gives us two reasons why we
 beholds the sensuous woman. With the ears he hears            ought not to love the world.
 sensuous music. With the taste, smell, and touch he
 gets heady with fleshly emotions. Surely, the world             The first is, "If any man love the world, the love of
 knows all about this; it capitalizes on this in order to      the Father is not in him," verse 15.
 make money. Records are pressed by the millions;                 Sit up and pay attention to this.
 cosmetics (which literally means worldly) is a                   If we love the world the love of the Father is not in
 booming business; the culinary skills are advertised          us. In other words, we deceive ourselves to think that
 everywhere. And to what end? For the pride of life.           we can love both the Father and the world. The love
 The great motivation of the world is to show off their        bond with the Father is an exclusive relationship and
 best achievements. Life for them is riches, honor,            anyone who truly loves the Father will not and can-
 fame, and fortune. Pride swells their breast when this        not love the world.
 goal is achieved. To that end they devote the lust of
 the flesh and lust of the eyes. Crass materialism ends          Why is this true?
 in the pride of life.                                           The answer is that it is contrary to the nature of
   Thus the Holy Spirit tells us, "Love not the                love.  1
 world."                                                         We see this reflected in the human relationship be-
                                                               tween  .husband  and wife. If a husband is having an
 LOVENOTTHEWORLD                                               affair with another woman, he cannot say to his wife,
                                                               I love you. The same is of course true for a wife. If he
   He doesn't say, have no dealings with this world.           does, he is a hypocrite. The reason is the nature of
 Nor does he say, flee out of the midst of this world.         love. To add a third party is to adulterate it, to cor-
 John says,  "Love  not this world." The word love             rupt it, to add a foreign element which destroys it!
 which he uses here is the word that emphasizes a spir-        Adultery ends. in broken marriages, broken homes,
 itual dimension. In the deepest sense, it is the love that    because `it breaks the love bond. Only repentance and
 proceeds from God to us and through us returns to             forgiveness can heal that terrible breach. Such repent-
 God. That love must not be directed toward the                ance means forsaking the other woman.
 world! To express it differently, Jesus said, "Lay up
 for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where your              Our love reflects the love Christ has for us and our
 treasure is there will your heart be also," Matt.             love for ,Him. To love the world is to adulterate that
 6: 19-21. Love not the world means do not set your            love relationship. The true love of God in our hearts
 heart upon the world. The world is not our goal;              requires; of us the love of our heart, our mind, our
 neither is our mind and will directed toward it as our        will, our emotions, our body, our possessions, our all!
 chief delight. That world is not of God, but its source       As Jesus said, "Where your treasure is there will your
 is of the world itself. Rather, God is the object of our      heart be`also." Our heart cannot be in two places; it is.
 love and that in Christ Jesus our Savior and Lord.            either with God or with the world. Hence, if we love
                                                               the world, John emphasizes correctly, "the love of
   Being part of the world of the saved, we  .can              the Father is not in you!"
 appreciate these words. We are included in the elec-
 tion of God. We know the repentance of sin and the              The second reason is that the love of the world is
joy of forgiveness for the sake of the cross. God `has         so foolish. This is expressed in verse 17: "The world
 shed His love in our hearts. Being part of the world of       passeth away and the lust thereof, but he that doeth
 the saved, we hear God say, "Love not the world!"             the will pf God abideth forever.?' Why love something
 Don't let the lust of the flesh gain the upper hand in        that is temporary? The world passeth away! How well
 your life through the lust of the eyes and pride of           we know. The individuals that seemed to mean so
 life. Don't let the world influence you with their            much, pine and die. Civilizations come and go. The
 tantalizing evil and sordid passions. Be spiritually beautiful body which is the proud possession of
 separate from them. Think of this the next time you           youth, soon gets wrinkled, and the need for cosmetics
 are tempted to go to the movies, to watch the wrong           gets greater. Solomon tells us all about this in Ecclesi-
 television program, to booze at the night club, or lose ] astes 11.
. your head with the din of rock music. At such mo-              The final end will come when Jesus will return
 ments we can never stand up and say, "I love i upon the clouds of heaven. I know the world refuses
 Jehovah," No, at such times we are saying, "I love the        to admit this. They refused to believe the flood
 world." We allow that world with its lust of the eyes         would come in. Noah's day as well. Yet, at the very


