New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-02

dimensions u sen e, ard ss.Da'iDg snos,srta diVlno
reehti.. By formal humao a9pssr~oes. Chnst
wounded tie jaw to tie quick by sffontns his cher
.hed sentiment Of nas perdenee in him. his he're s'd
nvc,ersie moral pssiousress of his which h4i a.
ways led him to look upon hiol'ef as utsGirg truly
peLipotentsry cation to the Dsse law, and - b.
ing Therefore properly chayeabe with his osn life and
death. TIE ludcrous sef-ocIcet AMI tyTsnnous con-
tempt of others which the pre,.nson generated 10 the
Jew were Of course, what abaed by his inexpe-
rieroe ard ignorance and 10 besides rot usreAscn-
ably the dupe Of IFS own superb ritual. Bat What
shall We ssy Of Jew in the niDsteensh century Of
Christian doctrine calhrs himself emphstsc ally
ar exponent Of thai dottue and bred besides n IL tho
ritual poverty and indeed desqu,ma,iOn Of New-Er-
gland Consres atiouslsn Ieassertirg this ssss npn-
p,xpyscE as the vital postulste and prerequisite
Of Cbrstiapity itself, 20 making the insbsble
uerc'es Of God dance eeu al attendance upon
tho shslzs pride Of human mofsim' Yet
such Is the entire implicit strain, such the entire
explicit purpose of this infatuated book. The author
trgs our falsciogs independence TO bis hsst as shs
sole scs Of Christianity as the sole practicable fal-
cram eit TO II in lie renoystTg offices upon man. he
LAHORE to prove our moral freedom not merely actual.
but rea-uot merely phenomenal, eut suostsnnal,
with such ipkuman zeal he labors 10 prove ne really
capable o: sin, really capable of becoming personally
odious 10 God and accused by him with such On in
sss6uity and good WILL that one 10 pysoys GER
tain tina, the truth be advocates s a. best, but saw
age scy OF the senses utterly oiious to the instincts
Of the cultivated heat. That puny worm OF the
dust should, for q time, fancy itself capable OF
snrirg agsinst God capable of really lsosrslipg
TIE love Of which il is al the while the sb-
ect and utter creature conceivable enongh because
our Intelligence is for long time dependent upon SEN
suous snslos.s for its idea of God. In fact the null
ments Of true freedom or seif.hood primarily ere.
died in these mere eensuous appearances OF ruh are
for long tine nurtured on these and strocious
hu,ks of the supers.nsuous and eternal reality. Bot
that Gods creature should not only seem able, 10 IL
own concs but really be able in G)ds estimation, TO
.r sgsnst Him, and awake His vengeance, is the vay
dotsge ond 6.lrium Of Esotism. SIN denotes uni
versal state of man; certain oonoeitei condition
growing out Of the very nature and destiny OF mao
ard therefore characteristics Of all men quite equally.
In the language the scored book this condition de-
uom sted an eating OF toe tree of knowledge of good
&" and evil" and is said to result in death" AL
which mesrs: that men rationslly sppropratipg 70
themselves that good and evil which sene sym
bolcaly, the seTpent declares 10 originate IN
their own bosoms, but which are IN truth an influx
from spiritual societies, DO really come to fancy
themselves mdrpeadel beings, or very much prize
their moral differences from another, and 40
abound in PRIDE in contempt OF ober- in al manner Of
inhumanty, which is unlkeness IT, God or spiritual
DEATH In short mans moral experiences is cnrse 70
him long as 1t is regarded as bGh, % long
as it is not seen to be purely Introductory TO
his associated condition, and preparatory TO II.
Morality is admirable considered % miN;,teriai to
something beyond ief that ie As promoting humility
in and 90 tisposing US TO acknowledge the great
truth OF human society fellowship. Bat considered
rGesfcria as being its own end, II IT, ss me good
book alleges, utterly dsmnabe. simply marvel that
Of Dr. Bushr ellis athletic and Of his general
force OF character should rest such nbece capves 10
the illusion in question. Nothing explains the phenoms-
non but the subtle aud intense fsery the asion Offers
to our sslflove for you take away my power ofreay
dispessrg God, or my capacity Of demsnt, you take
away also my power Of pleasing Him. or my csps
city OF merit aud to the juvenile OF oMna understand
ing, vItus and merit, manhood and morality ere idsn-
teal That the Divine mercy tenderly acco nnodatss
Itself TO these Inevitable bsllucinations part.
and manages to maintain generally in sssreno oonvic
ton Of our righteousness Is true Bot occasionally
the machinery gets a hitch, and the naked soal,
in place Of swimming in summer sea
OF selEcomplacercy, finds itself stranded upon
the rocks Of selfsbhorence, or what is the same
thing, finds lie OF mer. really yielding 10 that Of
demeit: and instantly the very fountains Of life are
dried up the intellect withen upon its usnrped throne,
and we become pulling idiots or frantic msdmen. Aud,
clearly that cannot Do Divine truth the genuine and
unaffected belief Of which is nstintly fatal 10 human
sanity. My imprePson is that ought to thaoh God
very dsvouty for the past hypocrisy and Pharss-
ism Of the ttusr church, being full Of stnpeudoas
mercy to the intellect Of the race.
IL is exclusively in the interests Of Elm, then,
that DIR. BushEel contends Tor human Independence,
that be insists upon making our moral freedom not
merely actual and phenomenal, bot real and substan.
tial well, and lie is logically fautess in doing 20.
really do live % they think they do by eating
ofthe tree Of knowledge Of good and evil" then DR..
Bushnell is bound TO prove them 10 al the extent Of
the lie thence derived, absolutely independent Of God
for ii would be absurd 10 suppose them chsrgeA5ls
.ith their own good and evil when all their
power came from Hin. IA against bis old-scbOol
theological Antagonists, then, be is logically night,
while he s philosophically their inferior: which 10
only saying in other words that their philosophical az
periolty is gained 1.-THE expense Of logic. Tho besr
goes it'll the foolish old logcians of orthodoxy; the
h. sd alone succumbs 10 the terrible recttude Of New
England Any child may gee that tae old school tas-
ology IL Inconsistent in maintaining that God inpates
Elm TO man. srd at the sane time denying mans iads-
penderce Of Col But even this glazing Inconsistency
s precious to the devOut heart keeping the e,srnA
controversy between sense and reson snspenisd, -
in some degee masking and muddBDg The otbsrss
too vivid and dabolc conviction Of human lode
pendence. For my own part ! could chetrfaIy gulp
az amour: Of orthodox nonsense which still slloss
the heart breathing space rather than tolerate ore