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back of his neck. At this juncture of af-
fairs the plucky old Preblean let 60 his
grasp of the pole, and gave the whole thing
up as bad job: standing there. as he did,
in the drenching rain. a helpless witness to
the skyward career of his dissolying taber-
nacle Mr.. Long had, just then. neither
the leisure nor the disposition to make this
strange and fearful meteorological phe-
nomenon a matter Of scientific study.
l shall have room in this article for only
one more personal note relating Ia these
good people Of the Dispersion. 1t will per
tain to Rev. L. NJ. McWhinney. ID. D.. re-
Gently pastor of st. Paurs Evangelical
Church of New York City. but now pastor
of the Christian Church of Springfield. He
is an excellent man. fine pulpit orator,
and native of Preble county. Knowing
that DIR. McWhinney had once lived in the
western part OF Ohio. where the name Nc
Whitney is used in connection with the early
history of that part of the country. ven
tured 10 ask him few days since, whether
he was not of that same family. The doe
tor being a distinguished writer and an elo-
queut public speaker. has always in readi-
Ness. as might naturally be supposed. rich
theSaur,iS. not only of words, but Of elegant
and forcible forms of expression. And Sd
he answered my question in a sort of tigura
tive way. or in what might appropriately
be termed aplain but chaste hackwoodS par
able. pleasantly uttered, in these words
Yes. sir: from the time that | could run
about until | WAS fourteen or fifteen years ot
age Iprc>sed as much Preble county mud
up through my Ia As the next boy You vii
find" Having once invested n cousiderahl,
amount in that sam, business myself. | could
easily comprehend the alleyory.
The R.y. Doctor WAS a son of Matthew
NcWhinney. a native of Tennessee. and an
old soldier of the war of 1912 who in tn,
wear 1914 settled in PrehIe county: snd
raised a large family near the place wber,
the village of West FIor,pc. now stands
Dr. McWhinney is now over sixty wears ot
age. man Of learning refinement ant
high order of native talent. His deep piety
great energy and strong practical common
sense, account at least in part, for tn,
large measure of success which has alway.
attended his lahors. As Dr. NcWhinue,
is a Prehean to the manor born and a.
he is gentleman of great worth besides.
have felt a special interest in him: and an
confident that his numerous friends and adj
mirers over there. would like To know
something of his new work. ON ..Reasol
and Revelation" which will be published il
few months by a New York firm. Thi,
will De his second or thjrd work of author
ship: and as | have seen portious of hi.
manuscript. and have had numerous con
yersations with him relative to the plan an,
purpose Of the Forthcoming book. | am Ell
abled 10 give a measurably CORE, Iotio,
of its contents.
II will be volume of about 800 pages
osfayo size. and printed in long primer, an,
entitled Reason and Revelation" Ii vii
be arranged in six parts and twenty-foul
chapters.
Part |. RELIGION x.-Religion is place,
first. for the reason that il is fundamental I.
the parts which follow. This part is dis
cussed in four chap,ers, namely: Natura
Religion, No Religion, Ethnic Religion. an,
Christian Religion. BythiS method of com
narrative religion. the author has shown tha
the worst form of religion known to his
tory is vastly better than no form. and tha
in the comparison the Christian Religion
appears As the religion ef Universal Unity
and of absolute DIVINITY of Origin.
Part ii. THE RIBIE.-This part is ar
ranged in five chapters. namely: A Miscel
laneous and introductory. The Bible a
Book of History, The Bible Book
of Biography. The Bible Book of Revela
ton. and The Bible in lis Relation to Reason
As biblical scholars have conceded tha
there are no MANUSCRIPTS extant that wer,
written earlier than three hundred wears af
ter Christ and the Apostles. the author give,
the method by which the missing link ma,
be supplied, and we of this remote aye, ma,
know, that when we read our Greek New
Testament, we are reading the very word.
as uttered by the Savior and recorded b,
his eyangelists and apostIes. In the las
four chapters of this part, il is shown thai
by properly classifying the contents of tn,
Bible. the voice of God NAV he so unmis
takably heard. that il forever bars all hon
est and intelligent fidelity
Part Ill. THEoLoGY.-Whilet the author
has hardly hnted at the subjects of ..Sys
tematic Theology he has presented abou
all the views that have ever been entertaine,
on the great them Of Natural Theology. il
four chapters. as follows: Agnosticism
Pantheism, MateriaIistic and Spiritualisti,
Pantheism.) Atheism and Theism. By thi.
comparison of views it is clearly and forci
bly shown that Reason and Revelation 9,
hand in hand in proclaiming the suhlim,
truth. that there is one Ever Presiding minc
who made and controls the animate and in
animate inverse.
Part ". RoroLoGY.-This par
will be treated in three chapters. namely
The Origin of Man: The Distinctive Charac
ter Of Man: The Soul a Divine Common
wealth. The first chapter of this part viii
be devoted 10 a discussion of the modern
theory of Evolution. The author concede.
about all that has been claimed for this new
theory, and vet he shows that il utterly fail
to account for the origin of man. The see
ond and third chapters go TO confirm tn,
position occupied in the first: showing tha,
Reason Joins with Revelation in establish.
ing the precious truth of mans distinctly.
creation. The theory of evolution as showr
does not even attempt to account for man.
native intellectually, morality and religi
ousity. so to speak. and vet all must ac.
knowledge that these are the chief gualtie,
which constitute man.
Part V. DEMoNoLoGY.-ln answer e
the question. WHO is the Devil?" the au,
thor has raised three questions. namely: l.
he Myth? Is he Monster in horrid Form:
or is he what is called all Evil Principle in,