Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-23

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shyters, or the medical profession because
ofquacks, or merchandise because Of the
swindling bargain-makers to slam. bang
newspapers because there are recreant
editors and unfair reporters and unclean
columns. Guttenburg, the inventor OF the
art Of printing, was about to destroy his
types and extinguish the art because Il
was suggested to him that printing might
be suborned into the service Of the devil,
but aflerward he bethought himself that
the right use ofthe art might more than
overcome the evil use of 1t, and so he
spared the type and the intelligence Of all
following ages. But there are many TO-
day In the depressed mood Of Guttenburr
with uplifted hammer wanting to pound
TO pieces the type, who have not reached
his better mood In which he saw the art
ofprinting to be the rising sun Of the
worlds illumination. Ifinstead OF fight.
Ing newspapers we spend the same length
of time and the same vehemencc In mar
shaling their help In religious directions,
1--WE would be as much wiser as the man
wSQ gets consent Of tie railroad superin-
ten6Spt to fasten car to the end Of a rail.
train sspws better sense than he who runs
his whe6 narrow up the track to meet and
drive bacRSA Chicago limited express,-
The silliest \ Nsg that man ever does Is
to fight news Nper, for you may have
the floor for u,ie espcrhaps one day In
the week, while l. rwspapcr has the
floor every day ofS feck. NapoleeS
though q mighty maa,N many 4
nesses, and one Of the Vest thR ,e
ever did was to threatef if ~ Eng.
lish newspapers did not Nheir adverse
criticism Of himself he w6 with four
thousand bayonets cross the cAUnel for
their cliastisemcnt.
DON'T FIGHT NEwsPAPERs.s
Don't fight newspapers Attack I<
yokes attack. Better wait till the excitcs
mcnt blows over and then 60 in and get
justice, forget II you will if you have pa.
thence and common sense and equipoise
Of disposition. Il ought to be n mighty
seda,ivc that there is an enormous amount
Of common sense in the world and you
will eventually he taken for what you are
really worth, and you cannot be pulled
mp and you cannot be written down, and
II you are the enemy Of good society that
fact will come out, and II you are the
friend of good society that fact will be es.
tablished. know what am talking about,
for can draw on my own experience.
All the respectable newspapers, as iar as l
know. are my friends now. But many Of
you remember when l was the most con.
iinuously and mcanly attacked man in
this country. God gave me grace not TO
answer back. and kept silent for 10
years, am.xmuch grace is required. What
said was perverted and twisted into just
the opposite Of what did say. My person
was maligned and was presented as a
gorgon, and was maliciously described
, by persons who had never seen me as
monstrosity in body, mind and SOUL
There were millions Of people who bcliev-
cd that there was large sofa In this pull.
pit, although we never had anything but
a chair, and that during the singing by
the congregation was accustomed TO lie
down ON that sofa and danglc my feet
over the end. Lying New York cores
pondenis for 10 years misrepresented our
church services, but we waited, and pcO-
pie from every neighborhood Of Christcn-
dom came here 10 find the magnitude Of
the falsehoods concerning the church and
concerning myself 4 reaction set In, land
now we have Justice, full justice, more
than justice and as much over.praise as
once we had undcr-appreciation. and no
man that ever lived was so much indebt.
ed 10 the newspaper press for opportunity
to preach the Gospel as / am. Young
men in the ministry, young men in ALL pro.
fessions and occupation. wait. You can
afford to wait. Take rough
MISREPRESENTATION AS TURKISH TOWEL
to start up your languid circulation. or a
system Ofmassage or Swedish movement
whose pokes and pulls and twists and
thrusts are salutary treatment. There is
only one person you need To manage, and
that is yourself. Keep your disposition
sweet by communion with the Christ, who
answered not again the society of genial
people, and walk out in the sunshine with
your hat of aud you will come out all
right. And don't join the crowd of peo-
pie In our day and time who spend much
of their time damning newspapers.
Again; In this effort TO secure the secu-
lar press as a mighiier reinforcement Of
religion and the pulpit, let us make II the
avenue OF religious information. IL you
put the facts Of churches and denomina-
tions Of Christians only into the columns
Of religious newspapers, which do not In
this country have an average gilmore than
10000 subscribers. what have you done Ms
compared with what you do IL you put
these facts through the S.aily newspapers
which have hundreds Of thousands Of
readers. Every little denomination must
have It's little organ supported at great ex.
pense, when with one-half the outlay n
column or half column Of room might
he rented In some semi -omnipoteni secular
publication, and so the religious infonna-
tion would he sent round and round the
world. The world moves so swiftly to-
day that news n week old Is stale. Give
US oil the great church facts and the re-
viyal tidings the next morning or the
same evening. My advice. of,en given to
friends who propose to start new paper
Is; Don't! Don't! Employ the papers
already started" The biggest financial
hole ever dug In this American continent
Is the hole In which good people throw
their money when they start newspaper.
/ Ii Is almost as good and as auick way of