Insofar as I have been able to participate in the activities of this year’s young people’s convention, I want to express my gratitude to all those who have made this convention and fiftieth anniversary celebration possible. The programs and singspirations which have been held have been spiritually exhilarating. And the Field Day yesterday was a very moving experience for all of us who have shared in it. If the fruit of yesterday was—as I am sure it was—a greater sense of unity among all the people of our denomination, it was worth all the time and effort which went into...

Protestant Reformed young people and members of the Protestant Reformed Churches—God’s covenant people in the world:  We are Reformed!  On the basis of the infallibly inspired Scriptures and in harmony with our precious Reformed confessions, we preach, believe, and confess the glorious sovereignty of God in the salvation of sinners by His grace alone. Salvation is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God Who shows mercy to whom He will show mercy. 

The following is an edited transcript of my address to the 1975 Convention of the Federation of Protestant Reformed Young People’s Societies, delivered at the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of our Protestant Reformed Churches. HCH)