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A PERIODICAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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A PERIODICAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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O Timothy keep that which is committed to thy trust. II Timothy 6:20

WHAT DO OUR NEIGHBORS, THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BELIEVE?

Dear Friends,

Some time ago I received a pamphlet in my mail written by a member of the so-called “Seventh-Day Adventists”. Perhaps you too have received such material or have read the name “Seventh-Day Adventists” on a church building, and have wondered what the differences are between their beliefs and ours.

The Seventh-day Adventists are here separated from other Adventists in that they emphasize the absolute necessity for Christians to observe the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day for worshipping God and for rest. Their leaders claim that those who observe the first day of the week, the Sunday, as the day to honor God and to rest from all unnecessary work are followers and worshippers of the beast and its image (Antichrist). In the Book of Revelations we often find statements informing us of the characteristics of Antichrist, the great enemy of Christ and His people. The Seventh-day Adventists claim that the observance of Sunday is an invention of Antichrist, the personification of the devil, and therefore those who observe the Sunday have accepted and are displaying the sign and mark of that beast. Some of them go so far as to say that only those are true believers and children of God who observe the seventh day as the day of rest.

Like other Adventists, the Seventh-day Adventists place the “Advent”, or coming of Christ to judge the quick and the dead, in the foreground. The spiritual father of the Adventists was William Miller, a Baptist minister in America. He felt that people put the date of the Lord’s coming too far away, and made a prediction in 1822 that in the year 1844 the Advent or second coming of the Lord Jesus would take place. He based his prediction upon a calculation using Daniel 8:14, “And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” William Miller was not the first fool who tried to figure out the exact time of the second coming of the Lord Jesus, neither was he the last. Time and again we read or hear of persons who claim that they have received a revelation from God showing them that at a certain time the world will come to its end. Time and again those prophesies have proven to be false; but instead of turning away from such false prophets, people yet adhere to many of their other ideas and beliefs, and are inclined to listen to them. The Lord Jesus Himself has said that no one knows or will know that date. That day will come as a thief in the night.

All Adventists have this in common —their interests are mainly centered around those things revealed in the Bible concerning the events which will happen prior to and at the time of the last coming of the Lord. Although we should not follow the Adventists in their zeal to mathematically interpret and over-emphasize the Biblical messages concerning the Lord’s coming, yet we should neither act nor live as if that time is so far away that we don’t have to concern ouselves with thoughts about the things which are going to happen to us at that time. An attitude of this sort is another un-Biblical, dangerous, wicked extremity. The Lord said through the apostle John, “Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be” (Revelations 22:12). We should prayerfully seek to be prepared for the Lord’s appearing in the clouds to judge the quick and the dead.

There will be no condemnation for those only who are in Christ Jesus, who are united with Him by a true, living faith. Without regeneration no one has that faith. Truly regenerated people are those who humbly seek refuge in the Rock of Ages, who humbly cleave to the Lord Jesus as their Teacher, Mediator, and King, that they through Him may be reconciled unto God and may be cleansed from all their sins. They also want His Spirit to be their constant aid and their Leader to lead them into all truth and to sanctify them.

If we as yet know nothing by experience of these things, then there is yet time to seek and find it. It is not yet too late. Let us therefore humbly seek to enter into the Ark of Safety by begging God’s Spirit for Christ’s sake to work a true faith also in our hearts. Not doing this is nothing but a hardening of our hearts through unbelief, a grieving of God’s Spirit which will certainly cause our ruin.

Next time, D.V., we’ll dig a little deeper into the differences between us and the Seventh-day Adventists.

Rev. A. Elshout

BIBLE QUIZ

Dear Boys and Girls,

This month the first letters of the answers will spell out five words taken from the second commandment. As you will remember, last month we used part of the first commandment. In this issue you will find an article about the second commandment, which we hope will help you to understand it better.

Also, as you probably noticed last month, we mentioned that we would be giving a book to each of you again this year as we did last year. In answering the quiz please be sure to give your name and address on your answer sheet. Because December is a busy month for the mailmen, we will not be mailing the books until after the first of the year. We have a selection of three books, and you may choose which of the books you would like to have. For the younger boys and girls we have either “Mary Jones and Her Bible” or “Bible Animals”; for the older ones we have the book, “The Loveliest Story Ever Told.”

