Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-07-14
REV DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BR0OILYN DIvINE's SUNDAY
SERMON.
SERMON.

f-TFT ri STTTJIUTUV
and sanctified laziness are here rebuked by
Ehrist. He says workings are wider awake
for opportunities than are Christians. Men
of the world grab occasions while Christian
peOpe let the most valuable occasions drift
by inimproved. That is the meaning of our
Lord when he says: "The children of this
worli are in their generation wiser than the
children of light.
a marked illustration of the truth of that
maxim is in the slowness of the Christian re-
tjgion to take possession OF the secular print
ing press. The opportunity is open, and has
for some time been open, but the ecclesiasti-
cal courts and the churches and the ministers
CO religion are for the most part allowing the
golden opportunity to pass unimproved-
That the opportunity is open declare from
Che fact that the secular newspapers are glad
of any religious facts or statistics that you
present them. Any animated and stirring
article relating to religious themes they
would gladly print. They thank you for any
info nation in regard to churches. IL
wrong has been done to any Christian
church or Christian institution you
could go into any newspaper OF the land
and have the real truth stated. Dediea-
tion services ministerial ordinations and
PASTORAL installations, corner stone laying OF
a church. anniversary of charitable society
will have reasonai lie space in any secular
journal if it have previous notice given. IL
i had some great injustice done me there is
United States into which / could not go and
yet myself set right and that is true of any
well known Christian. Already the daily
secular press during the course of each week
publishes as much religious information and
birh moral sentiment as does the weekly re-
Ii1ious press. Why then does not our glori-
Gus Christianity embrace these magnificent
oF,nortunitiess j have before me subject OF
6yst and last Importance. How shall we Sc
cure the secular press as a mightier re-en-
Gorcement to religion and the pulpit.
The first thing toward this result IS cessa-
zion of indiscriminate hostility against news
naperdom. You might as well denounce the
tenraI profession because of the shySterS, or
Che medical profession because OF the quackS,
or merchandise because OF the swindling ar
gain Makers as to slambang newspapers be
Sssa1ss, there are recreant editors and unfair
reporters and unclean columns. Gutenberg,
the inventor of the art Of printing, was about
Do destroy his types and extinguish the art
because it was suggested to him that print
Eng might be suborned into the service OF the
saeil, tut afterward he bethought himself
Fhatsthe right use Of the art might more than
overcome the evil use of it, and so he
SPARED the type and the intelligence OF all fol-
.1owing ages. But there are many oday IN the
depressed mood of Gutenberg with upllfted
hammer, wanting TO pound to pieces the
type, who have not reached ms oetter mool
a which he saw the art of printing to be the
rising sun of the worlds illumination. II IN
stead Of fighting newspapers we spend the
same length of time and the same vehemence
In rnar.haling their help in religious direc-
lions, we would be as much wiser as the man
who gets consent of the railroad superln-
teuslent to fssten car to the end OF rail-
&. train shows better sense than he who runs
his wheelnarrow up the track to meet ami
drive ia X the Chicago limited express. The
siiiicst thing that man ever does IS to hight
a newsp per. for you may have tne moor Tor
i. NI..x.r rnotrw u IN
che newspaper has tine floor every day OF the
week. Napoleon though mighty man. hs.d
many Weaknesses and one OF the weakest
things he ever did was to threaten that If the
English newspapers did not stop their ad-
verse criticism of himself he would with four
hundred thousand bayonets cross the channel
Tor thar chastisement
DON'T fight newspapers. Attack provokes
attack L tier wait till the excitement blows
over and then go in and get justice, for get
it you will il YOU have patience and common
sense AMI e1uipo.se of disposition. 1t ought
70 b. a nlighiy sedative that there is an
enormous amount of common nse IN the
world. and you will eventually be taken for
what Won are really worth, and you cannot
be pulled M and you cannot lie written
down. and if you are the enemy CT good 80
eiety that fact will come out and If You are
the friend of good society that fact will be
established / know what ] an talking
about, for can draw on my own experience.
All the responsible newspapers as far as
know are my friends now. But many Of
YOU remember the time when | was
the most continuously and meanlY at
tecked man in this country. Col gave
ME grace not to answer back, and | KEPT
silence for ten years, and much grace is
required. What | said was perverted AMI
twisted into just the opposts OF what did
say. Ny person WIS maliGned, ant was
presented as gorgon. and was maliciousy
nv z.f-,g1 " "a
as a monstrnsity in ody, rn.aG and soul
There were IN lions of people who believed
that there was large sofa in this pulpit. al
though we never had'anything hut a chair.
. and that during the singing by the congre2a-
t50u J was accustomed 10 lie down On that
81 sofa and dangle my feet over the end. Lying
New York correspondents for ten years
nnisrepresented oar church services. but
we waited. and people from every nelghior-
hood of Cbrstendom came here TO find the
magnitude OF the falsehoo1s concerning the
chnrch and concerning myself. A Faction
II in and now we have justice, full justice,
more than 'ustice and as rnucn overpraise as
once we II I'd under appreciation, and 10 man
that ever lived WAS 50 much indebted TO the
newspaper prtss for opportunity to preach
the Gospel a. arn. Young men in tue min
istRy young men IN all professions and occu-
paltOns. wait. You can afford to wait.
Take rough Misrepresentation as Turkish
towel 10 start up yo'r laDgui1 c.r,uiation.
ar n syst IN OF massage or S"e iish move
meut- whose poses and pull, snd twists and
chrnsts are lutory tr-ntu Ht. ,hsre Is
ore person vpn need 10 raanase and that is
yoursel Yeep your disposition sweet 10y
communion with the Christ who answered
not aga u, the society OF genial people, amt
walk in tn sunshine with ycur hat of and
you viii come out all right. And dol't join
the crowd OF people in our day who spend
much OF til ir me dlmnne newspapers.
Again. in this effort 70 s,cuTe the secular
pres as m ghter reinforcement OF religion
and the pulpit. let US make IL the avenue OF
eeligIou information. II you put the facts
OF churches and denominations Of Christians
only into the columns Of religious papers,
which do not in this country have an aver
sge of nvre than ten thousand subscribers.
what have you done as compared with iyh 4
you do IL you Put these facts through the
dsiiy pap rs which have hundreds OF thou.
sands Of readers. Every little denomination
must have its little organ, supported Mt great
eypen e.vben, with one-half tine outlay,a col.
umB or hsif column Of room uEght -
rented IA HoHie seni-onini lvteu: secular plb
Kent or aud 80 the religious Information
would he sent round AMI round the world
The world moves SO swiftly today that nae,
Q week cd Is stale Give rs AL the great
ebarc.. ia IL and all the revival tldings the
~ q morning or the same evening. Ny ad-