New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-10
STARR KiNG,S SERMONS.



Boston. sept. S.-Jamcs L. ose'"" N 20 WI"
publish m fc~ days, " Christianity ana hln"'-
if,.. q Series of Sermons, 10y Thomas Starr Nins'
clted. wilh Memoir. ly Edwin I. Nhppie'' iuo
vo,ur,e contains twenty-five dscoursos oil of when
ar ol,yc with the vigorous and persuasive eio-
ouooce which raised Nr. King 10 80 hrh
rank among tho distinguished preachers "a
The country. Though liberal IN creci' lAeN 'i'
sirculsriv evangelical In spirit The topics
cr generally such az come homo most
directly TO the spiritual needs O (hc time. IL
t. Ter example O. common experience OF MOST mlnds
70 pause. undecided, between tao external and III
tcrnal evidences Of Chri dm.t}, somewhat skcpl-
Ell ac to th. flc;i yc. captyated 10y Che spirit Wh
brc9tLos through the facts. Tie leading sermon ln
tie yoirr,p "Tbe Tyueeimc9tol Lv.ftucc OF Chris
ti,,ifv1 worry i9npily cuts the G3rdian Knot which
,.,.,, l-.,.,l.l thoo' ,-;9rs nav, lrborel 70 un-
-. qg,, .,,-,, ,,,,.,.t of i'm, heart which per-
s,.4,,,,t,.. .t ,1,i-oeoa,,i, serenity of tho
,s- co,e,-,e5 a-,.s.tivi,fn I'm science ard human
H. g. ,ll. l,@,,.l ,, &c Cries from Tie pept''en
- ,f ri., il, s,,,,ly tc deepest
-. ~ ,I. so,l for tb. reecs which "ras.-
ai -. ,.,:,.,.v &, ,,r,-syerablv shown.
-, '' -. ~ r,srsv vir1.,af,s. from
III . or;,,, ,,,i,+ o.
co... 80 +,,. ,.o,,s NJ J,s,s
WV -, - r,,t ,r., commons an
al. AMI ,l r,.,,,ro Tic. are those winch VIII mos.
cr.;.rtl,,,-s.f t,,. needs OF those Who have con-
e ,.,.i,,.-ofh.r, Mr. E,,greallv believed I'm
.I',,..,..,rl;f. II, c,,s:l,red .l,e tomb as tho
-. l;.,.,-., .f.rcc tl,. spirit tool, It's new
s,,,..,,.. Car n I;,l.r iire. Toh-n IL was 4 very
-; ,r.;,;, ,ri.l, se-,,ra+s5 ti., two states OF
o. ;,,,i,i5uolloir Tho sermons on "Thc Divine
- ~ Ne, - vbo p.,ire~auce from the
I,.,~f NIL ,,,I The Distribution oil Sorrows"
~ -, ,-,,..r.l;,7 to MANY minds who lave
..f.4. rod,
60 ,ls,l,,.crr e7.pn1cd with and so satisfactorily
80 TbCse .l,o-lJ u, r,cj IN connection with
a., ;,o,,,s o, D.. Christian Tboucht of the Future
1if.~,rl "r,,,o c,.rlt..al Communications" which
ar. f-1 af rr..h c.i~irol and inspiring Thought.
THO se,uo, oo " The Divine Estimate of Death
which sounds the Keynote 10 the other four dis
co,rsos takes fine Ground that the soemuityO of life
o+to,b.s wa. Fl. dcatl, bat TO character" aud that
yvlt we call death is an Illusion of our senses, and
NOT q fact I'm the Divine Mind. The proposition
so,s NJ Grst rte,,olc. for the preacher begins by
describing some of the most terrible aspects in
which death presents itself, and which are deemed
70 cast doih.. even in such minds as that Of John
Stn,rt Mil. on the Divine bcucfconcc o. the Divine
ouspipotcucc: but. Iv sudden change i'm the point
or,.,. Cfo the huuerft o the Divine Mind steady
Uobt i made ia stre2n, over the darkness and the
so.,,i,, horrors ar, sofiencd and transformed into
,,c,ciov. ll...siYos
T,ron,,lopt tlo volume the reader win he contn-
,,u, immersed v te tl,r,cfold aspect under which
MI King considered Nature First, lie had uu-
worried hun1,r I'm dcyouring all that the scientists
I,d written feuectil,e its facts and laws; secondly
behal the ocs feeling for its beauty as an express
pof tine iIoas of Divine artist; thirdly, hc in
to,s.l, ,c-o.iycd ifs ethical and spiritual
,iiforco I'm tl,e hints n afforded of the presence
% r;,;, l,,.i,.ro,l !. a,~-givcr blossoms of tlc
r,.,.i.. % ,.,rb. Two Il,r,.o.fsv "Iiyiuy Water
- ~ 1r.i,,v 81 ..,,,,s fr,,o fine Sierra
II - eth. Clr,o+ of r,lr 1891 - eDj 60 RELIC
So. - fr,, .i.t,llurg,o are the sermons i'm
,f;f Lo s,,.cio,iy Cl,ris.iauizss tle forms
r., -7 r..-,, ,.J 1,,,s NJ N.+rrc after
IL. f,,,, tl,. ,o,t of ,;o,y
F '''''' go. ~ t...t..i,,.' l,t a.. .,,-
-. -. -, 80, .,,,,,,,, II, tl. ,ol,r,c aud
III 49,, ;.,t,+ ,r,,b..r d, f ,eoirotio, ,,l,;cb
-, III, ,l;..o,r.,1,cl- n, cvcr dct,cts tl, r.
- ,-.,l If C,ol II, Na+uro and u,t, 40 q SIM
,I,,,,.l u:l,l "a Rillo vvl,cl, Illustrates and con,
Tr,,s tI,o Sacred B,,k. pcrb,rs the most eyoris-
s:,rI..,,s ,,.,lit,tio,, in tfc T.,
thorit sontin,cnt and stvl,is that entitl J "Tjv.
;.yy,.-rr..., ALL. tn. g b,,t tto sririt Which
dctotc fiat rc,o,lzale discourse il stll evident
;n Lis trat,eot Of sucI, schemes rs .sI,fs More
hLnr5e,.l,r Giving for Ideas and Princiyle.. -
aud oq'bo Heart and the Iseucs of Life
a. r.. ,.., o,.esto.,el T., d;oto.o his ecr,,ors
a. a., a,,ou,ien.is whilst ne slowly walked the
room, They were carefully premeditated but as
. 49,. ..-,,.- ...-,
regards th3 cohlpHi'l''' eSS1l'l"iF liPlo' 's'i'
The r,snit was that the central idea he desired 20
- o,L d;.oo,,rso o,,a c,o. d,i
ehioiVc PVIit'''. '''" "''- ~ Voc
naut amid all his eloquent exposition OF the subOrdi
,a+c idoas relaf,d in IT, The least critical rccder
nav -. -: =
cannot fan % n0Uced certain &rtlstc symmetry OF
.,,,,,lt o,,J ,,,,,,oso In ever, eulicrt which 10
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treated In the present Voinine' III Is therefore,