Gospel Herald, 1860-01-21

              DeTToted to Christianity-, Morality, the Interests of Sabhtith Schools, Social Improvement, Temperance, Edncation, and. Oeneral Ne-cvrs.
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VOL. 16.
DAYTON, 0., SATURDAY, JANUARY21, 1860
NO. 36.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
Written forthe OoB^el Herald.
Lines   addressed to Mrs. Steele on loos¬ ing her four daughters in three weeks,
Teaks.
May tears, from many eyelids fall, Aa messengers of sudden  grief:
When gathering round the funeral pall. Of one, whose life waa fair but brief.
Fall faat, the sympathetic tear.
For Lizzie Steele, 'mid "life's bright dream" la laid upon au early bier,
By tho coW waves of Death's dark stream.
May teara, like Pearly drops of dew, Come gushing from the bruised heart,
And oft the cheek of friends bedew. When lov'd ones, one by one, depart.
There is a sacredness in tears,
When bursting forth in crystal streams; Aa Death, in all its gloom appears,
To nip the buds, of "Youth's gay dreams"
May teara of sadness, freely flow,
O'er the green spot, where lov'd ones lie
Yes weep when storms of sorrow blow, To make tliy sweetest pleasurea fly,
Thy daughters all gone to the grave, Their spirits flown up to their God;
May flow'rets bloom, and verdue wave. Where they sleep'neath the cold coM sod.
No more, will their voioea be heard. At Home, or at School, or in song,
We learn from ih.^ heavenly word That the dead, will arise ere loug.
Years ago, thy Father, was crushed, And suddenly yielded his breath;
His care, andhis counsel's were hushed. In the gloom, and stillness of Death.
But turn, from theae trials severe.
To attend the duties of life The path of thy lone Mother cheer.
As she meets its billowy strife.
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ORIGINALITIES.
;        Wriltenfor the Gospel Herald.
The Christian Editor.
Bro. Ellis:—Eecontly in, looking over tho contents of an ^ old portfolio, tho following, paper came to light.— Some portions of it seem to have beon written in ji light, after-dinnerish sort of view, hardly suitable to the gravity of a great subject.. Other portions, however, would seem to be meant in seriousness. The manuscript was eyi- dently, designed as the first part of an essay on Christian newspapers and : Christian , editors. , ,A11 that could be : found of it, is hereby placed, at your , disposal. You will see that- it ig; a rambling discussion of the question, "What manner of a person ought the -Christian Fditor to be f" , , ,, [The fi.ndor of the manuscript ;beg8 leave to so,nd the Editor liis very' best respects, :and to.enqlosie, a, doU^r for Mrs. Ellis, to buy, a Christmas,Tur- keyj
"Henry ^HOMAB Buckle makes it clear that no man is fully ^qualified to write history, who does not, know everything. , But, ,as he who, kiiows anything, at all, knows it, by reason of hisv being, in some sort the thing he
I knows; it would follow that to write history successfully, one must be— Henry Thomas Buckle! ISTot less must he be, who shall successfully portray the Christian Editor. The great need of the work may to some extent ex¬ cuse the audacity of the present at¬ tempt. If our modesty may be per, mitted to remain anonymous, we will address ourself to the task; girding up our loins by the help of the great Buckle!      ^" ¦l.^^^m^:^-^^
Our Christian JNewspaper Wilb ne cessarily reflect the characteristics of the Editor. What manner of person then , should Our Editor be? Spirit ual states are greatly dependent on Physical conditions. We must begin with the body. ' That waa not first which is spiritual, but that whch is Natural.' Let our Christian Editor, then, havo a Christian Body. His body should be "the temple ofthe Holy Ghost," _ffis eating and drink ing (may we add, /hs tobacco smoking and chewing?) should be to the glory of God, if any man's should. For the Editor, liable as he is to so many in terrnptions and irritations, should be the wholesomest of men, No profane Dyspepsy should blacken tho humors of his body, beclouding his vision; ren dering him a disheartened coraplainer at everything that isnot feeble and imelancholy, and making him morbid ly sensitive and irritable, till his steel- ,: pen becomes a poison-pointed dagger dipped in his own galll And, since the Dyspepsy arises in so many cases from luxurious' living, may we not set it down aa one of the eternal fit¬ nesses of things, that editors generally have such a water-gruel time ofit? Let Our Editor be fed 'with food con¬ venient for' him, that he may continue in harmony with the Divine Health. Joseph Badger, knowing that the Ed¬ itor's doctrine is largely the product of the Editor's Digestion, as he was re tiring from the editorial charge of the Palladium, congratulated the patrons of the paper that the editor-elect was a man of good health. .
