The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-27

sunshine, weakness and strength-that he
gave everything that he got hold OF a
taste Of the types. Mr.. Lane may have
picked the batch he proposes to publish
out of a forgotten drawer. 1t is not known
whether there are any more Of Jane
Welsh 'Carlyle's epistles extant or not,
Perhaps Mr.. Lane has few. There is
certainly nothing bad in those which have
been published. Plenty of women take,
anaesthetics for various and sundry pains,
and other plenty get jealous Of other,
women who hang around their husbands.
NEW BOOKS
A REPLY TO HARNACK ON THE ESSENCE
OF CHRISTIANITY. BY Hermann Cremer, D.
D., LII. D. Translated from the third German
edition by Bernhard Pick, Phi. D., D. D. New
York Funk & Wagnalls. 81.
This book contains a, series of lectures
delivered in 1901 before the students Of
the University Of Griefswald, by the dis,
tinguished DR.. Cremer, professor. Of the
olegy, to combat DR.. Harnack Of the ra.
tionalist school of German thought, whose
book 1.-THE Essence of Christianity" en-
bodies reconstruction Of the gospel on
the principle that nothing that ever APP
peared In history goes beyond the meas.
ure Of the human. Hence he eliminates
the supernatural and he makes new
gospel, which he processes to base on
rection of Christ Is a fabricated dogma,
or the disciples and women to whom he
appeared may have beheld Pigments born
of their imaginations, etc. Harnock's
arguments develop nothing strikingly new.
To the objections to the historic resur-
rection, DR.. Cremer devotes considerable
space, as he does to the miracle ministry.
of Jesus. IIarnack's position is that the
life, work, passion, death and resurrec-
ton of Christ as related In the Scrip
lures, are surely unhistorical because
the life does not connect itself with the
laws of all other existence and the events
that go on in the life of humanity. The
Christ left by Harnack after his excision
of what appears not like ourselves, Is
shown by the author to be not adequate for
the satisfaction of our moral wants; in
effectual to meet the problem Of sin, to
show a way out of guilt. Strong. argu-
ments are found in the chapters, Anti
Critique,' Faith and History '"The
Work of Jesus" Significant Is It that
Cremer's lectures ran thru three editions
in four months, thus testifying to the
| interest in vigorous answers to the pest
that the "higher criticism can bring out
of it's arsenal. Many of it's weapons have
| been blunted or broken In the battle.
Nothing can be more effective than Gre
mer's reply to Harnack's reaffrmation OF
the theory that Jesus was only very
influential person historically, but hav-
ing no supernatural powers or functions.
Noticeable, too, is his view that the power
of the actual resurrection Of Christ, the
reality Of the event, brought the dis
ciples to positive conviction and appre-
citation OF the truth Of his divine nature
| in incarnation, and the, mighty and SUI
pernatural scope of his mission. The
fGriefswald university, where Cremer lee
lures, is the German stronghold Of ortho-
doxy. Crener's dedication of his lectures
laddressedto Pastor F. Won Bode1schwingh
shows the ,f1avoring of his theology: TIC
thee, my dear brother, this work Is ded1-
Gated to attest that one can only minister
unto the poor and the wretched, unto the
children and the aged, unto the SICK ano
the dying, and, therefore, only unto those
tthat are whole, by, representing pefore
1 their eyes the Christ Of the Bible, the
Christ of the apostolic preaching, the
Christ who came down from heaven anc
took, upon Him our flesh and blood to die
for us and to live for and with u.s. May
one better understand the other Christ,
but one can only believe in that Chris
lin whom the children also believe.
i REPORT. OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH
INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS HE'LL
AT BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AUGUST, 1900
BY Samuel J. Barrows, United States Commits
sioner international Prison Commission. Wash
/ ington: Government Printing Office.
The ablest penologists in the world ad
dressed this congress-, which marked the
great advance made in penology since
Howard sought, little over a century
ago. to ameliorate the condition OF pr1s
ons and prisoners. The congress arrived
at some very commendable conclusions
Isuch as preliminary periods of observation
preceding the commitment OF child
practical trade training for reform schools
with theoretical instruction; guardian So
cieties may interVent under protection
Ne c+ota x1y6o which commit!
:. a child is suspended; intermediate in
situations to which a prisoner addicted tt
drink may be sent before getting his com:
plete liberty; special quarters for med1ca
treatment of condemned fnebriates; inter
nal regime of prisons should be as Sc
t and not admit Of other mitigat1ons thai
those exacted by moral and physical by
giene. The system Of indeterminate sen
. fences was found inadmissible. There wer
interesting discussions In the extraditio1
of criminal and indemnity due to vic
Tins Of crime. =. r..
THE CALL OF THE WORLD. BY Jack London
| New York: The Macmillan company. Illus
trated. Price $l.5o
Jack London is at home in the North
land His Northland is all the way from
: south Alaskan waters to Point Barrow AM
the Arctic ocean,. He delights to tell O
"The Children Of the Frost.' He take
his readers where the cola is cruel, saw
age He makes the Northland attractiv
as the arena of adventure, Of tragedy o
strange wild life. This book is chief.
, about dog. Buck was part St. Bernard
part Scotch shepherd. Brought up II
genial southern California and petted b.
Judge Miller's family, Buck was stolel
and sold to the rough tratlers Of the Klon
dixie Buck resented the enslavement blu
was dubbed into servitude and entere'
upon a life of privation, starvation an
fierce fightings with the variant breeds o
trailing dogs up the Yukon, Rescued from
cruel treatment by John Thornton, Bucl
| turned to him with strong devotion
Finally the great fighter cultivated the &C
quaintance Of the wolves, and gradual
the savage nature which hungers TO
blood prevailed and, after putting t
flight a whole band of Indians, who lef
many dead on the field, Buck went off witt
, the wolves responding to the "call Of tn
wild,'' and a new breed of wolves, fierce
CORY, Unsuitable was the result.
Jack London is a master in DESCRIPTIVE
, power. He is painter. with words 70
his co1ors. He lays on his colors literally
and forcefullv. He portrays Bucks fierc
and dauntless fights with wonderful power
The reader finds 1ims elf in sympathy wit
the dog from the time of his abduction
from Judge Miller's place, to the weir
hour when he yielded to the "call Of tn
= Wild Jack London never wrote bette
!, than in his account Of the change whic
came over Buck when he began to hea
and heed the "call of the Wild ut file