“Election and sovereignty are only sources of good. Election is not a decree to destroy, it is a decree to save. When we elect a president, we do not need to hold a second election to determine that the remaining millions shall be non-presidents.” - Augustus H. Strong

“Election and sovereignty are only sources of good. Election is not a decree to destroy, it is a decree to save. When we elect a president, we do not need to hold a second election to determine that the remaining millions shall be non-presidents.” 

Augustus H. Strong

Strong, Augustus Hopkins. (2013). pp. 27-8. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-Book Designed for the Use of Theological Students (Vol. 3). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1908)


Augustus Hopkins Strong (3 August 1836 – 29 November 1921) was a Baptist minister and theologian who lived in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most influential book, Systematic Theology, proved to be a mainstay of Reformed Baptist theological education for several generations.