Hodge, C: Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, Vol. 3

Excerpt from The Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, Vol. 3: April, 1831

The eighteenth and nineteenth Letters are on the subject of the final perseverance of Christians; and in the last, the author undertakes to show, that these views are adapted to excite devotion; and, consequently, cannot be unfriendly to piety and morality.

It will be seen by the above syllabus, that in this little Volume, Very interesting and important subjects are brought into discussion: and it is one recommendation of this work, that a doctrine, most commonly handled in a forbidding and polemical style, is here treated with great calmness, and brought down to common apprehension, by means of familiar and appropriate illustrations. There is not a harsh or,censo rions word in the whole book. It may, therefore, be recom mended as a specimen of mildness in the discussion of a sub jcet, which commonly produces warmth and hard speeches. It would afford us real pleasure, to see a treatise on the other side, equally characterized by the spirit of candour and kind ness: and whatever cause may be promoted by herce contro versy and denunciatory declamation, we are sure, that the cause of truth gains nothing by such weapons. The pool 'must be calm in order to be transparent; and truth is rendered invisi ble, or undistinguishable, in the perturbed waters of wrathful controversy. The Christian warrior should ever remember.

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