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zenith of man's power and glory, Christ will come                                         not come naturally; it comes in the inner struggle of
and destroy it all. The pride of man will reach up to                                     grace in our hearts and lives.
the kingdom of anti-Christ. Within that kingdom the                                          We need to be warned, do we not? Love not the
lust of the flesh and lust of the eyes will be given its
full expression.                                                                          world!
                            Lawlessness and evil will abound.
When Christ will return, the sun will be darkened and                                        Identify that world. Also the things that are in the
the moon will be changed into blood. The earthquake                                       world.
and hailstones will ruin the great civilization. The                                          Reject them.
inhabitants will cry, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen!"                                         Search your heart and life as to the love of God. Is
And fire will consume all the pride of life.                                              your greatest joy covenant fellowship with God? Is
    All who love that world will perish with that                                         that your inner peace?
world. They will be swallowed up in the lake of fire                                         Let's give thanks to God that in His love He gives
forever.                                                                                  us this word whereby He works His love in our hearts.
THEWARNING                                                                                   He who loves God, doeth the will of God and
                                                                                          abideth forever.
    Who would be so foolish as to love that world?                                           Love God by doing His will.
    Are you?                                                                                 No wonder we reach heavenward. There love will
    We cannot sit back as covenant youth and say, the                                     be perfect. The world will be removed. Only the
love of the world is far removed from me! Is it? There                                    Father will abide with us forever.
is a `strong point of contact between us and that
world. It is our own flesh. We still have the lusts of                                       Love not the world.
the eyes and the pride of life. The love of God does                                         Love your Father in heaven.





                                                      Index to Volume 52

                              TEXTUAL INDEX                                               Hebrews 13:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH      650
                                                                                          Hebrews 13:8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL      538
Psalm1:6a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          842    Hebrews 13:s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL      573
Psalm 110:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.CH           938    Hebrews 13:lO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL       641
Proverbs  22: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V        986    Hebrews 13:11-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GL           684
Isaiah 3:4-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RCH        521    Hebrews 13:11-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G L        735
Isaiah %8-l 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RCH         571    Hebrews 13:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . GL       756
&ah 3:12-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :RCH             634    Hebrews 13:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G L     812
Isaiah 3: 16-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:RCH        704    Hebrews 13:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL      855
+iah 3:24-4: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,RCH                  Hebrews 13:20,21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL         907
                                                                                   758
Isaiah 5:8-30                                                                             Hebrews 13:20,21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G L        953
                   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RCH    955    Hebrews 13:22-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1. . . . . . GL           997
isaiah  53:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH      794    James 5:7,8         ....... . ..................... MS 890
isaiah62:6;7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH          722    I John5:21  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M S   9 6 2
`Jeremiah 18:1-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HV 914               Jude 3,4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS 698
`Matthew 1122-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS            602    Revelation 3: 1 1                          . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H v   5 5 4
Matthew 16: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH          506    Revelation 9: 3 - i ; : : : : : : : : : : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HCH     928
`Matthew  28:65a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HV          770
Mark 4:ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CH        578
`Luke2:14b'...............................HV                                                                         BOOKS REVIEWED
                                                                                   626
John12:23-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..C H                    Basket  of Fragments, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH           671
                                                                                   866    Call  to-Holiness, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH     670
iohn20:29'.....: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..M S               818    Christian Looks at HimseIf,  The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH             718
`11 Corinthia(ns 5:17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HV          574    Christian View of History, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH             814
&hesians 5':15-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS             746    Devo  tionals For Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX?3       670
Hebrews   12:1,2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MS           530    Een Halve Eeuw Theologie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD               695


