Beacon Lights and Thanksgiving Day. Or should we say, “Protestant Reformed Youth and Thanksgiving Day?” Yes, it is November: and your magazine, seeking to conform to times and seasons, must express itself in regard to this American tradition of one Thanksgiving Day each year. What is your and my attitude toward this custom? What should […]
Whither goest thou? Young men and young women, where are you going? We are always planning: looking forward. The greater part of our life is spent in making and executing plans to go somewhere and do something. Often the expectation and planning of an event are more important and take more time than the actual […]
Again we are in that season of the year when, following the precedent set by the Pilgrim Fathers, God’s people life up their hearts in a special way in thanksgiving to their Maker. We know that we are to be thankful at all times, for all things. We know everything is working together for our […]
By the time the reader scans these lines, he will, no doubt, have been informed of the execution of the death penalties meted out by to Allied judicial commission at Nuernberg for the high officials of the Nazi regime of war-time Germany. Whether or not real justice is to be found in the sentence imposed […]
Thanksgiving Day, that joyful festival, is again at hand. It is well that we pause a moment to recall its true significance and to reflect on some of the principles that lie at the basis of all true gratitude. First of all, do you know what it means to “give thanks”? Thanksgiving is joy, real, […]
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard: Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, overseer or ruler, Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. Prov. 5:6-8 How true is this proverb of Solomon of old, for, indeed, the species of ants inhabiting the tropics and subtropics instinctively […]
How many of you have ever visited or lived in California? Well, a few months ago I would have answered no to that question along with many of you Juniors. But now I am here in Redlands, California. While in Michigan and other northern states the leaves are turning gold and red and brown, and […]
When we began this series of essays on early church history, we were asked to do so from the viewpoint of the lives of the great men God raised up and used in the growth of His church. Thus far we have done so, calling your attention to Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, Origen and Tertullian. […]
Platte, South Dakota October 12, 1946 Dear Fellows: It is some time ago that you heard from me through Beacon Lights. In part, this was due to the fact that I was away from home a good deal of the time since the beginning of June. And as you may notice from the address above […]
Recently, I gave a little, informal talk in our Young People’s Society and at the request of our Editor-in-chief, who seems to hear about things, I will pass on a few of the thoughts which I expressed at that time to the readers of our Beacon Lights and especially to the members of our Societies. […]