The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 16

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NOTES TO THE AMERICAN EDITION

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His fresh, brave spirit is entirely free from all conservatism" (Dr. W. Geesink). He is a man o/his time as well a&for his time. The new superstructure which he has been rear"

worn-out form.

ing upon the carefully reuncovered foundations of the Reformed theology he seeks to adapt to all the needs, demands, and distresses

how

he has succeeded time only can tell. Since 1871 he has published in the columns of the Heraut and afterward in book form the following: " Out of the Word," Bible studies, four volumes; "The Incarnate Word, '" The Work of the Holy Spirit," three volumes, and " E Voto Dordraceno," an explanaThis last work is tion of the Heidelberg Catechism, four volumes. and pracdogmatic theology, a rich treasury of sound and thorough have not yet which other treatises several tical. He has published of the present.

In

far

appeared in book form.

Among

Common

still

Grace," which,

these

we

notice especially

in process of publication,

*'

On

full of

is

most excellent reading. The number of his works amounts already to over one hundred and fifty, a partial list of which is to be found following this introduction.

The following works have been

translated into English

" :

Ency-

Sacred Theology" (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898); "Calvinism and Art"; "Calvinism and Our Constitutional Liberties"; "Pantheism and Destruction of the Boundaries"; "The

clopaedia of

Stone Lectures."

For the better understanding of the work, the translator begs

to

offer the following explanations "

Ethical Irenical," or simply

ment

"

Ethical," is the

in the Netherlands that seeks to mediate

name

of a

between

move-

modem

Rationalism and the orthodox confession of the old Reformed Church. It seeks to restore peace and tranquillity not by a return to the original church order, nor by the maintenance of the old Confession and the removal of deviating ministers through trial and deposition (Judicial Treatment), but by making efforts to find a common ground for both parties. It proceeds from the idea that that which is diseased in the Church can and will return to health partly by letting the disease alone to run its course {Doorzieken) * forgetting that corruption in the Church is not a disease, but a sin partly j a liberal diffusion of Bible knowledge among the people :

— ;

1

(Medical Treatment). * Dr.

W. Geesink.

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