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LIFE OF SILLIMAN
FisuEft. Life of Benjamin Silliman, M.D.,
LL.D., late Professor of Chemistry, Mine
ralogy, and Geology in Yale College.
Chiefly from his Manuscript Reminiscen
ces, Diaries, and Correspondence. By
Geo. P. Fisher, Professor in Yale College.
Vols. I. and IL, 12m0., pp. 407 and 408.
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Nowhere in the world, perhaps, will there
be found a more striking illustra'ion of the
power of true Christian gentility to give
influence, and to make way for a reputation
almost entirely devoid of the elements of
greatness, than in the life sketched in
these volumes. Prof. Silliman was no
savan in the highest sense of the word,
and never claimed to be one. His great
achievement was to master and present to
students the results of other men's original
investigations. Yet in this work be stood,
and perhaps will long stand, unrivalled
among American instructors. He was the
pioneer of the science of chemistry in
America, as Moses Stuart was the pioneer
of scientific Exegesis. But it was the
rich geniality of his character, the fine
glow of Christian gentility, the almost
courtly charm and grace of his manners,
that shone through and above his'scientific
attainments, and that made him so mar
vellously popular with the learned and
the rude, with the freshmen in his lecture
room, and with all the leading men of
science in his day. We do not believe he
would have been counted eloquent, or
would have been considered a memorable
personage to posterity, wi'hout that fascina
tion of manners and that unfailing sympa
thy with his audience, to which such ample
testimony is given in these volumes.
The materials for telling the story of a
life so long, so bright, so calm, so beauti
ful,—a very Sabbath of peace . and devo
tion, amid the din of scientific unbelief'
and noisy personal ambition, in which he
had no share,—are abundant, and of the
most satisfactory sort. The old man elo
quent tells his own story in the sweet and
winning words so natural to him. A very
rich store of letters from some of the most
distinguished personages of contemporary
history, especially from the leading scienti
fic men of his day, are also drawn upon by
the biographer. For more than three
quarters of a century, we trace, by their
aid, the career of one whose sympathies
are so many and so varied, that he gives
and receives light on every hand. We
learn something new of almost every place
and person with whom he comes in contact,
so that the volumes become a valuable ad
dition to the social, scientific, and even
political history of the times to which they
belong With unpretending simplicity
and sincere purpose to let Prof Silliman's
character and works truly appear, yet with
severe labor in arranging his material, the
biographer has left little to be desired in
the manner in which he has done his work.
We give two extracts:—
THE QUAKERS AND THE SABBATH IN PHIL
ADELPHIA IN 1802.
The week being filled with lectures, Dr.
Barton proposed that we should go, by
special permission of Mr. Peale, [to his
Museum,] on Sunday, as that was a day of
leisure, and then we should not be interfered
with by the usual visiting company. The
proposition was no sooner made than it was
adopted by general silent consent. With
some hesitancy I rose, and in the most re
spectful terms stated that I regretted to in
terfere with the wishes or convenience of
the professor and the class, but that for
myself I had other occupations on the day
proposed, and if that were to be the time, I
must lose the instruction. After a mo
ment's pause, the professor named Saturday
afternoon, which was adopted. A few days
after, when passing down Market street,
I met Dr. Parrish, a young Quaker physi
cian, who caught me by the hand, and
said Friend Silliman, I was glad to
hear that thee had objected to visiting
Peale's Museum on First-Day, when it was
proposed by Dr. Barton."
First-Day is not sacred time with the
Quakers, but they generally hold meetings
on that day, and partake to a degree, of
the general reverence for the Sabbath en
tertained in most Christian countries.
SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE.
" Now, at eighty-two and a half years of
age, still, by God's forbearance and bless
ing, possessing my mental powers unim
paired, and looking over the barrler beyond
which I must soon pass, I can truly declare
that, in the study and exhibition of science
to my pupils, .ind fellow men, I have never
forgotten to give all the honor and glory
to the Infinite Creator—happy if I might
be the honored interpreter of a portion of
his works, and of the beautiful structure
and beneficent laws discovered therein by
the labors of many illustrious predecessors.
For this I claim no merit. It is the result
to which right reason and sound philoso
phy, as well as religion / would naturally
lead.
" While I have never concealed my
convictions on these subjects, nor hesitated
to declare them on all proper occasions, I
have also declared my belief that while
natural religion stands as the basisl of
Revelation, consisting as it does of the
facts and laws which form the domain of
science, science has never revealed a sys
tem or mercy commensurate with the moral
wants of man. In nature, in God's crea
tion, we discover only laws—tuna of un
deviating
strictness, and sure penalties
annexed for their violation. There is as
s,,c,ated with natural laws no system of
mercy. That dispensatinn is not revealed
'n nature, and is contained in the Scrip
tui es alone.
