Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-31
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The Peace Of he Church. BY WILLIAM REED
HuNTISGroN, rector of Grace church,
New YORK. CHARLES ScRIBSEB's SoSs,
publishers.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON 4 Co. Sl.25.
The great question of church unity in tho
United States is here discussed by one who
is in position to speak with authority.
There was once what was known as the
peace of the Empire" the author says, re-
ferring to ancient Rome under the CKsARs.
There is destined tc arrive the peace of
the Church" The authors purpose Is TO
answer the question, What is the minimum
of agreement prerequisite 20 any practical
steps toward tho achievement OF bona
fde unity? He first reviews ecclesiastical
history in America. discussing the various
feasible methods for Christian union, and
then, in O course of lectures under the I'll
ties 1.-THE Archives" THE Credends,"
"The Signs and Seals" "Pilotage," and
"a Church by Love Established" he ex-
amines into the modern attitude toward
the Scriptures, creeds, church symbolism
(the sacraments), and personal supervision,
OF, as it is more commonly called, polity,
and concludes with consideration of the
question how his church (the Protestant
EpiscopaD shall "mould itself into har-
mony with the race instincts 1t here en-
counters" The subject is of vast impor-
lance and is attracting universal attention,
and that it is ably, eruditely, and elo-
quently discussed by the eminent author
goes without saying.
Beyond the Bourn: Reports of q Traveller
Country.n BY AMOS X. FIsKE, author Of
Midnight Talks at the Club" FoRDs,
Howard & HUBERT, New York.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co. 81.
The author Of this book, New York
newspaper-man, must have rated himself
roundly many time for not having ven
tured on publication before-that is, if he
could have found publisher-since, as he
says, the major portion of it was written
seventeen years ago, before Miss PHELPS
and EDWARD BELLAMY had blazed the way.
His story is of man so severely injured
In railway accident that he is rendered
unconscious for three days. During that
time his soul forsakes its feshly tenement
and takes o vacation among distant
spheres, with strange peoples and govern
ments, and also in the company of friends
who have "gone before yin short, in
Heaven. We may remark parenthetically
that there is no hell according TO this book.
Tho beatifio state as described is all that
could be desired, while the inhabitants of
the celestial spheres visited are governed
on principles of the purest cooperation
and altruism. all of which is infinitely ex-
planned and described. Before the appear
ance of BmLAMH's ingenious and fantastic
romance such book as this might have
taken, but it Is now rather belated. Never
theless, people who like to speculate on
the future state beyond the gates" may
be entertained by it. To our mind, read
ing books on this subject Is too much like
@ certain milking experiment referred 70
by ADDISON.
| The Laird o. Cockpen. BY Rita" Author.
| lied edition. The United States Book
Company, New York. Paper, 80 cents.
A girl of seventeen goes from London to
the Scottish Highlands. She has love
passage with handsome young flirting
| fellow who throws her over and runs
away. The Laird O'Cockpen, mid
dle-aged, stolid, prosaio Highland chief.
tain, then falls in love with her. She doe:
not love him, but endows him with her
fancisd broken heart, sighted hand, and
battered life. They lead an uncongenisl
and unsatisfactory existence together. She
is all poetry; the Laird Is ell prose. The
latter person is apparently lost in ship.
wreck. The young fellow comes back,
having found that he was harder hit thar
he supposed. Ho renews his suit only &c
find that he Is no longer beloved. The
Laird's hum-drum but stolid virtues have
pleaded eloquentiy for him from his i'm
agined watery grave, and at the right
moment he turns up, hale and hearty
everything IL forgiven; then come kisses
embraces, curtain and uninterrupted con
iugal felicity, with Highland fling AND
whiskey toddies galore. That is what tht
Laird 0'Oockpen Is about
The Rector Of 81. L,lkss. By MAIZE BERN.
HARD. Translated by ELISE l.. LArHRop
with photogravure illustrations. Worth.
ington Company, New York.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON d Go. Paper
80 cents.
THIS is love story, and very beautiful
ono, though not unmixed with tragedy. A
famous artist and handsome, talented
young clergyman are both in love with tn,
same girl, who il 80 winning that sh,
| captivates the reader also. She prefer
the artist, and they become engaged. There
is secret in the life Of the former, in al
imprisoned outbreak. and with great pro
vocation, he once committed murder