The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-03-08
VOL. TX.

Salu-f Inc more L thlnk OF UOd, he Is sill
more dark and unknown to me :" and otI.-
anecdotes, which, when told child, and ;,.
pressed on the memory, cannot but live ami
become the very key-stones of 4 religious liz
We hope this work will lead the way to the p.
yival Of the Shorter Catechism. II it could 4.
so, if all over this country this Catechisna copr
be made popular, could be taught to the risin,
generation, one thing we could safely predic,
though we have no claims to be prophet. n,,
the son of prophet, and that is this: The r,c.
would be better thinkers, better men. and e..
capable of saying what they know to be r,l,.
under any pretext whatever; and in one wo-l
they, each and all, would know by heart the ora.
truths of Gods word, and knowing this worl
and respecting his commands, they couIJ ,..
Their be, in fact nor in profession, what So IMAM,
now are content to profess to be, and We r.,.
with too much truthfulness for their own to....
or the good of society, Knor Noth6,gs. -
A JOURNEY THROUGH KANSAS with Skrrch,, OF \-r....
c. b Boynton and r. Il. Mason. Cm,iu,,, a,
Wilstach, Keys Il Co. / vol. pp DO
Wehave before us an important publica,;,,.
which should be in the hands of all per,on. :.
terested in the settlement Of Kansas and \.
braska. The writer's are the Rev. Mr. Boyr,,,
and Mr.. T. b. Mason, who were appointed vii,
others, by the "KaRsas Leagae" of Cipcir,,,;
to explore these Territories, particularly E.,
sas, and report upon the climate soil pro,b,...
tons, and general resources of the coun,rv
We have the result of such exploration ami
inquiries. This volume is published in cLrar
form, to be of universal circulation. and is ilp,
trated with new and neat map of the country.
The great problem to be solved is how L,,r
to redeem this Territory from the dominion or
Slavery. That it can be DONE and ought to D.,
done, is admitted on all hands; but how? j.
must be done by men who have the impul,..
OF patriotism, of benevolence, to guide them.
rather than of plumber and money maxim,
There are no mines of gold in Kansas, to slim.
ulate emigration, but this work (which is writ
ten with precision and clearness that satifrs
every reader that the writer's are men of prag
teal wisdom and acquaintance with the tome.
of which they treat) shows, that in Kansas are
all the riches requisite for a wealthy vigorous.
agricultural, manufacturing. and mining popula
ton. Kansas is land of springs and streams.
A glance at the map shows that these cover all
the eastern division of the Territory with nc,
work of waters. Good milseats abound. The
deficiency of timber is supplied by the abuu-
dance Of limestone, sandstone, and COAL auI
here the Usage orange grows in perfection.
from which an impervious hedge is formed the
third year. Fences are not built, for the Osaca
orange is found TO be the cheapest. as il ii is
certainly the most beautiful method Of enclosing
grounds.
1t is said, in this work, "The contest tcr he
possession Of this Territory nW end IN giriag@
e6ectual, # not a decisice Jlow, to the dcjtutcI
party" We have no doubt of the progress Of
Freedom, but we do doubt which party is to win
and earnest movement must be made by the
free States, than has yet been made The
depressing effect of this new Order of g Know
Nothings" has been wet blanket on the zeal
Of thousands. And yet this question has no;
changed in the least in - fance. II is
now what it was year Ether the area
of Slavery shall be ext<IIUl[1 Or mot If the
population of the free States shall take posses
sion, Slavery is defeated by this great move
ment. The first step TOWARDS the restriction Of
Slavery will have been taken. Let it be II.
membered, as yet, not one single step has been
gained, nor one single point made. in the con
troverSy with the South. For after Doughlace
ism had exhausted itself, then arose this new
Order, whose only action has been thus far. to
divide and nulli(y all combined and effective
resistance to the onward progress of the SIdcs
ocrdcy of the South.
We hope this volume will be extensively cir
readers. AZ
THE FoorsrFrs OF Paul. BY the author OF The WorI
OF Jesus" sc. New York Published hy Garter
Brothers. One volume. PIP liG. Sold by Gray y e.
lanryne, Washington, ID e. ~
Should any one ask me 10 name the man.
who of all others has been the greatest bene
factor Of our race, | should say, without he's
tation, the Apostle Paul. His name is The
type of human activity. lthe most endless, and
at the same time the most useful, that history
has cared to preserve" Such is the TESTIMONY
of Adolphus Monod, the eloquent French
preacher of the present day. The noble Paul
the grandest man Of all men that have ever
lived, has of late been the subject Of unusual
study. The great work of Conybeare and
Howson has been lately reprinted in this coun
try; also, Kitto's volume, devoted to the Tray
els of Paul i" "The Life and Epistles Of Paul
by Mr.. Levin; Neanders Planting of thu
Christian Churches ;" "Olshausen on the Ac;'
of the Apostles )" Alfred Barnes on the Act
of the Apostles" are all recent works, deyo-
ted to the same object as the volume before
us--the life and labors of Paul. And what
life does the records Of the past present, which
will bear sach scrutiny as that of Paul, the
scholar of Gamaliel, the great Apostle OF the
Gentiles
This volume is beautifully printed and illus
trated. The author has drunk deep of the
springs of that piety which Paul opened Tor
the refreshing of us Gentiles. The chapters
are devoted to Paul the youth, Paul the schol
ar, the prosecutor, the convert, the fugitive, the
the traveller, at Rome, in prison
at Berea, at Athens, al Corinth, at Ephesus at
Cesarea, his shipwreck, al Rome, in prison,
and his death.
So ends the life of PauI, the Atlas of the
Church of Christ. Paul, who bore the heather
world upon his shoulders-that Roman I'm
pire, which required seven ages TO establish
and which this Paul, the Apostle and the prs
oner, in one quarter of a century renovated.
&C On tho hrink of the OraYe.N saws Blunt. o be