William Masselink Collection, 1925-1953 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: William Masselink Collection, 1925-1953

ID: COLL/166

Primary Creator: William Masselink (1897-1973)

Extent: 9.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and teacher of Reformed doctrine at the Reformed Bible College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Class notes and sermons. Manuscripts entitled “The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism” and “Common Grace and Christian Education.”

Biographical Note

William Masselink was born February 15, 1897, in Meservey, Iowa. He began his theological training in Iowa at Grundy College. Post-graduate work was done at Princeton Theological Seminary; Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky; and Chicago Divinity School. During his ministry, he pursued additional graduate studies at the Free University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1936-1937).

He was ordained in 1922 and began his ministry in the Lafayette CRC in Lafayette, Indiana. Other churches served included Fourteenth Street, Holland, Michigan (1925); Alpine Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1928); and Second Englewood, Chicago, Illinois (1942). In 1952, he began a teaching ministry at the Reformed Bible Institute, which continued until he retired in 1963. He passed away October 19, 1973 at the age of seventy-six.

The obituary notice in the Acts of Synod of 1974 memorialized Dr. William Masselink as “a man with a great heart, full of love for his wife Mary, for his daughter and two sons, and also for the people in the churches he served. He was a fervent minister of the Word, with great love for the Reformed truth and with ability to inspire his people for Christian living.”

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Outlines and Notes],
[Series 2: Notes],
[Series 3: Sermon Outlines, 1925-1951],
[Series 4: Bound Manuscripts],
[Box 6: The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism],
[Series 5: Dr. V. Hepp's notes at Free University of Amsterdam, 1925-1936],
[Series 6: Addenda: Lectures, Papers, Sermons, 1946-1953],
[All]

Series 1: Outlines and Notes

Box 1

Folder 1: Book outlines: Alexander the Great, History of Rome, The Jewish People
Folder 2: Notes on the Apostles' Creed, art. V to art. XII
Folder 3: Notes on biblical introduction
Folder 4: Notes on biblical theology
Folder 5: Notes on Christianity and Liberalism by J. G. Machen
Folder 6: Notes on encyclopedia
Folder 7: Notes on The Jewish People in the Time of Christ
Item 1: Bound volume: notes on dogmatics
Item 2: Bound volume: notes on the history of religions

Series 2: Notes

Box 2

Folder 1: Notes on the Holy Spirit
Folder 2: Notes on Koehler's Old Testament theology
Folder 3: Notes on Koehler's Old Testament theology and Davidson's Old Testament prophecy
Folder 4: Notes on Koehler's theology
Folder 5: Notes on Machen's life and teaching
Folder 6: Notes on Machen's Origin of Paul's Religion
Folder 7: Notes on Machen's Origin of Paul's Religion and Virgin Birth
Folder 8: Notes on Machen's Virgin Birth
Folder 9: Notes on Machen's What is Faith and Origin of Paul's Religion
Folder 10: Notes on New Testament theology
Folder 11: Notes on Old Testament Biblical theology
Folder 12: Notes on sociology
Folder 13: Questions on doctrine and Biblical history

Series 3: Sermon Outlines --- 1925-1951

Box 3

Folder 1: Sermon outline on Esther 4:13,14
Folder 2: Sermon outlines --- 1925
Folder 3: Sermon outlines --- 1932-1933
Folder 4: Sermon outlines, Lord's Day 5-15 --- 1933
Folder 5: Sermon outlines --- 1933
Folder 6: Sermon outlines --- 1933-1934
Folder 7: Sermon outlines --- 1934
Folder 8: Sermon outlines --- 1934
Folder 9: Sermon outlines --- 1934
Folder 10: Sermons on the Commandments --- 1934
Folder 11: Sermon outlines --- 1936
Folder 12: Sermon outlines, free texts --- 1936
Folder 13: Sermon outlines, free texts --- 1937
Folder 14: Sermon outlines, free texts --- 1937-1938
Folder 15: Sermon outlines --- 1938-1939

Box 4

Folder 1: Sermon outlines --- 1938-1939
Folder 2: Sermon outlines --- 1940
Folder 3: Sermon outlines --- 1940-1941
Folder 4: Sermon outlines --- 1941
Folder 5: Sermon outlines --- 1941-1942
Folder 6: Sermon outlines --- 1941-1942
Folder 7: Sermon outlines --- 1945
Folder 8: Sermon outlines --- 1945-1946
Folder 9: Sermon outlines --- 1946
Folder 10: Sermon outlines --- 1947
Folder 11: Sermon outlines --- 1947-1948
Folder 12: Sermon outlines --- 1948
Folder 13: Sermon outlines --- 1948
Folder 14: Sermon outlines --- 1948-1949

