Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-07-21

what appears to me TO be rlghl, ieaVing tuo
consequence to PFovl3en G, and VINO wFo'e
this quaint epItaph showing hrs hope OF res
urrett on. an rpjtapa that hundreds Oh
times read Will living in Philadelphia.
ne Body
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer
C.ke :he cover OF al Cd book.
Is contents torn ont.
And str.pi Of II lettering and gliding,
Les here food for worms
VI tne woro .t-elf shai. no. be lost.
Fo-i- " a. he be Ieycd appear once lno-s
IN q nav
And more beautiful edition,
CocEtc ed and Amended
The A1,hor.
That Providence intends the profession OF
reporters 70 lave a might share IN tNe
worlds re iemption IS suggested ty the tact
taat Pau AMI Christ tooe q reporter along
with them an1 he reported their addresses
and reporteiIther acts Luxe was q re-
porter. ani ha wrote not only the took OF
Lutte. but the Acts of the Apostles, and
without that reporters work we would AVE
known nothing Of the Pentacost, and noth-
inr f Stephens martrri0tn. AMI nothing q
la5tnas rc5arr-rt on. and nothing OF tha
Ealing ami unlaiinr Of a AMI SllaS, and
nothing Of the shIpsyreck at Melila. Strike
out the reporter work from the Bible and
YOU Kill a larye part Of the New Testament.
Il makes me thins that IN the future of the
kingdom ot GOD the reporters are to bear a
mighty part.
About thirteen years ago a representative
of an important newspaper took his seat IN
this church. one Sabbath night. shout I've
IsaHS from the front OF this pulpit. H took
cut pencil and reporters pad, resolved to carl
rature the Whole scene. When the music began
Ee tegan. and " tn his pencil he derided that,
and then terIte the PRAYER, ana then derlded
the r4aiIng Of the Scriptures and then tegan
to .ierlde tie sermon But, he says, for some
reason his hanI began to tremol and he.
raIsying himself. sharpaned his PENCIL and
stgrtei a-a5n, but broke down again, and
then pat pn@Il and paper IN his pocket
and his heat down on the front Of the pew
ana begin t. pray. At the c'ose Of the
service he came up and asked for the
payers % others and gave his heart
TO tot. though still en-a-e1 in news
paper work, h Is an evangelist, and hires a
hail at his own expense and every Sabbath
afternoon breaches Jesus Christ to the peo-
pc. And the men of that profession are go
ING to come in a body throughout the coun-
trv. / know hundreds of them. and a more
genial or highly elucatcd class of men it
wopli be hard to find. and, though the
tendency of their profession may be toward
Slepticlsn. an organized, common sense
Gospel Invitation would fetch them to the
front Of all Christian enleavor. Men of the
'e1.Iia and pen, IN all departments, yOl need
til hep Of tie Christian religion. In the
iaT when people want t. get Their news
pfpers at three cents, and are hoping for
TIL time when they can get any Of
item at one cent, and, as a conse,
Gu-nce, the attarhes Of tn printing press are
By the thousand ground under the cylinders,
vol want t'od to take care Of you and your
families. Some of your best work is as much
nnapprociatel as was Mi toms "Paradise
Lost, for which the author received 80. and
tho immortal poem. 'Hohenlinden," Of
Thomas Campbell when he first offered it
for publication. and in the column called
Notices TO correspondents appeared the
words: To /. C.-The lines commencing
ON Linden when the sun was low are rot up
to our standard. Poetry iStnot T.. c. S forte"
9 men Of the pencil ana pen, amid your
nnapprec atcl work YOU need encouragement
ana You can have it Printers OF all Chris
tendon, editors. reporters,eompo>itors, press
men. publishers and readers Of that which is
printed, resolve that you viii not write, set
a.. 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 an |
PRAYER, trlain the printing press for right
eou>nes, and liberty and salvation. All
OF us with some Influence that will help
in the right direction, let us put our hands to
the WORK impiorinC God to hasten the consunl-
nation. A snip with hundreds OF. passengers
approaching the South American coast. the
man on the lookout neglec ted his work
AMI in a few minntes the ship would have
been dashed to TIL n on the rocks. But a
cricket on board the vessel, that had made no
sound all the voyage, set un a shrill call at
the smell OF land, and the Captain, knowing
that habit of the insect, the vessel was
t 1pped IN time to avoid ar awful wreck.
And 50. Insignificant means now may do
wonders an the scratch of a pen may save
the SlnpWreck of a soul.
Are YOU all ready for the signing of the
contract, the league. the solemn treaty pro-
posed between Journalism and evangelism.
Ave, let it be a Christian marriage of the
pa PIT AMI the printing press. The ordina
non ot the former on my head, the pen of
tha latter n my hand. it is appropriate that
publish the hanns Of UGH a marriage. Let
them from this day be one in the magnificent
work u the worlds redemption.
Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be
ooe4lenJ mighty God, to Thee;
And over land and strea u and main,
Now Waye the ; epfer o Thy reign.
O., let t0at glorious an he swell,
Let host to most tnet u5nDh ted,
IIII Uot one te tej hei remains,
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