The Theology of the Intellect and that of the Feelings. By Edwards A. Park. [pp. 642-674]

Professor Park's Sermon.
zoological provinces, and to nullify any possible argument in
favour of their unity of origin, from the striking analogies
which the study of comparative philology, still in its infancy,
is every day disclosing.
ART. VII.-The Theology of the Intellect and that of the
Feelings. A Discourse before the Convention of the Con gregational Ministers of New England, in Brattle Street
Mleeting House, Boston, May 30th, 1850. By Edwards A.
Park, Professor in Andover Theological Seminary.
THE normal authority of scripture is one of the subjects
about which, at the present time, the mind of the church is
most seriously agitated. The old doctrine of the plenary inspiration, and consequent infallibility of the written word, is
still held by the great body of believers. It is assailed however from various quarters and in different ways. Some of
these assaults are from avowed enemies; some from pretended
friends; and others from those who are sincere in thinking
they are doing God service in making his word more pliant,
so that it may accommodate itself the more readIly, not to
science, but to the theories of scientific men; not to philosophy, but to the speculations of philosophers. The form of these
attacks is constantly varying. The age of naked rationalism
is almost over. That system is dying of a want of heart. Its
dissolution is being hastened by the contempt even of the
world. It is no longer the mode to make "common sense"
the standard of all truth. Since the discovery of the AnAchauungs F'ermnogen, men see things in their essence. The
intuitional consciousness has superceded the discursive understanding; and Rationalists have given place to Transcendentalists. In the hands of many of the latter, the scriptures
share the same fate which has overtaken the outward Oorld.
As the material is but the manifestation of the spiritua-so
the facts and doctrines of the Bible are the mere forms of the
spirit of Christianity; and if you have the spirit, it matters
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