•• With the double 'view just presented,
i‘' , l that science and religion may walk
and in. hand. They term two distinct
volumes of revelation, and both being re
cords of the will of the Creator, both may
be received as constituting a unity declar
ing the mind of God, and therefore the
study of both becomes a duty, and is per
fectly consistent with our highest moral
obligations.
I feel that, as the subject respects my
fellow-men, I have done no more than my
duty, and I reflect upon my course with
subdued satisfaction, being persuaded that
nothing that I have said, or omitted to
say, in my public lectures. either before
the college classes, or before popular audi
ences, can have favored the erroneous
impression that science is hostile to reli
aion.
" My own conviction is so decidedly in
the opposite direction, that I could wish
that students of theology should be also
students of natural science—certainly of
astronomy, geology, natural philosophy,
and chemistry, and the outlines of natural
history."
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SCHAFF. The Person of Christ ; The Mira
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and Renan, and a Collection of Testimonies
of Unbelievers. By Philip Schaff, D.D.
New York : Chas. Scribner & Co. 18mo.,
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Truly this is a gem of a book. From
ponderous tomes, from learned and elabor
ate essays, from recondite philosophies, we
turn with surprise and refreshment to this
brief and complete vindication of the .
claims of Jesus to be recognized as divine,
Bounded upon the analysis of his human
character. Here every vital question as to
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We quote a paragraph from the body of
the work :
And yet this Jesus of Nazareth, without
money and arms, conquered more millions
than Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed, and
Napoleon ; without science and learqing,
he shed more light on things human and
divine than all philosophers and scholars
combined; without the eloquence of schools,
he spoke such words of life as were never
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which lie beyond the reach of any orator or
poet; without writing a single line, he set
more pens in motion, and' furnished themes
for more sermons, orations, discussions,
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songs of praise, than the whole army of
great men of ancient and modern times.
Born in a manger, and crucified as a male
factor, he now controls the destinies of the
civilized world, and rules a spiritual empire
which embraces one-third of the inhabi
tants of the globe. There never was in
this world a life so unpretending, modest,
and lowly in its outward form and condi
tios, and yet producing such extraordinary
effects upon all ages, nations, and classes of
men. The annals of history produce no
other example of such complete and as
tounding success, in spite of the absence of
those material, Facial, literary, and artistic
powers and influences which are indispen
sable to success for a mere man. Christ
stands, in this respect also solitary and
alone among all the heroes of history, and
presents to us an insolvable problem, unless
we admit him to be more than man even
the eternal Son of God.
KIRKLAND. Patriotic Eloquence : Being
Selections from One Hundred Years of
National Literature. Compiled for the
Use of Schools in Reading and Speaking.
By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. New York:
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A former edition of this book has been
enlarged by additions from speeches and
messages of Presidents, during and since
the rebellion. It seems to us these last are
exceedingly inadequate and unsatisfactory.
Andrew Johnson's declaration that it i s
not competent to extend the elective frai l .
ohise, is given, with no word or line from
the advocates of a contrary policy. These
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There is room for something
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THE PRESBYTER,IAN MONTHLY FOR
MAY, has what we expeet and hope is but
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1866.
the first instalment of reports of the trials,
labors, and successes of our Home MisSion
aries from their own pens. This is the
material for which such a magazine is chiefly
needed. The Foreign Missionary depart
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his respect.
THE ATLAigTIC MONTHLY, June, 1866
—Contents : Quicksands; In the Hemlocks;
Last Days of Walter Savage Landor, III.;
The Dead Ship of Flarpswell ; Doctor
Johns, XVII. ; Tied to a Rope; Giotto's
Tower ; Passages from Hawthorne's Note-
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Bad Symptons ; Reviews and Literary
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ANNUAL REPORT of the Managers of the
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THE NATIONAL PREACHER and The
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The Gospel and its Successful Preacher;
The Man to Win Souls; The Christian's
Duty in Respect to the Temperance Cause.
New York : Conducted and Published by
W. H. Bidwell
THE THREATENING RUIN. A Discourse
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New Edition. Philadelphia : Smith, Eng
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France, Germany, and Holland. Edited
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of an Incarnation without a Fall. Cincin
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THE MAIDEN AND MARBLED LIFE OE MARY
POWELL, afterward Mistress Milfon. New
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LLEWELLYN. What to Do. For the Little
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113. Philadelphia : Presbyterian
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between Destiny and the Imperial Crown."
