The Portland daily press., 1877-06-23

OF confidence in the worlds willingness to
swallow maxims unsugared-as for instance,
in Mr.. Tupper's case-that has led Mr.. Bill
ings to affect style of orthography the like of
which was never on sea or land; but he would
find, could he be induced to embrace Worces
ters Unabridged as brother, and defer to
popular prejudice and Lindley Murray,
that the genuine. fresh and pithy quality Of
his laughing philosophy would be appreciated
at its worth, while he would take his rightful
place as keen observer and racy noter of the
world as it moves. Mr.. f. S. Church is to be
credited with some lively, startling and comic
designs. The ghost sitting in incorporeal
wrath upon his grave, facing the tombstone
where the carven testimony of his existence
and virtues while in the flesh has been super.
seded by the commercial zeal of the advertise
ers of Sozodont-the knowledge of that cele-
brated specific acquired too late to save any
bones Of his-is tragic in the last degree. and
presents point in the experience of the aver
age skeleton strangely overlooked by the late
Hoioein in bis very comprehensive Dance of
death.
Dr. Winchel Reconciliation of Science and
Religion, by Alexander Winchell, LII. d.
New York: Harper Bros; Portland: Loring.
Short & Harmony as 'layman aud scientific
teacher might be presumed to be bearer of the
flag of truce from the camp of the scientists.
On the contrary he has visited, and made him
SELF at home in their encampment; studied
their positions and forces; calculated the
weight OF their balls; tested the quality of
their powder; and yet does not after all advise
Religion to give up her stronghold, but rather
to wait the day that shall bring the besiepers
IN, as good and loyal defenders of the citadel
In fact he finds no cause for differences. but
every cause for agreement. He ayows his con-
Viction 'that systems of science and religion
approved alike by rational tests must be found
IN complete harmony, and that the 80 called
connict between science and religion is partly
nctitious and partly conflict between science
and religion or ecclesiastical systems while
the conflict with those systems reduces itself IN
collision between the effete science which
they embody and the results Of more advanced
science" He affirms that while we cannot
reason out Deity-or as the Relieionists
would say, "by searching find out God"-no
line OF true reasoning can be found which does
not converge toward Deity" and super.mate-
species he holds to the theory of Professor
Cope In showing the faithful care with
which DR.. Winchell has studied and presented
the subject, list of the general divisions of
his arrangements will not be out of place.
After preface, in the good temper one can
afford to show who feels himself in the right.
comes the list Of contents. These are The
interaction of the Religions and the Intellect.
ual Faculties-under which head he discusses
the necessity of their relation: its evidences In
Oriental and Grecian Psychic History, aud in
Christian Psychic History. Then follows Sci
ence and Philosophy in Religion, subdiyided
into the Doctrine of Causality; the Doctrine of
Intentionally; Reason for the Faith; the Con-
ficts of Faith; Thoughts on Causality with
References to Phases of Recent Science; Is
God Cognzable by Rsason?; God in the
World; and lastly, Glimpses of the Evidence
a Posteriori.
''The Analysis" which follows, will make
reference easy and serve also to sum up quickly
to the eye the successive steps which lead to
the conclusions, and also present clear view
OF the whole. The division under the heading
Glimpses Of the Evidence Posteriori is one of
especial interest and satisfaction even to the
unscientidc reader, because of the close parallel
traced between the last results Of scientific re-
search and the old, old story of Genesis In
conclusion DR.. Winchell states his conviction
that the cultivation of science and philosophy
leads the candid mind to reverent
knowledge of God and revereut faith in the
most mysterious utterances of his Sacred
| Word.
cnnnlnainn ha6 hv
painstaking, and yet fair and unprejudiced as
either scientist or religionist could desire. can
not be otherwise than cheering to those whom
neither time. opportunities or the wish serve
for searching out vndication of their faith.
The lever long enough and the prop strong
enough by which to raise the world with
ones own weight are yet to be found. Mean
while the heavens may be trusted to stand.
There is a saying, true as trite, that sit takes
two to make QUARREL science is a good dog
while faithful, but if while digging for buried
bones he bays at the moon by whose light he
works, it is his own affair; he forces no quar-
rel upon the moon. If by possibility they
should come in contact the victory which the
dog would achieve by planting himself firmly
In the way Of the planet in its course could not
be cheering, even if fnal one, for him.
Aud if Madame Allen on behalf OF modern
science shall gloss with her "Hair Rsstorer"
the Scripture which saith "ye cannot make one
hair black" need religion to be called upon to
reconcile herself to Madame Allen? or while
the scientists growl over the words and toss
them in the air and shake them to and fro,
might not the religionist quietly stand upon
tine eternal verities contained in that simple
sentence? Perhaps one change for the better
might be made in the present volume, in writ
ing the title Reconciliation of Science to Re-
lgon.
"rhis volume" (rhs Gospel Imitation. Ser
mons related to the Boston Revival of 1877
Boston: Lockwood. Brooks & Co.. Portland:
Dresser s. Mcclellan says the Preface, by the
compiler, Rsv. Fl. w. Grant, sis an outgrowth
of the revival now in progress in this city and
the surrounding region, and sill rising tide.
1t has been the desire and endsavor of the
editor to make it an exponent of the pervadng
spirit of that work and of the great moving
truths by which it has been PROMOTED
Eighteen discourses are given, none of them
having been written in view of publication.
They are confined to no one denomination, but
vary in style of thought, belief and form of
expression, from the quiet digui6ed manner Of
the Rev. DR.. Peabody Of Harvard, to that of
the fervid revivalist. Indeed the time during
which they were delivered would seem to be
the chief reason why these discourses should
find themselves within one cover, as although
given out while the revival was in progress
they belong to it only in urging men to their
highest interests, and do not vary from the
usual style of Sunday preaching in the various
churches, having however the peculiar value
that they have been contributed to the volume
by their respective authors. That by Rev.
Joseph Cook, on Mr.. Bronson Alcott as typify-
ing the Divine Ruler, will be as disagreeable to
one set of readers as it possibly can be OF
satisfaction to others. But each reader will be
sure to find some one discourse which he can
endorse and enjoy, unless he should be of the
radical school which is left unrepresented
excepting as a subject for attack in the sermon
on The Old Faith and the New, by Rev. G.
Lorimer Clear large type and remarkably
tasteful though simple binding lend their