S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 2 9                21 May 1995     

                   Casper ten Boom mini-biography
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"Casper ten Boom [of Haarlem] was a watchmaker whose expertise was known 
throughout the Netherlands.  He enjoyed the precision work required in his 
profession...but nothing pleased him more than discussing the truths of 
the Bible.

"Many of us know him as the father in Corrie ten Boom's _The Hiding 
Place_ [book & film].  Because of that story's time frame, we know more
about his death than about his life.  His martyrdom - he died shortly 
after the Nazi's arrested him for hiding Jews in his house - is 
instructive, but not more so than his 84 years of life.

"Casper ten Boom, as might be expected, was a man of punctuality and 
exactness, but he was also a man of grace.  He did not work on Sundays 
except to wind all the clocks...He believed the Bible was relevant for 
every part of life.  His shop was opened each morning with prayer.  He 
read the Bible with his family after every meal.  That these were not 
merely religious trappings we can be sure because his house and his heart 
were open to anyone in need.  That he was a good mixer we can be sure 
because typical of the Bible classes he taught in his home was one which 
included an atheist, a fundamentalist, a liberal, a Roman Catholic, and 
a Calvinist.  He was an encourager, always stimulating positive attitudes 
in his friends, and what a range of friends it was.

"His harbouring of hunted Jews was but a natural extension of his faith.  
For him and his children (his wife had died by then), it was only 
Christianity as usual."

                        by Charles Turner, published in the November '93
                        issue of _Tabletalk_ Magazine.
        
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Recommended film (on video): The Hiding Place.  Based on the story told
by Casper's daughter Corrie, chiefly about Corrie and her sister Betsie's
capture and incarceration in the Ravensbruck death camp, and how it was 
for them a journey of faith.  If not available in your local secular 
video stores, try a Christian bookstore.



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