The herald., 1897-11-28

logia proves the inference to have been
correct. Continuing he says:
"The effect OF this discovery of the an
tiouity of the recorded matter upon the
criticism Of the gospels can not fail to
be great, for we find not only that we
are behind the gospels but that there
was more in the sources of the gospels
than is conserved in the gospels them
selves"
He claims, too, the important fact that
we have to do with something more than
an oral tradition preceding our gospels,
and quotes from Paul Clement of Rome
! and Polycarp in support of his conten-
/ ton. He concludes that from the study
! of the variants in the recovered logia
| that there is reason to believe not only
in the existence of much precanonical
evangelic matter but also in the influence
! that the extra evangelic documents have
had on the transmission of the text OF
the canonical gospels.
The indomitable spirit of the Jesuit
missionaries finds new evidence in their
enlarged preparations for navigating
the Yukon, in anticipation of the in
cTGuScQ VI lLdl IlNGl Wy ICtt-
son of the gold discoveries in the valley
of the KlondilSe and other of it's tribu-
tary streams. The brave and self-de-
nying spirit of this religious order in
the missionary field is beyond all praise.
Whether under the tropics or within the
frozen zone of the Arctic circle, they
are equally jealous in the good work
of propagating the gospels. And no
representatives Of the Christian church
have been more successful in such
labors. They are practical workers in
pursuit of the end aimed at, as well as
spiritual teachers. Indeed, their sue
cess in the missionary field has been
mainly due to their keeping IAN anchor
to the windward" and looking out for
mundane as we'll as celestial rewards.
In this way they have incidentally con-
tributed much valuable aid to commerce
and navigation, as well as to the arts
and sciences. A recent instance in
point is found in the news brought by
the Corwin from st. Michaes, stating
that Father Barnum. who hasconducted
mission for many years there, is au-
thority for the statement that a new
channel, not yet known to navigation,
eNlStS iI lllc liiOuth W Liz i uhOIl river,
that it is close to the south bank and
will permit ocean steamers to avoid the
shallow bar and proceed up the river
for distance of 500 miles. The injunc-
ton, "Be We as wise as serpents but as
harmless as doves" seems to be one of
the notices of this shrewdly religious
order.
/ + = =
| The Universalist divine, DR.. S. J. Saw
yer, writing in recent issue of the
/ Christian Leader (Boston), asks what
has become of deists and deism? He re-
marks: after existing first in Europe
for two or three centuries, and later in
the United States, deism seems now to
have become, in this country especially
extinct. In my youth, and even after
I entered the ministry, it was not an
uncommon event to meet q deist, but ]
cannot remember seeing one for the last
thirty or forty years. Well, the world
of letters has mo.cd much in the last
forty years; information has increased
discoveries largely corroborating the
truths Of Biblical literature have beer
made, and even science has withdrawn
it's opposition, if it ever really had in.
terposed any well-grounded opposition
in that direction. Fiat lux is the watch
word Of the hour, and the extinction Of