Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20
uruEErEM4 Sunday HE4ESTER-EIe}EsE.1 A93E3. 2

Christianity. The last was delivered "a
an sddrees before q convention or Uni
tartan clergymen ut Princeton, Mass,
Oct. 4, 1881. His position toward re.
ligion was defined briefly In the spsech
delivered ut the dinner to Herbert Spen-
Ger In November of 1882, before his de-
partuie.
Having thus seen what is meant BY the
essential truths Of religion, it Is very easy
10 S, q what the altitude of the doctrine Oh
evolution is toward these essential truths.
IL sse. rfs and reiterates them both; AMI 1t
asserts them, not as dogmas handed down
TO Us by priestly tradition. not rs mysterl-
GUS intuitive C nvictlUns OF winch we can
render no ineligible account to ourselves,
but as scientific truths ooucerninS the III
re,most constitution of the universe,
ttuths that have been disclosed by observa'
,icn and reflection, like other scientific
truths, aud that accordingly harnonizr
IatuJsIly End easily with the whole ooay
of our knowledge. The doctrine OF evoIu-
lion ssserts, rs the widest aud deepest
truth which the study OF nature can dis
close 10 Us, that there exists rover 10
which no limit in time or space IS con-
c.ivable, and that all the phenomena oil
the universe, whether they be what we
call material or what we call spiritual
rnite and eterLal Power"
Quite unique in scope and style Is
John Bull and His Islsud," by Max
ORelI, just from the press OF Oh aries
Scribners sons. The author has evi.
IDENTIFY spent much time IN noting
the manners and customs of our
beef.eating cousins, and has jolted down
his Impressions of life among the
Britons in a most entertaining style.
aud with all the vivacity and Charm OF
manner which characterizes the French
literateur. The volume aboundS In
striking pen-pictures Of the everyday
lie uf all classes Of people, from the mil
lionaire to the pauper, their manners,
customs, habitations, and places of bust
LESS, and alternate scraps of humer and
pathos enliven or soften the criticisms
of the lynx eyed Frank. John Bull him
self is described as "a large landowner,
with muscular arms, long, broad, nat
and heavy feet, and an iron jaw that
holds fast whatever it seizeS upsn." He
Is "proud, brave, cam, tenacious, aud
consumate diplOmatist,' stopping at
snothing to gain his points, aud holding
fast to all that comes within his grasp.
His style is rude, almost coarse. He
only lifts his hat on grand OCCASIONS: for
instance, when he hears Col save the
Queen Then he may be said TO be salut-
ing his country, his Queen, his flag
himself, if you ike London is de-
scribed, commercially, as having live
hundred and sixty-eight railroad STA
tons, and through Clapham Junction
alone there pass thirteen hunered and
seventy-lour passenger trains every
day" "rhe language of the streets is
beyond everything that any French
dictionary places at the disposal of tue
translator" The public buildings, the
beegars,, the famous fog, the police
courts, Parliament, the royal family,
the hospitals, the postoffice, the news
papers-all objects and topics ofinterest
are described in an incislve, quaint,
but interesting style, and however,
much time the reader may have devot-
ed to the British Empire at large and to
the metropolis in particular, he cannot
all to find much to interest or amuse In
this little vOlume.--Sianton q Daren-
poit.-50c.