The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-19
Yet the work itself shall not be lost.
For 1t will Jas he beleved) appear once more
in n new
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and amended,
The Author.

And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and amended
The Author.
That Providence intends the profession of
reporters to have q mighty share IN the worlds
redemption is suggested by the fact that Paul
and Christ took reporter along with them
and he reported their addresses and reported
their acts. Luke was reporter, and he wrote
not only the book of Luke, but the Acts of tho
Apostles. and without that reporters work we
would have known nothing Of the PentecoSt,
and nothing of Stephens martyrdom, and
nothing of Tabitha's resurrection. and nothing
of the failing and uniailing of Paul and Silas,
and nothing of the shipwreck at Melita. Strike
out the reporters work from the Bible and
you kin large part of the New Testament.
1t makes me think that in the future of the
Kingdom of God the reporters are to bear
mighty part.
About thirteen years ago, representative of
an important newspaper took his seat in this
church one Sabbath night, about five pews
from the front of this pulpit. He took out
pencil and reporters pad, resolved to carica-
ture the whole scene. When the music began
he began, and with his pencil he deTided that,
and then derided the prayer, and then derided
the reading of the Scriptures, and then began
to deride the sermon. But, he says. for some
reason, his hand began to tremble, and he, raj
lying himself, sharpened his pencil and
started again, but broke down again, and then
put pencil and paper in his pocket and 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 Cod and, though still engaged in
newspaper work he is an evangelist, and hires
hall at his own expense and every Sabbath
afternoon breaches Jesus Christ to the people.
And the men of that profession are going to
come in a body throughout the country. know
hundreds OF them and more genial or highly
educated class of men it would be hard to find,
and, though the tendency of their profession
may be towards skepticism, an organized COM
nonsense gospel invitation would fetch them
to the front of all Christian endeavor. Men
of the pencil and pen, in all departments, you
need the help of the Christian religion. In the
day when people want to get their newspapers
at three cents are hoping for the time when
they can get any of them at one cent, and, as
consequence, the attaches OF the printing
press are by the thousand ground under the
cylinders you want God to take care of you
and your families. Some of your best work is
as much unappreciated as was Milton'ss Para
disc Lost, for which the author received $25;
and the immortal poem, "Hohenlinden," of
Thomas Campbell when he first offered it for
publication, and in the called Notices to Cor
respondents" appeared the words: "To L. c.
The lines commencing On Linden when the
sun was low are not UP to ourstandard. Poetry
is not L. c. forte.''
0 men of the pencil and pen, amid your I'M
appreciated work you need encouragement
and you can have it. Printers of all Chris
tendon, editors, reporters, compositors, press
men, publishers and readers of that which is
printed, resolve that you will not write, set
up, edit, issue or read anything that debases
body, mind or SOUL In the name of God, by
the laying on of the hands of faith in prayer,
ordain the printing press for righteousness and
liberty and salvation. All of us with some
influence that will help in the right direction,
let MS put our hands to the work imploring
God to hasten the contamination. A ship
with hundreds of passengers approaching the
South American coast the man on the look
out neglected his work, and in few minutes
the ship would have been dashed to ruin on
the rocks. But o cricket ON board the vessel
that had made no sound all the voyage set up
o shrill call at the smell of land, and the cap
tain knowing that habit of the insect, the YES
sci was stopped in time to avoid an awful
wreck. And so insignificant means now may
do wonders and the scratch of q pen may save
the shipwreck of SOUL
Are you ready for the signing of the con-
tract, the league, the solemn treaty proposed
between journalism and evangelism? Ave-
let it be q Christian marriage 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
banns OF such marriage. Let
them from this day be one in the magnificent
work of the worlds redemption.
"Let thrones and powers and Kingdoms be
Obedient, mighty God to Thee:
And over land and stream and main,
NOW wave the seeptre OF Tiny reign.
o, let that glorious anthem swell,
Let host to host the triumph tell,
Till not one rebel heart remains,
But overall the Saviour reigns."
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