The Religious Affections
by Jonathan Edwards

An adult Sunday School class at
Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church
March-May 2001
led by C. Michael Holloway
Editions of the book
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Various electronic formats
Yale Works of Jonathan Edwards Series
Other editions
(watch out for paraphrases)

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Homework to Prepare for Class 11
and Special Challenge Problem (last chance)

  1. In week 11, we will be studying sign 10 in Part III, "Showing What Are Distinguishing Signs of Truly Gracious and Holy Affections": Beautiful symmetry and propotion. Please read the appropriate section of the book.
  2. The author of the following excerpt has been correctly identified by several people (Sir Winston S. Churchill), but the book from which it was taken has not been. I will reveal the answer in this week's class, so time is short for you to figure out the answer by yourself.

    "I have always loved butterflies. In Uganda I saw glorious butterflies the colour of whose wings changed from the deepest russet brown to the most brilliant blue, according to the angle from which you saw them. In Brazil as everyone knows there are butterflies of this kind even larger and more vivid. The contrast is extreme. You could not conceive colour effects more violently opposed; but it is the same butterfly. The butterfly is the Fact—gleaming, fluttering, settling for an instant with wings fully spread to the sun, then vanishing in the shades of the forest. Whether you believe in Free Will or Predestination, all depends on the slanting glimpse you had of the colour of his wings—which are in fact at least two colors at the same time."


Curator: C. Michael Holloway (holloway@logicteacher.com)
last modified: 6 May 2001 (12:51:20)