Telegram-herald., 1890-07-19

terances Of the TaLEeKAa-HEEALD, DO
We cal upon tie clergy u take up The
Sunday paper a. their ally 70 teach
the doctrines Of any church.
IL has never been done, never VIII DC
done, and never can be done with sue
cess TO any newspaper. Papers are pub
llshed for al to read, and Il would be
suicide for any newspaper 10 try 70
teach the doctrines oi the Episcopal,
the Methodist, the Catholic or any
other church.
Referring 10 our issue Of july Is, you
ask. What WAS there IL Il demanding
sunday Issue 10 give i publicity
Everything Every article there de-
manded 10 be published that day, be
cause, while very few readers perused
every article, yet without doubt, every
article in that paper was perused 10y
some reader or class OF readers, before
TIE sun sank IN the West. Ihe people
demand II. and why should not tne de-
mand for food for the mind be satisfied
On Sunday, just as well as the demand
for food for the body on that day. You
may say that people should 20 10
church." but all of them won't 20 10
church, and some OF them Will read
newspapers.
The Suaday Sun is paper published
on Saturday. There are many copies
OF il sold in Grand Rapids every week
DO you not think that there would be
more copies Of this paper bought for
Sunday reading, II the IELEGRAN-HE ER-
AID had no Sunday lssuey Itls reason
able 10 suppose there would be, and
hence. If this paper furnishes readers,
better class of articles than ls pub
hshed in the Sunday San, IT'S influence
IS Tor good. You Viii notice that
IN argument we are not assuming any
great degree OF sanctity.
You say "Blll Nye's" letter and
"Staniey's Wedding" could very easily
have been marked "hOld over Tor next
issue" again, SUNDAY Services were
unnecessarily announced, as the pre-
vious evening papers gave the same
particulars" AS well might We say
the pscopal Church Is no use or you,
DR.. Fair, may as we'll die; the Baptlsts
or the MethOdlsts can save all the SIN
ners, or your pulpit can lie az well filled
by another. If i Is of any value for
people 10 read announcements of sun
day services. or If this paper Is as bad
as YOU try to make IL, II would seem a.
| If readers of the IELEGRAI-H HERALD
would need Sunday services" as much
as anybody.
so you would "hold over for Mon
days issue" Nye's letter and stanley 5
wedding. Why, DR.. Fair, that would
be desecrating the Sabbath more than
we do now. The employees OF a Sun
day paper work only about three or
four hours on Sunday on that issue;
that IS until 3 or 4 O'Clock Sunday
morning, while the employees on a Mon
day morning paper necessarily work
from six to ten hours every Sunday
afternoon and night.
In your second query, "helpful ally'
is an expression of your own coinage.
| We are not that nor do we ann TO be,
but the pictures Of ten pugilists with all
their nude lndecency," we think, are
| far less in their influence for bad or in
| their ability TO stir the passions OF men
than the attire, or lack of attire of
many fashionable ladies as seen IN
their photographs everywhere.
| We presume there were many other
!
appreciate democratic sympathy
and your compliment 10 the "Observer"
we pass by without comment. The
writer was out OF town, as you well
| knew, when you wrote your letter.
You say 1.-THE major part OF your
objection to Sunday papers, would be
removed if the Sunday paper gave the
| public "pure reading" 1t remains for
4 ~
| have given impure reading, and when
you do, we will acknowledge that the
influence of the paper containing said
"impure reading" is bad. We do not
maintain that our issue of July l3 OF
| that of any oIher date contained
religious teaching" but the influence
| of the TELEGRAM-HERALD Is for
good nevertheless. 1t does teach
good morals, justice, law and right in
ITS every issue. 1t is doing more for the
spreading of christianity, III It's broad
est sense, than many churches COM
bined. 1t exerts greater influence for
| good, ii prevents more crime, u IS more
liberal and chrlstlan-ilke N its acts and
! teachings than many a man who at
tacks it. The murderer and robber arc
held in check by fear of the law, bat
| there are many crimes winch tne Jaw
and the church cannot or do not reach.
The Shvlock. who takes the bed from
| beneath the sick mother, is held in
check by fear OF newspaper publicity
and many a contemplated wrong rs
| through tins wholesome fear, never
committed The social evil is one OF
the greatest problems for the thinkers
of the age, but how do the church and
newspaper compare in their influence
to control such wrongs. It has beer
frequently charged that in the shadow
Of the church these things flourish Ike
a green bay tree, bat 1t must be &C
knowledged that the oit deplorec
"sensauonalism Of newspapers rs q
greater terror 10 evil doors than all tao
ministers of Grand Rapids combined.
HE COULDN'T RIDE.