Gospel Herald, 1860-02-04

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VOL. 16.
DA.YTON, 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1860.
NO. 38.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
Lines.
RRSPECTl'trhLT DBDIOATE,D TO MB. AND   MES. L. TIKE.
As the-syood, -lybeu the bright birds- of summer have flown—
As the bower—when the chill winds of Autumn hiiye blown—
As tbe stream—when stern Winter hath silenc¬ ed its tone—,
So our hearts, and our homes, sinoeourdarIing,3 are gone.
Fairy forms aud fleet footsteps  no   longer are
Grlad Toices no lonjjer ring out ou the air—• Bright eyes—childish faces— soft tresses of hair, No more shall awaken our love—or our care.
Their places aro vacant at the table and hearth. They cheer ua   no   more with   their   innocent
mirth—, As beautiful visions they've faded from Earth— Leaving  gloom in their stead—desolation   and
dearth.
A thouaand  mementos are scattered around, Of those—who to us were ao tenderly  bound ; Dress, bonndt and shoe,—book, and   playthings
are found—,       - ¦, '
And alas ! in yon:church-yard—each fresh little
mound-
" -W? weep—for fond Nature hath many a tear— Fbr those w'hom she  holds thus so pricelessly
dear;— Nor will they be staid—tho.igh year rolls upon
year. When at memory's call the departed appear.
Yet—mourning—we would not—Our Pather re¬ pine,
But bow to thy wisdom.—Our ways arc not thine:
We humbly yet tearfully, kneel at thy shrine.
And yield up the sacrifice.—Father Divine.
We know that thy glorious heavenly bowers. Are far better fitted for such human fiowera Than this weary sin stained region of ours Where the clouds of aiflictiou and  Death even lowers.
And thither transplanted   our lov'd   ones  shall
bloom— In beauty unfading and sweetest perfume Nor blighted by sorrow nor bended, in  gloom— Untouclid by Death's fingers, unchill'd by the
tomb.
For e'er the dread summons had   broken  our
band. They spoke of that happier heavenly land— Whore they with the cherubic armies   should
stand,    ' ' A crown on each  forehead—a harp in each '.    hand.     '
Oh! comforting thought to our bosoms how dear It shall lighicn our labors and, solace us here, And when 'ends Earth's pilgrimage lonoly  and
drear— We too in that Paradise; hope to appear.
R.F.S. Cottage Farm, Warren. Co., 0. Dtc\ 1859.
ORIGINAUTIES.
Written: for tlie Gosiiel Berald.
Fictitious Names. -       '
This is one ofour noiiJes.goiitial&, on which tliere is liberty for difference of - opinion. It is no unconimonthing, to see fictitious:namo3 in religious papers.'
I take lip a Congressional pa,per at .randoin, and find on first page the fol¬ lowing: Onesyma, ;T., Observer, Phlox, Essays,, and reviews, arc not uncbm- nionly so signed; but letters of the con¬ dition of churches, are generally ac¬ companied with their author's naines,
But fictictious names are objected to, on the ground that -we do not know whom we notice; and because such, wri¬ ters are cowards, and aro ashamed of
their own productions! Surely there is chance for difference of opinion here. If we adopt the rule that nothing is worthy ofour notice, which has not its authors name, we must reject a part of the New TestamentI I would not like to say the author of Hebrews is a cow¬ ard.
My opinion is, that there is some show ofa reason why a man may not be required to write his name.
1. The article, not the authors iiame, is the only thing that should evon be noticed in discussion, should it spring up,—its matter, not its personalities is to be looked at. And it appears to me, that no man should object to Fictitious names, so long aa the writers avoid personalities. I muchrathor not know whom I notice, becatise my motto is the matter, not tho man.
2. If wo allow a man to name his own child as he ploases, we will have some handsome children introduced to us, which are now kopt back. I posi¬ tively believe, that by demanding real names in print, we keep, back a class of powerful writers.