Here is the quiz —

What did King Hezekiah call the brazen serpent which Moses had made, and to which the Israelites were burning incense?

When Uzza was slain by God in bringing up the ark to Jerusalem, in whose house was the ark then left for three months?

Jonah said to the men in the ship, “I know that for my sake this great _______is upon you.”

In the fourth commandment we also read, “Showing ________unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.”

As Moses came down from the mount, he saw the calf they had made, and the dancing, and Moses’________ waxed hot.

When the Lord Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, the devil took him up on a high mountain and showed him all the________ of the world.

In the time of Paul what city was known as the city which worshipped the goddess Diana, whose image they claimed had fallen down from Jupiter?

What king of Israel took as his wife Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians?

Who was the father of king Jeroboam?

The young man who came to the Lord Jesus said, “All these things have I

kept from my_____ up; what lack I yet?”

Which of the judges broke down the altar of Baal in his own city during the night?

Who had taken her father’s images, put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them?

In what city did Paul find an altar inscribed “To the Unknown God”?

What did Naboth have, which King Ahab wanted?

Who took wives which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and Rebekah?

The angel told Samson’s mother, “The child shall be a _______unto God.”

In the days of Noah God saw that every _______of the thoughts of man’s heart was only evil continually.

In the book of Chronicles we find that King Ahaz made _______images for Baalim.

David said to Goliath, “I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the _______of Israel.”

Of what precious material did Nebuchadnezzar make an image, which he set up in the plain of Dura?

What prophet said to the people in the time of King Ahab, “How long halt ye between two opinions?”

(Send your answers to Garret J. Moerdyk, 1104 Roseland Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001).

Answers to the quiz of last month are as follows:

“No Other Gods Before Me”- Exodus 20:3

Naaman II Kings 5:10-12

Obey Exodus 5:1-2

Ophrah Judges 6:11-12

Tower Genesis 11:1-9

Hard Genesis 18:10-14

Egypt Exodus 20:1-2

Repent Acts 8:9-22

God Genesis 1:1

Oppression Exodus 3:1-9

Dream I Kings 3:5

Samuel I Samuel 3:1-15

Baal I Kings 18:21

Enos Genesis 4:26

Fear Ecclesiastes 12:13

Obadiah I Kings 18:3-4

Ruth Ruth 1:14-16

Enoch Genesis 5:24

Merciful Luke 18:13 Endor I Samuel 28:7-8


Answers were received from the following boys and girls:

Sandy Van Giessen

Randy Van Giessen

Gary Van Giessen

Cheryl Kalee

Debbie Kalee

Karel Kalee

Linda Bleeker

Mary Jean Vander Male

Lilly Ann Vander Male

Betty Kamp

Henry Kamp

Mary Ann Kamp

Linda Kamp

Curt Jenison

Denise Carol Zaremba

Donna Zaremba

Marilyn De Maagd

Sharon Frens

Mary Beth Frens

Julie Frens

Arline Kieboom

Ella Kieboom

Marilyn VanRavenswaay

JoAnn VanRavenswaay

Esther Van Ravenswaay

John Verhey

Dave Verhey

Todd VandeStouwe

Nancy VandeStouwe

Randy VandeStouwe

Alma Van Beek

Anden Van Beek

Joanne Van Beek

Carol Van Bemden

Marinus De Vos

Joan Lugthart

Val Lugthart

Rudolph Stapel

Henrietta Stapel

Janice Stapel

Tom Blok

Gary Blok

John Blok

Mark Van Zweden

Joanne Beeke

Mary Ellen Van Zweden

Joan Van Zweden

Ralph Van Zweden

Janet Van Zweden

John Van Zweden

Steve Slotsema

Shirley Slotsema

Maria Boonzaayer

Karel Boonzaayer

Esther Boonzaayer

Ruth Boonzaayer

John Marinus Goeman

Karen Sue Goeman

David Goeman

Beverly Southway

Barbara Southway

Janet Van Driel

Billy Van Wingerden

Kenneth Van Wingerden

Cindy Hoogendoorn

Gene Hoogendoorn

Perry Hoogendoorn

Andy Korevaar

Abraham Korevaar

Gary Roozenboom

William Slingerland

Judy Slingerland

Peter Feyter

Jim Van Giessen

Kathy Van Giessen

Kenneth Rus

Gary Kwekel

Nancy Kwekel

Joan Spaans

Duane Alan Rus (2)

