The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-01
..rst for the prayers Of the churches in his

that you do not findin morethan one person
out OF hundreds of th3usands-namely, per-
sonal magnetism. People have tried to de-
fine TINT quality, and always failed. vet We
have ell felt its power. There are some per
sons who have only to enter q room or step
upon q platform or into q pulpit and you are
thrilled by their presence, and when they
speak your nature rel ponds and you cannot
help il. What is the peculiar influence with
which such Q magnetic person takes hold OF
social groups and audiences2 Without Mt
tempting to define this, which 10 indefnable,
! Will say it seemsto correspond to the waves
of air set in motion by the voice or the
movements Of the body. just like that
atmospheric vibration is the moral
or spiritual vibration which rolls out from
the soul of what we call q magnetic person.
Al there may be q cord or rope binding bod
les together, there may be an invisible cord
binding souls. A magnetic man throws it
over ms q hunter throws u lasso. Mr.. Grady
was surcharged with this influence, and it
was employed for patriotism and Christian
ity and elevated purposes.
fon may not know why, in the converse
ton which l had with Mr.. Gladstone o few
weeks ago., heuttered these memorable words
about Christianity, some of which were
cabled to America. He was speaking in re-
ply to this remark: ] said, "Mr. Gladstone,
Christianity does very well for weak minded
men and children in the infant class, but it is
not fit for stronger minded men; but when
we mention you Of such large intellectual
ity, as being q pronounced friend Of religion,
we silence their batteries" Then Mr.. Glad
stone stopped on tho hillside where We were
exercising and said: "The older I grow. tho
more confirmed l am in my faith in religion
"Sir." said he, with flashing eye and uplifted
hand, 'ralk about the questions Of the day,
there j. but one question, and that is the
Gospel. That can and will correct every.
thing. Do you have any of that dreadful
agnosticism in America?" Having told him
we had, he went on to say: II am profoundly
thankful that none of my children or kindred
have been blasted by it. I am glad to say
that about all the men at the top in Great
Britain are Christians. Why. sir" he
said, u have been in public posi-.
ct Of the BRristish e governmen n.' a, and during
those ~ years / have been associated with
60 ofthe master minds of the century, and
all but five of the so were Christians" He
then named the four leading physicians and
surgeon of his country, calling them by
name n re1narkina nPosn the high qualities,
thoroughly Christians" My friends, l think
it will be quite respectable for q little longer
to be the friends of religion. William E.
Gladstone, a Christian; Henry W. Grady, q
Christian. What the greatest Of Englishmen
said of England is true of America and oil
CuflsIenuOW- LIE men aU Uno Top are
the friends of God and believers in
the sanctities of religion, the most
eminent of the lawyers, the most eminent of
the doctors, the most eminent of the mer-
chants, and there are no better men in all our
land thar some of those who sit in editorial
chairs. And if thatdoes not correspond with
your acqnaintanceship, l am sorry that you
have fallen into bad company. In answer to
the question put last spring. Can q secular
Journalist be q Christian?" Inotonly answer
in the Affirmative, but / assert that SO great.
are the responsibilities of that profession, SO
intimate and eternal the consequence of their
obedience or disobedience of the words of my
text, take thee q great roll, and write in It
with 9 mans PEN" and go many are the sur
rounding temptationsxthat the men of no
other profession more deeply need the de-
fenses and the reenforcements Of the grace of
God. s&a@ - g.
And then look at the opportunities OF jour
nalism. praise the pulpit and magnify nay
office, but ! state a fact you oil know when
son the press touches 500. The vast major.
ity of people do not 60 to church, but ali in
telligent people read the newspapers. While,
The re:ore. the responsibility of the ministers
is great, the responsibility of editors and re-
porters is greater. Come, brotherjournalists,
and get your ordination. not by the laying
on OF m hands, but by the laying on of
tho hands of the Almighty, To you is COM
mitted the precious reputation of men and
the more precious reputation of women.
Spread before our children an elevated lit
e%rature. Make sin appear disgusting and
virtue admirable. Believe good rather than
evil. While you show up the hypocrisies of
the church, show up the %stupendous hypocri-
sizes outside the church. Be not, as some Of
you are, the mere echoes of public opinion;
make public opinion. Let the great roll on
which you write with q mans pen be a mess
age Of light and liberty and kindness and an
awakening OF moral power: But who is sui
fcient for these things? Not one OF you
without divine help. But get that influence
and the editors and reporter rs car go up and
take this world for GOO and the truth. The
mightiest opportunity in all the world for
usefulness to-day is open before editors and
reporters n publishers, whether of knowl-
edge on foot, as in the book, or knowledge
on the wing, as in the newspaper. / pray
God, men OF the newspaper press, whether
you hear or read this sermon, that you may
rise up to your full opportunity, and that
you may be divinely helped and rescued and
blessed. 49, <;E ,&z- 4
Some one might say to me: "How can
you talk thus OF the newspaper press, when
treated and misrepresentation" l answer that
in the opportunity the newspaper press OF
this country and other countries have given
me week by week to preach the gospel to
the nations, / am put under SO much obliga.
ton that / deJy all editors and reporters,
the world over. to write anything that shall
call forth from me one word Of bitter retort
from now till the day Of my death, Myopin-
ion ID, that all reformers and religious teach
ers, instead or spending 30 much time and
energy in d~enouncing the press. had better
spend more time in thanking them Tor what
they ave done for the worlds intelligence
and declaring their magnificent opportunity
and, urOinu THAR omnlOvn,p1,t nf IL nn fnr
benefcent and righteous purposes.
Again remark that Henry w. Grady
stood for Christian patriotism, irrespective
OF political spoils. He declined nil official
reward. He could have been Governor If
Georgia, but he reused it. He could have
been senator of the United States, but declin-
ed It: He remained plain Mr.. Grady. Near
" oil the other orators ofthe political arena,
rs soon as the elections are over, go to
Washington, or Albany, OF Harrisburg. or
Atlanta, to get in city or state or nation
al Office reward for their services, and not
getting what they wan spend the rest OF
that administrator in pouting about the
management of public affairs orcursing Har-
rison or Cleveland. When the great political
campaigns were over Mr.. Grady vent home
to his newspaper. He demonstrated that If
is possible to toll for principals which he
sthoughtto be right, simply because they
were right. Christian patriotism is too rare
g coMmodlCy In Tins Surely
the joy Of living under such free in
stitutions al those established here
ought to be- enough reward for Political fdel-
lily. Among NIL the great writer's that
stood at the last presidential election on
Democratic and Republican platforms,
recall in your mind ten who were not
themselves looking for remunerative mp
lpointments. Aye, You can count them all
Of the fingers Of one hand. Themost Illus
trious specimen of that style of man for the
last ten years was Henry w. Grady.
Again, Mr.. Grady stood for the new South
and was just whnu We want to meet three
other men, one to speak for the new North,
the new West The bravest speech made for
the Inst n11arrar of a centurR vas that made