The Sesquicentennial of the Afscheiding

This editorial was written by Homer C. Hoeksema in the February 1, 1984 issue of the Standard Bearer. ____________ This year [1984] marks the sesquicentennial, or one hundred fiftieth anniversary, of the Afscheiding, the Secession of 1834, a secession from the Hervormde Kerk (the so-called State Church) of the Netherlands. Specifically the date of that anniversary is October 14, 1834. I do not know whether among our churches there will be any formal observance of this anniversary; thus far I...