New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-17
to the feelings called forth by the entrance to middle re
ia sood examine Of the authors habit OF tender moral

IL GOOD example Of the authors habit OF tehuef oo"
izing ON common events
Tho sun of life has crossed the limo
The hummelshine, OF heightened nght
Faded and failed til where stand
IT'S equal day and equal night.
onoafter one az dwindling hours.
Youths glowing hopes have dropped away,
And soon NAV barely leave the CLEAN
That coldly scores winters day.
lam not young; am not old;
TIE flush of morn, the sunset calm,
Paling and deepening, each to each,
Meet midway with solemn ehaln'
One side see the Summer fields
Not yet (hsrobCd OF ali their greeni
While westerly, along the hills
Flame the first tints of frosty sheen.
All. middle point. where cloud and storm
Make battle-ground of this, my lie
Where, even-matched, the night and day
Wage round me their September strhe'
bow me to the threatening gale:
know when that Is oyelpast,
Among the peaceful harvest days,
An Indian Summer comes at last!
II Mrs. whitney sometimes INDUCES In 100 soinoer
vein for the taste Of human bobonks ana putiernes'
there is cheerful hope we'll as delicate beauty III 'ne
following lines 10 a" Violet"
God does not send strange flowers every year.
When the Spring winds blow DER the pleasant places,
The same dear things lift up the same fair faces.
Tie violet is here
tan comes back: the odor, grace and hue;
Each sweet relation OF its life rcpeated:
No blank is LETT no looldngfor is cheated
1t is the thing we knew.
Col viii not put strange signs in the heavenly places:
The old love shall look out from the ora races
Veilchenl shall have thee
Our extracts present fair but not aatering view
OF book which is singulary free from artistic common
place. and everywhere breathes spirit Of refined fancy
and thoughtful earnestncss which should commend 1t TO
all true sympathes. III were not matched by so
rar degree of poetical merit
THE LORDS PRAYER Dy RnrPrlcx prNsOs MauNcE. i'no.
uTI
The publication of the present volume 50 soon
after the death of its rgcheared author will furnish
the wide circle of readers who sympahZed with his APP
pcaton Of the truths Of religion TO the interests OF Luz
mainly with fresh memorial OF the admirable qualities
which given him eminent place in their hearts
as spiritual counselor and guide 1t consists OF series
OF dscoces in which the Lords Prayer is made the oc
cason for lucid exposition OF his peculiar religious
IDEAS and their bearing some of the most important
problems Of human experience and practical life. There
discussion Of abstract points Of doctrnal theology
Although addicted TO philosophical speculation In these
dscouses the author avoids scholastic
themes and takes his readers into the very midst OF the
cares and struggles the aspirations and trials Of COM
daily lfe He goes at once to the heart OF the pc
tons which are often uttered from thoughtess lips,
and places in broad daylight their vital mystery and
significance His language is marked by drecness and
force There is escaping his pointed appeals. While
he addresses the intellect he searches the conscience and
srs TO their depth the of spiritual emotion. As
is aptly remarked IN the notice which introduces the
volume, partly taken from an English Journal:
mo one can read his works without noticing his intense
enjoyment Of the style which makes the painest and
simplest matters of life grand by tracing them direct to
God OF course the greatest illustration Of that style Is
the Bibe Cowpor and Wordsworth were both great
masters Of II, and with Cowper and Wordsworth Mt
Maurices memory richly stored. He was catholic
enough In poetic tastes and would illustrate what he
held TO be the true meaning OF the word eternal
freely from Byron from ST. john But it was always
to the poets who saw divine meaning in the simplest
domestic reationswho true TO the kindred points
Of heaven and home that his Imagination most afec
tonaely chung. This not indeed taste in him. but
a faithat least taste nodded by deeper faith This
1t was that made him insensble to the admiration OF
religious co,eres and kept lin perfectly simple amid
those attering condolences which given under the
plea Of the need of council, and which yet so much
oener change the counselor than tho counseed Andhs
whole life showed this strong unromantic preference for
common duties the true embodiment of high faiths"
This discriminating estimate is completely borne out by
the style and method Of the present work. Its breadth
Of thought and freshness Of expression will be surprise
many readers whose experience of devotional writings
has brought them only sentiment without reflection, and
earnestncss without yivacity or charm.
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