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In memf respect * we acknowledge EHeama as the ffifenftir &f the piefee ; although He is tlttally wanting in a Met **®*^ ^ $$ atfr and seltf-controul , at tH ^ tftowWtti wftein they are most
reqtfi ^ : Tbe character of Myron is happily introduce d aijd well sustained . An earlier or a later period of Jewish history wottid hardly have supplied it , or have enabled the author to have
made it equally subservient to the main purpose of his narrative , and to the illustration of a few points of Grecian learning and antiquities . Nothing * , of the kind , can be mare natural than the intimacy between Helon
and Myron : this could not but be formed by th ^ ir ear ly local residence , their united aod congenial studies j notwithstanding the wide diversity of their dispositions , their domestic education and first impressions . Myron ' s toaversion &m to be anticipated : still it comes upon us rather by surprise .
What rentier of this Pilgrimage * can be uninterested in the amiable and engaging Sulamlth ? So pre-eminent is she among the wise and devout and virtuous daughters of Israel , that
we grieve to see so little of her , and weep oyer her short career of domes * tic felicity and usefulness , the peculiar severity of her trials , and the suddenness of her death .
The portraits of Selumiel and Iddo , though subordinate and less attractive , are drawn , nevertheless , with some masterly strokes , and with considerable discrimination : that of Helon ' s
mother is placed at a still greater distance from the fore-ground , but is equally entitled to our praise . Nor should the willing and affectionate slave Sallu be overlooked : whenever he makes his appearance , it is strictly in season and place and office *
Accuracy and taste have sketched the pictures of John HyrcanmS the Enene \ the NapariAe , J the lepers ^ fob yoimg Jewish soldier , J | &c . But we must not fini s h this part of our review , before yve have noticed the old man qf the temple ; a highly
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important individual in our author ' s group of 1 personages , ' and extremely and peculiarly the creature of his foil * c-y . Whether the portrait of this aged priest ( for such he is ) be historically correct , we must be allowed to doubt . At the period of the Jewish annals , to
which Helorfs Pilgrimage belongs , some , it is true , were ** waiting for the consolation of Israel : " thev looked solicitously and fervently for the Messiah ; though they could not hope to be the witnesses of" his advent . From the Sacred Writings , however ,
Strauss has no warrant—he has none , we think , even from writings of a more recent date , and a far inferior authority—for supposing- that any of the Hebrews , whether of the priesthood or the laity , beheld in the Levitical sacrifices the imagined vieariou
sacrifice of Christ . Such typical theology was reserved for other professors of religion , and for other and much later times . The old man of th # t&mple is a character sufrgested by this writer ' s system of divinity : on this system he is perfectly well
supported ; he is full of mysticism , and himself a sort of mystical and unearthly being . He does much towards accelerating Helon's reception of those views of religious truth , which he himself so zealously cherishes : and he is thus far not a little instrumental to
the progress and moral of the story . By his virtues and his years he has been made truly venerable : towards Helon he evinces a paternal affection and tenderness , which meet with something like filial gratitude , attachment and submission , in return .
In another part of this article we shall have occasion to resume our observations on the Jewish sacrifices and oft mystical theology . Meanwhile , we would impress on the recollection of our readers one fact , of singular pertinency and moment , in respect of the animal offerings of the Hebrews : that people were husbandmen and shep *
herds—altogether pastoral and agricultural ; they nourished therefore an immense multitude of cattle , for the use and the food of man . Only a small part of each victim was devoted to the altar ; while the rest furnished the meals of the priests and of the several worshipers . Thus , some of the great ends , of their religioua sepa-
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Review .- ^ Hehm * * Pilgrimage to Jerusalem . 229
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/41/
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