Centennial 1857-1957, First CRC, Grand Rapids Orthodoxy But the Mayflower story did

But the Mayflower story did not end with these Pilgrims’ arrival on the coast of New England or their first uncertain years as settlers

which relates how a suffering child of God wrestled with the problems that threatened to overwhelm his life

President and Samuel C

then as a wife forcibly separated from her husband during the Japanese occupation

and draws personal applications from the book of Jeremiah—reminding us of the truth that God’s proclamation of judgment is always intended to spur his people to seek salvation in and through him

Centennial 1857-1957, First CRC, Grand Rapids Orthodoxy But the Mayflower story didThe centennial anniversary volume is not only a treasure to those whose ancestors were part of this oldest of CRCs in Grand Rapids but to those with an interest in (CRC) history. Being the "(gr )mother church of Grand Rapids and immediate surroundings, the book offers a birds eye view of a number of these (gr )daughter congregations and of those who served it as pastors. In addition to numerous rare images of hundred or more years ago (with the names