The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-29
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Brooklyn Divine Discourses Oil the
Relations That Should Exist
Between Pulpit aud Press.
TAeso Two Great Powers should Per.
dect Treaty e. illuminate and
Facilitate tEC World,


Press Made Allics.'
The children ot this world are i'll tlo
generation wiser tlrn the children "f j III
Luke Nvi.,S.
He said: Sacred stupidity and solemn IN
competence and >anclilcd laz,nrss are her,
fcbuked by Christ. lie say, worldnss III,
wider awake for opportunities than IN,
Christians. Men of the world graz orca
eions while Christian people let the mos
valuable occasions drift 10y llnimuro,cd
That Is the meaning Of our Lord when Ii,
says: "Thc children OF this world are IL
their generation mi,cr tllaii the children o
light"
A marked illustration of the truth OF tha
maxim is In thu slowncsso OF he Christian ~
ligton TO take possession ui '!ic >c1l,al lint
tng.prcs,. The opportunity open and hi,
for some time been npc;i. hut the cctic>ias
ttcal courts and tic rhlt.c hes and til, laluiS
tors of religion are tci HE most part allow
ing the golden "iloi'unit. to pass uaiit
proved. That the opportunity Is open | dc
clare from the fact That all NE >cr,ila, !, VS.
tbticS that YOU present them. Any amai.ir,
and stirring article relating 10 rci.ic
themes they would Gladly prnl. Ire,
thank you for any information III regard 1,
churches. II wrong has been done 10 any
Chi>t,a, church 81 Christian Institution
you could go into amy newspaper oil tn Land
and have the real truth >;niY,i. Dedication
services. ministerial ordinations and ia>tnla
Installations, cornerstone laying Il church,
anniversary OF u rlEiritabl soricil viii i.ivu
reasonable space in amy secular Journal II ii
have previous notice gwen. II have SON,
great injustice done mc there i, moi an e,.i-
torial or II rcpultoiial rom in the l'n,cd
States into which ] could not go#nd eel my.
self set right; and that is true ol amy we'll.
known Christian man. Already tic daily
secular press during the course OF racn
week publishes ne much religious imiorma-
ton ind high moral sentiment rs dcr> i;ie
weekly religious press. Why, liru, doe,
not our glorious Christianity rill"lacc these
magnificent on orllnitics: | have hrfura
me Il SUBJECT OF Brs a.,l last imlor,aurc:
How shall we >c.,ic The secular press rs a
Miglltlcr reinforcement 10 religion and the
pulpit, -:
ton Of ndi>c,muHle hostility against nrw..
paperdom. i"ii might rs well dcno,nce
Che LEGAL professor i"riii>c OF the >l. >lrfs
Or the medical profession because nj tic
qu,ck>. or merchandise hccall>r OF the swim,
ding hargall.,nalirrs as 10 slan,-hnnc news
papers because there are rVtrruu! rlit T.,
and unfair reporters and upvican coii,.i,,
Gutenberg, the Inventor of the ant ui
printing, was about TO destroy his types ami
eXttn.usll the art because i, WAS suggested
to him that printing might nr >l,',urnr,l lm;o
tho service of the devil. iu aitcrwartl he
bctEoight himself thai III" right Use oi tho
art might more than overcome the evil ,,>r
telllgcnoe of all following ages. Bn, licle
are many To-day in the depressed moot Of
Gutenberg with upliitcd hummer wan;in.
~ pound !" pieces the type, who have rot
reached his letter mood in which liz saw
tho art Of printing ~ lie the rising SIN of
the worlds illumination. Ii Instead OF limit.
ting newspapers We spend the same !cn.,h
OF time and the same yGhcmcucc i'll mar
sha'ing their help III religious directions, we
would he us much wiser rs tie man who cot
conscntoftlic Observation-Disclosures to i;,atrn
. cur to tho end of Il railroad train shows
bettor sense than he who runs his whcr,I,tr-
row up the track to meet and 'l,lvr b,r, lie
chicago limited express. Thr Sillic>! thing
that u man ever docs Is TO fight Il newspaper,
Tor you may have the floor fer 'i:tcrancr per.
hnfIs olie day iii the week while the ncw>.
paper has the iluur every day of the week.
Napoleon, though mi: ltv man, had many
wealnr>ses, AMI onc nt the wcai.s, things
be ever did was 10 threaten thai it the fn.-
lisl, newspaper, did not stop their adverse
criticism Of himself he would with tour hlln.
drcd thousand layonct> cross the channel for
their clia>,isincnt.
