New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Some New Volumes of Scholar
ship and Reflection.

ship and Reflection.
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John x. seleie y. 4. D. 3. and other
scholars. Vol. II. Arthur RuHyan. 4to,
pp. xxi, eo1. Charles scribner's Sons.
THE RELIGION OF THE CHINESE. BY
]. J. ". De Groot. Phi. d. Svo. PIP. vii,
29o The Macmillan Company
INTERLUDEs IN A TIME OF CHANGE.
Ethical, Social, Theological. By James
Morris Wilton, Phi. D. Yale: Svo, pp.
! 2ss. Imported by Thomas Whitaker.
With their affinity for first places in
the alphabet. Indian subjects are as
prominent in the second volume OF the
encyclopedias Of Religion and Ethics
as they were in the first. already re-
viewed at some length in The Tribune.
! Twenty-Five articles. geographical and
historical pertaining to India are from
the hand of Mr.. William Crooke that on
: Bengal taking twenty double columns
wherein the cults Of the ancient city are
! traversed from their origins TO their
present day manifestations, not exelud-
/ ing the erotic development of Vaishnav-
ism. An impressive monograph, Of forty
pages, on Aryan Religion is provided by
Professor Otto Schrader, Of 3resiau.
/ There are short articles by DR.. Rhys-
Davids on Buddhaghosa the Great and
Bhilsa- the ancient Buddhist centre. The
life OF the Buddha is written by DR.. A. S.
-Geden and an account in ten pages Of
Bodhisvaltva. the discipline for Buddha-
n T L.
Vale The Bhagavsd- Gita is analyzed
and expounded and its composition as
signed TO the second century B. c. Under
the title Bhakti-Marga attention is given
those sects Of modern Hinduism that lay
stress on bhakti. or devotional faith, as
a means OF salvation. as opposed to the
''werks-path'' and the ''knowiedg path
( Most advantageousIy, It would seem.
! the. comparative method is employed in
/ reporting on subjects related 10 more
religions or regions than one: Asceticism,
Atheism. Baptism, Birth. Blesscdress.
Blood Feud. Body. Under Asceticism,
I for example, there comes capital in
troductory essay by Professor Thomas
Cunning Hall, and then by separate
scholars the topic is treated in its Buddh=
Est, Celtic. Christian. Greek, Hindu.
! japanese, Jewish, Aiuhammedan, Per-
J sian, Roman. Semitic and Egyptian as
poets. The contributors TO the present
volume Of philosophical articles include
Henry Barker Berkeley, Josiah Royce
(Axiom), F. G. s. Schiller (Automatisrn).
Charles G. Shaw Being. and Maurice
! De Wulf Beauty. The article Biology
! is done by Professor J. Y Simpson, of
Edinburgh University. In biography no
attempt is made 20 notice more than the
really important names: Athanasius,
/ Augustine, Berkeley. Boehme, Bruno,
/ Bunysn. Tracing the influence of ST.
Augustine as a church teacher. as a
thinker and as a religious genius, Pro-
! fessor BENJAMIN B. Warfeld claims the
saint of Hippo as the initiator Of the
/ Reformation which, 'inwerdly consid-
cred, was just the ultimate triumph OF
Augustine's doctrine of grace over
Augustine's doctrine of the Church"
The happily rendered sketch Of Bunyan
does justice TO The Heavenly Footman"
and the Country Rhinaes for Children"
among the Bedford Baptist's less famous
writings. and draws attention to the two
little books, Seeds Of a Harvest"
brought to the home by Bunyan's young
wife. Lewis Bayly's The Practice of
! Pietie," and Arthur Dents The Plaine
Mans Pathway to Heaven, Wherein
Every Man May Clearly See. Whether
He Shall Be Saved or Damned" The
writer is awake TO the new public that
has arisen for Bunyan, and he is himself
40 ''niggard Of applause"
! Eight or ten volumes will be required
to. complete the encyclopaedia, and it is
proposed te present authoritative reports
on all beliefs and customs belonging to
religion and ethics throughout the world.
Already il is plain that the ethnic faiths
are to be treated with a fulness not be-
/ fore accorded in an English work of
reference. and that Te have here a re-
pository OF first importance IN its de-
partment.
/ Professor J. J. VI. De Groot, the eminent
snologue Of the University OF Leyden,
] assemblies in The Religion Of the Chi
nese" the lectures delivered on the Lam
son foundation az Hartford Theological
/ Seminary last year. These authoritative
and understandable chapters go to con-
4 firm the impression that so long as the
! Chinese government walks in the paths
Of the ancient culture Christianity in
the Far East has nothing but fnaTtyrdom
10 expect. COnfucian intolerance is oper-
ative sgainst Buddhist rs well as Chris
tian scots. and Professor De Groot OBJ
serves that IN proposing a faith sub
yeTsiVe OF ancestor worship our mission
! aries 90 but invite the anathema Of the
state religion, since opposition to the
worship OF ancestors IS regarded 10y the
authorities 2s being Of piece with rev.
olutionism. enmity to the state, 30 society
and social order. There is even more:
A. The classics and their principles are
/ books which maintain The Tao Of the uni-
verse among man. and Herewith human
/ EaTpiHess ana felicity, missionaries VINO
] preach against the worship of ancestors,
/ revolving against the universe itself. and
1 against heaven. the principal power there
! IN IS there 2 greater crime Imaginable!
1 j. = unnatural thai when attacks are
: made on missionary establishments the
Ntcrau and even he mGndarins so often
+ rise. standing In the background as silent
/ spectatorEf
/ Animate denohisrn, belief which in
/ tests the religious lfe of China, renders
Ihe people subject 70 g THOUSAND fears,
fears Of invisible beings surrounding the