Calvinism - pagina 258

CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE.

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Roman

entirely

and yet has voted time and

Catholic,

again with overwhelming majorites against the advocates of religion.

In

fact

we may say

that,

in

order to

appreciate the noble, energetic traits of the Romanists,

one must observe

them,

where they are on the England, and where,

in

countries

Centrum

of Pro-

Holland

Protestant

your own Protestant

in

own

their

in

decline, but in

North-Germany,

testant

not

and

States. In regions

deprived of a controlHng influence, they adjust

themselves to the polity of others and concentrate their strength as an opposition party, under such leaders as

Manning and Wiseman, Von Ketteler and Windthorst, they compel our admiration by the enthusiastic championship of their cause.

But even apart from

by Rome

nished in

this testimonitiin paupertatis fur-

herself through

the

mismanagement

Southern Europe and South-America, where she has

full

sway,

in the contest of the nations also

and influence are

The

visibly waning.

her power

balance of power

now gradually passing into the hands of Russia, Germany and England, every one of them nonRomish States, and on your own continent the Protestant

in

Europe

is

North holds

the

supremacy.

Since 1866 Austria has

been continually retrogressing, and at the death of the present

Emperor

will

lution.

Italy has

attempted to

it

be seriously threatened with dissolive

beyond

its

resources:

strove to be a great, colonial, naval power, and the

result

is

ruin.

The

that

is

has brought

battle

more than her have absolutely

of

itself to

Addua

the verge of economic

dealt

colonial aspirations. lost all influence

the

death-blow to

Spain and Portugal

on the

social, intellec-

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