New-York tribune., 1870-10-21

| "Tho wilder Bedcunsn says Bnrt9ni oniect of the
Allah to SS oIHd hs Ies could oa Ssss Ss ar "
they would spear him uRSp . n" ,er cattle and wives
ysf SSoined 10 this truly savage me, ~eevc in
ceivng the idea Of snrT many Win not atironi
common pilgrim, for fear 2f Des s, atheism is the nat
word Burton n,0 $50 savage and unnstrueied mind the
niSbt of spiritual existence, VIII, Mao' "'''ri
dawn of belief s ID Kaars Lichienseiu af,ms that
theT il no appearance Of any religious Worship """
ever No the proper uow. saws Father Basger
peak of the Iorm ., o ther conversion TO Chris
finity: but neither the one nor the Other eAlseu aue
thrm They had no magistrates police and no laws
Sos temples religious worship, ocremoncs were I'M
known Them, and they neither beIcNcd III hc uu' 1i %
""nt INQUIRIES among those with whom lived TO ascer-
tain whether they had any conception oi Coo lm'ro M
life and their souls hut never could useoaor & hs
slightest trace of such knowedge Their language ms
! no words for God and soul" -, ,,.,.,.o,o,
several tribes says Robertson, have been discovered
America which have no idea whatever Of smpIoi9o
Being and rites of religious worship InatentNe 10
that magnificent spectacle OF beauty ana oIus' & pr ,"i
10 their view, unaccusoncd to reflect cithef upon M''
their existence men in their savage state pass Their
DAYS like the animals around them without knoWrcuso ,
or yCneTaton ~ any superior poWef 0onc inu, u ios
have not In their language any name Ior .he % %
have the most accurate ooscicrS sesnS o imnly that
they recognized his authority or were sohco"' 10 u"
| tain his favor.
From this absence of all religious conceptions the
savage rises to certain gross ideas of the mystical IN
|
Iievcs he can control This is Fetichism. Kind OF
witchcraft or mapnc which hardly deserves tho name
OF religion.
Fetichism strictly speaking has no temples; idols,
priests sacrifices prayer u involves no beltci IN
creation in future lifc and, foiiot none IN s,ac
Of rewards and punishmcnS. 1t is entirely independent
of morality. From one point OF view feilcnlshl MA!
also be regarded anti religon For the negro be
Iieves 10y Of the ferh he can coerce and con
iTol his deity In ac FGchm Is 81. mers oTor e world
think that if they obtain part of an enemy the Pos
Of his clothing will answer the Pipose or ~ inns G1, "
he got il seems to them natural thAt an INJURY even 10
an image wonld affect the original That is to say, man
who can destroy torture the image thus nflcts pam
on the original. and this being magical, ls hdeptmu
~ bc f cenrv r scn@ Hnforuate Jews were
cused of having murdereda certain Bishop Eberhard III
tied sifd then burnt IT, and so the bishop died
Lord Kamcs that at ihe tine OF 1athea,ne us ne
enemies in wax, in order 10 torment them hy roasting
the figure at slow ire and prcHng It with needlesi
INTO small figures the breasts Of which they write the
name of the persons whom they mean Ia annoy.
TO communicate corresponding nJnry I" the person
represented ,,,, ,,o,,.,is, - an .,,.,sio, of
this belief The gro suppOscs that the possession az
We Know that the eoes beat their feich if their pray
crs are unanswered aud believe they seriously think
they thus inli, suffering on the actual dslty Iis lhr
fetch cannot fairly he called idol The same image
object may indeed b. fetch 10 one man and an ido
10 another yet the two are essentially diherenl IN tsr
nature. idol j., indeed IN Object of Worship while
on the contrary. fetich intended I" bring !he Deity
within the control OF mau. an attempt which ~ cSs ao
srd than At first sight appears when considered in
| connection with their low religious ideas.
