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mahLer that Sr'n0za conld Iass through u tntr''
and he undertook the reform Of Csrtcsiansm, ny re
tanning az l. starting point the method Of Descartes
modified ny direct return TO the great sonrcc OF fto
lie perceived the hiatus IN this methods seeing tne
who's question in the proper iosee or activity 81 sorce
hv pnre reason be appealed 10 nmost experience 70
consciousness against tie theorists who denled 10 .c
human soul that personality OF which Il has inc
ibo sentiment J,y this great idea no introduced
second principle of certainty opposite 10 pure reason
and renststed sentiment into metaphysics, where Pas
cal had not known how TO restore u to It's paGe w
efforts OF Pascal having ended only In the passionate
negat0n Of metaphysics itself He established tHHi
there is something else in the world than thought ana
extensions that there is something else than extension
in beings that do not think that every being is force
that every being endowed with reason every force thar
thinks sees ideas in itself as In God as Descartes haV
affirmed, By the idea of forces. We have said &c
dIused life everywhere throughout this possive and
inert world ~ extension wherein Descartes was obhged
10 invoke increasingly the immediate aud unique aeiol
Of Ggd. Lastly, by tho ideaci perccnNity @hlcn aid
not belong 10 him exclusively bat which he raised 10
the most sublime generality b. concoFing II az the ni
verse, law Of creatures tending owrI me perfect mat
IL. toward the Creator h. threw bridge between tne
OF history and inaugurated the ne~ dogma OF modern
times me dogma Of progress fhe services rendered
~ Lcbuiiz philosophy are Dipmeclabei be Is thc
only metapiv.cian uh0 essentially added 10 DescIcs
while reetfying Dcscortes, and who raised himself 10
his level by creating like him.
The course OF political events is no less ad-
mirably delineated presenting in clear and
impressive li,fht the great movement Of ciyihza-
ton in the seventeenth century.
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ORieY AND GsS EaLeGr. Edtgdby "nlLAN {. fnisr.
limo. pP. ~. A. u. s. Randolph.
The racy old devotional poem which forms the
subject Of this interesting monograph, has boon a
peculiar faycritc in the service Of almost every
branch of The Christian Church for many ages. A.
Mr. Prime remarks in his eloquent Introduction 10
tho volume, "this hymn has grown 70 be very
sacred. II was sung by the martyrs OF Scotland in
the words We have here. II has ruDg in trumphel
tones through the arches OF mighty cathc-
drals; II hes been chanted by the lips OF kings,
and queens, and mobiles il has assembled in the still
air above the cottage roofs Of the poor; it he's given
utterance 10 tho hopes and expectations OF the
Christian on every continent by every sea shore,
in hall and hoycl, until il has become in ono or
another OF it's forms, the possession o.. the whole
Chr stan world" Tie origin Of this noble calti-
Gle may be traced back 10 the Apocalypse, Of which
it rcproduccs much II the imagery aud phrase
olory. Passing through the line of the early
Chns--a poets and rhetoricans, we find in its
thoughts eud llustrationsa striking resemblance to
the cordial outpourngs Of -. Augustine but per-
haps moro than TO any other Of the Fathers Of the
Church IL H. indebted to the ardent illusions of
Gregory Nnziauzcn. Brief expressions seem TO
have been gathered from time to time out Of dilcr-
ent sources ard brought together in this old song,
but from St. Gregory there are almost literal trans
lations, leaving doubt of the direct transfer of
passages. With the lapse Of centuries the poem
grew, word by word line by line, NJ the voice of
the Christian Church found its sublimest utter
ancos In such glowing aspirations. The origin of
tho hymn in the English language hes given rise TO
much discussion and many differences Of opinion
It's authorship hGs been commonly attributed TO
David Dickson, Scotch clergyman Of the seyen-
tocuih century. carinl examination tho author
tiles leads % tho conviction that indebted to
him for the presen, ioln If The poem, and probably
for n considerable portion Of the verses, though
portions from unknown hands had oaIlicroxisted IN
oar language.
Asa specimen Of tie quaint and marroWy JUNCTION
Of this precious old song of .alh and hope take
the following stansas iron tie version presented by
Mr.. Prime.
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