New-York tribune., 1876-08-22
sCRIBNER- September.

The piece de resistance in this number, al
ough it nearly at the close Of the banquet is
doubtless the paper entitled Professionalism and Vatican
,sm" by the Rev. Augustus Bauvelt, whose discussions
Of certain significant points OF doctrine and faith have
previously thrown part the readers Of Sert6nr into
state Of commoton and alarm like that Of the sheep
Told on the approach Of the wolf DR. Bauyelt insists
OIL making broad distinction between the religion of
the Bible Christianity the views presented In the
ancient and miscellaneous documents which compose
the Jewish Scriptures and the words OF inspired wisdom
which found in the records OF the New Covenant
"Piaccaliy he says 1.-The Old Testament has not only
been hound up in the volume with the New, as If 1t
were an integral portion Of the Christian gospel 1t has
been drawn upon almost dd libtm for the determined
propositions Of the various evangelical confessions OF
faith and bodies Of divinity; it has been circulated
broadcast all Christian people, and preached from
by all Evangelical ministers, precisely II it were to-
day as the authoritative standard in matters OF
faIh and morals to the Christian as 1t WAS afore-
times TO the Jew. And that 1t is thus authOr-
tatlye has accordingly become settled popu-
lar conviction, not only among the laity, but likewise
among the clergy, throughout the Christian world"
gains. this conception Of the OF Christianity he
vigorously cacraes maintaining that the New Testa
and the New Testament only contains the religion
OF Protestant Christians which thesis he defends in
series OF arguments which he evidently believes will
afford hard nut 10 crack for persons of different way
az thinking 1--WE must distinctly assert that Jesus dd
not intend that the Old Testament commandments as
sucb should be preserved in the Christian
church al On the contrary, when He divested the
Kingdom OF God altogether Of both its national and
civil features utterly abrogated for the Christian all
those national aud civil acquisitions originally imposed
by jehovah the Jews In ike manner by abolishing
from His Glvne kingdom altogether the ancient Jewish
rite circumcision, and all the temple feass and sacr
Aces every order Of the temple priesthood, Jesus
iJso Jaeio abolished from the Christian point Of
view, all the ancient JehOvic commands pertaining
20 The Things abolished. But in place Of them came
all those special commands of Jesus pertaining
20 the national and civil relations OF His church,
concerning Baptism, the Lords Supper the Chris
tan ministry, aud the Ike recorded in our gospels
Gs contTadistngushed from anything recorded TO the
co trary in either the law the prophets Bat even
when Jesus did go far absolutely 10 abolish the
Iequsitions prohibitions Of the ancient Jehovic
code and substitute his acquisitions prohibitions
IN their stead lie often made therein revolutionary
changes The Sc non the Mount presents ustra-
ton OF his whenever Jesus draws contrast between
what was said by them of old time, cOntradistn-
gushed from what he SAYS himself And the entire
gospel evidence b. consulted IL will be found that even
en- regard to the DeeaOgue, Jesus either dropped out all
mention Of Tequis0nas, for example, OF ldolatry-or
radically changed the nature OF the commandment as in
tie specific matters Of adultery, murder the Sabbath,
and the like Reduced, indeed, to the very bottom
Thought Jesus considered that all the law aud the
prophets might DC thus epitomized: first Thou shait
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy Egul, aud with all thy mlnd; aBd secondy,
.IhOn shalt love thy neghbor hyself'"
J u2shot Of Hr Biauvelts reasoning may be summed
up IN the following paragraph -" In undertaking ut the
prstIt nell ous epoch 10 vindicae, against all anti
Christian forms Of tleisn, truly Christian theism let
the biblical theologiaDs continue long as they please
e adv 0caoy Of thesm drawn from the entire Bible;
bat et them not lserdct those from hearing likewise
Ia fe churches who will undertake Christians and for
Ctrslans 70 ylEdicate Old Testament heism only IN
no far ss Jesus perpetused that theism in the gospel
Mny OF the best and noblest and women all over
81" Christian world aterly ukabe TO believe iD
adore ana Worshp for themselves tRe Jehovah Of the
yews u many OF His aspects Nor die Jesus any more
desI or design they siOuld do that He desired
or designed that they should believe in adore and wor
khp o henselyes the gods Of the Jndsos or the Poly
uesans Not the Jehovah OF the Jews, but the Heavenly
Father Of Jesus in far He Il disngnshable from
the Jehovah OF the Jews u the Dttty of Christians"
Tie article s too long too learned too logical TOO eiab
orats In GI respects for popular Magazine and would
be nero In place in special theological Journal but
cannot fan 10 call forth attention IN the versatile
r1b5 he ges Of which are equally open 10 the pro
found nIJ ms Of speculative thought and the every
Gay dotaia of Home aBa Society" There are several
articles Of general interest IN this number Of the
more monument II which are Weseyan University"
osc aetaipg about Birds" "Calf9Epis HopseReegers