Calvinism a life-system - pagina 266

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

result of this

been called upon to witness

from Germany's eccentric Emperor? the

dismissed

of the freedom of the churches had so

defender

Emperor should

as expressed the wish that the his

Next

chief episcopate.

German squadron

for

was

carry

instructed

that he called

upon

after

and

His

death

not

Orieiat

far

More

gospel".

be

faithful in

urging as a motive

duties,

No; but....

And

Emperor.

the

recently

God

....

God....

before

on the banquet of

finally

Germany had

continue

to

its

undisturbedly under the blessing of peace, as

labours

he concluded,

enjoined, the great

by

the

outstretched

Emperor, luho here stands above

encroachment,

it

will

see,

are

far

from mere

hand of

tis.

Ever

be noticed, of Caesarism

upon the essence of the Christian you

of Russia

they were to appear before

Porta Westphalia, that

bolder

Henry

his loyal subjects to

Christ?....

the great

the

to

'•'•imperial

much

abdicate

at the sailing of the

that,

China, Prince

performance of their

that

and

to

but the

''Christian"

the

First of all that

champion of Christian democracy, was from his court, merely because this bold

Stocker,

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

principle

against

repristination

I

am

as averse as

any man

order to place for the defence of Christianity,

over

against

principle,

world-view, there

a Protestant

in

lies

and world-view over

at hand, for

bone and morrow, only

him who

tJie

is

Calvinistic

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