New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19
CAyAN EDITOR BE 4 CHRISTIAN
THE EDITOR or 1.-THE MAIL AND EXPRESS
ANSWERS WITH BIG "YEs.
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ANSwERs WITH ZIG YES.
Co,ope, Elliott F. scpad in Frank Loslc's illustrated
Newspaper.
rno question should 10 answered by tho mono.
s,i.hIc tsejrmaiiyc IN three DttorB and that Yos"
printed IN a whole column by ITSELF TO call attention
Tbrstian esiIUn may at times have To use strong
sdiectiyek as ell artist who would paint name muhl
ncesssry 70 cRr0icIr grave crimes, and ohF evosts
in orIer u give lis rG.Hs an adequate mirror %
the world and excite ther indignation agAIlSi SI'h
deeds lie may sometimes make h'4StA1rS In h.S
Judgements Of mcn and tlcr motives, but when con
hoDor 20 do them Justice, md disgrar" to continue
their pervcrslon. lie Will encourage charity III u'
H. viii re quick TO dc-rct the good which Is In
everybody ana all thing ,., 20 mater x nGT
doing. though It BE- in AZ oppornIt
or rival lie viii stand for the ConSututon ana The
laws for the inviolaDhty Of the ballot either III Us
and tuhhllncss for everything that is lovely ana Oh
good report lie VIII neither himself be, nor alio"
any one in his employment to be, dishonest or 1ii
truthful, subvcrsiye Of any Of tho laws 81 Cod ~
Guiding the Fourth Comm andm'h,, ~ , W.. Wro I
herald the good bright happy noble t1inEi IN u o
world and 10 tell good things Of cveLyDody DrinG 10
lie win be a helper In the community tho biarr w
OF mems hearts and lhter up OF their Hes' hD WI.
protect the dcfencelcss. file VIII sex his conhu
welfare as It Is given to him to see that welfare, o
VIII endeayOr to dhgsc i h' ,n spT M S nnhSS
guardianship over the national honor at home ana
sbroad, 10 financial, industrial Commercial Soo'sL
make marriage attractive, as Gods first blessed
Institution among mankind lie Will Try 10 MAKE e'"IS
ono feel that there can be no success III aII l5
copt along the lines Of duty and Of i0Nc lie VIII uy
TO make men, women and children feel that dishnhor
alone Is disaster, and welcomes alone Is shAhleIui
that purity alone honorable that goodness alone Is
that bcnsvOlCnCe Is greater uah EMMY
that truth Is better than fasehOUd; u-.s poverty Is
impossible With q jealous spirit; that tho giving Of
ttRcs is obligatory upon all men, matter how large
ar how small may their Income, that faith Is q
necessary precedent TO success.
Still an editor may be, or cndcavOr to do, all these
things and yet not be Christian. Christianity IS
too Infinite thing TO settle down into earthly forms
no matter how Ingenious or ethereal Christianity
ia tho state of loving Cod supremacy and ones
neghbor as ones self But neither any other man
nor an editor arrive al thai slate merely through
tho process indicated above. Christianity can only
be obtained by repentance Of sin, and faith in our
glorious Lord Jesus Christ and the regeneration Of
the Holy Spirit. II man OF that kind is editor
then he viii be the Kind Of al editor described above
but all those things will not mako him that kind Of
a He has got 10 become a Christian through
the same simple process as shoemaker. hOdrarrcr,
miner. or lliterate. And yet II l. true that
editor Of this last description cannot be such unless
be is q Christian
The reader may ask for some Illustration OF A
Christian editor Now, ! would Instance among
othen. Philip Schaf, OF the prolific writers
and editors Of this century, and In all hts volumes
Of writings would defy anybody 10 put A finger
upon = single sentiment that docs not appear clearly
TO emAnate from q Christian spirit and with a Chr.
tlan motive In the weekly prrSs OF our country /.
much larger percentage Of christian editors Il found
hsn In the daily. And Vet In nearly every daily
press there vii! be a. least nor, writers or
editors who Christians. and they sustain tho
In the paper although their influence NAV not be
understood or acknowledged BY their associates.
Lot US hope that all tho editors OF tho country are
or may speedily become. true Christians