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tells him 10 avoid the vain babblings and
oppositions of science falsely 50 called,
There were plenty Of scientists, or philoso-
pliers, in his day, as there are in these days,
who ridiculed the doctrine Of the immorta
lily of the soul as utterly without scientific
basis. But 10 II man like St Paul, who had
seen Jesus walk the earth in the flesh; who
whether an eyewitness Of his CrucihXion
and death or not was AT least as certain OF
the fact as if he had been such witness
and 10 whom the same Jesus afterwards ap
pcarcd in his own glorified person, and not
only 10 him but to hundreds of Others
with whom Paul was in daily associations, -
TO St. Paul, We say, TO dispute the doctrine
Of the resurrection and the life of the soul
after the death Of the body, was to dispute
the sure evidence of his own senses and
multiplied experience, and though such
dsputation mis- ht claim TO be founded on
the Clearest deductions Of Science such
science to Paul could Of course be nothing
but the vaincst Of "vain babbling' And
for three or four centuries after Paul, the
evidence upon which he and the primitive
Christians based their faith in God and a
future life was equally regarded as unas-
sailable; but as the world drifted away
from the primitive period, men began
to question the historic ttctS not only as
the basis upon which to rest the doctrine of
"A future life, but even to raise the question
! fundamental to the other Of Theism itself,
whether there isa God, or whether there is
such thing as spirit at all Dosprit, rea-
son and intelligence lie back Of matter, or
are they merely the result Of physical laws
the latter, are they any less mortal perish
able cvancscent than flash of powder,
which also is chemical effect? These
questions have naturally led men to a
course Of deeper study-intO the nature and
mystery of the great universe and of man
himself, and though rs yet standing but on
the edge Of this great ocean Of truth, man
kind is already amazed at the revelations
that dawn upon him. What are the reVc-
latons? Do they demonstrate the exist.
ence Of "A God and Of a spiritual, immor.
tai nature in man? II is here that Mr.
Straub enters the field with his "Consola-
tons, to show that they do That he has
succeeded in doing so would perhaps be
saying too much, yet we agree with Prof.
Swing, that Mr.. Straub's book "will accom-
plish much towards "A union of earth and
heaven, life here and life hereafter;n and
with the Rev. A. A. Miner, ex- President Of
Tufts College, Boston, that the work has
the great merit of doing justice to the un.
belief Of the age, and leading the inquirer
into fresh and unexplored fields, One is
not only at the varied learning
and profound study and research the book
exhibits but equally at the original and in
genious application Of the treasures brought
forth in the solution of the problems of
faith and hope
With such high endorsement, additional
on our part would be absurd. |
We shall only add, that it isa book from the
careful reading Of which no man can rise
without new, enlarged and better views of |
the dignity of man and his relation to his
Maker.
rmE ENrALEp HAT; or Patty Cannous Times.
4 Romance. BY George Alfred Townsend. |
Harper II Brothers, New York; Jansen, Me
Cmrg X Co., Chicago. For sale by llapc
man " Graham, Ottawa. Price, $50.
There are few names more familiar to
American readers than that Of George AL
fred Townsend, the "Gath" of the metropo |
Titan dailies A model Washington cores
pondent and IA king among Bohemians, he !
certainly appears in less familiar though |
no less successful roie rs "A novel writer
The Entaled Hat" is beyond question a
very readable and effective story, The
,cene is the famous Eastern Shore" that
historic southeast corner of Maryland, with
Delaware on its northern and Virginia on
Is southern and western border. The cha
'acters introduced are no less true to nature
han some of them at least are to history as
living entities. The incidents, if not all
'eal, are at least equally true to nature.
some of them are sufficiently "roughand-
lmble,' il is true, but many others are eN-
,usitely tender and pathetic. The story,
besides being largely made up of local
ruth, has an especial interest rs avivid pic
IRE of that period when modern life in
he region indicated arose upon the ruins
Vt old colonial caste.
rnE MIz MAZE. Harper " Brothers, New
York; Jansen, McCurg X Co, Chicago.
For sale be lIapcman N Graham. % cts
The very pleasant little volume before us
Gems to be the outcome of an experiment
that of writing novel in letters, in which
ZACH correspondent shall be different
land, and yet all shall dovetail into each.
,ther 50 rs TO produce one connected and
a. Ihnra