The New York herald., 1877-11-01

the religious press has made wonderful changes but
Mather as President OF Harvara College. wrote his
.Churches OF Christ In New England Justified" tor
then even .sundry ministers OF the Gosper' labored
in vain 10 lind printer IN Boston willing to publish
q calm reply to q bold attack
Be It remembered, then, said Mr.. Brooks In conciu
sion, among the popular journals OF the country,
counted as they are by thousands there Is scarcely
that dare assai the religion OF the Bible and not
one the perfect lie OF Christ IL the press Is not
constant affirmation Of the truths OF religion u gives
at least silent approval Of these truths judged ny
the Divine law, those openly for practical
Christianity may be connted against IT, but judged py
the world, OF which We are part, II IS also lar 70
say that those who are not opposed to reous trutR
arc not hostile to It. This lot me say then OF the
press OF country IN its relation TO Chri>tanity;-
in territory OF over three million SIX hundred tnou-
sand square miles with thlryeight settled States and
ten partially settled Territories, that Is the pioneer
both OF civilization and Christianity, the helper oil tho
scholar, Of the settled divine ana o. .ne unsel, .
II everywhere hates hypocrisy ana prctenders-
the wolves IN sleeps clothing and men who wear the
livery oi heaven for the DEVILS service, It's columns
are opcn day oppose ali the vices condemned by
the Decalogue and 10 defend the leading virtues set
forth in the Sermon tho Mount. While It's defend
ers nd directors may to Jar from perfect mon,
the worst OF tnem know how TO pay the homage due
to all private virtue by The pubic condemnation OF all
individual vice.
ADDRESS or BISHOP DUDLEY.
Righ; Rev. U. Dudley WAS introduced. The journals
OF which he should speak, he said, were not literary
or scientific, but tho newspapers TO be found IN The
hands of the workln2man he rode 10 his place Ol
labor IN the street car every morning ana perused IN
his humble home at night. these papers, Ike ) oyi-
lnc leaves inscribed with strange characters, winch
came like the voice oil v.iied prophets-name.ess
ones--were revercnced and obcycd because name
less and unknown. The young press OF this country
tho Doctor pared to pumelcss knight win vizor
down, who rode wildly crying, 'Wbatever things bo
popular whether they be true or untrue, pure or I'M
pure, lovely unovey, OF good report or III report,
the people want 10 near them, speak them" the
press did some good, not from good motives, but
because IL paid Not many months since The partisan
press Published false statements about tue condition oil
affairs the South, and II anything could nave
prevented tue God-detcrmined reunion OF mo states
IL would been the os that we're told because mo
parties that bought the papers wanted TO read them
so (Appluuse.) lne Doctor condemned the pubica-
ton oI the circumstances oi every crime committed
throughout the country. The Christian matrou could
bid daughter drop her eyes and close her ears 10
shut out the sights OF the street corner
WHAT thenf Why the journal that was brought to the
breakfast table had III II tue story o the murder oI
pictured in detail, ana after being SUBJECTED long 70
such influences might not the young DC educated TO
become actors IN such dramas themselves? The
speaker the for sneering at every good
man who tell under temptation and or dwelling upon
the fact that he had been church warden or sun
day school teacher This had tendency to make the
young dsbelieve Tho reality OF any moral excellence.
The Church was treated oy the secular press IN ono
of three ways-with patron zing condescenslon,
with foul mouthed rldiculo or with conemptuous 10.
difference Why this SOP Because so called
Christian people loved to have So Like priest liko
pcople ana Just certainly like people, Iikc press
it was true the press ministered 10 depravcd appe
te OF The pubic, but u also heipea 10 create ana
like such lntell gence had been referred tor Was
it not like the epicure's cheese that one had to be
educated TO like.
The remedy for all these evils is simply discrmina-
tion There were low journals whcn did not cater
to This depraved appetite and these should be patron.
ized while those which outraged decency and honesty
should not be looked at. This conduct would create
demand for pure papers, which would, from seii,in-
tcrcst force the publishers To adopt the apostles
motto. .sSpeak whatever things are true and pure
and lovely and OF good report"
These remarks were received with loud applause.
lynn BshOD Potter q u
dicnce. .'Go ana do It,"
viKws OF BIBsop CLARK.
Bishop Clark, of Rhode island, who made the next
address, thought that Notwithstanding all It's faults
the daily press had much improved OF late. IL pub
lisned one hundred told moro religious information
than ever before. Churchmen had rigIt 10
expect that tho daily papers should become the me.
dium OF disseminating their peculiar views
The speaker dd not like journal started In tins
city some time since, winch gave both secular and re-
ligous .mIxing IN this world and the next
mscellaneously Everything in this world he heid
should pcrmcated by the spirit OF religion, but he
not want secular aud religious matters presented
side by side as II they were OF equal Importance.
There also daily religious paper started 1t was
dead the Doctor was glad oil II. People ought not
to spend ali their time in reading good Things. They
heard He would IN short havo nc secular press 20
on, enterprising as ever but would nave II purified
BisnoP sCHEREscaEwsKy sPEAKs.
Right Row. Samuel Isaac Joseph Scherescncwsky,
who W esicrday morning AT Grace Church was consc-
Grated bishop was introduced Ho remarked That as
missionary he bad lived In many lands and on COM
parng the press OF this country With that OF Others
no felt satisfied that while the American
press IS not perfect u exerts, upon the whole,
h wholesome influence. People read the journals IN
this country tor the news simply; they did not mind
tho editorial articles II had been charged hat the
newspapers did speak the truth. Weli they were
not sing uar IN that The nations which had no free
press IN ignorance and error. In China whittier
the speaker IS going Bishop there was no press,
yet people lied more than they do here, anu were
besides ignorant ana creduious TO surprising extent
AT The conclusion OF Bishop Schereschewsky's ad-
dress the Congress adjourned until tins morning AT ten
O'clock The subject 10 DC thcn discussed is Ihe In
fiuence OF the Pulpit Upon Modern Thought" In The
evening, .'Chrslianity and Popular Amusements'
will be discussed.