New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

o.v pprsnyTERIANIsM. It's Origin ana
Early History BY CaAkhks rIs scr,hne,,s sons
svo pp xviii 373 cxiii Chafies eo''"nei
Tho principal Indictment or froleSSoi piss
che breparation Of this Work seenis 10 nav ~"
tha discovery. in foreign archives and other ms
-: - r.,,ostories of a great mass OF minnscnpt
.o,;a,s rsIatinr to the establishment ana carry
-.,ords of the Presbyterian denomination III 'ni'
.orntrv which previous writer's hal nor cohsai'ou'
Soma Of the documents Of this class are
many of them highly interesting; anu 'ho SUI
his researches among them, as ne gives ~ -
,reface shows how zeaiously he mas reaPoi 'n0
,evv,v ooencJ field. He writes In severely siin9o
stve. rarely leaving the exact statement, VI i"o''
FAR even the most innocent rhetorical Excursions
h;s task being to trace the labors OF the pohoei'
+hs formqtlon of churches presbyteries. ETC., ana
The origin. growth, and subsldence of the internal
1issensions of which. alas! the Presbyterian pooS
bo1 IT'S full share during the colonial period. NO
ro.t division of the present century daes not 1aii
within the scope of his work, but be gives pretty
full account of the separation OF lI4l' in.o no"
Side and o d Side, on the issue OF supscrip'io' "
the Westminster Symbols. and leaves the ioau0i "
mo Doubt ~ To the side on which his sympathes ne
The mischief was caused, he declares ny '"'
tyranny. biyotry, and intolerance OF inc suoSoi'p
t,on marty. or "old side" The rump syhou "a
Philadelphia, with great improperly elaine" "
be the 'old side,' because OF their zeai ioi SUI
snhscr;,tion and discipline. They were really the
49,, Who had been striving for several years to
change the constitution and practice of the Ameri-
con Presbyterian Church. They were body OF
scotch Irish ministers, endeavoring to remodei
American Presbyterians after the fashion OF lhe
strct subscriptionsts of the North OF Ireland. Inc
natiye-born American ministers, the Scotcnhicn'
the Welshmen and the more liberal irish ministers
of the TYNE of Mackenzie, Hampton, Henry, and the
Tennents strove to carry out the generous anu
tolerant principles of the Fathers OF presbyterian
ism in America He dssents cmphatcaiiy noii
the statement of DR.. Hodge that the suricV / io'
byterian emigrants. Scotch, Irish, Dutch anu
Erepch laid the foundations of our church in New
York. East Jersey, Pennsylvania. Maryland VH
gipia and the Caroinas'; and maintains tha'
er,orican presbvterianism was not an old church
system reconstructed into new one. like tho Tres
bvter;apism of Scotland, nor was 1t set up oy any
ecclesiastical authority, but cit was Tree anu
natural growth in accordance with the preferences
of the congregations themselves" and IL deVelopeu
spontaneously in accordance with the cHcuih-
stances of the country. He closes his narrative
with the close of the revolutionary PERIOD ana 'no
following are his final sentences:
When the Constitution was adopted, the Amen,
can Presbvteran Church adhered TO its original
nosifion and there il stands to-day after ahotner
century of progress disruption, reunion. ana na
generous and tolerant Presby terianlsm an the
PRESBYTERIAN bodies of the land Will eVentua'y
rally. When they have learned to value less tu 1
national pecularities which they have lnner ie
from their foreign ancestors and to insist Tess upon
the minor matters and circumstant,ais OF reilgloh
which they have received by tradition OF inc edels
they will see that the essential ana pruneht,,AI
american PresbytcIianism which combines inc
conservatives aud the progressive forces OF tne age
and ccmprehends all the legitimate types OF res
bvterianlsm. is vastly higher than any or Tue
Elements of which ii is composed. be they Hugue-
not. Puritan, Covenanter Dutch, Welsh, Hish'
Swiss German, OF any other.
THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND Rl;LluioN Vt
CONTE By EDWARD CARD, LIZ d. lomo' PIP AA
240 Macmillan Co.
The four chapters of this little volume consist OF
a series of articles contributed to The Contemporary
Reriec by the Professor Of Moral Philosophy IN the
University of Glasgow. They are distinguished
for moderation of tone, fairness of statement. ana
perspicuity of style. and may be cited among the
most readable as we'll the most effective OF re-
cent examinations OF the Comtist philosophy. Ihey
are concerned especially with the ethical ana So
cial aspects of Comics system, but they DISCUSS
these aspects entirely with reference 10 1unua-
rnental philosophic principles.