Don't fight newspapers. Attack plovoke>
attack. l;rttcr wait until thu excitement
blows over anu then so III and get Justice. Tot
get 1t YOU Will ii yOn have patience and com.
mon sense and cuuil osc OF disposition. IL
ought 10 he mighty scda,iyc that there is
an enormous amount Of common >rl,>c in the
world, and you will eventually be taken for
What YOU are really WORTH and you cannot
be pulled up and you c:,nno, br written
down, anu if YOU arc the enemy of GOOD So
cicty that fact wi come ont. and il you are
tho friend OF good society that fact Will he
established. l know what | am talking
about for can draw ON my own experience.
All tile respectable newspapers rs far ~, |
know are my fricnus NOW. But many of
you remember the time when WA, the mo, /
continuously and meauly attacked man in
this country. God gave me .,'acc not I, :!.-
swer back and kept silence for ten yca,s,
,nu much grace II required. What / said
Mas perverted aud twisted into lust the Oh.
losite Of what ] dub say. My person wa,
maiisned and ! was pr, scntrd rs Il =ulgou,
anu was nalicotlslr described bv person,
VINO never saw me us Il niUnstrJsity il! BODY,
mind and soul. There We're millions OF
people who believed that there was "A lar-r
sofa IN this pulpit, although we never had
anything hut cl'air, and that durn; Tho
singing ny the congregation | was accustomed
TO lie down on thai sofa aud bangle my feet
over the end. LYNN. New York correspond
cnts for ten year, mi>rrprc>cnte,l our church
services, bui.wc waited and people IRON
every neiglbOrhood of Chri>lcntlum came
here to find the magnitude of the falscloutls
concerning the church aud concerning nv
SELF. a reaction sci In, and now we have
Justice, flll justice, more than Justice and as
much ovcr.prase us once we had luhcr.ap.
probation, and no man that ever lived wa,
SO nIurl indebted 10 Il newspaper press Tor
opportunity to preach the gospel as am.
Young men in the ministry, Young men i'm
all professions and occupations, wait. You
can afford to wait. Take rough mi.repsci,.
tuition as Turkish towel to start up yu,lr
languid circulation, ora system of massage
or swedish movement whose nokes and pulls
ana twists and thrllsts are salutary treat.
ment There is only one person you need to
manage. and that is yourself. Keep yonl
disposition sweet by communion with Inc
christ, who answered not again, the society
SHINE with your hat off and YOU will come
out all right. Aud don't join the crowd OF
people IN our day who spend much of their
time damning newspapers.
Axain, In this EFFORT TO secure the secl,la,
press .. mightier reinforcement of rcli.!o
ana the pulpit, let us make it the avenue uI
religious information. Ii you put the fast.
Of churches and denominations Of Christian,
only into the columns CT religious papers.
which do not in this country have an ayera. {
Of more than ten thousand subscribers,
what have you done as compared with what
daily papers which have hundreds OF thou.
sands Of readers. Every little dcnoniua.
ton must have its little organ summarized a,
great expense, when with oEc-hai the on.
lay column or halt column Of room mieh,
be rented i'll some scmi.oinnipoteni secular
rubitsItieil, and SO the religious infolmailol
would be sent round and round the world
The world moves SO swiftly to-day that new,
week old Is stale. Give II. all In. :trr,,
church facts and all tue revival tiuinm; The
next morning or the same evening. Nv adj.
vice, often given to friends who propose ,c
start new paper is: "Dont. Don't. I'm.
rloy the papers already started" The b..
gcst financial hole ever dug in this amnri.
can continent is the hole in winch good
4eople throw their money when they start i
hewsDapcr. 1t is almost AS good and Il,
quick way Of getting rid OF money as buy.
Ing stock In gold mine in Colorado. Not
more printing lrcs:es but the right use of
ders, all their steam power, all their pens.
all their types, all their editorial chairs and
rcportorial rooms are available II YOU would
engage them In behalf of civilization and
Christianity.
Again, II YOU would secure the secra,
press q. a mighter reinforcement OF relis-
ION ano the pulpit, extend widest and high.
cst Christian rourtcsicS to the representa-.
tivcs Of Journalism. Give them easy chairs
anu plenty OF room w!isn they come 10 re.
port OCCASION. For the mos, part they are
gentlemen of education and refinement,
graduates Of colleges. with families TO SIM.
Port by their literary craft, nlany Of thciu
weary with the bush of :: hn-i"c.. that is
pr"c'rl"'is anu i'tlrtsiatlng, each one o! them
TIC avenue Of Information 10 thousand, OF
readers. their ilhl ressiom OF the services Ia
he the Impression adopted by muti,ud s.
They arc connecting links between sermon
or song or u prayer and thi. great rop,la
ton that tramp UP and down the streets da,
by day and year by year with their sorrow,