Calvinism a life-system - pagina 8

CALVINISM A LIFE SYSTEIM.

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wrestling one with another, in mortal combat. is

natural

the

man, and

to

Modernism

own from the data of construct man himself from

to build a world of

bound

its

the data of nature; while, on the other hand,

those

all

who reverently bend the knee to Christ and worship Him as the Son of the Living God, and God himself, the struggle in Europe, this

is

and

also,

this

my own

the

is

country

been spending In

This

upon saving the "Christian Heritage".

are bent

the struggle in America, for principles in

engaged, and in

is

my

all

is

struggle

energy

which

I

which

myself have

for nearly •forty years.

struggle Apologetics have advanced us not

this

one single

step.

Apologetics have invariably begun by

abandoning the assailed breastwork, in order to entrench themselves cowardly

From

— "If

the

first

the battle

is

behind

in a ravelin

it.

have always said to myself,

therefore, I

to be fought with

honour and with

a hope of victory, then principle must be arrayed against principle ;

then

it

must be

felt

Modernism the

that in

all-embracing life-system assails

vast energy

of an

then also

must be understood that we have to take

it

us,

our stand in a life-system of equally comprehensive and far-reaching power. And this powerful life-system is not to

be invented nor formulated by ourselves, but

be taken and applied as

I

it

.

presents

took the shorter phrase, at least in the

shortest

expression

In my

of

my

first lecture,

lectures

is

in

accordance with the special meaning predominating in

mentation.

See also Dr. Orr's note on page 365.

to

the

be the

on the contrary,

interchanged alternately both phrases, of life-system and life

vieio

to

itself in history..

always having some preference for what

general indication of your subject-matter. I

title

is

andworht

my

argu-

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