The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-05
TALMAGE'S SERMON
the Weekly Discourse of the Great
Brooklyn Preacher
Subject, ssI,ulpit and Press
Made Allies"


aPI;os ;,
Muue Aiiies.
Trxr. "Th, children of this uorld are
In tbeir oenernfion ,,iser than the children
Of fIi0htH-Luke xvi. 8,
Sacred stupidity ana solemn ihcomPeoehcy
and sanctified lazlness are mere rGoukeu ~
Christ. lie says Workings are wiuer a~aA %
for opportunities than are Cnris.lans men
of the world grab occasions whlle Cnristlan ssl
people let the most valuable occasions drlls
by unfmproved. lhat ~ the Hieahihs u vur
Lord when ne says: Inc cniiureii VI .uis
world are IA tneir generation Wiser 'non 'ns
children OF nsnt. .>
A marked illustration OF tns run ot snas
maxim IS IN tne slowness ef M tne ,n VIM
nglon 10 take possession Vi '9e secular ~ INV
ing press. Inc opportunity Is open, ana nas
for some time Deen open, Out me eccissias.l- ss
cal courts and tne cnurches anu tne Ililhs.ols ~
Of religion are ior the most part ai!owihg tne
golden opportunity 70 pass 9ul,hproveu.
That the opportunity Is open i @ ueciare irDia ina
the fact that tue secular hewsPapers arc g.au
OF any renslouS iac's ui ona 'saT stirr;uo
present them. ANY aniinateo d'iu s'ruins
article relating 10 Tei'sious tnelies 'ney
would gladly PRINT ihey Chanh you LOT any
info: nation IN reSaru 70 cnulohe
wrong has Deen uohe 10 any oniieuian
church or CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION you
could go INTO any newspaper ., 1ne ialio
and have the real truth slaeeu. Deulcaa-
tion services, I,illIs' Ia, ga in, n,,;nr ~.
pas oral n'talia'lon' CORNER stol9 iaynhS u
church. anniversary OF a chatlVapi9 soo.eSy
will have reasona 10 spec IN any seou'ds
Journal, II 1t nave previous noIics SlVSH. -
had some great lnJus1ice uohe ms 'ne' 'S !"
not an editorial or areporsorial, room IN S .aS
United States INTO whlcn cou!u no1 so anu
get myself set r'Sht, ana tnao ~ true ' vi any
wei known SnI.sCan, M An eaoy aaeh .nJ u ,vaaL
secular press during Tue couia VI oaen w
publishes as much feiigious lhipr'laui0n anu
high moral sentiment as does Inc weekly re-
ligious press. why then does hot our giort
Gus Christianity embrace these magnificent
opportunities! have before me a asuoJectoi
first and last Importance How shall we Sc
cure the secular press as mightler re-en-
forcement to religion and the pulpit:
The first thing toward this result IS cessa-
tion of indiscriminate hostility against news
paperdom. You might as well denounce the
legal profession because or the shysters OF
the medical profession because OF the quacks,
or merchandise because OF the swindling bar
gain Makers as to slambang newspapers be-
cause there are recreant eoltors ana unfair
reporters and unclean Columns. GuUtenDerg,
the inventor of the art OF printing, was about
to destroy his types and extinguish the art
because it was suggested to him that print
ing might be suborned into the service OF the
devil, but afterward he bethought hlmseI
that the right use OF the art m1ght more tnah
overcome the evil use OF IL, and SO no
spared the tyne and the intelligence OF all tol-
lowing ages But there are many to day in the
depressed mood Of Gutenberg with upiltted
hammer, wanting to pound to p eces the
type who have not reached his better MOOD
in which he saw the art of printing to be the
rising sun of the worlds illumination II IN
stead Of fighting newspapers we spend tho
same length of time and the same vehemence
In marshaling their help in religious direc-
tions, we would be as much wiser as the man
who gets consent OF the railroad superin,
tendent to fasten car to the end OF rail
train, shows better sense than ne VINO runs
his wheelbarrow the track 10 meet ana an
drive back the chicago limited express. Ihe
stlliest thing that man ever does is 70 nght
newspaper, Tor you may nave I'VE, tne hoor ,,1e l1r
utterance perhaps one DAY IN ohe week, wnile
the newspaper has the floor every day OF tne
week. Napoleon, though mignIy man. hau
many weaknesses, and one OF the weakes1
things he ever did was 10 threaten tna1 II the
English newspapers did not stop tnelr ad-
verse criticism OF himself ne "oulu WIN Iour
hundred thousand bayonets cross the cnannei
for their chastlsement ..
Don't fight newspapers: AttacR provoRes
attack. Better wait till the excitement blows
over and then go IN and get Justice' LOT get
1t you will II you have patience ana common
sense and equlpoise or dlsposltion. III ouSht
10 be mehty sedatiVe Ina0 ohere Is an
enormous amount OF common sense IN me
"orid, ana you VIII evehtuaily pe oaken Lot
wna6 YOU are really worm, anu YOU i..e ca;.aoo
pc puIfed up ana you cahhot oe wrlSoeh
oown, ana II you are tne enemy oi go"u So
clety that fact VIII come OUT ana II you arc
the frlend OF good society 1hao iaco WIN 20
established; know wna1 l ain 1alklne
about, Tor can draw on my own experiences;
All the Responsible newspapers as iar as
know are my iriends now. PuC many VI
you remember the time when ! was
the most continuously ana meahiy az
tackled man in this country. 1on gave
me grace not to answer back, and kept
silence for ten years, and much grace IS
required. What ! said was perverted ana
twisted into Just the opposite OF what DID
say. MY person was maligned, and l was
presented as gorgon, and was maliclously
described by persons who had never seen me
as monstrosity in body, mind and soul:
There were millions of people who believed
that there was large sofa IN this pulpit, al
though we never had anything but chair,
and that during the singing by the congrega-
tion was accustomed to lie down on that
sofa and dangle my feet over the end. Lying
New York correspondents Tor ten years
misrepresented our church services, but
We waited, and people from every nelghbor.
hood of Christendom came here to find the
magnitude OF the falsehoods concerning the
church and concerning myself. reaction
set in and now we have justice, full justice,
more than Justice and as much overpraise as
once we had under appreciation, and no man
that ever lived was so much indebted to the
newspaper press FOR opportunity to preach
the Gospel as am. Young men in the min
tstry, young men in all professions and occu.
patlons, walt. You can afford to wait.
Take rough Misrepresentation as Turkish
towel to start up your languid circulation.
or a system OF massage or swedish move
ment, whose pokes and pulls and twists and
thrusts are siiutary treatment There is
one person YOU need to manage and that is
| yourself. 1eep your disposition sweet by
communion with the Christ who answered
not again, the society OF genial people, and
| walk in the sunshine with your hat oil and
| you will come out all right. And don't join
the crowd of people in our day who spend
much of their time damnng newspapers.
Again. in this effort to secure the secular
| press as a m ghtier reinforcement of religion
| and the pulpit, let us make it the avenue oi
religious information. Ii you put the facts
onlv into the columns of relieious paners
which do NOT in this country have an aver.
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