Vol 23 Issue 21

Contribution. . . . The following article was prepared and sent in to us by a very good friend of ours, the Rev. J. Howerzyl, pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Oskaloosa, Iowa. We welcome this “guest-writer” to our column, for this issue. At the same time we invite any others among our ministers or laymen who desire to do so, to write on any subject of interest to the Church in general. Even suggestions for articles will be welcomed and treated by us if at all possible. Let’s hear from our readers. WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING!! From the...

In our former articles in this present series of Scripture studies we have called attention to some New Testament passages from the pen of the apostle Paul, in which he quotes from the Old Testament Scriptures and places them in a New Testament context. In these studies there were three elements that always and again became evident as necessary to the correct understanding of the Word of God. Firstly, it became very clear that the Old Testament and the New Testament are really one. The former is the promise of things to come, the latter is the reality of God’s...

Did you ever pray, “Thy Kingdom Come”? Of course you did, for it is the second petition of the prayer Christ taught us to pray. According to the new principle of life within us, we mean that prayer too. The new man in Christ longs eagerly for the perfection of that kingdom wherein he, by God’s grace, is a citizen and which is his inheritance. The prayer, “Thy kingdom come”, springs forth from that life which we receive out of heaven. Those living in His fear utter this prayer and mean every word of it. The time of the year...

Dr. K. Schilder, theological professor at the seminary of the Gereformeerde Kerken (Art. 31) at Kampen, The Netherlands has arrived in the United States. He has requested an opportunity to discuss the doctrinal and ecclesiastical questions of differences that exist in The Netherlands. Dr. Schilder is commencing his lecture tour of the United States by giving his first lecture, Thursday, Sept. 4, in the First Prot. Ref. Church in Grand Rapids. He intends to lecture and preach in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and California. Dr. Schilder intends to remain in this country until about the middle...

To those consistories interested in purchasing new Psalters for their congregations, we pass on the following information, The Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company expects the new reprint of the Psalter to be ready for delivery the first of September. These Psalter reprints are exactly the same as the present Psalters with no changes at all in the music, wording of the songs or to the Liturgy. However, after Psalter number 413 there will be a choral section consisting of 20 of the better known Holland Psalm tunes with English words and two musical arrangements of the Lord’s Prayer which can...

So has Saul not kept the commandment of his God. He chose the way of disobedience, thus of death and ultimate destruction. In punishment of his sin, his kingdom will not be established. No son of his will succeed him on the throne. As to Samuel, having pronounced over the king the sentence of God, he was silent though he had come to the king with divine instructions for the war with the Philistines that is pending. What these instructions were is not revealed; but it is certain that the execution had called for implicit faith in God in that...

The undersigned has been requested to fill the rubric, Our Doctrine, in our Standard Bearer during the present illness of the Editor, the Rev. H. Hoeksema. We accept this appointment because we cannot refuse it, and with the personal desire that our services may not long be necessary. The reader will understand that we venture forth on our new assignment with considerable fear and trepidation. This writer is strongly conscious of the fact that the articles which will appear under the heading, Our Doctrine, cannot begin to approach the material which until now has been presented to our readers. Besides,...

The second article of the Rev. Doekes appeared in De Reformatie of July 5, 1947, which article our editor wants me to publish, together with my translation. The article reads as follows: (DUTCH REMOVED) Here follows the translation: Unto Whom Is The Promise? (Reply to the Rev. Hoeksema) The promises of God have been the occasion for much strife, already for ages. An important cause of this must be sought in the “confusion of tongues” which time and again is brought to light in such struggles. The results of Babel are, indeed, conquered “in principle” by the Spirit of Pentecost,...

The following announcement appeared in The Banner of August 8th: Consistories, Attention: Reliable sources of information state that Prof. Dr. K. Schilder and Rev. D. Van Dyk expect to arrive in our country some time in the month of August to engage in preaching and in speaking engagements to provide information as to the schism which occurred in the “Gereformeerde Kerken of the Netherlands” and led to the organization of a new denomination known as the “Gereformeerde Kerken maintaining Article 31.” We beg to inform our consistories and churches that we do not maintain church correspondence with the denomination to...

Most of our readers have heard the sad news that our editor, the Rev. H. Hoeksema, suffered a heart attack on Tuesday, June 17th, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, while enroute to California where he intended to spend his vacation. We realize that this notice comes to you at a rather late date. The reason is that the editor had prepared ail the material for his three departments in our paper for three months ahead, prior to his vacation in June. It is a cause for profound gratitude to hear how our beloved brother is recuperating at a fast rate....