Interview with Rev. C. Hanko (2): The Pastor

Question: Could you give us a little background of what was going on in the Reformed church world at this time? (1920’s) Answer: At that time there was a strong antipathy, almost hatred, between the people of the Secession of 1834 and the people of the Doleantie of 1886 led by Kuyper. So much so, that when a man came to a women’s home in Hull, Iowa, to collect for Calvin College, and stood by her bookcase and said “I don’t see a single book of Dr. Kuyper in your library,” she said, “Get out!...