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`Federalist Papers, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 1007                                                       -B-
Golden Booklet  of the                                                                   Banner and Report 44,The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 710
   TYue Christian Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH           670    Beatitudes, How Do We See Ourselves
Gospel of Mark, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH            670       intheLightofthe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 931
Grace Upon Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HI3            815    Believing In the Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 818
History of Christian Doctrines, The . . . . . . . . . . MHH                       838    Bible, How to Read the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 563
Jesus, theStory  ofHis  Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J3H             815    Bible the Word of God?, Is the (1) . . . . . . . . . . . .M.K.  764
Lifein  thespirit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           550    Bible the Word of God? Is the (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.K. 783
Marriage: The Mystery of Christ                                                          Biblical Authority, Lutherans Debate . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 973
   andthechurch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         982    Biblical Zoology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 830
More Psalms for All Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH                670
Mysteries of the Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                695
Person and Ministry of the                                                                                                         -c-
   Holy Spirit, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH          550    CRC Synod, The Basic Issue at the . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 974
Power- Word and Text- Word in                                                            Caiaphas' Rending of His
   Recent Reformed Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH                   886       High Priestly Garment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 770
What About Baptism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 1006                Calvin Sponsors "Arts in Worship" Confab
What is this `<Free  Offer" of                                                              Oct. 2-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 910
   Salvation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    623    Carter's Religion, Mr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.C. 926
William Barclay: A Spiritual                                                             Challenge for Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 680
   Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH            670    Change?, Does God Ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 957
WordinDeed . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l3H         670    Changeless Christ in an
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia                                                            Everchanging World, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 650
   of the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD       694    Chiang Vs. Chou In Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 831
                                                                                         Christ Builds His Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 506
                                                                                         Christian Reformed Synod Approves . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 536
                                                                                         Christian Stewardship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 593
                                                                                         Christian Stewardship (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 706
                                                                                         Christmas Observance, On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R.M. 632
                               SUBJECT INDEX                                             Christmas Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 626
                                                                                         Christ's People A Willing People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 938
                                        -A-                                              Church;Christ  Builds His . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 506
Abortion Business, The Church's . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 973                       Church Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . 743
Abortion in the Hague, National                                                          Church Order: Time For a Revision?, Our. . . . . M.H.H. 857
   Manifesto Against . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 536              Church Protected and Purified, The . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 849
-American Delegation Asks Penetrating                                                    Church Union in Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 958
   Questions of Dutch Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 680                      Church  !Word and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 662
American Translation, An. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 893                     Church& of the Reformed Family in the Netherlands
Angels, Devils and Evil Spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 615                      Move Closer Toward Union, Two . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 877
Announcing Our New Australia Office . . . . . . . H.C.H. 775                             Clasping a Viper to the Bosom (1) . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 800
Annual Report R.F.P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 575                  Clasping a Viper to the Bosom (2) . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 823
Anxiety and Worry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 546               Clasping a Viper to the Bosom (3) . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 989
Are We Heading for a Showdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 662                         Comments on Report 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 709
"Arts in Worship" Confab, Calvin Sponsors . . . . . H.V. 910                             Common Grace for Cain, About . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 944
As Others See Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 726                Communion of the Saints, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D.H. 715
Asaph, An Experience With . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 835                     Communion of the Saints, The (2) . . . . . . . . . . A.D.H. ,728
Asaph, An Experience With (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 879                       Compromise, More On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.T. 970
Australasian Tour, Our (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 509                    Compromising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.D. 781
Australasian Tour, Our (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 533                    Conference Between the PRC and the RCUS,
Australasian Tour, Our (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 557                       Report on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RM.  608
Australasian Tour, Our (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 605                    Congregational Singing and Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 851
Australasian Tour, Our (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 629                    Contending for the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 698
Australasian Tour, Our (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 652                    Contentment, The Jewel of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D.K. 808
Australasian Tour, Our (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 677                    Correspondence, Encouraging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 991
Australasian Tour, Our (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 701                    Courthial, Pierre Courthial's Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 512
Australasian Tour, Our (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 725                    Courthial, Pierre: Correspondence
Australasian Tour, Our (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 772                        a n d R e p l y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H . C . H .   6 5 6
Australasian Tour, Our (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 797                   Covenant, The Works of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H. 902
Australasian Tour, Our (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 821                     Covenant-Breaking, About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 847
Australasian Tour, Our (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 844                     Creation, Man's Creation and Fall (1) . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 667
Australasian Tour, Our (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H;  869                    Creation, Man's Creation and Fall (2) . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 686
Australia Office, Announcing Our New . . . . . . H.C.H. 775                              Creation, Man's Creation and Fall (3) . . . . i . . . R.D.D. 740


