The Ottawa free trader., 1877-07-28
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THE ORIGIN AND DESTINY OF MAN. By H. W..
THOMAS. ID. d. PhoHograhc Reports Of a Sc.
ries OF Sunday evening sermons. Aurora:
Pierce Burton & Co. Ottawa: For sale by Os.
man t Hapeman.
Ordinarily a sermon is a single thought or
idea elaborated for single occasion and often
TO meet single eXgency in its nature tempo
rary or evancscent. Sermons, therefore, are sell
dom worth reading after they grow cold. The
series before us, however are conceived o.
very different plan. They succeed each other
like chapters OF continuous single subject
thoroughly wrought out as whole. Man is
traced from God as the first cause, through his
creation to his fall, and thence up to his re
dempton from the fall to final salvation and
translation 20 the heavenly world. The author
is one OF the most eminent devines Of the Meth.
odsh church, so abouuding in able and gifted
preachers. Indeed he was little too able for
most of them, on account Of which he was sub
iected to sort of ostracism by beng transfer
red from one of the largest Chicago churches to
a rural parish at Aurora. He took the change
! good naturedly, however, and the comparative
release from the cares of large parish gave him
all the more time for working out the great pro
blem Of mans origin and destiny, us he has
done IN this volume The line Of thought is
generally new-oiten daring-entirely untram.
melled by cid theological quirks and dogmas
and fully up with the attalnments Of modern
science and philosophy, Yet throughout they
breathe the pIrest religious spirit, guiding an
earnest soul seeking only for the truth
Few modern books will be read with deeper in
terest
! History OF TURKEY. Comprising the Geogra
phy Chronology, and Statistics Of the Empire
the EthuologY, Primitive Traditions, and So
cioogy of the Turks, and the Geneology of th'
| Existing Osmanli Dynasty. By j. D. OCon
! nor, With Maps and Genealogical Chart. Chi
cago; Moses Warren. Ottawa; Sold by Os
man II Hapeman.
The breaking out of the present Russo-Iurk
ish war has naturally directed attention to work
in regard to the beigerent countries, with
view to Judging of their military capabilities
populations, finances, &c. While in general mos
intelngent,people know something about Russi
in these regards, few can tell much about lul
KEY. If they hunt up books for information,
is generally necessary to go through small !
brary to get the comparatively little really wan
ed Here is a little 25 cent volume that reall
gives all we want. 1t is no rehash OF the oil
story that has been drilled into us from chile
hood, but lust wha. it claims to be, " a concis
pIain setting forth of that knowledge which
so important to-day and which tomorrow ma
be of little universal interest There is no RI
S view of battles fought long ago. but, instead,
graphic description Of all the towns and citit
: that have been, or are likely to be, affected b
5 the present conflict; instead, in fact OF goin
into the past any more than Is actually nece
sary, the writer paints Turkey as it's to-day, an
from his effort the reader is enabled to obtaI
quite an accurate conception OF the true pos
ton of affairs as they now are. CnQuestionab
not yet, since the breaking out OF the war, HI
so much valuable information been presented
so small q compass"