The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-28


hyacinth, fragrant and pale; or Ulla,
a young child; or Saph. the moss
growing so plentifully at their feet, on
the bright sea shore. And then He
brew parents mOurned over a sickly
child and called it Abel, because
they saw it was like breath or vapor,
and would soon pass away; or they
named it Delilah, weak; or Hagar,
timorous stranger Or Jabez, sorrow ;
or JOB, "a .weeper; or Leah, weary
or Necho, lame And the robust
child, the sturdy, strong young fel
low, was ife1oiced in, aud called Illah,
the tall, spreading OAK or ;. Amos,
weighty; or Asher, bliss; or Ruth,
contentment; or Kebekah, fat; or,
more poetical still, Abigail, the
fathers joy; Eve, the gladdener;
Isaac, laughter; Nahum, comforter;
and David, sweet and tender utter
ance, beloved. r5 r.1u ed
. Milkah, queen: Naomi, beautiful;
Zuph,T "a honeycomb; Kezia, the sweet
spice rcassia Laban, crooned out the
Hebrew mothers, as they kissed their
babies; or with their little arms as a
collar about their necks, and worn
there, they should be Anak; OF they
should he Ariel. the altar on which
all offerings should be laid; orzElna-
than God slOwn gift; or Asael, Gods
work; or Absolom, the fathers peace:
or Benjamin gthe son of the right
7hand.aG iThou art Barabbas, = the
son of shame, was mourned outyonce,
as a little face was hid; and Benoni!
Benonili son of my sorrow, fell the
Hebrew cry; and little child was
hidden, and called Esther; and it was
known that one would have to labor,
and it was called Ebed and that an
other would be drawer of water,
and it was Adaliah; and little twins
came, and one was Ahimoth,
for he was the 1only one that
breathed, and g it was fit to give
him a name that meant he
was brother of death. Deeply went
religious feeling with these fervent
Jews. Gedaliah, God is my great
ness, is a proof of it; and Micaiah,
Michael, who is like to God; and
Seraih, the Lord is my Prince; and
Shelumiel, God is my happiness and
gAbUah, and aAdonijah, my Father.
my Master is the Lord. And then,
in contradistinction to this, fierce
savagery had loud expression, andthe
little Hebrew children became fantas-
ltically, and to keep their enemies In
fear, Laish, lion; Saul, destroyer:
Radmah, thunder; Jareb, the re-
-venger; Trad, the wild ass; Jael. the
kid; Potiphar, the African bull; or
they owned the names corresponding
exactly to trumpet, flea, horse, fox,
worm. hornet, rabbit, goat, deer. To-
Gust, snake and wasp. .t91t
g The early Greeks chose their names
upon the same plan. The young
mother walked rejoicing among the
mountains and the vines, and called
her child Chloe, the green herb or
Rhoda, rose; or Dagon, corn; or
Drusilla, Watered by the dew; or
Euodias, sweet scent; or Epaphrodi-
tus, handsome; or Erastus, lovely;
or Diana, perfect, best of all.
She had-besides thousands of
others that only want the looking for,
or will rise to the memory at once
her Jason, he who cures; her Apollos.
the destroyer; her Andronicus, the
man of victory; her Nicholas, the con-
queror; her Herod, the hero's son;
her Stephanas. the reward, the crown.
And the Latins, though passing into
another stage, and taking, iazily, to
numbering their people, and calling
them Secundus, Tertius, ,Quartus,
Quintius, Sextus, Septimus, OctaVius,
Decimus; or to naming them after their
birth month, and clubbing them JAN
uarius, Martius, Maria, Junius, JUL
US, Augustus. the Latins made use Of
tho r4sl1
roaring bull, was a name. with them
when they lived by depredatiop and
wished to make their enemies afraid
and Gallus, the cruel cock, and
Aquila the eagle; and Leo, the lion
and Glaucus, fish. They commenced
personal peculiarities< and had their
Caesar and their Agrippa from incl
dents at their birth and they had
their Varus, crooked legged !, and
their Claudius, lame; and their BAN
bale, sufferer; and their Brutus,
stupid; and their Tacitus, dumb. And
there was the admiration and remi-
piscence of bright flowers, and known
by the same sweet names. ~
4 Ananthe, the wild vine bloom, a
little baby girl was called and
Alth@a, the purple mallow; and Eu-
phrosyne, bugloss; and Artemesia,
motherwort; and Sabina, savine; and
Sisera, the crimson heath; and Olivia,
the fruit of the olives : and Daphne.
the health boy. The Violet, Ion, was
used for man; Viola, the snowdrop,
was appropriated to girls; and sorwas
Flavia, an ear of corn, and Laura, the
laurel; and Hedera, ivy; and Rosa, a
rose; and Circe, deadly night=shade;
the Keeper ana Sgoddesssof !
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