Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-08-02
THE CONFLICT OF AGES!
BY DIR. EDWARD BREcHER.

BY DR. EDWARD BRECHER.
THIS Remarkable Work has reached its Fifth
Edition, in the brief space of -Four Months!
A success unprecedented in Theological Pub
LicationS!
4 N impression has already been produced by this
II mastery treatise, the most profound wide
reaching, and permanent.
1t is perfectly manifest TO all competent observers
that upon the eve Of theological discussion
the most comprehensive, RADICAL and portentouf the
world has ever seen. To this discussion this book
leads the way with momentum irresistible There
is not question 10 Theology which is not destined
to como up for new and thorough settlement in the
light Of this final development
All those who have Theological doubts and diff
cultics should examine tho solution this work affords
Those who have no doubts, but who wish TO study
the history ofopinions in tho past and to keep pace
with tho Developments of opinion in the future, will
grevousy orr If they neglect to make themsolye ia
miIiar with this book 1t contains the seeds of the
thnkings and debatings Of the next hundred years.
The reception of this work by tho The logical
press Of the country, has been significant. Equally
declining TO accept his conclusion, they do 1t on OPP
posite and contradictory grounds. One half Of the
Theological press endorses the major premise OF tho
argument and denies the minor The other half en-
dorses the minor, and denies the major And they
probably both right in their positive element and
wrong in their negative the work has received Vir-
tual Endorsement Of the most powerful kind.
As regards the ability Of the work, and its claims
the attention Of all, the following extracts may
suffice:
From the Princeton Rspsrory old School Orthodox.
1t is characterized by great ability by an earnest
spirit by fankness, candor, and courtesy. 1t has
special interest for U.s. We HAIL 1T AS AN ALLY.
The author shuts up the choice between
Orthodoxy and the doctrine of Pre- Existence.
From tho UnsOeysalsst Quarterly aud General Re
p,eiy, Jun, 1854.
We have the novel spectacle of o man clinging
with mastery grasp to all the fundamentals Of Or
thodoxy, yet dealing it q blow beneath
which it reels.
II would be difficult to find within tho limits of
hundred pages any treatise or essay that com
pare in Importance with this analysis B ivy Of Or
thodox doctrines DR.. Beecher has struck upon the
right principle in his theory Of typical interpretation
in the fifth of Romans.
National Era.
This work has caused great comm otion among
the ID DIS in our land. 1t merits their attention.
~ Y. Iri5uns
The most significant work Theology which has
appeared Of late.
In many respects this volume is one Of the most
curious, well of the most suggestive, pro-
auctions Of modern American Theology.
philadelphia Presbyterian Quarterly, Neao SUAook
Able it unquestionaby is.
Westminster Repieac, England.
The "Conaict of Ages" is, in effect, protest
against Calvinism by of the leading Calvinistc
divines Of New England.
Boston Congysgationaiist
A very unsafe book for herssiarchs to put into
the hands Of either Unversast Unitarian Of real
and manly mind accustomed to deep and serious
thought. Whatever else he may be or may not be,
he will never be either ancient Socnian or mod
ern Universalist.
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, CO.,
May rs. Publishers. Boston.