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title: 'The World a Scene of Contest: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached before the College of New Jersey, June 25, 1876'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1876-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Natural Theology'
- 'Providence'
- 'Sin'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 3'
- 'Isaiah 53'
- 'Job 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1876-the-world-a-scene-of-contest-the-baccalaureate-sermon-preached-before-the-college-of-new-jersey-june-25-1876
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# The World a Scene of Contest: The Baccalaureate Sermon, Preached before the College of New Jersey, June 25, 1876

McCosh argues the world is a contest: amid evident design and goodness, sin and suffering persist. He surveys Genesis, Job, Psalms and the New Testament to show redemption's meaning.

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