New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

DANGERS OF THE APOSTOLIC AGE. BY the Right
Rev. James Moorehouse. ID. D." Bishop OF Man.
chester. svo, PIP. XII, 225. Thomas WHITAKER
1t is not surprising that this book has been received
with great favor I'm England. for II is interesting
and luminous study OF that tleknown period in the
history OF Christianity between the death of Christ and
the death Of the Apostles. There three dangers
that threatened the infant Church Of that period to
an exposition OF which Bishop Moorehouse devotcs him.
self. Tho first was the Catalan lapse, to correct
which Paul wrote the Epstle to the Galatians. The
Galatians, who received Christianity with enthusiasm
appear to have yielded to the arguments Of the JUDAH
Ing party in the Church. which sought to fasten the
rites and ceremonies OF Judaism on the Christian
Church. Had this party succeeded in its aims the
Christian Church would never have been more than
an obscure oshoot Of the Jewish religion. and would
undoubtedly have died within generation And that
IL did succeed due, humanity speaking to Paurs
letter TO the foolish Galatians"
The second danger that threatened the Apostolic
Church arose from the difficulty Of reconciling the
omnipoence OF God with the existence OF moral and
physical evil. Undue speculation ON TINS diDcnlty
gave rise TO the Gnostc heresy, which Paufs Eplste
to the Colossians intended to combat The third
danger was confined to Jewish Christians in Alex
andra mainly and manifested itself in declension OF
faith in Christ and reversion to Judaism. To meet
this the Episle to the Hebrews was written. not by
Paul as is popularity supposed but in oil Likelihood by
Apollos In the exploitation Of these Apostolic move
ments Of thought Bishop Moorehouse throws much light
On a fascinating period OF Christian history The play
and inter play OF Christianity the tickle people OF
Phrygia we'll described And the arguments adduced
to show that the Hitttes Of the Old Testament were
once a powerful and highly civilized people in Asia
Minor long before the dawn Of history are fresh ana
suggestive
A book of 1877 pages, nicely printed, with maps ana
good ones, all about the momentous question whetner
General Joseph E. Johnston General Pierre Gustave
Toutant Beauregad really and truly commanded s1e
Confederate troops at the battle of Bull Run Ana
powerful argument against the Louisiana lottery IL
is that partly through its lavish profits the pruning Oh
such a book as this Commentary on the Campaign
and Battle OF Manassas by General c. T. Beauregard"
&c; p Pltnam's Sons should have been rendered pos
sble for as for any publisher being led to take u up
merely On its merits, such they are, the thhg Is
Incredible The book to delight any one II such
there be- that wishes TO msko its author Every way IL
is BAD so bad that itmght almost be taken as eAE
hook and model for every vice that ought 10 DC
avoided In controversy 1t is weak 1t is fussy, usually
II is irrelevant and when and then, by chance IL
wanders toward the point 10, 1t is Inaccurate INC
author has perfect passion for the citation offensive
with savage certainty lie marks down ana trails 10 iS
lair the smallest of small game no mere was, Ut
Ubasen or "hes or providentially" can escape MIN
signedD or sgd" to a letter gives MN JOY 9oV
when one looks for the meaning OF his foe IL is not
there II is the very genius Of misquotaton' Inc
fatuous conceit that led the author to olnd up us
sSummary Of the Art of War" within The same COW
org NAV explan the reason OF the rest Of It, Notnlns