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At the meeting of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, held at Hudson, New York, the Committee on the Professorate made an extensive report. Much of the report dealt with issues at Hope College. One issue was the relationship of the theological school located at Hope College with Hope. Another issue was the proposal of Rev. Philip Phelps and Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to make Hope College into a university. Professors T. Romeyn Beck, Charles Scott and Cornelius E. Crispell, professors at Hope College, sent a paper dissenting from the proposal to make Hope a university. "Your Committee find that the views of the respective parties are radically and resolutely opposed. The questions involve very delicate and complicated relations and immense responsibilities," (p. 482). Van Raalte was in attendance at this meeting. The committee submitted many resolutions but there is nothing in the minutes as to how the synod dealt with them.
Date
6-3-1868
City
Hudson, New York
Source
The Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Church In America, convened in regular session in the City of Hudson, N. Y., in June, 1868, pp. 472, 480-485.
Recommended Citation
Board of Publication of the Reformed Church, "The Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Church In America, Convened in Regular Session in the City of Hudson, N. Y., in June, 1868. pp. 472, 480-485" (1868). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 578.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/578
Notes
Description of the document by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.