Calvinism - pagina 266

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CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE.

262

Luther was

misled

recognizing the Sovereign of

into

the land as the head of the etablished church, and what

have we as a

been called upon to witness

result of this

from Germany's eccentric Emperor? Stocker,

champion of Christian democracy, was

the

from

dismissed

defender

merely

court,

his

Next

chief episcopate.

German squadron

for

was

carry

instructed

that he called

upon

performance

that

after

and

His

and

to

death

the

to

Henry

not

More be

No; but....

Porta Westphalia, that

recently

urging as a motive

duties,

And

the

faithful in

God

they were to appear before

Emperor.

abdicate

of Russia

Orient

far

his loyal subjects to

of their

much

at the sailing of the

China, Prince

Christ.?....

the great

....

God....

before

on the banquet of

finally

Germany had

continue

to

its

undisturbedly under the blessing of peace, as

labours

he

enjoined, the great

bolder

that,

bold

this

Emperor should

but the ''Hmperial gospel".

"^Christian"

the

because

of the freedom of the churches had so

as expressed the wish that the his

First of all that

concluded,

by

the

oiit-stretcJied

Emperor, who here stands above

encroachment,

will

it

hand of

lis.

Ever

be noticed, of Caesarism

upon the essence of the Christian you see, arc far from mere trifles

religion. ;

These

as

rather they touch

principles of world-wide application, for which our fore-

fathers in the age of the Reformation fought their great

To

battles.

but

in

order to

principle

against

repristination

over

I

am

as averse as

any man

place for the defence of Christianity,

against

principle,

world-view, there

lies

and world-view over

at hand, for

a Protestant in bone and morrow, onl}-

tJie

him who

is

Calvinistic

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