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journey, pretty we'll recovered 9'''
It is 81 Amazing as a1l tho rest nfark tho final
sentence Ao Las ut last got thoroughly cca1
;tma,, ~" u1YIsan' ,i, ensansiemens' anu uootho II
''eA'
"stnr OF Our Lord.',
tCoasTunteastd,1
o1h " Won'ns uu lomn on, onntsT JEsoa, K1Na o.
TltouaHrs on lnsFinsT1oy. AND raE AsrnoroM,a
nounr I}oJn, ~ 1T TO % cIn1sTIAslrr. IA ~ FnAso1s W
57o. 4' "''" A"AN' 4'o'7'" fn'''ps' A1sao'' pp
Mn nr+h,r =, +h,. ,,,,,,,,o 1,un. r..,u ~,
| "",Ao1 " 'uin souno' flo'' rrane's W.
ophata, laeo OF tho hatgora Institute, is q
brothor Of Prof Thomas G. Uphau Of Bowdoin
College, 30 doar for o quarter of n cent,,fy Ia
tho successive clssseg in that instt,,tinn. us
= uos .hauS u .no chaEacserlstlc8 or hla eminent
brother: shrinking modosty; gontle reserve;
q beautiful and fervont faith; largo and gra-
cioua charity; a scholarship as exact M It In
full: d u,urye1ona nationca IN Investigation. - :.
4"a.u'' Ienae''' aoa exquisite 8ty1o, archaic In
it's dignity; and o most noble spirituality or
tone and thought. Even wlon tho reader Of
his books cannot arreo with bia conclna;ona ~ ~
hin stato,enta ,a oarr " - t ,,os ;n't "
nie 7'a'o1hen18' 'ho charm OF tHer spirit wioa
| MIN into sympathy. a few years ago, Prof.
| Upham published book about The wise u1en who
eamo to Bethlehem, who thoy yero. and w],v
thov ,s.,a ~ ~ .,;r.,, =. 49,: ...ss .,>n"
s1s. suoy ean'o ~ 1no o!r'4 q Enc young ch,la'-
a'"ost "ohoetai'' ~ EnEl!sn upon one Of tue
| neglected thomos OF the Biblical story. Tho
careful argument the nico Investigation, the
af1uonco Of learning, In th;a ouiet volnma
N.Y. .as"ot uol"a w 'no e'o"a' oos "as
loao WILL ao1l8ht pT btplical SCHOLARS, surprised
| even those who wero wontod to suci researches.
That volume was meant as preliminary to this
NOM ;,,no,to,t ,v,r1, i, .h;o1 ,,o ,on,o.t:..
1n,,n.a w., nsu' "u'" - "n.n wv ooaoc1lon
oot"eon LUG faGan ProPnet OF The aRe OF Moses
and tho Pagan aecrH Of tue Christian advont ia
vlnaca!od ana oemonRtratod. 1t was the porch
TO sn'B inner sanctuary.
anu tae COMPARISON q sanctuary is tit and nc
eufale IN deacflb'ng this beautiful volume. It
is tirst Iaat, and always, lron tho beginning to
.no emu IN ail lts argument 10 all its desGrlp'
.lon IN 1ta areay q lacte IN tho current ot tts
full Of belief. The writer is, by training, md by
natn1e' too, cf.t!o' anti no can spond days.
wee9s, ". ana Montns' II examining pasaago Of
~ b!olo or q thilo, OF OF Horouotub {for hss
laith la catholl9 ln drawing from all fountans)
yet 10 iB conlrolod from wandering by tlat bond
wn!cn nolos a ana draws MN to the unsoeu world
Aua 10 TUG great Vofltics OF living provldor1co
~ Inc WoF'a OF Nature anu the Soul. le looER
ro up LOT a ms 5,,atl instruction, 1 Wlio he com
s ro,cen ot tno ptopnets ano Tue chtonlclors a..d
tno allosorlzers; Inc foig!ouBs!oaa Is real, III
y! tno honl o, tho DOOR moro t!lan ~ It's phrases;
IL Ilo s"ol4 o1 ane see on Wh1ch thla Darll OF DIS
-eN0 - !" ~ISF a"'4to - 1"olA@ ~.
uon, ul tho ptesence OF q llgino influence. not
9nly ~ @ tno %rlttea Wofs, oht N tue groat, Won
uer1u1 "orla OF Natu1o or Thtoh this 10 the OK
Ponens. II 1s not rellGlous a'h-not At oil what
i ia customary ~ orayer-moot.ngs Or n tho pions
oooks pnt f1lgiooa re- sentiment 2n'ckoniug and
eanotltying a tue scrutiny aud all tho reelection.
we could almost believe tho writer was on hh
knoes "hen no soasht the meaning OF these
secrets and m maryels Or tue scriptures, as It was
ea'd Of st. jerome that no knelt in translating
tue Bible.
Ihat tne eoholars OF our tlmo will bo con-
Vihcea oy tho argument which sooms 80 con"
r,nelnR ,e to tho deyont aonl OF Fret; Fret uPham. T.
consent % to tho dootrao a that IL the % ohrst s s
ehortty contres, In tho realm OF Nature a. Of
Grace, 1a not indicated BY the tons OF tho dis
ooufao, N this ttmo, either Of scientific expoHt.
lion or OF blblical oxcgesls. The effort nov Of
exp'aan away tho prodigios, which they will
squarely deny It they cannot explain thom as
natural q facte. comparatively fow OF thoao who
divide the Scriptures venture to hold that
volume. comparatiyoly fou Of those WHO tell Tho
meanlng or tho four oVanEellats arc careful to
gpoak Of them as Saints. Prof. Upham atwaysaays
saint Matthew: SAINT Mark, saint hnlo, saint
oqh sa1 nc nc were at uatolo ~ monk
ie6aor IN the ninetoenth century, We are afraid
TINT many WHO confess tho Orthodox creed with
more assurance ana thoroaghnogH,-tor ho is a
nelotlo 1n sonle tu1iaameual arsielos OF CasVin-
ths homage Of tho stars Of Heayon aud tho wis
dom OF men in oil tho world to the Christ.Goa,
Ito como to the faith that orention and redon,p-
slon arc in q sonHe identical, and tho lars Of
astronomy tako part IL tue great plan Of saya-
tile chapter in this book on "AHtronomie Doubt !
as to Christianity" remarkable as It ia for it's
beauty mud dopth OF meditation, will seem nl-
most naivo In its uso of tho poetic imagery OF
tue %, paa!mlst anu Prophet.
Iho hatlohalsts may complain that IN tAis
mado to support very largo pleR and inferonce;
that tno strnetnre is IT, quite too heavy for The