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Miner Raymond
Miner Raymond (1814–1893) was an American Methodist theologian and educator whose systematic theological works significantly shaped nineteenth-century Methodist doctrine and pedagogy. As a professor at Garrett Biblical Institute and author of influential texts including his Systematic Theology, Raymond synthesized Wesleyan theology with contemporary philosophical currents, establishing him as a central figure in Methodist intellectual life during the post-Civil War era. His Election Sermon exemplifies his engagement with Reformed theological traditions and his efforts to articulate Methodist positions on predestination and divine sovereignty within the broader American religious landscape.
From Election Sermon
These truths are so obvious that most men readily admit them ; they agree, without controversy, that holiness and happiness, sin and misery, are inseparably joined together ; the strong language of the Scriptures is frequently employed to express the common sentb ment on this subject. Such passages as the following, are quoted as axioms : “ the way pf the transgressor is hard,” “ there is no peace to the wicked,” “ wisdom’s ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” But when the abstract ideas of “ wisdom,” “ virtue,” “ holiness,” are passed ; when we speak definitely of religion — of its peculiar duties, its ordinances, its solemn services, and especially of the higher forms of its inner life — of its faith, its hopes, its holy fellowship and spiritual communion ; and when we declare that this renders the individual and the…
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