Predestination.

The Catechism will bear amendment upon this subject. It states that the decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass. There can be no misunderstanding of this. "Foreordained" means foreordained, and "whatsoever comes to pass" means whatsoever comes to pass. I should be glad to know how this leaves room for man's free agency, and his power to so live as to make his choice between heaven and hell. If space permitted I should be pleased to enumerate a few things which have "come to pass" recently. It will be something for me to know, when it shall come to pass that this criticism upon the popular creed has been put into circulation, that it was foreordained.