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    oppressors could prevent him from employing his eloquence from the pul p it in cherishing their patriotic ardour ; nor is there probably any private individual who can claim a larger share in the excitement of that spirit which enabled Prussia at length to throw off the yoke , and conducted her armies to the heart of France . When the hour of danger was passed , and the public voice began to demand from the King the fulfilment of those promises of a free constitution by which the people had been encouraged to rise ,

    Schleiermacher was again found among the boldest and most powerful of the advocates of freedom . He drew up the remonstrance which the theolog ical faculty of the University presented to the King , against the -arbitrary dismissal of De Wette > who , in a letter of Which the Government had possessed itself by the treachery of a neighbouripg state , had endeavoured to console the mother of Sand . He has also animadverted on the attempt more recently

    made by the King of Prussia to introduce into the united churches a liturgy drawn up by his Majesty himself , with the assistance , it is said , of one of has major generals . These instances of inflexible spirit and independence have made him , as . might be expected , so obnoxious to the Court , that nothing but its fear of depriving Prussia of the benefit of his abilities and reputation has saved him from being sent to share the exile of De Wette , if not the prison of Jahn . *

    As an academical teacher , Schleiermacher has been chiefly celebrated for his lectures on philosophy and morals . The uninterrupted flow of perspicuous and forcible language , in which almost extemporaneously , he carries his hearers along with him through his subtle and profound investigations , is even more wonderful than the animated stream of his pulpit

    eloquence . The work which we are now about to examine is , with the exception of a letter attacking the genuineness of the first Epistle to Timothy , published in 1807 , the only specimen which has been given to the world of his ability as a biblical critic ; but it bears decisive marks of the learning , the acuteness , and , we think too , occasionally , the orer-refining subtilty which are the characteristics of Schleiermacher ' s mind *

    The anonymous translator of this Essay has prefixed to it a very valuable introduction extending to more than one hundred and fifty pages , in which , after endeavouring to vindicate those who pursue researches into the origin and composition of the gospels , from the charge of " sapping the inspiration of Scripture , " he proceeds briefly to point out the principal objections to

    * Jahn is said to have been the first volunteer who took up arms when the King of Prussia retiree } to Breslau , and called on his people to come forward in defence of their country , and he distinguished himself greatly in the war of emancipation . He was chiefly instrumental in establishing the Turnplatze or Gymnasia , as a means of training the youth of Prussia to manly activity , and preparing them for the field . After the war , Jahn fell under the displeasure of the government , for the freedom with which he demanded the fulfilment of the royal promise ; the gymnasia were closed as nurseries of democracy , and Jahn himself sent to a fortress , having been found with two daggers in his possession , with which it was supposed that he meant

    to assassinate all the sovereigns of Germany . Aa anecdote of him may be added to the list of " great effects from little causes . " The French , when they took Berlin , carried away the bronze Victory from the Brandenburgh Gate . Jahn one day passing under it , called a boy to him , and asked him what was become of the Victory , and on his replying , that the French had taken it away , but that he did not trouble himself about the matter , gave him a smart box on the ear and bade him in future * ' trouble himself about the matter ** The story soon spread through Berlin , and no one from that time passed under the Brandenburgh Gate without thinking of the Victory and the means of its reinstatement .

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    34 Review . —Schleiermacher * $ Critical Essay onJhe Gospel of St . Lufce .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1827, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1792/page/34/