, 1879-03-01
p,sherry's "Hoalth and How to
Promote It"---Hill's Life
Of Irving.
=, (oikio's "English Roforma"
- linn ''...prof. Swings !" Mo-
tiyes Of Life"
n1ha Portfolio "..-LiterarY Notes
...Art Notes---9parks
OF Science.
LITERATURE.


rh,re arc seven OF lnese extremely lnouGne
II and philosophical 'ccturcs' ffol. hlu'lcr
~ aut With .Thc Perccption Of tho Infinite "
Rsso., w. a,.ninc theme. lie maintains tho posi-
,Icu thai oil thoisnt'uI pctaons laso a 'ae" "
M Infinite, Which, ho tnlnhs' grows up oS
.,,r1,, contrast from the knowledge OK tho
s s.n. ia thus agrees In his result with The
Sn'se. :, ,,,ilo,onhcrs. altEourh bis nat1, IL
!alQIloual l''D ,,s,ss ~ dooms + tnrc..i,1c ~
different from lhe'fs' ~ uesl'o ~ 'n.pose'p'e = W
IKE auy satisfactory delln'tlon Oh fc''cfosl. Tor
a.. ,.,,on that religion lias been, md still Is,
Wv tts .huouoh mi htakpr|cnl evolution. flo
pialns 'u.uss .noren of rc1toion. suhtc,ttvclv
hd loH7s'S spoSs fao,,,.,, ,xi,,o,, st,,a.
considered, al" IN 'aental ,aea'ty "n'eu . enao'es
H.".I .. md under varying disgufBes." This tefl-
saas' 1' w. rouI1 pow modify, at )east 80 far as
nH!oa w e,4..,, "eu' l.. aa,.,.r,.a To,tr,n, l..
he word "1aeu''} coass' ntu nuu. Hsns,o" nc
rg,rls u mystcf7' yct realty. A. pclongs!
n ,oue form, to tho people OF all nations and
s5 ,,,' Mu uai u, nonkin.i. Thu pcrccntion of tuo
Hua0lllty VI ~, .""u" ",sn ..,,,as.r, :. 49, aa
tbtaite Is well hleo unlvesaa'' !" the sce-
oad chapter Trof. Muller discussca tho
nn,,tiop, us Fcttch!stn Primitive Form
stpscion1m Y md orriycs at g negative con-
t'uslon' no ooca NV "a 1.a.' .A..s ss..s, ~
rl9on ot any tr'oo o. AArlea 10 paio iet,en'
I.p,, and Ut tho sumo timo ho believes that
tkre s no religton cntircly Tree trom ictlcli"
LI1; ao t'ltuks sts t..a. tio ,,rofe,,1nr III,
1.,or .au Ms;. noyer Ws rciccta os unnroyetl fhe
so.jon that ali the religious Ut the world be-
I'm in fettchism. PROT. Muller then proceeds
10 tuStss!gate inc roliElon o. 4hoia. when no
GfaoaeagGsr n"y "9yo h'9mm ~. up =, o'oGss t,sss
;a;"n. II" con,nares with ire rnlfgn,a icne
ot lie Utp5oos those OF Judaism, Zoroastrlau-
hu, etc. He 1nds what he rcgards as cvidnnee
d growth and decay 10 tho religion OK ulo Oiu
lt.mss'| n' ,t ~ ,s,oofs T9 ~ III. rr
.Ion ts seem t. to US quite insufficient. Ho At
Hinsao rrlIrinn m the nssumntion TINT It hns
Icy de.lTel wholly from ti,s moral cravings ,9
s,sm. M w "a oestion tho reoiitv n nm nricnni
rrestIon to mankind. But still he thinks It
u1ph!osophical to deuy that thero must bo
toMe commoo md Stable M cause ior tl,o A. nnlver.
g =. reeou t-o.o ~ @ hoeH HIn ,n; L,.s eaus9 n
htte % hs eonsidcrs MIhe worshin Of tangible.
esmk,angiblc, und Intangible obiccts.'' Under
the bead Of "'rhu tdcas Of inl1nity md law,'' he
IhoHs that Tug nialoos haa @ E1d whom they
ra ,s. nav dai,m ro nat',ro, s n,a;n % ~ w; Mas
n ands IN tl,a si,rocatisnnrss ri in tinwi, IN
ths EASTERN sky. which afforded sort OF gate
ss7 to the Infinite source Of light and be-
~. parkncss az Sin woro closely related
q ,Se hraat us,o t y v ,ue r".,'1
u.ocated witl tic notion that tie departed Or
blessed amoug mcn have Joined l!,c compony Of
Me gods, aud are, like them, immortal. Fur
pnytSsI.a, ri, Sa nsoi ona. mnes consiaSrs Mensneis
III hs rcgards "a thc nrlna:tIvo Hi: f,rm of tia M
religious idea In India. Hcnotheisnl was tilo
worship Of single obicets TINT wcye thought to
hraE tho Invisible and the tntlntto ,ienr to
mtn, ,-dtpas, Or bright beings, such as tic sun,
l.ght, the sky, etc. Then followed Polythcjsm,
suseedcd By q tendency to Afonothcfsm, md
vs. rather tinuht thnn v7,i,,or Hfshnlinf iii
closing chantcr m n;rhe ph,iosnnhv ~ Rcit1.
ba Ms q highly surreaiivn filsct,ssfnn of lin
relations bgtwccn nhfiosonIt,ni thounht and
religion.
Proi, Mu]lrr,s nhI,osonhv of ,onrrotrc afrecta
deeply his nnitnsnnhv ~ rcifrinr' fin trnccs
he progress Of rrfe,t,i,s i,eos thrnr1, cl,nurcs
IN tie uscs Of wortis II t'crc IL orn .ror's tEat
viii express whot wr 1cem iis t,,ost enrn,,s H..
fec wu shnnld s"v ia nhito.nnh~ ~ raiirio. e.
Too phio'on;raI ~ s,,iii.aooti ysuo1'n;'.,n,i
ButthIs sartes n icct,ra. T. H,'ati
lbIs to lie thcoinrint thc -ahtiosoUhnr 5,,i .ho
s.udept of ]anruorn .rh nrtoi,, w.; H.a.sth ~
ot Religion ~ iiIu.trotnI H., ti,a E.i,ae ~ ~
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hosTON MONDAY LECTURES.
Another volume Of the lectures delivered by
Joseph Cook In fremont Tcmple. Doston. o1,
Monday morrinoa In. bo.,, ,sa',oI Ttosn
-! a'o'h4L'hs' Aaa oceh lssued. lhese