Calvinism a life-system - pagina 213

CALVINISM AND ART. of the original plan, and what

lines

splendid

restoration

Master-Builder

will

209 even more, the

is

by which the Supreme Artist and one day renew and enhance even

the beauty of His original creation.

on

thus,

If

If

same

God

of

from the Evil One

originate

every creative power. gifts

God

imparts these Cain's,

were

keeping

in

is

artistic gifts to

and not

Cainitic,

to

posterity

should at

gifts,

in

the

lesser

art-capacity,

the

we owe real

as

God

is

.

He always As God, He alone

first

has

the

some

artistic ability,

in

human

image of God.

Creator of everything; the

new

things

is

His alone, and

continues to be the creative is

art

sinned

of art have

That

even if

as Calvin so

can have room

such,

p'ower of really producing therefore

And

not as

who

to our creation after the

world,

will., ;

least,

gifts

testimony of the Divine bounty.

In

work no

ordinances

the

whom He

Abel's

but in order that he

says,

beautifully

nature,

art can

with

If

and remains Sovereign, then he also

away the highest

that

but employ disposal.

world into existence.

Artist, called this if

to abuse the

ordained for the beautiful, when He, as the

God

Supreme

is

man cannot God at his

put by

and remains Sovereign, then

is

further,

Satan i^ destitute of

he can do

All

gifts

enchantment except which

for Calvi-

Neither can art originate with man,

of God.

powers and

God

and remains,

for

;

being a creature himself,

for,

the

to

is

unchangeable point of departure, then art cannot

its

good

personal

applies to the next point in question.

Sovereignty

the

nism,

Calvin's

point,

agrees entirely with the Calvinistic con-

interpretation fession, the

principal

this

original

One, we

artist.

are only

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