but we will venture to say that whatever else may be true, the author of the two volumes has not so humbled himself as to accept the "doctrines and practices which call themselves Roman but are not Christian," and that, if Pius IX. has relieved him from excommunication and restored him to a standing in the secular priesthood, that restoration is because of some very significant hint from the emperor of the French, or rather from the very liberal statesman who is just now governing at Paris in the name of the emperor. The story of Father Hyacinthe is not ended. If he lives he will be heard of in the great conflict which is soon to shake the Roman Catholic nations. The author of these discourses, and especially of the speech on "The Education of the working classes," cannot be silent long at such a crisis.

The great conflict of the present time-after the conflict between the Supernaturalism of Christianity and the mere Naturalism of unbelieving science-is that between Spiritual Christianity and Formalism. In the Roman Catholic Church, Formalism predominates. In Protestant communions, it takes the shape and bears the name, just now, of Ritualism. On one side is a religion of faith, of love, of spiritual communion with the one invisible and infinite object of worship, and of joy in the help of an unseen and ever living Saviour-a religion which grounds itself on the great objective truths of the Christian revelation. On the other side is a religion which lives and has its being in outward institutions, which works by sacerdotal manifestations, which makes much of costumes and attitudes, and which rejoices in the stageeffect of imposing ceremonies-a hierarchical religion investing its priests with dominion over the conscience by setting them as mediators between the soul and God. Those who would know on which side Father Hyacinthe is found, and is likely to be found, in the conflict between Formalism and Spiritual religion, may satisfy themselves by reading in this volume the discourses on the Church-particularly the first, on "The Church Universal," and the last, on "The Conflict between the Letter and the Spirit in the Jewish Church."

PATER MUNDI.*--The author of "Ecce Coelum" could not well be expected to write a dull book on any subject, much less one in which God and Nature were the chief topic. But whether he could be able to clothe the skeleton of a two-volume argument for Theism--often so dry and grim in other hands-with the flesh and muscle, the life and beauty, that charm us in " Parish Astronomy," could only be shown conclusively by the production of a work like that before us. Pater Mundi, though from the nature of the subject not likely to be so generally popular as Ecce Coelum, will, nevertheless, by the glow and magnetism of its rhetoric, and the enthusiastic earnestness of its tone, as well as the strength of its argument, br sure to command everywhere appreciative and admiring readers, and prove, we trust, of special value to those who are inclined to regard science as hostile to religion. The author affects, however, no judicial impartiality in conducting his argument, but purposely throws himself into it with all the feeling and earnestness of an advocate anxious to carry a point. It is in this magnetic glow, indeed, that the strength of the book chiefly lies. The logic of it could be put in a nutshell. But that logic is vitalized and made effective by the force and richness of the illustrations drawn from the various fields of science. It is these all glowing, often with poetic fervor, that rivet the attention at once, and carry the reader insensibly on from topic to topic. In some of the lectures, indeed, the argument assumes the elevation and almost the form of a grand poem. The sixth, for example, like a sublime ode, returns, strophe by strophe, with each point made in the argument, to the same exultant chorus, which becomes at once a quod erat demonstrandum to the understanding, and an inspiration of faith to the heart.

The second volume promises to be even more attractive than the first; for it is to be still more replete with the marvels and sublimities of the sciences, as illustrative of the argument. We welcome the work, then, as a valuable contribution to Natural Theology, especially for general readers. It is too much forgotten by many that God may be studied in flower and forest, in storm and star, and in the soul of man, as well as in Moses and the pro

* Pater Mundi; or, Modern Science testifying to the Heavenly Father. Being in substance lectures delivered to senior classes in Amherst College. By the REV. E. F. BURR, D.D., author of "Ecce Colum." In two volumes. Vol. I. Boston: Nichols and Noyes, No. 117 Washington Street. 1870. 8vo. pp. 294.

phets. The glowing pages of Pater Mundi teach impressively that the God of Revelation is the God of Nature as well.

The title sufficiently indicates the general scope and object of the work. There are eight lectures in this volume. Having heard most of them as delivered, and since read them with added interest, we can cordially reccommend the work as one that will be found both interesting and instructive. Its general boldness and originality of style may be inferred from its striking dedication:

"To the HEAVENLY FATHER to whom we dedicate our Sabbaths, our Sanctuaries, and ourselves, THESE VOLUMES, in illustration of his being and greatness, are reverently inscribed."

