The Progress., 1897-12-18
DR.. Talmage Talks on the MISSION
. Of Religious Newspapers
The Grand Work of the Sectsrian
Of acknowledgements and re-
! wards of UndenominAtionAi
Journalism.

,ress Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage in the
Following tells of the mission OF reia- !:
pious newspapers. His text 49, !
Then turned, and lifted up mime eyes anu
looked, and behold a flying roiL-Aeo n.ll lou
In a dream the prophet saw some
thing rolled up advancing through tho
heavens. It contained Divine mes
sage. It moved swiftly, as on wings.
n had much to do with the destiny OF
h atoms. But if you will look up you
will see many flying rolls. They come
with great speed and have messages 1of
all the earth. The flying rolls OF TINS
century are the newspapers. Lacy
carry messages human and DIVINE.
They will decide the destiny OF INC
hemispheres.
There are in the United States aDou.
10000 newspapers. The rehgnous
newspaper of which l am the eoi1ol
was born 10 years ago, but porn aRaln
seven wears ago. Our country was
blest with many religious Journals
edited by consecrated men. while their
contributors were the ablest and pest
If NIL professions and occupations
some of those journals for hall q cen
turv had been dropping their oenedic-
lions upon the nation, and they i've
On. and will continue to i've on uns.A
there will be no more use Tor their
m;s.ions. the world itself having De-
come a fiying roll on the temPests OF
the last day, gonig out OF e4iseence.
There will be no more use 1Or suen
agencies when the world ceases oe
cause, in the spiritual state, we snail
have such velocity that we can gamer
Tor ourselves all the news OF heaven
-. .aainp some world in conhagratlon,
NAV ro ourselves in an instant to e1-
anime personally the scene OF dlsas1er'
Was there room for another rehglou.
journal in this land, already Favored
with the highest style OF rehglous
journalism? Oh, yes, ii undenomlna
tional plenty of room. Nothing cal
ever take the placeof the denomination
al newspaper. When the millennium
comes in. it will find as many denoml
nations as there are now. Peopie, D.
cording to their emperanents, Wall
WAYS prefer this or that form OF cnurc
government, this or that style Oh wo'
ship. You might as welt ASK US aAi
worship in one house as to ask US q
"a worship in one denomination, or
abolish the regiments of an army
order to make them one great host.
Rut then, there are great movement
IN which all denominations wish
Join. and we want more undenomin
tional newspapers to marshal ano
vance and inspire such movement
undenominational journalism is abs
lutely necessary to demonstrate q
unity of the Christian world. wv
and desperate attempt is made TO she
that the religion of Jesus Christ Is on
a battle-ground of sects; and the
has been: ST you want us to acce
your religion, agree, gentlemen, AS
what the religion really is. This
nomination says a few drops OF wal
dripping from the end of the fingers
hantism. and another demands
submergence of the entire body. ~
one prays with books, and that
makes extemporaneous lutheran
The rector of one delivers his
mon in a gown, while the back woo
PREACHER Of another sect addresses
people in his shirt-sleeves. some
your denominations have the mages
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