The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-26
|MAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON.
ELOQUENT DISCOURSE.
"Nowspapcrs and Their In
nucnce."

<.,Ana the wheels were.full OF eyes.
10. "For all the Mhenians and
4 which were there spent their time
!. else but either 90 tell or to hear
<thing. Acts xviii, Il.
n preacher to do when he finds two
<oIly good and suggesttveH In that
y flake both. Wheels full OF eyesP
{tbe wheels Of a newspaper print
other wheels are blind. They
S,,,Iino or crushing. The manufac-
II grinds the operator
rues and rolls over nerve and mus
kpne and heart, not knowing what
{Tbe sewing machine wheel secs not
AMI mains fastened TO it-tighter
Iband that moves II, sharper than
!. which 1t plies. Every moment OF
Of avery day Of every month OF
II there are hundreds Of thousands
1 Of mechanism. wheels Of enterprise.
1 hard work. in motion, but they are
, ,the wheels ot the printing press.
nirs business H. 10 look and report.
1 tull Of optic nerves, from axle TO
q They are like those spoken OF by
Ss ful Of eyes. sharp eyes. near
h. .lchted. They look up. They
Ia. They look far away. They take
IN, street and the next hemisphere.
efiticiam. eyes OF investigation. eyes
a,le with mirth, eyes glowering with
H.. owes tender with love. eyes OF
u. eve. Of hope, blue eyes, black
Nm ewes, holy eyes. evil eyes, sore
litical eyes, literary eyes, historical
Hgious eyes. eyes that sec every
r'And the wheels were full OF eyes
by second text Is the worlds cry for
bpaper. Paul describes Il class of
4 Athens who spent their time either
ring the news or telling II. Why
IL In Athcns2 Because, the more in
|people become, the more inquisi-
n nrc-not about small things, but
lng~.
hestion then most frequently is the
now most frequently asked. What
Iwsy To answer that cry is the text
uewsf qper the centuries have put
4. 10 work. China flrst succeeded
M pekin newspaper that has been
every week for 1000 years, printed ON
ome succeeded by publishing The
nrpa. In the same column putting
,urdcr-. marriages and tempests.
succeeded by physician writing out
! Of the day for his patients. Eng
,ceeded under Queen Elizabeth in
blishing the news OF the Spanish
ami going on until she had enough
-. when the battle OF Waterloo was
deciding the destiny Of Europe. to
,ne-third of column In the London
, Chronicle. about as much rs the
1er- Of our day gives of a small fire.
succeeded by benjamin Harris's first
paper called Public Occurrences, pub
n Boston in 1890, and by the first
he American Advertiser, published
ielphla In 1884. '''s
cwspaper did not suddenly spring
g world. but came gradually. The
sical line Of the newspaper Is this:
IN Of the race was a circular or news
reated by divine impulse in human
and the circular begat the pamphlet,
pamphlet begat the quarterly, ami
lrterly begat the weekly. and the
legat the semi-weekly, aud the semi-
Jegat the daily. But alas, by what n
J II came to ite present development2
sohad its power been demonstrated
- a. ,yd superstition shackled 1t.
Es\yt. Z despotism 80 fears and
rdoth arsress. 1t has too many
loi, A,Aou r,--Ar. a .,,fvat >S7rfeer -dccfared
king OF Naples made II unsafe for
yrite OF anything but natural his
ustria could not endure Kossuth's
site pen pleading for the redemp-
Hun gary. Napoleon l., trying 20
iron heel on the neck Of Nations.
ditors are the regents OF sovereignS
tutors OF Nations and are only ~ for
But the battle for the freedom OF
5 was fought in the court rooms OF
and America and decided before
tury began by Hamilton's eloquent
= j. Peter Zenger's Gazette IN
, AMI Er-kins's advocacy Of the
of publication in England.
were the Marathon and Their
b which the free ,om OF the press
lb,.shel in the United States ami
riialn, ard all the powers Of earth
will never again be able 10 put on
dcufs and hopples Of literary ami
drsQ5tism. 1t Is notable that
Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration
.endeaoe, wrote also: III | had to
between a government without news
Y newspapers without a government,
prefer the latter Stung hy some
coming 10 Us in print. we
write or speak OF the unbrdlcd
press; or, our new book ground up
Unjust critic. We come 60 write or
the untairness of the printing press;
aps, through our own iudistiHctnr-s
lnce, We are reported rs saving iu,,
l'ite Of what we did say. anl there is
riot OF samicolous, hyphrus and
, ana we come TO speak or write pf
drrlng printing press; or. seeing "a
HE'D with divorce cases or social
we speak and write Of thu tllthy
press or, seeing journal ,bhrIugh
wheel round from one political side
'her IN one night, we speak OF tho
printing press, and many talk about
poonry, and the empiricism. and the
ottl'm Of the printing press.
discourse now on Il subie't you have
fard-theimmeasurable and eyerlast-
sing Of Il good newspaper. Thnn;
the wheel full OF eyes. Thank God
90 not have, like the Athouiau.. 10
! 70 gather M AMI relate the tidings
hy, since the omnivorous new plner
'th ior us. The grandesJ TEMPORAL
that God has given 10 the nineteenth
i the newspaper. We would have
appreciation Of this blessing Il we
DC money, the brain. the losses, the
ttlohs, the anXieties, the wear and
lehrtstrlngs, involved in the pr0due-
u Sood newspaper. Undert the in.
thht almost anybody can make
'er' scores OF experienced capiial-
ry year enter the lists, and cor.r-
durinS the last few years n nevs.
Is died almost every day. The dis
pidemic. The larger papers swallow
Ter ones, the whale taking down nrty
! az one swallow, with more than
lies and weeSliesinth the United States
hdh, there are but th'rty.slx a half
old. Newspapers do not average
IN I've years existence. The most
die OF cholera in'antum. II IL high
( the people found out that thomOst
ul way 10 sink money and keen II