, 1869-06-17

NEW BOOKS.

There hts been Laid upon our table volume
plainly bound, with simpio title, bat coutaluing
upou tts pages . rich store Of sublime practical
religious teaching. It Is . volume q sermons,
without ono Sensational thought. There u none
Of Tint reaching after wnas M known on The stage
u stunning effect 10 bring down The house. It Is
not controversial There d not an unklnd ailn- !
zion OF criucism upon any form Of ChrtstIaa4snl
and no dealing cut ot eternal daanAston 70 III 4
rno dltcr from the author. Dus the esh
lts treptytw sermons, prrsentsthas d Eotnt1 t
IN pracilc8a rr1gtons duties, and e1foftAa The |
teachings Of the Divine Master, with power
which u al thB more effective because Of the
Elaplicry and correctness Of The 1angnaxe en-
ployed No nAn can Fead these sermons without |
feeling the Truth which theS loculcate; aud yet (
while they protess to be- md efe roGt rnqucs- |
t3onably, expeditions OF the grznd And bea1-
pe read by Al trutA-losiuE man lot any ,
faith with the saoe instruction, xnd the sa1ac |
pleasure. The Rcv. OcssHos Peztnchlei,
few Of whose Ye1mods Are contained h thta VOL
ume, Nss the pastor Of ST. Johu1 Protestant |
Episcopal Church II Georgetown, D1Ssttct ID |
Columhh- When he. Lsft kheze, hta pzstaho1ata
asked The privilege Of putting Into the uoTe durable
volume u the result Without any dtspazag cement
Of the Thousands OF able and eloquent preachers
who arc heard IT, the pulpla of tbs
land cye1 Smday, we say thai T. refusA
Of these sermons, after Hsteutng 10 aud
hearing many os TIC present day, h hke
tns enIoYHaent oue tsels In reading ADton Alter
hastng been through On enforced journey with the
heroes Of MAr7Jat's nasal and pt1atical novel;
To the Chnstiko, who u rnch DecAuBe Of the
peace which sanctlned Life g.vea, and because Of
his faith IN the Gospel promises of N eternity Of
Gods friendship; who Il rtltEioua for rt1g1on's
sake, these sermons VIII prore acceptable. Thay
preach religious lore and charity: lhey pteact
religion In its higher and purer attributes. and
viii ouutEe IN nen's heartA and minds the ephem-
ersl sensations! literature o1 sne Pu1ptt, 6hAks-
peAre has outlired centuries of the mere specfsc-
plar and bttmstoue dtamA
AALBoSE; An oLDPoRT ROMANCE By
IEoxAs TEETToNM h1GNSsoN- Boston:
Fields, oegoud CO. I5Ea,
Lii. H,ggtnson'B sto1y WIS finished In the June
number nf the Atlast:e Acnshlg aud 's TINS
promptly brought out In volune BY tbs publish
c9s. Many o1 our readers are familiar NTH Il,
and hare already pronounced judgment upon II,
and mary Of them probably win agree with Us
that II Is not likely 70 prpre sery popul&r with that
Large elnss who read nothing but no1els. IND Rad
them op}. for The EtnrT they tell rlot It hss none
or only so much as would serve the aulhora purpose
10 bring oul certain characters which he meant to
pa!nt- The romance ts an easel on which he sesa
his portraits: aud It Il the portraits which he
cared for, or at any rate which he haa aaooeededin
making tc-llke and admirable, aud not the s1endef
tntead of ssory by which they arc Joined together
Mf. Uigg!nson ba8 Nade within The last feT yeAGB
good deal Of reputation 81 magazine NIieas.
and tnsuy who 1se tauaflt1r with h&d In This char
acter-ty 10 means, however, tha1 for which hA
| Ii most esteemed py tnnse who know him best?
looked for something Of more thar Ordinary ex-
CfI]epce when It WIS announced tdat was about to
write powell But there Waa little ta authorize
] this expectation In what ne hAd already done
Ills sketches OF the stste Of society among both
whatea and blacks n: tht South, during and a1tcr
| the var, were al admirable. but admirable be-
c4nse of his peculiar power Of ena.1haa, his apt
| ness In desc1yin9 and reproducing the sttouG
points Of interest. and bis quick sympAthlea- With
the 1acts before him, the nlatefiM proHded, he
knows how to handle them, md handle them well
But quite another faculty Is required Tor the suo-
cksstul uoyel-F1tte-. hnd this, &z WgEtuaon, II he
| possesses It, haa not jet shown, and shows
a. little ID the oldpeEs RoU,Ance
| as III his Eou,hdzn sketchea- It my be
because be hss not chosen to .trouhae himself to
bring It out, and that he had Ia Oldport smother
PURPOSE; thAt he Meant Simply to gye sfstd poT.
