The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-05-26
THE PRESS AND THE EDITOR.

Rev. 81. D. Moore, Congregationalist Of Gin
| cinnati, preached . sermon at his church OH
Vine-ss in that city recently, from which we
take the following extracts:s raaaa a.
The newspaper is the daily preacher, out
among the people. It is efficient preacher,
too. Six days in the week it breaches and
| never tires in arraying its facts and in preach
ing It's morals. And the mnst effective peach>
ing from the pulpts on the Sabbath, the preach
ing which most attracts, holds, and instructs
the people. is that which takes up the minds and
lives Of the community just where the ne wspa
per left them on Saturday night, and applies to
them the truths Of Gods Word, and the events
and teachings of His providence, and the sa-s
wing doctrines Of the Gospel of the Son of God
1--WE must take mon in our congregations
the Sabbath day just as we find them made up
to our hand, if we wouli aim successfully at
making them. under the blessing of God, what
they ought to be. To ignore the influences in
the midst of which men are living is to ignore
the men themselves. Our preaching is not
divine preaching but it is human preaching ac-
companied, If it be right preaching. with divine
power. We must meet men just as they are,
and take them for what they are. and become
all things to all men. if we would save them.-
The newspaper. for six days in the week, is q
powerful agency in the makeup OF human char>
acters, and therefore we are solicitous that the
paper and the editor shall be objects Of first
Christian. regard among the instru ..entali,ies
which are at work with the men to whom we
nyeach on the Sabbath
1.-THE editor Of daily newspaper. viewed a.
. laborer in . vast field, and in daily contact
with men, needs and deserves the prayers of all
good people, in the tasks to which he puts his
brains and pen. He seeks to elevate and bless
men. and spite Of all the faults attributed to the
press, he does elevate and bless them: and no
man labors harder. or more constantly, or under
more Disadvantages, oftentimes, than he. No
one is more interfered with, complained of, i'm.
pertinently criticized, and misrepresented than
he; still, patiently, genially, cour,eousy he la
bors on, day and night. to give US each day
what We could get no where else. and without
which we could not live communities half as
we'll as we could survive without our meals
And while we are making the most of our daily
lives by what he gives us every morning, there
he is still at york, mining the ore. and stamp
ing the coin for our use, without failure and
without fal,ering. God bless the editor.
II do not say that the daily press is Christ
ian or religious in the technical sense. 1t don't
claim or profess to be; and technicalities. how
ever useful they may be in some connections,
are, after AL, in the hard work Of life. of sec
ondary Importance. But SO far as this point is
concerned it would be no easy matter to decide
in some land not iew) instances which is the
moro Christian ar religious-the daily newspa-
per or the so-called Christian or church paper
The paper which works the largest amount Of
good is the best paper. call it BY wha. name you
please. twould not speak irreverently or un-
guardedly in this matter, but has it not passed
almost into . proverb, in many instances. that
the religious or church paper is prone tocontro-
verses, dispu.ations, and party spirit, which
have but little 10 do with the spirit and grace Of
Christian charity. and much to do with hinder
ing the growth Of Christians and in placing
stumbling blocks before the feet Of the weary,
toiiing people who are seeking rest in the truth?
.Besides, very few men Of the world read the
religions paper; that is to say. comparatively
fsw. Whole classes snd masses Of the psople
take no religious paper. and seldom resd one;
bus I'll clAeses in the community take and rssd