North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-23
LITERARY Noptcr

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Yeast, A Problem, Gy The .auth0TTof 9Lo.s,
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Who = ihs author Of Alton Locket
often asked lately but il has moi vet been qoesu
to our knowiedge. We only know him - 1psygefN
ter Tailor than Baker, Judging BY his - Ue beL
which though not light is certainly far east
lhough taken as whole We cannot but coDail
as inferior to Alton Locke; still it is charao
by the same nervous style, original thought
ic description, touching less on Politics and p0eE
Religion. The author processes here to oiyo ''e On
honest sample of the questions which. ooo1 an
are fermenting the minds of the YOUNG If d Dad,
ent day, and leavenng the minds Of the r;s;n PRES
ration, and nhis yeasty problem runs O. gene
mysticism that we cannot follow him mpcb HlO
his problem perhaps our brain has mt w.. SOI'e
itself sufficiently clear 10 enable us II a. ""ksd
Mr.. Carlyle srightin saying stwe can onv ~ and
our eyes have learned to see, ''-certaoIr ~ what
OF our understanding cannot pierce the mvs;a;. !s
which the author has seen fit to enveIope hi, ~,
Church. All denominations receive ,cr,,o, ~ed
his pen. In Alton Locke he shows with o,o.., "0n
the errors to which Calvinsm NAV lead j. " "a
with not less force, he paints the effects of T,,.
anism, and shows its more than leapiDu ,o,S'
Rome. PaPacy ne Portrays in its true colours N.Y.
ing that its greatest fascination to some lies ro,"
much in its appeal to the senses as the freedom
responsibility it gives its professor His cort.."
has the care of his soul-he has but TO obev bi
all will be right. With partial pen does bo 49,:
of the Church of England. Even her beauifnrra
urgy is pronounced insufficient Yet tbo .n,,
begs us to remember 'he is not answerabIo f,.r
specnlations of the hero or any of his friends r
may be, but he is answerable for the vague mvs,;o
with which he replies TO these speculalioDs Rr.""
makes Cain reply to all the arguments of Satan b.,
he does not sufficiently refute them, and Therein f..
the evilof that great poem, it leaves vague wD,s.
sion the mind of the reader that the Devil has a.
best of the argument. Yet even this is better ,b,a
raising doubts in the mind to which no answe, sra
turned.
The author foresaw that this objection wou,d /
urged against his book, for he tells us that he Con-,
his elder readers may complain that he has no rcL,
to start doubts without answering them;" to which
he replies, E" would that l had started them; woud
that was not seeing them daily around me uDap,
some form other, in just the very hearts for whom
one would most wish the peace and strength Of fir.
ed and healthy faith' He adds, to the YOUNG this
book do harm, for it will put into their minds
little but what is there already" This NAV be ,m.
of some few, but we doubt not that Yeast will So,
many young mind brewing doubts unthOugh, of be.
fore this eaven entered and where are these doubts
10 be answered Not in the book, for though We
told in the last chapter there is living temple
built on the foundation which is laid already-Jesus
Christ, the man; yet, when Launcelot, weary and
heart-sick Of his doubts, asks eagerly whee is that
land of which Barnakill tells him. where he NAV
study not Nature, but God-where men have learned
to tame and alike the volcano and the human
heart-where the body and the Spirit, the beautiful
and the useful, the human and divine are no longer
separate, and men have embodied themselves on earth
image of the City, not made with hands, ete;ds,
in the Heavens-he Tells him g it is the country Of
Prester John, that mysterious CHRISTIAN empire rarely
visited by European eye, situated amid the volcanic
ranges Of Asia,'' - ~
; There are many beautiful passages in the work-t
only fails when the author gets enanged in the
of mysticism. We cannot but admire his exquisite
descriptions Of :he complex harmony, of the sights
and sounds of nature, leading the mind
From Nature up to Natures God"
though we regret that SO simply beautiful and heaV.
emily feeling should be shrouded in mysticism, and
ho'ufe usuIP VIC Pidce VI heI Ooo' ne o"nl'e''''
is well drawn and sustained. The wild
food of passionate tenderness which, in an instant,
overwhelms the intellectually proud who
before thought herself incapable of the weak
ness of loving, is true TO nature and most exqusey
and we find much TO admire in this fer.
nenting problem, though we cannot solve it, and
nope the author will explain his meaning in some
ntnre work, for the benefit of those, who like our
'elves, confess they 60 not understand him.