Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-10
Ss,cni Annual Reunion Of the
Juriata Valley Printers Asso-
cation.

II, ga,ys or Records IN the neri World
Printing tie Highest .f,f Of Rec
Printing The .IuriiiTry IF tie
P,foruers - Tis Juniaid Idiie,
pr,s'srs' association IL Cressoa =
Trstiag Of The .fssocsatioa- .Nsu
CoqLEtioR- Officers Resolution,
of Thinks II Railroad .Uqnq emeni
.6s,yiv'..as P,oUiiiHg for The Put
R.siiog Of .7diress Of Professor II
L. Gass.
af.EHs books ,rsrs opened and another
S,,E trqs 0.sssi.Y
Taati, aa4t John says in the goth chap,
..-er E.y, ,laljou>; he was speaking OF the
..-rd, kept H. the next world. John was
,- inspired writer. and his utterances NAV
t- ts,ea as OF the highest authority. What
,Tbrs-y there musi Ue Ia the Celestial King
dom. aid those who are careless OF record.
o- who r-oies> Indifference, or disbelief in
-l. record are brought TO face the
.-er, Of .le statement, that n..Iute records
ue kat, oi The doinss oi 81 people. The
S.rg,arts bound in mention ot book. OF
-,-.-f~ ia .l.a future worlds. How lrIuto
e. past they must reach. Row many
vrr.is th-y must ryiIt, 10. How many
-li--, la; age uls SJyiious 10 people in this
p..lI they VAL explain when people are
clsas.. To dis-mb,died >.i.itS anu are in-
S.nl.nts ,- he spirit land. What delight.
..st heaven it w.l be to look over tine
records iha: John >pe-ks Of, and Of which
o.l-- 1-s red writer's make mention. Ii
there b. 10 records how can people be
jle.eat
Frcm Johns mention of record relative
70 The a,xt world il Is clearly So, forth that
na-l.ag IN the uairus5 is more important
than -sa5-E; everybody's standing in the
1ezt word depends On 1t.
THare &c many prOiesSedly good people
Ehc claim to di>believe in record ir This
~7-'f. -.-. AIN TO believe that it is use
les. .uea Url around aud claim 10 De-
1--we in doctrines taught IN books that are
matters OF careful record. The whole Chris
'ila faith y founded on record. Destroy
TIE Old and New Testaments and the faith
iissrre4r,.
The best me1 - orerv s-e among human
kla IL 10 preserve records OF
4-l I-curis OF people.
I-msH records have been greatly mutila-
t-i, all in great measure tie connecting
IHas beJTe .-1eIt events have been 30 OBJ
L..s--.ei ;h5, q It gaps exist in the affairs
70 ~ ,u4, are blanks and vi! remain So
-l.i. ,lv books III John talks about are
opened. Lrrry r-iaI>e OF people from a
sais 7f "a neral and intellectual culture
-s i-.-4,l.ge OF years OF neglect IN
-.-ls Of record.
The position OF the Recording Angel in
iae u-xi world I.us. b. an exalted one
TIE fr- lo- %. tle writer or scribe Of the
Iast among people Of the ear h WAS always,
aal /. ,-il. aai VIII always BE- a high one.
Whether Adam wrote Is not known. Who
q, Gr>t writer among men was is not
Known. TIE beginning OF the keeping OF
reoris auong men, Ike many other good
-l-ss, Is not known 1t has been lost in
o1e OF the great gaps or blanks that was
bought about by AS Inhumani:y 10 man.
V --r great .iJrari.s have been destroyed by
tle tGls OF violent men Is not known.
Ile destruction Of several, that contained
Tt most inv4llabla information Of the past
can be d4c-d. What great inventions, what
hisa states Of moral aud intellectual deyel-
ollea,s tLeg treated VI can only be con-
j=ltu-ed. Did they speak Of telegrdphs Z
DID they record the work of railroads ?
N-o knows! Pliuy hints at harvesting
----blna. W~s At = reaper! What they
f-l ia GAYS gone by, in the great breaks OF
-gIaan affairs that stare this inquiry in the
;--e as great Unfathomable blanks, cannot
Be aaOwn til the safe records in the next
SuEd aili have been opened to the eyes Of
dis1mboti-d spirits from this earth-not ill
Tie 'houhs have been opened.'
Johns reveil,iou not only teaches human
kind to BE- moral, TO b. just one with an
o'h-r, but Indirectly Ii teaches the high
duty Of k-eIug records among men.
Each ani every form Of civilization had
is re- as. Civilization, as if in sympathy
-i'- .5 primo. lie that inspired the keeping
Of the rc5rds that John is 80 psrticu-sr
about, bad IL s, stem Of records. As to
Thethr- my Of the ciyIliz 4tions Of the past
had tue art of printing in use is not known.
solomon says, tne-e is nothing new under
tie srl." II thai is true,
PENTNG,
some ..tee IL the past was Ia practice.
To .he people of this age printing is the
highest ar; uf record \ man may speak.
But Ilain uuiruth, or burning truthful Ian
gr-ge does Lot produce the same effect as
'len printed. a speech may be wasted on
lie desert air, but a speech in print cannot
te explained away, or rubbed out.
All and every effort 70 break the terrible
Effects Of :he compulsory system Of reli-
g'oL that Constantine fastened on the Roman
void Was failure until the art of printing
IL Germany was discovered and put into
ps-ctice by Gutenberg. The life Of every
Eeiorrner was sworn away. The speeches
could be nisiHterpreted, and al The bidding
c. the Priesthood false witnesses could
testify to what had been said /; but once the
PISS vas brought into play, the printed
Pages could not be testified to falsely, fol
Ley Produced their own testlmOny-they
sp0fe lJr themselves.
The lsiorm catholic English Priest, Wick
-le5 knew that the doctrines of the Catho-
i-c church-that taught the supremacy %
lhe P0Pe-waS not taught in TIE Scriptures
but dared not press his views 50 as tC
J-aonle teacher of their.
John Huss, Wh-n he attempted to arouse
Germany win tn. same doctrine, that th'
Scsil'asas do not teach the supremacy o
Inc igge, aHd that ns human power is th'
-r Of mans conscience, and that by
la,lh alone man is ilstItied. was put TO tn,