Beloved young people in the Lord Jesus Christ! You are living in a serious time. The events of our day are loudly testifying on every side. Many of you are called away from home and dear ones. You have been trained in the way of God’s Covenant promises. You have the covenant sign and seal […]
Thou knowest, Lord, that I lie here in a foreign land far from friend and kin and home. Thou knowest that it has not been easy for me to will this way and that often I am tempted to rebel against the path of life which I must walk. And Thou knowest, too, that today […]
A great man of the world, a prominent figure, an outstanding character has “crossed the Stygian ferry!” Our nation mourns his death, many nations join with us in their expressions of sorrow and sympathy and even those nations which are in their death-throe in the struggle which besets the world must admit his greatness. Never […]
Scripture repeatedly admonishes and exhorts us to serve the Lord. The very fact that the Word of God always exhorts us to do this implies a fact which we cannot very well escape or ignore. It implies that we don’t do that and are not of ourselves inclined to do that. Scripture paints a very […]
San Francisco is the place where “The United Nations Conference on International Organization” is being held. This meeting takes the news today. With Germany in her death throes, delegates of 46 nations of the world, representing four-fifths of the world’s population and nine-tenths of the land area of the world, are met here to erect […]
Winter with all its cold, ice and snow is gone and spring has come again. The lawns are already covered with a nice green blanket of grass, and many a fruit tree is in full blossom. A wonderful sight, but also in this does God prove His might and glory. But are we always conscious […]
Somewhere in France Dear Friends: Just a few days ago I received three copies of Beacon Lights. I wish I could convey to you just how much this meant to me. Like a starving man wolfs his food, so I devoured the contents of all three numbers at once. Let me briefly sketch my activities […]
“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” Gen. 3:1 Of all animals it seems as if the serpent is the most feared and loathsome. Why, do you suppose? Certainly, not because it is a disease carrier as the rat; nor because it is vicious […]
(1) I was born in Hallum, Friesland, at the beginning of the century. Although I was sent out to work at the age of 12, I did manage to take up a correspondence course. This, besides my activities in the Young Men’s Society, served as an early preparation for my office in the ministry in […]
Lesson LX The Heavenly Messenger and the Fleeing Watch Matthew 28:2-5; 11-15 The Quaking Earth and the Visiting Angel, Vss. 2, 3. 1. The Signs as such: a. There occurs a great earthquake. This earthquake as “great” in its violent shaking of the earth. Quite likely only the earth immediately near the tomb. This seems […]