As to his 'Temperament,' our Editor should bo—what the very Word implies —a mixtune. We do not want OUr edi¬ tor tobe all Thought, nor all feeling. Give us neither a mere Scholastic, nor a mere enthusiast. Not Arctic Brain nor Torrid Heart: for us, whose home is in tho Temperate zone ! , Far more beautiful than any. siugle hue, is the blessed sunbeaim that blends them all! Our Editor must, be practical—must be a Worker; wherefore let the Edi¬ torial Temperament be somewhat 'Fi¬ brous.' He must also be a Thinker;. and so, should be partly 'Nervous,'— And, as an ,Editor,, he will have much need to bo a Hoper; therefore let him be 'Sanguine'—sangu,ine—sanguine— till the golden glow.of Hope shalhshine ;through his whole being, :and irradi¬ ate his very whiskers!', To complete theideal.of our Editor's Temperament,, he should be comfortably, 'Lymphatic' Lethis nerves be well protected against the .'Shoeks and jounces of Editorial- lifd,:by the goodly buffers of oleagitie. ,:=0n the-Whole, Our Editor should be a rare balance of opposite excelleuci'os. Not a'ono-sided man;- but ia many-si- defl in all:: accordingto thait New Jeru¬ salem; rule of karmonioua proportions, -^"ihe length and the breadth a.nd the ,heiglit are all equal." 1:o sum it up,in a.
word, we would have in our Editor all the graces and glories of human char¬ acter,—/or about four hundred dollars a year!
With such adjustments of his nature —physical and spiritual, onr Editor would naturally have light blue eyes, always beaming with Purity; some¬ times sparkling with fun. The Euddy- Freshness of his well-kept youth would be on his cheek, though the locks on his crown grow thin and,gray. Let our Editor he of the average stature of goodmen; say, "five feet, sev¬ en." And if his soul be full-orbed; may not his body be orbicular? May he nev¬ er weigh less than "twelve stone"!
As to our Editor's Mental qualifica¬ tions, we would have him possess Good Sense rather than Great Schollarship; Solidity rather than showiness; and .Wisdom rather than Wit. Those good and useful ideas and methods which the experience of our Eighteen Christ¬ ian Centuries has fully approved, we would have our Editor reverence, and cherish. We would have our Edi¬ tor give, hospitable entertainments to new ideas and plans; yet, he should as¬ sure himaelf oftheir value, before giv¬ ing them his editorial sanction. Though our Editor should be "swift to hear," he should be "blow to speak."
