St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-28


CITY Of which tIe GLOBE Is Admit.
tsely tns Journalists Representa-.
tive.
Es1s sho Nest Advertising WeesuEa
sef These who Desiro to Reach all
Glasses eg Newspaper Readers In fIse
Great Ncrshysesr. and Especially ia
aEIa1&&es2 ead DaGcSs-
JONES AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
SAM JONES gave the newspapers some
very plain talk yesterday, and he ought not
10 be offended If the newspapers in turn
undertake TO give him little talk in
equally as plain language. The burthen Of
brother jones complaint against the st.
Paul and Minneapolis newspapers is that
his sermons at Red Rock have not been
given in full verbatim CT literatim and that
the report Of his remarks concerning the
Use Of tobacco were SO CARRIED as to distort
the meaning.
In the first place Mr.. JONES has good
reason TO &c q friend to the newspapers. 1t
is no disparGgement to his merits to say
that he is very largely indebted to news
papers for his reputation and the measure
OF his success i'll tie ministry. There are
$4,000, 900 of people in the United States,
and out of that number it is safe to say
that there are 10000, 900 who would never
have heard of SAM JONES had it not been
for the newspapers. And again, to every
100 persons to whom he breaches from the
pulpit, there are 1. 900 to whom ne breaches
through the newspapers. If his purpose in
preaching. as we believe it to be, is to lodge
the truths of the gospel in the hearts Of
human beings. then he ought to be grateful
for every means which aids him in extend
ing his work.
In the second place, he displays sensi-
tiveness about the matter of reporting his
sermons that does not comport with the
true Christian grace of humanity which is
supposed to adorn the character of minis
ter of the meek and lowly One who urged
upon His disciples the duty of turning the
other cheek when one was Smitten, In the
whole of the sacred record there is nowhere
to be found single instance where JESUS
CHRIST ever complained that his sermons
were not taken down by shorthand report
erS. On the contrary, all the evidence is
that they were reported in long-hand
and were condensed at that, for we have
the testimony of one of his disciples that
if all the deeds and sayings of the Saviour
had been recorded the world itself could
not have contained the books. 1t some
times occurs that when a clergyman has
made big reputation as pulpit orator he
becomes afflicted with a disease called the
big head, and popularity Of this disease
is that the smaller the man the bigger the
head gets. The GLOBE does not intend to
insnuate that Brother JONES is afflicted in
this way. On the contrary, it thinks that
for young man he has preserved his
equilibrium remarkably well under the
pressure of popular applause that has
been showered upon him. But because the
newspapers in Cincinnati and Chicago gave
verbatim reports of his sermons, he must
not expect the newspapers of every city to
follow their example. If he does, he will
meet with a good many diSappointments
before he gets around his circuit of ap-
pointments in the various cities of the
United States.
In the next place, If SAM JONES was
the only man of prominence in this great
country. and his preaching was the only
event of public interest, the news
papers could afford to devote
great deal of space to his ser
mons. But up in this busting North
west there are a great many other things
Transporting which share public interest with
Mr. JONES sermons. and the newspapers
h1, HDtO IN ff1 No
lie. regardless of ar. JONES' feelings in the
matter. The newspaper managers are the
Judges of both the quality and quantity OF
the matter published in their journals. as
well as they are Of the amount of space
that shall be devoted TO any given subject,
or Of what members OF the staff are detailed
to do certain kind of work.
There are great many people out
side OF newspaper Offices who have an idea
that they know all about how & newspaper
should &c run, when, in fact, they have no
more conception of the business than
mule. This is free country. and if Mr..
JONES doesn't like the way the newspa-
iers treat him he ought to start paper of
his own. The experience he would gain
would Big worth good deal to him.
In the last place, the GLOBE is going to
have word with SAN JONES about that
tobacco business, which is giving him so
much annoyance. A man should al
ways think twice before he speaks once.
When he got up before Chicago audience
End made promise to abandon the use of
tobacco for all time to come he ought TO
have previously determined to his own sat
isfaction whether or not he had the physi-
cal strength to perform the VOW We say
physical strength because we do not be-
lieve there was any moral question i'll
volved, especially in the case of man
whose conscience did not convict him of
sin III using tobacco. For after all, our
habits and our convictions are more or less
formed and regulated by our education
and our association. and thus does
it occur that often, even among
the most religious people, what
seems right in the eyes of one is sin in the
sight Of another. Mr. Jones stated at the
time he announced his purpose to quit the
Use of tobacco that he Gid not abandon the
practice in the cause of Christ but that it
was done III the cause of craDkS. In other
words. it was his desire to follow the advice
of Paul and to abstain from that which
offended others. But, like Paul. he discov-
cred that while the spirit was willing the
flesh was weak. and he did not have the
physical strength to keep his good resolu-
ton. Then it was that ne made the great
mistake which las been prolific source
OF annoyance 60 him ever since.
In resuming the habit of smoking.
ii. instead of attempting to conceal it from
the public and OF getting into fret every
time reporter made mention Of it in the
newspapers and ri aiming TO gloss it over
in ihe pulpit with tbs apology that the habit
vas not regarded as a sin iiy the people CT
TIE community III which he lived. he had
sia;'ii nat. : l'abie statement that ne :lad