Two devotions that were included in a reader for teacher-training colleges and secondary schools. They were originally reprinted from very early issues of De Heraut—the first, on Matthew 10:34 (pp. [87]–89), from no. 56, January 5, 1879, and the second, on Luke 9:58 (pp. 176–178), from no. 2, December 14, 1877. On pages [107]–109 of the same reader, a section from 1906.10 (pp. 17–20 with the accompanying note on p. 64) is also included. This piece ends by comparing Bilderdijk to a Spanish fighting bull. On pages [354]–361, the second volume of the reader (Sneek: J.F. van Druten, 1912) offers a section from 1908.25 (pp. 440–447), in which Kuyper describes a bullfight that he, after overcoming his reluctance, had seen in Madrid.