New-York tribune., 1889-11-04
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING,
VII.
VII.
THE CHURCH AND THE NEWSPAPER.
DIR. MACARTHUR SHOWS THE RELATIONS THAT
EACH SHOULD SUSTAIN TOWARD THE
oTuER-wARM PRAISE FOR
THE TRIBUNE.


rne pcv DR. r. S. Macarthur, Of the Calvary
pantist Church. Is delivering series Of Sunday even
,nr dscourses on "Thc Church in Its Relations
| The tonic last evening was {" The Church and tho
Newspaper Choosing for his text these words
from Ecclesastes: "A bird OF the air shall carry
the voice. and that which hath wings shall tell tho
mattorn DR.. Macarthur said
This IS one OF the many sayings Of Solomon which
belong to all cmes and centuries Pos sssed OF much
meaning IN his day, It IS fuller OF meaning and force
in our day than II was IN his. The primary reie'cnco
employed 30 carry letters around the neck or under
the wing Perhaps his Scripture is the origin & OF OF
many ways of discovering and declaring the thoughts
OF This truth IS illustrated In the very striking
ITO tie flying roll" On this roll was the catalogue
Of TIE crimes :, Of TT the people, % also wac congapta wn the
would seem, both on the front and on the back. and
the sins Of the people were s put under fTG hess ans
against men, the latter sins against Cod inc modern
Is the flying roll7 OF Zccharah.
our Lord also gives great truth in Luke XII. 3,
where He SAYS: Therefore. Whatsoever ye have
spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light, AMI
that which ye have spoken In the car In clocts shall
be proclaimed from the housetops' This Is the
tendency OF all modern discovcries Their limo Is
gone out to the ends OF the earth Steamships, rail-
roads, tclcgiaphs, tee?hon's and phonoglaphs have
indeed made the world n whispering gallery. They
cause the ends Of the earth TO meet each morning a
breakfast table. They lay the thoughts OF men
open 70 each other they bring men to how
men on the earth. They mako MS fol
that stand I'm the immediate presence of the Eternal
Al these discoveries tend to prevent III" comm ssion
OF crime. and they greatly aid in It's discovery wien
eSIcally of the rciation Of tho Church to the news
paper. The Book Of Revelation speaks Of irce
also of angel flying through the heavens to preach
the everlasting Gospel While some newspapers are
others which may not be inaptly represented by tAis
tree and this angel. Thor leaves bring blessing; {;
mon Tfc church must distinguish things that differ;
must earnestly condemn the bad ana with equal
hcartiness commend the good.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEWSPAPER
The church must rightly emphasize the Importance
Of the newspaper in the progress of the race and In
the triumph of the Kingdom Of God. It's Impotence
Is illustrated in s remarkable history. 1t Is dlhl-
cult even for the careful thnkers fully to realize
from what small beginnings great newspaper
establishments have grown Probably there never never
was tlme Wheu the Pu1ucatlVn OF news IN SUM- SUM-
form not practsed Long before the invention
OF printing, the e1icts OF governments and items OF
general interest were made public IN various ways
OF course these publications, as rule were Irregular
imperfect and necessarily brief But In times o.
war and other great public excitements daiy, ana
even hourly, bulletins were issued and p0ste IN con
spicIous places. one method of such publications
was by the living voice OF the Official cricr IN & the
streets Of cities and towns. This primitive custom
England and doubtless I'm some other countries tho
news was gathered By men Of various Pr3ies,io.9
and by some who devoted themselves exclusively -
this work. who wrote letters TO their patrons IN
distant countries and In different parts of their own
I
give Information concerning the affairs Of state: but,
naturally matters OF business and or social le came
to he reported in the ettoFs of these professional eor
decided step in advance taken whc-, the sta
TONERS began 10 print these newSIeters ana 10 ser
them IN the form 9to, Of pamphlets s,,on on on
SS SS ssoes Of gPsS pSr Of geat trials and disaster
it It is said that the Oldest existing specimen Of this
form OF newspaper is dated l49s ana was issued IN
publication was published In 1913. ono year later
6S weekly aDa w 1888 s4 TIM in AasFg SEs
started in London in The British b Mgsegm t4ers s
was the first paper published in England. The M Pl,
grim Fathers landed December %, 1920. These o Two
sEensy iSS esoat atvS od can fully estimate ho influence on
the destiny of the race In 1891 the 10 no WSS
fat as Se Franfort Journal and tho Gazette de
according to m ac m cG3 n escnee fsGe " The
boy Of that day reloced IN The name OF @ Mercy i IN
fact than was TIE NEUROLOGICAL Jovc in the fancies OF
his devout wor'hppers The name of the hst Kui
bears the datc Of December 10, 1909 two years later
i7o4, the first paper AMERICA was published i was
weekly papers; but when the Cenennial cel@0ra'i3 @ IN
thc Tinted states 50 many daily and weekly papers
that tho statement Of the exact iaet Is almost II"
credible.