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  Creation, The Doctrine of. . . . . _ . . . . . . . _ _ _ .R.D.D. 523                    Glory Made Wretched (22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 758
  CreaturesmChrist,New . . . . . ii.;. . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 674                       God's Glory?, Do ALL Things to . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 786
  Crime-Again . . . . . . . . . ;; . .. .. .. . . . . . "
                                                              . . . . . G.V.B. 547        God's People, The Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 589
  Criminals Are Made - Not Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 862                GoodName,A . . . . . . ;;;;;...;;:;:...;;;.;.  J.K.' 663
                                                                                          GoodWorks-Yes,No...:.;...;.;...;.;...W.B.  995
                                         -D-                                              Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Decision, Time for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 862               theCallof(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..D.E. 564
 DeJong's  Answer to E. Wierenga, Rev. Peter. . . . . H.V. 974                            Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Desiring the Sincere Milk of the Word . . . . . . . R.G.M.  975                           theCahof(14).              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,...D.E. 612
 Devils and Evil Spirits, Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 615                   Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Direction Are We Going?, In What . . . . . . . . . . . . T.F. 969                           the Call of(15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D.E. 665
 Direction - Where God Calls, In the Right . . . . H.C.H. 965                             Gospel; Hyper-Calvinism and
 Directory, Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743              theCallof(16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 753
 Divine Potter, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 914              Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and                          -
 Divine Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..R.D.D. 636                     theCallof(17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 804
 Divorce? And Now - A New Stand on . . . . . . . . . H.V. 958                             Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Do ALL Things to God's Glory? . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 786                            theCallof(18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..D.E. 904
 Doctrine and Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 788             Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Doctrine of Creation, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 523                    theCallof(19). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 951
 Does God Ever Change? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 957                   Gospel, Hyper-Calvinism and
 Does God Send Sickness? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B.' 73 1                      theCallof(20). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 977
 Dutch Churches, American Delegation Asks                                                 Government Removed in Judgment,
    Penetrating Questions of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 680                     Incompetent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 521
 Dutton Appeal, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 994                Grace for Cain, About Common . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 944
                                                                                          Graduation,  Pre-Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 917
                                        -E-                                               Graham's Compromise, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 877
 Editor's Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 797                                                    -H-
 Editor's Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 821
 Editor's Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 873          Heritage and the Standard Bearer,                                                           i
 Editor's Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 991               Our . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 586  ;
 Edmonton, Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 561                   figher Criticism, Lower and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 764  !:
 Election and Reprobation (IV) . . . . . . . . . . . ..R.D.D.  971                        History, A Chritian View of - Book Review:
Election and Reprobation As Taught by                                                        Correspondence and Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 884 .
    John Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 929           Holland, Church Union in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 958
Eternal Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 826            Holy Spirit: God's Downpayment
                                                                                                                            -              . . . . . . . . . . M.H.H. 828  I
Eternal Election (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 853                Hooked on Fashion (21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 704
Evil Spirits, Angels, Devils and . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 615                    House Divided Against Itself, A . . . . . . . . . . . . , . H.V. 537
Exhorted to Walk Circumspectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 746                        How Possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.V. 680
Experience With Asaph, An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 835                     How to Read the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 563
Experience With Asaph, An (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 879                       "Hyper-Calvinism". See Gospel

                                                                                                                                  -I-
                                        -F-                                              Idols, Little Children!, No
Fall, Man's Creation and (1)                                                                                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 962
                                         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 667        If Tomorrow I Were to Die
Fall, Man's Creation and (2)                                                                                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..G.V.B.  836
                                         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 686        Immediate Regeneration, About Mediate and . . H.C.H. 943
Fall, Man's Creation and (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 740                    Incompetent Government Removed                                                          /
False Guides and Crooked Judges (20) . . . . . . . R.C.H. 634                               in Judgment . . . . . . . . .
Family Circle, A Triangle Within a                                                                                               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 521
                                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H. 596    Insoluble Marriage Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 779
Fear of Schism In Missouri Synod . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 563
Firstfruits of An Abundant Harvest                                                       Inventory, Shall We Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 617 1
                                                      . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 866
Five Churches Finalize NAPARC . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 763
Four Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 566                                                   -J-
Foxes, The Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 881
Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                        Jamaica, News From. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.M.F. 860
                                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 810
Future That is Past, The                                                                 Jehovah's Knowledge of the Righteous. . . . . . , . . H.V. 842
                                   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J.  696     Jewel of Contentment, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 808

                                       -G-                                                                                       -K-
GKN, South Africa Church Breaks With . . . . . . H.C.H.  751                             Key of Knowledge, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 920
GKN Synod Spends Much Time With Kuitert . . . . H.V. 762                                 Kingdom and Capital Fallen (19) . . . . . . . , . . . R.C.H. 571
GKN, The Wiersinga Case in the . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 941                        Kromminga, Dr. John and the WCC . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 780
Gem, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . H.C.H. 533           Kuitert, GKN Synod Spends Much Time With . . . H.V. 762-