—The printer of Proudhon's Bible, no
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sentence to imprisonment was recently
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M. Victor Hugo's later works, has just paid
the latter $50,000 on account.—Prince
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, the learned philo
logist, has just returned from a residence
of several months on the frontiers of Spain,
where he has been engaged in investigating
the formation of the Basque dialect.--
The first volume of the "Life of Beeth
oven," by A. W. Thayer, is in the press in
Berlin. Mr. Thayer is a native of Boston,
and 4t present occupies the position of
United States Consul at Trieste. He had
been engaged on the work now announced
for fifteen years.
Royal A u thorship.—At the present mo
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pastime at the courts of Europe. It is
tolerably well known that Queen Vide'a
has been for some time engaged'upon a se
ries of compositions—of the essay form, we
believe—which.are to be published, or at
least privately printed, when her Majesty
shall deem them su fficiently complete. The
Crows prince of Prussia is engaged upon a
histo r .,
J the Electoral Princes of Bran
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ti p g
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mer; and his father, Louis, es-King of
Bavaria, is at Nice, giving the last touches
to a new volume of poems. King John, of'
Saxony, has just issued the third and laat
volume of Dante's " Divina Commedia,"
translated by himself into German. e
literary labors of the Emperor o f the Fren
are well known.
Chateaubriand, it appears, had a virago for
a wife. But if the reports of conversations
held with her, now becoming public through
statements of his private secretary, are true,
the conduct of the husband was sufficiently
calm and exemplary. We quote from the
Paris correspondence of Childs' Literary
Gazette: "Another cause of trouble was his
wife, whose
.causticity sometimes annoyed
the husband and his secretary. She would
tease them both, and say to her husband :
You really have no brains, and I really
cannot imagine what put it into your
head to write.' Chateaubriand would reply,
with a capital gape : Neither can I, my
dear, and I am very sorry the idea ever
entered my head. lam punished for it
as severely as
you are. I would I had
never written two lines. If you did not
inspire me, I would not write another word.'
At other times Mme. de Chateanbriand would
exclaim against the heavy taxes imposed
by the ministry : Patience, dear,' was her
husband's reply, 4 we only pay 2,000,500,-
, 000 francs taxes, and we are informed
France can pay 4,000,000,000 francs, and
will pay them.' 'Not I ! I will not pay
them. I will refuse to pay taxes, though
they sell my clothes by auction in the
street.' You seem to me, my dear, to be
a Hampden legitimist.' ' You mean to say
lam a Republican I What is to prevent
me from being so ? I have no past politi
cal career; I can accept the Republic the
moment it appears; and depend upon it
you statesmen of the present and past have
done and do so many stupid things the Re
public will be sure to come.' My darling,
you have the gift of second sight; you
speak 94 prophecy like the great Druid
eases whiiiie voices raised the sea and pro
duced tempests. But by your refusal to
pay taxes nobody would trouble you, no
thing would be said to you. I would be
put in prison.' What do I care for that ?
lon have friends. Besides, you have been
in gaol often enough, and that has not killed
yon.' "
Celtic Literature. Matthew Arnold,
says The Nation, has lately published three
papers on " The Study of Celtic Literature,"
which are among the best things that he has
written, being excellent specimens of intelli
gent and judicial criticism, and containing,
in small space, a deal of curious and inter
esting matter. The Myvyrian manuscripts
alone, now deposited in the British Museum
amount to forty-seven volumes of poetry,
of various sizes, containining about 4700
pieces of poetry, in 16,000 pages, besides
about 2000 englynion or epigrammatic
stanzas. There are also in the same col
lection fifty-three volumes of prose, or about
15,300 pages, containing a great many curi
ous documenst on the various subjects. Be
sides these, which were purchased of the
widow of' the celebrated Owen Jones, the
editor of the" Myvyrian Aralhaeology," there
are a vast number of collections of Welsh
manuscripts in London and in the libraries
of the gentry of the principalities." The
stock of Irish literature, printed and un
printed, is, if anything, larger than that of
Welsh, and the work of cataloguing and
describing it has been admirably performed,
Mr. Arnold says, by Mr. Eugene O'Curry,
a remarkable man, who died the other day.
An idea of its extent may be gathered from
his lectures, which were delivered at the
Catholic University in Dublin, and in which
he states that the great vellum manuscript
books belonging to Trinity College, Dublin,
and the Royal Irish Academy, have between
Them matter enough to fill 11,400 closely
printed quarto pages; that other vellum
manuscripts in the library of Trinity Col
lege have matter enough to fill 8200 pages
more-; and that the paper manuscripts of
Trinity College and the Royal Irish Acade
my together would fill 30,000 such pages
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Bev. E. E. RANKIN. Pastor, Presbyterian
Church. Forty-second Street.
Rev. T. E. VERMILYE, D.D. Pastor of Col.
Dateh Reformed, Fafayette Place.
FROM G. P. J. COLBURN, DOCTOR DIN'TAL SIIROKRT.
