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JECTS ADJACENT THERETO By HORACE
BUSHNELL Hartford Edwin Hunt New York
NJ. w. DOdd, ". H. Newman (Daodecino, PIP 29l-)
This book both on account Of its history and its
intrinsic character is destined 70 receive vide
circulation and to exert no small degree Of inhu
ence in modng or modifying theological opinions
A brief statement only is necessary To present It
before the public 10 the proper light. DR.. Bushnell
having published Ia The Nsto En7ldnda article, Ger
tain paragraphs Of which provoked feeling Of dissent
ia the Ministerial Association to which be belonged was
appointed by ths, Association 70 discuss question made
up on the subjec, Of Christian Training Involving the
mater dlssen,ed from Thus Invited be produced two
Dfcourses for bic pulpit and read the argument before
the Association, who requested him. BY an unanimous
vote 10 print them While he was preparing them Tor
the press q member Of the COMMITTEES OF Publication
of the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society requested
him to allow tina. Society TO publish them The manu-
script accordingly cent to the Committee snd alter
having been read by every individual member and re-
ceved At their suggestion some notifications to which
the author readily sssented finally published BY the
Society, with the words Approved By the Committee
Of Publication standing conspicuously upon the title
page.
TIE work was received with favor In many quarters
as able exposition Of views somewhat different from
those generally held by Orthodox Christians on the sub
eci Of Christian Nurture but thought by others
to contain dangerous error, and Rev Dr. IrLEE PROBES
sor in the Ea,t Windsor Theological Seminary, came
out sgsnn ii 10 Letter addressed to the author In
thsse circumstances the Publishing Committee Of the
Massachusetts Sunday School Society suspended the
publication of the book In Difference the opinions Of
those who regarded II hereticsl This Of eourse
created much excitement Dr. Bushnell then came be-
I'd 90 ArQu fOF
Dlseourses on Christian Nurture addressed to the
Committee aforesaid. This pamphlet We noticed at
the time II It's publication II was very severe In some
passages upon Dr. Tyler the Committee of the Sunday
school Society the Nslc England Puritan newspaper
the Christian O5serpafory magazine and the East Wind
sor Theological Seminary 1t WAS acknowledged on all
hands to be- an able ii not convincing argument for
tee Discourscs.
Tbs excitement thus awakened created wide de-
mand for the suppressed book which the Committee of
toe Sunday School Society, though it held the copy
right would not supply. DR.. Bushnell, however, had
reserved himself the right TO publish his Dscourses
with other things and this right he has exercised In
the issue OF the work before He tells US that
just the leaving the press, he received no
tice from he Committee Of the unconditional surrender
Of the copy right which, however be refused TO accept
having no for it. and preierriDg that the property
should remain 10 their hands In the hope that they
may some time issue a edition.
The other things from bis pen which Or. Bushnell
has given us In this volume, along with the original Dis
courses are-the Argument mentioned above an
ticle on the Spiritual Economy OF kevvss from the
Christian Spectator, 1893 Growth, not Conquest the
True Method of Christian Progress from the Ner Eng
lander 1874 and Sermon written some months since.
entitled The Scene Of the Pepeco't and Christian
Parish The whole constitute volume Of rare ability
and Interest. which will be read and pondered by Chris
tians of widely different creeds The peculiar doctrine
respecting Christian Education which DR.. Bushnell en-
beavers to elucidae and enforce we give In bis own
words.
words the sim effort and expectation of Christian pa
rens should DO not 80 10 commonly assumed that the
child grow Ia sin TO be- converted alter ne comes
TO mature age but that he TO open on the world AZ
one thst IL spiritually renewed not remembering tbs
time when he through technical experience, but
seeming rather have loved what IL good from bis ear
Hest years
Tb, idea ia supposed by some to involve denial of
total deprsvity and of the Orthodox views Of CONVEX
sion but Dr. B. maintains that such consequences
can lesitmatey follow from bis premises Al 1.-THE same
time however no expresses his qualification that the
Unissns have received bis views with favor and shown
dlspositon TO give them wide q circulation IS pos
sible In this connection we copy from the Argument
a parssrsph which will 10 Illustrate the ndepend
ence of the Doctor and the time show the pun
sency of his style when he In direct conflict with
his opponents
observe that q certain school, at least OF Unitari
ans have somewhat warmly espoused my little book
since publication Suspended, and this perceive
10 to many note of appalling import against me ior
nothing surely be lees than pesileni error "nicn
any Unitarian will approve Indeed mere are some
such whether In your Committee or not cannot say
.l.hfx hafr
II they saw Unitarian much AZ mediistns an
assent 10 H. you suffer Al all this kind OF inhrmy,
would II not be well 10 employ Unitarian COMMITTEE
who may pass upon the manuscripts you have before
you and then what they spproye you Will certainly
know that you ought to reject Meantime can only
say for self that II gives unieigned pleasure 10
ind myself approved by the Unitsrsns, and hope they
may be able approve, In like manner every sentl-
ment | may hereafter publish. Indeed l sincerely re-
oice that their appreciation was sienihed before my
tract suspended, wherein II 10 shown beyond OILS
pu,e ihst they spprove II for for the sentiments and no
one can say that they do from any antsgonsuc or
party motive. And since my nerves are equal TO H.
will 20 farther and confess that had secret hope De-
forehand of carrying the assent of the Unsrsns that
In drawing my views of deprsvity connected with
organic character and also In speaking OF what sup
posed be their theory Of education did seek TO pre-
sent the truth In such way that all their objections
might be obvisted. know not that any OF their own
writers have presented views that are similar II they
have then accept them If they have not, certainly
shall not the truth II have been 90 happy,
after quarter of century OF debate and quarrel 40
finally TO present view of II In which they able TO
rest much ess when high Cavnismi 10 able to rest In
Il too IN company with evsngehc Episcopscy and
know not how many Of the Christian family beside In
deed u is my felicity that while your COMMITTEES are de-
ploriug probably the stigma suffered In publishing
book that UniIsrisns accept, am congrsiulsrng
myself In the fsciihst have been able to present
great practical subject involving many difficult and
contested points In theology, In manner 80 compre-
hensye as TO carry least the qualified assent OF many
Christian denominations should even be false 10 my
own aims and principles no, TO hail the result with un-
elgned Joy Neither lot the public be too easily ingh.
ensd By tbs success of Catholic effort And II the bats
and beetles scared by strange sign begin 10 nutter
wildly As # tns elemental darkness they nhsoii were
In danger II Is not best to BE- alarmed on thai account
for they who rule the world any more than II
IL they who understand IL
Having explained the character and objec, OF The work
and the circumstances Of ts publication duty requires
u. to 70 no farther. We could not indeed without
departure from what regard the proper sphere Of
political newspaper, enter upon discussion OF the
topics involved In the controversy between toe Dr. and
bic opponents These must be settled upon another
srena Msy Truth be victorious
WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS and Of