Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-20
THE GLOBE" FORESEEN
Ar TIE Episcopal CONTENTION.
Eloquent Speech, of Bishop Dudley, of
Kentucky--Tho Relation Of the Popular
Press to Christianity.

The Episcopal Congress at Boston finished
its labors some time ago, but the eloquent
speech of Bishop Dudley on that occasion
will repay perusal. The account says: The
first extempore speaker was L. U. Dudley,
D. d., the Assistant Bishop of Kentucky,
who, in the course Of his stirring address,
which viii be remembered by all who heard
it as one of the events of Congress. awakened
the greatest enthusiasm yet witnessed. The
written words cannot convey the eloquent
earnestness which SO completely carried
away the audience. that he was often unable
/ plause. He said:
BISHOP DUDLEY's ADDRESS.
! / am asked to speak tonight on the rea-
ton of the popular Press to Christianity in
America. What do We mean by Christianity
in this connection? To speak of it histori
4 cally, think of it as company of eleven
ignorant, unlettered men. going out from a
certain upper room in Jerusalem, with the
cross in their hands, to proclaim that he who
died on the cross is god over all, blessed for
ever. think of it afterwards coming down
through the ages as one constant succession
of preachers Of this message; men who,
while they have differed as to the religious
opinio1ls and as to the functions and gov
erment Of the church, yet have never failed
to utter, always, and everywhere, and by all
methods, the same teaching as to moral gov
eminent and well being of society. | think
of Christianity as an armed Knight. whose
armor is all worn, and battered and bruised,
the joints Of whose harness have been mend
ed again and again, yet whose helmets front
has never yet been bowed, and on the pen
nant flag which 4ies from it I read these
words: whatsoever things are true, what
soeyer things are pure, whatsoever things are
honest. lovely or of good report, think on
these things That understand to be the
Christianity we are to speak about tonight.
The relation of the popular press Of this
land to the incubation of things which are
true, and pure, and just, and lovely, and OF
good report, what is it? [ speak Of the
popular press. and cannot include in the
definition literary journals, still less scientific
magazines, but mean by it. the newspapers
that you shall see in the hands of the work
ingmen as they throng the street cars going
to their work. J mean the newspapers thai
we find in the novels where we are often bid
den to go and inculcate that which is true
and pure, and lovely. and of good report.
count that as q popular literature. What il
its relation to Christianity? The offspring o
Christian civilization it was at the outset, bu
is many hundred years old, and has its indi
vidual characteristics. Scattered by hun
dred hands, these sibylline leaves ION which
are craven many strange characters, to which
Ignorance and superstition bow down in rev
erence, just because they are strange charac
ters.) speak with ten thousand voices, tn,
voices of yelled prophets, na1neless, and there
fore reyerenced; therefore obeyed, inst be
cause they are nameless. To speak again il
figures, it seems to me that this popula
press is also young and plumed Knight
with visor down that none may know hi
name, and on the pennant flag that he bear
is the legend: Whatsoever things are pop
ular, whether true or untrue. pure or i'm
pure, lovely or unlovely, of good report o
evil report, the people want to hear then
speak of these things. (Applause) Tel
thousand voices we heard in our pulpits las
Sunday, land it makes no difference if thu
preacher be false as Satan, we are talking 0
j, Christianity, not of Chrstians,) ten thousan,
voices were heard declaring that it is good t
be honest and pure, whether there be here
after or not: ten thousand voices babe mel
come and see him who was Light, and Lif
and Truth.
lsh the truth: send Stanley to African at
i cost of thousands to find the explorer an,
clear up the mystery of darkness: but b.
: careful to publish on another page the Cos
sip about your neighbor which half hun
. dred dollars expended would prove to b
fa]se-Why! because the people want to hea
it. Iong applause.) Whatsoever thing
are true? yes! But not many months since II
!, we know, the partisan press on either sid
printed SO called .:facts* as to the condition
of things i'll that land from which [ come
and, it anything could have prevented tn
reunion, the God determined reunion 0
these States prolonged applause), and rot
bed me- of the privilege of grasping til
: hands Of the people of this section as III
t brethren-if anything could have kept asun
der these sections, it would have been til
, partisan lies that were told because the PAL
: hsans who bought the paper wanted to rea
. the facts according to their liking. [AE
: plause.)
: whatsoever things are pure the oil
apostle soys. Yes, and the Christian pulpi
/. and, thanks be to God, the Church reading
/. desk, whether the Christian pulpit be pure {
not this grand old Church Of ours in all he
: services proclaims that purity is God-lik
4 But the Christian matron who bids her daugl
# tel uluc ilei eyes tllat Sic may hot see III
O sights on the street corner and hear Il
!, sounds there which would bring stain. a
Y lows a journal to lie on the breakfast tab
which has in it the disgusting details of Il
murder last night of the husband by Il
sutton. and pictures every incident Of Il
e adulterous drama that now has been consu1l
: mated in death: and SOS it not so?-ed
4 Gates other actors for like representations
: life's drama. prolonged applause.)
: Whatsoever things are just, Lowell
honest this old Christian teacher SAYS. Ye
n and the press says it. Hold it up to emul
le ton. Publish the examples of it again al
again, that men may see and admire; b
I don't fail to gloat over the fall of a man WI
n seemed to love purity and righteousness
d don't fail to sheer that he was a church wa
,, den or a Sunday school teacher, and so do
d that you can to make young men al
ID young women believe the reality of all NOR
excellence, and make them bow down befo
the cleverness that could suggest. and cs
now sneer at the failure of its scholars.
- = Whatsoever things are of good report
n the Apostle says. Surely he must mean Il
X for one thing s'Teach men to reveren
IS. that which hath stood the test of time til
y which has brought healthful blessing