News From Our Churches / 40th Anniversary Issue Reminiscing

In this 40th Anniversary issue let us reminisce a little with some old news items. Oct. 1, 1925 -- The first news letter appeared in theStandard Bearer in the form of a personal letter by the Rev. H. Hoeksema to "My Friend In The West". This was written in the Holland language as was most of the material in the early issues. This "first" was in the first anniversary number of our magazine. In the same issue was a news account of the organization of a church in Byron Center, Mich., which...