Report of a speech delivered in the Reformed Oosterkerk in Utrecht to about 2,000 persons on the evening of April 7, 1904, during celebrations of the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Union: “A School with the Bible” (see 1878.06). Kuyper stated that he spoke not as a cofounder of The Union, nor as its ally, but as a “servant of the crown.” The government had reached a turning point in its attitude towards “free education” and, to show this publicly, the cabinet had suggested to the queen that she decorate R. Derksen (1839–1918), who had been secretary of The Union since 1879. After a brief historical overview of The Union and school struggle, Kuyper discussed the government’s policy on Christian education—a policy nearly identical to the vision of The Union. The speech concluded with a warmhearted blessing for The Union and for its relationship with subsequent cabinets. The speech was also published in De Standaard 33 (1904), no. 9833, April 9, 1904.