In china III the people. after long praying to their
| images do obtain what they desire, as il often
happens they them of impoenl gods; O hers urc
them in y rrproachful manner, loading Them WIN
hard names. and sometimes with blows How now, dog
of a spirit = they 10 them; We give you lodging
in a magnificent temple. gid !Ou handsomely, feed
You well and otter incense Ia Won; yet alter All thI-
care YOU are grateful tO refuse what ASH
hii, down and dr.. hm along the streets through all
| Inc and
perfume which they have thrown away npon hiIn III III
tue meantime it happens that they obtain Their reane.i
then. with great deal Of ceremony. thcH WASH MN
clean, carry um back, and place hhh IN his niche again
whore they fa down o him, and make excuses for what
they have done In truth say ihey, We were q hill
too hast a, well 2, you Mcic .GeM al 700 los III %i
grant Why should Won DilhS thls pealng ON H'iSen
rL what he md0ne; let rs not ticrr
fore thmk Of any more %"uwi forget what Is p'a'
we VIII old Nnu over again.
In the absence education. christianity
when We we're in FOriugIi,8 says Capt. Brydonc ilc
people OF Case elranco were so enrased a. 81 Ant"ri"
tary, they Affirmed, Ia his cypress agreement Win
ONE 'a' an had been Pcre ieaered than The rest, they
the head On and ia H. stead placed one OF 81 f5acl-
during The last famine Naples They loaded linn Win
abuse inveciycs and declared pcut-bank that II he
did not procure them corn Ivy such ue he should pe
longer their saint. Here have the glussest etic
an universal until recently even inour c"nniIY.
This daIk superstition has indeed houshcd Tor crlIc,
~ Christian countries and has onN been expelled al
length the light oi science II stil survives wherever
science has not penetrated
The immense service which Science has thus rendered
to thc Of roginn and of humanity has moi hithrt"
sin regarded nv nauv cXcrlent bui narrow minded
persons hostile Ia religious truth while IN fact she b"
only opposed tO religious No dOnl Der influence
has always been exercised IN opposition TO those Who
present contradictory assertions under the excuse "i
mystery aud {" all but the highest ooncc p"is o DIVINE
power. The lime. however approaching hen u VIII
he generally perceive thu far IRON >cicucc hr'nS
Z opposed 10 religion, true religion IS without ocfncc, m
possible and if consider the vari0lis aspccs Oi
Christianity as unde stood ny dh'Icht nAll0r W" can
hardy IAN 10 perceive ih 'lc ushiN "ud 'hrifl"I' l
ruth, of ihcr religious ueIt,s m drcgl rcL ron I" le
Know ledge science aud or the great ply seal laws by
which our universe Is GOVERNED.
Sir John Iubbock has the rare merit of exhibiting
the fruits of scientific research III style leyci with
The comprehension of readers of average Intelligence,
without requiring their parI amy painful outlay
of attention. or me,ious scholarly discipline.
His writings are rich in suggestion, and
afford q positive and Wholesome stimu-
us to the exercise of thought. Whoever
viii patiently compare his reasonings with The large
.rraS of facts brought forward in their support will
by that piorcss alone gain power of discrimination
/ and a habit of meuiad analysis which among the
most valuable effects of scholastic culture Whether
he adopts or rejects the conclusions of the au lor
I many of which no doubt are open to criticism, he
cannot use from the perl>al of the work without
cnlarepc his intellectual resources.
/ The Third Series OF The Sermons of IiENpy
WtED BlE,HEE, which have ju.t been Issued by j. u.
/ Ford Co. in a uniform edition with the previous vol
ume- comprise The discoscs in Plymouth Church from
September 1862 10 March, ls.O and for The most part
devoted 10 the higher f"rus of Christian doctrine and
| experience. Pcrhap. still more iorcbly Than The
alrcadr issued they illustrate the peculiar Gifts Of
The author pulpit orator, the wonderful fertility of
his mind, his ingenuity IN dosmaic eon.tihrtinn, aud
The depth ard palos Of his appeals 10 the feelings Hs
thoughts h"N like water from living fountsu, and
unlike ui" usual bursts "f pUpular clO1uccc, etsiu
SAINT uc'hnrs> and power in the printed page, hen
ilcy fell FROM The p. uf hc speaker IN The irill al
Inspiration. No tnys">loIG Ambrose has ever made