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It was with a great deal of pleasure and being in good
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treasure which excels all earthly treasures. We are grateful to
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God that we are all well and thriving, although I am troubled
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Rev. Groeneveld of Hoogblokland who is a true conservative
person and is the counselor of our congregation. He was at
odds with our school principal, Mr. A. A. in 't Veld, who is our
church janitor and precentor (worship leader) in our worship
services. The reason was that this minister had made some
biting comments in his preaching and the schoolteacher (being
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commotion; this led to some people asking the consistory to
dismiss the teacher as our precentor; however a tie vote
prevented this, but resulted in a temporary release pending a
decision of the Classis of Dordrecht; after having listened to
the teacher and the consistory and having heard a confession
of guilt on the part of the teacher as well as his plea for
forgiveness, he was reappointed to his old position with the
unanimous approval of the consistory, but against Rev .
Groeneveld's will. My father-in-law, C. Slob, and the crippled
W. Slob, both well over 88 1'2 years of age, are in good health
yet, but A. Donk, formerly the municipal treasurer, passed
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