tzaitule Of ees1Aln phases Of hum&n charaeter,
ca,tnG little, 10 that he vas successful Ia this,
whether bis 6tory, a. stosy merely WIS OK nuch
I interest or not And thiQ Fas hH Atn, he hAs
certainly been successful Aunt Jane - creation;
\ charming, lovable old wonao-piquAns, witty,
full Of petty weaknesses, bat with a reserved
| p~~s"AA4*
calls fcr It. Mhlcomh one c2n hardly fan to recog
I pize among some Of his arquainsanecs, even h
docs rot suspect that there u little Ieareu Of hi
character in himself, nud Blzuohe, the beS1 Or u
the young women, u 4 tue American Rtrt. not
whl. the lcas attractive becauae little fast-
Ia IN these admirable portraits, with their suoh
Analysis Of character, 60 tzue to usture4 and n
rnely snd accurately drawn, that shs merit Q
I Mslbonc Lies, and for which 1t wnl and ought +
| be read.
THE QUESTION SETTLED: Careful Con
patia9n Of Biblical aud Modern sptHt4slism-
Rey. MOSES Hull Boston: Wm- " 1lte V
We hare no doubt that this book wtl rove e1
eesAsng.5 seSeptahas 70 spay,tnA,lsis, whn viii b,
ltese that is title Is tuc. and therefore, rodcs
: one The antpor tells rs, In hls preface, fh4s
was "w1f.ten and rewritten inside as eight weeks
while 1ectnrtns, preaching, deosttuE, editing
) Journal, Answering correspondents, " 1- II u
volume contains oEcr go pages, Il maY be u
suaed that It certainly settles one point snd tn
is that the He1. Ne Han Il very remarkable DAl
II might be objected that the tine EtSen 70 10 in
portaut task a. to eettle the question. ht1t, c
: | 6pl51tuzltsn. Ard then IT. accordance with u
e revelations uf tho Scripture, wsa hn1daJ sothcsn
! but sucn casrcrs will and themselves met In
eastest way BY The book itseaL To settle TIM or
and more Important part Of the question. ua,nei
Q the t1uth OF spIr1tuallsro, no tins At I
3 vas necessary With Mr. Hull !
4 takes the easJ WY H assuming u.
and declares mat there Ia no argument 50 sszol
}. favor OF ang hypothesis ~ that which Bho'
Z uanalsszkahly The adaptation OF the theory 10
n wofk Intended y This u certainly ~ eaay meth
OF disposlng Of the subject. II would be 70
~ and comforting ihtug u Ho had direct snd p
u sena revelations frou the world beTond the ga
II and 1t would dispose Of great n,any doobss- !
n, sumo that modern spNssna1lsn y t<ua. ard ,
;. pare all thla- What Is the use Of proTtaE spr1tu
~ su TO be true when the Assumption that It Is tt
lG eaycs 60 much trouble md teaves 60 much e
or III eady pYuyeds The trouble generally Is y
IN premises not conclusions: but prenafses being
:. :. aide hs Nj. Hull's easf method, the wonder
~ not 20 great that he ahonld give only elght Ees
l1S to his settlement Of the question. Fur Tho res
st. 10 show ceztaln pafslleasm between the doett
,a1 Of lae New Testament that man exists al
T.: death and that the sptHtuausss naatnt
aA@ the sa1ne doctrine 'tna1 the~ Davenport Esc1a
ett we're once imprisoned. 2nd thAt tne ssue th
IN ! happened to the ApostlA petef; that sa3e1s
IL peared 70 Lot, ia Gideon, to Cornelius, 70 &c
:: chadnezzar and othcfA accu1dtng 70 taa Script
" n4nsaye, and TINT a ns. Duna xoa MI. Fesn
bis and other modem Rsints, have assumed taas
in ! have had stz1lla1 angelic Fis4tattonsto show
,-h paraIeusn Is essJ enough and vcsJ conefus
peos,ded onl5 thai onc q sToooled with no do
70 and accepts, 70 begin with Nj HanS Aauu7p
ear thai Sut,1tuatn Is NhAs the believers In dec
10 Mta BE- And thla l. the way in which the "
!. ton Sestledr deals With tbs Butjnc&: and =
~, GOOD Way It ID, w1thou+ doubt, with taosc
too have 20 question to settle
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