Peter L. Kievit

France« Vander Meulen

Teresa Vander Meulen

Joyce Vander Muelen

Harmen Vander Meulen

Bruce Blok

Randy Teunissen

Bill Moerdyk

Ruth Meeuwse

Kay Meeuwse

Elizabeth Van Woudenberg

Inaura Rosendall (2)

Henry Rosendall (2)

Bruce Verblaauw

Mary Kievit

Carolyn Van Koeveringe

John Van Koeveringe

Ruth Boerkoel

Neal Boerkoel

Arie Van Vugt

John Van Wingerden

Bill Van Wingerden

Janny Van Wingerden

Della Vanden Brink

Roy Vanden Brink

Stephan Vanden Brink

Gywen Hoogendoorn

LaRae Hoogendoorn

Denise Van Ravenswaay

Alane Van Ravenswaay

Sharon Bouma

Albert Bouma

Arlene Kuperus

David Kuperus

Hans Kuperus

Miriam Kuperus

Alida Greendyk

Billy Greendyk

Nelly Koppert

Alice Koppert

Christine Koppert

Peter Koppert

Denise Stafford

Jerri Lynn Rea

Julie Rea

Paul Vandenberg

Jeanette Vandenberg

Arie Vandenberg

Cordy Vandenberg

Lisa Carlson

Dan Carlson

Henry Rosendall

Laura Rosendall

Amy Mieras

Gordon Boluyt

Steven Boluyt

Albert Van Grouw

Billy Blaak

Debbie Droogers

Billy Droogers

Arlene Southway

Peter Southway

Larry Van De Vendei

Howard Van De Vendei

Linda Van De Vendei

Rhea Stubbe

Donnie Stubbe

Tunis Sweetman, Jr.

Janet Sweetman

Jenny Lee Sweetman

Judy Sweetman

Mary Van Tilburg

Arnold Rus

Gladys Van Bochove

Shirley Rus

Carl Moore

Mark Meeuwse

Dan Meeuwse

Joanne Vande Waerdt

Linda Vande Waerdt

Wayne Vande Waerdt

John Van Hoepen

Marianne Van Hoepen

Conni Boesterd (2)

Francina Boesterd (2)

Charles Van Veldhuizen

Marlene Van Veldhuizen

Gerarda Grisnich

Carol Mol

Jim Mol

Hermina Hubers

Donna Marie Hubers

Helen Hubers

Marcia Hubers

David Greendyk

Bobby Greendyk

Nick Greendyk

Tom Greendyk

Ruth Kamp

Marilyn Kamp

Billy Kamp

Debbie Kamp

Tom Kamp

Wendy Grisnich

Alice Moerdyk

Cheryl Grisnich

Rhonda Grisnich


And again it is time to answer our letters —

MARY ELLEN VAN ZWEDEN -Your letter is on top today, Mary Ellen. Do you ever ride your new bike to school, or is that too far? I can still remember the first bike I had. It is certainly faster than walking if you have some place to go.

DONNIE STUBBE - It was nice to hear from you again, Donnie. I can well imagine that you miss your minister. We hope that you may soon have another one in his place. I checked over your answers, and found them all correct.

JULIE REA - Have you heard from Mrs. Fariss since she moved away, Julie? I am sure that she isn’t going to forget her friends in New Mexico, and will be anxious to hear from you. And, of course, we will be looking for your answers each month, even though she isn’t there to help you.

NELLY KOPPERT - How many little pigs do you have left, Nelly? Is it your job to feed them every day, or do you help your mother in the house? I guess there is lots of work to be done both inside and outside. Did you name the little calf?

GARY ROOZENBOOM - Our school year is not finished until the second week of June, Gary. If you get out in May, it is no wonder that your school starts a week earlier. How are you getting along in school this year? Do you like your subjects and your teachers?