                                                                     THE STANDARD BEARER                                                                                1005


                                     -L-                                            News From Our Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.G.V. 768
LCM Synod, Trouble Within the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 83 1                                                                                                    792
Labor Dav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V. 618                                                                                           816
LedasaLambtotheSlaughter                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 794                                                                                        840
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,H.H. 610                                                                                              864
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. 643                                                                                              888
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. 658                                                                                              911
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 682                                                                                             935
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. 713                                                                                              959
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 781                                                                                             984
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H.H. 802                                                                                            1008
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 832
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH. 874                                                   -o-
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.H. 946
Letter to Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   OPC-RPCES Union Fails to
                                                                     H.H. 980
Liberal Congregation Leaves                                                            Gain Sufficient Votes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 662
                                                                                    Offer in the Preaching, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
   Missouri Synod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                              H.V.
                                                                     .H.V. 739                                                                                          562
                                                                                    OldandtheNew,The..
Little Things of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D.K. 516                                              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 711
                                                                                    Open Letter to Rev. G. I. Williamson
Local Conferences Planned by NPRF . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                     . . . . . . . .
                                                                     H.V. 764                                                                                H.C.H. 582
                                                                                    Open Season On Reprobation
Lord's Supper, About the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 872
                                                               .M.H.H. 525          OpenYour  Eyes
LoveandRisk,Of.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. `878                                     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.C.H. 559
                                                                                    Open Your Eyes: Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 656
Love, Little Things of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 5 16        Original Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Love Not the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                             R.D.D. 776
                                                                      J.K.lOOO
Lower and Higher Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 764
Loyalists, Tories and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 994                                                -P-
Lutheran Merger? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 832         Parental Report Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.V.O. 621
Lutheran President Ousted Friday, Detroit . . . . . . H.V. 878                      Parental Schools - How Long Yet? . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 896
Lutherans Debate Biblical Authority . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 973                    Patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..D.K. 900
                                                                                    Patient Until the Lord Comes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 890
                                     -M-                                            Persevering Unto the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 554
Man's Creation and Fall (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..R.D.D. 667                Pierre Courthial's  Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 5 12
Man's Creation and Fall (2) . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 686                Prayer Substitute,
Man's Creation and Fall (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 740                   Transcendental Meditation  - A . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 591
Mark of the Beast, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 692             Prayers for All Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 640
Marriage Problems, Insoluble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 779               Pre-Seminary Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 917
Masons and Membership, On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 661                  Presbyterian Advocate, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 738
Mediate and Immediate Regeneration, About . H.C.H. 943                              Preus Transfers Tietjen Heresy Case, Dr. . . . . . . . . H.V. 995
Missions, Special Collections for . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 688                Professor Kuitert and the Women in Office . . . . . H.V. 562
Missouri Synod, Fear of Schism in . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 563                  Providence, Divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 636
Missouri Synod, Liberal Congregation Leaves . . . . H.V. 739                        Pulpit Exchange With RCA, Reformation
Modem Method, Reformation Church or . . . . . . .  H.V.  708                           Sunday Will Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 639
Movies, Religious or Otherwise, What About . . . . H.V. 876
                                                                                                                         -Q,R-
                                     -N-                                            Queen Elizabeth's Coup d'etat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 993
NAPARC,  Five Churches Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 763                  Redlands, Our School in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.K. 760
NPRF, Local Conferences Planned By . . . . . . . . . H.V. 764                       Reformation and the
Name,A Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 663            New Hermeneutics, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.B. 568
National Manifesto Against Abortion                                                 Reformation Church or Modern Method . . . . . . . H.V. 708
   intheHague  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 536       Reformation Sunday Will Mark
New Creatures in Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 674                    Pulpit Exchange With RCA . . . . . . H.V. 639
New Hermeneutics, The Reformation and the . . . W.B. 568                            Reformed Churches in Netherlands Pronounce
News From Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.M.F. 860                Judicium  on Wiersinga Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 909
News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.G.V. 528                 Reformed Witness Hour Cancelled
                                                                          576         in New Jersey, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 638
                                                                          600       Regeneration, About Mediate and Immediate . H.C.H. 943
                                                                          623       Report Cards, Parental . . . . . . . . . . . . .                         R.V.O. 621
                                                                          648       Report on the Conference Between the
                                                                          672         PRC and the RCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R.M. 608
                                                                          696       Report 44, Comments on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 709
                                                                          719       Report 44, The Banner and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 710
                                                                          744       Report from "Down Under" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 917


