The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-04
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
GosPELCRITIcIsx AND HISTORICAL CHRISTI
AEITY; a study OF the Gospels and OF the
History of the Gospel Canon During the Sec
ond Century. By 0reIlo Cone, d. d. New
York and London: q. 2. Putnams Sons.
40 the believers who fear criticism and to
the unbelievers who appeal 10 it, is this able re-
view addressed. 1t appeals, therefore, TO q very
large proportion of the human race At no
time in the history Of the world has the inquiry
after doctrinal truth been more active than dur
ing the past quarter of 9 century. 1t began with
mans comprehension OF his nature, but tradf-
ton and education have been in the direction
OF limiting Ii within accepted bounds. The
world cannot turn back. The eyes once opened
cannot be closed to what they have seen, and al
though the investigation OF recent years il
30 tardy al to make IL q hopeless task to ascer-
tain the actual origin of the records of reyela-
ton, their value can yet be measured by the
knowledge OF the present. The investigator IL
no longer an iconoclast, the seeker after truth
no longer q hater of God. Profound awe for
the grand, mysterious and divine power
increases with Q knowledge OF its mar
vellous but silent working. The learned
author OF Gospel Criticism, after q scholarly re-
view of the critical process applied to the Cos
pels, arrives at the result that, while from Q
traditional point Of view, considerable conces-
sions are required to be made to criticism, the
conclusions which must be drawn from its ap-
plicstion TO the gospels tend rather to establish
than to invalidate the essentials OF historical
Christianity. IL by that is meant az Martineau
put 1t, that in revelation as consigned TO human
hands t"has few ineffaceable lineaments which
could belong only to figure unique In grace and
majesty"-the grand character which walked be-
meath the bending palms OF majesty and strides
down through the many centuries-feww viii dis
pute him But critical inquiry will not stop
there. The relation of Christ to mankind 10
known BY his works, By the result of his teach
fngs; Ii IL his relation to God which most con-
Germs the soul. That he has made man better in
this world Is beyond question:; whether his
presence or ours is to form part of future con-
dition has not yet been made manifest in the
nature of things, and it can never perhaps be-
come known until the river of Death is crossed.
| Hope may comfort faith, but both are trustingly
| blind.
| The PEOPLES CHRIST; a volume of sermons
By the Rev. Louis Albert Banks, D. D. Boston:
Lee Shepard. For sale by Lowman & Han
ford.
The Rev DIR. Banks. who writes this series of
of Christs ministrations TO the weary and heavy
| laden, Is one of the most commanding preachers
| in the East At Is he began his ministerial ca
reer in Washington territory. From IL TO 81 he
| taught school and studied law and was admitted
TO practice. He received his first regular ap-
stationed at Portland. He was shot down by in
| furiated saloonists and mobbed by anti-Chinese
| rioters. Yet his sympathies are most decidedly
with the populace, and the labor of his life has
| been to present to the humble in life the great
| love OF the lowly Nazarene for those who most
| need comfort and solace, and that hope of 8
! brighter future which means so much to those
| who are worn out by sorrow and toll. These
| sermons cannot fail TO have most beneficial
effect. Free from polemics, they breathe the
spirit OF the apostles and spread abroad the pure
| and Beautiful truths of Christianity.
| The NEW ELDoRADo, a Summer Journey to
| Alaska. By Maturin n. Ballou. Boston and
New York: Houghton, Miff1in Co.
Although Alaska has been q world-famed
trading point for a century, it is only within
the last few years that it has entered the
/ lists as summer resort. It's marvellous attrac-
| tions combine with q sense of mystery
| concerning its little traversed interior and it
| only needs such book Ballou's Alaska to
make it one OF the mosr popular novelties in
| summer travel 1t is not too much to say that
the work under review is the most complete
| and valuable TO the tourist yet issued from the
press. II antci pates every question of the in
/ telligent traveller, and places within easy reach
| all that he will seek to know before, during and
after the trip. 1t is sufficiently entertaining to
| be Q welcome companion on the tour, every
point of interest being invested with all the In
| formation gathered by previous explorers. The
| tourist wants TO know much OF places by which
| he only passes, aud all this is graphically and
| Complementary told.
THE INFORMATION READERS: FooDs AND BEv-
BRACES. By L. A. Beal, NJ d. Boston: Bos-
ton School Supply Company. For sale by
| Lowman & Hanford.
goods and Beverages" is the title of the first
| of the Boston series Of school readers. 1t
vast improvement upon the old method OF 'sse-
| lection" from long and possibly eloquent
speeches, but which were Invested OF all inter-
| est By their dissertation from the events which
might lend them an interest in the minds of the
students.
II relates in pure and unincumbered English,
with vivacious descriptions, how most of the
articles Of daily food are produced. perusal
By the scholar cannot fail TO leave an impression
which viii remain as part of an education sc-
ouired, and not pass out of the memory as did
the old didactic trestises Of school days in the
early part of the century.
Teachers viii welcome this series as q most
helpful means of attracting and securing the
interest of pupils.
o. o. B. strsyer. New York: J. 5 Ogllvie.
Master and Man is q story of the war, the plot,
incidents and characters all arising from the
dsplorable events OF those so-rowful four years
The negro characters and those OF men asso-
cisted with the slave trade particularly well
uraWnr ail4 AAe 4AA~Eess OF tle STORY lever uAss
The horrors OF the civil strife have rarely been
more graphically told although the descriptions
are free from sensasionallsm. The story is the
work of an author who will probably live to
consider il not one OF his best, but il is never
theiess, far above the average in promise.
The LITTLE GIANT CYCLoPEDfA. BY h l. Arm
strong Chicago: Il. J. Schultz s Co.
The only value OF such handbook is its abso-
lutte reliability. This is so far incomplete - to
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