“The Publication Committee of the P.R.Y.P.F. takes great pleasure in introducing the first issue of our new periodical into your midst.” (With these words written ten years ago, the Beacon Lights began its work among the Protestant Reformed young people. And Beacon Lights was organized to serve a definite purpose, which was aptly expressed in […]
In our last editorial we expressed the considered opinion that we personally viewed with alarm the apparent disinclination of many of our people to seriously concern themselves with the issues now under discussion by our leaders. We made an appeal for sound and sane thinking, for a serious approach, and a forthright treatment of each […]
No doubt we are all deeply concerned with our future. In view of the present world situation and the economic instability of our country we sometimes wonder what the situation will be a few years hence. Yet, because the future remains unrevealed we continue without fear or apprehension trusting that the hand of our God […]
Your editorial in the December issue of Beacon Lights contains several rash sweeping statements which may not go unchallenged. Such statements for example as “the awful fact is: that the very foundations upon which our existence as a distinct group of churches are grounded are in great danger of being uprooted and torn apart”. . […]
Dear Young People: A pertinent article appeared in the Beacon Lights of December, written by Mr. A. Heemstra, This editorial gave me the desire to write a few words from “this side of the border”. We have gone through a year of varied experiences and reactions. I am of the opinion that you are interested […]
LESSON XV. Esther Learns Of The Plot Esther 4:4-9 Mordecai’s plan succeeded, and Queen Esther was informed of his deep sorrow. Because of the bond of natural love between her and Mordecai she is exceedingly grieved to learn that something so terrible has happened to him that he had put on sackcloth and ashes. It […]
This Dark Hour. When these lines reach you it will have become more certain what the outcome will be about Korea. It seems rather sure to me that we are facing a third world war, with Russia and China and very likely more of the Asiatic peoples as our enemies instead of our allies which […]
Two ministers are sitting together on a fine winter afternoon in the parsonage of a church in a mid-western town. They are ministers of two different church denominations. The one pastor is making a call at the home of the other. At several occasions these two men had met during the past year. Not only […]
At Thy feet, our God and Father, Who has blest us all our days, We with grateful hearts would gather, To begin the year with praise: Praise for light so brightly shining On our steps from hea’n above; Praise for mercies daily twining Round us golden cords of love. Jesus, for Thy lave most […]
Dear Editor of the Question Box Department: I would like to ask you a few things about that beautiful and rich passage of Scripture, namely, John 10, where our Lord appears under the figure of The Good Shepherd. To what do you understand the “sheepfold” of verse 1 to refer? If that is understood to […]