Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24

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dsra-s, 49, the coba3enoe viii shiah La
spoks - shese thiugs / ooncluded that
Nhan Henry " Grady made puil.e
PRECISION y his fzitb IL Csir-st AID
took LIS place aI TIE bclv communion
10 ths Msthoi.sr church. he was hunsst aud
trulg CHRISTIAN That conversatau that
SUNDAY nlEht. nrsl IN tue carriage and thea
resumed a tas hotel. Impressed n- in such
way ttaG 81 heu ! sllgply heard of Is depart
ure. without auy ~ the partic al-rs. / oon-
clQ1sa that he was ready 70 20. 1 Warrant
there aas uo trlzat in the lsss exigeucN ouI
that ha f3u4d wl2I Is c3nuloaiy called THE
last enemy a good friend. aud ffouu lis holae
0u earth be wcat u 4 houle IA heavvn. les.
M. Grady NOS only demonstrated mat al
editor NAV be a Christian but tAat a very
zrsat intellect Gay be- gospallEed Hls men-
Ia canac.gs was - wonderful 10 vas almost
starting I nave bosu WIKI hlu in active
conversation, while az the same time he VAS
debating ~ . sIenographer editorials Tor lhs
Atlanta Constitution. But that Intellect vas
- ashamed % bow ~ Christ Among his
Last dtlng utterauces was request Tor the
PRAYERS ol the churches IN MS behalf
GIADsroNEs WONDERFUL TESTIMONY
There uas that particular quality in him
that vou 30 NOT and IA more than one person
out u hundreds az thousands namely per
sonsl magnetism. People have tried 10 de-
fac that quality and always failed, YET We
have al felt Its power. There are some per-
sons who have only q enter room or step
upon "a platform or into u pulpit, aud YOU are
thrilled by their presence, and when they
speak your nature responds aud YOU cannot
help IT, What Is the peculiar influence with
which such magnetic person takes hold ~
social groups and audiences Without at
tempting 10 define this which Is indeiinable
viii say 1t seems 10 correspond 10 the waves
OF air set IN motion by the voice or the move
neuts Of the body. just Ike that atmos-
| pbcri. vibration is the moral or spiritual
| vibration which rolls out from the soul Of
what we call a magnetic person. As there
may be cord or rope binding bodies to-
! gether there may be an invisible cord bind
ing souls. A magnetic man throws IL over
| others as hunter throws IA lasso. Mr.. Grady
was surcharged with this influence. and it
was employed for patriotism and Christian
ity and elevated purposes.
You may not know why, in the converse
| ton which / had with Mr. Gladstone a few
weeks ago, he uttered these memorable words
/ about Christianity, some Of which were ca
! bled 10 America. be was speaking in reply
! 10 this remark ! said. Mr.. Gladstone, we
are told in America by some people that
1 Christianity does very well for weak minded
men and children in the infant class, but is
not fiji for stronger minded men. but when
we mention YOU. OF such large intellectually.
Z as being a pronounced friend of religion, we
| silence their batteries" Then Mr Gladstone
stopped on the hillside, where We were exer-
csing. and said: The older grow the more
/ confirmed | am in my faith IN religion.
'Sir," said he. with flashing eye and uplift
cd hand, "talk about the questions Of
the day, there is but one question,
and that is the Gospel. That can
and will correct everything Do you have
| any Of that dreadful agnosticism in American
| Having told him we had. he went on 70 say:
| Il am profoundly thankful that none Of my
! children or kindred have been blasted by 10.
/ ! am glad 70 say that about all the men at
the top in Great Britain are Christians
Why. sir he said, Il have been IN public
position fifty-eight years and forty seven
years in the cabinet Of the British govern
ment, and during those forty-seven years
| have been associated with sixty Of the master
minds Of the century, and all but five of the
! sixty were Christians" He then named the
! four leading physicians and surgeons Of his
| country. calling them by name and remark
ing upon the high qualities of each Of them,
and added: They are all thoroughly Chris
tian.' Ny friends, think it will be quite
respectable for a little longer to be the friends
Of religion. William L. Gladstone, Chris
/ tian; Henry W Grady. a Christian What
the greatest of Englishmen said Of Eng
/ land Is true OF America and Of all Christen-
| dom. The men at the 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, tho most eminent OF
I the merchants, and there are no better men
! in all our land than some Of those who sit In
/ editorial chairs. And if that does not CORE
/ spOnd with your acquaintanceship, am sorry
| that you have fallen into bad company. In
/ answer 70 the question put last spring: Can
/ a secular journalist be a ChristianT / not
! only answer in the Affirmative. but | assert
! that SO great are the responsibilities Of that
! profession. 50 infinite and eternal the conse-
! quence~ Of their obedience or disobedience of
! the words If my text: take thee great
| roll. and write in it with man S pen. g and 50
many are the surrounding temptations. that
the men Of no other profession more deeply
| need the defenses and the re-enforcements of
| the grace Of God.
HOW THE JOURNAL AIDS THE PREACHER
| And then look at the opportunities Of jour
nallsn praise the pulpit and magnify my
| Office. but state fact which you all know
when say that where the pulpit touches one
| person the press touches five hundred The
vast majority of people DO not 20 70 church.
1 but Ali intelligent people read tho newspapers
/ While. therefore. the responsibility q the
ministers Is great. the responsibility II editors
/ and reporters is greater Come brother josIr-
/ nalisis and get your ordination not ~ the
/ laying on of human hands but bT tho laying
+ on u the hands II tho Almighty. To you is
/ committed the precious reputation of mon
/ and the more precious reputation -
women. Spread before orr children sn
/ elevated literature Make sin appear dis
Tl.finQ and virtue admirable believe
/ good rather than evil While you show
! I'D the hvpoorivies of tha church. show up
/ tbe stupendous hypocrisies outside 4 the
church Re not. as some of you are the mere
] echoes ~ Fao"' HFihifl- uAhe bHHh- oFth-
I ION Tlef the great roll o. which you write
/ With = mans pen he a message ~ light and
/ liberty and kindness and a. swai1e-lus -
/ moral cower But who Is sufficient for these
I thingsl Not one = you without divine help
T Rut get that influence sDd tbe editors and re-
I porterz can e. ~ aui take this world Pr
I sod and the truth. The mightiest opPortB
nifty ia 81 the void for usefalness today "a
+ -ren before editors snd reporters and pub-