3. I am ofthe opinion, that if editors, generally, adopted the rule notto pub¬ lish the name of the author of essays, thoy would confer lasting honor upon themselves, and the public. It would rid them of thoso brainless writers, who for notoriety now torment editors with coin positions as perplexing to them, as \vore boils to one of old. The editor must nbeds unite and put in his own brains, and then attach another's name^ to what is now bis real production; or he must ruin his paper by publishing it as it is, if bis devil can find it out; or he mustolfond by refusing it a place.
This class become ilattered, jf the editor gives shape to-what was witli- out form and void, and bore him again, and that too, lo the exclusion of better matter.
4. More oftlie paper would bo read without names than with them. Here frec[uently, we hear a man say, "I did not read such an article because A's name was attached to it; or the name is enough for mo." Thus probably much real good ia passed over, because Nazarone signed, it.
5. Fictitious names prevent partiali¬ ty. If a man reviews an article, or shapes it, it is because ofwhat it con¬ tains; but -vvheh a name is attached, a spirit of enmity, envy, jealousy, oi' old grudge may bo prompted by the name, to declare war--without the name, all would bo peace.
6. Without name, would prevent a kind of egotism, which now shows it¬ selfin too many ways. Besides, those who aro not over-anxious to, proclaim carnage in, time of peace, are full as reliable, in war, as those who show their own boldness, , ,
All things considered, I think a man lias a right to put,such names as he pleases, to his own articles, providing ho avoids personalities; l3,ut when he descends to, personalities^ or tho row¬ dies corner, and calls men naughty n^i^mes, and impeaches motives, he should be excluded from all religious papers, name or no name. , I signed my former article ^'Fair Play" because 'l thought a mistake had. beenn^ade. I made no personal al¬ lusion. I, as easily as possible, placed before the reidors the true issue, and left, it! ,   ¦   , '
It must he borne in mind that tho term worship, when used by Trinita¬ rians, is always used in the sujierla- tive sense, when applied by them to Christ. The Unitarian must use the term in the same sense, and so apply it, in that sense, to the Father only; or there is no question between thom. When we overlook this, we make a mistake, though innocently, and fail in doing justice tothe subject. Hence mj^ issue was the true one.
Butthe reader may enquire, do the Unitarians worship the Lord of Glory 1 at all. "And he is tho head of thei body ofthe Church. This'place we cheerfully concede to him; and -we gratefully re-echo the ascription of those in Heaven, who cry, 'Worthy is tbe Lamb that was slain, to re¬ ceive power, and riches, and wis¬ dom and strength, and honor, and glory,andblessing.' "—Peabody's Lec¬ tures, new edition, 1848.
Worcester says men and angels have their warrant to pay Christ divine honors: "For when ho bringeth in his only begotten into the world, he saith, 'Let all the angels of God worship Him.' At the. na.nia of Jestis every knee should bow. in heaven, in earth, and under tho earth—that he calls 'upon the name of the Lord Je¬ sus,' and worships Christ as tha Lamb .slain—as Jesus."—-Bible Nows, page 128, 12Q; 2d edition, 1351.
It is worthy of remark, that on ita title page are found the following:— "Publishedby Benjamin Parsons, with the approbation, and at the request of Rev. Dr. F. A. Farley, Fid. 0. Barr, Eev. Dr. E, S. Gannett, Fld.L N. Wal ter, Eev, S, Osgood, Fid. P. Roberts, and ma.ny other liberal and tiiuly evan¬ gelical oniusTLAtis;—designed for ex- tensioe circula.tion and spreading of the frui!A as it ia in the Holy Scriptutes." So, such unitarians as Worsoster, Gan¬ nett, Farley, Osgood; and Peahody, (if Ihere be truth in them.) worship, and call on tho name ofthe Lord Jesus; and that .Eld. 0. Barr, I. N. Walter, and others endorse the book.
