Author: D. D. Whedon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-01-06

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 9781334902291

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Excerpt from Methodist Quarterly Review, 1884, Vol. 36 Mr. Wakeman argues, above, that as perfection is one, and there cannot be two perfect orders, so there can be but one way possible to God. Absolute perfection is, we admit, one, and cannot be two and is realized in God alone. But rela tive perfection, approximative perfection, is a thing of degrees; and who can say that there may not be several perfects in equal degree? But even the oneness of perfection requires not one stiff procedure, one iron stereotype; for variability, possibility of substitution, itself may often be the one best and most per fect course of things. Mr. Wakeman next raises and answers a theistic inquiry: But it is said, may not God, in some way, adjust his fixed laws so as to efiect answers to prayer much as human beings do, or are supposed to do? The answer is, that scientific laws are unvariable, and therefore always unadjustable. They cannot be adjusted by either God or man. We ask the proof that He who imposed these laws cannot withdraw, modify, or change them. A distinguished scientist, Professor Cooke, of Harvard, in a noble volume, entitled The Religion of Chemistry, has shown with great beauty and force that the laws of nature themselves exhibit luminous proofs of having been primordially planned for the construction of a cosmos by an all-comprehensive will. Freedom of choice is a divine: perfection, and so the planning will that imposed those laws can suspend or repeal them. And both that imposition and that change may, like any other divine act, be part of a still more primordial plan, and be required by divine perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Methodist Quarterly Review, 1884, Vol. 36 (Classic Reprint) written by D. D. Whedon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Methodist Quarterly Review, 1884, Vol. 36 Mr. Wakeman argues, above, that as perfection is one, and there cannot be two perfect orders, so there can be but one way possible to God. Absolute perfection is, we admit, one, and cannot be two and is realized in God alone. But rela tive perfection, approximative perfection, is a thing of degrees; and who can say that there may not be several perfects in equal degree? But even the oneness of perfection requires not one stiff procedure, one iron stereotype; for variability, possibility of substitution, itself may often be the one best and most per fect course of things. Mr. Wakeman next raises and answers a theistic inquiry: But it is said, may not God, in some way, adjust his fixed laws so as to efiect answers to prayer much as human beings do, or are supposed to do? The answer is, that scientific laws are unvariable, and therefore always unadjustable. They cannot be adjusted by either God or man. We ask the proof that He who imposed these laws cannot withdraw, modify, or change them. A distinguished scientist, Professor Cooke, of Harvard, in a noble volume, entitled The Religion of Chemistry, has shown with great beauty and force that the laws of nature themselves exhibit luminous proofs of having been primordially planned for the construction of a cosmos by an all-comprehensive will. Freedom of choice is a divine: perfection, and so the planning will that imposed those laws can suspend or repeal them. And both that imposition and that change may, like any other divine act, be part of a still more primordial plan, and be required by divine perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.