The Christian, the Gentleman.
A CHRISTIAN is God's gentleman: a gentleman, in the vulgar, superficial way of understanding the word, is the Devil's Christian. But to throw aside these polished and too current counterfeits for something valuable and sterling, the real gentleman should be gentle in every thing, at least in every thiug that depends on himself,—in carriage, temper, constructions, aims, desires. He ought therefore to be mild, calm, quiet, even, temperate,—not hasty in judgment, not exorbitant in ambition, not overbearing, not proud not rapacious, not oppressive; for these things are contrary to gentleness. Many such gentleman are to be found, I trust; and many more would be, were the true meaning of the name borne in mind, and duly inculcated. But alas! we are misled by etymology; and because a gentleman was originally homo gentilis, people seem to fancy they shall lose caste unless they act as Gentiles.