Our Editor should have a great heart. The heart makes the Editor, not less than the Theologian. Let the Lion and the Lamb lie down together in our Editor's bosom. The meekness of Calvary's Lamb, with the courage of Judah's Lion. For our Editor must not be a timid, irresolute man. Let him listen to his own brave, hopeful heart, rather than to the cowardly counsels of "the fearful and the unbe¬ lieving." Our Editor standa like an¬ other Joshua, just out of the wilder¬ ness, but not yet in Canaan. He needs the same divine encouragement that waa given to Joshua. , Let us say to our Editor:—"Only be thou strong and "VERY courageous, that thou mayest "observe, and do according, to all tho "law commanded thee: turn not from "it to the right hand or to the left, that "thou mayest prosper whithersoever "thou goest. This book of the law "shall not depart out of thy mouth; "but thou shalt meditate therein day "and night, that thou mayest observe "to do according to all that is written "therein; for then thou shalt make thy "way prosperous, and thou shall have good, "success." ',
Furthermore, our Editer must be Gentle,—"gontle unto all men." Gen¬ tleness is akiii to courage, and the tru¬ ly grreai Heart is syrtipathetio,; genial and "kindly affectioned." Our Editor will then naturally delight in songs of joy and sacred mirth. He will consid¬ er the lilies ofthe field. He will love birds, kittens, fun and children. Ho will be a gentleman. His courageous, yot gentle heart will express itselfin words of courtesy. Our Editor will en¬ force the apostolic injunction, "Love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous "
And now a single question remain? What is our Editor's Name? For, we are not of those who hold that the name is nothing. The excellency ofa nanio is, that it fitly suggests its sub¬ ject. A man of battles might appro¬ priately bear tho name Napoleon, but not our • Editor. ¦ Tt is fitting that our
Editor should hear a "Scripture name," for his sphere has close relations to Pi- vine truth. The Christian Editor, which is he? Heis a Christian Mes¬ senger; heis a Herald of that Liberty wherewith Christ makes us free; or, to express the idea more briefly, he is a Gospel Herald. Should not our Edi¬ tor's name, then, be suggestive of sa¬ cred interests?
Brother Bllis, it is a pleasant fact that our Editors bear names so fully suggestive of whatever is noblest in manhood, and highest among the themes of thought. Eeeall their names, to mind;—Moses, Daniel, John ! — the three superior names in those divine dispensations whose sum and fulness is Christ.
You have heard, Bro. Ellis, ofthe divine who took for his text on one oecasion the verse, "Adam, Seth, Fnos." A very interesting and profound dis¬ course he made from it, no doubt; but for largeness of scope, that text would not compare with the text, "Moses,, Daniel, John." Lotus furnish a "skel¬ eton" of a sermon on this text. Our text divides itaelf naturally into three heads—^rsi^, "Moses;" secondly, "Dan¬ iel;" thirdly "John." Conclude with an "Exhortation,"—to begin the New- year by sending the Editor the pay in advance for the new volume! '¦
A three-fold series of agencies,—the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospel,— were essential to tlie comploto revela¬ tion of the Divino Grace. From each of these, ono man rises prominently to view; giving us one noblest matt as representative of his class:—Moses, Daniel, and" the beloved disciple" John.
Among our Christian Editors' we now find the  same illustrious  names.
May we not build a hope on the au¬ spicious circumstances? Our three-fold series.of agencies for the publication of the truth,—our "Herald of Gospel Lib- ert.y," our "Ghristian Messenger," our "Gospel Herald,"—arc one in aim and interest. Bach has its own work. .Let them be in unity, for " a three-fold cord is not easily broken." In the plan of theDivinoEevelation, thoro was aplace for the Law and the Prophets, as well as for the Gospel, Moses, Daniel, and John,—they were needful, each to tho other; though indeed they were sepa¬ rate from each other tiy vast tracts of space and time. There was Jllbsesin the Camp, teaching the Laws of God to Is¬ rael, and fighting against the idolatry ' of the nations. Next far off among the children of the Dispersed in the east, was that man of affairs,—^the praying Daniel; who grew fat on pulse; and por¬ trayed the organic Kingdom of Messi¬ ah. Later, and in one ofthe' far West cities of the continent, taught' that John, who heard the heavenly songs, and made us know tho excellency of Gl-iristia,n'Love.—"Let us'love one another for love is of God; and every one that lov¬ eth is born of God, and knoweth God." Thisdoctriueeven a little childcouldun- deistand And John m ould have even ' little children hear i(, foi John s head hadbeenpillowed onthe breabiof Jesus too often to forget that He had said, "Suffer little rhildreu to como untd me! '
Accordingly, when John wrote tho lastwoidsof Hoavtnly instruction to the church, he had something to sayto tho children—he had a "Children's corner" in  his Epistle,' and  fraid,   "/