The New York herald., 1872-12-09

what might come OF letting everybody know what
anybody did, The old divines doubtless regarded
the sheet as the device OF the devil Fourteen
years airerward public sentiment had so far ad-
vanced as to permit the publication OF the Netcs
letter, a weekly. printed on two sides OF a
single small sheet OF brown paper, with two
columns to the page, with news from New York q
week old, and Its latest
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE FIVE MONTHS OLD
IL Is TINS creeping, puny thing. too contempt
be to attract attention. much less to excite ridi.
cule, that has grown TO be the fourth estate, the
century ago there were thirty weekly papers in the
United States and no Others to-day there are
esd nearly axe thousand s weekies and over Ave hun
millions. The Improvement In the mechanic arts,
the invention OF steam and the magnetic telegraph
journalism has become o profession. The old
notion that anybody can make speech or edit q
newspaper Is obsolete, and
THE SCISSORS AND PASTEPOT
nave lost their traditional place In the editorial
sanctum. The newspaper is q tremendous instru-
ment OF power and organ OF influence In our times
1t is read by everybody; 1t is the people circuat.
ing brary II Is the only Bible that half our people
ever look AT; one OF our great dailies Is cyclo-
the general news, In which everybody has an inter-
est, something OI special interest to every GLASS;
and ane s ana inc
peasure-seeker, the professional man and woman
OF fashion have each place at It's banquet OF dain-
ties IL Is geography, mechanics. literature, poetry
as The manifold lille out OF which 1t springs and to
which 1t ministers. IL is moral, because
THE PREDOMINATINa ELEMENTS OF LIFE
are wholesome helpful and humane. Tue current
sets towards virtue. The lecturer contended that
improving. II exposes vice but 1t Is the vice that
ought to shock, not the exposure 0frt The fear OF
discovery deters thousands from acts they might
London was opposed on the ground that II would
enable r0gues TO steal more easily, but II dimin-
ished crime forty per cent by multiplying the
means OF its discovery and detection. The news
paper lets daylight Into the darkest recesses OF our
modern life, and vice shrinks rom It's blazing
iun nation. newspaper broke the Ring with
its lightning fash OF light, and q newspaper has
shot ray OF hope
INTo THE MADHoUsE,
1t Is the scandal and not the publication OF 1t
that should Ill us with indignation aud sorrow.
There IS something awful In TINS omnipresence OF
the press which holds every man IN fun survey and
chronicles every departure from the line or recti-
tude, and where people appreciate the fact tnat
the press Is one OF the arvels or our age, and the
splendid achievement OF one OF Cgr papers in HIT
Continent Is mere squirt OF thss tremendous Or
ganzed energy which ransacks the world Tor in
telligence and turns the globe into
VAST WHISPERING GALLERY
where every word and act OF slightest account
registers itself every night, to be read by millions
faults 1t is too often reckless and vituperative.
1t represents the lower rather than the higher cur
rents Of thought ana feeling Il writes down m
Its reports unverfed, its criticisms unjust, Its
attacks on persons abusive. Th,se are impericc-
lions to be corrected and faults to be OutgrOwn
The public sentiment that the newspaper has edu-
Gated will educate the paper in its turn. The pro-
fessiOns react on each other continually and the
Improvement OF one iS tue excellence OF ail.
better educated class OF journalists Is the hope OF
the craft. The two great journalists OF America
both young together, both rivals for public favor
both grandly successful In different ways and both
leaving
VACANT CHAIRS
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months OF each other-James Gordon Bennett and
Horace Greeley--stand for two radically different
types of Journalism. Mr.. Bennett made the model
American newspaper; he lifted reporting to an
art; he developed the collection and arrangement
OF intelligence rom all parts OF the world into
business and a science. The HERALD is the daily
CONFESSIONAL of mankind. Ii gives us what Il sup
poses TO be facts, and leaves us to draw our con-
clusions. Some OF its editorials are admired.
Mr.. Greeley made the American journal. The
Tribune contains news, but 1t has always been the
vehicle OF opnon-thc organ through which
man or immense personal iorce and intense per-
sonal conviction has found utterance
BLEECKER STREET UNIVERsALIST CHURCH.
A Lesson from Horace Grecley's Life
Patience In Well Doing-The Good
Alone are Grcnt-DiscOurse by Rev. E.
&. Sweetser.
The Universast church corner of Beeckel and
Downing streets was tolerably crowded Yesterday
at the morning service by an appreclative c0ngre-
CATION The Rev. E. c. Sweetser preached an
effective discourse on the subject, "Patience in
Well Dong" which he looked upon as the hidden
motto OF the great journalist whose late demise
was universally felt, and, furthermore, stated
that the whole gist OF his discourse would be
A LESSON CULLED FROM HORACE GREEIEY's LIFE.
The reverend gentleman chose mis- text from st.
Pauls Epistle to the Galatians vi, s-"Let us not
be weary in well doing, for in due season shall
reap II we faint not" He then commenced by
stating that ST. Paul always aimed at real objects,
and never wasted words in beating against the
air, and the text chosen was an example Of his
simple and direct style.
WEAKNESS IN WELL DOING
Is prevalent evil and great hindrance to the
progress of the truth. One man who becomes
weary in well doing is harder Tor Christ to deal
with than three men who never have done well at
III. raw recruit is better than a trained de-
,erter.
There are two causes which make men become
weary OF well doing. First, an increase OF worldli-
ness entering into a mans heart and crowding out
his zeal for good works Second the frequency OF
which men meets with in doing
well. When they do good they expect some good
to result Immediately therefrom, and because no
such good results at once apparent they become
discouraged and give up trying. Both OF these
causes are met by the principle expressed in the
words, "Whatsoever man soweth that shall he
.eap.r st. Paul regards all moral actions as so
much seed sOwn in the ground. He who s0ws
he seed OF selfshness shall reap harvest OF spirit
lal death, but he who s0ws for the spirit
will Of the spirit find everlasting life. No good
Iced is done in vain. The good man sows the
leeds Of love, which will spring up as rapidly as
onas' gourd, giving him comfort as he tolls; but
part OF II Is like the seed OF the century plant,
which will not even blossom for one hundred
years, but 1t will blossom, and he who waits with
patience for II shall enjoy 1t on the day thereof
Referring to the late lamented Horace Greeley
The reverend lecturer went on to say that
EVERY LIFE OF WELL DOING 10 FULLY REWARDED
with an abundant harvest Sometimes this har-
vest is unseen by the world and only known to him
who gathers 1t. Men live In humble circumstances
doing good in unseen ways and gathering their
,heaves in secret; but sometimes IT happe ms that
man is given to us whose 0ppOrtunit ities
are more extensive, whose life is public
who sows before the eyes Of all the world
by virtue OF the place he holds, and whose reap
Ing Is . thing OF equal note: and when such q man