Calvinism - pagina 50

SECOND LECTURE.

CALVINISM AND RELIGION.

The

arrived

conclusion

^vas first, that,

my

in

at

scientifically speaking,

previous Lecture,

Calvinism means

the completed evolution of Protestantism, resulting in a

both

higher and

richer

stage of

Further, that

the world-view

starting-point

in

higher

human development.

of Modernism,

with

its

privilege

the French Revolution, can claim no

than that of presenting

an

atheistic

by Calvinism, the honour of leading us

imitation of the brilliant ideal proclaimed

therefore being unqualified for

And,

higher on. as

his

lastly,

fundamental not to

Calvinism,

that whosoever rejects atheism

thought,

restore

its

bound

is

to

go back to

worn-out form, but once

more to catch hold of the Calvinistic principles, in order to embody them in such a form as, suiting the requirements of our own century, may restore the needed unity

to

Protestant thought and the lacking energy to

Protestant practical In

my

v'mism

present

and

life.

Lecture,

therefore,

Religion, first of

all

I

treating

of Cal-

will try to illustrate

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