Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-18
PULPIT AND PRESS.
M v,LyAGg breaches 4 SkKAoN
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.
His Own E,pri.aos With the Secular ,lhs. rIss-'
Rio Aid to Chrisdaniy-"D0nt hsai
Nswspaps'-hisrsstng DIS
curss on Journalism.


cOurss on Journalism.
sDeesnl Ttlsoram 10 Tie Register.
BRocKLyN, June 17.-At the sers'o' -
the Tabernacle this morning, the he''
d, Witt Talmage, D. D., took Tor 'ne suo
-. or his discourse "Pulpit and Press
Msds a,l;esn His text was, Luke XVI
2. "The children of this world arc NJ
their generation wiser than the children Oh
light" He said:
Sacred stupidity and solemn neon
..a,ov ond ssnctified laziness are here
rebuksd BY Christ. He says worianns'
are wider awake for opportunities 'nAn
ara Christians. Men Of the wotia graz
occasions while Christian people let the
mos, valuable occasions Drift by un'm-
nroved That is the meaning Of our Lofa
rbsn he ssys: "The children Of TINS
world are in their generation wiser than
the children Of light"
ILLUSTRATION OF THE TRUTH
of that maxim is in the slowness Oh .ne
Christian religion to take possession " .ne
secular printing press. Inc oppol'uny
! ia open aud has for some time oeen op.n,
hut the ecclesiastical courts anu lne
cbnrcbes and the ministers of religion are
for the most part allowing the golden oP
nortunity to pass unimproved. ihat .he
pnnortunity is open l declare IRON tue
fsct tina. all the sscular newspapers are
Glad of any religious facts or s'atstics Una,
eon nresept them. Any animated anu
Stirring article relating to religious tnemfs
they would gladly print They tsAnh
von for any information IN regaru "
Churches. Ii wrong has been done 10
anv Christisn church or Christian insti'u-
ton YOU could 20 into any news
nansr Of the land and nave
f the real truth stated. Dedica,
.;nn 0ervic,s ministerial ordinations ana
psstorsl installations, corner stone lnyns
/ Of a church, anniversary oil cnail'aoie
society will have reasonable space IN any
/ secular journal, If it have previons hSt'oe se
. given. II had some great injustice uons
|. me there is not an editorial or repoi'o,la,, ,
9 rom in the United States into whicn
= couId not 20 and get myself set right, apo
:, tbat ia true of any wellkDown Chrisihn
!. man, Already the daily secular press duf'
;ro the course of each week publisnes u
!, much religious information and high NOR
!, al sentiment as does the weekly reiig,oul
= mess Why then does not our gioriou
- Christianity embrace these masnihcen
70 onnortnnities? | have before me SUB
= iert of first and last importance ho'
. sbsll we secure the secular press as
20 migbtier reinforcement 10 religion and ID
t. pulpit? ,,;, ,..r,,;s 10
+. CESSATION or INDIscRIMINATEH HosrIIlT'
40 AGAINST NEwsPAPERp0M.
e, you might as well denounce the legal pr'
Is, fsssion because of the shysters, or th
or medical profession because OF the quack'
ca or merchandise because Of the swindlin
pg harrain makers, as TO slam. bang newspa
lis nsrs because there are recreant editors an
al pnfair reporters and unclean columns
ne Gutenberg. the inventor Of the art
nrintiug, was about TO destroy his typ'
and extinguish the art because 1t was SUI
o. gested TO him that printing might
e- suborned into the service OF the devil, bt
al afterward he bethought himself that II
he right use of the art might more than owe
m come the evil use of it and so he spare
'rt the type and the intelligence oi all iollot
le- ing ages. Bnt there are many to-uay
III the depressed mood OF Guttenperg VIZ
ss. uplifted hammer wanting 10 ponr
to to pieces the type, VINO ma
ID. not reached his better mo,
ire in whicA,he saw the art of printing to
lat the rising sun of the worlds illuminate
he II instead of fighting newspapers,
mt spend the same length Of time and I
ho ssm. yebemence in marshalling their he
or, in religious directions, we would be
IN much wiser as the man who gets eonse
me of the railroad superintendent TO fasten
? is car TO the end Of rail-train, shows bet'
The sense than he who runs his wheelbarrs
,ew nm the track 10 meet and drive back :
eep Chicago limited express. The silliest thi
en- that a man ever does is to fight newsI
by rer, for you may have the floor for ute
tor ance perhaps one day in the week, wh
Iity the newspaper has the floor every day
to the week. Napoleon, though mgr
for man, had many weaknesses, and one OF
ele- weakest things he ever did was to threat
,me that il the English newspapers did
n to stop their adverse criticism OF himself
would with four hundred thousand b
onets cross the Channel for their chsst1
ndi- ment.
the nos,r FIGHT NEWSPAPERS.
arts Attack proyokes attack. Better wait
nm the excitement blows over and then g
hose and get Justice for get it you Will II
,der have patience and common sense
ates eouipoise of disposition. IL ought To
\ IN mighty sedatiye that there Is an emo
inc amount of common sense In the wor'
nv @>rSayentually be taken for wi
iger are are really ~oiss oi6ss and. and 70 yoS n,;sn asn
pew pulled up and you cal.. - 80
arin and IL you are the enemy Of etO,.
{ he that fact will come ont, and II ron are
srri- friend Of good society that fhct viii be
talk tablished. know what ! am talk
,sier about for / can draw from ny own
pew perience All the respectable nswspay
as far as / know are my friends now.
eea- many Of you remember the time whe
long was the most continuously and mea
at attacked man in this country.
,ele- gave me grace not to answer back an
srpb hhCbSt boh eS' ye@f'f e's ssseSs -
.ady 10 required. What said was pervei
'eral and twisted into just the opposite Of "
and did say. Ny person was maligned
! in was presented az gorgoD, and i was
FORK Iiciously described by persons who
not never seen me a. q mopstrosity in bo
-e Ia mind and soul. There were millionl
ould people who believed that there was q ID
{ all sofa 10 this pulpit, although we never
meet anything but chair, and that during
singing by the congregation / was aca
toned TO lie down on that sofa and dar
my feet over the end. Lying New Y
ems correspondents for ten years misrepres'
fleet ed our church services, but we waited
the people from every neighborhood of ChI
nor epdom came here to find the magnitud,
um. the fslsehoods concerning the church
arm and concerning myself.