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fo gratify Themselves according to their own
but nU,acs s tn Which % they do not aPprecae
The number closes with variety of miscellaneous
notices of an interesting character which cannot fai
IA he attractive TO every class of intelgent read
crs. 1t is to he hoped that an experiment OF such
unouestonabe public utility will meet with
support in accordance with its merits.
JESUS By cHAHLr. p Draa o,e Pr. 7d ua'i States raS'
lsling Co ,
Tn this volume. no attempt is made by the
author TO present biography OF Christ regarded In his
official capacity as q divine messenger orn dogmahc
point OF view as the incNrnaon Of the Deity nor oocS
he even assume that the VIII "a OF the -Four GOSPELS
were under the influence o! INSPIRATION OF that 'noi
books had any higher claim to rnstworhness 'ha 'oso
Of erodotus and Xenophon Of Tacitus and Cesar. lie
takes the records of the evangests, who WING aoou'
the man Jesus the Son Of Mary, he would the narr
tyes of the classic authors and strives to represent ho
consciousness OF Jesus, as 1t can be inielreu ron .h
sotemants without refcrcuce to theological conclusions.
The ercnt points OF the history 1urnisn 'he aut'
with themes for extended comment and Illustration ana
In the prosecution OF this work he does not always ao
stain from trenching the ground Of doctrnal discus
son Thus In an exhaustive essay on the Temptation
OF ,sus the various that have been held by thco
logans with egard 90 1t are stated at length WINS ~
theory OF the personality of Satan is ably deiendcd his
exposition Of this subject certainly has the merit o s
nuity perhaps OF originality. He assumes thd' 'io
are pirits without the clog Of flesh who operate upon
o onothor and upon te sprits of men, having learned
the opproaches TO the soul through the Gcsl some Vi
them having probably been in the flesh. AS Among men
there are those Who gain the mastery anu 'ho 'no ~
in the march OF this majestic wOrd, so ahohSsV '"
II is not difficult TO believe there may be sphi's "'i
tlous Of chlcftansip and capable of lifting themselves
oyer tie masses to throne OF power ana OF
ucinalitics in spiritual places. He VINO couiu rc"c"
The czarshp In this rule and secure the genera" po IA
ts propaganda would be the Devil OF Sat IL ~. 'h'
this can be taken objective PROOF OF inc eAS.uco
of 4 Person Spirit Of Evil; 1t IL only pro"'phy
hio fine fact itself matter of divine revelation In
This Satan spoken OF as person Thoroughly ln'iuu
alzcd in the mind of Jesus, and subsequently, OF MS o
ovcrs and his existence repeatedly referred 10, as
serted or implicit familiar and Important truth
stiu Dr. Deems is occasionally fond Of placing an ideai
construction upon n literal statement. T1us, wheh
Jesus sal to his disciples that II they had faith as
gram OF mustard they might remove noun
tains, DR.. Deems remarks, that ait was strong
expression of the value attached to faith by
Jesus The removal of material mountains is small
matter II would bo curious to stand on peak OF the
Alps and see a spur of the mountain lifted by WORD
and set down quietly in SWISS lake, mt IL "ouu po
nothing more Nothing useful beautiful or pr0ntaDle
woud be in it, A man who takes from his fellow-men
mountain doubt of intellectual and spiritual dlhculty
is greater does grander wiser, better loveier thing
Very currently in the school OF the Rabbns rumor
OF such difficulties finely called An Uprooter Oh
Mountains The author shows not little moral courage
in calling question the prevailing idea OF the christian
Church, but will venture to utter the truth even NJ
the peril of being cast out of the synagogue jesus nc
contends, meant to establish church. IN the
modern sense of the term namely close corporatlon
inside OF which should be all that are to be saved while
all outside should be damned. He never intended to
institute body with the distinction OF clergy ana
laity He abrogated priesthood by making every man
foa1O
ranCements with no spiritual power whatever. Jesus
was parag OF anti-churchism. He was seceder'
dssenter, comeouter, any thing you please 10 call MIN
but n churchman.-In point OF style, Dr. Deems Is 30
unequal suggest certain ooseness in his habits OF
composition. He is often colloquial to the extreme
of familiarity, then soaring on the wings OF
an ambitious rhetoric, gathering illustra-
tons from the markets and streets, now parading
a brave show OF classical learning. But he
never fails to be Impressive, and at times, Is truly
forcibe His book, for the most part Is snguary read
able and well adapted to awaken fresh interest In the
Christian records and the divine parsonage whom they
portray 1t is brought out in style Of chaste typo
graphical elegance, and is admirably Illustrated by
choice selection of wellexecuted engravings.
IIFB OF HENRY DuNsTgR By Rev. JEREMIAH CHAPLIN D. D.
limo. PIP. SIS. OSgoot Il Co.
The subject of this memoir was the first
President of Harvard College, quiet diligent con-
sclenous scholar lover of good books and good men,
a person of meek temperament and gentle ways, who
left the castron of Congregational Purtanlm
for the communion OF the Baptiss, and thus lost his
position aud worldly prosperity but not his peace OF
mind fIis character says his bicgrapher is one OF
the most beautiful his history s one OF the most
touching BIC found in the early annals OF NewEngand
A singularly honest mind. which no promises and no
prosecutions could turn from his convictions forced him
into antagonism with brethren whom he loved and made
hm target for sharp ecclesiastical and CIVIL
which sorely wounded his pure and sensitive spirit
Firm rock in the defense OF his principles he could
never be reused TO fight with his advorsaries He bore
his testimony calmly and manully, in the fear of God
and the love of truth, and then yielded TO the storm
which drove him into retirement" DR.. Chapln's
memoir a certain antique odor, reminding you OF the
atmosphere Of an old New-England Westinghouse as
you ascend the quaint steps Of Sunday morning in
Summer and gives natural and attractive portraiture
Of its principal subject and OF the times during which
he acted SO conspicuous part.
A neat edition Of the Minor Poems of Homer,
ira nsated by Parne Chapman, Shelley Congreve and
Hole with Introductions by Henry Nelson Colerdge Is
published by A. Denham e. Co.
The Astronomical and Meteorological OJSerra-
tons made at the United States Naval Observatory dur
ing the year 1862 under the superintendent If CommO
dore F. Sands Issued from the Government Print
ing Office in large quarto volume.
A Manual of the Anatomy Of Vertebmted
Animals, by THOMAS II. HUXLEY, has been reprinted
from the London edition by D. Appleton & Co. The
work is of strictly scientific ana technical character
with no specimens Of popular description.
The Second Volume Of "The Illustrated
Library Of Travel" scrbncr Coz, contains 7areis In
Arabia, compiled by BAYAID TAYLOR, chiefly from the
racy narratives Of Palgrave but with reference also to
the writings Of Niebuhr, Burckhardt Wested, Burton,
and the earlier explorers