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    In examining and replying to these bold assertions , Mr . Hebert confines himself wholly to the argument from Scripture , and only to such portions of the argument as are involved in the texts quoted by the author of the Sermons . Had he taken up the whole Scrip- , ture testimony , he must have written a ponderous volume instead of a short tractate . So far as he has gone , he has proved himself master of his subject . He proves , with all the force of a moral demonstration , that if Christ ' s death was not , in the fullest sense of the word , expiatory , then it is impossible ever to vindicate the conduct of God towards the Son of His love—that God is a moral Governor as well as an indulgent Father—that law has its penalties just as really as it has its requirements—that if its requirements are not met , its penalties must be inflicted that if the punishment fall not on some voluntary and accepted substitute , it must fall upon the transgressor himself ; and hencethat it is morally impossible for the holy and righteous God

    , to be gracious to the sinner without a propitiation in whieu justice is neither surrendered nor modified . Mr . Hebert can expatiate quite as eloquently , and with an equal glow of feeling as the author of the Sermons , on the grace of God , but it is grace reigning through righteousness . His soul , too , can kindle , as he dwells on the love of God in Christ ; but it is love revealing itself in light . If there be those who would tear Justice from the chain of Divine attributes , as if it had no relation to all the rest—so there are those who would in like manner separate Love from all the rest , as if there were no harmony between them and it . It is in the expiatory offering of the Cross only that mercy and truth meet together , righteousness and peace embrace each other . # But we must pause , and urge our readers to lose no time m making this triumphant refutation of a growing heresy their own . It will well repay the most thoughtful perusal ,

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    WHOEVER presumes to assert that Theology , as a subject of speculation , is devoid of power to " awaken any fresh thought or interest , will find that he holds an opinion which , if he would examine the woi-k entitled ? ' Thoughts in Aid of Faith , " he would discover to be utterly erroneous . It is true that half the books recently ^ produced by theological writers , who may also be allowed to have some philosophic insight , are unimbued with the natural sunshine and warmth of living truth . They do not stir , convince , and elevate us . They , lack "the comprehensive insight that educes good out of evil , divides intelligence from superstition , separates the true from the false , and , above all , distinguishes Christianity from ancient and modern philosophy . The distinguishing merit which we observe in the work by Miss Hennell is this very spirit of discernment . She has set herself with an understanding thoroughly

    cultivated and equal to the task of inquiring into the historical origin of Christianity , its psychical essence , the history of philosophy and the indications of a science of morality ; and all her " thoughts ' upon these important subjects converge to the doctrine' that Christianity is different from , and essentially superior to , the theology and philosophy of the present time . We are happy to endorse her -view ^^ ndl ^ oncl ^ iswns ^ iJ&is ^ iar ^ icuta will have a wholesome and powerful effect upon all truth-seeking and earnest ' . . thinkers . After the Strausses , Newmans , Martineaus , and others have bewildered themselves and their readers with thendoubts arid obscurities , i t ¦ in ' ay be given at last to the intellect of woman , who helped them in infancy , to lead them in their old age of perplexities back by a straight path to the kingdom and the home of truth . The style , ' also , of this work is as clear and vigorous as the thoughts are fresh and valuable , and we wish it a wide and permanent mission of usefulness and influence in the service of

    Christianity . " Christ in Life : and Life in Christ" is the appropriate titles of a volume of thoughtful and eloquent discourses , by the Rev . J . CM . Bellew . The two views of religion which the author develops in these discourses , are characterized by a natural and spontaneous method of thinking upon these subjects—a rare merit in . these days of pulpit displays—and by a style of expression tlmt is both vigorous and intelligible . As the fashion goes it is easy to philosophise , and , as a necessary consequence , to become obscure upon tho suljcct of " Christ in Lifo . " But lie is tho usoful and effective preacher who , like tho evangelists themselves , simply states tho fact , and its human

    in Christ . " We feel sure that all thoughtful men to whom the practical question ever occurs , whether they wear their religion upon , their tongues , their sleeves , and their Sabbaths , or whether they have set it as a seal upon their hearts—will concur in this view of the question , and the , discourses before 11 s , which put the matter in this reasonable light , will not fail to find many readers and to accomplish a great deal of good . As is the case with every man of whatever class or capacity he may be , who stands forth from the crowd to think and to write , to see and to say what he himself , in his own honest and independent right of thought and strength of conviction may choose , Mr . Perfitt in the discourses before us , gives utterance to a good deal that , in

    point of opinion and views , is original . and true . His independence of mind is not tainted with irreverence , his orig inality never degenerates into unbelief . Profoundly appreciating whatever is excellent and of good report in the intellectual and moral life and action of mankind , he is glad to exalt it into a permanent organ of practical utility and a shining example of goodness and beauty . We observe this spirit , pervades the whole of the discourses on " practical religion , " and while they demonstrate Mr . Perfitt to be a thinker of no ordinary character , and the master of a clear and popular style , we have every reason to believe that they will , in their present form , have an influence and interest beyond the sphere in which they were delivered .