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`Reprobation According to the Canons of Dordt,                                            Third General Assembly, PCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.C .. 544
    Rev. Tuininga on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 992               Three Dutch (GKN)  Ministers
 Reprobation As Taught by John Calvin,                                                       Call for Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 681
    Election and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.D.D. 929             Tietjen Heresy Case, Dr. Preus Transfers . . . . . . . . H.V. 995
 Reprobation Ignored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 513                 Time for Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 862
 Reprobation, Open Season On . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 872                         Tories and Loyalists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 994
 Resurrection, Believing In the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 818             ~TrainingoftheChild,The                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 986
 ReviewsRebuked.........................H.V.  910                                         Transcendental Meditation  -
 Revision?, Our Church Order: Time For. . . . . .M.H.H. 857                          :       A Prayer Substitute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 591
 Right On Course! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 738                Translation, An American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 893
 Right to Live: Correspondence and Reply . . . . . . H.V. 619                             Triangle Within a Family Circle, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H. 596
 Running In the Race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.S. 530                Trouble Within the LCM Synod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 83 1
                                                                                          Tuininga on Reprobation According to the
                                      -S-                                                    Canons of Dordt, Rev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V. 992
 Salvation? Are You Sure of Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.S. 898                                                       -u,v-
 Salvation? Are You Sure of Your (2) . . . . . . . . . . . J.S. 923
 Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V. 537         Unfair Indictiment, An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 775
 School in Redlands, Our . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.K.  760                 Vacations, On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.V.O. 925
 Schools - How Long Yet?, Parental . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 896                           VanderKamp's  Analysis of the Last Twenty-Five
 SeenoftheLivingGod.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H. 733                         Years, Rev.  Hemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . .H.V. 910
 Seminary Convocation Address, 1975 . . . . . . . . . H.H. 540                            Vidalia Resolution, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 738
 Separation, Three Dutch (GKN) Ministers                                                  VirginBirth-  ASign,The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.S. 602
    CaIlfor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.V. 681
 Shall We Take Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 617  :                                                 -w-
 Sickness?, Does God Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 731                      WCC, Dr. John Kromminga and the . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 780
 Singing and Organs, Congregational . . . . . . . . . . . D.E. 851                        War, Youthand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 518
 Song of Creation, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 578                Wierenga, Rev. Peter DeJong's  Answer to E. . . . . . H.V. 974
 South Africa Church Breaks With GKN . . . . . . H.C.H. 751                               Wiersinga Case in the GKN, The . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 941
 Special Collections for Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . G.V.B. 688                      Wiersinga Case, Reformed Churches in Netherlands
 Staff Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 509                Pronounce Judicium on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 909
 Standard Bearer, Our Heritage and the . . . . . . . . . M.J. 586                         Wisdom,Get . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 948
 Stewardship, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 593                Woes Pronounced on Israel, The Six . . . . . . . . . R.C.H. 955
 Stewardship, Christian (2) . . . . . . ".. . . . . . . . . . . D.K. 706                  Women in Ecclesiastical Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 617
 Story of a Young Christian in Tribulation . . . . H.C.H. 702                             Women in Office, Professor Kuitert and the . . . . . H.V. 562
 Symptomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 750               WordandChurch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.V. 662
Synodof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H.C.H. 918                        Works of the Covenant, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.H. 902
                                                                                          Worry, Anxiety and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.J. 546
                                     -T-
Take your Shoes Off:                                                                                                       -Y,Z-
   Correspondence and Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.C.H. 657                        Youthand  War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.K. 518
Thanksgiving in the Whole of Our Walk . . . . . . . . M.J. 645                            Zeal of Jerusalem's Watchmen, The . . . . . . . . . . . C.H. 722
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                                                            Eook Reviews

