The New York herald., 1879-02-10

Kroy, saying that Notsob was dead provincial
little town beside it, The only peculiar thing
that the visitor noticed in this lauded metropolis
was that the prevailing style Of salute among the
women was to "lift the nose on high" when meeting
any not q la mode and he went back to Notsob.
where he found
That those born out of Notsob town
We're Noboddees OF rcnuwn
And even man in Notsob town,
Who in its sacred sir frss drew
His breath, must yet toward the morn
Sail DER the to Eporue,
Before that he could hope to be
fuldeveloped Sumboddee.
well known clergyman is fairly well drawns-
In Elbb's name he taught the people
What style of shot gun to indorse;
And how to win the chase called ''steeple."
And how to ''the perfect horse"
He held that thus to him twas given
To teach the people to be last;
For those who here could win, ut last
Might reach LIES greater goai--iu heaven.
1t is not poetry. but it is that sticks in the
memory and that will always be easy to quote. The
publishers of the book Lee & Shepard.
SOCIETY THE REDEEMER
1t is Henry James, Sr., whose book is to appear
next week-not the author Of .'The Europeans" but
his father, whose last work published ten years
ago. and who is one Of the very few Americans who
have q claim to the title philosopher The full title
of the volume is ''Society. the Redeemed Form Of
Man, and the Earnest Of Gods Omnipotence in
human Nature. IL is IN the form on letters aQ.
dressed to dear friend who has written to him to
say
l cannot bear to think with any purpose Of my
private regeneration after having long committed
all my Godward hopes to the destiny Of my race.
Least of all should be likely entertain that qucs-
ton just when the labors of 1fcssrs Moody and
Sankey and the rhetoric of Rev. Joseph Cook
provtdentially intended to show us the vulgar ego
tisln and the blatant unbelief In the divine name,
with which 1T is almost sure to be associated.
for o5va and San u,,A f1afr N,.1,
histrionc colleague, you desire, think our
daily papers might easily furnish better food to
their readers than the puerile stuff they give
reports of these sensational sermons and lec-
lures. But what interests chiefly in the extract
erence you exhibit for fixed life OF relation to God
over one OF free and spiritual character that is.
for life of passive submission to your destiny
over one of active private regeneration"
Mr.. James protests against the idea of q destined
life and alleges that man has both moral and
spiritual freedom, still. however. Affirming .
divine destiny for mankind but affirming it in the
interest Of the divine name alone. He defines
nature as q most strict process functionary Of
the divine love aud wisdom toward our spiritual
manhood; God as being whose 'fnsuficiency" to
Himself alone is abject; that he is incapable Of
realizing Himself except in others. neither
will spiritually confess any deity WHO is not
sentially human, and existentially thence exclu-
svey natural; that is to say. devoid of all dstinc-
These passages give an idea of the boldn.ss Of the
book but not of the coseness of its argument OF
the manner in which it is sustained from frat to
last He tells this story Of strange spiritual expe
rencc which preceded his introduction to the works
of Svsedenborg:-
One day, however toward the close Of May. having
eaten comfortable dinner remained sitting at the
table after the family had dispersed idly gazing
the embers in the gratc thinking OF nothing and
feeling only the exhilaraton incident to good di-
| gestion. when suddenly-in lightning fash it
wcre-"fear upon and trembling, which
made all my bones to shake To all appearance it
tcnsible cause, and only to be accounted for my
perplexcd imagination. by some damned shape
squattng invisible to me within the precincts of tho
and raging out from his fetid personality infu
enccs fatal to life. Tho thing mad not lasted ten
seconds before felt myself wreck that is reduced
from q state Of rrm, vigorous. joyful manhood to
one of almost helpless infancy. The only self
control was capable Of exorting was to keep
to foot Of the snS for Sep
to my wife-to run to the roadside even. and appeal
to the public to protest me; but by an immense
effort controlled these frenzied impulses aud deter.
mined not to bulge from my chair till had recovered
my lost sef-possession. This purpose held to for
meanwhile by growing tempest of doubt.
anxiety and despair with absolutely no relief from
and distant tlimmer Of the Divine existence, when
resolved to abandon the vain struggle and communi.
cate without more ado what seemed my sudden bur
den Of inmost. implacable unrest. to my wife.
MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.
This lasted for two years. after which, feeling that
he had never caught glimpse Of truth. in spite OF
having searched for 1t all his hfe nc entirely neg
lected oil his previous researches thinking that they
had been useless. It is highly probable that Mr..
james mistook dyspepsia Tor despair. and some form
Of mania for a manifestation Of spiritual poverty.
It would be as interesting to know what he ate as
what he thought during the two years that he
pestsrcd by 1.-THE damned shape" Two years Of
nightmare would not be bad title for future work
relating his physical well his spiritual expe-
rence during that period Was it beans or the
Bibief
POPULAR BOSTON RELIGION.
Mr.. James gives the following neat summary Of
threo forms of belief and manages In IL to hit every
body equally that no person holding either one
can well help being amused. and Boston must laugh
at herself tor once. He says:-
Professional religion. repeat. is the devils mas
terpieco for ensnarng silly selfish men. The ugly
beaet has two heads: called I.tualisI Intended
to devour finer and fastdous style of men, men OF
sena,,rvn' r. ;n, H. os ,h dr. has' a 2
God; the other calle'i kevivasm. with n great red
mouth intended to gobble up coerser sort OF men.
for the most part OF fierce carnality. of ungov
ernabe appetite and passion. susceptible at best only
OF the most selfish hopes, and the most selfish fears.
toward God. must say not greatly devas-
tated here in Doston-though occasionally vexed--
by either head OF the beast; on the contrary Il IL
amusing enough to observe how afraid tho great
beast himself is of being pecked 10 pieces
streets by little indigenous bantam cock which calls
itself Raiicalisln. aud which struts aud crows aud
scratches gravel in manner so buuptious aad per-
emptory that deiy any ordinary barnyard chanti-
clcer to initiate 1t.
COMING BOOKS.
The Only announcements arc Howells' Lady Of
the Aroostook" and the twenty-seventh volume Of
"Poems of Places. which contains verses about tho
Middle States. In the next number of the Atiansic
will be poem by Longfellow. ''The Chamber Over
the Gate" and one by Whittier on the death Of
Baysrd Taylor. Lorng has In press "How We Saved
the Old Farm" story In which many practical
hints for young farmers.
WICKEDNESS IN TEXAS.