The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-18

Thai Providence intends the profession of
reporters to have a mighty share in the
worlds redemption is suggested by the fact
that Paul and Christ took a reporter along
with them, and he reported their addresses
and reported their acts. Luke was a reporter
and he wrote not only the book of Luke,
but the Acts of the Apostles, and without
that reporters work we would have known
nothing of thePentecost, and nothing of
Stephens martyrdom, and nothing of Ia
bitha's resurrection, and nothing of the jail
ing and unjailing of Paul and Silas, and
nothing of the shipwreck of Melita. Strike
out the reporters work from the Bible and
you kill large part of the New Testament
1t makes me think that in the future of the
kingdom of God, the reporters are to bear a
mighty part
About thirteen years ago representative
OF an important newspaper took his seat in
this church, one Sabbath night, about five
pews from the front of this pulpit He
took out pencil and reporters pad, resolved
to caricature the whole scene. When the
music began he began, and with his pencil
he derided that, and then derided the
prayer, and then derided the reading of
the scriptures, and then began to deride the
sermon. But, he says, for some reason, his
hand began to tremble, and he. rallying
himself, sharpened his pencil and started
again, but broke down again, and then put
pencil and paper in his pocket and his head
down on the front of the pew and began to
pray. At the close of the service he came
up and asked for the prayers of others and
gave his heart to God; and, though still on
gagged in newspaper work, he is an evan
gelist, and hires hall at his own expense
and every Sabbath afternoon breaches
Jesus Christ to the people. And the men
of that profession are going to come in a
body throughout the country. | know
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highly educated class of men it would DO
hard to find, and, though the tendency of
their profession may be towards skepticism,
an organized, cOmmon-Sense, gospel invita-
ton would fetch them to the front of all
christian endeavor. Men of the pencil and
pen, in all departments, you need the help
of the christian religion. In the day when
people want to get their newspapers at three
cents and are hoping for the time when they
can get any of them for one cent, and, as a
consequence the attaches of the printing press
are by the thousand ground under the cyl
inders, you want God to take care of you
and your families. Some of your best work
is as much unappreciated as was Millions
Paradise Lost" for which the author re-
ceived twenty-five dollars; and the immor-
tai poem "Hohenllndenn of Thomas Camp
bell when he first offered it for publication,
and in the column called Notices to CORES
pondeuts" appeared the words: "To T.C.-
The lines commencing On Linden when the
sun was low are not up to our standard
Poetry is not r. C.'s forte"
o men of the pencil and pen, amid your
unappreclated work you need encourage
ment, and you can have it. Printers of all
christendom, editors, reporters, compost
tors, pressmen, publishers and readers of
that which is printed, resolve that you will
not write, set up, edit, issue or read any
thing that debases body, mind or soul. In
the name Of God, by the laying on of the
hands of faith and prayer, ordain the print
ing press for Righteousness, and liberty and
| salvation. All of us with some influence
that will help in the right direction, let us
put our hands to the work. implorlng God
| TO hasten the contamination. A ship with
| hundreds OF passengers approaching the
| South American coast, the man on the look
out neglected his work, and in few min
utes the ship would have been dashed tC
ruin on the rocks. But a cricket on board
| the vessel that had made no sound all the
voyage set up a shril call at the smell OF
! land, and the captain, knowing that habit
| of the insect, the vessel was stopped IN
time to avoid an awful wreck. And so in
| significant means now may do wonders and
the scratch of a pen may save the ship
| wreck of a soul
Are you all ready for the singing
of the contract, the league, the
| SoieHhh treaty pIOPoSeu DetWeeh JouIIhlsi
and evangelism Aye, let it be a christian
marriage of the pulpit and the printing
| press The ordination of the former on my
head, tho pen of the latter in my hand, it is
appropriate that | publish the banns OF
such a marriage. Let them from this day
be one in the magnificent work of the
worlds redemption.
let thrones and powers and Kingdoms be
| Obedient mighty God, To thee:
And over land and stream and main
Now wave the sceptre of thy reign.
O, let that glorious anthem swell.
| Let host to host the triumph tell,
| Till not one rebel heart remains.
But over all the Saviour reigns"