With these remarks, we take leave of Mr. Barlow and his book. We cannot, however, close this brief paper without directing the attention of our readers to a very serious consideration which this book suggests. The Reverend Mr. Barlow is a Fellow of Trinity College. And there are many who would ask Catholic parents to entrust the education of their children to him and his colleagues. We have seen a specimen of his principles; in particular we have seen that, according to his views, "the civilization of the nineteenth century jars" with a doctrine which every Catholic is bound to believe. Is it safe, then, for a Catholic youth to gather his ideas of modern civilization from the lips of such a teacher as Mr. Barlow? We are told, indeed, it is for _secular education_ alone that a Catholic student should go to Trinity College: that he may learn his religion from other sources. But, if we understand the words aright, secular education must surely include modern civilization, and modern civilization, as taught by Mr. Barlow, is contrary to Catholic faith. These are simple facts. Our readers may draw their own conclusion. FOOTNOTES: [2] II. _Cor._, x. 5. [3] II. _Cor._, xii. 2-4. [4] _Rom._, xi. 33. [5] See Mr. Barlow's book, pp. 37 (note), 38, 39. [6] _Matth._, xxv. 41-46. [7] _Matth._, xviii. 8. [8] _Mark_, ix. 42, 43, 44, 45, 47. [9] _Matth._, iii. 12. [10] _Is._, lxvi. 24. [11] _Apoc._, xx. 9, 10, 15. [12] Pp. 38-39. The words in italics are so printed in Mr. Barlow's book. [13] See pp. 7-8, where this principle is advanced in a still more confident tone, and with even less regard for the maxims of the Gospel. We extract the following passage: "I do truly believe that if every man, before repeating the Athanasian Creed, would sit down quietly, and--say for five minutes--steadily endeavour to realize in his imagination, as far as he is capable of doing it, what the contents of the notion 'Eternal Torments' are, we should find an enormous increase of so-called heresy with respect to these portions [the "damnatory clauses"] of the Creed. The responses, 'Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly', would be nearly confined to the clerk". Five minutes' reflection is quite enough, in the estimate of Mr. Barlow, to convince every man that he ought to abandon the faith of ages. [14] _Apoc._, xxi. 27. [15] _Prov._, xxiv. 16. [16] I. _Cor._, vi. 9, 10; _Gal._, v. 21. [17] _Rom._, x. 15; _Isaias_, lii. 7. [18] _Isaias_, liv 2, 3. [19] _Matth._, xxxv. 30 [20] _Luke_, ii. 34. [21] See Mr. Barlow's book, p. 22; also p. 17. [22] _Apoc._, xxi. 4. [23] _Apoc._, xxi. 4. CATHOLIC EDUCATION--DISENDOWMENT OF THE PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT.