The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-05-06
JACKSON G. Fl. OHIO. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1862

up flock of little fedgelings that may
wink once and then die, nor will be
drive out a lot Of featherIess bantlings
that shall run off in every direction,
and for patronage, cry all the day long
peep, peep, peep! If there are al
ready large and influential papers in
the land, serving as a medium of COM
munication, where the wisest and the
best and the most learned may deposit
the treasures Of their minds, and i'm
print the facts and fancies of life, the
Coming Christian will cry, "There
now, hold--no more"-if the attempt
should be made by envious and disqui-
eted spirits to supplant by shrewd pre-
lenses the present only half supported
publications Of the people. He will not
undertake to drive every enterprise and
think himself suited to work in every
department Of life. He will entertain
a profound sense of the fact that there
is niche in the social fabric for every
man to toll in and get glory from, and
without attempting to do the work of
other men, which God never fitted him
to do. Because some other man through
great tribulation is succeeding in GER
tain course Of life, and is cheered on by
the plaudits of his friends, the Coming
Christian will not selfshly turn away
from his own proper vocation, and,
actuated by motives of envy and jeal-
Ousy, detract from the merit of his sue
cessful rival, nor bespatter bis reputa-
ton with ridicule and low comparisons.
And if perchance man with good
h heart and pure motives happens to ex-
press himself in a rude speech and in
uncouth terms, and another man with
motives not so pure, it may be, gives
utterance to similar thoughts in finer
speech and in language more refined
and elegant, the Coming Christian, we
feel ashured, will not rsshly decide that
the former person is a boor that should
at once be cashiered, and the latter
person a refined Christian, whose pres
ence would honor the highest circles Of
life. He will judge righteous judg-
ment. He will not Judge outwardly
You will hear him say,
"Worth makes the man, and want of 1t the tsl-
low;
The rest is all but leather or prunelo."
He will not pay Difference to a man
simply because he has money and no
virtue, and overlook poor man simply
because he has virtue and no money
You will again hear him say,
''Honor and shame from no condition rise:
Act tceH your part there all the honor lies.
Fortune in men has some small difference made
One faunts in rags, one tlutters In brocade."
The Coming Christian will be trou-
bled very little about blood and lineage
and noble ancestry. Again you shall
hear him say, "Whoeusr does the ,giH Of
ma Father IN Heauen, the came is my
mother, my brother, and my sister"
He will not refuse to do the least act of
mercy because, forsooth, he cannot per-
form the greatest deed He will not
retire from the stage Of active life and
do nothing, because somebody else
does not do right, and because some
body else fills the place he desires to
occupy. lie will not eat bread at the
table of friend, and fatter him be-
cause of the warm sop, and then in the
parlor whisper to another friend, "that
host of ours is of no accOunt-he'll
never amount to much" If the Com
ing Christian should turn out to be a
literary character (dear help the man y,
be win not permit his pertness and
sharpness and tartness to run away
with his sound sense and sober judg-
ment. He will not presume to kill
man with the sharp edge of criticism,
just to see him die and gloat over his
death. He will 'show piety at home
as well as abroad. He will be mis-
sionary at home as we'll as in China or
Japan. He will not spend thousands
on pride and vanity, and live sumptu-
ously every day, when thousands clothed
in rags are crying for the bread OF life.
He will not pretend to be demOnstra-
tive missionary in a missionary society,
when at the same time he would ruth
lessly turn the poor and needy away
from his own mansion door, He will
pursue no ayocation over which he
cannot invoke the blessing of God.
He will not attempt to spread the gos-
pei from the base proceeds of either
making or selling intoxicating drinks.
He is to be the preachers friend-he
will never cheat the preacher. The
Coming Christian will be blessed with
a whole conscience. II.
From the Portsmouth Republican.
Hewitt the Hermit. Once More.