The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18

who are
-. R.u,an and the OLD D''
- avs DR.. Arnold, in a letter 10 judge
-. .Jcoud sympathire with 20" IN WHAT
Coler''s', IA 5iyines meaning the Episco-
you s,' ....,-.. as 10 their language;h Is &C.
i pa, 70 nv taste but cannot nna IN any u
.%.m really great man. admire Taylor gem.
mem -, lille was he capable OF handbag
w. %, =, .,,..,iops and as TO Interpreters
q scripture. never YET i'uHa O'' . -,
% -, -. ,oesiocrity II could hnd great
-, them. would read him thankfully
i''" .J,lv isitis, IhOld John Bunyan to
s"' man Of incompa-ably greater genius
.n.nv Of them, anG to have gwen lar 'ruer
inc .difying picture Of Christianity His
rs,,,-,n.s Progress seems to be a complete IT.
-, q scripture, with none Of the rubbish
- ,hs ,beologians mixed up with it,
n N, Stanley. has biograPher' remarks 'ha' IT.
az. ..,5m;ra,ion of the Pilgrims Progress
{. very great" 81 cannot trust myseh ne
.to read the account of Christian
;.s nm 10 the celestial gate, after his passage
.ousb the river of death" And when' IN
AZ the foreign tours Of his later years
"A read il through again. sitter long inter
~ have always" said he ''been struck by
L am now struck equally, or even
nv its profound wisdom" To this en-
.,;e communication may be added that Of the
H., English reviewer, orator and statesman
/st.c,uly. who like Doctor Arnold, is himself a
,,.s,.,o Of ,ur English tongue, and perfectly IA
,,;li,r with the great master pieces ofancient and
-, ,.nius In the course of beautiful and
gepial article, written ron anore, he says; This
0onoerful book, whilst it obtains admiration
,,,, Ga, ,no.t f.s,idous critics, is loved by those
,bo arr too simple 10 admire u--this is the high
e,t miracle OF genius--that things which are not
should be as though they we're, that the imagi-
nations of our mind should become the person
a r,cellections of another. And this miracle
the tinker hss wroughi.-Ihe style of Bunyan is
delightful to every reader, and invaluable as a
s,u5y. 10 every person who wishes TO obtain a
wide command over the English language.-I
Though there were many clever men in Eng
lana during the latter half OF the seventeenth
century. there we're only two great creative
minis one Of these minds produced the Para
disc Lost. the other the Pilgrims Progress"
Thesr testimonies Of Arnold and Mscauly,
both churchmen and accomplished scholars, 10
the genius Of the Baptist tinker Of Bedford, say
every thing that can he said for human pro-
aucti0n. and NAV lead some Of our readers TO a
better acquaintance with work, which was the
-.ight II our childhood, and over which our
tte son is even now porting with a rapt won
leraud enchantment which vividly reproduce TO
%, or former self at the same age.
We perfectly remember our first acquaintance
with Bunvan. and the person who lent Us the
trra>ure--ihe halt increiuous belief with which
W. p-rused IL sbeei0sa H,ifgou!a, plying Chris
tan IN the slough ana Taithful in Vanity Fair,
snl fercely exulting over the discontinue of
Giant Despair. the delivery of Feeble Mind and
Much Afraid. ami the demolition of Doubling
Ja>;-. IN the delightful little tale in our last
auuibr. all cur early feelings are brought out in
their f--Shness-and We can perfectly believe in
the probability Of little Maria's journey. We
presume few Of our readers had seen this story
which We found in an old Magazine, and are sure
they felt something Of the pleasure with which
read il ourselves.