Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-06-28
TALMAGE'S SERMON
Inc p brooklyn Divine Discusses on the
relations That Should Exist -
Between Pulpit and press
hese Two Great Powers sh,uIa P.r.
es Treaty to IlIuminase and
Faciiitate the uariA

Ahese Two Great Powers sha,ta ~
es Treaty TO IiIumiaase a.a
Facilitate the World.
Rev. 7. De Witt Ts,mage n r -.
the subject Of his discourse. ..p,,,ns ~"
Press Made Alllesp
Inc children Of this world arr in tb.;,
Luke XVI, s. vi iishI
He said: Sacred stupidity and solo,nn 4.
competence and sanctified lszins.. 49, ~ u
Ieulked oy Christ. He says worldllnrs az
WIDER awake for opportunities than are
Christians. Men Of the world grab occa
SONS while Christian people let the most
Variable occasions drift by as.,anroyad
That Is the meaning OF our Lord When ha
says; "The children Of this world .r. s,
light" eniufen OIL
marked illustration of the trnth ~ a.
i,aAini y IN the siowness OF the 0hristian rs
.nsioh 70 take possession of the secnlar ,,sa,s
nag-press The opportunity / open and has
H.. so.o sluie oeen open, but the ecclesias.
sea ceurts anu the churches and the uiris
tsrs Of religion are for the most mart aIlon.s
r sns Ie golden opportunity to pass unim-
yiofeus mat the opportunity is OMEN A.
clare from the fact that all The sec,ilar n.,.'s
spvas ne glad OF any religious facts or Sta.
sao stirring article relating 10 reI,,;e,'.
.nemes they would gladly print. ihe@
,nanN you Tor any information I'M regard =,
cnureheS IL a wrong has been done 10 an ~
Sninsian church or Christian institutian
snJ Ss,. 70 ial9 any newspaper of the land
seIsires, ministerial ordinations and u stn,ai
INSTALLATIONS, cornerstone laying on 4 s,,,,,,ea
anniversary OF charitable society viii hsya
reasonable space in any secular journal II n
uafe Previous hoiice gwen. Ii have some
sIcet ihJustice done me there is not nm eli-
iorias or reportorial room Ia the Ii,,,a5
STATES ,s into which could not 20 and rei nv
stu sci right; and that is true of any wei
known Christian man. Already The daily
seel,ar press during the course of each
week publishes as much reIig,ons into," "vn
uon and high moral sentiment rs does m, ,ns
weekly fei,gtous press. Why. then. doss
not our glorious Christianity embrace ti,ess
magnificent opportunities. l have before
nc NJ SUBJECT OF hrst aud last importance.
n,ss,. snai. we secure the secular press as a
pulpttf anu the
The iirst thing toward this result IL ca.s.
aoh "a muiscIimnate hostility against news
paperdom. You might rs we'll denonncs
Tue iegai professor because OF the shysters.
or the medical profession because Of ~
quscks, or merchandise because of tho suir'
ding bargain-nlakers, as TO slani-bang news
papers because there are rccreant edit,rs
ana Unfair reporters and unciean columns,
Gutenberg, the inventor OF the ART Of
. ,,s., was ABOUT TO destroy his types and
sAunsuish the art because it was suggested
10 him Tint printing might be suborned INTO
me Sc rNiee OF the desii. but afterward hs
oetiohght himself that the right use Of ire
arr might more than overcome the evil ,,se
o Pill II, ana 50 he spared the type and the in
teillgenee OF all following ages B,,t there
are many to-day in the depressed mood Of
1uttenberS WIKI liplifted TANNER wantines
W pound TO pieces the type, who have not
reached his better mood in which he saw
Tire art OF printing 10 be the rising sun of
s tns MoI'u Illumination Ii instead of tight
ing newspapers We spend the same length
OF uhle and tile same vehenence Ia mar
shailng their help IN religious directions. we
would be as much wiser as the man who get,
consent OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO fasten
a car TO tue end OF railroad train shows
better sense than he who runs his wheelbar-
row up tue track to meet aud drive back the
chicago limited express. The silItest thing
That man ever does Is to fight ne wspaper.
ior you may hsye the floor for utterance per-
haps one day in the week while the news
paoer has the floor every day of the week
Napoleon, though mis lltv man, had MANY
weaknesses, and one OF the weakest things
he ever did was &c threaten that il the Eny-
lish newspapers did not stop their adverse
criticism Of himself he would with four hun.
their chastisnent.
