New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

<opNrR ON THE FUTURE STATE: Being Trapsla-
tron ~ the Section OF his system OF Christian DOC
tTne conRr.hhg s and Notes by NEwMAS sMYTa
DID 1855. New York; Charles scrioher 9 oon'' 90
Dorner and his theological system nave peen
known and appreciated for years by le" oi 'ho
more scholarly of the American theoiogiahs' Ou.
his name has hardly been known TO- tne peoPie az
large This is not strange, for not only mas 'helo
been no attempt made heretofore 10 translate mo
,ror,,s in this country but even when they snail
80 hoor translated they will never be popular
xr,th the masses Uorners style is markedly sclen-
rife in its arrangement and abounds III
t.cbnical words and phrases that would
,s the despair Of tie ordinary reader. This IS not
.oid to dlsparace the valuable work which Dorner
has done; such subjects he has treated call Tor
sbstruse reasoning and technical phraseology' Inc
trcsent book is only one Of the series oil ueatiSes
which Dorner has written hut it contains noso Oh
The distinctive views by which he is best known 1t
Is an attempt in plain words 10 bring the uoctrine
cf Christian eschatOlogy into harmony with the best
knowledge and the best thought Of the age
Oornor overturns the old ideas of original
,ir aud probation on earth only Gods divine JUS
iice he maintains viii grant to every soul no mat
Ter how deeply il may have erred, Judgment when
viii be Christian that is merciful. and no soul VIII
be punished until it shall have made Tree, I'M
biased choice of evs after an intelligent preSenta
non Of good and evil has been made A dlstmct
ucceptance OF rejection of the historic Christ H.
therefore. necessary TO determine mans
furure condition Roughly stated, these
are the principles of his eschatology'
From them many important results follow. AS m
fants idiots lunatics and the vast majority OF the
heather have had no opportunity to accept OF REJECT
The historic Christ they have not in this life mad
proper or full probation And "a truly ChIistlau
Judgment cannot condemn them without having
Granted them probation it follows that they may
have this probation after death III inc
,r;nior of Uorner these views justify the
vavs of God, and effectuay dispose of the ideas
bonnd I'D with the old Calvinstic theories OF God
Asvstem embracing such bold and radical doctrines
NAV well be called a new departure" IL cuts
denlv and fatally into the vitals of the old system
which has been best known In America under the
name of New-England theology. IL destroys at
one blow tho old motive to missionary zeal eA-
dressed in such phrases as millions OF
souls are going to perdihon every
wear for want of the Gospel" And 1t brings
theology into harmony with mans deepest long
jrrs and battles It's rugged logical corners with the
melting tenderness of Divine love. Had such sys-
ten been put forth 10y an unknown man. it would
have merited no notice. But coming as 1t does
from 4 nan who in the opinion of Newman Smyth,
his translator is one of the two greatest of modern
+ha,loqaus. julius Miller being the other, his
words will carry weight Joseph Cook
has recently gwen Superficial cur
rency to Doruer's views in his Boston Monday
lectures He has chopped the great German
theologian's system into dozens Of his wel-known
"propositons" which he frantically denounces as
"atrociously incorrect" as giving false dehnl-
ton" as containing many plumbers Ana ne
propounces Dorners ideas about probation to be
rIo,,s ffv-ba hat may IN
Mr. Cook is a man Of some ability and much asser-
ton. He can write some pretty sentences, but he
,s utterly unable to understand the deeper
thcugbts of this age. Neither by nature nor by
training is he fitted to speak Of that agonizing cry
Of mans soul for the justice of love. which is the
noblest chord of the new theology, and which,
under all ths dryness of Dorners method speaks in
thrilling tones to the universal heart. Tho intro
duction to the present volume, by Newman
Smyth is interesting, and gives In read
able form a synopsis Of DorneTs system.
II is to be hoped that the whole OF DorneTs
works will soon be translated for American read
ers a. thew have already been for English readers
In Clark's Foreign Theological Library. Mr.. Smyth
well says in HIS introduction, that our somewhat
scany teaching with regard to the future life and
the last Judgment may be decidedly enriched by the
contributions Of the German thecloglans, and that
the following pages from Dorner illustrate the pro-
founder ethical method and that large liberty OF
discussion which we greatly need to cultivate in
this country, especially upon These themes of i'm
mense practical concern if our preaching OF eternal
retribution and the day Of judgment is not TO be-
come in the ears of the people the echo of an empty
faith"
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