New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-22
AUGUST MONTHLIES.
THE ATLANTIC.

The article on Preaching" with which the
number opens calls attention the tendency OF preach"
Ing in our time, in tins country at least to oecono
exclusively intellectual, 10 deal with all the
by intellectual methods They are not marshaheu =!
spiritual purpose to spiritual ends fused ana HS
simulated by any power OF adequate spiritual N'"N'
Hence il cultvates a mental attitude OF clucS'o
ouestiouing character spirit Of doubt, while tue re-
Iigous spirit, on the contrary, is spirit VI uuS.
end obedience We have had too much VI
preaching for the times. the writer arnrms' "i"'
Is TO say, the preaching has Dealt 700 i"rk'N
with things recent and transient fathoI ma
with what is vital permanent, and universal Inc os-
ntceratiug tendencies Of modern scientific thought
have been combined with the preaching of the me anu
80 conveyed into MINDS OF the people that make UP
the churches OF this country. Multtudes have IauS
been made acquainted with the sceptca' eemenIs anu
tendencies OF the thought Of the age aud have oeeh
brought to feel the force Che objections which mate
rialism has recently urged against the doctrines OF
Christianity In many cases, the sceptical and c'ai
Ideas thus presented have had more iorce Win t"o
hearers than the answers brought forward ny lhe
preacher. A special danger OF preaching III 'niS
country, according TO the writer, grows out Oh INC
popular taste tor oratory. the demand for what Is
called eloquent preaching The common American luea
of pulptt elodueuce is low and sensational IL means
rapid ard emphatic utterance OF sonorous sentences
with something extreme in the Thought lhesen'eu'
though not much thought is required People oem"hu
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and they enjoy with kind Of vouptuousness the TEN
porary excitement and thrill of emotion which the
preaching causes But such preaching does not INSPIRE
conscentiOusness tend practical moral acuNly'
On the contrary, IL produces mental conoitlote eA
tremely unfavoTsbe spirituality OF character ana
Of life. The article which Is OF higher import tah 'c
usual run of magazine literature is evidently from INC
men of thoughtful and discerning writer, ard presents
many suggestions that worthy OF serious noVe "Ae
for their originality and their wisdom 1.-TWO years Vi
President Hayes" by Walter Aleu- Is dlspassOhae IT.
view OF the present administration thus far calm ID
tone but in spirit, showing the ehlef points VI
advantage gained by the Executive since the com
mencement OF his official career, and concluding tha'
MI Hayes man striving TO perform wei an oherouS
duty, not counting the immediate applause 50
much as the ultimate Justice OF his counUyn men,
and whose administration will hereafter DC to
ferred 10 with honor and gratitude by the people
as the beginning OF the Republics better day. Ihe
sketch of the political and personal character OF
Prince Gortschakof, under the title Of "Un Homme
CAPABLE" by Azel c. G. Gustafson. is an able ana III
siIucive paper presenting in the most favorable hght
the prolonged services OF the ustrous Russian states
man. Mrs. L. NJ. Child furnishes discriminating Poi-
raure of Mr. Garrison, who is described as by
no means a remarkable intellectually, with no
literary cultivation but that derived from the disc
pine Of Eew-Englsnd common school, aided py HIS
strenuous personal efforts IN after fe but with an I'M
usual share OF moral direcness and slngeness OF pur
pose Bete fOir which in the article is spec
men of French not TO be looked for In the AT
lantic" Mr.. Grant White has charming paper on
" Rural Eng and" describing his excursions among
the country folk with his usual freshness OF expression
"The farmer sat mUmehGnee" tp. 247 col y Is an odd
phrase aud If used by but Mr. White IN serious
writing. would hardly be recognized as good English
sgrhe Future OF Invention" "An Experiment IN Play
Writing" tine Negro Exodus" are among the other
Interesting articles in this number, and for poetry,
Oliver Wendell Holmes contributes his admirable ami
versary poem delivered at the last Harvard Commence
ment Dinner petite Marie aud Benezct" by H. H., is
striking specimen OF historical narrative and
there is pathetic idyl entitled The Inland Country
by Christine Chaplin Brush.