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In my report, in the last two numbers of our paper, of the conference that was recently held of some Christian Reformed and Protestant Reformed brethren, I promised that I would write a few words about the objections which were urged by the Rev. Mr. Hendriksen against my essay, read at the conference. The reader will remember that I stated how that the brother in the noon-hour had hastily written down some objections, read them in the afternoon session, and when asked by undersigned to motivate them, refused on the ground that he had to leave the meeting. Since then...

The above title will probably lead to expect a lengthy and profound treatise, for such could, indeed, be written on that subject. But be at ease, reader, for at present I have no such purpose. I merely intend briefly to answer a question I received from Mr. K. H. of R. Calif. The brother read my article on “The Vaunting Axe” and became somewhat confused by the following sentence: “It teaches that God did not forsake the works of His hands, as is the doctrine of the Deist; that He did not surrender them to the whims of fortune or...

The Banner, official organ of the Christian Reformed Churches, published in its editorial columns the following paragraph: “Third, we feel that the unbrotherly propaganda which the so-called missionary of the Protestant Reformed Church is making especially in some of our Western churches must cease before there can be any consideration of ecclesiastical union or ecclesiastical fellowship with those brethren. We are wondering whether all the members of the Protestant Reformed Church are aware of the deplorable tactics employed by its “missionary.” This minister moves into one of our communities and seeks to create dissatisfaction among the members of the Christian...

I shall now proceed to examine into the truth of the innuendoes of the Rev. Kuiper against our missionary. Let me first of all ask the editor of The Banner to make a sincere attempt to appreciate our Protestant Reformed view of the work of our missionary. He complains that the Rev. Kok creates dissatisfaction and disturbance in the Christian Reformed Churches. I frankly reply that such is his calling. And no fair-minded Protestant Reformed man will deny this. In fact, such is the calling of any missionary, whether at home or abroad. A missionary that does not cause disturbance...

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...

A fine morning it was, that of April 7, when we left Grand Rapids to begin our lecture tour through all our churches in the West, not only in Iowa and Minnesota, but also in Montana and California. The air was crisp and invigorating, the sky was clear and holding the promise of a beautiful day. And before we had been on the way long, the sun appeared above the horizon to flood the earth with its golden.glory. Our hearts were filled with the joyous hope of a pleasant trip. When I say “we” I am not using the more...

Before I continue my narrative, I want to tell you something. On the eve of my departure from Manhattan, after my last lecture, a group of young folks, with smiling faces, and bubbling over with young life, took me to task for what I had written last year in our paper about the weather in Manhattan and the Montana climate, and they dared me to write anything derogatory on that delicate subject this time. It is my experience that in many States people talk about their weather and climate as if they made it themselves. Well, the above mentioned young...

At the time when our synod was held and when, therefore, as many of the editors of the Standard Bearer were in Grand Rapids as could ever be expected, the president of the staff, the Rev. G. M. Ophoff, called a meeting of the editorial staff for the purpose of discussing the desirability of changing the setup of our paper and introducing possible improvements. The meeting was held on May 26, in the consistory room of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids. Present were the editors, the Revs. G. M. Ophoff, G. Vos and the undersigned; the associate...

As we wrote in our last article, we left Manhattan on Thursday, April 24. The distance from Manhattan to Bellflower by auto is about 1200 miles. And as we left about seven thirty in the morning, and planned to be in Bellflower by Friday evening, we had no time to spare. Once more our way led through the beautiful Gallatin Canyon to West Yellowstone, thence westward for a short stretch over the Continental Divide, and after that our main direction was south, so that it became warmer as we made progress. At West Yellowstone, which we reached a little after...

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Eph. 1:13, 14 Ye also. . . . This in distinction from “we. . . . who first trusted in Christ.” The glorious mystery of the will of God, according to the good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, and which He made known unto us,...