The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-02
John Calvin DeIendea.

assAsAA1 AAFNAA8sAFlAs
Two or three extraels from current
literature have recently appeared In your
paper, in which the authors have labored
10 sugmatiIe the system Of religious be.
lief held BY more than half the Pro.
testant world, and revive some Of the old
cslumhies against one Of the most distin.
guished eIpounders Of that system. II
may not be amils to place alongside Of
these pastizan dennnciAtions the calm
Judgments Of men recognized Is compe-
tent authorities on sneh subiects.
Hon. Geo. Bancroft says MiseellaAisl,
p. 4OG,);
1--WE boaIt Of our counioa schools; Gavin ElI
the father Of popular tduelinn tie inventor Of the
system Of ifoe schools. He that will not honor The
memory and respect the inaaGnce Of 0lyin, kno0s
Little Of the origin d American liberty"
Jas. Anthony Froude, The great English
historian, says { SGOrt iSiOriei, Do ,pp. 12.1S,E
lam going 70 ash you % eonlidsf hoE Il saHs
. paH that II CalTlhlIm d Indeed the hard and
unreasonable creed which modern enIightenmSnt
declares Il 70 b, u has ppniIed Lueh singular AZ
fractions 10 past tines iOr loao o. the greatest men
that ever lived. shall Ast aslln Why, II It b =
creed Of Intellectual strTitude, i vas abla . IN.
splFV and sustain the brlyHt edarts ever made By
man 70 break the yok6 Of unjust anthohiy.
Grlpes Do not gov on bEJmble -blShOA lllnItFi-
Gus natures do not form thttnNelves on narrow and
cruel theories"
Buckle History q Civilization, Vol. L.
PIP, 6ll6lS,) says;
ut Is an IniefaSting fact that the doctrines
which In England are called CllyinlStle, have BEEN
connected With democratic spirit; willis thOse Of
ArminilntIm have fund most hIot among The
afl.toeflris or protective putty. The more any
Eeltty tends TO quality, tue movs likely Il Is that
IL thGolosiell opiui0nS will be CAlVinifie; WhIIe
the more q society tends toward inequality, the
greater the probability u thslr opinions being
Aiminiau." -.
Ernest Renan, the modern French in.
iiiei, says OF John Calvin:
ale succeeded simply becluSs be VA the most
ChTiiiIln man Ct hiSeehS'ltiOn"
Guizot, the great French historian says:
"CAlTin Is graf BY tuasoa Of his marvellous
p9EtIs, his lIStlng labofs and The moral lSht and
purity Of his Character. ElrntIt IN taith, pare 10
motive, auSteTe In liiS aud mighty In his WoFht,
Calvin Is one who deserve his great fame"
Prof. Dornsr, Of Barlin, says:
"CalVIn wa equally gFsat In intellect and ehare.
ter, lovely IN toih lie, full Of tender Iympaihy
and iIithlnlEets to ifiendA yielding and lorIiVln
toward personal C6enIeI but iaex6r1bly Ievefe
when be saw the honor Of God olstinately and
mAlign1nily attacked"
Says Bsra, who watched at his death.
bed:
"HlJirg been an 0bsSETerof CalVin'slI'O for Ti1-
ten ye1H may with perfect Iisht tatify that Ve
have In this man n most beautiful example Of 4
truly Christian life and death, which Il Is easy 10
CalumniIte bat dlfiealt 70 initiate"
Says DAubigne, the historian Of the
Reformation:
ION 4 Etll.knovn occasion, WHEN 4 Wrttshsi
man, EhOIe doetTinel Threatened Bociety, stood h.
fore the OWL tnbd4alS Of GeneVa, there WIS bat
one voice In all Europe Tlbed IN tlyot Of the plS-
oner; bat one voice that prayed for some nlsiton
Of ssryctuIS Puni,h Eent, and that .VJee vas Cal
Via'I"
Upon the latter point it would be inter.
esting TO quote largely, as might be done
from the correspondence Of Calvin, four
large volumes Of which have been recent.
" translated and published in this 5oun.
try. Bat the brief testimonies quoted
above are sufficient to show the folly OF
attempting to overthrow the verdict OF
unbiased history BY violent defamation,
OF. cursing the fortress that cannot be
conquered. A. CALvISIsT.
Marsins Ferry, October 81.