Minutes of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting.

The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society was held in Pardington Hall at the Nyack Missionary College on the shores of the Hudson River, Nyack New York, Wednesday, December 30th, and Thursday, December 31st. More than 100 delegates and visitors were in attendance. Because of distance, most of the participants came from our New England, Eastern, and Mid-Western sections; but it was encouraging to observe brethren from more remote areas of the country. At 10:00 on Wednesday morning, Dr. Burton Goddard, president of the Society for 1964, called the session to order. Dr. Leslie Flynn, pastor of the Grace Conservative Baptist Church, Nanuet, New York, led in a brief program of divine worship. In the absence of Dr. Harold W. Boon, president of Nyack Missionary College, Dean Thomas Bailey brought greetings to the Society. The docket was then adopted. Two able papers were next presented, one on "Karl Barth's View of Sanctification," by Dr. Anthony A. Hoekema of Calvin Theological Seminary, the other on "The Background of Psalm 139," by Dr. Edward J. Young of Westminster Theological Seminary. As usual there was discussion pro and contra. With luncheon finished, the first business-session was called to order at 1:45. Reports were received from the Society's secretary, treasurer, and editor. Dr. Samuel Schultz presented the report of Dr. Morris A. Inch, who as auditor certified the accuracy of our treasurer's account. Dr. Robert Knudsen, on behalf of our liason committee with the American Scientific Affiliation, reported that another joint-meeting with that organization is scheduled for 1966. President Goddard announced the appointment of Dr. Paul Loth and Mr. James Yerkes as members of the Resolutions Committee. He also appointed a Nominating Committee consisting of George Anderson, Dr. Allen MacRae, Dr. J. Barton Payne, Dr. Martin Wyngaarden and Dr. Roger Nicole, with Dr. Nicole as convener and Dr. Payne as secretary. At the conclusion of the business session, Dr. William Young, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island, presented "A Critique of Dooyeweerd." A time for coffee and fellowship at 3:30 prepared an especially alert audience for a paper on "Genesis and Cosmology" by Dr. MacRae, President of Faith Theological Seminary. The annual banquet was held at 6:30 in Simpson Hall. Dr. Goddard gave a most helpful address on "Evangelical Theological Stewardship," suggesting specifics in a program of productive scholarship. Reconvening in Pardington Hall, the members of our Society profited by "Reflections on the Crisis in Theology" which Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, editor of Christianity Today, shared with them. The formal program for Wednesday then concluded; but the informal program, often the most stimulating aspect of an annual meeting, continued until much later that night—facilitated by chess and coffee. On Thursday morning at 8:30 Dr. Samuel J. Schultz led the assembled delegates in worship. Dr. R. Laird Harris of Covenant Theological Seminary then presented a paper on "The 'Last Days' in the Scrolls and in the