Box 5

Folder 1: Sermon outlines --- 1949
Folder 2: Sermon outlines --- 1949
Folder 3: Sermon outlines --- 1949-1950
Folder 4: Sermon outlines --- 1950
Folder 5: Sermon outlines --- 1950
Folder 6: Sermon outlines --- 1950-1951
Folder 7: Sermon outlines --- 1950-1951
Folder 8: Sermon outlines --- 1951
Folder 9: Sermon outlines --- 1951
Folder 10: Sermon outlines --- 1951
Folder 11: Notes on common grace and sermon notes --- 1951
Folder 12: Van Til's Views of Common Grace Compared with the Three Points with Supplement to "Common Grace and Christian Education"
Folder 13: Syllabus on common grace
Folder 14: Let Us Face the Issue, brochure by Masselink

Series 4: Bound Manuscripts

Box 6: Common Grace and Christian Education

Folder 1: The Value of Doctrine, brochure by Masselink
Item 1: Common Grace and Christian Education
Item 2: The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism
Item 3: Christian Doctrine, material used at Reformed Bible College
Item 4: Sermon outlines on backs of posters

Box 6: The Covenant of Grace and Infant Baptism

Series 5: Dr. V. Hepp's notes at Free University of Amsterdam --- 1925-1936

Box 7

Folder 1: Apologetiek, dictaat Dr. V. Hepp cursus; notes in English by Masselink --- 1933-1934, 1934-1935
Folder 2: Breede Dogmatiek, dictaat Dr. V. Hepp; notes in English by Masselink --- 1925-1926
Folder 3: Breede Dogmatiek, dictaat Dr. V. Hepp, notes in English by Masselink --- 1926-1927, 1927-1928, 1928-1929
Folder 4: Dogmageschiedenis cursus, Dr. V. Hepp; notes in English by Masselink --- 1933-1934, 1935-1936
Folder 5: Dogmahistorische Beteekenis, cursus, dictaat Dr. V. Hepp; notes in English by Masselink --- 1930-1933
Folder 6: Smalle Dogmatiek, dictaat Dr. V. Hepp; notes in English by Masselink --- 1927-1928
Folder 7: Sociale Ethiek dictaat van Dr. V. Hepp; notations in English by Masselink --- 1933-1934
Folder 8: Tekstencollege, mimeographed notes in Dutch by Dr. V. Hepp, curcus; notations in English by Masselink --- 1934-1935

Series 6: Addenda: Lectures, Papers, Sermons --- 1946-1953

Box 8

Folder 1: Biblical theology, Reformed Bible Institute brochure
Folder 2: Brief summary of Reformed doctrine, co-authored by Ed Masselink; Catechism
Folder 3: Common Grace and Christian Education supplement
Folder 4: Covenant of Redemption, paper
Folder 5: Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Seventh Day Adventism
Folder 6: Doctrine of the Last Things, paper
Folder 7: Family Altar message --- Jan-46
Folder 8: General Revelation, paper --- Feb-53
Folder 9: Notes on Hebrews
Folder 10: Inaugural sermon, Second Englewood CRC, Chicago, Illinois
Folder 11: Letter to Board of Trustees on issue of Masselink's teaching --- 1953
Folder 12: Let Us Face the Issue, second edition; Van Til's "Common Grace"
Folder 13: Lord's Prayer sermon --- 1948
Folder 14: Qualities of God, notes
Folder 15: Reasons for evangelistic work
Folder 16: Recent Tornado Disaster in the Light of Scripture, paper
Folder 17: Revelation: notes, exegetical studies
Folder 18: Sermons on the Apostles' Creed --- 1946

Box 9

Folder 1: "Social Problems," Reformed Bible Institute, class notes --- undated
Folder 2: "Summary of Sociology" --- undated
Folder 3: "Teachings of the Letter to the Hebrews"
Folder 4: "The Well-meant Offer of Salvation" --- undated
Folder 5: What is Wrong with the Lodge? --- [195-]: [HERH HS495.M3]