Theological and Literary Itelligence [pp. 569-580]

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D. D. II. Family Worship, by the Rev. Thomas Smith, D.D. III. The Vatican
Dogma; by the Rev. Professor Witheron, D.D., Derry. IV. On the Study of
Assyrian and Egyptian, by the Rev. A. H. Sayce, M.A., Oxford. V. The Phil.
osophy of Religious Revival, by the Rev. W. Nicolson, M.A., St. Petersburgh.
VI. The Proposed Presbyterian Council, by the Rev. Professor W. G. Blaikie,
D.D., LL.D. VII. Supernatural Religion: the History and Results of Modern
Negative Criticism, by the Rev. J. B. Paton.
While the author of the article on Dr. McCosh's Scottish Philosophy, on the
whole, speaks in its praise, he strongly objects that it overrates that philosophy, and
Reid, its chief expounder, while it underrates Kant. Professor Witherow sets
forth the immense and inevitable sweep of the Vatican Dogma in making the Pope
Supreme Arbiter of all things human, with a clearness and conclusiveness, which
we hope will command attention. It is noticeable that the profound paper of Mr.
Nicolson on the Philosophy of Religious Revival, in developing the psychological
basis for such phenomena in human nature, seems to sanction Kant's "antinomy between the purely intellectual and moral spheres." Is it necessary in order
to save the moral nature of man to acknowledge an "incompatibility" between it
and the intellectual? And is the Scotch Philosophy obsolete in Scotland as Dr,
Lindsay informs us? Is there no medium between Kant and the sensuous school~
We are glad to see the Proposed Presbyterian Council properly signalized. The
paper on Supernatural Religion ably exposes the shallowness of the Tiibingen
school. We think a precise definition of the supernatural a desideratum in dis
cussions of this kind.
The Theological ~eview (London) ~anuary. I. The Natural History of Theism
by F. H. Hedge, D. D. 2. The Gospel Miracles, by John Wright, B. A. 3. The
Endowment of Education, by C. E. Appleton, D. C. L. 4. Ewald's History of the
Hagiocracy in Israel, by F. R. Conder. 5. Theodore Parker, by Ellen Bibby.
6. Rowland Williams, D. D., by John Owen. 7. In Memoriam: W. J. Lamport,
by J. H. Thom. 8. Mill's Essays on Religion, I, by C. B. Upton, B. A. A~4l
I. Calvinism, by R. B. Drummond, B. A. 2. God, the Unknowable and the
Knowable, J. Page Hoppi. 3. Evolution in Religion, and its Results, by Albert
Reville, D. D. 4. Mill's Essays on Religion, II., Theism, by C. B. Upton, B. A
5. The Controversy on the Vatican Decrees, by Charles Beard, B. A. 6. Beard's
new volume of Sermons, by Frances Power Cobbe. 7. Miscellanea Theologica, by
T. K. Cheyne, M. A., and John Kenrick, M. A. (on Genesis lix: 10, and the phrase,
ego eirni, in the historical books of New Testament.)
Dickiuson's Theological Quarterly is the title of a new periodical, published in
London, which is to be made up wholly of articles from German, American, and
French sources, at the low price of 25 a quarter. The first part, January, contains
translations of Tischendorf on "The Authenticity of the Gospels;" Z6ckler, of Greifswald, "The Biblical Account of Creation, and Natural Science;" Delitzsch, "A Jun~
Day in Jerusalem;" Pastor Fuchs, on "The Person of Christ;" Luthardt, "The
Divine Attributes Manifested in the Person of Christ;" and papers by Dr. J. P.
Thompson (on" Moses"); Dr. Warner, "The Christian Consciousness;" Mr. A. H,
Newman, "Biographical Sketch of Dr. Meyer, the Commentator," etc.
The last publication of the "Theological Translation Fund "is Dr. F. Bleek's
"Lectures on the Apocalypse," edited by Hossbach in German, and by Dr. S.
Davidson in the English translation. The chapter on the History of the Use of the
Apocalypse in the Church is of special interest. The same " Fund" will soon issue