Vol 17 Issue 16

As I already remarked, so reads the caption of an editorial appearing in The Banner for April 11. The author of the writing is Rev. H. J. Kuiper, editor in chief of The Banner. The Brother advances several reasons why Christians do well to practice tithing. He invites his readers to give special consideration to his arguments in favor “of this time-honored method of contributing to the needs of the kingdom of God.” As I wrote, I have given special consideration to the reverend’s arguments in favor of tithing. I trusted and still trust that the brother will bear with...

The purpose of this discourse is given in chap. 40: “Comfort ye my people,” saith your God. The prophecy of Isaiah is a prophecy of comfort. Let this statement not be misunderstood. The meaning is not that the discourses of the other prophets have no comfort for the believers or that it was not the mission of these others to speak comfortable words; what is meant is that the prophecy of Isaiah is pre-eminently a prophecy of comfort and that he more than the others gave utterance to comforting speech. That he did so is due to the immense scope...

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel.” Numbers 13:1. According to this notice, Moses acted in response to an express command of God, when he sent forth the spies, while according to a statement found in his first farewell address to the people, this action was taken by him because the people had so requested. “And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the...

The Men’s League Annual membership meeting was held Tuesday, April 15, in the Fuller Ave. Prot. Ref. Church parlors. The Board had planned an up to date program, which was well received by old and young; although the attendance was rather small, which was not to our credit, to be sure. The topic of the program was: Should we have our own System of Christian Instruction? The Revs. P. Boer, C. Hanko, R. Veldman and J. De Jong were asked to speak on this worthy subject, and they were each allowed 15 minutes time. The first speaker spoke on: the...

* Lecture delivered in several of our churches. A few preliminary warnings against a possible misunderstanding of the purpose and character of my lecture for tonight may not be superfluous. My subject might conceivably arouse the expectation in your hearts and minds that I am about to deliver a war speech, or that my lecture aims at justifying our giving as much as possible aid to Great Britain. Surely, you might argue, it is Nazism that in this present war is seeking world-dominion and control of all things, and that as such is fighting the democracies of the world, has...

Friday, May the ninth. 10 P.M. About three hours ago undersigned arrived home again from a visit to all our churches in the West. My speedometer indicates that I traveled seven thousand two hundred and nineteen miles. About the trip and the work done I hope to write in the near future. Let it be sufficient at this time to state that we had a very pleasant and, I believe, a very blessed journey. Just called up the printer of the Standard Bearer to find out how much copy was still wanted for the issue of May 15. Seventeen typewritten...