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THIS little book is made up of six Lectures which were delivered in the Wakefield Presbyterian Church, Germantown, and of whose publication I had, at the time, no thought.
这本小册子由六篇讲座组成，这些讲座是在日耳曼敦的韦克菲尔德长老会教堂发表的，当时我并没有出版的想法。
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The Lectures were the result of my leisure reading on the subject during several years of a busy pastorate.
这些讲座是我在繁忙的牧师生涯中，几年闲暇时间阅读相关主题的成果。
On leaving the theological school at Allegheny, I hardly knew whether I was a Calvinist or an Arminian, or a nameless compound of both, although I had had the benefit of Dr. A. A. Hodge’s matchless teaching, which I now regard as one of the greatest blessings of my life.
离开阿勒格尼神学院时，我几乎不知道自己是加尔文主义者还是阿民念主义者，或者两者兼而有之的无名混合体，尽管我曾有幸聆听A. A. 贺智博士无与伦比的教导，我现在认为这是我生命中最伟大的祝福之一。
In that very uncomfortable—yet very natural—state of mind I set myself to a course of reading, doctrinal and historical, as opportunity offered.
在那种非常不舒服——却又非常自然——的心态下，我一有机会就着手阅读教义和历史方面的书籍。
One of the results of that reading was these Lectures.
那些阅读的成果之一就是这些讲座。
My main object in these discourses was to look into the workings of the system of doctrines called “Calvinistic,” and by its effects upon those who most heartily adopted it to form some definite estimate of its character.
我在这些讲论中的主要目的是要探究被称为“加尔文主义”的教义体系的运作方式，并通过其对那些最衷心接纳它的人所产生的影响，来对其特性形成某种明确的评估。
Therefore it is that I have brought forward the testimony of a large number of accepted authorities, many of whom are not Calvinists, and consequently not prejudiced in favor of Calvinism.
因此，我引用了大量公认权威的证词，其中许多人并非加尔文主义者，因此对加尔文主义没有偏见。
One difficulty with which I constantly met in writing these Lectures was that of getting so large a subject within limits so narrow.
我在撰写这些讲座时经常遇到的一个困难是，如何将如此庞大的主题置于如此狭窄的范围之内。
And although I have gone over the ground enthusiastically, I have endeavored to examine the subject honestly, my own peculiar state of mind precluding all controversial designs.
尽管我热情地探讨了这个领域，但我努力诚实地审视这个主题，我自己独特的心态排除了所有争论性的意图。
Certainly, I can say that not one unfair statement has been intended; and I trust that the cast of the language employed will not lead any one to infer the opposite.
当然，我可以说，没有任何不公正的陈述是有意的；我希望所用语言的风格不会导致任何人推断出相反的意思。
Hoping, then, that this little book, which to me has been a labor of love, will be of some use, and that it may speak a word in favor of a system of doctrine which, however regarded, is based on the truths of God’s word and the facts of human experience, I send it forth into the great world of letters.
那么，我希望这本对我来说是爱的劳作的小册子能有所裨益，并且它能为一种教义体系说句话，无论人们如何看待它，它都是基于神圣言的真理和人类经验的事实，我将它送入广阔的文字世界。
N. S. McFETRIDGE.
N. S. 麦克菲特里奇。
GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA,
费城，日耳曼敦，
Jan. 2, 1882.
1882年1月2日。
Table of Contents
目录
TO THE READER
致读者
I: CALVINISM AS A POLITICAL FORCE
一：加尔文主义作为一种政治力量
II: CALVINISM AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
二：加尔文主义作为美国历史上的政治力量
III: CALVINISM AS A MORAL FORCE
三：加尔文主义作为一种道德力量
IV: CALVINISM AS AN EVANGELIZING FORCE
四：加尔文主义作为一种传福音的力量