Gospel Herald, 1860-01-14

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VOL. 16.
DAYTON, 0., SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1860
NO. 35.
OR IGIN AL^OETR Y.
Written for the Gospel Herald.
ADIEir.
BT  JAMES 0.   -WATT.
Adieu to tlie valley, the grove and the meadow, Where hours of onjoyment I've loitered alore;
Adieu to the city whose fair fame and splendor Is known from the rising to the setting sun.
Adieu to the atreanilet whose gentle meander Awakeiied the lark to a e:iral so gay;
Adieu to the thicket where often I've wandered, And passed dull moments in rapture iiway.:
Adieu ye dear soene.s of mirthful enjoyment, Your once  pleasing pnospeots have fled from my view, jtdieu  ye  blest  moments of rural enjoyments. Where naught but contentment, and pleas ai'c I knew.
To hear the g^y: night birds last lay from the wil¬ low, , I've traveled tho meadow at evening alone. When sleep closed my eyes,- and I sank on  my pillow, :I've fancied the dreams  of contentment iny own. ,
But ahl thoae dear scenes arc naught btit illusion. And keen ¦ disappointment  how  enters  my - heart.
To enter tho torrent of strife and confusion, The mandate of fortune has bid me depart.
To depart from the houae of my youthful enjoy¬ ment. The house of my father, and place of my birth, Where liiany a scene of sorrow I've  witnessed, And many a ypii ot eonteatment au 1 miith
Ahl fnends 1 must le ve you  fiom  you   1 must sever Vet still in my bosom your  friendship   shall Iwtll lor iiemorv tviU cheiush thrse feelinga foi ever And point to the  plaoe  where  the  parting tear fell.
ORIGINALITIES.
W Uei fir lie Cntjel Her td
Christian Ciiaracter,
Thi    Onli  lisr Oi   CiiBisriAN   And
Church I jiLpo-ftSHii
JSfo^TT
BYISIAO 0   (lOJi
Not onlj iH tlicic IS \\chivefiooTi t iiiinifcht tendency amotig tlie soct-4 to d, moie libci il polic> m (Icnoinm i tional moisiiie4 and i uioio flnibti m bcxiiii^ m social mteii^ouisc butit is (.qiualiy'txui th it m mcu astdtondulc^ in this direction is srcmcd iit the fii tnic Ly the itaoro iDtollioml clui ictoi of OUI leligious liter ituic xnd thc^o logical education Pormeil^ tho alma maftr ot New liiighnd oithodovy w IS wont to loquuc m oath of ill students tiitfiing its hills th it th y would hthei I and detend the doctiinrs ot the Ciiiaty and thi fiie points of fal vantsni \.s Ando^e^ enjoj td notonl-^ tho most disLincfuished advantages bnt the most popalii fnor we ma^ legaid it as rcpicHontiiig it once tho oitho djiij xud tht ''pint of tho times A few -yc lis sun c 1hc baniedistinguished Bunistoi 1 hclicvc who domed that C'llvimsm, tau.^ht the daiiindtiou of mfauta denied ilso th it '\.iido\ ci e\ ei seemed theoithodcxy of its students liyoith But uuloitun itoh foi hitn both alleg iLions aic foun i i ipibloot pioof Ilow would the idrainisteimg of such tno ith to its students by Ihe Piesident of any thoologicil scli lol amongus be 10^,41 ded? Now hei e could the spuit oi OUl age biook such spiiit ml t>ranv and Icsuitieil intoleianci 1 Besides llaiv 11 d and a laige nuuibci
of smaller schools now in tho Eastern | and Middle States, ofa definite mission, we have New-Haven and Oberlin, and others of a "manifest destiny." So that to regard Antioch and Meadville and "Union Cliristian College," as tho the sum and limit of hopeful educa¬ tional agencies, would be as superficial and narrow, as to regard the half mil¬ lion of "Christians" as the only fruit of the gr^at reformation.
And what is truo of the tendency of the sects, and of the religious educa¬ tion of the age, to liberality and to Christianity,: is equally true of its great men.
