Calvinism a life-system - pagina 188

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CALVINISM AND SCIENCE.

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find

condemned

stands

ours,

in

In

self-delusion.

as

other words, the Normalist wishes to wrest from us the

very

thing,

which,

highest and

holiest

of gratitude a

calls

and certain

up against

He

With royal pride our

life.

We

this.

ourselves

resign

to the

of being slighted and oppressed in the world, but

fate

we

to God.

more precious

is

and the indignation of our heart

faith, all

the

is

which a continual stream

souls that which

us than our

to

consciousness of rise

own

our

self-consciousness,

for

up from our hearts

wells

in

lie

our

in gift,

refuse to be dictated to

of our

We

heart.

do

by any one

not

assail

the

in the

sanctuary

liberty

of the

Normalist to build a well construed science from the premises •liberty

to

defend,

if

The the

needs be, at any

parts are

as

consciousness, but our right and

do the same thing we are determined

principal

upon

own

of his

of

]

Not so very long ago Abnormalism were looked

for all sciences in almost all universities,

and the few Normalists, who

at that time

principle

of their antagonists, found

a chair.

First

that

after

to

now exchanged.

positions

axioms

cost.

they

it

opposed the

difficult to find

were persecuted, then outlawed,

the most tolerated. But at present they

at

are

the masters of the situation, controll

fill

ninety

per

cent of

all

all influence,

professorial chairs,

and the

who has been forced now obliged to look for a place, where he may lay down his head. Formerly we showed them the door, and now this sinful assault upon result

is,

that

out of the

their

by

the Abnormalist,

official

liberty

is

house,

is

by God's righteous judgment avenged

their turning us out into the street,

and so

it

becomes

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