Don't fight newspapers. Attack proyokes
attack. Better wait until the excitement
blows over and then go In and get Justice, for
get II you will II yon have patience and COM
mon sense aud equiroise of disposition. 1t
ought 10 be mighty sedatiye that there is
an enormous amount of common sense in the
world, aud you will eventually be taken for
what YOU are really worth, and you cannot
be pulled up and you cannot be written
down, and If You are the enemy of good So
ciety that fact will come out and IL YOU are
the friend OF good society that fact will be
established. l know what am talking
about for l can draw on my oEcn experience.
All the respectable newspapers as far ~ l
know are my frieEds nov. But many OF
you remember the ting when was the most
continuously and meaniy attacked maii in
this country God gave me grace not to a.s-
swer back and KEEP. silence for fcn years.
md much grsce AZ required. What said
MAS perverted aud twisted into mss the OPP
roslie Of what | d,d say. Aly person was
nialigned and | was prt scented AS a gorgon,
and Was malicio,isly described bY persons
who never saw me as a moBstrosity in body,
mind and soul. There were millions of
people who believed that there was large
sofa in this pulpit, although we never had
anything but ennir, and that during the
singing ~ the congregation was accustomed
10 lie down on that sofa and daugle my feet
over the end. Lying New York correspond
ents for ten wears misrepresented our church
services, but we waited and people from
every neighborilood of Christendom cane
here to find the magnitude oil the faiseboods
concerning the church aud concerning my
self. A reaction set In, and now we have
justice, full justice, more than justice, and as
much oyer-praise as once we had Upder-ap-
probation, and no man that ever lived was
so mtI- ia indebted 10 a newspaper press for
opportunity to preach the gospel as am.
Young men in the ministry, young men IN
all professions and occupations, wait You
can afford to wait Take rough misrepsen-
taton rs a Turkish towel TO start up your
lnngtlid circulation. or a system OF massage
or Swedish movement whose pokes and pulls
and twists aid thrIlsts are salutary treat
Inent Thert Is Guy one person you need 10
manage. and that is yourself Keep yonr
disposition sweet by communion with the
| Christ. who answered rot again, the society
of genial people, and walk out IN the SUD
/ shine win your hat of aud You will come
out all right. And don't join the crowd OF
people In our day who spend much OF their
| time damning newspapers.
Again, in this effort 10 secure the secular
press as mightter reinforcement OF reiiglon
| and the pulpit, let us make II the avenue OF
religious Information. ifyou put the facts
| of churches and denominations OF Christians
| only into the columns Ct religious paper,
which do not IN this country have an AVERAGE
| Of more than ten thousand subscribers.
| YOU do il YOU put these facts through the
| daily papers which have hundreds Of thou
sands Of readers. Every little denomina-
| ton must have its little organ supported az
| great expense, wien with one-haif the ou.-
| iay a column or hall column OF room might
| he rented i'm some seiBi-oipnipotent secular
| publicati, n. and so the religious Information
| would be sent round and round the world.
| The world moves so swiftly to-day that news
| a week old Is stale. Give us all the great
church facts and all the revival uoings Inc
| next morning or the same evening. My ad-
| vice. often given TO friends who propose TO
| Mart new paper is: Don't! Don't, Eul-
| pIoy the papers already started" The Dig
| gest financial hole ever dug in this Ameri,
| can continent is the hole in winch good
| reople throw their money when they start
newspsper IL is almost as GOOD ana ~
| o,lick a way Of getting rid OF money rs Duy.
| inc stock in gold mine in Colorado. MOI
more printing presses but the rlsnt uss u
| those already established. All their cylln-
| ders- ali their steam power, all their peny
! ali their types. all their editorial chairs and
renortoriai rooms are available II you wouia
engage them in behalf Of civilization ana
| Christianity.
Again. If YOU would secure the secular
t,rcss as 4 nighticr reinforcement OF relg-
| ion and the pulpit, extend widest anu n u,a
~, 1hri.tiaii eo,rtesies to the representa-
| t;ycs of ioutnalism. Give them easy Chairs
anil nicnty of room when they come 10 re-
rort occasion. For the most part they arg
Gentlemen Of educator and refinement
Graduates of colleges. with families 10 sup
tori bv their literary craft, many OF tne. y
Iycars with the push OF 4 hnslpfss inas =
u,ee ,rlotls anu nIieriating each one o. tleiis
| r. ,ven,,. of Information 10 thousands OF
resders. their imIress1on OF the services 70
he The impression adopted by muitituucs.
They are connecting links between sermon
or song or a-prayer and this great popuila.
10, ,ha3 tramp tlp and down the streets DAY
~, .,sy and wear nv wear with their sorrows
pncomforted ard their sins unpardonea.
More than eight hundred thousand reopic IN
1t,s,I,,, and less than seyenty-five thoiis;inu