PROGRESS AND POWER OF THE NEWSPAPER.
! Tho church cannot affOrl TO be ignorant OF the
nresent proeress and power CT the newspaper IN
America l have recently obtained many Interesting
facts bearing on this point In the year l'Oo u'rV
was but one newspaper in the United o'aeS' III
1870 there we're 5,S71; IN 1o90, l93lg ue 9 "It,
1870 It estimated, there wec but i4uOU pc,tSU,s ,S,
Gals printed IN the whole world N9W' I "og
are I'm the United States alone l2i0l "eeAlcs, L,'' i
monthcs and 1,5o4 dailles The geatest i i at
glven to two NewI9rk daes, e1n % ~ay wces
whose names might be given DDt ann am uoi i m,o ,ir
adv erso any newspapers, have an elu15 la 20 so
cllation If the names were gwen many letson' "o""
be surprised. ,.,ta.,,
N over oVe 10000 copies OF each issue: issue:
u5oIe number issue less than 900 copies The total
circulation Is almost l gTss a cnns ~ rs % Of c
issue OF these eighteen periodicals The total o crcu
ton Of The Tribune IN loas IS gwen a9 70 nGSe that
100 rapers will reach one fourth OF an nc Ieaes III
he United states and Canada; that G33 Will zach one
half ard that 5000 viii reach three i9urn5 o r The
total issue in a year IS given as 2Doo,oo11 tIe I
World. Tho total issue in Great Britain ior 1883 IS
ralaiycy nsgnihcanty small. l.. uoo,r
6 The g gGl al nio OF M c d T Pail Mai
Gazette" calls the press the great chamuer OF MI d
! tons "The new Journalism Is the striking phase
OF Matthew Arnold In his article IN the NAY nuloSr
OF The Nineteenth Century Tor lSci. lie speaks
of II AS Journalism OF the Ileal' and further adds
"Thc modern improvements IN journalism have con-
verted the whole world (civHzed) into vast agoIa
In which the discussion Of the affairs OF state IS fr0m
day to day carried on in the presence OF the whole
people, The pr,ss Of no Other country equals that
| ~ United states IN enterprise ana progress. Nr.
Frederick Hudson says: There Is no danger great
n rXu-dlfi0n too remote, too costly too extensive
| no Undertaking too vast ior the Anne team press
lie goes on to say, in sub stancc that II It be the
heart Of Africa TO Khva, through the forr2sscs OF
Siberia or to the North Polo. In the thlckest the
battlcs OF the Am-rican Rebellion; I'm Samoa. I'm San
! DominCO COIca and on the steppes OF Tarary, cor
" pondents are 10 be present preparing history
for ell time TO come. Thes' Journalistic deeds OF
darls have been recognized by tho Iron Cross from
| lie Emperor Of Germany, the gold medal of tho
ROYAL Geographical society OF England, the Order
Of stanlslaus from the Car OF Russia, end by the
| nerhaps no less acceptable checks OF the grea,
kanIrrs and merchant princes Of the United states.
. IL ne copS npeSs OF America we may ada that tho r.t
yewspaIcr in NewYorb State was not published in
NcwYorz CITY. but In the little village Of CooperS
,nun on OtsegO Lake This village wa. the homo
Of j. Fenmoro Cooper, who often set type, It Is
| eaA for It's columns Two other widely known mrn