Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-10
PuW WEIR OF THE PRESS
Dr.. Landrum breaches a Special Sermon
on the Sunday Newspaper.
IT'S FIGHT FOR FREHpo"'
OF All Martyrs the knights Oh '"'
ouiu Have Bccn the N""'cs'-i "'
D.,Iy Paper speaks 4" "''''""''
s,,a re m Important Fnc-
TOR for Good.
tor for Good

,,,o dovnpour Of rain somewhat
- ,ha eizc OF the audience AZ Inv
60 sa,tist church Sunday Night ou'
,a,sr,rn carried out his rule OF al
~ .hi,c on the subject an
named and delivered one Oh ne t,,a
~ d,scourses on 'TimeN lop''' >,
s,,,ec, was. "The Sunday Ne"Sp"p','
~ ,ext was I. Corinthians, x 81
.y,,,,ber therefore yet eat or orlhK'
.,,,,a,,ar 70 do. DO all to the glory
- ca Give none offence hei'ner
% the Jews nor TO the Gentiies nor ~
tho church Of God.
Dr Ianarum said "Chrisuanity Is
1a,,c, Ninetoenth-century Christianity
4. nro-eminently conduct. IL j. NO. 49,. -.
- cburcb so much as conuuct-coHu"O'
hitch Is the illustration OF chalaC'e'..
cootch theologian says the IiVs' 30 -,
theoloey during the past I'M -,
may be traced IN the W. -, OH
81. truth the life. inc way ",
- In the Middle Ages. was polh's"
-, h,, the great outburat OF hsh, u. va. ~
Reformation. There came q p'o.,'s -,
.fbs ruth Now We are coming ~ l,
rolig,ons truth more simply III "9 ~"
ton to life. ...,e,,ntr
"Iife ~ no longer divisibie' iou oA,'
NOT separate 10 into secular lHc an
lielous life: into unholy iilc anu ~.
-, no. into Sunday life ana MohuaE
10 a., is one The Gospel OF the
so-c,led secular life breaches TWO uoO
- IN This tcxt-One mandatory anu
~ other prOh.hitive. the ilan"d'"t
Soc,,fne is simply this, DO all Tor the
CORY II Cod. the prohititory uo''ilne
declares respect for enlightened Oo,'
sciences. Give none oienc-' hei'hoi
tba lows nor TO The Gen;iles nor 10 'he
- NJ God These two doctrines
1n,o "a golden clasp. embrace all the com
,Dorss 81 law and Gospel in Vest-pockel
edition for daily use. Ioou lestiu 20
for the vestibules Of our churcheS' lVi
the llntels and door-posts OF our MONIES
for the tablets Of our hearts. II
vonld certainly be out OF place uhuci
noath the sign of a Sunday baf-room or
Htondav bar-roo,n or Saturday-nignt
bor-room. or a har-rOOm Of any descTlp-
ION al any time or place. You would
never EXPECT to find IL inscribed over
gambling he'll or a brOtheL There are
no stores open on Sunday That dare SUP
scribe TO the doctrine Of the text uiiles7
II be The drugstores. ana they Wouiu Ho1
do If If they peddle on that day cigars
or soda-vater. our government could
hardly carve the text over the pOst-oIlce
doors our railroads are not likely 10
nrint IL on Sunday Inail-trains or sunday
freipht-trains bearing such prlsNiDle
goods as coal and iron, topped 10y soil
tarv cabbage. Sunday excursion trains
crowded with Christian COMMITMENTS.
would hardly roll along to the music OF
wheels revolving TO tn glory Of God ana
the appreciation Of an enlightened con-
science. And then, not 10 multiply the
number Of practical applications the sun
day newspaper ought 20 come mo Inc
and Christianize itself and then let
press and pulpit combine to chrlsuanize
the manners and customs OF the peop'c
Of the community
HISTORY or THE NEWSPAPER.
The great question when Paul visited
Athens is the great question now: What
IS the news?' TO answer That question
the newspaper came into being China,
strange 10 say. led the way. There is a
newspaper printed on silk in Peking
that has been published every Weeh Tor
a thousand years. Ii is very weakly, as
well as very old Ancient Rome had a
newspaper. the Acta Diurna. Newspapers
hogan in France when a physician wrote
out the news for his patients. Like a
wise doctor he thought mental food good
for his sick folk. Newspapers began IN
England In the time OF queen Elizabeth
and contained an account OF the over
throw Of the Spanish Armada. The mist
American newspaper was publlsheo as d
weekly in Boston In 1890 and the nist
daily American newspaper was published
I'm Philadelphia in 1854. The first virginia
newspaper was published in WILLIAMSBURG
IN 1876 q weekly known as the Virginia
Gazette. The fret religious newspaper Is
sued in America came forth in 1914.
The newspaper is an evolution. IL is
not suddenly sprung into belhs. us seHo
alogv is thu7: The circular or newsletter
.a.. ~ and the utmlrltl ne
cat the quarterly, and the quarterly De
gat the monthly, and the monthly bega'
the weekly and the weekly besat th'
scmi-weelSly. and the semi-weekly pesa
the daily except Sunday. Then ule CNi
war I'm America begat the Sunday extra
with details from the last battle, ana th'
Sunday extra" begat the sunday odiy
THE STORY OF FREEDOM.
The history of the newspaper Is IN
story Of freedom. Thomas JeheIsoli, VI"
wrote the Declaration Of independence
a., wrote these words. IF ! had L
choose between a government withou
newcomers and newspapers without
eovsrnment | would prefer the latter
That is the voice OF freedom. a huhole muir,
years before a Virginia Governor, Sit W il
liam berkeley said. "Thank Coz we nav
neither free school nor prihuhs-P' ess' an
/ hone may not have for huhuTe
v.ars " That Is the voice Of despotsI
Freedom and a free press rise or IA
together French statesmen sara TO III
editors Of his nation during their erea
revolution: Suffer yourself 10 De biame.
imprisoned. condemned; suuef NouISel
even 10 be hanged; but publish your opif
IONS IL Is not rignt, II Is a uuty.
Martyr after martyr has lald doWh III
life 10 give the world a free press. sc
ence has mad its martyrs; medicine ma
had its martyrs and patriotism ana on
holv religion have had their martyrs. bu
IN all history, there nave peen 10 none
martyrs than those dauntless knights
tho oulll" who have exclaimed with NOR
courage than that of Patrick denr.
..Giye me liberty or give me death'
SCOPE OF THE NEWSPAPER.
Journalism is a necessity Of the age.
&c tbe book of the million None are Il
moor 10 buy a newspaper. Newspapers al
road when nothing else is read. News
papers are sent by thousands throrsh II
mails instead OF letters. ana they al
with many very many the only mcdiui
or communication. All the people rea
NJ NEWSPAPERS. The old man looks X
me Deaths; the young look 10 the ma
RACES. the stock broker looks TO N
money column; the buyer 10 the adVe
t.sements; the thinker looks 10 the ca
toriais: the unemployed look 20 the want
and the Christian looks all through 10 81
what God Is doing among the nation
and whether the world BE- really swingif
around into the light of the glorious Go
pei.
The newspaper is the university q
tension" OF the people. Ideas, 10y NEAR
OF newspapers. become cosmopolitan. a
n II