Kuyper also wrote this paper as a lecture he expected to deliver at the World’s Bible Congress in San Francisco (see 1915.17). As with 1915.17, he had been invited to speak on a topic of broad European significance. In this piece Kuyper discusses the development of the use of the Bible in Europe. He provides a schematic historical outline, detailing the work of various Bible societies, to show how European Calvinists have used the Bible. For European Calvinists, he claims, the Bible is “the visible fountain of the invisible, life-giving waters of the almighty God.”