The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-30

tluakeTs, Christian Fathers. Jews RefOTmeTs, Mahome
tans, miscellaneous writers, and those whose denomna
tachmants unknown make up together medium of so
volumes by 81 writers Perfect accuracy in these details
pretended but it believed they will be found if examined
with sufficient care, substantially correct
1t hereby readily perceived that eyenf we make the
" Presbyterian generic, instead of specific appelaion
and include under it all gentlemen in dark Clothes whom
the dog of Lawrence Stenss father bark think
ing them cegymen which some, mayhap under the inhu
of the MAXIM When ignorance bliss, s folly to be
WISE may do Still the total of all the Theology and
all that the habments, goes in the company of
Theology of al the denominations, from the AEes in the
tine OF preacher Noah the Latter Day Saints Of Joe Smith,
in and about Lyceum and Library will not half way fill
the capacity allowed il for Presbyterian alone
Reducing it to its and generally understood Specification,
taking both sides of the and Massachusetts, and the
number Of Presbyterian sermon books in this Library
per catalogue, will be just about rather less than
for really only four volumes of these characterized
Among these volumes, counted the complete
works of President Edwards volumes (though not excu
svely D the Dseoures of Dr. Chalmers volumes
aud those elegant specimens of English composition, the
mons of Hugh Blair.
The works of the Catholic and Episcopal Writers, though
numerous are many of them JUSTICE has already
shown of valuable and standard character. OF Of
them, persuaded, will their respective adherens be
ashamed TO assume the defence.
The Dissenting and German authors such British
and Continental Libraries, would find welcome place.
of ChaRRiag Priestey and Dewey, what scholar, pos
esng taste for the vgor How and elegance OF the Eng
liah tongue, would wish to deprive such Library?
The Baptist Methodist, Congregational and Quake
segments present with such rawlings and scrbbngs,
John Bunyan Downing Foster Robert Hall, Dr. Gregory
President WaylaRd Adam Clark, Wilbur Fisk John IVES
ley John Howe, Edward Payson, Moses Stuart Lindley
Murray and Robert Barclay, TO utter and
corning whom nothing risked in saying, the opinions
those who have read them, differ essentially from the notions
| of those who have not
OF the Earth Christian Fathers we have Eusehus Je
rome and Justin Martyr Of the Jeps Whistons TRANSACTIONS
of Jewish History by Josephus Also Josephuss complete
works. and other writer's of less note and even the grea
Eastern leader in religious emprse and success is represented
as in such collection he shoud be- by his in two
volumes translated from the original Arabic by Geo. Sale
Indeed see not how Library designed to subserye the
interests of liberal learning in any respectable degree can dc
without many of these very works now compreheude under
the head of 'Religion' in our Public School Library
NV opinion fortified by the concung decisions Of much
ADLER Judges is that the selections have been udcous ant
that the Library merits the confidence and cooperation of al
our citizens Even the Presbyterian authors reduced as e
are by actual investigation to so small number and thei
volumes of sermons almost to exclusion still make up il
oiaatitV what they lack in auay Such writers as Archi
bald Alexander Albert Barnes Hugh Blair Thos Chalmers
Merle d, Aubign4 Jonathan Edwards Eliphaet Mott Keith
and Sylvester Lamed are not to be had at every deposit
the oa and debris C literature They are ornaments TO an
age or country that can claim them their fame coextenv
with the domains of reieop learning and civilization an
| their works A desratum in any Library,
have heard and seen two other erroneous and inuriou
statements concerning this Library one only of which sha