The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-25
THE METHODIST MINISTER'S.

The Devil I'm the Secular Press, and what
, the Preachers Do 60 Drive Him Out-A
Resolution Adopted Requesting the
Press to "Les Us A10ne.''
Yesterday Rev. John Parker made nerce on
slaught the secular press for it's atheistic and
deUilish influence upon the community. That In
1uence, in his opinion, is evil and only evil and
that continually, and ne and few other brethren
are doing what they can to correct it by support
ing to the best Of their ability daily paper in this
city that wall net applaud the devil and crime and
caricature and decry God and religion. But, &C
cording 70 Mr.. Parker, the proprietor Of that
paper has already sunk $4,000 in this effort,
and Brother Remington has sunk many thousands
more. Mr.. Parker made an eloquent appeal TO
his ministerial brethren to rally around this daily
and keep 1t anoat He had no doubt at all that the
press would become by and by great agent In
the hands OF God In promoting His cause in the
earth. But at present the devil Is In the press and
controlling 1t. AM
Rev. Mr.. GoRHAx took issue with Mr. Parker.
He asked,
DID THE PRESS CARiCATuRE BISHOP JAMES
when he consecrated a Methodist church or or
datned q Methodist minister or missionary Did
1t utter false reports of their doings in annual
ference and elsewhere9 Certainly not. 1t Is only
when the brethren do and say foolish and absurd
things that the press holds them up to the mirror
OF public opinion, and the thing for them to do
was to correct their own speech and manner. He
did not believe in q wholesale remuneration OF the
press, Its editors and reporters, as he had heard
and he thought the press inclined to be just and
true to all men.
Mr.. PARKER, In reply, said his brother Gorham's
speech reminded him Of another good brothers. re-
marks tina: certain persons protested holiness with
o viciousness that was painful He made excep-
lions and referred to one reporter by name who,
he believed, was good Christian man. But he had
attended the Convention in Cooper Institute to put
the name Of God into the constitution, and he saw
hdei remark that was made Hence ne believed
his previous remarks were Justified
Mr.. WILLIAMS was called out and made few re-
marks In defence OF the press, and asked the breth
with its ninsty.~o DALI and 90 Weekly papers,
not single daily and only twenty-one weeklies,
and hence no devil How long, he asked, would
sas or Georgia break np the
''RINGs" IN WASHINGTON AND NEW York;
How long ere they would send after . lost
chiefS He maintained that where the greatest
devil Is there the greatest god Is Also thar where
people are most intelligent and that God can
carry on his great purposes toward mankind
through their intelligence rather than through
largest circulation does the most and the best work
for God and humanity. He believed in the conse-
eator &C., to ' but he
what had his brethren OF the ministry done to
compass this end How many OF them had been
into newspaper 0nices. and how many more OF
them had been interviewed by reporters, and had
they ever spoken to these men about their souls
or tried to lead them to God He believed
THB PRESS INSPIRED TRUE PATRIOTISM
and devotion to God and humanity, and HAD cor
rected many OF the abuses in the pulpit and out OF
It, and was doing Gods work from day to day.
The debate here closed, and under miscellaneous
business DR.. Crawford introduced O resolution re-
questing the members Of the meeting, visitors and
professional reporters to refrain hereafter from
publishing any OF the proceedings 0fthe preachers
meeting In the religious or secular press
Rev. NJ French dssente from the purpose OF
this resolution. He favored the press reporters
and was glad to correct hls own foOishness by this
mirror whenever his faults or olies presented
to him therein. He was once reported in city
paper as making political address at a camp
meeting In Shelter Island when he was not within
one hundred miles OF the place. His friends per-
suaded him to write correction Off, and, simple
ton as he was he did write IL and took the note to
the ONCE OF the paper referred to and had talk with
the editor. The correction was made next day by
substituting Jamesport for Shelter Island and ne
had not been within one hundred miles OF that
place either at the time mentioned. lIaughter.)
He would not take the trouble again to correct
newspaper reports Of what he said did, but would
try to outlive and down live them. Drs Marks,
Foss and Weed made o few remarks and the re-
solution was adopted by vote OF 60 to 6.