Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852

MEMOIRS OF THE HOLY LAND. THE PALACES OF FRANCE. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. "WHO MURDERED DOWNIE?" FRAGMENTS FROM A YOUNG WIFE'S DIARY. A SOLDIER'S FIRST BATTLE. MEMORY AND ITS CAPRICES. BLEAK HOUSE. MONSTERS OF FAITH. LIFE AND DEATH OF PAGANINI. NUMBER NINETEEN IN OUR STREET. GOSSIP ABOUT GREAT MEN. MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. A SHORT CHAPTER ON RATS. A DARK CHAPTER FROM THE DIARY OF A LAW CLERK. Monthly Record of Current Events Editor's Table. Editor's Easy Chair. Editor's Drawer. Literary Notices. Comicalities, Original and Selected. Autumn Fashions. How strongly associated in the minds of men, are the ideas of guilt and ruin, unspeakable and awful, with the names of Sodom and Gomorrah. The very words themselves seem deeply and indelibly imbued with a mysterious and dreadful meaning. The account given in the Sacred Scriptures of the destruction of these cities, and of the circumstances connected with it, has, perhaps, exercised a greater influence in modifying, or, rather, in forming, the conception which has been since entertained among mankind in respect to the character of God, than any other one portion of the sacred narrative. The thing that is most remarkable about it is, that while in the destruction of the cities we have a most appalling exhibition of the terrible energy with which God will punish confirmed and obdurate wickedness, we have in the attendant circumstances of the case, a still more striking illustration of the kind, and tender, and merciful regard with which he will protect, and encourage, and sustain those who are attempting, however feebly, to please him, and to do his will. We are told elsewhere in the Scriptures, didactically, that God is love, and also that he is a consuming fire. In this transaction we see the gentleness and the tenderness of his love, and the terrible severity of his retributive justice, displayed together. Let us examine the account somewhat in detail. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Release Date: May 26, 2014
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