The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-04-18
MR.. SEABROOK'S NEW BOOK.
Immortality" a Unique and Compre-
hensive Treatment of the Great
Subject.

IMMORTALITY. BY Rev. William
L. Seabrook. IL mo. cloth, 2o3 pag-
es. The Vir Publishing Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa; London, Eng. Price
$1.1o postpaid. (For sale. at Mayes
Book Store, Newberry, S. c.
1t was a happy inspiration that led
Nh. Seabrook to produce this little
volume. 1t is timely, for never did
his lofty theme occupy the attention
of the world more than today. Mr..
Seabrook has contributed a unique
treatment Of his great subject. The
books that have been written on it
are almost ~numberless, but we know
of none like this. 1t is not unique in
the sense that any new or startling
principle has been formulated
or any unusual speculation has
been INDUCED . in, but be-
cause the thought which runs
through the book is an entiTely new
combination Of the great facts and ar
guments which show that immortality
must be. Cold, p%hilosophic reasoning
and scientific speculation have been
fairly faced and discussed in their re-
lations to the subject, but the book is
more than a logical treatment from
an argumentative viewpoint. The
fact of immortality, the author holds,
is a thing susceptible OF other and
more satisfying proofs than simple
logic can afford with rule and line.
The subject is approached from the
heart" as we'll as the head" The
finer intuitive emotions planted in
the breast Of every man, and which
have caused all races from the begin,
ming to believe in and hope for life
eternal, afford to the authors mind a
far more comforting authorization of
the truth. Coupled and interviewer
with love which unites mar to man
and all to God, it forms a cumulative
plea which must needs be convincing.
The influence Of revelation pervades
the whole. The treatment is logical,
but not cold. 1t is emotional but not
unreasonable. 1t is deeply religious
but not dogmatic.
The striking thing about the work is
the mannerin which the meth
DDS of treating the subject are com-
bi1ed to form a unity. Science and
philosophy have been searched to
show the nationality of the hope Of i'm
mortality, but the hope is intultlve,
enduring for all time, and beyond the
necessity of absolute demonstration.
The argument is n that will bear
analysis as a mere argument, but the
book is also a message OF personal
comfort to the hearts Of those who
look for a personal resurrection and
reunion in Christ. The graceful style
and language, as we'll as the many ref
erences to and contributions from phil
osophy, poetry, human experience and
revelation. show that the author la
bored long and untiringly and was
we'll acquainted with tbs magnitude
of his task. His wide reading and
knowledge of the literature of the
subject. combined with his large heart
ed sympathy for all who sorrow, and
especially for those to whom he ded!-
Gates his book. all who have loved
ones in the land O the leal.' we'll
qualify him for writing it.
But it will prove not only a comfort
to chose who have stood beneath the
shadow. All who love good literature
will be charmed by the rhythm of its
flowing sentences. Those who are
troubled with doubts will find the
faith of their childhood strengthened
by reading this beautiful message OF
confidence. Those who trust will be
confirmed in their faith. Many will
find their chief interest in the fact that
the very best gems from the poets,
some we'll known, others that many
will here perhaps find for the first
time, and will be made glad in finding
them, are used to illustrate and