    important and palpable consequences and fruits as seen in all history . It is a grand fact that Christ manifested God in the flesh , and at the same time exulted human nature and lifo to tho highest condition of moral goodness and wisdom , and tho wonder is not that the fact inspires occasionally a truly gifted and eloquent heart , but that it does not inspire moro minds with a deeper and wiaor spirit of piety and a larger " discourso of reason . " Tho sermons in this volume , which are devoted to the consideration of " Lifo in Christ , " powerfully assert and maintain tho truth that of till our desires , ends , nima , objectfl , and views of life , tho chief should be the consecration by us of the events nnd occupations of the world to a' * Life

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    Fraser ' s Magazine for June contains a masterly article on * ' Physical Theories of the Phenomena of Life . " " A Reverie after reading Miss Nightingale's ' Notes of Nursing , '" is full of deep and kindly sympathy ; " Gryll Grange" continues its unique and interesting chapters . Following this are some excellent suggestions for the improvement of the reading department in the British Museum- " Self-Help " is an article of general interest and value . The thoughts " Concerning Growing Old , " so well and forcibly expressed , will , we imagine , be not the least pleasing reading in this number of Fraser . " Wheat and Taxes" continued , " A Raid

    among the Rhymers , " " Difficulties of Political Prophecy , " " Literary Suburb of the Eighteenth Century , " in which Poje , Lady Mary Wortley Montague , and Fielding are sketched , all make this number particularly attractive . There is also a long and interesting account of " Life at Nice . " " The Rochdale Pioneers" is likewise an article of considerable importance to the employers and the employed . This number closes with criticisms on the " Exhibitions of I 860 . " BlticleivooiUs-Magazine for June commences with " The Schoolmaster afc Home , " art elaborate article , from which much useful information and counsel may be derived . Captain Speke ' s interesting

    " Adventures in Somali-land" and " Norman Sinclair" are continued . Scottish national character is a cleverly descriptive article on Scottish life . The article on " Universal Suffrage in Savoy and Nice " exhibits entire knowledge of the subject , and sets this important question in a remarkably clear and just point of view . The last article , " The Balance of Party , " is one of considerable political interest and literary merit , and , with the whole , gives to Blatfcwood for the present month superior attractions to its readers . We must « ot , Jiow ^ raivomiiU : ojneutionJ ; hatJu ^ of great , merit , entitled " Night , " " Domitiau and The Turbot , " and " The- Fighfc for the Belt , " the latter being- highly graphic

    nndiuterestiag . , In theJDublin University Magazine for June we . have , to begin with , a capital article entitled "An Analogy suggested by ' Essays and Reviews . ' " " Utrum Horum , or tho Revenge of Shane Roe na Sogarth ; a Legend of the Golden Fawn , " is concluded . " The World ' s Two Tribes , or the Worker and the Thinker ; a Fragment of a Philosophical Poem , " contains , we think , the true spirit of poetry and some originality of conception . " American Imaginings' ' is a good review of Nathaniel Hawthorne ' s splendid romance . We notice also a good article on * ' Palaeontology , " , among others , a first rate article upon our " Politics Abroad and at Home . " " The Progress of French Agriculture , " Avhich concludes tho current number , id an article of " unusual interest and value . with able article

    Maamillan ' s Magazine for June opens an on " The Suffrage , " considered in reference to the working class , nnd to tho professional class ; " Four Sonnets " of much poetic beauty , by the Itev . C , T . Turner , follow this article . " Shelley in Pallmall , " is a good paper . " Tho Ramsgate Life-boat ; a Rescue , will bo found extremely interesting . " Poet ' s Corner ; or an English Writer ' s Tomb ; " and " The Boundaries of Science , a diafoguo , " will both afford groat pleasure to the reader . " Tom Brown at Oxford " is continued . We have before expressed our admiration of this work , nnd tho interost we feel in it , which increases as the story proceeds . " Tho KH .-r ' s Daughter " is sweet nnd beautiful in rhythm nnd in sentiment . Following this is n clcv er critical article on " The Royal Acndemy . " Macmillan for this month concludes with n good though brief article , on the "

    Indiscretion of Sir Charles Trevelytin / ' -.- - ;~— -r--- ; . ; . In the CSornhill Miufazino lor Juno , the leading article is upon tho Fortification of London . Mr . Thaokerny ' H short but excellent story , " Lovel tho Widower , " is concluded . The pleasant story ot " Frnmloy Parsonage " is continued . The first series of " Studies in Animal Lifo " brought to n close . Jhe " Hogarth " papers nro supremely intorosting » " »<* excellent . There is also R good article on " An ' Austrian- Employe ? ' The Magazine is no doubt a g reat succefis , nnd deservedly so , on account of ita intrinsic monts . One of Them . Wo have recoived tho Juno number of tins popular story . It is well nnd nicely illustrated .

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    * Thoughts hi AUl' of Faith . Gathered chiefly from recent Works in ¦ tyeohtff }/ '( did rhifosojpfij / . By Sana S . IIhnnkll . London : Ooorgo Manwiirlng . Christ hi TJfo : TJfo in Christ . By J . 0 . M . Bhllew . London : , Chapman and Hall . Practical Religion contrasts ? with Thvolor / ical Theories . Discourses by Philip William Pbufitt . London : George Manwaring , Successor to John Chapman .

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    June 2 , I 860 . ] The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 525

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 2, 1860, page 525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2350/page/17/