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Title: Systematic Theology [1878]

Creator(s): Finney, Charles Grandison (1792-1875)
Rights: Public Domain
CCEL Subjects: All; Theology
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LECTURES

on

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY;

BY THE

REV. CHARLES G. FINNEY

LATE PRESIDENT OF OBERLIN COLLEGE AND PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY

EDITED BY

PRES. J. H. FAIRCHILD
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Published by

COLPORTER KEMP

Whittier, Calif.

This edition originally published in 1878 by E. J. Goodrich

Re-published in 1944 by Colporter Kemp

Second Edition 1946

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NOTE BY THE EDITOR.

Two editions of President Finney's Lectures on Systematic Theology have

been published -- the first in this country in 1846, the second in
England in 1851, -- the English edition being somewhat more full than
its predecessor. Both editions have been exhausted, and the book has
disappeared from the market.

The present edition has been prepared from the English edition by a
process of condensation, omitting, to some extent, restatements or
repetitions of the argument, paragraphs of a hortatory character, and
other parts not essential to the expression or elucidation of the
doctrine.

Aside from these omissions, no changes have been made. No liberties

have been taken with the author's style or thought. Every sentence is
his own, and even in those parts where, in the judgment of the editor,
the author's views are not elaborated with perfect consistency, as in
the presentation of sin as selfishness, and in the lectures on
sanctification, no attempt has been made to secure consistency, as
might have been done by judicious omissions. The author was in the
habit of thinking and speaking for himself while living, and no one can
undertake to speak for him now that he is dead.

This condensed edition, it is believed, will not be less valuable, as

an exponent of Mr. Finney's teaching, than the English edition, but
even more valuable. Unnecessary bulk in a volume is a hindrance and
discouragement to the reader. The topics will be found to be presented
with all necessary fullness.

J. H. F.