WHATABOUTBAPTISM?,  by Dr. F. N. Lee; Scot-                                                ,It is written by a well-known and scholarly pastor
tish Reformed Fellowship, Surrey, England; 17 pp.,                                   of the Presbyterian Church in America in a question
20 pence (paper). [Reviewed by H. Hanko]                                             and answer form so that the arguments for infant
    The so-called Reformed Baptist movement is a                                     baptism are presented in a fictitious discussion be-
growing movement in our day, especially in England.                                  tween a Presbyterian and a Baptist. The pamphlet
Those who profess to be Reformed Baptists hold to                                    discusses the question of immersion vs. sprinkling, the
the doctrines of grace especially as they are outlined                               Biblical grounds for the baptism of infants, and
in the five points of Calvinism. But they hold also to                               ans?vers various objections to infant baptism which
adult baptism. This little pamphlet is directed                                      are repeatedly brought up by those who hold to adult
especially towards them.                                                             baptism.


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   I found the booklet very interesting and helpful,                        political documents which best explain what it means
full of arguments which are not usually mentioned in                        to be an~`American. The book also includes the Con-
our circles, and firmly based on Scripture. The                             stitution itself.
Scriptural references, are contained in footnotes, and                        It has often been argued that the political philoso-
there is an abundance of such references. It is easy to                     phy of this country which underlines her political
read and easy to understand. Its one weakness is that                       documents is basically Christian, and, more particu-
it does not put the whole argument for infant                               larly, Calvinistic. So, Dr. McIntyre argues in his paper,
baptism within the framework of God's everlasting                           Christian Beacon,  that the Declaration of Indepen-
covenant of grace as we would be inclined to do. But                        dence is fundamentally a Christian document, and
this is characteristic of Presbyterianism. The booklet                      Lester DeKoster has argued in 
will be of considerable help in understanding the                                                                              The Banner  that
                                                                            Calvinism deeply influenced the Constitution of the
paedo-baptist position, and to refute the arguments                         United States. When others argued that the political
of the Baptists. The book can be ordered from the                           philosophy of this country was not Christian at all,
Scottish Reformed Fellowship, J. Keddie, 5  Frog-                           but Deistic and patterned after the political philos-
more Close, North Cheam. Surrey, England. It is well                        ophy of John Locke, Lester DeKoster answered that
worth the cost.                                                             he had evidence that John Locke himself was in-
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, A contemporary selec-                                fluenced in his philosophy by Calvinism. How
tion, abridged and edited by Lester DeKoster; Wm. B.                        DeKoster, an astute student of history, could ever
Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michi-                           make such an obvious and historically inaccurate
gan; 143 pp., $2.95 (paper). [Reviewed by H.                                statement is a mystery. If there was one thing John
Hanko]                                                                      Locke was  not,  it was a Calvinist. The argument
   The Federalist Papers, originally written by John                        simply will not hold water, and there is, to my knowl-
Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, were                            edge, no one who has ever claimed this. Any history
composed to support the adoption of the Constitu-                           of philosophy will insist that John Locke belonged to
tion of the United States as prepared by the Constitu-                      the modern empirical and rationalistic school of phi-
tional Convention. They were written by the leading                         losophy and that he actively opposed Christianity and
political philosophers of our country in the early                          Calvinism.
years of her history and were intended to answer                              However all this may be, a reading of the Federalist
objections to the Constitution, explain the intent of                       Papers will surely convince the reader that the polit-
the Constitution, and aid in the adoption of the Con-                       ical philosophy which underlies the political docu-
stitution by the various States.                                            ments of, this country are not in any sense Christian.
   The book has been published as a Bicentennial                            They are' deistic - nothing more. For this reason it is
project and has as its purpose to make available those                      good to read these papers.





               RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
  The Mr. and Mrs. Society of Faith Protestant Reformed Church
(Jenison, Michigan), wishes to extend their sympathy to Mr. and Mrs.                        WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
John Van  Baren in the  loss`of her father, MR. WM. DE VRIES.                 On September 11, 1976, we celebrated, with our parents and grand-
   May they be comforted with the Word of God found in Psalm 37: 18         parents, MR. AND MRS. HERMAN WOLTJER, the occasion of their
- "The Lord knoweth the days of the. upright: and their inheritance         30th wedding anniversary. We pray that the Lord will continue to bless
shall be forever."                                                          and keep them in His care in the years to come.
                                  Rev. M. Joostens, Pres.                     "For the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting, and His truth
                                  Mrs. R. Van Til, Sec'y.                   endureth to all generations," (Psalm  100:5).

