Considering that Van Gogh copied on this loose leaf both
hymn 180:5 and Ten Kate’s ‘Zucht naar heiliging’ (A longing for sanctification) – both of which occur in
letter 90, which dates from the beginning of September 1876 – we assume that the sheet originated in approximately that month. In
De brieven 1990 these sheets were appended to
letter 104, but we see no reason to connect them with that letter.