, 1873-05-26
A Great and: Good Newspaper as
Sacred in It's Own Way as
tie Bible.
That Man prays Dest, and Praises .Dest
Who Keeps Up tho Stoadiest lu-
, ~. ). timacy with q Good ~
., .4 Paper.
The Doctors Views on Pernicious Jour-
=. na!ism Of the Chicago Times
School.
The Rev. @. Day Noble on Our
Heroic Dead.

THE NEWSPAPER.
The Rev, Robert Collyor pronchod yesterday
morning In Unity Church, to an audience which
od tho church to ropletion with attentive liBten-
orB. Tho preliminary Scripture lessons having
been read, hymns sung, and prayers offered, tho
distinguished divine selected LIS toxt from
Daniel H., ,'orses 81, 50, and 8S: "Bohold a
groat image whose brightness was excellent,
This images head was Of fine gold, Ills breast
and his arms Of silver, his middle brass, his legs
iron, md his foot, part iron and part clay" Tho
preacher spoke as follows:
THE gEn,roN.
There bG doubt that Tho Grnat power for good
or svli in our American lifo and in Europe Wtssa,
pcrhaps, e1ccpted} is tho newaIapfr. n countries
esaS ora s tesa an Tb9
look to for inspiration and direction fow Of them,
s e nS F9a Fos
sion know Of no one thng beside that has gathered
Int ns Sa @
psercas IN thls respect oyor al That went before
e so soa sGys I e Of ha a s'aa
result - that dono down ia tho cellars Of tic newa-
10 sue freehs as its last odcn and o
artist aa pbotegsapler bss no such opening besk1e
mon. !" Hcw do in 1nanago 70 ind your faees," I
ssS;n IL Sssk z s''s!s e. E
se nss s rssd
s ae III dasa ass u ss so@ ma Esss a!ns
loon. IND only altered 4 to suit my PURPOSE" The
VST'psR'r WS ps .n mnhoa o such ,.s men public properly
likeness pssiees Of the ana prat
John Ieech, WHO never drow limo that was not 40
wss: and true AZ Liz own heart ynh e farthes.
II sIneng tho woods 70 ta1o II chance and WORK
on the old runcs.
And as the newspaper makes tributary to its purpose
tho nest reauls Of science and discovery aau It
captures tho 1nca power Of tho current thought and
III boss snfns 's sad ha h'px Sxsst yT1n3 81
his day was douo for tho newspaper. II via =
psrSst wSnGs On @..o to him low ashess
; On shs spz ot 70 msent r te slss anS slsnE
M Ct as s5sp s4S a
there On tho writer s not too much to say that tho
g ss oa
ago, on which Chalmers based his wonder. It is the
ss q Ss sd BY ample
snd then fasens them with go1den Chains a. tho Old
place. Aud not content with tho best thought, It
cures at tho time, tie keeneat enterprise. It
battles and reyoutions far ahead Of their own swifest
messengers. II sends enc man to the heart Of
1s st lost prass 81 .nd ND
thoy both do their work as It could not 10 done arpar
ii o wor 10y il tS sW Clear sn
ss % spss aa saS 1s sss S e
wrench down pine It mirrors the great markets on
spd s s T Eel hG o
world for Ut ia the absract and brief chronicle Of
tho time; showing siruro her feature hcr
ewn mage ana tho yery age and body OF tho time Ills
Ana 80 4 is 10 great wondor that the newspaper
osa ssspd 1Ss,, ri; .
ough. Of 81! bo glad and proud because among
y sy tT sn
telgous conviction snd confess was aurprised ut
nb h sw h9 ss sgs 9
men f In this country 70 nnd what
ssfss aud ss ss' zna sAT 1snen ans
5sc IN didcrent ways Ono groat daily thera IL man
aged by member Of one Of our churches, Of whom
writer's among ministers, And one day was
aill more gad Of something That bote ma did net net
E06ptGfA
story III which felt great interest. It was coming
naand 9at ~ fesy Saa o! Rsnsr whsh l. popular
tho continent could not pick them up easily, aud 20
vent to EEK them Ut hoadquarters Their great print
London, up small alloy and went there looking
about foF likely place 70 AK for the oinee when
ea S up and md s1a " s1o seeding
along, and will eco to H." Ho took nc Tito
linn ssye nv ms nubsIa s a tnsgn tes boy
gone said, You nro Mr.. Oolyer. heard you preach
s.s r. ss ss1og ssss s.d Ess
pssaohins always hear" 10 replied. " an ono OF Of
The PARTNERS II the houso and We al booug to tho
done In England in providing cheap, sound who1esomo
reading for tho peoplc. It's st publications IL peer
q I'll for unltarsnism III ths narrower senso but fos
@ IT T. e sg1s hs broad b5gh
il doing nob!e and WONDERFUL Work oyery day. And
great and good papefs aud Journals touch religion It
Ihoy give quartor 10 religious bgotTy Or bittor
n.rrow dogma II aeems as II the very substance out
ment Ia It, great power Of bolloving Ike tha Which
s &1Ha III TS:a nsyaa
whits head you WILL always SEQ 10 the left Tho pul
94e journalists Of America And 1t ia that te uews
paper, daily and weekly, las como to be- doubt,
tsn Ro %o a o aky
aash confession abopt i a. o4 Thomas Fuller makes
2o0 years AGO. about tho lesson for the day: Forgyo
pl9 in this, tint tll!H morning when set ulyaof
% read ;. Thy Word, turned tho leaf 'hrat
morning Or the oyenng We read from tho Newspaper
u never long chapter. We nssoF find long lost
specfacles ats pages, aud we arc stirred here
fnd there by what wo read as fear seldom
stirred " to twentytAird psalm or tie parable Of tho
Good Samaritan The ruason IL, think, that tho
nexspspss. ia ths quick and close lesson for tic day
It is tho thought and action of tho world about ii
caught on tile wing, aud transferred hrobbiug with
te aud death, with love and hate with terror mud JOY
Into our hands, and 30 1t IL not distance but noarncss
tint icnds Tho cnchann.en and we are u1spcakably
ore alive 10 tho death Of Salmon p. Chase than to
tAat Of Samuel tle Prophet aud to Candy III tho lava
teda than to etsers slain by equal worso treac-
ery In the tout Of Joal. :
''And IL thls Was tho whole aum and substance of |
the aewspapcr as We know It, I could lmagluo no
botter thing aa constant visitor In our homes
supervisor ID our schools anl churches an t1upFcua-
BIZ citadel and strong ally Of free and good goyer-
nont, and monitor and hoEer to our whoo human |
No. than tho daily md weekly preaa. But tho truth
b. ~ we III know, TINT there IA = divine human
Md au Internal oomeat init, na there ls In Ill tiuga