The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-18
YHA SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.
Rev. Dr, Cushing in his Dis
course Last Light
QUESTIONS ITS NECESSITY
Tho Origin of tho SUNDAY Paper
What 1t Was and Whist it Is
Now-The Demand fOrit
a Cultivated One

a Cultivated One
1.-THE real bearing Of the Sunday news
paper" was the subject OF the discourse
delivered last evening by the Rev. Dr.
@. w, Cushing, OF the Fourth Street
NJ, E. church, His text was from
Mark iii;4, SIS Ut lawful to do good on
the Sabbath days or to do evilY"and the
following is a synopsis Of his remaFks'
The Jewish law was very strict touch'
ing the observance Of the Sabbath. This
was a necessity growing out OF the rela'
ton ofthe Jews to surrounding nations,
and the problem which God had under
taken to work out through His chosen
people, Insome instances, Rhatseemed
to be works Of mercy were forbidden
them on the Sabbath day-at least the
lay was so construed by them. Christ
attempted to set them right IN regard 70
this, by declaring TO them that works oil
necessity and mercy were In keeping
with the law concerning that day. and
that In any event, "He was Lord Of the
sabbath, :" md therefore authority In re-
gard to It's observance. But He rigldly
taught that no works except Of necessity
and mercy were allowed oR the Sab
bath,
Can the Sunday paper find shelter
hereP The publishers say there Is de.
mand for 1t, But would they attempt
to supply this demand unless money
could be made byit2 And Is 1t not true
that this demand has been CEestelf
l. BY not publishing, In many In
stances, in Mondays edition events
which TRANSFERRED on Saturday, 30 that
peyeons would be forced to buy the Sun
] DAY issue or lose part Of current events.
2, BY reipsipgt8 publish MQay things,
such as Sunday notices, &C., except IN
the Sunday Issue. This Is not true oE
Tall Sunday papers, but Is OF many.
8. By making the Sunday issue far
more attractive than any other. In
most instances twice Us much money is
spent on the Sunday IgsHe ps on any
other issue Of the week,
The first Sunday paper was published
in New York City In 1925, That, and
others which followed 1t, were short
lived. They were all weekly papers,
The New York Herald was the first daily
paper 10 Issue = Sunday editlon-in 1871.
In 1851 the Boston HtrdN New York
Times, the Tribune and Others began 10
issue Sunday editions 10 supply war
news. Sunday papers have continued
TO increase, until in October, 1888, there
we're $50 reported in. the United States,
and therp are many more now. These
papers have q vide eirGnlatllp, Some
Of the New York dailies issue more than
250, 900 copies on Sunday. The reading
Of these papers Is constantly Increasing
the demand. 1t Is but Just to say that
some publishers have yielded to this de-
mand relaCtartly-in self .deiense they
say. know the treasurer OF one com;
pany which publishes a Sunday paper,
who Is so much opposed to the Sunday
issue that he will not allow 1t to be left
at bis house, and will not read 1t on
Monday,
But this demand, however strong, is,
as we shall see, founded In no necessity,
but in that which is tending.to harm in
many ways. But II there Is real de.
mand for such publications, 1t ought to
10 obvious when we examine the char
acter OF these papers. Formerly, all, or
nearly all OF them contained some i'm
portant religious reading. Men OF repu.
tation were employed 10 write upon re-
llglo9s topics, When tley could W &C.
cured and When TINS was lounu 70 he
impossible, In instances not q lew, their
writings were smuggled into the sunday
issue without their consent. Great prices
were paid Tor articles from such men as
Dir. Beegher, because thls would secure
their endorsement
These things are no longer necessary,
for very few OF these papers now ray any
special claim to furnishing religions
reading. The best OF them have no more
religious matter than the ordinary daily
mot a9 much as the Monday morning
issue. the best are tlled win aDle edl.
torials upon current topics=the most
important oil which are often saved Tor
the Sunday issue. The correspondence
sthe most ATTRACTIVE which appears dur
ing the week: The Sunday edition ordi:
narily contalns the greatest amount Of
news upon social topics, a iuil quot9 al
sporting news, family broils, tragedies,
ETC., etc: have outlined the best, while
many Of the others are only worthy to
be classed with the POLICE Gazette.
But 1t may DO asked what rs tho oh.
lection to such papers as have been do
scribed? / answer, no objection II they
appear on any other day than Sunday.
What then Is the real objection to Sum
day papersY Tho uppal objection that
they cannot be published without q vio'
lation Of the Sabbath, by requiring UNI
necessary work on that day, though inn
portant, Is not perhaps the most serious
objection. do not believe, however,
as is sometimes claimed, that the Sum
day morning edition requires no more
Sabbath work than the Monday morn
ing issue. 1t may BIO that In practice
this is near the truth, so far as preparing
the paper Is concerned. But II Is not
necessarily SOL the Monday edition can
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