Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-15

TO the hostess with this reply:
Dear aunt, don't attempt my young
feelings to trammel,
Nor strain at a Nat while you swallow q
Campbell"
The name of the hostess is stated as
Mrs. Gales.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CITY.
BY Rev. Josiah Strong. d. D., General
Secretary Of the Evangelical Alliance
for the United States; Author OF our
Country" and 1.-THE New Era" New
York: The Baker & Taylor Company.
1898. Pages, 1a. Cloth, so cents; Paper
% cents.
DR.. Strongs work, "Our Country" is
said to have attained its 16Sth thousand,
and his New Era, or 1.-THE Coming
Kingdom" its forty-six thousand, so
that the way has been well prepared Tor
this present production Of his forceful
pen.
1.-THE Twentieth Century City" is de-
stined TO be one or great aggregation OF
population over that of the country. Inc
causes which have led TO the existing
concentration OF people in cities must
continue TO operate, and that probably
with increased effect and the moral dam
gers which now beset them will aug
ment and enhance the menace which
they are TO themselves and to the nation.
This call. for serious thought, Judielous
treatment and salutary remedies.
The author leaves out Of view those
financial considerations. based upon the
action Of the Federal Government. which
are too generally relied upon. and rests
upon "Engel's Economic Law"-yiz.:
THAT the percentage OF outlay for sub
sistence grows smaller as tho income
grows larger, and that the percentage or
outlay for sundries becomes greater as
income increases" Hence manufactures
and mechanic arts, which build UP cities,
will trench more and more upon agricul-
ture This is the naturalization OF
civilization and progress, and must be
Offset by promoting every moral and
spiritual influence that can be brought to
bear upon humanity. He has hope in the
multiplied agencies of New Patriot
ism" and twentieth century Christianity
and churches, which must purify and en-
list tina: mighty englne-the Press.
NEW FORMS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCA-
TON. An Address by Mrs. Humphrey
Ward Published by Thomas Y. Gro
well &, Co., Boston and New York.
This little book contains the address
which was delivered about six years ago
by Mrs Ward, the brilliant authoress
Of Robert Elsmore and other popular
novels In point OF style and ability,
New Forms Of Christian Education is
fully on a parity with the notable works
of fiction which have given this talented
woman a worldwide reputation. The
ideas, however, while reverential and
emanating from the profoundest thought,
M a. G1tr
adhere to the old school doctrines OF
Christianity. In truth. Mrs Ward AYERS
that like all other forms of thought,
Christianity must keep apace with the
times Every age, says she, has pro-
duced new forms of Christian education.
The Calvinism Of Calvin, and the Gene
vese Ordinances is not the Calvinism OF
the present day. Catholicism, too, has
cast aside its ancient rigor TO meet the
advancement of modern ideas. The same
great words may exist as of old, but the
emphasis has changed and with the
emphasis the leading urgent meaning OF
the whole.
The authoress declares that we are on
the eve of a new Christianity. but she
believes that the faith OF nineteen CEN
turtles has been no mere delusion; that
the history of these centuries themselves
and the parts played therein will enter
into the new symbolum fidei whenever
IL appears. She considers love and faith
as the very basis of all Christian educa-
tion--loYe to the most lovable thing that
history contains, the story, character, and
preaching Of Christ.
To some of US, who cling TO the Scrip
lures in their entirety, the suggestions or
the authoress come as shock, for with
them she upholds the Abandonment Of
certain parallels Of Christ, which have
ever been associated with His divine ut
terances. We have not yet been modern
lied to that high degree, which subordi-
mates the faith Of our fathers TO the
critical analysis OF searching intellect.
THE LIFE OF CHARLES CARROLL
OF CARROLLTON. 1737-1S32. WITH
HIS CORRESPONDENTS AND PUB
Lie PAPERS. By Kate Mason Row
land. author OF "The Life of George
Mason" G. p. Putnam's Sons. New
York and London, 1898. Two volumes,
octave. cloth. Pages. 90 400. and 4S7.
Price. So. For sale by George NJ. West
Company.
We have here. something too long de-
layed. fitting memoir OF the Last Sur
viving Signor OF the Declaration OF
iHutpeuueilCc- n gentleman OF QlStlN-
guished Irlsh-Catholic ancestry, scholar.
statesman and patriot. he was said by
John Adams in IVA to be possessed or
'the first fortune in America His
grandfather. Charles Carroll, the emf
grant. was Attorney General OF Mary
land in 1883, and subsequently the Lord
Proprietors Agent. Receiver General,
and Register Of the Land Office. His
father. Charles Carroll OF Annapolis. In
the retirement from public life enforced
by the legal restrictions then placed
upon Catholics by the Colony whose very
had been based upon reli-
gious liberty. seems to have greatly aug
mented the estate left by the emlgrant.
Born at Annapolis on the sth day of
September. 1877. and not on the 18th day
or September OF that year. as our author
states-the last mentioned date being.
however. the correct anniversary OF his
birth at any time after the change made
In the calendar in l752-educated chiefly
at the famous Jesuit College OF st.
Omers, in France Flanders. he returned
to America In l7sS. after q residence at
Paris. Bourges and London.
covering an absence OF sixteen years
lat his studies and on his travels"
Marrying In l7ss. he appears to have
led the life of 4 retired plantar and