The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-17

few men escape psrfor during thu days when
they are green In Judgment He meets enemy and
he encounters brave, true friend among hts fellow
students, as does almost every colegan, and be mar
res finally and that 10 all The tran which makes the
book remarkable 10 ns manlinesa It's author seems
perfectly needless OF the opinion Of women and Of
the who write womaniy Talk about college mat
tiers. Like Pondennis, Hammersmith man and
brother; like Tom Brown he has his faults, but he ID
. and not . boarding school girl In masqu Grade.
Here Is bit from bis journal, . document Of great
dryness q mans Journal always 10 unless he II
prg or professional author: "wsather nne all day.
REGULATIONS not yet under way, except in Latin.
Darby Is . brick. Took little lesson IN boxing In
Goldie's room. Football match in evenings great
crowd. Bowed to MISS Darby; had pretty girls with
her. We won ouly one innlng-lhe second. Breese,
queer fellow ran clear through with ball Fight with
McGregor; knocked down; bad eye Pinckney
kicked by horse Bloody Monday night; lots Of
hazng Here occurs . star, referring to a blank
page at tho end or his book where ne went for space
describe the haziug OF that evening We need not
follow him now.l Feel more OF a man tonight than
ever in my life Began letter home"
And here is the closing paragraph commemorative
OF the Harvard heroes who died on the neld Of
battle. s'rhe lives OF these will not have IN vain
II they shall teach their successors the happy col
ege walks and ways consscrated by their heroic feet
that courage. high daring, devoted sacrifice OF self,
alone be admired among the ancient reeks
and Romans. with whose histories the youth busy
but that the more prosy present Is packed fall OF
equal possibilities, and that simple steadiast lives
alone are glorious"
'sTHE CHURCH AND THE GENTLE WORLD"
The significant text, "The earth is tho Lords and
the iuncss thereof" is the motto chosen by the
Rev. Aug. j. Thebaud, OF tho Society OF Jesus.
for the two handsome volumes from the press Of
Peter r. Collier, New York. containing hts elaborate
and learned essays under tho above title. An
wearying theme to zsalous churchmen ana OF deep
interest all students OF the progress Of thought
that OF the spread OF Christianity during tho first
centuries OF era. How religion demanding ply
steal seli-denial and eliminating the sensual from
the hereafter, as we'll ~ subdung II here could have
gained quick favor among the nations stepped in
dolary, is 10 any view OF sne Gaze, remarkable. elm
the Orient" says tho author, "in Palestine, Syria,
Egypt Mesopotamia, Anterior or Western Asia and
farther East, the innumerable sysysms OF poly
theism that had ruled over those regions dur
ing 50 many ages. were yet a. aluring to
those nations as Nay, more, they saw
1t that very time their supersttons adopted by the
most refined nations of the West Rome, Alexandra,
Antioch, had openly adopted tho goas OF Egypt, Of
Syria, of Babylon tlselEn Tho triumph OF the
over such world In few centuries Is proof OF
derful vital forco in the idea. But II Is some
thing specially ordained BY God and only carried
by human agency under His ali-wise direction that
the author insists It shall BE- viewed To demonstrate
this the main object Of his book; for he says III
most mportsnt 10 do the present age, because
many come 10 imagine that the establish
ment OF Christianity was altogether natural affair
Some modern writers speak on the subject II they
thought they would have succeeded IN doing II a.
we'll apostles Of Christ bad they undertaken the
49, oivt unoh
Of tho help OF Heaven than Is supposed tho cello
bralcd French proverb, aide soi Le CicI fdidera"
The learned iathsr lays the foundations OF his work
broad enough, tor he dcvotes the long opening
chapters the preparation OF the world for the faith
oil Jesus through the patriarchal religion and tho
Mosaic dispensaton showing ~ tho same time, shat
between Jsw and Gentilo there not under the old
law any impossible guilt Of hatred as Is often
lightly supposed. Next ne deals with the prophecies.
and then With tho character OF Christ and His apostles
their mission ana enterprise. This portion. while
Ingenious and learned u sric,y Theological, It's eng
only being compensated by It's sarnos.noss aad
thoroughncss. His fourth chapter, srhe GENTLE
World Confronting the Infant Church," Is OF great
terest, dealing with tho questions OF race ana the
various shades OF paganism in luminous detail, and
grouping hts conclusions IN an able manner az the
close The succeeding chapters Of tho hrst volume
deal successveiy with early Christianity in Palestine,
Syria, Cnaldea, Egypt, Naba, Ethiopia and Arabia.
and IN all the proof Of enlightened research
is abundan. In tho second volume the writer sx-
am,nes tho progress of tho iaith in Central ASIA,
Persia, Armenia aud ia India. Here the enthu-
Of tho believer may seem TO carry min further
than the facts At hand warrant, but he careful TO
qualify what the authorizes do not vouch for, and
shall blame him for taking the more favorable
hypo,hesisf The critical reader Is certanly not
bound TO follow him there In the advance OF Chris
tianty over the Greek and Latin speaking countries
and Western Europe he 10 on nrmcr ground, and
his narrative consequently more instructive. The
portion devoted to the aposleshp OF Paul Is at
erudite and eloquent. Finally no examines the qaes-
ton the presence Of Peter Rome. and advances
strong proofs IN the Affirmative, even taking tho
ground the neophytes OF the Church there
FIRST century we're not BY any means oonnned to the
poor and tho ignorant. as has been 30 enormously
argued Of late. For practical aim the work points
out that the time 10 now ripe for q
grand missionary movement, In one direction 10
bring back TO Christianity the lands which various
OF persecution, OF civil change and barbarian
conquest have wrestcd IRON the Church, and In an.
other direction TO reassert the claims OF the Gospel
the hearts which have strayed into scepticsm.
showing how mastsrfuiiy the young religion made liz
way, he would inspire the Church Of to-day with the
olden missionary enthusiasm, and with hts mass Of
Jesus that taey might with bold hearts to Him
All this Is audabis priest and crsditabe the
scholar. Accompanying the work, and bound sep
arasiy. Is a RES OF useful maps OF tho regions do
scr,Ded, with their divisions nomenclature at the
time Of the mission Of the apostles
CANON FARRAR ANSWERS HIS CRITICS.
In the Contemporary Review Tor June Canon Farrsr
replies to many OF his critics In exhaustive article
covering some twenty seven pages entitled. eternal
Hope" HIS believers VIII doubtless continue In their
belief, while HIS antagonists will probably remain Of
their nrst mind after reading Tins paper. Canon Far
says that he has read with rcspecful considsra.
ton and mind entirely open TO conviction" great
zeal that has been urged In opposition to hts views
and that he has not met with argu ment to which
he was unable to offer . "psrec,iy serious and per.
iectly coaclusivs answer" He says:-
To tho larger number Of tho well know writer's and