New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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The fragmentary character OF tins postum
nous volume cannot wholly conceal the deep rengous
sense and earnest philosophical spirit of its admirable
.nhor IFS contents have been selected from nus WIFI
,n0s which were left unfinished at the time OF MS
death but which embody his maturest rehecuohs on
ihe philosophy of religion. The leading principle oil the
work is the universally Of religious Ideas Inc aOso
Int religion is limited by geographical boundaries
tits not dependent civil or political enaetments
A. the inheritance of all men equally by virtue of their
romrnon nature. This religion has hal It's interpreters
An all ages OF the world. With different degrees OF light
men have attempted 10 give expression to the great re-
urous thought which written the hierOgyphics OF
the universe Socrates Plato, Seneca COnfucus, Zorro
nster and many other cOntemplative spirits, are re-
rarded by the author having been the subjects OF
divine guidance and certain sense the ministers
nj God But there IN the tuness OF time gc''oi
ppe than these The divine teacher OF the absolute to
hgion. standing far above all others IN Tue Iuo"'
nrement Of his insight, was Jesus OF N"@"-
reth His wonderful words are the highest eA'
preston Of the iaOsolute religion vi inns II
Hgion, Professor Upham AIMS not ohly " "u
nounce the leading doctrines bat 70 show their luen
hy with the doctrines of Christ The regloh OF ChS''
which as the author arms,is only another name LOT INC
principles ne taught, is the absolute re5On; us une
beaptv as incarpated in him. is shown in the human
form; il therefore, the essential and universal
nature Of man. and adapted to become the religion oil
humanity In his discussion OF thenaturc of the Deity
Prof Upham often approaches the verge OF al shadoWy
mysticism. Thus while he argues in support OF the
unity OF God which is the first word IN the divine aph
bet he insists that the final word in the great
facts Of his existence The divine nature, he maintains
is dual at the same time that it is This great mys
fiery in the nature Of the Divine Being is rendered pos
e,he nv the fact Of personality The unity is in the eX
istence The duality is IN the personality. This may be
Illustrated by the example of our common humanity.
Humanity is one in being but dual in personality Man
is not woman and woman is not man. but neither man
nor woman out OF the limits Of humanity. They are
revealed in identity of nature, but Disseminated in
duality OF relation THIS principle Is universal. In re-
yeaiu- the fact, God has revealed in connection with
the unity OF his existence the additional
fact OF duality. In other words, says the author,
"God both .FatherhOod and Motherhood
From this corrcatlve duality all things proceed
The author traces the progress OF this idea IN different
ages OF the church. what he considers the new and
dawnng thought Of the world on the subject" 1t f0und
a strenuous advocate in Nj. Parker to whom nc
refers as follows: II is with interest therefore, III
opening the volumes Of remarkable man, the late
Parker who accepted the doctrines of the Alb
solue Religion while he demurred vigorously to some OF
the positions OF dOgmatic theology that find him not
only announcing God the primal unifc, aud causa-
tive principle OF things but also defending the truth
hardly less essential aud important, Of the Personality
OF Col, and announcing still further, with holiness
and cearness indicative of the strength of his convic
hood as well as FatherhoOd" The man teachings of
The volume however, are more in accordance with the
prevailing conceptions of religion among orthodox
Christians. The difference between Prof. Upham and
most writer's on the subject the supreme stress which
he laws on inward experience rather than on processes
of reasoning With him. religion the fragrant blossom
ing cut Of the spiritual nature, and not deduction
from logical argument. The spirit Of his book cannot be
better expressed than in its closing words: Each mo-
mcnt Of time Of the successive and separate letters
Of the alphabet which TO make up the great book OF
eternity And eternity being the sam OF all moments,
and therefore the residence locality OF God IN the
higher sense, thus learging the letters OF that
book which viii be written out all truths OF the H.
finite, and al truths and destines for ourselves. To
lose a moment by being out Of harmony with the facts
aud acquisitions OF the moment Is 10 lose letter out OF
the great book, and thus 10 lose something Of its
infinite and eternal meanings. 1t was thus that God
taught me while in the spiritual wilderness. l
was thus enabled 20 and perhaps more clearly than
Others will De likely TO do, who have not passed through
the inward history why he shut the old caeways
and vta of spiritual knowledge. which were suited TO
the beginnings Of Inward experience, and required me
with Him and TO dwell with Him in the Eternal
Now IL was one OF the lessons Of the desert but the
desert the spiritual DESERT Is one of the school
houses OF the soul. And as had learned the
lesson which tit to have been the object OF the
school Of the desert 70 teach the cloud gradually
lifted; the sunshine down upon the rocks. the
sands and pebbles crew up into flowers. found the
shepherd sitting beside the sin waters; and came up
out Of the entangments of the wilderness into frmer
position and d clearer light than had ever known be-
fore"