III.
THE RACE FOR RICHES, AND SOME OF THE PITS INTO WHICH THE RUNNERS FALL.
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We have been accustomed to regard with affectionate veneration the life-work of the Reformers, and the
theology of the Reformation. Of a later date, and in our own vernacular, we have inherited from the Puritans
an indigenous theology, great in quantity and precious in kind,\u2014a legacy that has enriched our age more,
perhaps, than the age is altogether willing to acknowledge. At various periods from the time of the Puritans to
the present, our stock of sacred literature has received additions of incalculable value. So vast and varied have
our stores become at length, that an investigator of the present day can scarcely expect to find a neglected spot
where he may enjoy the luxury of cultivating virgin soil: so ably, moreover, have our predecessors fulfilled
their tasks, that a modern inquirer, obliged to deal with familiar themes, cannot console himself with the
expectation of dealing with them to better purpose. It does not follow, however, that a contribution to the
literature of theology is useless, because it neither touches a new theme, nor treats an old more ably.
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