New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-31


rrF INVITES OF TaE NEW WORLD BY, ny DAN Isl s g.
a. 1,rd 81 n d. second EDITION, revised Emo PIP DOL
Henry Holt co.
o THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT. ny DANIEL e. bI iN
IoN, ". D. l2mo. pp Isl. 4he same
The first of the above named works, which
s. now issued in new and enlarged edition was orig
jnauy published about eight years and since that
time il has gained high reputation with antiquaries and
.tnolorists as learned and judcous treatise on diff
Rcu branch Of scientific inquiry. 1t ia devoted TO the
symbolism and mythology Of the American lndanS' re-
g,rdcd as an Illustration Of the growth of natural re-
lion and tie spontaneous development oi huhau
'lopht On the subject Of the origin and destiny oil HaH
m urinary RELIGIOUS ideas recorded by the author
g. The instructive efforts of the mind TO discover the
secret OF existence the struggle Of reason to dehne the
unknown. the expression OF that yearnng aiteF tue
gods which the earliest OF poets dscerned IN TIE natural
emotions Of humanity They ere not fables Dut truths
thoueb clothed In the eatb Of fancy woven from the ideal
Of reason IN the ,ou Of man. No mythoos1es are so
crde "A not to deserve the attention Of phlosophie
th;fc,s "a they are never the mere hctons OF mag1na
lion but the intJitiyc uteTance OF reason Proceed
ing from ~ point the first inquiry OF the author relates
10 the identity 81 tie hfativc language OF the lndns
,, orr ,-, and Kindred tongues Tor the expression Of
such ideas as deity. 81 sOI aud the Ike Tue idea OF
God may be defined after tie exhaustive analysis OF
Emmanuel Kant as the Ideal OF Reason. Kant has
.o,- tlot re- SON dwelling the facts OF experience
necessarily searches the original prncplc WEIGH rec
oncles AL their discrepancies and Dhos teh III al III
ta unity This ideal must be true, since II Is eVoved
from the laws Of reason, our only test OF tu'h. Inc
sense Of personality moreover and the voice of con
science Yosulatc the assumption OF an infinite person
nljty ana an absolute standard Of right Or II this aP
,ears 10 SAVIOR TOO much Of metaphysical subtety we
may fall back on the definition of the reast mat the
idea OF God is the Of tue intelligent activities when
the individual reasoning from the analogy OF his own
actions nacneS be behind the phenomena OF nature
In either view of The dca instance has been found OF
It's absence among the aboriginal tribes Of America.
sep-e Of the invisible, unknown power has every
where nrevsiIed. Hence word is usually found in
their languages similar in any Euro can tongue,
comprising all manifestations OF the unseen world,
although conveying sense OF personal unity III mas
been rendered spirit, demon God devil mystery magic
and even rather absurdy by the French and English,
medicine The word varies in the different dialects but
they all express the idea OF the supernatural in its most
general form. In pursuing the subject, with ample
breadth OF detail DR.. BrintOn engages in profound
discussion among other topics, OF the origin ana app
cation OF the sacred number -Four derived from the car
nal points, OF the symbols the bird and the serpent
Of the myths Of water fire. and the religion OF SEX oil
the creation the deuge the ep0chs Of nature the origin
OF man. and the destiny OF the soul His work marked
alike by originality and force. IL shows the vgor OF
thought which Is the fruit Of personal research aud
which always strives 20 advance from facts 10 principles
His conclusion from the whole inquiry is the importance
Of the religious sentiment as the only faculty peculiar
man. presenting the key 10 his origin and destiny and
OF most intimate 10 his development OF thought
and his comprehension Of the Universe But TO this sub
iect he has devoted the volume which forms Tho
sequel TO his previous invest cations.
-"rhe Religious Sentiment" is put forth as a contri
button 70 the science philosophy OF re on, survey
Ing the historic rel gons Of the Old World in their rea
ton 20 the laws of mind considered physiological
elements Of growth, and TO the laws OF thought re
earied as formal and regulatve principles in the consu
tutIon of man According 10 the author, the science
OF religion OF the branches OF general historca
science embracing all recorded facts relating to tn
manifestations Of the religious sentiment. IL aims u
ascertain the laws the origin and spread OF religions
and 10 describe er influence on the human race, with
out parpg into the truth fasty OF any given form
The philosophy Of religion, on the other hand passe
beyond the record OF facts, and local ADJUST