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��Love and Theology.

��Tlial would each past resentment hide,

That love may full assurance sain. And peaceful constancy rely Upon the last sad word — Good-bye !

Why is it? In the place of tears,

Our thoughts involved with sharp regrets,

We pass unmanifested years,

Forecast with grief that ne'er forgets

To damp the eyes that fain would dry,

And claim a space to say Good-bye.

Quick faith, that owns a subtle spring

Of inward potency, is bold To rise on wings of hope that bring

The promises its days unfold. And o'er the heights of time, descry The recompense of each Good-bye.

O prophecy divine, that breaks

Out of the gloom of life distressed,

Evoked in severance, yet takes Trne counsel of reunion blest,

That soothes the breast and dries the eye

With joy foretold of sweet Good-bye !

��Love and Theology. A Novel. By Celia. Parker Woolley. 1 vol. 12mo; $1.50.

It is not only entertaining, but in- teresting from the highest point of view. It goes on from chapter to chapter with ever-increasing force and power. No book of fiction that Tick- nor & Co. have published has had, to my thinking, the attraction and value of this ; and nowhere has the present study and questioning of theological subjects been more clearly and satis- factorily presented ; for, in all this presentation, there is not a hint of irreverance or flippancy of any kind. There is, instead, a very beautiful presentation of the very best inter- pretation of the liberal thoughts of to-day, — an interpretation that con- tains the highest spirituality. Here-

��in is the book of great value ; and that it will be reckoned amongst the books that will be of service to all intelligent inquirers, I have no doubt. It is, I should say most decidedly, a book to own, and not merely to read for amusement only, and then to throw aside ; and this for the charac- terization, as well as the presentation of the newer interpretations of the Bible, etc. This characterization is exceedingly well done, showing no effort, but a natural gift of character painting. The dialogue is something more than mere made-up talk, and the reflective portion contains philos- ophy of the most cultivated kind, and this, of course, includes the fact that this philosophy is free from narrow and vulgar self-assertion.

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