JUDY SLINGERLAND - We were happy to hear that your mother was able to go to church again, Judy. “Search the Scriptures” is a very appropriate name for your men’s society. It is also a very good occupation for all of us. How many rabbits did you have after you were able to count them?

CONNI BOESTERD - I see that I have two letters from you, Conni. Our Thanksgiving Day is November 25, so to us it seems quite strange to have Thanksgiving Day in October. Did you get a report card yet? Be sure to say Hello for us to your parents and grandparents.

ROY VANDEN BRINK - It was nice to hear from you again, Roy. You wrote that you had some snow already, but I suppose it melted rather quickly. Are you glad to have winter weather again? We haven’t seen any snowflakes yet.

DENISE STAFFORD - You must stay right with it when the Banner of Truth arrives, Denise, in order to get it done so quickly. It was nice that you could also meet Mrs. Fairiss’s uncle. Speaking of moving, do you know of two men in the Bible who moved their families into the land of Egypt? One had a large family and one had only one child.

GERARDA GRISNICH - Yes, we enjoyed our trip to Canada, Gerarda. We would have liked to stay longer, but that wasn’t possible. How many cattle do you have on your farm at the present time? Give our greetings to your parents and also to your grandparents.

JANET VAN ZWEDEN - That certainly was not right of those boys to steal your uncle’s pumpkins and then smash them, Janet. Do you suppose they realize that they are disobeying one of God’s commandments? When we do wrong to our neighbor, we also sin against God.

ELIZABETH VAN WOUDENBERG -What was your lesson in catechism class this week, Elizabeth? Maybe you can tell me what you learned about. Do you take typing in school? Typing is often quite useful as you grow older. Are you getting along O.K. in school?

JOAN VAN ZWEDEN - In which of your subjects do you have the most homework, Joan? How is your grandfather feeling? Is he still able to preach every Sunday? It doesn’t seem possible that another year will soon be past, but when you receive this issue, it will only be a little more than a month to the end of the year.

DELLA VANDEN BRINK - How many pigs do you have on the farm at the present time, Delia? Maybe that is a big job just to count them all. I know I saw quite a few when I was there. Is the new barn all filled up? We hope to hear from you again next month.

CHRISTINE KOPPERT - We hope your birthday was a happy one, Christine, and that you may have many more of them. How old are you now? I’m sure that you have grown quite a little since we saw you last, so I probably wouldn’t even recognize you.

RHEA STUBBE - How much we should appreciate a minister when we have him, Rhea. According to the church news, you have sent out several calls already. Are you keeping real busy in school? Say Hello to your parents for us.

JERRI LYNN REA - We are quite well, Jerri. We hope that you will never forget what you have learned about God and His Word. How big is the city in which you Uve? Do you have very far to go to school, or do you ride a bus?

JOHN VAN ZWEDEN - What subjects do you have this year, John? Do you like some better than others? Schools have changed a lot since the days of the one-room school house. But that was a long time ago. Do you have much homework now?

FRANCINA BOESTERD - And your letter is last this time, Francina. I think it would be real nice if you could visit us in Kalamazoo. What is your teacher’s name? I am sure Andrew misses you when you are all off to school.

Till next month, D.V.

With love,

Your friend

“Uncle Garret”

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT

If you should go to a new school to which you have never been before, one of the first questions you would ask your teacher would be, “What must I do, sir?” And when the teacher had opened the book you were to study and marked out the lesson, the next question you would want to ask would be, “How am I to learn it? Am I just to read it over, or say it in my own words, or must I commit it to memory?” What you were to learn, and how you were to learn it, would be very important questions.

When God brought the Israelites to Mount Sinai, they were taken, as it were, to a new school and God was their teacher. He came down upon the top of Mount Sinai in the midst of thundering and lightning to teach them. The first lesson they had to learn was about worship. What must we worship? The first commandment told them they were to worship the Lord their God and no one else. Then, the next lesson they had to learn was how they must worship the Lord. The second commandment answers this question. The first commandment points out the true object of worship; the second points out the true manner of worship. One shows us whom we are to worship, the other how we are to worship.