                                                                                                               Their  chiqren  and grandchildren,
               RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                                                                         Jean Woltjer
                                                                                                               Dick and Pauline Hengst
  The Council and members of the First Protestant Reformed Church                                              Bob and Anne Drnek
of Edmonton, (Alberta, Canada) express their sincere sympathy to                                                 Jonathan and Elizabeth
Elder D. Zylstra and his family and mourn with them the loss of their                                          Glenn and Betty Kotman
son and brother, PETER. May our Covenant God and Father sustain                                                Janie Woltjer
and comfort them with His Word and Spirit.

  "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." (Psalm
116:15).

                                  Rev. R. G. Moore, Pres.
                                  Fred Tolsma, Treas.


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                                         News From Our Churches

            August 24-26 were the dates of the annual Protes-           Rev. Moore wrote that the congregation in Edmon-
         tant Reformed Young Peoples Convention. The 1976            ton was deeply touched by the death (in an auto
         convention was held at Camp Geneva on the shore of          accident) of a young man of their number - one who
         Lake Michigan just north of Holland, Michigan. Rev.         had plans, incidentally, to enter our seminary in the
         Slopsema, Rev. Van Overloop, and Rev. Bekkering             fall.
         addressed the convention on successive evenings. The
         young people of our Southwest Church, Wyoming,                 The consistory of Hope Church (Walker, Michigan)
         Michigan were the host society for this year's conven-      has made the decision to administer the sacrament of
         tion. They worked long and hard to make the 1976            baptism on the pulpit so it will be more visible to all.
         convention possible. On June 10, the young people               Hudsonville Church's new building is well on the
         sponsored a "Family Night" in Grand Rapids to raise         way. By the time you read this, the roof should be
         money for the convention. Even the young people             on. In order that their church might receive a new
         from Randolph, Wisconsin, participated by spon-             coat of paint, the men of our Edgerton, Minnesota
         soring a booth selling Wisconsin cheese and sausage.        congregation were asked to participate in a church
         The "Family Night" activities raised about $1200 for
         the convention. The Southwest young people re-              `painting bee.' Redlands scheduled a special congrega-
         ceived $540 for convention `patrons' in their own           tional meeting of August 30 to consider an offer to
         congregation.                                               purchase their church property.
            A number of rather `special events' were reported           Judging by the number of our ministers who
         in this column during the course of-the year. It was        visited and preached in our church in Loveland, Colo-
         brought to my attention that one of these `events'          rado this summer, Loveland must not have suffered
         was not mentioned. So, here.it is, better late than         from a want of visitors again this year. Loveland
         never. "Rev. and Mrs. M. Joostens rejoice in the birth      Men's Society scheduled a public lecture by Rev. J.
         of a son, Steven Jay, born February 18."                    Kortering on a topic related to Evangelism on August
            Our congregation in Isabel, South Dakota, sched-         30.
         ules a regular program of Sunday- evening discussion            A year ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of
         groups. Their topic this summer has been church             the Protestant Reformed Churches. This summer two
         extension work. Their regular schedule was post-            of our congregations celebrated their 50th anniver-
         poned on June 20 by a program in our church in              saries - Hudsonville with a public program on July
         Forbes, North Dakota. Prof. H. Hoeksema presented           29, and South Holland, Illinois with a picnic and pro-
         a lecture-slide program on his and Rev. Hanko's trip        gram on August 21. Rev. M.  Schipper, a former
         to Australia and New Zealand last summer. Isabel            pastor, who spent nine and a half years of his minis-
         plans to take up the topic of baptism on the mission        try in South Holland, was asked to speak and to
         field in the near future, a question which our 1976         preach on that happy occasion.
         Synod has referred to the churches for one year .for
         discussion. Rev. Miersma has requested the congrega-           The number of items in our church bulletins
         tion to "search out the question" in preparation for        markedly increased by the end of August with
         their discussion on this question.                          announcements that schools, societies, and other
            Our congregation in Prospect Park, New Jersey,           organizations were resuming their meetings after the
         rejoiced recently in the public confession of faith         summer recess. The Theological School of our
         made by a young couple of the church. Events such           churches marks the beginning of the new school year
         as this are important in the life of all our churches,      with a convocation service - scheduled this year on
         but are especially meaningful in the life of our smaller    September 8 at Hope Church.
         congregations.                                                                                             K: G. V.


