By Abraham Kuyper
Excerpt from Calvinism: Six Lectures added within the Theological Seminary at Princeton
A traveler from the previous eu Continent, disembarking at the shore of this New global, feels because the Psalmist says, that "his ideas crowd upon him like a multitude". in comparison with the eddying waters of your new flow of existence, the previous flow during which he used to be relocating turns out nearly frostbound and boring; and right here, on American flooring, for the 1st time, he realizes how such a lot of divine potencies, that have been hidden away within the bosom of mankind from our very construction, yet which our previous international was once incapable of constructing, are actually starting to divulge their inward splendour, therefore promising a nonetheless richer shop of surprises for the Future.
You wouldn't, besides the fact that, inquire from me to omit the prevalence which, in lots of respects, the previous international should declare, on your eyes, in addition to in mine. outdated Europe is still even now the bearer of an extended background, and for that reason stands sooner than us as a tree rooted extra deeply, hiding among its leaves a few more experienced culmination of life.
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There is but one world-stream, broad and fresh, which from the beginning bore the promise of the future. This stream had its rise in Middle Asia and the Levant, and has steadily continued its course from East to West. From Western Europe it has passed on to your Eastern States, and from thence to California. The sources of this stream of development are found in Babylon and in the valley of the Nile. From thence it flowed on to Greece. From Greece it passed on to the Roman Empire. From the Romanic nations it continued its way to the Northwestern parts of Europe, and from Holland and England it reached at length your continent.
The succession of these four phases of development did not take place mechanically, with sharply outlined divisions and parts. This development of life is organic, and therefore each new period roots in the past. In its deepest logic Calvinism had already been apprehended by Augustine; had, long before Augustine, been proclaimed to the City of the seven hills by the Apostle in his Epistle to the Romans; and from Paul goes back to Israel and its prophets, yea to the tents of the patriarchs. Romanism likewise does not make its appearance suddenly, but is the world organization product of the three potencies of Israel's priesthood, the cross of Calvary, and the world organization of the Roman Empire.
Allow me, therefore, m six lectures, to speak to you on Calvinism. 1. On Calvinism as a Life-system; 2. On Calvinism and Religion; 3. On Calvinism and Politics; 4. On Calvinism and Science; 5. On Calvinism and Art; and 6. On Calvinism and the Future. Clearness of presentation demands that in this first lecture I begin by fixing the conception of Calvinism historically. To prevent misunderstanding we must first know what we should not, and what we should, understand by it. Starting therefore from the current use of the term, I find that this is by no means the same in different countries and in different spheres [2]of life.