New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-04


And love and holy JOY saw
In every face were blent.
The tender violet bent in smiles
To the elves that sported nigh,
Tossing the drops of fragrant dew
TO scent the e1ening sky.
They kissed ttle rose in eve and mirth,
And its petals fairer grew,
a shower of peary dust they brought
And over the lily threw.
A host flew round the moving field
And they were showering down
The curling spray on the early grass,
Like diamonds o 'cr it thrown;
They dimmed each leaf uRd quivering spear
With pearls of liquid dew,
And bahed the stately forest tree,
I'LL its robes were fresh and new.
I saw a r:lcck-cyed creature. turn
The tulips painted cup,
A nd bless with one soft Kiss the urn,
Then fold its petals up.
A finger rocked the young birds nest
As high on branch it hung,
And the cleaning night-dew rattled dewn,
When the old dry leaf was flung.
Each and all, as its task is done,
Scars up with joyous eye,
Bearing aloft some treasured gift
En Offering or slaH.
They bear the breath OF the odorous sower,
The sound of the brig ht sea-shell;
Ard this they add to the holy joys
Of the home where spirits dwell.
These extracts will indicate the grace and beau.
ty which mark the whole Poem. 1t bears marks
of haste and even careles,ness; but these are too
slight to mar the general effect The volume
contains besides that beautiful Poem, 1.-The Acorn,
and number of Sonnets. The volume is publish
ed in a neat and beautiful dress, and is sold at
the very low price of fifty cents We trust it will
have wide circle of readers.
DIVINE INvgRsloa Or. View of the Character OF God,
s all oPpGed 10 10 ae aoe o
erpool. iPp 2s7, Svol London: Smpkin, Marshall
Co. 1915
This is remarkable work, by man of no or
dinary character The author was educated and
called to the Ministry in the Church of Scotland,
whence he was excluded in 1925, for holding and
promulgating doctrines deemed heretical-yiz {;
the perfect unconditionality of Eternal Life, the
absolute sovereignty of God in the choice Of mem
bers of his Church, SC. He soon after settled as
pastor of an Independent Congregation in Liver
pool, where he still remains, widely known by his
published writings, and respected for his learning
ability and piety.
The scope Of the work before US is indicated
by its title, but some of the sentiments which it
aims to establish may not be so. Mr. Ihom has
become Unversast, but retains the Cavlnisuc
platform on which his faith was first built, with a
deep affection Cor his Mother Church, notwith
standing her rejection of him. He maintains the
Sspreme Deity of Christ, Vicarious Atonemen',
Salvation by Grace alone, with very little if any
modification from the Presbyterian standalds-in.
deed, contending that this is the genuine taith OF
the Fathers carried out to its Inevitable results,
and tina, the modcra Church has departed from 1t.
The Theological character Of this work neces-
sarily limits our notice of its contents to brlet
statement of their import. One purpose to which
the leading doctrine Of Divine Inversion is aP-
piled, is that of showing that, while the Rcconc-
ia,ion of Men to God depends on their belief IN or
acceptance Of His grace, yet E:erna Salvation IT
self is not at NIL conditional, but predetermined In
the immutabc counsel of the Amishty-noi prot
fered TO but absolutely conferred every child OF
Adam, to be testified n due time, Again: Man
seeks to overcome evil with evil, but God with
COED alone. Accordingly, Mr.. Thom regards the
expulsion of Man from Eden as an act of Divine
Benevolence, dictated by know!edge-tkst> he
might pu, forth his hand and eat of the Tree OF
Life, and become immortal in state OF Sin,
whereas his own highest good required that ne
should perish, and thence be raised through Divine
{; ,sce to state of holiness and unendng bliss.
This work is superbly printed, as most English
books are, and we think some copies of it would
be eagerly purchased, If imported
THE KxIcxERBocxEa April, ls4s. John Allen lSs Mas
sausireeL =, ru,
This sterling and established Monthly is hied, .
as usual, with choice and pleasant papers OF
which, as is uniformly the case, the Editors liable
is the raciest aud the best. The taie OF ihe
Young Englishman,' aad Harry Hanson, the new
novel of The Quod Cores pondence, are continued
and there is besides number of new tales An
tiquities a. Idleberg,' The Vale OF Glencoe,
Meadow Farm Se. Robert Tyler, Esq. gives
a brief extract from unpublished poem on
Death and Mrs. Sigourney, Miss. Woodman
and others are likewise among the contributors
The one ming paper A Visit TO Florence, BY