Calvinism a life-system - pagina 276

CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE.

2/2 ourselves

our

are

subject

existence,

entire

to

our entire personality;

in

it

our very nature, our position in

being entirely dependent on

life

predestination,

and

of man, force,

but

the

This all-embracing

places,

in the

less

still

in

it.

not in the hand hand of a blind natural the hand of Almighty God, Sovereign Calvinist

Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth

and

;

it

is

the potter and the clay that Scripture

in the figure of

has

from the time of the Prophets expounded to us

this

all-dominating election.

election

in

the realm of grace as well as in the realm

doctrine

has

Election

of

we

century upon century,

peace and reconciliation to the hearts of the

believing sufferer; and that as

these two systems

and Election, does not history show that

of Selection

restored

election also to eternal life;

Now, when we compare

of nature.

the

Election in creation, elec-

and so

tion in providence,

all

Christians hold election

do, in honour, hQ)\h'vi\ creation d.Vi6.m. providence;

and that Calvinism deviates from the other Christian confessions

in

this

respect

only, that, grasping unity

and placing the glory of God above to extend the to the

hope

This then

amounts for

to.

irony or

abandon

his

for the

life

what

is

Or

lest

Do

conflict,

my

Christian

against

dares

and

for the times ^re too serious

at I

least

know

put

who cannot

faith,

in

yet

this all-important

of another solution of

fundamental world-problem emabling

defend

it

life,

dogmatic narrowness

every Christian,

objections,

thing,

spiritual

to come.

Calvinistic

rather,

jest,

question to himself: this

all

mystery of Election to

this

me

better to

hour of sharpest

renewed Paganism collecting

its

forces

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