Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-24
BY DIR, EDWARD BEEcHER.


This Remarkable Work has reached ITS Fifth
Edition, IN The brief space Of -Four Months !
A success unprecedented III Theological Pub
locations!
A N impression has already been produced by this
"A mastery treatise, the most profound wide
reaching and permanent.
II is perfectly manifest to all competent obsei yers,
that upon the eve of theological discussion,
the most comprehensive radical and porentous, the
world has ever seen. To this discussion this book
leads tho way, with momentum irresistible. There
is not question 10 Theology which is not destined
to como up for and thorough settlement in the
light of this final development
All those who have Theological doubts and diff
culties should examine the solution this work affords
Those who have no doubts but who wish 10 study
the history of opinions in the past and TO keep pace
with tho developments Of opinion in tho future, will
grevousy orr If they neglect to make themselves fa
miliar with this book II contains the seeds of the
thinkings and dcbatings of the next hundred years
The reception of tnis work by the The logical
press Of tho country, has been significant. Equally
declining to ACCEPT his conclusion, they do 10 OPP
posito and contradictory grounds One half Of the
Theological press endorses the maor premise Of the
argument and denies the minor The other half en-
dorses the minor, and denies tho major And they
probably both right in their positive element and
wrong in their negative the work has received vir-
tual Endorsement of tho most powerful kind.
As regards tho ability Of the work. and its claims
the attention of all, the following extracts may
suffice:
From The Princeton Rspertoyy-O old School O,thodoz
1t is characterized by great ability, by earnest
spirit, by frankncss candor and courtesy 1t has O
special interest for We HAIL 1T As AN ALLY
The author shuts his readers up the choice between
Orthodoxy and the doctrine of Pre- Existence
From the UnsVers0Lia Quarterly and General Re-
Vieic, Jan, 1854.
We have the novel spectacle of man clinging
with mastery grasp to all tho fundamentals of Or
thodoxy, Jet dealing it blow beneath
1t would be difficult to find within the limits of o
hundred pages any treatise essay that can com
pare in Importance with this analysis B. iv) 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 connection among
the D DIS in our land. 1t merits their attention.
~ r. Tri5uw.
The most significant work on Theology which has
appeared of late.
In many respects this volume is one Of the most
curious as well as of the most suggestive, pro-
auctions Of modern American Theology.
Philadelphia Presbyterian Quarterly, Ne,o SvhooL
Able it unquestionably is.
Westminster ReUteic, England.
The "Confict of Ages is, in effect, protest
against Cal vinism by Of the leading Calvinistc
diyines of New England
Boston Congregationalia.
very unsafe book for here siarchs to put into
the hands Of eithor Universast 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 an ancient Socnan or mod
ern Universalist
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, CO.,
May 26. Publishers, Boston.