, 1876-04-29

fchiurcs Visible "a Wofo 1tscloAod Yoara tEo
when, from Ignorance and gEoBantss, 1nen wers
incapable at hppsohonltng the fualneea Of their
apsrltuat senao. They ara reseAled In their
perfect beauty and purity, With 4 conadont
trust that the world ID now retdt and waiting to
receive tlom with an honest aud cordial recog-
milton.
Herein lies the power Of tho popn1ar preacher
lie has retained = close relation with the peopto.
iio has foreborno to shut nIasolf up In tha
study, tmbibsng from oldtin books tue
generations; he has not held himself
apart Al = being isolated from Lie everyday iu-
teresta Of the living world. On the contrary,
no llah mingled intimately among men, slud!Ing,
n tho phy8tcian wAtchoe tho symptoms Of hts
patient, tho necda the lonRngs. .Ae restrictions,
and the canactties. Of progressive humanity.
a. hb hpeaka to bis listeners, llo aldEoaseB them
from tho yantRKe-Rround Of to-day, out OF the
lRh.ened present, aud with. clear realization
thtt It is now, In tho p.neteenth century, tho
Hence tho multltudes love to hear him, re-.
!otcluE in the pleasant assurance that, vhIe
sro st'mulatod to htglor thoughts and nobler
deode, their common. sense and reason will he
respected tho divine rghts of these faoul-
ties will be properly acknowledged.
specimsns Of ths prenohers aliiIty. nls ys esssSs
arc OF very even qunity.-th0 productfonA Of
cultured mind, o feeling heart, and habitualy
cslru, sober mood. They are far removed from
Any taint Of BensatiouAlam. containing intrinBio
evidence that ~hatever Of celebrity tber author
hah obtained has come unsought. a. tue legi.i.
mata reward Of an carnoa. aud liberal decle.a.
tlon OF vital and etarnat truths.
. SKETCHES.
MEIoRlKa OF FAMILIAR Hoors. BY WILLIAM D.
KEYb, Ii. D. WITH MEMo1n oy 1Hk AUTHOR
Edited ~ nf.nTox MAnnLr l7no.. ~. 49, New
Totk: 4. J. AAfd l. Son.
Tho skstclles presented In The above volume
woze originally contributed to tho Now York
World, and about five years ago wero put out
collectively under the title Of "Among S1y
Books" This earlier mana, wi,tct, lad been
previously appropriated by Lonoll for one Of hls
series Of essays, has now been discarded, in
order that thu book may have tbs advantage of
distinctive individuality.
Mr. Keo3 WAS goutomhn Of talent and edn-
cation, who, in the lo'aure Of long llfs mainly
devoted to tho legal profession, eus,ohed his
mind with the fruits Of oxtouled travel and read
ing. 1lo Nto.o frequently for tho pages
Of the North Amer,ean Rerte,c. was
"a prolific paEph!cteer," aud tho
author Of memoirs OF h!8 grandfather:
Gen. Joseph Reed tho frat Secretary Of WASH
ington,-and Of hls grandmother, Esslor De-
Deads, woman distinguished for active loyalty
during tho American Ilovolution, Mr. Reed
WAS brother Of Fror. Heed, Of Philadelphia, the
gentle. thonghttt1l scholar whose loss OIL the
Arctic. In 1851, was mourucd by n vide circle OF
admEtng frisnds and readers. Ms. Il. WAS ap-
ponted Minister to China by Mr. buchanan, and
died in February Of tue curroul year, at the ago
Of 70.
The paperB, which are hero preiaced with
motno!r hy hlanton Marble, nro short aud In
formal, their leading thoughts grouping about
Buoh topics as Autographs. The Theatre, Thuck-
cray, Nlet1oirs Of tho East, JuniuB, American
History, uooks OF Travel, md Houry Reed.