Calvinism a life-system - pagina 45

CALVINISM A LIFE SYSTEM.

Thus

shown

is

it

condition of the mingling of blood, but

necessary

the

human development

that in the process of

also repre-

it

In Babylon

sents, with respect to this, a further stadium. this

not only

meets

Calvinism

that

4

commingling of blood was of small significance;

it

importance with the Greeks and Romans;

it

gains

in

goes

reach

Islamism

under

further

among

only

but

manisni;

Here

highest perfection.

its

dominant under Ro-

is

;

Calvinistic in

nations does

America

it is

it

achiev-

ing the intermingling of «// the nations of the old world.

A

similar climax of this process of

is

also

under

exhibited

the

public

activity life

of affairs life

the

people is

themselves.

development from

As

that of maturity.

to

in the

the hands of the parents, so also in the

in

nations

of the

eminent

only

during the years of childhood, the direction

is

under-age

from

proceed

of the nations also there

underage period

family-life,

in the fact, that

of Calvinism does the impulse of

influence

In the

the

by Calvinism

human development

period

ruler,

it

is

but natural that during their

the

first

Asiatic

priesthood,

afterwards the

some

despot, then

and

finally

both priest and magistrate together should stand at the

head of every movement. in

Babylon

and

The

history of the nations

under the Pharaohs,

in

Greece and

Rome, under Islamism and under the papal system, fully confirms this

of development.

course

could

evident

that

things.

Just because

the

nations

reach

that

this

finally

stadium

not

in their

came of in

But

it

is

self-

be a permanent state of progressive development age, they

must

which the people

at length

itself

stood up for their rights, and originated the

awoke,

movement

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