Such effort to harmonize in all groat principles and, important mactors, as will not allow us to magnify trifles, or make matters of mere speculative! opinion, subjects of general conversa,- tion, is now understood to be a mark of true chrtatian greatness. As ex¬ amples, wo m^ght, refer, among those who have recently left their earthly work, to Thos. Chalmers of Scotland, Eobert Hall of England, W. E. Ohan- ning and Horace Mann, of Amer'ca. True, these men enjoyed their particu¬ lar roligious associations,-andon all sub¬ jects maintained their o\yn opinions j but it was impossible to bind their great souls,to f^ny mission of fjpctarian- ism,,or to bin,d their catholic sympa- tliies and ohristian endeavors by hu¬ nt in diftition
About thiity yeais 1^0 I kntw i Chiistiin ministoi m Nov\ Enghuid who bicaipe somewhat denomination alh diseomagod —who tajki d ^vd wiotcof better 01 if,ani/iitions — Ilni timnism of the Chiisti ms Le Tins mmistei ahked I>r Channmg Tshithe would think oi unitin^ (.he bettei ed ucitel of the Ohustians the moio evingeluil of Ihe Unitaiiuib andthe Bestoi itionitats 0 the TJmvcisilists into  a novy denomination?    The I)i
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not think oi ifi youocfup} the 1 t,ht position Ghiistian the only na ne thelloh Sfiiptuies the onl> ink md Chiistiin fhxiictei the oul} test of leligious fellowsnip That la iij^ht andtoough If odium didnoiattich to Unitai lanisni fioni which I should beundeistood is uiif,&neiousl-v shiiuk ing I would no longoi consent to be known IS a LilitiiiAu
-t^nd then thne  is x genei ition of .,it it souls who   au   it this nunieiit mouldiiif,  tho bjjiiit ofthe a,^e   aud who   Ue sowing the si.ods of a  ]iui0 filth  for coming  goneiations     Whit p imphlet  ol twenty   foui  p iges con tains   luoie   emistian   doctimo   than Ghailes    Beeehei H     Bible   the   oiih ciecd ?      What  has so   unsettled  the chiel coiiioi stone of C th inism  (het editii^ sm) isElw iid bte<hti s 'Con flict   of    Agtb''      And   then   theie  is IIlnhi '\\ iKD Bi'.iit u 1 a who llkt (. xpt Scott, IS e\Ci_5 whoie    hghtiu^ on   his own  hook       Ills  n imo is \  boat — bmee it has te ised Ihi attempt to w hip him into its   lottentiiees    Sectuiin ism oiili, Iclis him     Wlioe\nnieisuie 01 osLimate the influenee ol bueh  men uif ojieeting the nxtiow notnuis of  m oulgiiwn   thtoloj:j     01   plmling  the seeds   of   I  puiei  fiith ni  the  using ocnei ition ?
I Wis uidu ed to nitice this subject now, fiom   its  mtiod letion   lecenth xs a subjt t of discussion m a Chnstian Pastoral AsBociitiDn     It would beoni
hearthem," and went back and followed him no more. I have watched the movements among us in this direction, with deep interest, for years; butit will really do ns no harm. It will af¬ ford an opportunity and a pretext for ttiose "who are notof ua," to leave us. I have read the strong and terse arti¬ cles of "Incognito;" the long, windy and harmless papers on a "Better or¬ ganization," hy J. E. Hoag; and the occasional editorial squirts of the ^'ccn- tral paper," written evidently under the influence of a chronic disease of the- ed\tor-^"diarrhea of words and consti¬ pation of ideas." -But, so far as the safety and prosperity of our cause is concerned, a higher power and holier agencies are enlisted for ns.
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WriUen for Oie Gospel Herald.
"Where are the labourers to be found?
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest, that He will send forth Labourers into his liarvesi. Mat, <1: 38. ,   ,      -
This was the language of tho Sa-- viour to his disciples, when the multi¬ tude had gathered around hira,. He saw them without a shepherd, and the comniautl to pray is givpn that they might be supplied with faithful min¬ isters, and kept from the devouring on- enemy. Now wo as christians, should pray the same prayer that Jesus- com¬ manded his disciples, and wdiy, be- tausi tho holds aie white loifij foi h 11^ est md libouiers few VVe isk (he quostuui in eindoui wlieit 01 wbtie ait tliel ibouieisto be found to entti th( held md gathti the .,iain Humiii piobibilitits iieyen uiijioin isiiig Onr htlp IS only m tlie (lOd of Uc Aell Wt must a\ ul ouisei^es of what stiength theie is m jn i\ ci "^ os pi ly je theitfoio the Loid of tho huvost rills glClt   leSOUie      Is   too
