Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-16
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.
Rev. George NJ. hickman Prophesies
Their Doom and Gives the Reason.

Rev. George M. Hickman Prophesies
Their Doom and Gives the Reason.
Rev. George NJ. Hickman preached an
interesting sermon against Sunday news
papers last evening. The inclemert
weather brought but small attendance
TO First Presbyterian Church and
Mr.. Hickman announced that he
might repeat the sermon at another
time He took his text from Exodus 20,
Wiki. which is the Fourth Command
ment, and launched Immediately into his
subject. After giving Ave reasons why
the Fourth Commandment should be
observed he said 1.-The Sunday printing
press is doomed to disaster; | do not
know the date but it is doomed
81 want to talk common sense to you
to- night and appeal to your consciences,
and il, after my sermon you eau consci-
entiously read Sunday newspaper, then
my sermon is failure. There are at
work on the Sabbath 500 900 men. Many
of these work on the Sunday trains and
Sunday papers. The bell of the
Sunday newspaper train vies
with that of the church in the village
hamlet. The church bell rings This Is
the day Of rest come to church; read the
bible; prepare to met thy God the news
paper train bell says Away with
church; stay at home and read my hun
bred columns OF matter
Parents, do you want your children
brought under the bane Of sin by selling
Sunday papers2 Regarding the state
ment that there is more work on a Monday
newspaper than on Sunday issue, it is
unwarranted All the work on a Monday
morning issue can be done after the light
Of Sunday has faded away.
"The Sunday paper is not fit TO be read
on the Lords Day Rev Mr. Hickman
there read a table Of contents of Sun.
day newspaper and also a quotation from
the New York Evening Post referring I,
sensational dispatches about the White
chapel horror in the SUNDAY
Philadelphia Press. He then reaC
an editorial from Philadelphia evening
paper, that said the Sunday press i
superseding the Church and the bette
the paper the weaker it makes th,
Church. Mr.. Hickman continued
you say you read the Sunday paper
for rest. It units you for church ser
vice. Do You take a Sunday newspape
for it's religious news? Do you read tn
religious news7 | admire your iudgmen
if you do not, for it is simply gossip o
the churches A religious newspaper
is the need of our age. There is but 1
per cent. Of the space in a newspaper oc
cupied by religious news; some have les
space than this. Horace Greeley said
The Sunday newspaper is socia
demon
Now you say The public vial have it
am totally surprised; a great argumen
. | fndaadI II Il inf ln11 i.
mand furnishes the market The sins O
the Sunday Press are made blacker an
deeper for they are wholly needless
They answer no rational or usef nj purpos,
As the religious matter could be put i
on Saturday and the advertisements an
. fancy articles on Monday, there is n
need of Sunday publication. VIII
should they be tolerated; other bushes
is stopped by law and custom. Sunda
papers lead the saloons, brothel,
; and their kindred for the breaking dow
of laws. You cannot endorse the Sunds
newspapers and endorse Christ Hei
are the reasons why there should be l
Sunday newspapers:
"First-It involves an immense amour
, Of Sunday work.
"Second-It is an agency in seeulari
ing the Lords Day.
Il "Third-It is Of no use.
!. "Fourth-By it's table of contents,
n favors Sabbath dissertation.
"Fifth-It gives strength to the cril
inal classes.
i 1T is injurious to the cause Of Chri
y and an enemy to the life of the republi
II bessech you, therefore, not to rel
q the Sunday newspapers, but rath
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