Required reading
Discussions (Vol 2) by Robert L. Dabney (Available from Amazon or free here) - Commence 'The General assembly of 1881' by reading up to the paragraph beginning 'We venture to predict that the church will finally concur in these conclusions, as to the various subjects agitated...'
My summary
Today Dabney gives a summary of the events at the General Assembly of 1881.
He speaks about:
(i) the opening sermon;
(ii) the financial summaries;
(iii) communication with other Assemblies;
(iv) the role of the Diaconate in the local church;
(v) debates concerning support for the Assembly's various Committees.
What grabbed me
I thoroughly enjoyed Dabney's summary of the opening sermon about the doctrines of grace. Particularly this point from the preacher: 'The "doctrines of grace" cohere fully with the revelation God has made of his own essence and personality. They convert the mystery of his Trinity in Unity from an abstraction into a glorious practical truth, by connecting man's redemption essentially with the several persons and their relations and functions. And while all lower theories of redemption must needs mutilate God in some of his perfections in order to permit man's escape from his doom, the gospel plan not only permits, but requires, the highest exercise of all the attributes which make up God's infinite essence.'
The doctrines of grace present God in all his perfections!
Next week's reading
Conclude 'The General assembly of 1881'.
Now it's your turn
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