The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-14

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So far will we have gone i'll 1893 that all oil
North America will be under one govern
m,nt, man; ced by 1. council consisting OF a
few men. Our great lakes and rivers VIII
pour their waters through numberless chan,
nels for easy carriage of heavy things. The
pc, pie will own and manage all instri.
uneuts Of commerce, every means for sup
Ulying public needs, an sources of flel sup
ply and all unused lands. Lines of traffic
will he Strengthened and highways i'm
proved, speed increased and safety secured,
mel will navigate the air and smoke VII!
be suppressed.
Motion will supply light, heat and power,
and there will he III waste Of fuel; money
changers will be shorn Of their power, for
then money will be made of cheap and
abundant material and limited to its proper
uses, there will be no usury nor mortgage.
the year of jubilee will have come: large
landed estates will have disappeared. one
acre OF arabic land will support one person,
justice will be dealt to all alike and taxa
ton will be limited to natural sources Of
livelihood-as land ard water: the time OF
daily toll will De shortened to four or five
hours; al. willing hands will bc employed
and cffo.t will be ease.
Onward and upward will move the niul
tiplying millions of earth, impelled by indi
viduai sclfishncss to minister to one an
others wants till trade is free and mems
leading ambition will be to serve one an
other. Thcn the ma. sIs will be one. strikes
will be un..-.own and poverty forgotten,
Great private fortunes will become historic,
for men will have learned the art of just dis
tribuiion. and there will he enough for all
". \. PETER.
Professor Briggs on sunday Newspaper.
from Our New York Correspondent
Professor Briggs does not care to say
much about the results of what is called
the higher criticism upon rpligiousthought
in the next century, although it is known
that he believe, that before many years
have pas-et! accurate scholarship. exhaust
i've research and intelligent criticism will
be welcomed rs an aid rather than IL hin.
drance to religious Development. There is
one thing, however. about which Professor
Briggs has spoken to your correspondent
freely, and that is the power of the press. He
said:
| have learned since the proceedings in
which my writings have been involved to
realize more than | ever did before what
the power and influence of the newspaper
press are. have found that its desire is to
report great events in the religious rs well
as other fields OF activity fully and with
accuracy, and ] have no doubt that this
tendency will continue. II it does. the in.
stitution j, TO have greater influence in the
future than in the past.
But ] have been especially interested in
the development of the Sunday press,
which is comparatively recent. At first !
was preiudiced against it. and | would not
permit any reading of these Sunday news.
papers. Whether it is regrettable or not, |
now realize that the Sunday press is "a PEI
manent institution; thut thousands Of re.
ligioas people recognize and approve it, and
that il can be made II power FOR vast good.
My hope ami III liri is that in the next
century it viii be cultivated by person, of
high character and b. made one OF the .n-
gines Tor the dissemination of religious and
moral truths and Information, 50 thai per
sons of such inclination can rely upon il for
those things which they desire. and mean
while its influence vii! reach in this dircc-
ton others who are not of religious DISPOSE
ton.
think that good men, recognizing that
the Sunday press has come To stay. will
undertake to make it an influence for good,
~ unques;ionably it can become. Its tend
ency is certainly in the right direction. for
the Sunday press contains now matirrsuit-
able Tor the reading of those of moral and
religious inclination. and there are sermons
To be found III many of the news reports
printed in these isst;es.