Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10
4 Bright Anticipation.

! Rarely have we heard matter OF
literary intelligence that has conveyed
/ to our mind the prospect OF so much pure
qualification, as the knowledge that the
public are To be favored at nO very dis
Itani period, wllh an ample memoir OF the
late DR.. WILLIAM ELLERy CHANNiNG.
tor which undertaking his son, " illam
T.. ChaGning, oI tins city, together with
/ Rev. William ii. Charming OF New
( York, are now bus,ly engaged IN col
| lecllng the necessary materials. Such
work must naturally be copious one
not only from the lameutcd Charming :
connection with other dlsins sui~hod minds
of his time, bat from the intimate and
Ihrotherly relation that he bore tn all
clascs who were engaged in those great
moral and phianthroplcal pursuits which
his able pen defended, and to which the
whole strength Of his reflective powers
we're directed with a steady aim towards
carrying uut his own honest convictions
with regard to down irodd-n humanity,
and in aid of christian brnevLlcnce. To
be the bographcr Of Dr. Charming is
no Silail ldSh- IoT He was no CotntnW'
man, aud acluaed by no common prnci-
pies. To do Justice To each shade of deli
cate feeling, or innate sensibiIIfy
trace out the ardor ard carnesiness Of
his convictions, aud, to denote clearly
the beautiful intensity Of his Zra!-al
tins Is hard TO do even by child or broth.
er, even by those who were part of his
affections, and who knew the gifted one
IN his daily, private life. We have said
that 1t must he very nee task to ren
der Justice To the peculiar qualities o.,
the intellectual and moral character Of
Channlng. and so we believe in all sin
certy Wills, we know that the duty :,
when performed, wlil be as grdi,fW a,
delicate, and Will meet the hopes aud
wishes of millions OF mankind. The
name of CLAIMING belongs 10 the whole
of II wide conn,ry-a country whose peo-
pie have looked for his writings, as
carnations from the mind of Christian
and a phlosopher--.a the sincere express
sions Of one who taugh; that there was
no safety for the human race but ia re-
Iigious lus'ice-whose doctrine toward,
humanity was, "to respect mems rights
and to treat our npi!hbors as ourselves" d."
and who believed, 10 use his own words.
that "any doctrine hostile to This, is born
0fthe Evll One" Nor is the fame OF
the departed divine, confined To Ame,lca|
alone 1t l. known to the great minds Of
literary Europe tie best inielects oi.
EOg land, by whom, as soon as death
palsled his corporehl powers, his memo
ry was huuored with sponianc ous tributes
to an intellect which can never die, So
long as his writings exist TO prove the
strength of his thoughts on the moral
grandeur of his deliberate opinions. We
TOOK forward To the completion of the
memoir as an object capable of bcslow.
lng the highest kind Of qualification, than
which We have the anticipation at pie-
sent Oi but one other work that can be
stow aHy measure ot a similar saii>iac-
ton. We alludc to a Life of WASHING
r0N ALLsToY by Richard N DINA !
Who is there that would not own such
productions as the lives of Charming and
OF Allston even though their possessions
should demand the personal economy Of
many months toward "A purer object o. /
? Biography is one of
The best forms of writing, for To use The /
" Ords OF another, at J. next to history. 4
the finest DIVISION of literature, and it, I
noSt Interesting attributes are the re.
Hccilon OF character, The insight which II \
gives IL into the minds of no ordlnar, "
stamp exhibition which i, affords of /
The mechanism of the human heart the .
workings Oi Its pas>ioilH.- the How 81 H. I
Irc'ugs gs-thc objects Of i,s ambition I,
and the gal Of It's hopes y Boston Tran
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