Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-05-05

OOl. - Cnepard - s""' N''S'
spoke, and devoted his time to booming
Mr.. Depew for the Republican nomination.
When he bought The Mail and Express
he astonished many and amused some by
beginning the publication Of extracts from
the Bible at the head Of his editorial
columns He declared his intention to
publish paper for gentlemen and ladies'.
and his belief that no journalist should
write and no proprietor print anything he
would not feel free to speak In parlor
He maintains that a clean paper will com.
mand respect and win support. and pro.
poses to achieve success In that
line or not at all This was all very
we'll; but after the first astonishment
and amusement subsidized, several very
good people begun to murmur against his
treatment Of the Bible, and many more to
shake their heads ominously. They said
1t had a tendency to bring the sacred
text into contempt. When cynical con.
temporaries sneered at his missionary
methods he explained in language inti-
mating that the Bible was news" TO
them. Criticism was, however, confined
to quiet talk until The Mail and Express
referred rather fippantly to Matthew
Arnold's death; then the Rev. r. Heber
Newton. Of All Souls Church, spoke out
In the pulpit.
This Is what he said:
"An evening paper. which, under the
thin guise Of honoring the Bible by print
ing miscellaneous extracts from it at the
head Of its editorial columns. is malevo-
lently seeking to bring our sacred Scrip
lures into contempt-an aim to be repro
bated by all pious people who do abhor
such shepherding Of the masses into in
fidelity-coarsely remarked the other day
that Matthew Arnold had ere this found
out whether the God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob was only stream Of tendency"
The preacher went on to critcise rather
sharply the sytem Of using Bible texts
and religious phrases in a cheap CONNER
cial fashion. exciting a keen interest In
his congregation and much discussion out
doors.
On the same day Col. Shepard spoke at
the regular Young Meas meeting at As
sociation hall in New York.
Providence" said sir. Shepard, 'fs
simply the evidence Of what God has
done. God, for instance. caused printing
to be invented in the early part of the
Fifteenth century. Did any one doubt itP
The very first book printed was the Bible
Then the Lord, in 1S4S, had the first tele-
graph line erected between Washington
and Baltimore. Let the skeptic scoff. but
can he gainsay the fact that the very first
message flashed by electrical agency was:
What hath God wroughtr
"Do you not see that God is reigning2
Mr.. Shepard continued. triumphantly
1--WE ought to have our conversation In
heaven, and heaven is about u.s."
A little later he ventured the opinion
that Sunday papers were the work of the
devil. to defeat the good designed by
Providence In establishing good papers
Col. Shepard was born in 1888, July 25.
In jamestown, N. Y. was graduated from
the New Jersey university in 1855. and
was admitted to the bar In 1853 After
enjoying a moderate practice at the bar
he married Miss Vanderbilt and branched
ont into politics and literature. He is a
very ready and terse writer. and person
ally very genial. pleasant gentleman.