Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-18
Suggestion that the Secular Press
"a Secured as a Reinforcement
to the Pulpit.
oufI.na Of q Plan TO Bring About
Tass Rssuii-Unelsan Columns
Criticised.
,o.,rslyen to Those Having Deelilg 81
9Th Newspbpers-sern on Preached
By Dr. EaInage Yesterday
az Brooklyn.
LsIto the Gazette.

does N the 1hueTnacle Lnls morning tut
/ r.v T. Dewitt Talmage, D. D., took FOL
1 hs sub ect of his discourse, "Pulpit snt
psss Made Allies" His text WAS, Luke
avs: "The children of this world are
/, tbeir generation wiser than tie chill
,,sp ei light" He said:
s,cred stupidity aud solemn incompe-
,.rcy sud sauctifed lsziness are he-e re.
'1Eed BY Chris!. He says worldli0gs are
sider awake for opportunities than Chris
g.ns. Men Of the world grab occasions
ellie Christian people let most valuable
otrssions drift by unimproVed. Tina: is
Ne meaning Of our Lord when he ssys
rTbs children OF this world are IN theil
,srerstion wiser than the children OF
Amsrked illustration of the truth of
mt maxim is in the sloWLess OF the
T,dst!sn religion to take possession Ct
tss secular printing press. The oppor-
'rDity Is open and has for some time been
men, but the ecclesiastical courts and
he churches ana tire ministers of religion
rs for the most part allowing the golden
,rporlunity to pass unimpl owed. That
ne opportunity is open l declsre from
he fact that al the secular newspapers
ne glad Of sny religious facts or Stats
II; tlG. you present them. Any animated
md stirring article relating to religious
nsues they would gladly print. They
t1spk you for any Information in regard
"A churches. II 6 wrong has been done
n any Christian caurch or Christian in
titution, you could go into any
newspaper of the land and have
me real truth. stated. Dedics-
ion services, ministerial ordinations snd
pu.oral installations, cornerstone lGy!p g
cls church, anniversary Of charitable
cclety will have reasonable space IL say
ocular Journal, If 1t have previous notice
given. II had some great Injustice done
me, there is not an editorial or repor-
0risl room in the United States into
which | could notgo and get myself set
right. and tdat il true Of anY well known
Christian man. Already The daiiy sccu-
lsr press, during the course CT each week,
publishes IS much religious information
and high moral sentiment IS does the
weekly re! giOus press. Why then does
uot our glorious Christianity embrace
these magnificent opportunities! l have
before me ! subject of fist and last i'm
wrtance: How shall we secure the sec
lSr pEess IS migntier reinforcement TO
lsliS,, 4 and the pulpit2.
Tie irst thing toward this result ia
CESSATION OF indlscriminSte hostility
lgainst HeRspspeTdom. You might as
we'll denoulce the legal profession be-
cause Of the shysteTs, or the medical pro-
hss!on because Of the quscks, or mer-
thsndise because Of the swindling bsr.
gain makers, as to slsm-bang newspapers
because there are reereant editors add
UNFAIR REPORTERS AND UNCLEAN COL
UMHS. s.
Gutenberg, the inventor Of the art Of
printing, Was shout to destroy bis types
and extlpgaish the art because 1t was
suggested to him that printing might be
GlbOrned into the service Of the devil,
but sitter wards he bet6ought himself thst
the right use Of the art might more than
overcome the evil use of IL and so he
spared the type and the Intelligence OF
all following ages. But there are many
today in the depressed mood OF Gutten-,
berg with uplifEed hammer wanting to
pound to pieces the type, who have not
reached his better mood in which he saw
The art of printing to be the rising sun Of
he worlds Illumination. II instead Of
lighting newspapers we spend the same
length of time And the same vet emence
in mArshSlling their help in religious
directions, we would be IS much wiser IS
the man who gets consent q the railroad
Superintendent TO fasten car to the eEd
q il-trsin, shows better sense than
lie who runs his wheelbsrrow up the
track 10 meet and drive back the Chicsgo
limited express. The silli3st thing that
imsn ever does is TO fight 6 newspaper,
Tor you may have the floor for utterance
perhaps one day in the week, while the
Newspaper has the floor every dsY in the
week. Napoleon though mighty man
aai many Weaknessee, and one Of the
Weakest things he ever did was to threaten
list if the English newspapers did not
stop their adverse criticism Of himself he
To1ld with 4O0,o bAyonets cross the
l1Snnel for their casstisement.
DON'T FIGHT NEWSPAPERS.
Attack provokes attsck. Better wait till
he excitement blows over end then go in
md get justice, for get 1t you will
you have patience and COM
non sense and equipoise OF
isposition. 1t ought TO be mighty
etstive that there Is an enormous
mount of common sense in the world,
md you will eventually be taken for what
ou are really worth, and you cannot be
'uSed up and you cannot be written
.own, and II you are the enemy OF good
ocety that fact will come out, and II
Ou sre the friend Of good society that
lct will be esta olished. l know what l
n taking about for 1 can draw on my
Sn experience. All the respectable
eWspspers as far IS l know are nay
'iends now. But msny Of you remember
1e time when l was the most continu-
usly and meanly attacked man in this
ountry. God gave me- grace not to
nsWer back and l Kept silence for ten
esrs, and much grace is required. What
said was perverted snd twisted into
lst the opposite of what 1 did say. My
eFson WAS maligned and was presented
5 5 gorgon, and 1 WAS maliciossly de-
,ribed by persons who had never seen
lie IS 5 monstrosity iu body, mind and
oul. There were millions Of people who
elieved that there was large sofa in
bis pulpit, although we never had suy-
ling but chair, and that during the
nglng by the congregation l WAS &C.
rstomed to lie down on that sofs and
angle my feet over the end. Lying New
&c far q