"Up to 1810, no pat'tyespousing Uni¬ tarianism had been publicly and open¬ ly formed." "In the spring of 1815, a full and unequivocal development was miide."—Buck corrected by G. Bush.
In conclusion, having given the truo stand point, and real issue between Trinitarians and Unitarians on the word !A'o/'.s/h!p, and having shown that the Unitarians (in part at least) do' worship the Lord of Glory, and that the Christians in this country are their seniors organicall}' about fifteen years; also that if anybody has taken a for¬ mal step to-wards a union with tho Unitarians, it ia, O, Barr, I. IST. Wul- tor, and P. Eoberts, mj^wot'k is accom¬ plished. Eut I do not think those brethren entertained any idea of going over or leading others over to tho Uni¬ tarians; nor did the other party think of coming over to us. They found in the "BibleNews" what they all believ¬ ed, one Father, Son, and Spirit,, and therefore joined in requesting a now edition for e.rfensive circulation.
Of late it has become quite fashion¬ able to attribute unworthy motives tp our brethren wlio vouttlre to say' wb believe in one God, especially ifthey are so incautious as to admit that the Unitarians believe the same. lf,Buch imputations are just, then tho Chris¬
tians are like iha Disciples, because they 10Ui iL, V caie / formation. I think we should ta'ce hi> her grounds than to i npiiti' ev '. intei tions; because it may d ' inustic, nml we do not know how soon such measure will bo passed back to us-
I do not know of an article for the last five years' that I can candidly in¬ terpret as an intentional effort to carry a man of us over to the Unitarians.— If anybody else does, and will givo us the document, I will help spot him; till then let ms treat each other as brethren. Believing as I do, that I have kept within the record of facts, andnotsaid anght ofa personal character, it is coii- sistent for me to sign myself.
Fair Play
Wriltenfor tne Qaayel He?-a/d,
Crippling Ministera.
'    BY  0.   J.   WAIT.
This may bc thought to be a singu¬ lar heading. Wo do not mean that somebody is breaking their bones; we mean the}' are breaking their minis- tor's infiucDce. This is done in divqrs ways.
1. This raay be done by insisting on ; measures that have become anticjuated. It so happens that people largely lovo in old age, what waa their favorite while young. Hence, many congrega¬ tions find a kind of impassable gulf between the aged, and the youth. Thus, the old love an old rookery of a house of worship—a houso bosmoarcd and stinking with tobacco quids, and nauseating saliva; while the, young, wish the liouso neat, clean, and car¬ peted. Tho old folks want the hymns .lined, to save them the expense of own¬ ing a,hymn-book. The , young think that those who sing only when hymns aro lined, hardly keep their hand in sufBeient to keep in harmony. Wis¬ dom is ])rofitable' to direct in such cases, 2, Again; one class; (especially tho ed¬ ucated,) wish sermons that have some show of logic; the loss educated do not-^ care ono fig for logic. One is paihed to hear the english abused, the other is not coneious of any great defects if every other sentence contains violate; henco, ono chi.S8 wants tho light,, the other tbo thunder.
3. Miniaters are crippled by hav¬ ing eommittecB who  have every.thlng
lout of season. To illustrate, thclious<? is swept, (if it bo swept at all,) just as ¦ the congregation is gathering, and the fires arc mado so late that the people nearthe stoves burn, while; those a littlo back are freezing;,and the lamps are so dirty, that the, light cannot half got out. Churches thttt thus neglect their house, gonerally.looso their con¬ gregation if some other church is near, and thoy ought to loose it.    Eut thu sin
lofthe thing is,in blamingthominister for not holding the congregation, while in truth, their want of taste, or their lack of order drives tho people to an¬ other house. ,,
4. Ministers are crippled by false- ideas among the people, thnt they.sup¬ port their ¦ mini.atcrs, by which tbey mean: that if lie is an econoinist, ho oan live, but havo no means to buy books, or ]niy l()r papers. A minister i who does not read, and let hia profiting ] appear, will not bo troubled with r^ad-