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A revised and updated version of
Abraham Kuyper: An Annotated Bibliography 1857-2010 by Tjitze Kuipers (2011)

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1869

1869.15
“Het beroep op het volksgeweten,” rede ter opening van de algemeene vergadering der “Vereeniging voor Christelijk Nationaal-Schoolonderwijs,” gehouden te Utrecht, den 18 Mei 1869.
Amsterdam, B.H. Blankenberg Jr. 1869 (Amsterdam, H. de Hoogh). 31 pp., 25cm.—ƒ0.30.
Published: June 1869.
RKB 19.
ET: An appeal to the national conscience. (The opening speech for the General Meeting of the Union for Christian National Primary Education, held in Utrecht, May 18, 1869.)

Opening speech for the eighth General Meeting of the Union for Christian National Primary Education, delivered in the Domkerk at Utrecht on May 18, 1869. This address lays out a new course for the union. Kuyper appealed to the national conscience about the shortcomings of the state schools, arguing, among other things, that they could not fulfill popular expectations about religiosity, the self-governance of citizens, respect for the freedom of conscience, and the demands of national life. Kuyper argued that since people of every mindset should be free to build up Dutch society, Reformed Christians should reclaim the social influence that belongs to them legally.

The eighth general meeting was held on May 19–20, 1869, under the chairmanship of G. Groen van Prinsterer.