New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-06
A SERMON ON NEWSPAPERS.
OPINIONS OF ROBERT CoLLYER.

tSG-rue RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF AN fpii""
The Rev Robert Collycr preached ias' even
ing Al The Church Of ihe Messiah upon me NV"
a,c taking his text from Daniel ii..S2 and 49, rms
i,ay.,s head rs hae gold his breast ana hs arms VI
silver his middle brass his lces OF lro MS ieet par
600, and p,rs cav" The preacher spoke fist oil tie
mower OF the ewspaper for good ana eva; sly ell Tue
most rema able outcome o. modern cviol"io'' "n'
said tina. Ii had gathered INTO ITS the very essence -
the Invention aud discovery OF the last hundred years
He declared tha steam-cngne es no das "o'A ~
marvellous In Is result that wrought ny ''e
steam prin and that the railroad carries
freight AS the last edition of great newspaper |
newspaper he said makes tributary TO IT'S purpose '"e
finest results OF art and science ana discovery 81
tures some OF the choicest powers ID o''e"' 'H0ue
ard life ana,
Tho best writing and good deal OF the best tAihNhso
his day done for the n"wSp"pe 3 was
a perfect wonder him now such ESSAYS as
no read IN them day could De
written on the spar of tine pment IN the c'sh ana
clsne OF the inensest life of the world and wh IN eAch
ouestop which came up for discussion hal oeeh sprung
there and tnen on writer II not too much u say
that the newspaper articles much better no" IMAM
they were then rs papers better than those on
which Chalmers based his wondel IL $ the result OF
this devouring enterprise fed bv ample means when
searches through every 'rner and Granny {" Tue lhu
for men ana women of the hne5t ability ana thel
fas,ens them with OF gold, as the old masters OF
IN world d 70 their own u ace in trumpha pro-
cessop with tins distinction between the old eaptNes
and the new. III cur DAY taey are an 10 De prou
ana glad as ministers are. Tor ihht mseD III pro-
portion 10 the weight o. the chains
And not content with the best Thought, the news
Da,or .t the same time secures the choicest enter
mise Do the hidden break on; in an etrthqakef
man springs up with his notebook ana pehcii VINO
the land Is rocking uoder his feet and begins TO write
and fash his words over the fist wire he can lay his
hands on Ia the fire burning up cityg There he Is
a t,i,y u4lP r.
man Won shall nnd. How DID yoH come TO write
that account that fearful morning in our city =
Isaid 10 a woman had given wonderful pclurt OF
with All the rest of YOU" she said when met re-
The very person was looking for; right along;
Won must write me the story OF this morning ior
IspeT apS Tn an go USsE e write Srs' you 6c
cried through tears. Why. IN! heart Is oreaAlng
and %,so IDe O eme lost eS said he put &
srsak mnS e n the SS fSks YOU Come ane
did acros river 10 house where NJ una t'oie,
put papsr 2na gfIS m Gown %1 an" 50 w ~
Il there war far adedl The newspaper will give You
news of the battle far ahead OF ahylnns ine err
Ipens can get which are most deeply mVOIveI ana
midst Of the sot and shell rides out OF the bade IN
away that would break most mems necks; ne tires
asshes his words. with the very fire and smoke
f 90 the eee editors room NOihing escapes mis-
present and -present eyer sLali say tns power
ture of the forests. which can pick up pm or wrench
down pine IL mirrors the great markets on Que nae
and on another tells You or au oyster snpptr
In the basement OF church, and reIorts
G on Roar n STef neS in hurc SF the
crow or the Eagle screaml You hear them al through
YOU the froh foam the chace OF our HE aud re-
ports the vast and awful movements wmch Del0hg 10
world 1t Is TIE abstract and brief chronic OF
the time showing her own features, scorn her
own image an the very and body OF the time his
sorm and pressure" So 1t is no great wonder that he
newsparer should be about The most loient p9wr we
know OF among visible things, or that iali,nnded men
should be glad this aud proud OF wherever II
Is held sacred and virtue VIDE and true sense
would venture also that we, OF all mer sAouio
be lad sRd 5ed of Of the 1 k
at are Ip ey o%c he great
belong especially 10 the pulpit 49,. -. .,.o -.. -
that when they touch religion at all in wide and
inclusive way they give no quarter 10 TSnEiIf.
that the very substance out OF which most OF the men
Journal holds within very of free thought
which they hide than they can
hide their shadows as they standsn the sun
MORE READ IRAN THE BIBLE
The newspaper come TO be beyond all doubt more
popular and widely read in this country than the
Bible while man has TO make such Il confession about
II as quaint Master Fuller made about the lesson for the
day: "Forgtye in this that when set myself this
morning 10 read Thy blessed World first turned the leaf
70 see If II was long chapter" You never turn the
page of your paper in this spirit to see II 1t Is
q long chapter, or mud your long-ost glasses
in the folded while most men, doubt not. are
.trred by The great old Book. The newspaper comes
right home ard bears the thought and life Of the world
about U.S. caught the wing and transferred 10 the
pages throbbiug with love and hate, with terror and
but Dearness. which brings enchantmehI.
Uthis we're whole and substance OF the news
xansr we conld want no better visitor homes,
Supervisor Of our schools and enaIcnes no more I'M
hnef he per whole human lite than the daily and
ss S Ba the Sum sGG and az we hnSE
In the newspaper as there Is III an tnlnes
and life OF man 1t like this great image the King
saw in whose brightness was excellent: the
brass the legs iron and the feet part iron ana part
S,shest and best eaner as you reach downward and
when you get clean down TO the lowest line, as
Spect also clements stand for something oot
eide sSS imam e So oT the actors and the anu
ienee who fashion this marvel Of our modern
silver the brass and and mud are all found first 10
the people who make the form and substance Of the
the press please those they work for and from whom
Powerful and wonderful as this creation of
day IL lie Of the people who are looking at
Church the Drama, Congress- the Senate and the
or se ,Ss wae as' wS and rS Ssa
clear to the nper stories OF our aonsSs and
51s Soy among ono. n SO W T wS
and paw for Cleanliness AT It's worst tits IKE the stag
breed pest psstenee and malaria proof the kinshp 70
ey whch some people tolerate about then or create
Ii is that every horrible catastrophe should be
opened the miUues incident, not so much that
{e ends Of Justice be served but that the dish OF
highest seasoning may sell the most papers. IL is
natural also that below all these lines there should
be papers that minister by letter press
and picture the vest aud meanest
passions of our nature, to the devil that IS
within us rather the angel or the man, because
there Dultltudes whom the devil Is MASTER VINO
DO his dirty bidding led captive by him at Ina
WIN. They prefer such garbage; 1t is Their
traD-drnking and such papers are the
drsm-snops OF the press, where evil passions
fed end in crime And here beg not to De mis-
Vnderstood stand perfect freedom Of the press
now and forever, want 20 1t frank aud fearless
about ana things, matter who gets huft
fnrel nffen doee work hefnre which The