New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-22

cat II ol The tCcj. She WAS prNcetdins "i,h Si'ae
eserey give ;1s rest of Il, when begged her -
g,rce at the bo,tcm The colamn aud see Whist It al
eIdrd in "GoOd heavens she ex ained, 1T rotn-
ifg after al bot sha: everlasting old BraOdrsth silver
tang bis plsw TIE case is similar VIII Dr.. BAH
ue is book. II most imposDg air. II rises az
tine 70 Patonic dimensions. Il Is ial of snbte rae
toricsl elaboration ], repays ycur time peretiy m
presert euttTtai-meLt. Bat has mercalcie inen-
ton j, ends in patsn. medicine. The doctor has
certain theory If conversion ssd Of hs freedom OF the
viii 20 related thereto, WHICH Re feels 10 be pansccs
f,r uioItsl H. and vebemet;ly desires - propa.
gate: ard this il Is which c0lors a the facts of ths
uniyese to Li,p and a. sia before in the long run
oim.usLts he otherwise p0rty voice 10 nero psro'
ebiSl sq1.ak lie has perfect right to his squesk,
perf, Ct hight TO project it, il be csO from Maine to
Florids. UnQuestionsbly. ory profess my own IT,
tslBcent irdiftierce TO Il. have heard go many
squtsks il my dsy tie Catholic squeak and the Prot
e,t.nt soueak tie old school squesk and the new.
school ,qusak. the orthodox squeak and the Unitarian
squeak. the trsrsetndeItalst squeak snd toe mate
ri.ist ,qlesk tia, sm no longer liable TO be taken
in, tut ceusud OF once ucon opening book, whether
il IS written in the interests Of mankind or GRAFT,
vb.,heri,s suttorhss a ely pill to vend or msnfllly
d,ssvows al pills a. themselves in great psr the un-
suspected shelter and Of our grsYest eHtan' mai
sGies.
uis strictly usbsndsome in DR.. Bushnell TO deny
Any "couAict between Christianity and the facts
of .ceuce;" end say soothing things Of Agsssiz in
foot notes No man is worth csj)cg in the cause of
truth; and Dr. Bushrel cannot be ignorant that there
Is An immense Interval between what bic readers call
Christianity. and the facts o. scercs DR.. Bushnell
repreeen.s 10 the public mind the established eccenas-
teal life of TIE world. He has doubtless greater in
telectua vivscity than befsll, most of his clerical
ccmpeers and be- occasionally clears fencs-which IN
reality does but separate smaller intellectual pad
dock from larger one-with such heroic air, as to
give shorsghted spectators the impression that here
ia man who hiss become free Of all fences tenizen
81 last of the gre at unfencd universe But 10 truth he
belorss all the while to the literal school of biblical
pterrretston that school which holds the Bible TO be
above an thrgs estimsble not as REVELATION Of
sDfriual y uth but a. record Of literal historic fact
not as mystical and exhaustive hisroglyph OF Wis
dom which is sally infinite and therefore, only sym
bohcally communicable to the finite mind, but as
nine of literal historic information like ilumes HIS
tory Of England, or Gibbons Decline and Fas.
Viewed in this childish way, the venerable book be-
comes the lawful spoil of every copcelted clown that
can handle pen either in the way of attack or de-
Tense; and Dr. Bushnell knows that science contra
diets it on every page. cannot but feel accordingly
ii at he acts very dspgenuousy in assuming the AGA
d.mic strut and mimckirg the accents OF impartial
Philosophy.
desire to justify in detail all have hcre alleged in
regard TO Dr. Bushrels general philosophic ineph'
tnfe: but must take another letter 20 it. He IL an
sbler man than Dr. Edward Beecher, and has fifty
times his agility at Dodge, his aacrity at a-"hat
shall calltl But after all they both deal with the
great problems of freedom and the nature Of evil in the
same grsndIy perfunctory and hobbledehoy fashion,
| as shall proceed to show you Bat / must occupy
the remainder Of this letter with still needfu word
upon the general topic OF DR.. Bashnells book
II is perfectly true, as Dr. Bushnell shows, that
Nsturalism is gro wing and Supernaturssm declining
but he does not appreciate the normal connection De-
tween the two facts. The Doctor sees nothing but
hostility between them, whereas in truth there exists
complete harmony. The parent declines as the child
natures; but you would not say, thereupon, that
parent and eLd were mutually hostile. Na.uralsm Is
the legitimate otprng of Supernsurais, and an iul-
yemert upon the father better brain, ampler lungs
tougher stomach more vigorousegs, longer life. 1t u.s.
in short, Supernaturslism glorfed, or run to seed
| The vital idea orSuperDaturalism was, that SONS
power existed spataly outside of nature and supeno
TO IT, capabe on occasions of interfering with It, and
arbitrarily suspeDdng its ordnaryproeesses The com
mon or scieItifc mnd Of the lace was then chaos,
noIe of those great which are the foun
daon Of our present intelligence, having as yet been
made and, accordingly if men had notrecognized God
In the exception rather than the rule, in the Lightning
and the whirlwind in the pestilence and the famine
rather than the sunshine and the harvest they could
rot have recognized Him at ALL since the sheer aud
| fixed uniformity Of nature must have excluded ihn.
" Unless they had seen signs and wonders they would
{" not have believed" for having no perception OF the
supendous hsImonies which science is now revealing
TO our eyes as constituting the inmost heart OF things
they were clearly bound by their instinct Of the divine
perfection 10 refuse to identify His activity with the
dull routine of nature In this state of things, Super
raturaim was devout necessity of the human mind.
Nature was as yet the uniubdued enemy Of man. So
Getty did not exist to compel her allegiance. The arts
we're Unborn, comparatively. To recognize awil SUI
peror to nature therefore, and spaaly oLtsde OF aer
phenomena manlfesting itsef miraculousy, ormaway
to dversy her oppressive monotory was the only re-
fuge Of the human mind against despair. But now q
human experience advanced, as the merely ecc'esast
cal life Of man began 20 merge more and more INTO the
political fe and certain scienf order was seen to
Se oresb itself in human asirs ceased TO
identity God with tae exclusively dsordefly or mracu-
Gus look of things with the earthquake and the tam
pest with the food and the eclipse becsnse they had
bee un 10 discern Him in the calm wel Ia the daily
order Of the planet the fixed return Of even and OF
morn the benefceIt variety OF the seasons snd 'ery
stated Indictment and encouragement to mans persist
ent and a-cor queriDg activity. They began 10 dis-
Germ Him. in shor in the perfect adaptation oil Nature
10 afford man ~ infinite intellectual aud socsi e1psn-
sion. This, very briefly stated, is NstursllSm Evil