19 June 1878 A.D. Prof. Charles Hodge Enters into Eternity
Archivist. “June 19: Death of Charles Hodge (1878).” This
Day in Presbyterian History. 19 Jun
2014. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2014/06/june-19/.
Accessed 19 Jun 2014.
June 19: Death of Charles Hodge (1878)
Charles Hodge enters into eternity
Early in July of 1878, on the pages of The Christian Observer,this
brief note appeared under the title, “Calvinism and Piety,” :
The Christian
Union, which has no friendship for Calvinism, closes its article on
the death of Dr. Hodge, as follows:
“Dr. Hodge, who was the foremost of the old Calvinists in
this country, was, in character, one of the sweetest, gentlest and most lovable
of men. His face was itself a benediction. We doubt whether he had any other
than a theological enemy in the world. Curiously too, the peculiar tenets of
his theology were reserved for the class-room and for philosophical writings.
In the pulpit he preached a simple and unsectarian gospel; his favorite texts
were such as “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved;” and
his sermons were such as the most successful missionaries delight to preach in
foreign lands. In Princeton he is regarded as without peer in the conduct of
the prayer meeting. His piety was as deep and as genuine as his learning was
varied and profound. The system of theology of which he was the ablest American
representative seems to us, in some points, foreign to the teaching of the New
Testament, but the life and personality of the man were luminous with the
spirit of an indwelling Christ.”
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