Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-31
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7Be PULPIT AND TIE .IxGF fsr THz Two -rss--
kuc1zs An Hist re. ssierrap l., Pb,lsssoph;c
: n ssei.sy-- By re VITO ksews Nashville.
Tern. sou i:ers g.tao iist Pub.i-.. ns Harse.
1890
To AL cnrinns PEI pie who should read the
above title. and al The same time he given TO
understand fbat the author WINS at one time
an eminent lay actor, Subsequently Goa
vrrted aud b. came minister ci The Gospel
no less eminent. ihis volume would possrss
unusual interest. The f.et is.~. have rrason
to lie,e. a. minated: al i We took il III.
10 read il with the curiosi nd interest nat
urai tn p.ch impression. A lii, Tar,
production il is not an. &c. ptionab bic il is
n,-ith' r rigidiy grammatical nor re- upuleus-
~ nice in The eLoce ut o. d. 10th OF who
are indisp, nsa bic to finis'ied composition. II
nhonnd- in Illustrations by comparison, and
spmetines- though rarely, thes,. are or, atty
wIn,i..g in ftness-ior example. Not act
of goodn - on the larf 81 thrat, ical mana
gers are said TO "look out fr N the thick NOR
al darkness of The d. anna a. meteors IN the
midst f ue so,m." Occasional original poet
are inf riir to the prUse ard add nothing
either To- the inter II of the wa or Ihr CT, dit
of the auti OF. In considering -all me woI Id
a stsg"," th,. Tone y b" knrws' gives u a
very porr east OF Tie cl.aractsr--one that
will care, Iy ever at" o. c'urse no man
Esp ciaIiy 10 Chri-tisn gntleman- could
elsb"rute an esssy To th, J. myth If a volume
uf 400 psg. :. IN .-ib" Pulpit aud Ill, S age"
y lib, vi having methiIg ro say O thu. n. w.
papsr presS In this behalf lone " o knows'
is every thing hut just ana complimentary.
lie says The pres, IS general thing, is
a. corrupt and prostitute ia lis character as
the stage, If not great deal more 30 The
l-vying OF '.black mall uprn stage per-
fHmrIs j. almost r, dueed To sci-nce by
conductor of ntS<I spers. Ii is said
of the pres. hat 1t II The guardian OF the
public muTs.s aud the defend OF the peo-
ple's rights. That such il ought TO he, there
can b. n" gu, s,i,n; hut That such il If,
that the stag. is ,ch' OF OF vi. tue and
. director OF public taste. In their as
lumpiipns, Thy 10th wear the lions
.kIu,' bat, uti' rtunattly for them. the
covering is too small To conceal tue base
AMIN b.. entL: the 10 g cars Of exposure
will protIu.Ie. Yet Ih,Ie are many hon"r"-
bic .xc, ptions. Tie cupidIty. pr,ju-
dice md general corruption Of thespress con-
siiIu;e a greater calamity 10 the NO ID. md
are producIsv' al more evil than all other
c.ust g combined We do NOT r. coll CT t.
have ev,r seen II more weeping d nuHcia-
OF It's iuflu nce more al variance with the
kuOwledge and exi eri,nce OF mankind. And
We aIe glad TO Ice able to embrace the oppur-
tuHiiy Of ic.lcafing upon one VINO -eems
not to know. practical lesson OF Christ an
charity 10y waving the reply which is SO pres
singly invited
Aside from the defects to which We have
above retired. eth, Pulpit and tue STAGE
10 written with mucn g"r aud lOIcr. 1t
contains passag' 8 of great p"wer AID beauty
aud not uhiI qu,n,ly passages of true elC
Iurnce ard paIh's ). There are occasional
cenrs painted, we'll calculated to Aoli II tn,
,utest hea II and TO sir the fountains oil the
al. The auti',r Is gifted " tn IA tue imagl-
zion and infusos much Of it, tcrVGr into
,Ih bis thought and explosion. The argu-
nts for and against The sial e ARE g ner,lIy
II and logically rut. Clcv,Ily interviewer
iii The b, d. uf the work. and III ming
ally ihr. ugh it. il the ia raiive of an
utraHt Actor--a '.staI' who, i'll prucess
time, b,c IN an itin"raht Preacher: which,
is rr,sGIn. d, i the p'Ironal KIP r.rnce If
4 Author. .. course, when hc h. ccHds to
Aacred k. The tive itlnerahcics" bt
mr. antip,dd. 1he c. clu.i"n is, that tn
age Is au adm ure "f sn' d aud Evil, the
ter pr"dnmnaTing; and that it should be
nroughly reformed or abolished. | is con
d. d To D- impracicall' t. effect the re-
liI. reform aud the alI, rnniirD is m
ended. Whether mat IL practicable is not
cidrd. Upon th" whole il is u b ghly rnieI-
ming and T, sIable bO"k.