Editor’s Notes from Professor David Engelsma (1997)
This 1997 editor's note by David J. Engelsma contextualizes a 1963 devotional meditation by Rev. Gerrit Vos on 1 Samuel 1:27-28, highlighting a critical shortage of ministerial candidates in the Protestant Reformed Churches during that era. Vos's appeal calls upon godly parents and young men to consecrate themselves to the Lord's service in the ministry, addressing a pressing practical need in the denomination's history.
The date of the original publication in the Standard Bearer of Gerrit Vos' meditation brings back memories. The date was May 15, 1963. On that date, I was preparing for examination before synod as a graduate from the seminary of the Protestant Reformed Churches. I was the only graduate. For the first two years, I was the only student in seminary. This meant that there was no graduate in 1961 or in 1962. Only one had graduated in 1960. After 1963, there would not be another graduate and...
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