New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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shock many devout souls hardly fail to gen.
era interest aud admiration. Emanang as il is currently
reported from the bosom of the Church Of England 1t
vet betrays an disregard of all dogma.ic formulas
and views the Cnrstan society from tc gfpdponil Of
;he most advanced of the fberaf School OF fe6ogahs:
The writer that alter reading good many books
Christ there sin historical character whose mo,
uves. objects and feelings remained ncompehensble
20 hun. He felt obliged to reconsider the whole
subject from the beginning, and placing himself
ia imagination at the when be whom call Christ
bore no such name bat simply ST. Luke describes
hun. young of promise, popular with those who
know him and appearing to enjoy the Divine favor, to
trace his biography frOn point TO point and accept those
conclusions about him. which church doctors even
apostles have seated with their authority but which
thefaces themselves, critically weighed sppfao warrant"
In onoy survey of the life Of Christ he has eneavOred
20 furnish an answer to the question: What was the
SAVERS object in founding the society which is called by
his namo and in a consideration of Christs legislation,
which forms the second par; of the book he inquiries how
the Cnr,an society adapted attain that object lilo
has brought to the examination of these questonss warm
admiration for the character of Jesus the perfect
in history, bat apparently spark Of yeneron for
hum as Divine pcslpagc reverence for the Gospels as
generally Biographies but fahiH their verbal
inspiration. He docs not show Christ who descends
from celestial throne to assume the form and the suffer
ings of humanity catch glimpse ia his book of the
Divine Babe of bethlehem or The bleeding Savior on
Calvary. The Christ whose character and work he
surveys is simply great moral refouner. free from
the sinfulRes indeed of humanity but swayed BY human
perpoxes and emotions, and ignorant even of his OWL
mission until it is pointed out to him by John the Baptist
The Lamb of God takes away the sins Of the world not by
stoncment but by means Of system Of morality
based upon enthusiastic lore and seoyotOn Ii is the
working of this scheme of moral Regeneration which
forms the business ii Chrss life and to the explanation
aud development Of which the whole book devoted OF
most Of these points will coincide with the belief of
large and influential body of CAristans The strange
thing is that they should be set forth by one who if COM
fame be trusted, member of the Church OF
England and who any rate believes in cold passion
less sort of way, in the doctrine of the Trinity
The Christian Church aeconing TO our author, sprang
from movement which not begun By Christ, but by
John the Baptist TO whom II given both toinaugtrae
new regime and 70 nominate Successor greater than
himself By whom his work should BE- taken up completed.
and made permanent In the agitation ofmind caused BY
the Bapsts designation Of him the future prophet
Christ retired into the desert and there, aera p'srks-
Bile mental struggle that plan Of action which we
see him executing With the frmest oshraYce and Goa
Istency from the moment Of his retun to society The
Incidents of this mental Struggle temptation, are OK
trenely probable ana consistent with his Character He
was without ambition, and he had peculiar, nnryaled
simplicity of devout coz 6once in God Snchs the per,
son to whom it is wannouRced by great prophet thst
he has been called 20 most peculiar, preepinent ca
ceer Moreover from the time of his temptation he tTst
became conscious eof miraculous powers. What 70
called the temptatbr therefore, is tie excitement OF
mind caused by the laseelt Consciousness OF super
natural power This consciousness urges hun first
TO satisfy his hunger BY tuning stones intosbfead
Awe-struck rather han eated by lis new gifts, hebde
.nes 70 use for his own convenience What heregards
sacred deposit comnfitteto him for the good Of others
The second temptation arises by reaction put Of the III
umph of faith "ThgsWthysdf downs for It Is written
He shall give his Angels carse over thee, ma In then
hands they shall bear thee mp" To other person but
Christ could such atempt1iOn oeenFi to bip we may
boldly say such temptation ls at some time have
occurred And ifishe ofod there was flia, rercr
.nce as well as fli confidence, il must, have been
resisted as it is recorded 70. have been retissed.'
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God
The third temptatiop tho promise OF universal monarchy
If he would fall down aud worbp Setsn, seops not wl
ADAPTED TO ovecomaoue remarkable for simplicity 81 char
actsr one who struggling with the fresh CONVECTION
that he was himself that Messiah whose glorious reign
ewse men had been permitted TO See from distance OF
centuries But we should remember TINT the report 81
these temptations if Trustworthy, must have come to us
through Christ hmse and that II may probably contain
the facts mixed with his comments upon them We are
thing which on reflection slpeaEedte ieR egpiyaleltto
an act of homage to tho evil spirit. -. 1t viii ex-s
plain much that follows in Chrsts iife nd rerdtr the
whole story very complete and coSistent If We suppose
that what he was tempted do to employ force IN he
establishment Of his sfessianic Kinsdolr On this by
pothesis the third egaep arises fonh same soprcss
the Others the mental struggle is still caused the ques
ton how TO the supofiara power q bs nggetnon
Christ likewise rcpulssq, having detGrtHed-ihougn
our author suppOses NOT without some hesitation and per
pexity-to found hs Ingdom upon The consent and not
the fears Of mankind: - .t,-+,a- o. ,,
"The kingdom of God =, which Christ reyiying the obso-
lete functions of Iaofbe began toTrocaim, was
restoration Of the theoeraey IS hedbeen m the time OF
David with visible at it dead, and that mon;
arch himself "The prophetic Designations which had saien
upon him had perhapsfevvacd to himself fsr hcffs time
his own royal quanss and the mental Struggles which
followed if they bad led him to peculiar view Of the
kind of hewss destined, had ieit
upon his mind Most Hhsoie and scretre cooti or
his royal rights Diils his whole public fo ie Is DIS
tingushed from the othsrspTeunsn eharaetsn Oh jewish
history BY his unboanatd fersonal preensiens He calls
himself habtualy kpg ant master be ci4ms expressly
the character of thasdlyne Messor which che ancient
prophets had directed tho nation look But he did
none of those things which thu jews expected their
king to do MedaatiHg npen his mission IN the
desert he had seen dicnes such ~ other men had no
.uspcion Of and petcecd that Re must lead life alto
eothcr different from that Of David ~ scosn'ehng bis
followers to pay trbate 70 Gar he rnouneedths inde-
nepdencs of his realm He refused the Office Of evil
magistrate He forYais Ms: subjects TO take up arps
Thus be abdcated 3hsobaetual sta Of administration
which the ancient Jceh had performed az the rep
rsensves of jehovah But there other and greater
acts which Jehovah bad done once for the nsaen and
which the house DAVID gould NOT repeal These were
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