The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-29

whom iutdrjs in the penury of their re-
sources have often traudulently claimed for
their own, but the printer who moved tina
the Philadelphia convention be Openrd with
prayeT-thc resolution lOSt because u MAORI.
~ thought prayer uunecCSSaly-and who
wrote ut the tune lie was N~iCiOuNIy attacked:
My RUE is to 20 straight forward in doing
what appears to me TO be right, leaving the
consequences to providence and who wrote
this quaint epItaph ShO Wing his hope OF res
urlection-an epIlaph that | hundreds OF
times read While living in PLilad llphia;
The body
of
BENJAMIN Franklin, printer,
(Like the cover Of an Old book,
Its con, CntS torn OUt,
And stTipt of us lettering aui gildingl
Lies here food tor worms.
Yet the work itself shll not be lost,
For it will las he bcIjcVcd) appear once more
In a new
And more beautiful edition.
Corrected and amended
Bv
The Author.
That providence intends the profession Of
reporters to have n mighty share in the
worlds redemption is >ug-, Stru by the fact
that Paul and Christ toON a reporter along
with them aud he reported their addresses
and reported their acts. Luke was u report
or, aud he wrote not only the nook Of Luke
Wv III NNNN VI AlV AlONANNHs al" NtkllNtNlb
that reporters work we WOIld have Known
nothing Of the Peutecost, and nothing of
Stephens martNruUm, and nothing OF Tahi-
tAa's resurrection, and nothing OF the jaiimg
and unjailing Of Pau and Silds, and nothing
OF the ~shipWreck at MclIta. Stlke out the
reporters work from the Bible and YOU Xiii
4 large part of the new testament. 1t
makes me think that in tie fulure Of the
kingdom of God the reporters are TO bear q
mighty part
About thirteen years ago A. representative
of IN inn Ortant newspaper took his seat N
this church one sabbath night, about I'VE
pews from IT," front OF this pu pit. lie took
out pencil and reporters pad, resolved to
cariCatu g the whole scerC. When the mus, c
began he began, and with his pencil he de-
rided that, and then d. rided the pTi yer,
and then deTiueu the reading OF the scrip
lures, and then began to deTidc the sermon.
But, he says, for some re so /. his hand be-
gan to trcmn!e, and he, "a lying himself,
sharpcned his pencil and started again, but
broke down again, and then put pencil and
paper IN his pocket and his lead dOwu on
the front of the pew and began to pray. At
the close of the services he came and asked
for Tue prayers of others and gave his heart
to God; and though still engaged in news
paper work he is an evangelist, and hires 4
hail at his WI expense and every Sabbath
afte noon breaches eSuS Cn. Isl to the people.
Aud the men OF that profession are going TO
come in q body thrUugOHt The country. l
know hundreds of them, and q more gcnil!
or highly educated class of men it would be
hard 10 find; and, though tie tendency Of
their profession may be toward skept. cism,
an Or-aniEed, commOn sense gospel invita-
ton would fetch them to the front of all
Christian endeavOr. Men Of the pencil and
pen, in all departments, you eed tie hep
OF the Christian religion. In the day when
the people want to get their newspapers at
z pnItfa and nra hnDiD y fnr fla TINA Nyiar.
they Can get any Of them at one cent, and as
q 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 Millions "Par.
adke Lost" for which tue author received
SIS; and the immortal poem "HOhenlin-
uen," of Thomas Campbell, when hetiTst Of
fered ii for publication an in tue column
called Notices TO Correspondents" appeared
the words: ITO I. C.-1'he lines
ing son Linden when the sun was low are
not up to our ndar Poetry is not 4. Cs.
forte"
omen Of the pencil and pen, amid your
unappreciated work yCu need encourage
menL and you can have II. Printers of all
ChriSlendom, editors, reporters, eOmpositorS,
pressmen, publishers, and readers Of tBat
which is printed, resolve that you will not
write, set up, edit, issue, or read anything
NAANts ASe@NNR ivy AAAAANNN " RSAte # Al Wv
name of God, by the laying on Of the hatds
Of faith aud prayer, Ordain the prlnting-press
for righteousnes and liberty and sa vatr,n.
All oil us, with some influence that will help
in the right direction, let us put our hands
to tie work imploring God to hasten the
contamination. "A ship with hundreds of
passengers, approaching the Soitl American
toast, the man on the lookout neglected his
work and in q few minutes the ship would
have been dashed to RUN ON the rocks. Bat
a cricket on board the vessel that had made
no sound all the voyage set q shrill call al the
smell OF land, and tie captain. showing that
habit of the ms ct, the vessel was btopl ell
in time TO avoid an awful wreck. And so
insignificant means now may DO wonteis
and i scratch of a ZEN may save the slip
wreck of a soul.
Are you all ready for the signing Of the
contract, the league. TIE solemn treaty pro-
posed between j journalism and evangelism?
Aye, let il be a Christian maria Q of the
pulpit anil the printing-press. the ordlna-
ton OF the former on my head. tile pen Of
the latter in my hand, IL is appropriate that
l publish the lands Of such a m ,rri .ge. let
item from this day be o Q in tile magnih-
cent work OF the worlds redemption.
Let thrones. and powers. and Kingdoms be
Obelient. mi shtyr God, to thee;
And over land, and nteam, ana main,
Now wave tie s4cpter Of thy reign,
O let that 2 ofious anthem swe
Let host to host the tyiu nDh tell,
TIL not one rebel h~earEremains,
But over all the Saviour reigns.