Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-13

LITERARY NOTICES
DANIEL, MODEL FOR You've MEN. series Of Loo
lures by w. A. Scott, D. D.. at Now Orleans. N.
York Carter Brothers For sale by Gray
Ballantyne and r. Farnham, Washington, ID. G.
One vel, PIP $40 octave.
Among the great men Of the Scriptures-and
they are the greatest Of all the manifested
grandeur Of the race of man--Dayid holds
conspicuous place. The Jews rank him with
Moses; and there is most wonderful recogni-
tion Of Gods eminent commendation Of his
character, while yet young, recorded in the
l4th chapter Of Ezekiel, l4th verse. His words
by the prophet are these:
Son Of man when the land sinneth against
me by trespassing grieyously, then will stretch
out my hand upon it, and will break the staff
Of bread thereof and will send famine upon it,
and will cut off man and beast from it. Though
these three men--Noah, Daniel and Job-were
in it, they should deliver but their own souls
by their Righteousness, saith the Lord Cod
Now, this prophecy was made B. c. 5s4, A.
M. 34l0; and Daniel at that time was a young
man, certainly not thirty years Of age So
early was he acknowledged to be a Prince in
Israel; and, great as were the honors conferred
| by Persian monarchs, his was integrity nnsc-
duced, unbought, nnterrfcd. Such was Dan
iel, whose character rs model man is here
presented to our young men for their emula-
ton.
These Lectures we're delivered by Dr. Scott
on Sunday evenings, in New Orleans. They
are as interesting as aWavcrlcy novel, and we
hopo this book may command a wide circnla-
ton. No library Of a Christian Association, or
any other library association for young men,
ought to be without it. Let a father put this
book into the hands Of his son, saying, "Here
is man of political rank and fame, whose life
you will do well to copy as safe model"
Of the first Daniel we have often thought
Milton must have been describing, when he
says
-" Faithful found
Among the faithless; faithful only he,
Among innumerable false unmoved,
Unshaken, unseduced. untcrriicd,
His loyalty he kept, his love and zeal.
Nor number example with him wrought
To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind,
Though single"
If it were possible for our public men, and
members Of Congress- especially Of. the free
States, to recover their lost faith that God pas
on the side Of Humanity, we might hope to have
some modern Daniels, but never before. Men
of expediency and compromise may make SET
ond rate Daniels, but they never stand fire.
| THE DIVINE CHARACTERS VINDIcATED. By Rev.
Moses Ballou. New York Published by Redfed
One VOL, PIP. Az. Sold by Taylor Maury
| When we noticed the "Conflct Of Ages,n
we were sure that work would make con-
vulsion in the world of Theology, and that it
must result in new combinations and new re-
lations of views, consequent upon the course of
reasoning presented by DR.. Beecher. In this
we have not been disappointed, nor in the va
rious views taken Of that work by men hold
ing standpoints diverse and antagonistic to
each other.
| The Princeton Repiew tho organ of the
Church of all Presbyteriansm, halls this great
work as Gan ally" to orthodoxy. The Method
ISIS and Unifarians arc quite as well pleased
with DR.. Beecher, as an ally of theirs; and,
though the volume ut the head Of this notice
affects to vindicate the character of God from
DR.. Beechcr's work, yet it is clear enough, he
is delighted with the book, for the reflex in
huences it is to have. to build up Universalsm
in place Of Orthodoxy. Now, is it not very
wonderful work, this Conflict Of Ages" by
Dr. Edward Becchcr that it suits everybody
and all sorts of sectsl Certainly, it is a book
easier read than replied to. And Mr.. Ballou
4 a .c n. n.
words! He is honest, no doubt, in thinking
his augmentation meets oil the case, and ends
the controversy-a controversy which began
before the flood, and is likely to last to the end
Of all things. The height of this great argu-
ment has been attempted, in all ages by men
who felt able to ajastify the ways of God to
man, But it is just now where it was when
Paul wrote his epistle to the Romans.
Nothing can be more frank and honest than
the manner in which he has put the objection
of the imaginary Jew, who acts, in his ninth
chapter, the part of the disputant cf what
Paul has affirmed in relation to Gods moral
government Of the world" Why doth he
vet find fault For who hath resisted his
will?3--yer 49, There it is! standing mp
against the heavens like tho Peak of Teneriffe
out Of the ocean, naked, severe, and sublime.
Paups reply is the only one he could give, or,
rather, that no did give: Nay but Q man,
who art thou that replicst against God 7 Shall
the thing formed say to him that formed it,
why hast thou made me thus?'n Paul at
once put over him, as a shield, the Sovereignty
of Cod" the Judge Of oil the Earth will do
highland here no rests, and there the dis
ciples of Christ have been content to rest,
amidst all the contentious Of centuries. We