The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-27
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ngs Of the question; but he ground
ed his conclusions upon the truth
that principles never change. that
moral evil cannot be justified on the
ground of expediency. In closing
a letter on this subject he says, "We
are soon going where the disturban-
ces of time will never reach and to
/ the presence Of Him in whom all the
interests Of humanity are safe"
The range Of his subjects is very
limited. With the exception Of ar
ticles on Bonaparte. Milton. Ma
tional Literature and the Union. his
writings are in comparatively few
channels. Yet who that has read
his discriminating suggestions on
F. W ordsworth, Scott and Dickens can
doubt his ability-could ne have
/ spared the time Irom more vital
themes-to have made wise criticisms
upon literature, and who hut must
wish that he had so done, His
clear vision would have seen in its
true relations whatever he turned
his attention to; and his chaste and
elegant style would have invested
any subject with attractiyeness.
But after all that can be said about
the charm Of his productions we must
always come back to the one thought
which runs through them all like a
4 brilliant thread shot in and out, and
+ never lost sight of,-his lofty sense
Of the intrinsic n0bleness Of the hu-
man soul. 1t is this which is first
in his close analysis Of the character
( Of Bonaparte; remembering this he
/ guages the enormity of his crimes as
a wholesale shedder of blood. This
+ lies at the heart Of his religious in
dignation against slavery.
And this. we must be persuaded.
( influences him in his radical opposi-
ton to Cal,inism. For this cause
. its tenets looked darker, is bounds
. narrower. To him the doctrine Of
original sin and its transmission from
generation to generation was mon
+ srous; consequently he saw no need
Of the new birth, made possible only
through repentance and faith in the
atoncmcnr. when the soul in itself
possessed elements bywhicL. through
4 PRAYER TO the Father. ii could 20 ON
to perfection And ve.. if he failed
to see the necessity Of the gospel
plan Of salvation on the one hand he
would, on the other, have shrank in
horror from many Of the theories Of
modern radicals.
DR.. Channing's character was one
of unusual sweetness. noblencss and
simplicity. Those who knew him
+ bear witness to the beauty of his dali
ly life; to his sympathy with the
T common people and his great respect
for them; and to his charity towards
all who differed from him in religious
opinions, not at all inconsistent, how
/ ever, with independence in the eX-
+ ,,ras1;1r Of his 0v-u
/ He is described by one Of his as
/ sociates in his college days as having
then a grave and melancholy express
sion of countenance which seldom
relaxed into a smile.
+ In conversation, although not re-
served. he was always serious and
rarely attempted a witticism. There
/ seemed about him many indications
of feeble health.
/ One who knew him later in life
says: He was a very small man
very thin, went out but little, put
. his feet on his fire-fender and there
sat and thought. After DR.. Gan
/ nett was settled as his colleague DR..
Claiming prepared sermans as his
health or pleasure permitted. Very
/ frequently the former did not know
until after the latter came into the
pulpit whether he would preach or
not. Dr.. Chauning's voice was very
clear; he had a kind tone peculiar
to himself which brought out his
ideas very forcibly. He commonly
1 held his notes in one hand and ge-
sticulated with the other. Christian
/ Union.