Calvinism a life-system - pagina 26

CALVINISM A LIFE SYSTEM.

22

But

confession.

of course very

this

implied a

really

fundamental and special interpretation of our relation

God.

to

was the declaration that henceforth God

It

was to be considered as a dead,

hostile

power yea even

To

state, to

from

society

and

to science.

French

into

German hands, Modernism could not

be sure,

content with such a bare negation

how from

that

moment

;

clothed

it

as

^

not yet to the heart, at least to the

if

in passing

rest

but the result shows either pan-

itself in

theism or agnosticism, and under each disguise

main-

it

tained the expulsion of God from practical«and theoretical

and the enmity against the Triune God had

hfe,

its full

course.

Thus

maintain that

I

is

it

the interpretation of our

God which dominates every

relation

to

system,

and that

for us

Calvinism, thanks to

its

this

To

God.

this I

God its

We

if

you

it

in the hearts of its

face here

like,

upon the

altar

remind one of Calvin.

Calvin

Was

with

this

work of God

of genius, it

intel-

in the heart,

This point

it

scarcely

its

has erected no calls

them by

a wall at Geneva remains to

His very grave has been for-

ingratitude.?

was appreciated,

heroes and

Calvinism has never burned

monument for its heroes, name. One stone only in gotten.

man

no product of a clever

an inspiration of history.

should be emphasized. incense

of

fundamental interpretation, but that

lectualism, but the fruit of a or,

man and

add that Calvinism has neither invented

this

himself implanted

heralds.

life

given in

is

fundamental interpretation of an

immediate fellowship of God with

nor conceived

general

conception

even

By no in

the

means. i6th

But

if

and 17th

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