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Albertus C. Van Raalte is attending the meeting of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. A major issue is on the agenda from the Classis of Holland that the RCA issue a "distinct utterance of its disapprobation of the connection of the Lord's people with the Order of Freemasons, in order that the moral power of our whole Reformed Church may be against a great and growing evil." The committee which dealt with the issue formed a resolution which said: "That this Synod do not consider it proper to express our opinion in the case." In the roll call vote on the resolution, 89 men voted for it and 19 voted against the resolution of the committee. Van Raalte cast a "no" vote along with Jacob Vander Meulen, John Vander Meulen and John H. Karsten. These were the only mid-west votes against the resolution. Fifteen easterners also voted against it. I recognized other Dutch immigrant mid-westerners' names who voted for the resolution.
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. E, in June, 1868, pp. 461-463.
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. E, in June, 1868. New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Church, No. 103 Fulton Street, 1868, pp. 461-63" (1868). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 579.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/579
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.