The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-19
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The SOUTHERN PREeByTER1AN' REv1Ew.-Ths stsr.
ling old quarterly again has made 1tA appearance
The publication Of the present number has been long
delayed owing to General SHERMAN and other accidents.
preiudicial to the growth and dissemination Of higher
literature However, we glad at last to see this old
favorite fa the traces again. We know Its visits
will be greeted with hearty welcome In many co4y
little study The contents !. Purtan1sm and Pres.
byterianism O. Saint PAU1s Vision OF Victory, by Rev.
r. BocooK Appomattox O. H., We. 8. The Relation Of
State and Church. by Rev. r. 8. G1ADNEY, Aberdeen,
Miss. L. Life and Times Of BERTRAND DU dUEsoI1a BY
Rev. A. F. DICKSON Orangeburg O. a., 8. O. g. North
ern and Southern Views Of Province Of the Church.
by Rev. JoHn B. ADaER D. D., Professor Of Ecclesiash-
cal History and Church Ponty, Columbia, 8. O.
We make the following extract from the Review Of
General JAM1soN'a book. BEarRAND Du GuEsollN:
This beautifully printed and classical book s truly
cenotaph alike OF the author ana OF tne eaor
sake he died. So long and closely associated was Gene
raj Jam1son in the minds Of all his friends with the tolls
and hopes which eliminated here that one cannot name
the work without calling into vivid remembrance that
thoughtful earnest face, whose habituay melancholy
expression was as habtually penetrated by Kindness
somewhat bowed by feeble health for many years. and
Of late STOPPING under the burden OF public responsi
bilihes-a burden which could scarcely 1e Dorne pus
heard but 30 snbued and uns6norous % to perpetuate
the impression made by the reticence and abstraction
For man so recluse in his temper, and even In his
habits General Jslnisons public influence was aingo-
larly large and TO be ior ony ny
study Of history and politics, had made him the "gutde,
philosopher and friend Of men more Aggressive more
externally energetic than himself nF99sa 5ar
than by bis own voice personal did his gatri
otism and sagaoity make themselves felt Then indeed
in those last tragic years. the of BUS MIND ana
acknowledged and necessarily Crest duties,
in rapid suooesson were thrust upon him. These were
as diligently discharged as they were nobly aoeent@ea. e.
post swept him thenos to the grave-his
ast thoughts turning 70 the loved ones whese faces he
not e nshed the ass na
ferred the habits and tastes OF the re-
search was. perhaps, more entirely biz delight and
brought him more unalioyed tnan 70 any
with ant quotations from good books, including the best
Of Books hnd imbued with serious-often religious
spirit Though not member Of the
responsibility involved, snd BY the shrnking Of hmd
conscience from the possibility of unworthy entrance
They who knew him most Intimately remit him to the
heavenly rest With the most confident hope.
tho book before 9s II must be ssia tes u was a !ne
the highest sources The Libraries o. notn
we're diligently examined, and the facts obtained as
nearly 10 possible at first hand And we learn. WIN
frankly acknowledged In Europe already; and that ~ 10
admired and praised In France al an authority upon the
BssIdes the claims oi ts eminent author to our espe
cal regard the 'dfe and Times Of Bertrand du aues
olin' has another impressive advenhhous interest ~
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gauntlet Of the blockade e these shores as me
gloomy skies began TO brighten and returned to find
The clouds s arssay ssen 1ae