The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-01

The Row. WILBUR I. CRAFTS, n palnstak-
Ing and wcll-intentioned Clergyman OF this
town. who not long ago compiled curious
lot of facts and opinions from various celeb
rites and obscuritics in regard to tho proc
csscs by which they had become successful
men, has written n book called "The Sab
bath for Man" In this work Mr. CRAFTS has
made an elaborate study OF the observance
OF Sunday. and he argues with much enthu-
siasm in favor OF the rigid Sabbatarian view.
Oao of the chief Sabbath breakers, In his
opinion, is the Sunday newspaper. He classes
1t with the Sunday mail and the Sunday train
Us ono of tho three heads "of ono hydra
which is assailing the Sabbath more disas.
trously than any other foo except the Sun
day saloon" Bad rs the Sunday newspaper
seems to him, however, it should DO said that
he thinks tho daily newspapers are mono too
good. "Thcy mirror" he says, with a de-
lightful touch OF ALTERATION which recalls
another cranky Clergyman, "chieily tho dark
side OF tho world, the dolngs OF police and
politicians, tho records of pugi!ists and pu-
tridtics." He admits that the sin of buying
a Sunday newspaper is "only little one be-
side the Sodom of a Sunday saloon or Sum-
day excursion;" but it is only tho moro dan
SSAouS ou IuuU uCCOuuL. VOI as rum lcilu5
to brandy, so buying and reading Sunday
paper prepares the way for other forms OF
Sunday business and amusement Reading
real estate notices leads to house hunting,
which is just as surely Sabbath breaking as
moose hunting"
But we are here rather concerned with the
safeguards which ho proposes against this
attractive danger than with his considera-
tiOn OF the danger ITSELF Let us follow Mr..
CRAFTS, and see what can be done to stop
or check the violation of divine and human
laws by tho Sunday newspapers" He sees
with sorrow that the daily press is moro In
iluential than tho religious press, even as
the daily dew Is more influential than
occasional rains" and he wants these oc-
cnsional rains changed into daily dow OF q
more refreshing quality. He submits the fol-
lowing scheme for endowed newspapers:
Let Christian men of wealth found and endow daily
papers Just colleges and protcssorshps found
and endowed so that morals rather than money making
may determine their attitude toward the Sabbath and
other grent moral questions Do not need some PFA.
BODY or SLATER to give million dollars for the nigh.
t!est OF educational agencies. to found daily papers
un'pottcd by Sunday editions md demoralizng
records Of betting and bloody prize HshS Or lot some
Christian Alliance arrange to receive subscriptions for
such paper in each of the largo cities be bind.
ing until ATTY thousand are secured in each case"
This condition seems wise. When the pro-
posed newspapers are started they will have
very handsome circulation. Still, 1t would
seem that these journals. successfully to
counteract the influence OF the unendowed
secular dailies, must be abler than tho latter
In order to attract readers; and, moreover,
thcy ought to have Sunday editions, or the
readers OF the present Sunday newsnnDors
will have no newspapers to read ON Sundays
except such as MIR. CRAFTS deplores. 1t Is
pity that Mr.. CRAFTS insists that the en-
lowed newspapers should Issue no Sunday
editions. People will read Sunday news
papers in spite OF the sin and Mr.. CRAFTS,
and all the good lessons learned during the
week In the endowed newspapers may be
lost by reading the unendowed newspapers
on Sunday. We hope the PEABODY or SLATER
who has million or two to swap for ex-
perience in endowed journalism will attend
to this point.
Mr.. CRAFTS expresses the hopo that these
newspapers OF philanthropy will record
mot only evils, but also and especially
whatsoever things are pure, just, lovely.
and OF good report" But the unendowed
newspapers do this now. They are the faith
full transcripts and day books OF human life,
its good as we'll as Its evil. the bright side
and the dark, the mean and the heroic, tho
tragical and humorous chronicle OF all things
OF human interest. Would that the Journal
list could mako them a. Mr. CRAFTS and
Thousands OF other worthy and earnest men
would have them; but the nswspaper must
de1 With tho world ~ II % end p9t - II ought