New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-23
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.rYp pprycTpLEs OF CHURCH POLiTY iius nd oD
NV an Analysts of Modern iastons in the
piled certain Of tSsan sOgnTN1a
lectures delivered at Andoyer IneoiUsrTI 1pD PRO
IN the years lS7p-lSSl BY GEORGE L; h NII rni
lessor OF Mental and Moral Philosophy IN asG son
leee. Crown Svo. PIP 433 CharIee D'i -
The subject of these lectures VIII ha'ui"mS 'vDl
mend itself only TO very limited circIe' A"o NV
tnrcr correctly apprehends the popular feeling even
wjtb,n church limits when he remarks that " the
ponnlar estimate tends to place the doctrine oil the
nroner organization and government of the Chris
fian Church very low down, if not completely
below the entire scale" To the great mass OF
people peculiarties of church government do not
me M worth fighting over. They accept inc
peculiarities of the system in which theY "eio
reared Practically, few il any of these systems
press very hardly and those who are oiSSa'iSnou
excite no remark if they quietly transfer
from one denomination TO another when Pio''0'
them better.
But the position of theological Vea'hol ~
UNCONVENTIONAL seminary of course impulses VIZ
necessity of defining and de1ehdihg 'uo i
nolitv which he represents. Professor Laid mas
nerformed this task with earnest convicuoh anu
with v,cor. He disavows any claim for the Con-
,r,o-ot,onal system to exist by exclusive divine
r;gbt. Int he claims that the Scriptures clearly
teach the true way of constituting and controlling
churches of Christ more in the form OF prlnclples
than of express injunctiOns or early patteihs' an"
he finds these principles best embodied IN inc Coh-
crecatonal system. The Congregational iue"i DIS
he thinks. best meets the wants OF man as
rational soul rs a social being and as clVlHeh'
These propositions he defends on abstract grouhuS
md by appeal to historic facts lie frankly rccog-
nizes and faces the defects of Congegatonallsm;
claiming however, that they lie, not in the system,
tinu of Is
Whether Professor Ladds positions do not. after
nil commit him logically to the very extreme OF
ohurchism which he discaims, is question which
will irresstibly suggest itself to the unprecedented
reader. The book is handsomely printed
AMERICA AND FRANCE The influence OF 1 INC
fFwIs RosENTHAL~ 12mo PIP. SC2 Henry iolt " o.
The purpose of Mr. Rosentha in this monograph
Is to show the part played by the Umted states
of America in France under the old MONARCHY
under the Coust tuent Assembly and under the
legislative Assembly and the Convention, That
is TO say, before during and at the climax
of the great Revolution which shook not alone
France. but Europe and the world" lie be-
lieyes that historians have generally failed 10
estimate properly the influence OF American eA-
ample IN bringing about the RevolutOn Oh 1902
and be attempts to repair their OMISSIONS by dIi-
gent study oil tne references ~ AuCiIN"h 80
the French political publications OF the period,
memoirs journals, correspondence pays poems,
popular songs, newspapers and other lndicia OF
public feeling and also by consideration oil the
effect produced upon French opinion by the Ameri-
can Commissioners in Paris as well as ty the
French officers who had made the American cam
paign. Mr. Kosenthaps industry has been fruitful.
He makes highly interesting display of extracts
from the ephemera literature of the revolutionary
and pre-revoutionary periods and shows that
while the French preparing for their great
uprising Republican America was much ottener IN
their minds than we have commonly supposed.
Yet he has obviously failed to establish the rela-
tlon of cause and effect between the phenomena
which he has observed, and there is danger that
one NAV derive from his curious study superficial
and an unphilOsOphical view of one OF the gravest
eras in modern history That the American Revo-
linton was one of the cOntrbutory prOximate causes
Of the outbreak in France nobody doubts But
Mr. Rosenthars conclusion that the influence OF the
United States was great "a to amply repay the
debt of gratitude which we owed the French
nation for services rendered in the War OF indie
pendence is not justified by anything in his book.
srrTrnTFs IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF COM
MoN WEAVER. With Appendices. BY UERBERT