Telegram-herald., 1890-07-30

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thank voa for tie courtesy u youT
columns bs TIE insertion ot my letter
On the above tops, snd Tor the eoa-
insnts yoa have % freely offered
tnereon-
as ny ume and youf space are eaeA
valuable, allow ne ~ pax 1stssig M
answer q year reply.
Flsst-TLzt enyelops l used, and
f.c-s. anls of shcA yea sAsAieloosly ,
urint. vas not shIo4dius &Dy hldcel
nlystery against sunday papers. leu
,eesa .l tank there MAS SON e,nlDg 10
ii. ue.. lBere wass bat L MAS ny letter.
Ihc saxel0pe was used beiore by being
seag Is me. sent i 10 yoa ~ save =
nem cas-. tass i Oh.
sreoad H0ursusp splclcns were aroused
fy special messenger delivering
the letter and .'after careful eOnsidela-
ton" you make a note OF u. The
.'sDcelal messenger" MAS my valued
fellow worker IA ST. Marks. lie l. an
important parsonage, We could not do
wit4out h.ia; cut As visit 10 your Office
lad 10 significance whatever.
Ih.rd - You repudiate the word
- .y' n the possible alliance OF the
clergy and tae sunday paDer. You
used the phrases "the two NJ ght work
together adysntageOusly, and again.
work harm0nl0usly together"
wrote the word ''ally". Why object 10
it2 IS il not shorter, moro terse and
more suggestive. Ii IS brief Tor the
penny y-an-lner, II Is IntClllgibie tor
the reader.
Funrlh-YOu accuse me of urging
the SUNDAY paper 10 teacn 'sectarian
doctrine" 1 challenge you 70 quote
one line from nay whole letterauth0riz-
ing the assertion. Produce one word
to prove your position and you disproye
mine. ] ann an kplScopalian church
man, / was defending Methodist pro-
cedure. Was that "sectarian"Y IN one
OF my four sermons on yesterday
urged attendance at some place of
public worship, Roman or Protestant.
Was that 'sectarian"2 In the language
OF Congressman, II amt built that
way"
Fifth--I asked why you published
your Sunday paper. You reply. The
people demand It." Then you are being
led and are not leadingl You simply
hand over the editorial counter what
ever the Sunday customer asks for: YOU
do not seek TO instruct HIM by selecting
matter from your own great degree OF
sanetl,y"! | am afraid my "ally" is
weak.
Sixth-You are also not good You
acknowledge in self-condemnlng Ian
guage that by your present work on
the Sunday Paper" you are "desecra-
ting the Sabbath" Your own words)
Directors to Sunday papers have strong
grounds for their opposition when the
editor OF the TELEGRAM-HERALD pub
licly Acknowledges IN his own print
that his work is "Desecrating the Sab
BATH
Seventh-You accuse me Of suggest
ing the same "desecratiOn" by asking
Tor the publication on Monday of what
you issue on Sunday. But II no paper
on Sunday-the point for which
contend, rather than have such Sun
day papers as are prlnted-could not
the work be done on Saturday? More
over, what labor could your compositors
have on "Boiler Plate" articles?
Eigntn-You accuse many fashion
able ladies of dressing more "lnde-
Gently" than nude pugihsts!" Are
you not trying TO be more sensational
than the Saturday rival you seek to
outse,l? leave the proper reply to the
hcartless sons and husbands of the
very fashionable ladies'"
Ninth-You account for the absence
of observer article, by stating he is
not in the city! How much l have to
learn about newspapers. | now know
that to write for the TELEGRAM-HERAL
you must be present in Grand Rapids.
Absence prevents correspondence. The
London Letter" and the Paris Cos
sip" must be written on Pearl-st.
Tenth-You asked me TO "show
where and when you havegiven impure
reading" The point urged was "pure
reading for Sunday hours" Allow me
sufficient space and can give you the
titles of numerous articles | advisedly
characterize as impure reading" for
Sunday; it may be suitable reading for
some other persons on other days, but
for all II is impure on Sunday. On this
ground is my main objection to the
present SUNDAY paper" make some
distinction about the fitness of things
for different occasions.
Eleventh. gratefully bear my testi-
mony TO the valuable preventive and
detective work done by newspapers as
gwen by you IN your closing remarks.
Religion prevents immortality by telling
men its SIN; by love Of the right. Re-
ligion prevents the commission Of
wrong. Newspapers accomplish the
same, and by making the wrong doer
fear that that his wrong will be ex-
posed. So far the newspaper and re-
ligion are working harmoniously to-
gether," but of the two methods | pre-
fer that of the latter.
Twelfth-If you consider that there
is nothing IN this letter, kindly remem-
ber IT is an answer to the "TELEGRAN-
HERALD's Reply"
l am yours most respectfully
CAMPBELL FAIR.
July q, 1890.