The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-19
LITERARY NOTICES

The ATTRACTIONS or rus WoKLn TO Gone, t.
Aired Bryant, Faster Of the First pr.l.,t..
Church in Niles Michigan New York puii.t
by NJ. w. Doid. One yoIum,. Sold l,. g..
BaIlantyne 9TH street, Washington
The design Of this little jaol. Is it,
imports, is to make " H. ayen appear bright.
than earth; " to lure the wander,nc tl',, =.
away from the irifies that surround No T.. -.
higher hopes and holcr pursuits which ,r, 4.
results of Christian faith 1t is ! sinrJa 60.
ons, candid ex animation &C cur rel tiors ;, a..
eternal world, Snoring tie dignity and beam.
of n life of holiness; ana, with a geuur -.
suasiVe Influence, bending the Thoughts al
desires of the heart toward Heaven a. A..
GUNNER grass bends to the sweep Of he c,.o.
ing breeze. Without any great originaifr #
thought or briIlan3y of d;clion. the artL.-
has succeeded in placing before his reader.
The World to Come in q most attr,.,,,.
light; and it is evident that his own s,,l
deeply inlbuod with the truth; Of which b.,
discourscs so pleasantly. 1t H. Heaven o,l
not himself, which no sets before -. T,os
his own words, he has, like ID skinCnl lo..
mist, diligently gathered up the flower, Of
truth, which bloom and wave over the sarn,
fields of Revelation" and combined then, ir.,
O system, whereby % scheme of bes.ejo...
is made known to man, capable OF enrapturip,
the soul, and drawing the pi3us hcaveno a,J
with power which no earthly attraction can
weaken, or effectually retard'
The chapter on "The Resurrection of the
Body" and "The Reposc of the Soul we
have read with especial pleasure We recon-.
mend the book heartily, earnestly, to all wha
would enjoy beforehand the pure and elevated
happiness Of that better land0 Those who
sincerely desire to be instructed in the ri,lt
way will be profted by this little work and
will rise from its perusal with more earnest
desire after those things which are eternal
and a greater longing for holiness and heaven
The CHRISTIAN WORLD UNuAsKED. By John Der
ridge, A. NJ, Vicar of Everton, &c With Lie
of the Author, by Rev. Thomas Guthrie In lrf
PIP. 2O7. Boston: published by Gould & Lin,7
Sold by Gray 4 BaIantyne, and by Taylor Mary
Washington, ID. c.
Here is an old acquaintance, whom We have
not seen for score Of years. man of deep
piety and u never-failing fund Of piqaant I'm.
NOR, not TO be repres3cd. The readers Of the
recent Review of the Life and Times Of Lady
Huntingdon, in the London Quarterly, have
had touch of his humOr. This ilnmasking
of the Christian world, as it existed century
since, will stand for the prosan. day. We
have wonderfully improved in oar stagr-co,vh
es, turnpike road, and invented some things
which were not dreamed of in the times Of
old John Berridge; but nothing so entirely
novel in the way of picty and the profession
Of piety, that the pictures drawn 10y him arc
not now quite we'll suited to the times.
Berridge was great scholar, rs well as ID.
vine. He studied fifteen hours day, in order
ID enrich his strong mind with all the riches
IF ancient literature But drollery and diyn
ty were combined with all his attainmen;s 81
that the one could n sub sist with.
'ut the other. John Bcrf.dg2 is familiar
name in Old England, and we hop, ho may
ind gracious and smiling wel,ai..o g. o.,
homes of the New World N.