Calvinism a life-system - pagina 261

CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE. back

reaching

Protestantism,

the

to

257

Stoa

and

to

Epicurus.

Only along the

lines of

Protestantism therefore, can

a successful advance be attempted, and on those lines indeed salvation

The one

pointment.

of these

dogma,

and

criticism

of defence against

against

less

still

to bitter disap-

practical, the other

is

Without hope

mystical in character.

modern

must lead

of which

both

tendencies

sought at present, by two different

is

criticism

of

former, the practical tendency, holds that

the

can do no better than fall back upon all manner of Christian works. Its devotees are at a loss what attitude to assume towards the Scriptures they have become themselves estranged from dogma; but what Christians

\

;

to

prevent such hesitating believers from sacrificing

their

person and their gold to the cause of philanthropy,

is

evangelism and missions

advantage: alleviates for

the

!

This even

offers a threefold

unites Christians of all shades of opinion,

it

much

misery, and has a conciliatory attraction

And

non-Christian world.

of course this pro-

pagandism through action must be gratefully and sympathetically

Christian

hailed.

activity

In

the

century

was indeed

far

Christianity

that

does not prove

degenerates

into

dry scholasticism

its

has passed,

that

too limited

worth

and

and a

;

in practice,

idle talk.

would be a mistake, however, to suppose that

It

Christi-

anity can be confined within the Hmits of such practical manifestation. I

\

Our Saviour made whole

fed the hungry, but the

paramount thing

in

the sick and

His ministry 17

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