One of the questions we must try to answer in considering this commandment is — What does this commandment forbid? It forbids the use of images and pictures in our worship. Let us see what this commandment says. It says, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” A graven image is what we should now call a carved image. A graver then was the same as a carver now. And a carver, we know, is one who carves or makes images or figures out of wood. The figureheads of men or women or other objects that used to be fixed on the bows of ships were graven or carved images. Or the graven image might have been of stone. Then we would call the maker of it a sculptor, and we would speak of such an image as a statue. A graven image might have been made of wood or stone.

But the commandment speaks of a “likeness of anything” as well as of an image. What does it say about this? “Thou shalt not make unto thee … any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” The likeness here spoken of means a picture or painting of anything. Now this commandment only forbids us having images or likenesses for the purpose of worshipping them. It does not forbid us to have statues or paintings just to look at and admire for the beauty of their form or for the wonderful way in which they are made to look like real persons or things. There are many pieces of beautiful sculpture and many interesting paintings in museums. And it is not wrong to have them, because they are not put there for people to worship, but only to look at and admire. It is not having them that is forbidden, but making a wrong use of them.

Thus I have tried to answer the question — What does this commandment forbid? It forbids the use of images or pictures in our worship.

- Young People’s Magazine

CHILDREN CALLED TO CHRIST

Like mist on the mountain,
Like ships on the sea,
So swiftly the years
Of our pilgrimage flee;
In the grave of our fathers
How soon we shall lie!
Dear children, today
To a Saviour fly.

When Samuel was young
He first knew the Lord,
He slept in His smile
And rejoiced in His word:
So most of God’s children
Are early brought nigh:
Oh, seek Him in youth —
To a Saviour fly.

How sweet are the flowerets
In April and May!
But often the frost makes
Them wither away.
Like flowers you may fade:
Are you ready to die?
While “yet there is room,”
To a Saviour fly.

Do you ask me for pleasure?
Then lean on His breast,
For there the sin-laden
And weary find rest.
In the valley of death
You will triumphing cry —
“If this be called dying,
‘Tis pleasant to die!”

READ THE BIBLE

“Father,” said a little boy one day, “I do not see any use in reading the Bible. I do not see that it does any good.” Little Johnny said this in a rather cross way, and his father thought it best not to begin reasoning with him. “Johnny,” he said, “put on your hat and come out, and take a walk with me.”

Johnny’s father took him first to a house where there was an old woman who was very poor, and he talked to her about her poverty. “Sir,” said the old woman, “I do not complain. I have read in the Bible these words, ‘I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content.’ “ “Johnny,” said the little boy’s father, “hear what the old woman says.”

They went on to another house, where was a young woman who was very ill, and never likely to get better. Johnny’s father asked her if she felt afraid to die. “No!” she said, “I find it written in the Bible ‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.’ “ “Johnny,” said the little boy’s father again, “hear what the young woman says.”

Children, when Johnny and his father came home that afternoon from their walk his father asked him one question. “Johnny,” he said, “do you think it is of any use to read the Bible? Do you think reading the Bible does people any good?”

And now what do you think Johnny said? I will tell you. He held down his head, and said nothing. But his face got very red, and he looked very much ashamed.

Children, from that very day Johnny was never heard again to say, “It is of no use reading the Bible.”

Beloved children, read the Bible, believe the Bible, pray over the Bible, live by the Bible.

Banner of Truth

THE ALL-SEEING GOD

Children, however little and young you are, God is always noticing you. He notices how you behave at home, how you behave at school, and how you behave at play. He notices whether you say your prayers or not, and how you say them. He notices whether you mind what your mother tells you, and how you act when you are out of your mother’s sight. He notices whether you are greedy, or selfish, or cross, or tell lies, or take what is not your own. In short, there is nothing about children that God does not notice.

I read in the Bible, that when little Ishmael was almost dead with thirst in the wilderness, “God heard the voice of the lad.” Gen. 21:7. Mark that, He listened to the child’s prayer. I read that when Samuel was only a little boy, God spoke to him. (I Sam. 3:10). I also read that when Abijah, the child of Jeroboam, was sick and dying, God said by the mouth of His prophet, “there is some good thing found in him towards the Lord God of Israel.” (I Kings 14:13). Children, these things

were written for your learning.

