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in the Church OF England for well
nigh half a century boldly tc
read, accept, preach and disseminate
the doctrines OF Swedenborg is practi-
cally to proclaim himself, as far as
that church is concerned, a hereto
For Swedenborg absolutely denies the
return of Christ in physical body; he
strongly asserts the judgment imme-
diately after death and the non-rising
OF the mortal clay; he declares much
of the Scripture to be inspired allegory,
and he proclaims, that the Christian
church must give way to new dispen-
sation, as having outgrown its useful
ness.
Yet, In his little book, "The Gospel
of Love-" the Rev. Il. G. Moberly says;
81 have ever since 1859 remained In the
ministry of the church Of England,
though on the other hand he says the
views in this book are in accord with
his (Swedenborg's) teachings"
However, 1t is with the teachings he
advances and not his personal status
that one should be most concerned,
he has not yet been unchurched for
them and they certainly are reason
able, consoling, thoroughly comforting
and far less mystifying than are the
! usual presentments by, the very church
in which he ministers. Love, he holds,
and very Justly, is the greatest thing
in the world, and ii is the cure for all
human woe. Christ came, not to ap-
pease the wrath of the Father-God
being Love, can have no wrath--but 10
conquer the sin that then we'll night
dominated the world, that man might
the. more easily turn from his wicked
ness and live Christ was God incar-
nate; not a separate person, one or
three, but God in human form. His
second coming is now in process: 1t is
a coming on the spiritual plane,
whereby man is imbued with greater
spirituality, and is able to get ra-
tional grasp of the scheme of things, TO
reason for himself, and in being good,
to know why he is, and why it is best
, that he should be.
The book is not large one, nor is
1t conclusive in it's statements; rather,
it is guide post, pointing man TO
wells of truth and further research.
AS such 1t is admirable. and the rea-
sonableness of it's enunciatioin makes
for further inquiry.
The Gospel of Love. BY the rev.
Edmund G. Moberly. Philadelphia:
The Nunc Licet Press. $1.OO
Irving Bachelor has never been ac-
cused of serlnonizing, nor of Writing
with a purpose, but in his new volume
"Silas Strong" he comes pretty near
to doing each The story, frankly ad-
n1itted to be a personal narrative, is
laid in the forests of the Adlrondacks'
"Uncle Sile" is a philosopher OF the
woods who thinks much and says III
tle--a "one-word man.. but genuine
h,inorist with fountains of sly laugh
ter in him. The heroine is delightful
daughter of the woodlands, and her TO-
nance breathes OF the mountain AR.
The course of the tale runs as delight-
fully as mountain brook, and Is al
together redolent of the QUITO doors.
The preachment is neatly hid: Were 1t
to cause any reader to vaIue "nat re-
mains of the forest above its market
price and do his part in checking the
saws,"-that's all.
"Silas Strong" BY Irving Bachelor.
New York: Harper & Bros.
William Allen Whites pen is i'm
Intensely facile, and whether 1t Is ex-
ercised in political satire, personal
Giatribe, caustic writeup OF a notable
or a fictional story, it always manages
to say something worth while. But OF
all "Bill' Whites writings, the most
human-and consequently the most
worth while-are his short and homely
warns about, the small town. White lives
in a small town, always has; he knows
1t thoroughly and it's life is to him an
open book. In penninS 1t, ne makes
no such fool mistakes as he did in grill
ing Tom Platt or in lauding Roosevelt.
Consequently, a new book of small town
stories from White is eXceedinly well
come, and in hailing I'm Our Town,
one does so with the sincerest praise. 1t
is "Boyvile'' grown up; better because
more skillfully and deftly done; ripper
because "BilT' is bigger boy now than
he was five years ago, and more hu-
man. No writer today handles the
small town life to compare with White,
III sr,
done.
m Our Town. BY William Allen
White. New York: Mcclure, Phillips
& Co.
1.-THE Throwback," by Alfred Henry
Lewis ("Dan Quin'), is an exciting
novel of love and adventure in the early
days of Texas and the southwest, told
with the usual inaccuracies of the New
York writer who doesn't know either.
Alan Gordon, scion of an old Virginia
{ family, leaves home in early boyhood,
goes west and reverting back some
what to the primitive type of the gay
Gordons of medieval times, who loved
fighting for fighting's sake, becomes q
leader among the rough and turbulent
men of the southwest. Indian fighting,
daring deeds of cowboy life, a search
for buried treasure, the humor of that
region made known by Mr.. Lewis in
"Wolfville," make, together with a
pretty love interest, good story.
The Throwback. By Alfred Henry
Lewis New York: outing Publishing
company.
Under the title, "In the Days Of
Scott" in sketching the picturesque
period of the wizard of the north"
Tudor Jacks has done full justice to the
earlier dramatice times of Jacobite up
risnigs which produced an atmosphere
that influenced Scott peculiarly. He
outlines the surroundings, influences
and conditions of one of the most in
teresting periods in the history of Eng
lish literature. His life story of the
great novelist gives a picture of Scott
and his work which is exceptional in
it's succinctness and personal interest.
In the Days of Scott. BY Tudor jerks.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.
When it comes to those little Incl
dents Of the home, those intimate