The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National PolicyVarious
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The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864: Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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We deem that there is more difficulty in admitting that Christ rose from
the dead by _extraordinary force of will_, than in admitting the truth
of the record that He was the only Son of the Father, with full power
over life and death. We thank Mr. Furness for the skilful manner in
which he has brought to light the infinite tenderness and divine
self-forgetfulness of the Redeemer, but we cannot think he has succeeded
in lifting the veil of mystery which surrounds the birth, miracles,
crucifixion, resurrection, and atonement of the Redeemer. Meantime let
Christians who accept revelation in its integrity, throw no stumbling
blocks in the way of earnest and candid inquirers, such as Mr. Furness.
Is it not true that, dazzled by the _Divine_, we have been too little
touched by the exquisite, compassionate, faithful, and child-like
_human_ character of our Master? Truth seeks the light, and it cannot
fall too fully on the perfect; every ray serving but to reveal some new
perfection. Let those of fuller faith rejoice in the beauties forever
developing in the character of the Holy Victim. Let them patiently pray
that those who love Him as an elder brother, may gaze upon His majesty
until they see in Him the risen God.
We have found this book interesting and suggestive. It is disgraced by
none of the flippant and irreverent sentimentalism which characterizes
M. Renan.
Contents: 'Wherein the Teaching of Jesus was New;' 'How the Truth of the
History is made to appear;' 'His Knowledge of Human Nature;' 'His
Wonder-working Power;' 'His Child-likeness;' 'The Naturalness of His
Teaching;' 'The Naturalness of certain Fables found in His History;'
'The Genesis of the Gospels.'
THE CAMPANER THAL, and Other Writings. From the German of JEAN PAUL
FRIEDRICH RICHTER. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. For sale by D.
Appleton & Co., New York.
The "other writings" in the work before us are: Life of Quintus Fixlein,
Schmelzle's Journey to Flaetz, Analects from Richter, and Miscellaneous
Pieces. The Life of Quintus Fixlein and Schmelzle's Journey to Flaetz are
both translated by that ardent admirer of Richter's genius, Thomas
Carlyle; a sufficient guarantee that the spirit and beauty of the
original are fully rendered. The Analects are translated by the
brilliant writer, Thomas de Quincey.
Richter died while engaged, under recent and almost total blindness, in
enlarging and remodelling the Campaner Thal, or Discourses on the
Immortality of the Soul. 'The unfinished manuscript was borne upon his
coffin to the burial vault; and Klopstock's hymn, _Auferstehen wirst
du!_ 'Thou shalt arise, my soul!' can seldom have been sung with more
appropriate application than over the grave of Jean Paul.'
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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