Now I will give you a piece of advice. Say to yourselves every morning when you get up - “God sees me. Let me live as in God’s sight.” God is always looking at what you do, and hearing what you say. All is put down in His great books, and all must be reckoned for at the last day. It is written in the Bible, “Even a child is known by his doings.” (Prov. 22:11).

CHILD HEROISM

“Mother, just look what I’ve found! I found the small board at the back loose, and beneath it, this.”

Thus spoke Julia White, who was engaged in scrubbing out the single cupboard of their one room, and as she uttered the words she held up a paper with two sovereigns wrapped in it.

“Why are you so prying, child?” said the mother. “You would have been so much better without the knowledge of my secret. Now, if your father should come home tipsy tonight, you will be forced to tell him where the money is, and I shall lose the whole of it. Wherever to hide it away from you, I don’t know.”

Poor Julia looked frightened enough, for she was only eleven years of age, and her dread of her father, who frequently showed himself a ferocious ruffian, was extreme; but there was no help for the case now. The mother had to leave in little more than an hour to watch a patient to whom she was night nurse, and there was no time to find another hiding-place. To carry the money with her where she was going would scarcely have been safe, so, after seeing little Nancy, with the baby, safely retired, and giving the latter its meal at her breast, the good, hard-working woman departed to fulfill her engagement.

The children left alone, the terror of the elder one could not escape the notice of the younger, although she was only a little over seven; and she at length said —

“What can be the matter with you, Julia?”

“I know where mother’s money is, and am afraid father will come home and want it.”

“Tell him you know nothing about it. He always believes you.”

“Nancy!”

She had been rightly taught by a good mother, and young as she was, realized that this was not the course to take, so, kneeling by the side of her child sister, she offered the following simple, but heartfelt, prayer —

“Dear Jesus, please don’t let father come home to-night and want mother’s money; but if he should come home, please help me not to tell him where it is.”

The strength she had thus gained was soon put to a cruel test, for into the neat, cleanly room there quickly rushed the brute who represented all that she ever had known as father. The scene that ensued was of a character not infrequent in low London districts, but none less worthy to record. Poor little Nancy, dreading what might follow, caught up the baby, and fled with it into a corner of the room, as the safest place of refuge, for we ought to have stated that the ruffian had locked the door upon the entrance. Catching his eldest daughter’s arm, he said, in not an over loud voice —

“Get me your mother’s money.”

Meeting with no reply from the whitefaced girl, he next said —

“Do you know where it is?”

But still there was no answer. What followed seems dreadful to relate, suiting better with the nature of South Sea of Africa cannibals than with the natives of Christian England. First twisting the girl’s arm, round, and causing her dreadful pain, he next bestowed upon her with his brute strength a succession of awful blows; but, though she could not keep back her cries, she did not yield to him in the least.

Wearied at length, he flung her from him on to the wall, and during the ensuing five minutes, with bursts of terrible oaths, threatened that, if she did not acquaint him with the secret, he would kill her; but, mercifully, the neighbors were enabled at the end of this time to break into the room or there is no telling what mischief might have followed.

But we cannot finish without describing the heroism of poor little Nancy, which almost equalled that of her sister. Dodging from side to side during the struggle, now in this corner and now in that, and shielding the baby with her youthful person, she, with wonderful activity and courage, kept it from harm.

It seems something like divine retribution that this dreadful father this very evening received a terrible beating in the public-house, and his system being unhealthy, as the result of drinking habits, he died in the hospital of his injuries.

“GOD IS NOT MOCKED”

In a churchyard in Hertfordshire is the tomb of Lady Anne Grimstone, a notorious atheist (one who does not believe that there is a God), who died over two hundred years ago. “It is as likely that I should rise again,” she said, “as that a tree should grow out of the middle of my coffin.” A tree has done that very thing, indeed two trees, an oak and a sycamore. The vault is a square of granite and brick, and the trees filled the interior before they could find a way out. When they burst through the masonry, they so spread as to envelop the grave completely. They broke the iron railings, grew around them, and carried them skywards in their growth.

(Young People’s Magazine)

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Bekijk de hele uitgave van maandag 1 november 1971

The Banner of Truth | 20 Pagina's

A PERIODICAL FOR YOUNG AND OLD

Bekijk de hele uitgave van maandag 1 november 1971

The Banner of Truth | 20 Pagina's