IMMORTALITY.-Perowne's Four Sermons on Immortality treat the subject within narrow limits in a far more comprehensive and many-sided way than is common even with theological lecturers. The Lectures are entitled-The Future Life. The Hope of the Gentile. The Hope of the Jew. The Hope of the Christian. In the first, the modern theories are satisfactorily, though, of necessity, not very exhaustively discussed, in the three forms of scientific materialism, philosophical pantheism, and necromantic spiritualism. In the second, are expounded the conceptions of the future life which were taught and held respectively by the Egyptian, the Greek, and the Oriental. In the third, the Hope of the Jew is discussed at length, and in this is examined with some care and scholarship the oft mooted questions, how far a tuture life was revealed to the Hebrews by their prophets and inspired teachers, and how fully and distinctly they recognized such a life in their practical faith. We cannot say these questions are as sharply discriminated as we fancy they might and ought to be, but we find some very good thoughts upon each. The Hope of the Christian, or the Christian doctrine of the future life, is the theme of the last lecture. This hope is made to rest on two facts, the Resurrection of Christ and the inner life of the spirit, and is confirmed by the consideration of the analogies of Nature. The discussions of all these topics indicate a mind fully alive to the questions of the times, and accustomed to thorough and independent investigation. While, as we have said, they are neither

Immortality. Four Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge. Being the Hulsean Lectures for 1868. By J. J. STEWART PEROWNE, B. D., VicePrincipal and Professor of Hebrew in St. Davids College, Lampeter, etc., etc New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co. 1870.

so profound nor so exhaustive as might be conceived to be possible, they are sufficiently so for the majority of readers, and they are written in a lucid and pleasing style. The preface notices Mr. Huxley's much talked of paper on the Physical Basis of Life, and the Appendix No. I. is an extract from Professor Tyndall's address before the British Association at Norwich. No. II. discusses Job xix, 24-26. No. III. treats, a little more critically than the text, of the Jewish doctrine of the Future Life. No. IV. cites a fine passage from Nitszch on the Christian doctrine. This little volume, as will be inferred from this criticism of its contents, is very timely, and it deserves general circulation.

MR. MURRAY'S MUSIC HALL SERMONS.*-Mr. Murray having turned from deer-stalking and trout fishing to his genuine avocation as a preacher, shows that the qualities which made him successful among the Adirondac hills and ponds may be turned to good account in some other ways. A bold hand and quick eye, art in throwing the bait, tenacity in holding on to the prey, a little rashness in shooting the rapids of argument, and a dash too much of foam in the rhetoric, but a knack at coming out high and dry, safe and sound, and a real love and tender charity for the victims of his skill-these qualities have not deserted him when he has followed higher game. We have read this comfortable little volume of twelve sermons with much pleasure and profit. The style is graphic and the thought fresh. There is considerable power exhibited in picturesque and moral word-painting. The sermons have point, speak right out, and do not hesitate to cut right and left on occasions. Often they have beauty of illustration drawn from pure nature. The element of Christian hope runs through them. The discourse on the "Divine Friendship" is a fine and brave discourse. The last sermon on "The Moral Condition of Boston and How to Improve it," treats a difficult subject with delicacy, sagacity, and honesty. That system which educates highly, and yet which affords no corresponding means of gratifying the newly refined tastes which it originates, is justly and temperately criticised. Some passages of this sermon have an incisive and vigorous style promising good things in the future, when a sobered strength shall have taught the preacher to repress exuberance without destroying individuality.

* Music Hall Sermons. By WILLIAM H. H. Church. Boston. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co.

MURRAY, Pastor of Park Street 1870.

ARCHBISHOP WHATELY'S ESSAYS.*-Archbishop Whately's well known Essays, and his "Historic Doubts," are reprinted by Mr. Warren F. Draper, of Andover, in a neat and careful manner, and are bound in the same volume. The subjects of the Essays are as follows. Revelation of a future state. On the Declaration of God in His Son. On Love towards Christ as a motive to obedience. On the Practical Character of Revelation.

On the Exam

ple of Children as proposed to Christians. On the Omission of a system of articles of Faith, Liturgies, and Ecclesiastical Canons. To these is added an appendix on the Absence of a Priesthood. Of these essays, the first and the fourth have attracted the most attention, and have elicited an active discussion as to their soundness. In the first, the author asserts, more positively than most modern Christian writers, that the wisest and the most thoughtful of the ancients did not believe in a future state. He also insists that the Mosaic Revelation neither made known nor recognized a happy future state as the reward of human virtue, but that it is in Christianity alone that such a hope is warranted. The Essay on the practical character of Revelation has been criticised very sharply as opening the way to latitudinarian sentiments, and, when taken with two or three passages in the appendix to the author's Logic, as teaching Sabellian views of the Trinity. Whatever may be thought of Whately's views on particular doctrines of the Christian system, no one can question his sturdy good sense, his discriminating judgment, and his largehearted catholicity. In some respects it might seem that, perhaps, his views have been outgrown by the new forms of infidelity and of orthodoxy which have come into being since his time. It will be found, however, that his deliberate opinion upon any fundamental question is always worth considering, and often contains more weighty thought than the unpretending manner of stating it would indicate.

Essays on Some of the Peculiarities of the Christian Religion. By RICHARD WHATELY, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. From the Seventh London Edition. Andover: Warren F. Draper. 1870.

Historic Doubts relative to Napoleon Buonaparte. From the Eleventh London Edition. Andover: Warren F. Draper. 1870.