New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-25
RELIGIOUS LOGARITHNS.
70 the sditor Of The Tribune.

70 the EditOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: VIII YOU LET me say few words, on
my own responsibility, subject whereoh iee PrO-
foundry and OF which the title above written may as
we'll as any other, serve for description
Earth has no SPOT in which can pronounce this word
ro,co and hear one simple echo from It. We ter
riaed and deaered by the din Of discordant sylabes
which the very air hurs hack The naked Cafe draws
ont god from the rag wound round his lons and, bran
dshing IT, says: "Behodthe God which has protected me
from the day Of my prth 1t is made OF fetch wood
The polished Ritualist bears before him golden cashe
aud saws No eve must look in. Ny God is at this mo
uent in this wafer; presently win swallow HIM
The equally polished Radical stands empty handed ana
serene and says: my God Is simply dream OF all con
ceiyable perfecionthe perfect thought, WILL care
providence, in whom none die; hut in whom all VINO
live at all live, and move, and have their being"
Meantime men are for the most part uncontrolled
and untsught They grOpe and stumble where they
might run and leap; they ache and fight where they
might rejoice and wait and they acquiesce and lie Idle
when they ought 70 sorrow and fight. Who shall
say how grand moment IL is when into even
ore soul there flashes the conception Of true
religion before God and the Fatherp Who shan
measure the bessedness the reward Of that man whose
example. whose wisdom whose wit has shed the light
lv which such fash has comet such wisdom and
such wit are in Edward Everett Hale's little book
"Ten Times One is Ten" and much such wisdom. SO
much such Wit combined with rare tenderness and rarer
artistic power that rot ashamed 70 acKnoWeuse
We could not read page Of the book with dry eyes
80 far as the plot Of the story concerned nobodyWl
deny that it is an extravaganza: but the Hnd papa
who brought the little snoW-image maiden IN ana
warmed her by the fire. belonged 10 large and respect
able class Hawthorne did not write for them Nellher
does Mr. Hale But Mr.. Hale docs what hawthorne ulu
not and what no other but Edmond About can
he converts your imagination yOu have one, INTO
temporary sixth sense, proaic as accurate as aI'I
a. your smell your touch. He makes an absolute
errand-boy Of for all his slegh Of hand II carries
fetches counts and mp for him; and, meantime
leads you along humble, believing, adoring Nobody
will ever convince us that there not man who had
broken ear" that dear Harry Wadsworth is not
buried at North Colchester. What nonsense" says
eleareved Realism, sitting on the next seat, hav-
ing come TO the show without being asked. But
lie had seen no more than if he had staid at
home. lie is blind poor fellow; don't blame him for
trusting TO his fnCertips! They all he has
But Il is wrong to mention Abouts legerdemain and
Hale's in the Same hreath-the one "of the earth,
Tie other spiritual, fun of worship, setting before us,
holding out TO to touch take, Gnd possess II We WILL
the very treasures Of the Lord from Heaven.
We give analysis OF this story That belongs 10 real
criticism II takes few words 10 tell that ten people
funeral and resolved 70 try 10 initiate the exam
pie the beloved buried and that those ten scatter
Ing and being scattered 10 the ends of the earth ndled
other 10 do good, live YrtuuuSy and honor the mem
ON Of tlat man whom the first ten had loved And so
or until at the end of six years thCTe are one thousand
people all counting the dead % Harry Walsworth."
ffiod at North colchester, personal friend. per
sonal comforter adviser andhelp" all loving God and
doing his work. .,
Looking f5rr al, sni rot back
Leaking on, AMI lgt n,
AID fulilg hand
When Mr. Hale goes on into the record 81 results in the
year 1851 Realism miles and sctlcs his head against