
De roepstem des Heeren tot bekering
O Juda, o land, wie wij ook zijn, bekeert u tot Mij met uw ganse hart. Toen het vonnis bekend gemaakt werd ten tijde van Haman, Staat er dat de Joden lagen in zak en as voor des Heeren aangezicht. Nu zegt Joel: “Bekeert u tot Mij, zegt de Heere, met dat vasten, met geween, en met rouwklagen. En s ...

Serving God in the Home and in the Temple
I. An obedient recognition of divine ordinances. 1. As to place. “And Elkanah went up to offer unto the Lord.” The value of laws or ordinances depends upon the wisdom of him who institutes them, and our obligation to observe them depends upo ...

Our True Calling
This text is part of the heavenly doxology given by the twenty and four elders before the throne of God. Leaving the context further untouched, let us listen to the instruction which this doxology gives us for our daily life. If you belong to the “created things,” then this text applies to you, w ...

Hunchback Joe (13)
The Tables Are Turned “Have you bought the house?” asked Trudy, Sterk’s wife.“No!” was the short reply.“Why not? Is it possible that you were drunk?” she asked, provoked.“The bid was too high!” he snapped back.“Must I tell you something, ...

Was It God’s Will?
“It is God’s will! It is God’s will!”Who was shouting those words? Were they thousands of men who wanted to go to Palestine to fight again with the Mohammedans? No, look! It was thousands of children, boys and girls from about nine and ten years old, but also teenagers from twelve to fifte ...

God Protects David From Saul
1 Samuel 23 -24 “David, we need you!” cried some men, running toward David. “The city of Keilah needs help! The Philistines have broken into it!”But before David went to help that city fight, he did the best thing he could have done: he as ...

BIBLE QUIZ
Dear Boys and Girls,During the summer months people are often traveling here and there to visit those places which are of special interest because of the history connected with them. Visitors’ centers and museums are located there in order to tell of the events which took place and of the ...

Reading the Scriptures
O God of wisdom, Lord of might,
Great Ruler in the realms of light,
Whose truths are hid from prudent eyes,
But makes the foolish infant wise;
Help Thy unknowing servants, Lord,
To read and understand Thy Word.Reveal Thy Scriptures to our mind,
Here let us heavenly ...

NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, & EVENTS
CHURCH NEWS MINISTERIAL CALLS Extended: To Rev. J. Spaans of Norwich, Ontario, by the congregation of Lynden, Washington.To Rev. J. den Hoed of Rock Valley, Iowa, by the congr ...

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican
The Lord Jesus did not deliver this parable to encourage the contrite, but chiefly to reprove and alarm the selfrighteous. While the trembling worshipper goes down to his house justified, He shows us another worshipper going from the temple just as he entered it —- well pleased with himself, bett ...