Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-30

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 dcride
the sermon. But, he says, for some rea-
son. his hand began to tremble, and he.
r~allying himself, sharpened his pencil
and started again, but broke down again.
and then put 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 engaged in news
paper work he ia an evangelist, and hires
"A hall al his own expense and every Sab
bath afternoon breaches Jesus Chnist TO
the people. And the men of that profess
sion are going TO comein a body through
out the country. | know hundreds Of
them and "A more genial or highly educat-
ed class OF men it would be hard to find.
and, though the tendency of their profess
sion may be towards skepticism, an
organized, common sense, gospel invita-
ton would fetch them TO the front Of all
Christian cndeavor. Men of the pencil
and pen, in all departments. need the
btID VI tIt AutlNtltI itilEIbll. III iC
day when people want to get their news
papers at g cents and are hoping for the
time when they can get them at | cent,
and, as a consequence, the attaches OF
the printing press are by the thousand
ground under the cylinders, you want
God t. take carcof YOU and your families.
Some of your best work is as unappre-
ciatod AS was Milton : Paradise Lost, for
uhich th~ opthAr r,,aiunI 3d. anI tho
immortal poem "Hohenliuden' ofThomas
Campbell when he frs, offered it for pub
LEGATION and i'm the column called Notices
to Correspondents" appeared the words:
''To +. C.-The lines commencing On
Linden when the sun was low are not up
to our standard. Poetry is not I. C.'s
forte"
men Of the pencil and pen, amid your
unappreCiatcd work YOU need encourage
mcnt and YOU can have it. Printers of
all Christcndom, editors, reporters, com
positors. prcssmcn. publishers and readers
of that which is printed. resolve that YOU
will not write, set up. edit, issue or read
ANYTHING that 4, bases body, mind and
soul. In the me of God. by the laying
on of the hands Of faith and prayer, or
dain the printing press for righteousness
aliNl llbtliH anu SUI dtlp1. AL vi us Win
some influence that will help in the right
direction let us put our hands TO the work
imploring God TO hasten the cOnsumma-
ton. A ship with hundreds of passen-
gers approaching the South American
coast. the man on the lookout neglected
his work and in n few minutes the ship
would have been dashed 10 ruin on the
rocks. But a cricket on board the vessel
that had made no sound all the voyage
set up a shrill call AT the smell Of land.
and the captain. knowing the habit of the
insect, the vessel was stopped in time to
avoid an awful wreck. And SO. insigniti-
cant means now may do wonders and the
scratch OF a pea may save the ship OF a
soul.
Are you all ready for the signing of the
contract, the league, the solem treaty pro
posed between Journalism and Evan
gclism? Aye, let it be "A Christian mar
riage Of the pulpit and the printing
press. The ordination of the former ON
my head, the pen Of the latter in my hand
it is appropriate that | publish the bans
of such a marriage. Let them from this
day be II in the magnificent work of
the worlds redemption.
'Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be
Obedient, mighty Goa, to the;
And over baud aad stream and main.
Now wave the sceptcr Of Thy reign.
o, Let that glorious anthem swell,
Let host TO host the triumph tell,
TIL not one rebel heart remains,
But over all the Savior ~reigns."