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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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1916

1916.05
[Cable.]
In: Gereformeerd Jongelingsblad 27 (1915/1916), no. 40, June 9, 1916.
See also: 1917.01.
BTUK.
ET: Particularly during the tense days through which we are struggling, your most warm telegram refreshed my soul. Some say that the enthusiasm among us was extinguished with the demise of the older generation but, if it depends on you, you will exceed the enthusiasm that inspired the elders in Groen’s day by your warm dedication. Honor to God alone!

Vooral in de zoo spannende dagen die we doorworstelen was Uw zoo warm telegram mij een zielsverkwikking. Het heette dat bij het wegsterven van het oudere geslacht de geestdrift onder ons was uitgebluscht, maar zoo ’t aan U hangt, zult gij het enthousiasme, dat in Groen’s dagen de ouderen bezielde nog door Uw warme toewijding overtreffen. Gode alleen de eere! Kuyper.

Kuyper telegraphed this expression of gratitude in response to a telegram he had received from the annual meeting of the Dutch Federation of Young Men’s Associations on Reformed Principles, which met in Arnhem on June 1, 1916. In its telegram the meeting assured Kuyper that though much might change, “the loyalty of his young guard would never.”