Calvinism - pagina 146

CALVINISM AND POLITICS.

142 political

despotism have been finally vanquished by the

French Revolution, and that acknowledge that

to

this

promoting the cause of history

years

and years could not

we have

revolution

the guillotine, rest

gratefully

by

began

also

But whosoever learns

liberty.

from

that

in so far

all

over France, for

from the execution of

who were of a different mind whosoever remembers how cruelly and wantonly the Roman Catholic those

;

clergy were their

conscience myself,

like

murdered, because they refused to violate

tyranny,

by an unholy oath;

by a sad

which

experience,

liberalism

European Continent have those

to

admit that liberty

in

applied,

the

Christian

French to

spiritual

still

on

the

applying,

—

is

forced

Calvinism and liberty in the

Revolution

agree with

and are

different paths,

French Revolution are two quite In

knows the

and conservatism

who have chosen

to

or whosoever,

the

different things.

a civil liberty for every iinhelieving

viajority;

in

Calvinism, a liberty of conscience, which enables every

man

to serve

God, according

the dictates of his oivn haert.

to his ozu7i conviction

and

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