On May 24, 1904, Kuyper gave the anniversary speech at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Association of Christian School Teachers in the Netherlands and the Overseas Territories. He delivered the speech as honorary chairman of the anniversary meeting, which took place in the presence of 1,400 school teachers and invited guests in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In his speech Kuyper provides a historical perspective on contemporary events, concluding with the much-quoted peroration: “You, with the schoolchild in your arms, have taken up the guard at the cross; never let that child go, and never let go of that cross! And that God, who is the God of our baptism, he will let you succeed!” The speech was also published in De Standaard, no. 9916, July 18, 1904.