Calvinism a life-system - pagina 121

CALVINISM AND POLITICS.

Whatever among men

ment.

creation,

possessed of

is

human

in

all

originates directly from

the data for

You

nature as such.

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its

development,

see this at once in the

family and in the connection of blood relations and other ties.

From the duality of man and woman marriage From the original existence of one man and woman monogamy comes forth. The children exist

arises.

one

by reason of the

innate

power of reproduction.

the children are connected as brothers and

when by and by

Naturally

And

sisters.

these children, in their turn,

marry

again, as a matter of course all those connections originate

from blood- relationship and other the

whole of

that sin

has into

of the

here

distorted

a

all is

nothing

this there is

spontaneous, just as

stem and the branches of a plant.

True,

its

disturbing influence and

much which was

intended for a blessing,

has exerted

also

But

curse.

stopped by

In

family-life.

The development

mechanical.

which dominate

ties,

common

this fatal efficiency of sin

grace.

Free-love

may

and the concubinate to desecrate, the

has been

try to dissolve,

holiest

tie,

as

it

pleases; but, fpr the vast majority of our race marriage

remains the foundation of

human

society

and the family

retains its position, as the primordial sphere in sociology.

The same may be Nature about us

by reason of thistles,

sin,

so that

said of the other spheres of

may have

lost the

and the earth

we can

human

effort remains,

creation

and before the

nature.

And

this

bear thorns and

eat our bread only in the sweat

of our brow; notwithstanding all

may

life.

glory of paradise,

all this

what fall,

it

the chief aim of

was by virtue of our

— namely

dominion over

dominion cannot be acquired, except

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