Calvinism a life-system - pagina 88

CALVINISM AND RELIGION.

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The poor

sisters.

and the is

the real and divine Giver, and

purposes to make

and

it

whole of

for the

who thanks

church- member,

the Deacon

Him Who

but not Christ, actually denies

giver,

Who

through

his deacons,

manifest that for the whole man, life

He

is

the ChrisUis Consolatory

the Heavenly Redeemer, anointed and appointed

Himself, for our fallen race, from

eternity.

all

by God And so,

you

see,

the result proves incontestably that in Cal-

vinism,

the

fundamental conception of the Church

as

perfectly to the fundamental idea of i?^/?^z'(?;^

fits

All egoism

and eud£emonism are excluded from both, even unto the

Always and ever we have a

end.

The

origin of the

festation

is

is

in

and a Clmrchy

the sake of man.

for

God,

its

form of mani-

life,

to

come

I

to

its

magnify God's glory.

the fruit of religion in our

or the position taken

by Calvinism

in

the

—

of morals; the third and last division, with on Calvinism and Religion will natu-

question

which

and remains

finally,

practical

Church

Religion,

from God, and from beginning to end,

is

purpose

Now

and not

sake of God,

the

for

this lecture

rally conclude.

Here, the ]

first

thing that attracts our attention

apparent contradiction between

is

the

a confession, which,

it

blunts

the edge of moral incentives, and a

practice, which, in

moral earnestness exceeds the practice

is

of

alleged,

all

The Antinomian and

the Puritan

to be mingled in this field like tares

and wheat,

other religions.

seemed

so that at

were the

first sight it

seemed as though the Antinomian

logical result of the Calvinistic confession,

and

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