NEWARK. N. J.
The popular Dentifrice known as VAN Rums%
"SOZODONT." besides being a very pleasant addi
tion to the toilet, contains ingredients that if used
according to the directions, will prove of the greatest
utility to the health of the mouth and teeth.
Br. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS! 'lsm
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers
HALL & RIICKEI,
k outlaw enctilitiso.
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPAN Y.
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET. PHIL. DELPHIL:
CAPITAL PAID IN, IN CASH. $200.000.
This company c“ntinues to write on Fire Mal
only. Its capital. wittia good surplus, is safely in-
Tested.
701
Leases by fire having been promptly paid, and mOM
than
$500,000
Disbursed on this acoount within the nut few year.
For the present, the office of this cemosny wiling
main at
415 WALLNIIT STREET,
But within a few months will remove to its Own
Building N. E. CI ?it N ER SEVENTH AND CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure our
patrons at finch rates as are consistent with safety,
DIBACTORIL
THOMAS CRAVEN, ALFRED S. GILLET%
FURMAN SHEPPARD. N. S. LAWRNNCB c
THOS. MACHELLAK, CHARLES I. DUPONT.
JOHN SUPPLSS. HuNRY F. KENNHY.
JOHN W. CLAGIIIORN,_JOsEP.ktRLAPP,MXPAI
-- SitAS BRIMS, Jr.
THOMAS CRAVEN. President.
ALFRED S. GILLEI T. V. President and Treasurer.
JAMES R ALVORD, &wears , . 1028-17
IN YOUR OWN HONE COMPANY,
S. E. cor. Fourth and Walnut Street&
Insurers in this Company bave the additional
has antee of the CAPITAL STOCK paid up INC
which, together with CASH ASSETS, now on has
amounts to
Invested as follows :
$lOO,OOO U. 5:5.20 bonds,
100,000 City of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
W. -
70.050 U . S. DO
Treasury Notes. 7-30,
25.000 Allegheny Connty bonds.
15,000 11. S. Loan of 1881.
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
12,700 Compound Interest Treasury
otes,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10.000 Pittaburg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago bonds,
6.500 Qty. of Pittsburg and other
bonds.
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
950 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading.
22 shares ßa Consolidation National
nk,
142sharee y Williamsport Water Com-
P.
Mortgagee, an wound Rents. and Real Es
tate
Loans on collateral amply secured._........
Premium notes secured by Policies
Cash in hands of agents secured by bon.
Cash on deposit with 11. B. Treasurer,.....
Cash on hand and in banks
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1..
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92,
Losses Paid during the Year amounting to
887.636 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY, thus aiding the
the insured to pay premiums.
The last DIVIDEND on allidutnal Policies in filmes
January 1.1888. was
FIFTY PER CENT.
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year. 1865.
Its TRUSTEES are well known eitiscms in out
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander Whilldin. William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock, Henry B. Bennett,
Albert 0. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mingle. Isaac Haslehurit,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WIIILLDIN, President.
SALMITEI. WORK, Vice-Presides&
JOHN O. SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer.
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
T6AF~I RS' INSUBANCI CORNY,
Cash Capital and Assets. Dec. 1, 1866,
TEN, PIO.NEER. ACUrDENT INSUR.ANCH
pg[LADRLPHIA BRANCH OFFICE,
NEW YORK.
Where policies are issued covering all z • ' every des.;
atiption.of accidents happening under . .y eiroum.
stances. An institution whose benefits can be ate•
joyed by the poor man as well as the rich. No medk•
cal examination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in
owe of death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compena
tion in ease of disabling injury, at rates ranging from
$ll 50 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and most Pruett
sable mode of Insurance known.
Policies written for five Years. at twenty per esni l :
diaiolmt on amount of yearly premiums, g aw dois
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued for travel
in any part of the world.
Accident Insurance to persons disabled by sadden I
to like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
in the field. providing the means for comfort and
healing and supplying their wants while prevented
from pursuing their usual employment.
The rates of premium are less then in any other
dam of insurance, in proportion to the risk.
No better or more satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—imen is Ski
Travelers.
1 )041);11,1 argirli iVA 1.110 /S. 1s )
J. G. BATTERSON. President.
RODNEY DENNIS, seoretam
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
INSURE YOUR LIFE
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
$1,143,874 15.
INDEMNITY FOR
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
9696,338 12.
COMPANY IN AMERICA
409 WA.LSTET STREET.
PANT IN AMERICA.
General Agents for Pennsylvania,
409 WALNIIr sTifeEETi
PHILADELPHIA.
?.$461.051 41
147.309 80
169,481 95
217,504 68
62.469 18
30,000 CO
66,824 14
10.223 00