The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-05-06
From the American c Christlan Review.
The Coming Christian.

We have read much, and heard much,
about the "COming Man" but very little
about the Coming Christian. We art
greatly in favor of the Coming Chris.
tian. We think he is a parsonage much
needed. We hope that he may obtrude
his gracious presence upon us quickly.
In advance Of the Coming Christian, we
presume to present a portraiture oi
what he is to be.
He will glorify God with his body as
well as with his spirit. He will moi
only be temperate in one thing, but
temperate in all things He will moi
deliver a lecture on the laws of health,
and then betray himself a gourmand
the first dinner he is invited to. He
will not write treatises upon the ne
cesSity of regular habits, and then sit
and struggle in deep study all night,
when he should be in bed reposing his
weary limbs and jaded mind. He will
not only abstain from the use of intox-
icating drinks, but he will likewise
avoid the eneryating and demoralzing
use of tobacco in all its forms. He will
not preach temperance from the pulpit,
and then proceed to make a god of his
belly the first turkey roast or oyster
stew he is invited to. He will not only
deprecate the selling of .adulterated
liquors in hotels and restaurants, but he
will keep no demijohns of first-rate
wines and brandies in his own cellar,
nor place the sparkling cup in the pres
ence ofinvited guests,
II he be mechanic, he will not tell
you that your job shall be done at a
certain time, when in his heart he
knows that he cannot fill the engage
ment. He will not fatter you with a
promise, and then disappoint you with
an unsavory fact. Or if he be mer-
chant, he will not pretend to sell you
goods at large discount, just because
it is you, when for the time being he
has raised the price of his goods above
the market rates. If he be farmer
an "honest farmer"-he will not, spe-
cially in times of scarcity, charge bis
neighbor-a poor widow at that--too
or three cents more on a pound of but
ter or beet, than he could get at market
twelve miles from home. Or when he
goes to market, neither will he make
himself the butt of ridicule by running
all over the city and begging of mer-
chants to pay him, or her, one penny
more on a dozen of eggs than the reg
ular market price. And having OBJ
tanned the extra penny neither will he,
nor she, stand at the counter a whole
hour and try to jew the merchant down
one cent on a yard of muslin or calico.
If the Coming Christian be a man Of
wealth, he will not be mean enough to
make bis tenants pay more rent than
the farm car produce, nor will he pay
his dependents in trash and trumpery
instead of money, nor will he attempt
to control their votes by bestowing
upon them special patronage. ]!
If the supposed wonderful parsonage
shall unfortunately turn out to be a
travelling agent, he will not disparage
the wares Of every other agent in order
to popularize his own, nor will he con-
J6dentialy tell every body he meets that
every other patent churn in the land is
a humbug except his own, nor will he
represent his own pet patent to be what
he knows it not to be. If he shall rep
resent somebody's college, he will not,
like the crow who supposes his baby
crows to be the blacklist of all crow
families, represent it to be the paragon
of all literary institutions in the land,
nor will he institute invidious compari-
sons between one set Of men who are
trying to do good and another set Of
men who are trying to do the same.
He will attend exclusively to his own
business, which is to be regarded as the
crown jewel of all consistent things.
The Coming Christian will not be
found building College simply to sat
isfy his own personal ambition, and in
order 10 prepare for himself place of
conspicuity and ease, when the organ
ization of such an institution is not at
all needed, and when 1t only serves to
fritter away the Lords money. Neither
will he essay an enterprise OF that kind
without consulting the wisdom of the
brotherhood and wants Of the world
He will not drive ahead like a vengeful
monomaniac, nor foolishly constitute
himself the hub of the revolving wheel
Of progress. He will not only prove to
be strict economist, but he will scatter
abroad and dispense good to the poor.
He will not squander means simply for
human glory, but he will weigh the
worth of every penny before he appro-
pirates for any given end. Neither will
he be more liberal than just. s He will
pay his Just debts before he undertakes
to gain glory by pretended acts of pre-
tended muhifcence. AA - ~
If the Coming Christian shall be
found working in the capacity of an
editor (poor fellow J, he will not food
the country with q literature that is not
wanted, and which his friends cannot
noaaihlv nurchaHA. He will not atart