The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

terns of theology, previous to the advent of our
Saviour on earth. We quote a passage or two:—
The Roman, in the midst of the pomp and magnificence of
his. religion—a religion of divination, oracle, and magic, a
fusion and amalgamation of Eastern and Grecian superstition
—found no satisfaction, uo balm, no consolation for the sor-
r9wil of the soul ; it was a colossal and imposing whole, bli+
!iving principle, the principle of truth, was 0--
went; it was a symbol, a hieroglv--1-*
external
manifestation, the '
derive no ch. erir,
port it ;-

a non-ex•
e mass, but, from the
uroken and wounded spiriteould

, word—no import that could buoy and sup-
... tee Surge of temporal adversities—no interpretation
watch, like a starry guide, could illumine the gloom of being,
Point a certain and propitious future. Truth is the
;""ftilttr of time ; though in the mysterious seminaries of
taehatt and Indo-Egyptian ' science and philosophy, in the aca-
d
en.les of Greece,-the human mind was in constant activity,
and soared proudly in the regions of superb invention and
spiritual refinement, still the doctrine of humanity was un-
ti!)°wil,
takUnrecognizedschools progressed in eloquence and
ctic subtlety ; but individual man was an isolated being, a
t"ningent to-day hanging in delight over the superb sophism of
,`'lne profound master, to-morrow weereng over the inade-
rq of the basted formula, oscillating between the realms of
,04,12tt4 and error, without a specific notion to impel him on-
tt '4 and dependent on the reason and authority of others, in-
" 'ad of relying on the impulse f his own conscience, on the
Power of his own intellect. 'I he weight of doubt arid uncer-
p,ntY pressed on and destroyed the elasticity of his energies,
Ile ',used through the years of life like a victim bound
it° tne car of an unconquerable and inexorable destiny. Yet
11. at impossible that Christianity—the expression of hu-
thanltY—could have apreared before the hour of its epiphany
e eyele of phenomena necessary to its manifestation was not
accomplished till the world had relapsed into the slumber of
Pace,aher the exterminating wars of the Triumvirate, and the
conquests of Augustus. The lordly in intellect, a race of
mental
Prometheans, had governed the earth in ostentation and
berile vanity; the hour had now dawned when it was to be as-
rted that truth surpassed authority, and that this truth could
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Psli'ing in all its omnipotence from the bosom of the mass.

BRITISII MAGAZINE.
ti periodical chiefly devoted to the interests of
tole Established Church, and containing, among
111er. serviceable matters, a monthly register of
igl,olls and ecclesiastical information. The
‘,,i'.llll)tr, now lying on our table, is embellished
, a map of the cities of London and West-
iTillister, and such parts of their immediate envi-
rons as form a portion of the Metropolitan Dm-
!se• The map seems a very accurate one, and
"graved by Archer.

CATHOLIC MAGAZINE.
,As May be surmised from its title, this Ma-
t'h,aztne is intended to circulate principally
' s,:4'l3ng readers of the Roman Catholic persua-
On) with whom it is not unlikely to be popular.
.11 the
Number before us there is an interesting
article
on " The Massacre of the Catholics at
ispaes" in the year 1567.