Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-03-28
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Another blessing OF the newspaper is the
foundation il lays for accurate history Of
the time in which WE live We for tho
most part hlindly guess about the ages
that antcdatr ihe newspaper ana arc dc.
pendent upon the prcjudicrs Of this or that
historian. But after loo or POO years what
splendid opportunity the historian will
have to teach the people the lesson Of this
day. Our BancrofiS got from the early
newspapers OF this country, from the Bus
ton News Letter, the New York Gazette
and The American Rag Bag and Royal
Gazetteer and independent Chronicle and
Massachusetts Spy and the Philadelphia
Auorra accounts Of Pcrry'~ victory aud
llamilton's duel and Washington's death
and Boston massacre and the oppressive
foreign tax on luXuries which turned Bos-
ton harbur into II teapot and Paul RcVcre's
midnight ride and Rhode Island rebellion
and South Carolina nullification But
what "a field for the chroniclcr Of the great
future when he opens the files of loo stand
ard American newspapers, giving tho
minuti;n of all things occurring under the
social, political, ecclesiastical, intcrnation-
al headngs Five hundred years from
now If the world lasts 81 long. tho student
looking for stirring. decisive history will
pass by the misty corridors Of other cen
turics and say To the libraries, Find mo
the volumes that give the century in which
the American presidents were assassinat-
ell, tho civil war enacted, and the cotton
gin, the steam locomotive and telegraph
and electric pen and telephone and cylinder
presses were invented.
Christian Press.
Once more | remark that a good news
paper is n blessing as an cyangclistic in
iluence You know there IS great change
In our day taking place All the secular
newspapers Of the day-for am not speak
ing now of the religious ncwspapers-all
the secular newspapers Of the day discuss
all the question Of God. eternity and tho
dead, and all the questions of tho past,
present and future. There is not u single
doctrine of theology but has been discussed
In the last ten years by the secular news
papers of the country. They gather up all
the news of all the earth bearing on rrli-
giuus subjects, and then they scatter the
news abroad again.
Tho Christian newspaper will he the
right wing Of the apocalyptic angel The
cylinder of the Christianzcd printing
press will he the front wheel uf the Lords
chariot. taksthc music uf this day. and
creSccndu. 4 pastor on sabbath breaches
To "a few hundred or - few thousand people,
and on Monday or during the week tho
printing press will take the same sermon
and preach IL to millions Of people God
speed the printing press tod save tho
printing prcSsl God ChriStianize the
printing press.
When SEE the printing press standing
!
60; hcring up iSatcrial ana tho lightning
express traii. ON the other side waiting for
the tons of folded sheets 81 newspapers, |
pronounce it the mightic>t force in our
civilization. - | commend you to pray
for all those who manage the newspapers
II the land, { all typcsrttcrs, for all re-
portcrs, for all editors, for all publishers,
that. sitting or standing IN positions Of
such great inily nee. they may rive All
that influence f0.' Gad and tho hc,termcnt
OF the human race. hr aged woman max
ing her Twin: hy knitting uuwouud tho
yarn from the ball until she found In tho
center of the hall there was On Old piece ~
newspaper. She opened il and read an
advertisement which announced That she
had become hc,-eSS TO large property.
and thai fra.ircut Of newspaper lifted
her from raugcr!-m to aillUoucg. And |
do not know hut as the thread II time un-
rolls ANA uuwinds litilc farther through
the silent yet speaking newspaper may hc
found the vast inheritance OF the worlds
redemption
Jesus shall reign whcrr,r the sun
Docs hi Successive Journeys run.
Hi, kingdom stretch from shore u shore
Till SutISA hal rise and SGT no more.