The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01

| of our author nrvcr existed save ia iuagina-
ton. All the usual nlldcl objections against the
| OH and New Tr-,pmonts are likewise mar
! shacl anew and il is but fair ~ acknowledge,
'nndiiy and t'mpcr1tnly. An occasional
! phras', however. reveals feeling Of con-
! trmptuous bitt 'rncss for Somc of the snin's oi
! tn" Biblical history. and Jars upon the mind.
Tho main interest of tho book it will readily
| be- seen. centres in the short concluding por-
tion. in which. as we have said. the author tx
| presses his own opinions. If. ~ he undertakes
to show. all religions have n common origin.
| and ara alike unworthy 81 adoption by intclll-
| gent thinkers and If all holy books are alike of
| human composition and marked by human i'm
perfection. is or is not the of religion IT.
self a dclusion. resting upon no solid basis, and
destined to disappear before the advance Of
| science? Lord Ambcrcy considers this question
| at length. and, after his fashion. answers it in
the negative His argument Is this: There are
| three fundamental postulatcs involved i'm the
religious idea: that ~ a hypcrrhyscal power in
| the universe, that Of a hypcrphysical entity in
man, and that Of a relation between the two.
The universal adoption Of the first pOstulatc 10y
all peoples. nations, and kindrcds IL proof
that 1t cmbodies a truth which SATISFIES per-
mancnt need Of the mind. As men always
have been. so they always will be- irrcsistibly
impcllnd to conceive Of an unknown power
| hidden behind sensible phenomena, and to
clothe this power with the attributes Of deity.
and thus religion will always exist in some
/ form or Diner Science never mas anu PROBABLY
never 'nn dispense WIN inc assumption o'
permanent fore" dwelling in matter ana giving
II gunll'y ana h"hr' -clrn'c cannot destroy the
! li'a ~ ''d. Equally ln'nac'anl' is inc contrast
p'tW''h mlhd ana matter or inc second 81 the
tur'c l'S'ula''s "l r'llEloh' between VIZ"
| Wh'.h ululN7' p'r''lN'7' anu I'"sons' on inc ohc
! lnnI and that which Is felt Thought about and
' ,i'., -, ,ra ,rhe
distinction between these two though II need
not be ultimate in the order II things. is ai.o-
| H.. ,,t., a.. a., IT.. =, ~
| iuV'S ul'l""'o III tl' "fler OF u'ouSiI lh'n"r
own undis ovcrahle nature these two manifcs-
,atfou- mov lac one. i'm thnir r,,iati,n IA ua tl,v
- - .. >, H. t,t. -. a., -,
arr lor'N'I TWO IN Ihe manner inc 'nlr' pos
| tuat' that Of n relationship between the UNI
known mower call.d God ON the one side. and
H., h,,,,, s,,,, 49,, ,h, ,,,,ar 10 ,r,,o1 -, i,s
u' huihuh SOUL Oh lh' o'l'T' II prove" ny Us
universal Acceptance. II il were not true ii
coull no, or have, been invented since nothing
in nature suggests il Tbnrc mr.. NJ, annlogies
| from which II may Doe inferred. 1T - one OF
those urinary constituents Of our nature which
are incapable of proof because they are them
selves the foundations on which proof must be
.r.,,.d - Tbr. ,,iil, tb. ,ori,ua forms a. ~,
erected mus VIM the various l"rn7 "l r.
.,t..,a,,, - .,.,,,tai ,,'i ,arn'anon,
d.. TIT, o.,,,i,'.' ,i'a rI"i,, ~ ,,,o
~ r'Ii.,to, I".t -
49,. 80 d. - ,i...iit =, IT, ,.,,',',
an ,r ,.r,,,. l., ,,t, A., Los l,i,l..., t.,,, a..
hnlie1 s,i.nc, no s,rs sh,,ys tho ir,,orf'...
,'r....t.,,s ,,i,.t ho,..
boon f'.nJ for tb. 1.nl,o,,ahi. I, ,,ro,..
cha, ,,o .n,,o, ,lirl, - .I,tn,v.,iI. 49, an.
t.rinu in ANY u.culiar sense intn sno.inl nh-
,o,ts IN nnt,ra d,y,Ilin, in sr,.ciol ,,ls,,.s ,r
Jus III ""'"r'' uN'"ns III HI''i'i p,'''S ,I
speaking through special channels. And he