New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-08

sof occasional or special sermons and wh, while
the questions they discuss are IN the egnes.
practca , seepons hcy Gre not as compact
sharply defined, az ceanly cut as me oSners.
Their style seems to Indicate dhe preachter ~
tempore habit but their aim Is most worthy; theI
spIit is generous and devOut. their tone bealIui'
and the volume reflects the genial and sunny ma
ture Of its author We must content opfseyes w and
a SINGLE extract from the sermon on RenglOus anu
Irrelicious Theology. The preacher IS contehuing
that tha mysteries Of theology need not prevent III
those Who cannot sasP tne tns ts Of
garden ground. In the extent of but lew lew
square yards, there may 60 on pT ICseSsd
which, IN their nve sd1Sad ,sos s in the
world might spend their lifetime, and yet
only stand upon the threshold of the truth which
the small patch Of garden may reveal ne ne sun a T tbe
astronomers skill to explain; the winds shall DOW
upon it and the rain fall, and what can the meteor,
oiogis even yet, tell lis of these mysterious forces
The chemist and tie physloogist have wondrous,
books to open and to read. the powers OF the SOIL
and the bursting Of the seed and TIE blooming Ii
the tiny ef q0S very rye names It
smell aud vet the little one may plant the
seed and watch tho 9penns bud ina o Sather
of affection to loving parent. SO,
simple hearted child of God, thol mayst tend thy
plot of life in Gods great garden Inc mysteries
of the science OF God and his te His dealings WIN
thyself thou canst not fathorn but thou lnay3t
bring thine offerings OF prayer and praise; tnou
grow the flowers Oh plety S"CCU Wv;
Understanding little. thou mayst vet love mucn anu
find at last that prOpheses shall fail and tongues
shall cease, and knowledge shall vanish away out
that love never faeth that love indeed IS me- te
very life of God for Got Is love, 10 thee tne ys-
ferries of knowing shall all be resolved ana mace
clear in the holy sacrifice Of the devout ana LOVING
heart"
HISTORY OF THE STnIsTIAN REIIGIo@E ,, TO THE
chicago: C. " Waite q: CO. Svo. 455 PIP.
In this volume Chicago lawyer, for many
years United States Judge Utah. attempts an e1-
animation OF the principal doctrines distinctive OF the
Christian religion far thoy were known and taught
In the first two centuries and also of the principal
books through which those doctrines were disseminated
The author ranks himself with the school Of the modern
destructive critics" His leading thought Is the dearth
of material in the first 10 years of Christianity from
which TO construct a reliable history. Accordingly he
places the composition Of the FOUR goqpels late in the
second century, finding their germs IN certain loS'
cospes" of the first century He rejects most OF what
the Christian Church holds concerning Christ assigning
Christianity to Paul rather than Christ. Accounts OF
miracles arc torgeries Nothing is known Of Christ
historically beyond the facts ne great moral
and religious teacher with devoted followers, that he
was put to death In the reign OF Tlberus Caesar ana
that upon HIS doctrine aud precepts ana Dcet I'D HIS
resurrection, Paul foun 1ed q new religion. ....,.
The book what might be expected from an aihteur
entering field In which, beyond almost anY 0tner' Ohy
a specialist IS entitled to authority In tuch cases,
even OF scholarly tastes are tempted mo nj
setting forth as discovery what is aHr thy
volume, with It's parade OF authOrlues. GdcaPs
extensive rummaging among books anu much iaDor IA
preparation but beever" In the Christian system ana
documents will be in nOwiSe Disturbed by II, while the
opposite class will find their views more ably eXpcundcu
elsewhere.