Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-12-02

will he no more use for their mission,
the world itself having become a flying
roll ON the tcmpests of the last day,
going out of existence. There will he
no more use for such agencies when
the world ceases, because, in the spir-
itual state, We shall have such velocity
that we can gather for ourselves all
the news of Heaven. or. seeing some
world in conilagration, MAY 80 our
selves in an instant In examine person
ally the scene of disaster.
Was there room for another religious
journal in the land, already favored
with the highest style of religious
journalism? oh. yes, il undrnomina-
tional, plenty of room. Nothing can
ever take the place of the dcnomina-
tional newspaper. When the millcn-
MUM comes in ii will find as many de-
nominations as there are now. People,
according la their tcmpcramcntS, will
always prefer this or that form of
church government. this ar that style
of worship. lou might a. well ask MS
all To live in one house as To ask Ms all
To worship in one denomination, or to
abolish the regiments of an army in
order To make them one great host.
Each denomination must have its
own journal, set apart especially to
present the charities, explain the work
and forward the interests of that par
ticular sect. The death of one de-
nominational journal is a calamity To
all other denominations. would al
most feel that great misfortune has
happened 10 me il the Christian Intel
ligenccr. of the Reformed church (my
mother churchD did not come To my
house every week. for | was brought
up on il. and it has become house
hold necessity. Such a UNCONVENTIONAL
journal had better be edited by some
one VINO, rocked IN the cradle of that
church and ordained at her affairs, hav-
ing become venerable in her
service, sits specialized and wise, and
with heart full of sacred memories, adj
dresses the living of to-day. In the
most sacred crypt of our memory
stands the statue of the religious edi-
tors. Abel Stevens and4,<shua LcaviIt,
and the royal family of the Primes
lren@us and Eusebius-YSile others
linger on the banks - Jordan.
where they will not had y To wait
for Elijahs chariot; ant tAS they go
up. If we still be sitting at i eslitor-
ial desks. we win cry out in the Aemor-
able words: MY Father, MrS4sther.
the chariot of Israel and the hdsemen
thereof =
But. then. there are gre!AlsS ements
in which all denominations wish to
join, and we want more undcnomina-
tional newspapers To marshal and adj
vance and inspire such movements.
Vet such journals have a difficult task,
because all Christian men, if they have
behaved well in their denominations.
for some reason prefer the one of their
natural and spiritual nativity. and
even looking off upon the gen.
eral field and attempting wider
work, will be apt TO look at
things through UNCONVENTIONAL prefer
ence and to treat them with a denomi-
national twist. In the issuing of the
religious journal whose seventh ami
verssry | preach that difficulty has
been met and overcome by the fact that
its publisher is Methodist and in its
editorial rooms there are a Presbyter-
ian, an Episcopalian, and a Congrega-
tionalist. and line of UNCONVENTIONAL
prejudice in editorial or reportorial
column would run against imme-
diate protest Against John Weslcy's
Free Grace, or Calvin's Eternal De-
crees, or Bishop McIlvaine's Canon
iaalS IN. H., n,,,l;p,,so Hamilton f,.o,,,
year end to years end not a word is
written or printed. On all these sub
jects we have convictions, but unde-
nominational journalism is not the
place to state them. lie who tells all
he knows and expresses all he thinks
on all occasions and in all places, with
out reference TO the proprieties, is
boor or a crank, and of no practical
service either to church or state.
Undenominational journalism is alb
solutely necessary to demonstrate the
unity of the Christian world Wide
and desperate attempt is made to show
that the religion of Jesus Christ is only
a battle-ground of sects, and the cry
has been IF you want us to accept
your religion, agree, gentlemen, as to
what the Christian religion real
ly is. This denomination says
a few drops of water dripping
from the end of the fingers is bap-
tism, and another demands the SUBJ
mergence of the entire body. This one
prays with book, and that one makes
extemporaneous utterance. The rec
tor of one delivers his sermon in a
gown, while the backwoods preacher
of another sect addresses the people in
his shirt sleeves. Some of your de-
nominations have the majestic dom
inant in the service, and others spon-
taneity.
Some of You think that from all eter-
nifty some were predestined to be saved,
and that from all eternity others were
doomed. Now, it is the business of
Young Mems Christian associations,
unions, and pronounced undenomina-
al journals, TO show the falsity of the
charge that we are fighting among our
selves, by gathering all Christian de-
nominations on one platform or launch
ing the united sentiment of all Chris
dom from one style of religious print
ing press.
Unity! Complete unity. Never was
any other army on earth so thoroughly
united under one flag, and inspired by
one sentiment. and ed by one com
mander. as is the church militant.
Christ commands all the troops of all
denominations of Christians, and they
are going to shout together in the final
victory when the whole world is re-
deemed.
But we have in all our denomina-
tions got tired of trying TO make other
people think as we do on all points.