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and, Il the writer's opinion be correct, we haveno
desire 70 read it.. Those who have read ii can
,acoapats notes, and those who have not can avoid
$50 7s.it e they sc propeE.s -. lssessei Aas
The fact IL that in the present age there are TOO,
many books good and useful that the reader can
always find food enough for bis cravings Outside OF
works such as this and their reading rarely p5o-
duces good and often produces evil effects. it may
web be safe rule 10 avoid such altogether. his
iis faIeaseTt be led wrong than be led right; the
human heart is ever Prone to evil and catches at
aughtthat jusiifes extenuatesor paIliates itsowu
natural impulses. md hence such works have only
e bad tendency while many of.their parts aud
facts. Il isolated and vinnoRed from the poisOn-
Gus cloak inwhlcH they are enyeloped, might be
o 'a.'ussiaiIAnd profitable 70 speiety.+[Ep.
.l ..gSz,.s .I For III aIntsllssrosr
Its thoagh that this book will make copside-
Eabls stir in the world particularly in the theo-
,.aogeai circles. II 1 am not mistaken, it is the
somewhst confident prediction OF its authors that,
will 90 So but Tor my part can really see mo-
sanecessly for cnncludng that it will produce any
Hsapeeal excitement, either OF exultatonsor alarm.
many Of The departments into which the world is
Rdiyiaeds whistler sociological scientific POLITICAL
or Teligiousss Many books hive been written from
- winch more mischief the vital interestso Of haa
mani,Y was 70 be apprehended, than is thFeatened
by this production 6t hey have been quietly and
haElesslY gathered to their fathers and buriedin
the saomb Of the sCapuleis.s,@- Ghfistianity has
nothing o-fsar from the discoveries Of scieace,
sSaaud the auihority os The Bible as divine reyela-
10 man, from being aaated will
= be nfrnedby saTches OF archmologerss
. sandl The investga so philosophers II is
- srel unnecessary at the present day 10 enter upon
formal defence of the Sacred Writings against,
the attacksot infdels nader the mask and patron
,.. science: but alIsuch demonstrations should
ASK De Vebuked Christian men in spirit not or
al sgers hut Of snrtow, and yet in spirit uncom-
s'aa' promising drness nianiiesng thereby The con-
y zHfdence of their faith. sts.s = egSas sts
The gentlemen anthors. of this book posi-
tiyistsiih philosophy from her own admissions.
and they belong Ito the new schoolof arehaolo !
.rs,asiis evident from ihe, whole tenor Of their
work. -'.s'1 sEefsvs st'S
s'As positpists in Philosophy lbLile archeolo-
=, ygists IN mstkod, &c., go" p 6s4.
This expressIon unEeeeSsaTy,i utterly un-s
necessary for the grossest species of positivisn
silgaIariy conspicuous On every page ofthe book.
NJ Auguste Compte is thegTeat apostle Of This dog
thine al present, and it Just essentially revolves
into naeTiaiisrn as that it's evolved om it. for all
Gifts eneralizations and conclusions drawn
ssimmedialely from facts, and those TOO the most
palpshle that can possibly fall within the field o.
obseEatten. ga4aYC QFiA H5583 -
qsse1 The work Under consideration Is creditable 10
authos so far as mere obligation Of facts is
- cohcerned. The collection syery extensive, and
will doubtless prove valuable in the hands of
80 pbilesophic mene accept with some measure
discretionary discount. The factsof gentle
men, but reject in toto their philosophy "a h-
Ell reject the hypothesis which they have ate
tempted. with some show OF pIausbility, to ground
80 upon their Iacis.s .iss - s 80. -
q Iobect very seriously to The spirit Of their crti
cisms upon Holy Writ. / say Iobiect to the spr-s
a's Of their criticisms, as my Judgment of the
correctness of these criticisms otherwise, chat is
another question. Among innumerable passages
(which have fallen under my eye in relation to
this subject, viii here introduce one. 1t may
i, he found on page 6ss of the book and it pains
fsato aaa such language in qualifications containing
considerable information anu many elements of
sipopuianty. ssssS5 Xxx 81
EVERY intellectual nation possessed a Genesis
iaBat the Hebrew Elohistic writes possesses the
tsRpefiormetit Of being scientific hymn, arranged
accordance with the ssptenay scale of nus
msriealharmonies. -. s5sst -
''VieWed as literary work OF ancient humani-
tYs Ioftiest conception OF creative Power. it is
g. sublime, beyond all cosmogonies known in the
worlds history. Viewed narrative inspired by
the Most High, It's cOnceis would be pitiful and it's
Eevelations false; because telescope astronomy
has ruined its celestial structure, physics have
negatiyed It's cosmic organism, and geology has i
stultifed the fabulous terrestrial mechanism upon
which its assumptions ATE based. How, then. are
Its crude and Juvenile hypothesis about Human
creation to be receivedP' The italics are the au-
thors OWN, rs, sss
THIS is too bad declared would not speak SO
-slighiingIy ofany book with which am acquaiht-
ed. if was persuaded that by so doing 1 should
saosRd the fesings Of one of its admirers, But to-
treat thus Tightly and rreTerently of the Bible
which isso dear to the hearts of 50 many good
men and women-so dear to such a large portion
of the. human family, is ungentlepanly 10 say the
,iuleastof it. @lt
aeRslGany College, Va.
Adjournment of Congress. sfsv q
lss The Rouse of Repreentatiyes has passed res
ssoiltion fixing the 4th day of August for closing
me PRESENT session ofCongress. The House reIu
no concur i nthe teeomrnenIstionofthe Senate
toadjonrn from the 3Fe of July to the last Monday
in October. ,5s5 <. e i. s - ;
a'5.'JENNv LIND GoLDsnMIDr. letter from Wen
says that Jenny Lind Goldschmidtis at Vienna,
giving concerts. She appears somewhat elder,
but IetaiIisthe frankness and simplicity of IMAM
ners hinh have oboya other