characteristic of the father of evil and his fallen hosts. Our highest idea of virtue is found in the
creature's conforming his will to that of his

Maker; this is the trait of the angels who were steadfast in their
faith. How can you here
couple fatality
and will? If ours be a state of probation, it
is only by a certain freedom of action, an originating

powe r of causation in ourselves, that we
can conceive of our being put to proof. Possibly, in fallen
man, that freedom is limited to the power of rejecting or yielding to the influences of grace. Yet within that narrow r