One wonders how it came to have that name! We cannot help feeling, that
if other titles were as well-deserved, it would be a blessing to the
world. For instance, if Nobleman, Gentleman, Reverend, &c., were as
descriptive as this day's name, there would be many happier people than
there are.
No wonder that it should be called "Good," for it helps us to look back
to the time when the best action the world has known, or can know, was
done. We gaze upon the Cross, and we thank God for His unspeakable gift.
One knows not which to admire the most: the Love that could smite the
Well-beloved, or the Love that could, for the sake of enemies, bear the
blow?
How do our readers mean to spend the day? We have no right to bind any
man's conscience, and seek to have others do as we do, except they are
led in the same direction, and yet we wonder how those who observe the
day at all, can allow themselves to spend it in dissipation.
We are no admirer of those who make the day one of sadness and gloom.