So that’s your king upon yon tree Between two malefactors hung? A sorry sight it seems me Your song of victory won’t be sung!   Is he the one who claimed to be The Son of God who in flesh came? His vaunted power I fail to see, Where is the strength of his great […]

Repeatedly one hears reports that at present there is in the making, or that there already is, a great religious awakening throughout our nation, a revival of interest in things spiritual, a real “back to God” movement among civilians and members of the armed forces alike.  Many, so we hear, that had forsaken God and […]

Under the above caption I read an article in a religious paper that, to my mind, contained sentiments with which we ought to agree. The article had reference to those of the church that are in the service of their country, away from home and regular church life.  It emphasized that there are things that […]

So that’s a king?  That miserable figure on the cross?  Naked and hanging between two malefactors?  And that crown of thorns on his head?  What practical jokers those Roman soldiers!  And before they led him out to be crucified they made sport of him.  They spit in his face and buffeted him; and others smote […]

Something about our school in general.  At present we have eight grades and thirty-three pupils.  This group is separated and we have four grades in one room and four in the other.  There are sixteen pupils in the first four grades and seventeen in grades five to eight.  Thus, quite evenly divided. When school began […]

It was indeed a surprise when a call came from Redlands congregation urging me to instruct their youth in the truths of Scripture.  I, being torn between the desire to stay home near relatives and friends and the desire to labor among God’s children, found myself in a very difficult situation to make a decision.  […]

I suppose if one were to write on the above-named subject in general, one could write a volume.  Obviously, however, that is not my intention.  But I wish to express a few ideas on the growth of our churches and that more specifically on the numerical growth of our Protestant Reformed Churches. We as churches […]

As I have only been in the land of sunshine for a short length of time, and therefore do not as yet know too much about California, I will nevertheless try to write something concerning the beauty, scenery and climatic conditions of the great western state. Our Church in Redlands is situated on the northern […]

Every discussion about a thing will best proceed from an investigation of the name which it bears, for the name ever sizes and presents the most distinctive features of the thing.  In the name we have the true declaration of the innermost nature.  So too, the name Protestant Reformed.  When the name “Protestant Reformed Churches” […]

Dear friends in uniform, so many miles from home, I’ve been asked to write you a letter, and that in the form of a poem: Some of you I have never met; but believe me when I say, I consider it a privilege to write you a letter today.   I am sitting at my […]