much ntgltcted b> ut Will not the chuiohes be mtie dihu,tiit and aelive HI ilUndnif,, the house of woishijj? It OS m^ Bielhien ineet often together m the pi t\ mg eiielc and with an op poitunil> that emnot tonseiit to de iiial Wiestlewitli God iii this mjtier, lud in inswei to pi i>ei (rodmi-^ raise u]i somo imont, ) uu whom lie wiHien del iblt miiusttisof the Now lestv meat—se ittei ed soiiow mg meiiibet s of tho flock of Ohl 1st ]Oiii in the \ oice of f(i\tnt supjlitition God will heai the \oioe of the iighttous lit willgivt tho bit id of lift onlA jti f^ on uid you sliall not pi ly in v un I leai th it kind ot doubt 01 lo 11 of unbehet  w hicli s i-^ s
e detennined not by I ^^1"^„ ^'°"^ ]''^}  '*  do   huule.s fiom y icstlnit, ^\ith Grod 111  this   md  othti JiTipoituit mxtteis     Tlu whoh of tho nifjht pie(eding  tlio   soketnn   of   las ijiustlts, w IS spent in  pii^ti   b^   oui L<iid   iesus Chi lit     "Wil It ])tisevue iiV fel\01 ol sui)]du itioii     'ilu    i])os tics w tie chosen md umuislied 111 ])iay tl       I hue   ]ii i-^edi 1 thoc thxttlt} liiLh fill not      lilt mmistei o( ( bust cilltd out iiicl })iosput J in tlic   itmos phti e of Hupplit xtu n  mtl nowhoi o tlso Henuistbic Uh   the^eij   in of dcio tioii to bc gin and 11 utmut to luo   we wuulclthit ill OUl chuiilus uuibieth mi  would  gne this ieiii(d>    i tho) 0Uj,h tnal      Pi i-\   chiistun   piaj   ui tjod IS -youi   onh    hope     I/cl   >ohi woik  coiiespond  witii \oui  pray^is (J&e tbe means in ^oui   ]>(moi  whioh IS mi^htv thioii.,,h Gt)d to  the pulling down ofstiongholdp , ^Pi\> >ethei^ ioit the Loid of the hdr\est     jos  m
from its reeords, that it had been some¬ what under consideration, by tbe same body, before; and strange as it may seem. Christians had arrived at the conclusion that something more was necessary to church fellowship, than evidence that tho party was "Chris¬ tian"—it would not do to receive mem¬ bers into our churches on the samo conditions that Chi-ist receives thom. The discussion, as I have said, was re¬ vived and continued, with much inter¬ est, through a considerable part of the session. Our denominational position was defended, most zealously, in a somewhat lengthy speech, by a brother belonging to an'other denomination,— But the ground upon which the de¬ fence was set up, >wore new to mo, and may be interesting to some of your readers. He said: " If a man profess to be a christian, but has not the lar¬ gest measure of faitli—indeed, if he havo but very little faith—he would receive him. Perhaps he cannot be¬ lieve in the story of the miraculous conception, or in the existance of mir- aelesat all'; or the Pontateuch as a lit¬ eral history of creation, &o.; but, writ¬ ten with good materials, and with re¬ gard, manifestly, to correct moral in¬ fluences, (aa wo know fromthe demon- .strative sciences, that these books w^ero not inspired,) he could fellow^ship him. Someone has said, 'That true great¬ ness md simplic t-i, of mmd is in noth ing moic ippaie it thin in its oec ision ll violation of conventional pi 0])i letits It knows when to o\oistep the utiii 01 ll net woik of raannei s and 1 esti amts which sliaekle lowei minds And this the\ do hy dumg to bt tiue—b} show mg omwudh whit they aicftel inginw udl-y—by having the smeoi it^ to s/)(«/ir what e\ti} body knows fhe\ think I felt fo 1hmk the hiothei foi his defence of to mt x-sitalprin j c pie ol chiisiuii issoeiition ancl fel lowship ilbeit I hid supposed it c I piblo of cltftnse Uld illusti ition on ]iiini ijiles entueh diffeitnt Ihe bio thei lemaiked that the iu< isuie ol uth neeessiiA to ecnshtute a chiih tin must bt decided cilhci b> tho piily himself 01 b> s(ime eeclosi istl oil umpire
Undoubtedly chiisti m chai ictet is the only bisis upon which an> tliira cau eonsi tcntlj bt nude of lerogni tion as disciples ot Chiist And un loubttdl) futli DI tl ust 111 God Uld JtsuB ("hiist mdute and constittik ch] IS I an elm let el Butthe iniouiit of filth   IS  to  b
the pxit^ liim elf noi by in-> ccik siisticil um]nit buti ddctmuud dip nitdy by th luthoi and fanishti of oui faith Ht who bis dctei mined that filth is mdisptns ible, his ilso lettimined It" lueasuie As Go 1 an 1 tht 1st ate it\ cnUj nbjids mtl tht Bible its (inly lule OUl tinst in the c)b)ee s must be complete md we no not to lisli ust the lule many m itltsi Ilia 0 tnnot b   (7 (ss in this m tth 1
Bu Elhs when I united with the ( huhtians I undoistood the eiption uf thesi papoistobc the ensign of the p oph I did not expett to live Ion..r enough to sec sd minifesth iinoiif, us a dispOhition to be like otlai na fions IS to question the cbvmityof oui position But so it is some of the disciples maeiitly said ot these sime sayitij s     They   aic hiid,  who   t in