New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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The article of greatest interest III 'ue nc"
am Fvoninern.is the Rev 0. b. Frothingham's
Address delivered in July last before the Graduating
Tsass Of the Cambridge Divinity School 1t treats OF
yed subject OF the Christian min
,strv in ta relations TO the present developments OF
rhilosonbv science and social ife but in the hands
of Mr. rockingham it is clothed with fresh vital
Ety. and treated with impressive originality ana eui
phasis The leading thought of the Discourse Is tat
the function of the highest intellect Of the age IL 10
abolish the separation between things human anu
thngs divine; and the apparent result Is the oeso
Of ministry of reconciliation. -.
,aent - NOT 10 No made II was made the beginning
The atODement Is laid in the nature OF tpng hnst ~
m'sson. mat The preacher shall abandon bis mere ira,
eiton Of calling, shall put an emu 20 sber men earn
Ee;rs For the pulpit we are told. there Is no place;
take Il away. gentleman had Iunhihg ,n,out 80
beautiful grove OF trees which WAS 1ayOie Teest
IN the Summer tne Being man OF yes snho W Nfer
tme the railroad superseded the canal Ihe waters were
iib Acids Bn the bridge etl stands where 1t did
purpose as bridge Is easier 20 Walk over
pres good soil for pantlng ttwithdraws from use guam
hty Of granite is by no means ornamental ana s IN
songruity raises smile, not always naudlbie IN tho
passers6y to the apprehension Of many, stands me
pulpit now that the diydlng gulf drya needless rene
Of past diSpensation, doing nothing that I
book the magazine, the newspaper DO not accomplish
great deal better and, by its standing where u uoos,
casting act reITOach and being an actual hihueI"H0e
20 these.
But, argues Mr. rockingham, there are no valid
grounds for this statement The old CULTS stu re-
main, although certains maps of them have oeeh
rendered useless and the estimate OF their character
and dimensions on the charts of the old engineers
have become obsolete. .'..
The of ire essen, al en,f the only Gulf that is worth
practically considering is the gull bct'cIi tie Gnind aud
Inc human clements IN man You may describe ~ nnder
ths old nomenclature, IL you will Call II gulf between
the and the Creator between the temporal ana
the eternal between the finite and the infinite between
the worldly and heavenly life, between the flesh and
the spirit you Will not convey stronger impression =!
gnIf between the animal and the human his cODsti-
tuition TIE real facts Of life are untltered ey une'
faere has been change in the substance OF things
fRe of the mind and the material OF experience
they were. The iierpre9tonS OF ire WY,
The realities Of life are immutane Tie data 10 wimGn
the Older dIvnes appealed IA us heaOn OF her MINIS
Try are stil before u.s. Human existence Is Iul OF mem
human nature teens with thrm ana an earnest nloe
aiscOses them t. us In form as solemn and starting as
shat which moved them 10 cries and tears
The chief curse of the world is the unsubdued ami
malsm which is still rampant in every order of
human society. 1t is the immaturity of mankind
the crudeness Of human nature, which like the mud
Of the pre-Adamite world clings TO our feet the
iusts and Noenees, and dishOneses Of the preceding
centuries which huddle their infrnities on our
backs that are the cause of the enOrmities which
hfest society
It's here that the ministry Of reconciliation comes IN.
Its OlCe men over the gun ihit BuWfS Otutt"
ee iOWer and ue kighe" self to rescue hubany from
passion 10 principle % redeem 1t from Selshness into
seOve to COuuteraC the brutal traditions OF selsuahy
aud hate 10y the beautiful prophecies OF sacrifice and
brotherhood The preacher represents the human ma
the supreme element i'll them, ana Tor the
Interests of that human nature he stands, distinct
interest never to be compromised The Inference De-
tween developed and the undevel0ped man. the cnl
tured and the uncuurpd the human and the besta while
In II is difference or less, is IN another
contrast OF OppOses. There are no CULTS be-
twiIt say, but only differences OF level IL IS
but difference OF level makes Niagara Al the TOP OF
the precpce laughing lovers SIT on the grass adnirlng
the bottom bulls the caudrOn OF DEATH
between and bottom there rs no inch OF space
xhcre existence is possible for moment.
difference OF less You take ship IN New
YORK, and sail ont the Atlantic You pursue level
There Is no dip or plunge, save as the waves f
dUpress the vessels prov. On and ON yen go over
consultations around the monOonOus pam of
Waterss night and day for weeks and weeks ON.
u you that your vision long enough, you
might look back and see the city started from Not
unless you round the planet through It, Be
tween you aud home is the solid globe II Was only
question of miles fewer; hut here YOU are setting
Che sOes Of your feet against those 0f yonr friends IA
broadway, and pointing heads IN opposite dlec-
tons More or less makes the antpodeS-
The other papers of note are those ON Bunsen, by
Mrs c. ii. Dali. The Mather Papers," UhlhOrn on
the Life of Jesus and 'Thesm- Christian or
Not" beside the usual mastery Review Of Current
Literature