Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-05-04
DALLAS HER AID.
The Southern Review.

|. The April number Of this nblest of the
American Quprterlies will rank withany OF
its predecessors in ability and interest.
We give its, con tens as follows: |. The
Legislation of 1887. 9. A race of Flying
Men. 8. a Survey Of the Churches. A.
Spectrum Analysis. 8. Gen, John Popc's
Campaign. G. The NJ. E. Churches, North
and South. 7. Bishop Kip Oersus John
Wesley. 8. Fiction. 0. The Imitation
Monk. o. Notices of new Books.
The first article, founded on the papers
Of James Madison, i, brim full Of truthful
political history, showing the original ma
ture of our government the manifold vio-
latieps Of the contracts upon which it was
founded, and the utter unreliability of pa
per constitutions, Whenever an interested
and fanatic majority chose to override
them. This is evidently from the pen of
the accomplished editor. We cannot for
bear giving our readers its closing para.
graph: 90 .a.aEa.9
sThere is not, OF this moment, n saddor
spot on the face of the globe than the city
of Washington, The name suggests all
that is noble, elevated, pure, and unset
fish !; the thing, ali this is low, mean, cor.
rupt, and self-seeking. In the doomed
city, moth ing great seems to be left, except
the magnificent marble buildings in which
so much villainy is universally said, and
universally believed, to be increasingly
practicod, By The administrators Of justice.
And the most appalling feature of oil is
tho most ghastly sign of the national dis
ease .is--that the people have lost their alb.
horrence OF evil; so completely lost it, in
deed, that there seems 10 be no amount of
baseness or corruption to which they can
not submit with perfect patience or supne
indifference. But what avails our sorrow?
Even If we could send forth wall of woe,
which should pierce The heart of the uni.
verse, and fll the earth with horror, what,
in the present state of things, would this
avail, except to ease our souls of burden
which no words can utter? We can only
hang our harps upon the willows, and sit
down aAdsigh and weep beside the deep
waters of atfliction. But, although the
long billows have gone over us, we grieve
lass for ourselves than we do for the peo-
pie of the North; for we have not forgot
ten, that while Prosperity is the blessing
of the Old Testament, adversely is the
blessing of the New Hence we had inf
niiely rather share the sorrows of theSouth,
however deep and bitter, than the success
of the North; remembering always, that
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth,' and
thGt Truth and Justice, that Righteous.
ness and Peace, are about his Eternal
Throne" . .r,a,...
+. Articles, taking the history of the or
ganizationto 1.-The Methodist. Episcopal
Church South, by A. II. Rodford, D. D., as
its basis, shows conclu'ively that the
Church South was compelled.by the illega
misconduct of the Northern Metbodists to
separate from them, long before the civil
war, and that the same unchristian dispo
sition aud action, which frs. brought on
the division, still exist, and imperatively
forbid reunion, In short, the No orthern
Melhodists are inclined, as church or
ganisatipn, to meddlc with politics, and to
forget Christ aud Him cruciied, running
after strange gods, and worshiping idols
of their own making. Not content with
the abo oliton.o of slavery, they are now aim
ing to secure negro social equality, and
the intermingling of diverse races, con-
trary TO the will of God, and are also ad
vocating the unscriptural doctrines of
women's rights, including free suffrage
and free love. The .Churchs sssSouth can
never unite with them under such circum-
stances. They must avol the unclean.
They must preserve their Church in ruri-
ty and true faith, as taught by the holy
scriptures This article is highly inter-
esting and exhibits marked ab ility.
The notices OF new books show the learn
ed editors usual acumen and critical fair
ness.
e,,ngain earnestly recommend this
great Southern Quarterly to the people of
the South. Let no one be deferred from
taking it, because under the patronage of
the Methodist Church South. It will be
found fun of valuable information and
learned criticism, and the articles on the
peculiar church doctrines are treated in a
manner not to be offensive to the liberal
members and supporters Of other ortho-
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