The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-07-28
others. We give paragraph, to show the au-

osners' We B"o q paragraph, 10 SHOW the au-
thor's style
Reader, five thousand years have well nigh
passed, since the question Where art thou y
was first asked. Millions of Adams children
have lived and died and gone to their own
place. Millions are yet upon the earth, and
every one OF them has soul to be lost OF saved.
But no question has ever been, or ever can be,
asked, more solemn than that which is before
you: Where art thou! Where art thou IN the
aght Of God! Come near, and give me your
attention, while tell you few things which
may throw light upon this question.
VI know not who you are-whether you are
learned or Observation-Disclosures you are rich or
poor-whether you young or old about all
this know nothing But do know that you
have an immortal soul and want that soul to
be saved. | do know that you have got to
stand before the Judgment seat of God, and |
want you to be prepared for it. 1 do know
that you will be forever in heaven or hell, and
want you to escape hell and reach heaven |
do know that the Bible contains some most
solemn things about the inhabitants of the
earth, and want every man, woman, and child,
in the world, to hear them | believe in every
word in the Bible; and, because believe it
ask every reader of this paper, Where art thou
M the sight Of Cod"
There is nothing sectarian in this work, and
nothing which will not be acceptable to every
one who finds in his heart readiness TO re-
ceive the sentiments we have quoted. II is a
good book, and well fitted to do good.
APPLKrONs Mechanics MAGAZINE AND ENor-
SEERs JOURNAL. June, 1853.
This number contains host of valuable
articles, headed by Observations on Major
Barnard's Calculations relative to the Theo.
retical Power of the Caloric Engine by Capt
Ericsson himself There is also valuable
paper, showing the results Of series of OK.
periments in gunpowder, made at the Wash.
ington Arsenal, by Captain Alfred MOrdeca
U. S. Army.
THE FREE-wILL BAPTIST QUARTERLY July, 1853
Published at Providence, by Williams Day, q Co.
A heightened well-conducted periodical
The articles in this number are !. Biblical
Criticism" The Herodian Family" " Sci
ence and Revealed Religion Lectures
their Position and Influence " Minister and
People," "Names of the SOUL" Biblical
Theology" Immigration" aud Critical No
tees.
PEN AND PENCIL June IL, 1859. Conducted b,
W. Wallace Warden, Cincinnati.
This is weekly journal in magazine form
neatly gotten up, and filled with choice origi
nal and selected matter.
HARPER's MAGAZINE FoR july, 1853,
opens with sketch of the public and hom
life and acts of Jefferson, under the title Q
1" Monticello the name of Jeferson's home
stead. 1t includes many interesting incident
and anecdotes. 1t is followed by length,
list Of excellent articles, original and selected
CIVIL WARS AND MONARCHY IN FRANCE, in tn
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By Leopol
Rauke, author of t. A History of the Popes in tn
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Translate
by NJ A. Carney. New York. Harper a Brother
For sale by Franck Taylor, Washington, D. C.
We have here fine translation of an exec
lent work Probably no period of equal lengt
in the history of France is fraught with 6
many events bearing so large relation to til
world at large, as the sixteenth and sever
teenth centuries. Feeling this, Mr.. Rauke hf
devoted much time to careful investigate
and close study of various and manifold al
thorities and, recognising the province of Hi
tory to be not only to group events in thei
local or national relations, but to estmst
them in their wider signifoance--thc infu
ence upon the universal movement of humani
ty--his work takes wider sweep into philosc
ply than is often found in books of history. I
BUcHASAN's JOURNAL CT MAN. June, 1853
This sterling periodical is always welcom,
to our a,able." Many of its articles eyinc'
marked ability and striking originality. Thu
first in this number" Consumption and Archi
tecturen-is a most excellent one and if it
suggestions were attended to in the construc
ton Of houses and selections of residences, the
average Of human life would greatly increase
LITTELLs LIVING AGE. July, 1898.
Amid the births and deaths and the fierce
rivalries which mark the history of periodical
literature nowadays, the Living Age pursues
the even tenor Of its way, gathering to Itself
the choice morsels of both foreign and domes
tic literature.
LAFrrTs The Pirate Of the Gulf BY II. Ingra.
ham. New York Dewitt Davenport.
This is cheap reprint Of what is said to be
Professor Ingraham's best novel II abounds
with exciting descriptions and wild incidents
BLAcKwooD's MAGAZINE FOR JUNE, 1853,
contains "The Paradise in the Pacific" La
dy Lees Widowhood" "a capital story
"Finlay's Byzantine Empire" "Six Months
with the Malays;" "A Few Words on
France :" "The Shadow on the Way" and
half dozen shorter articles.
SOUTHERN LADIES Book. JusE, 1853. Edited by
L. Virginia French. New Orleans.
The index TO this number displays gene
rous list OF articles, headed Dy poetic eulogy
of Clay, from the pen of the accomplished
editress in which there are numerous fine
passages, but the general tone is too hyper
bolic 10 win more than a sectional sanction.
ANOTHER yIEw.-The Southern Era, OF
Richmond, Virginia, copying the extrsvagant
paragraph about the wonderful increase Of the
National Era, follows it up with the following
comments, that may interest some Of our read
ers. We deny, however; that we are an enemy
to :" the South and to Southern Institutions" OF
" the unsparing castigator Of Southern men y
bot we are the incorporating opponent Of
Slavery, and of every man, North and South
who upholds it or seeks to extend il.
"The paper Of which this statement In made
"a tho Nsf,onaI Fra the organ Of tha Free SOll.