Doctrine of the Will

Mahan, Asa · 1889

"Not man alone, all rationals Heaven arms With an illustrious, but tremendous power, To counteract its own most gracious ends; And this, of strict necessity, not choice; That power denied, men, angels, were no more But passive engines void of praise or blame. A nature rational implies the power Of being blest, or wretched, as we please. Man falls by man, if finally he falls; And fall he must, who learns from death alone, The dreadful secret--That he lives for ever." YOUNG.…

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