St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-11
NEW BOOKS.

Abraham Lincoln. Was He a
Christian" By John G. Remsburg.
| From the Truth Seeker Company, New
| York. Price so cents.
| For fifteen years. the author asserts,
he has labored to find an answer to the
| question, Was Abraham Lincoln a
| Christian? and in this volumn he pre-
sents, seemingly, with great satisfac-
ton to himself, the result of his work.
The motive for expanding SO much
labor aud research on purely personal
| question appears to be to quiet the
consciences and strengthen the ranks
OF unbelieyers by the addition of the
honored name of Lincoln, and to furnish
an opportunity for the writer to sheer
at those spiritual truths OF which he
has no knowledge.
| Whether Abraham Lincoln were a
CHRISTIAN or no, does not affect Christi
anity. The opinions of great men
about the affairs of the natural world
carry weight, especially if they lie III
the field of their particular inyeStiga-
lions, but in regard to those things
which mankind are told by the High
est wisdom must be spiritually dis
cerDed." and these men are self-con-
fessed without spiritual diScernmeat,
their opinions are not entitled to cen
sideration. The author claims that he
was one one of many young men con-
Verted to unbelief through the talk and
speeches of Lincoln, and he relates an
ScdoteS and incidents illustrating his
profanity and contempt for sacred
Things, treasured up in the memories of
contemporary politicians, to show not
only how far he fell short of a believer
In Christ. but of the exalted opinion of
his countrymen.
Il II T.
Unwilling PARALLEL By Two
women OF The West. From the Arena
Publishing Company. Boston. Price,
so cents.
1t is we'll for the inhabitants of the
earth that one line of the parallel un-
yelled by Two Women of the West lay
IN Mars, for such an upheaval of old
customs and traditions would prove too
much for this grooming, long-sufferipg
planet.
Thus runs the tale: By the aid of an
aeroplane launched on the current of
attraction the narrator landed on the
planet Mars. Thursia. the first country
visited, was republic, where men and
women enjoyed absolute equality In
business. in politics, in their pleasures
and their vices they had equal rights.
Inc women voted at all the elections,
and being more skilIful wIre-pullers
they had appropriated the principal
Offices. They speculated and gambled
with GOODNESS and success. They had
clubs where they banqueted with the
usual accompaniment of toasts and
speeches, with jokes and jolly little
songs, ending in the not unusual way
oil mems clubs, either under the table
or being assisted home. They had
their parades, too, with the
same pomp as mems. bands play
ng, steeds curyeting, flags flying
splendid uniforms, with sashes and
badges, while tie riders with majestic
.mlen and proud solemnity of counte-
shanee seemed ready to do or die. quite
like familiar scenes on this sphere.
The women, too, enjoyed their amours
with the same freedom as men, of
SSNNASS =SSt1SSA5 ouO AOoCty UuL IL ulSCUf-
cred they recovered caste by "a course
OF penltence, by multiplying subscrip-
lions to charities and by Offering to out
ragged society some entertainment out of
the common"
The other line of the parallel was
found in the republic of Caskia, also
country In Mars. 1t was Utopia
where the people lived their religion
! rather than protested it, and where ths
loss OF selr-respect was considered the
worst thing that could befall a man..
When aerial navigation is firmly
established travellers to the red planet
can pay their money and take their
choice OF localities lying on the parallel.
Il Il
Joel Marsh, an American, "by Avery
MacAlpine, author of "A Mans Con-
science" from Ward, Lock d Bowden,
New York; price. 50 cents.
This book is a collection of welI-toId
stories of everyday life. The opening
tale. Joel Marsh" which gives the
title to the book. is not unique char
aeter i'll the small Western towns. His
ignorance of the tricks of politicians,
his curiosity about his neighbours af-
fairs, his clumsy efforts to hide his
deeds of kindness, his rough WAYS
Joined with sympathy and womanly
tenderness, are typical of Americans.
The last story, "a Sacrifice to Falth,''
in which mother, obedient to the COM
mands of her husband, sits by and
watches her only child die without med
ical aid, While the Faith Cure Union"
make the case asubiect of prayer. seems
rather to belong TO the tepee of the Indian
with their powwows than the homes OF
intelligent people. But this figment of
the noYelist's BRAIN does not exceed the