Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-17

A Critical History Of Free thought in Reference
to the Christian Religion. Eight Lectures
Preached Before the University Of Oxford, in
the Year M, ,OCCC,LXII, on the Foundation of
the Late Rev John Brompton, M. A. Canon
Of Salisbury. By Adam Storey FaTrar, M. A.
Michel Fellow, Of Queens College, Ox,ord,
New York, D. Appleton Co., 44S and $40
BrOAdway-lS63.
These lectures relate to one of the con
ficts exhibited in the history of the Church,
viz the struggle of the human spirit to free
itself from the authority of the christian
faith. The authors criticism starts from a
christian point of view, and assumes alike
the miraculous character of christianity, the
exceptional character of the religious inspi-
ration of the first teachers Of it, and the re-
aIity Of its chief dUctrinez. From this point
Of view be considers the attempts of the hu-
man mind to get free from the authority of
the christian religion, either by rejecting it
in WOhle or in part. Four great crises of
faith are enumerated in church history the
first, the struggle, literary and philosophical,
of early heathenism against christianity I;
the second, the reawakening of FREQ thought
in the middle ages; the third, that which
appertained to the revival of classical Iitera-
ture the fourth, to the growth CT modern
philosophy; q series of epOchs which exhib-
it the struggle of christianity, in the great
csnters of thought and civilization, ancient
or modern ehrOnicling the facts, explain
ing the causes, aad teaching the moral.
This work, able, thorough, perspicuOus in
style, catholic in spirit and faithful to chris
tisnity commends itself to the study Of the
Thoughtful and especially to the student of
the christian system.
For sale by Ingham & Bragg, l9l Superior
street, Cleveland.
The Holy Word its own Defense: Addressed to
Bishop COlenso and all other earnest seekers
after truth. By Rev. Abiel Silver, of New York,
author Of " Lectures on the Symbolic Charac-
ter Of the Sacred Scriptures :" New York: D.
Appleton Co., 443 and AS Broadway, 1853.
This work is called forth by and is designed
as an answer to a work entitled "The PEN
tatsuch and Book Of Joshua" critically e1-
amined by the Right Rev. John William
Colenso, D. D., Bishop of NatsI-NeW York
D. Appleton & Co., 1853" The desire and
aim of the author is to defend the scriptures.
or raths as he expresses it, to let them de-
fend Themselves, rgainst the skeptieal infu-
snce which the objections that DR.. CoIensC
and his reviewers are raising to the literal
narrative, and then leaving it in the dark
may have on the public mind" The WOrl
may be regarded as avery valuable eontribu-
ton to the religious reading and literature o.
the day, and as a successful vindication of tbt
Holy Word, as \ true history of menta
things history of higher things than thOS'
of time and matter, revelation of our God
Of our souls, and Of our duty, and that, in or
der to give man this knowledge of spiritua
things, natural things are used as symbols
not precluding, however, the idea of liters
sense in the word, by the influence Of Whicl
many souls are saved. The work will attrac
attention, and have, as it should, readers.
For sale by InghAm & Bragg, 19l SupeIiO
street, Cleveland.