Vol 15 Issue 05

Spoken at the meeting of the Men’s League, Thursday, October 20. Topic assigned by the Board. Into this form my subject has at last evolved. When the “Church News” announced the subject the first time it read: “Should we use our Christian Influence in Civic Affairs?” This was too vague. Certainly, we must always use our Christian influence, in all affairs, also in civic affairs. Formulated thus, the subject does not demand an answer to the question: In how far, in which way, to what extent should we use our influence in civic affairs? Therefore the subject was altered to...

On the evening of Oct. 20, a League Meeting of all the Men’s Societies of our Prot. Ref. Churches of Grand Rapids and vicinity was held in the parlors of the First Prot. Ref. Church. This meeting was opened by the President, Mr. A. C. Boerkoel, by reading I Peter 1 from Scripture, after which prayer was offered, and the audience sang from the Psalter. The President then extended a word of welcome to the gathering, and introduced the speaker for the evening, Rev. R. Veldman. The Reverend announced that he would not speak on the subject as printed in...

The name found in the original for this species of sacrifice is shelamim, singular shelem. According to some commentators, shelem is derived from the Kal shalem, the sense and meaning of which is: to be whole, entire; to be safe, sound, secure actually and in one’s own mind; to be at peace, to be in a continuous state of peace, to have peace toward some one. The second explanation of shelem refers it to the Piel shillem, to pay, to perform, to render a thing, to recompense, to reward; hence, to thank. The remark is in order here that whereas...

Utterances of Jesus, by William Dau. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Price $1.00. This book of one hundred sixty pages contains a series of addresses or brief sermons on various sayings of Jesus found in the New Testament. Many of them are quite sound, based on exegesis of the text, to the point and instructive. The author evinces that he is able to understand and explain a text of Scripture correctly. All the more inexplicable to us is the fact that on p. 99 the author very boldly teaches the error of universal atonement, while no possible interpretation of...