New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-15

qtr yrc,HlOus sACRIFICF. GROUNDED oN PRIYCl.
PLrs Of UNIVERSAL CBLldNIoN. ny hoHAck
BrsnsrLL s,o. up. 3D. Charles scn0no' 4 60.
Tie peculiar theological views which Dr.. Bush
nell maintains in tho present volume aud IN his
preyious doctrinnl works, may be traced back 10 a
clear perception of the subjective character Of hu-
man language. BY the very constitution OF our
nature We attach our own sensations and ideas to
external objects. Whatever gives US pain we call
punful, putting the pain into the thing which is
really in ourselves. We call the rose red and the
violet blue, when in fact color Is only sensation,
and cannot exist without q sentient being by whom
it s fclt We speak Of the flavor of beef-steak or
chcken-pie when the flavor is not In those articles
Of food, but in the palate OF the eater This illus
trcs the use OF language IN the Bible, as well rs IN
other writings. For instance DIR. Bushnell argues,
the conception Of personal devil is very common
in the Old and New Testament But there IS no
more reason TO suppose that God has created any
such being, or that any such really exists, than
there ia TO suppose that there is real being called
the pripco of this world or another called Anti
christ, or two Others called Cog and Magog op-
ieetiyely the devil is the sum OF all subjective
seduciions. or temptations 10 evil. All The Dau
spirits in the universe, and our own bad thoughts
are gathered up into great and mischieyons KING
whom we call the devil II il in adaptation TO the
tendency Of human nature just referred to- that the
Seriutures set forth objective devil to be hated,
and cast down by fifth, when the real matter to be
hated and cast down by faith is the inward working
in our own natures. The same principle explains
the Significance of the sacrihcai language with
which the Bible abonnds. Construed literally, 1t
becomes an absurdity snd IN ofensc. But taken
n. n symbol OF religious emotion. 1t assumes pro-
found and beautiful meaning. The altar forms e1-
hibited in Scripture are Of divine origin. Nothing
can supply their place 10 tho soul burdened with
sense Of sin and seeking the way of RECONCILIATION
with the Deity. Such in bricfest compass, may be
considered ss the essence Of DR.. Bushnclls ingen-
ious and eloquent volume. In point OF fact, he
presents series of vigorous and impressive argu-
ments against the literal sccepiaton of the sacri-
fetal terms, which have been consccrated IN the
preysline creeds Of Chrstendom; but he defends
their continuance III acts Of worship and oxpree-
sions of religious emotion for their adaptation TO
tho universal experience Of the soul, and their
profound hturgical and symbolic influence.
The Radical is the title of a new monthly
periodical OF which the tIth number has Just made its
devoted mainly to religious and theological
discnsaon, with sprnkling Of literature and politics
and published by A. Williams & Co. in Boston. The
magaz ne ID edited by Nr. s. H. Morse, and among its
contributors VIC observe the names Of John Weiss.
Samuel johnson, ID. A. Wssson, Robert Collyer H.
d. CONWAY, Samuel LOngfellow. Edward c. Towne,
Dssiel Bowen I, W. Urginson. Henry James, o, b,