The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-01
The Ipkhorn at Judgment.

The Ipkhorn at Judgment.
And now let all Of rs who are con-
nected with either secular or religious
journalism remember that we will 10
called into final account for every word
we write III editorial or rcpOrtorial or
contributors c)lumn-fOr every type
we set, for every press we move and
for the style IT secular or religious
newspaper we latrOnizc or encourage.
In Ezekicl's prophecy the angel of God,
supposed to be Christ, appears with al
inkhorn hung at Lis side as al attor-
news clerk IN Cld,H time Lad al ink
horn at his side. And have no doubt
the inkEcrn will lave al important
part in the day of judgmcnt-those who
have used it we'll to receive eternal
plaudit and these who have misu>Cd it
to receive condemnation.
Piled up in I'll Tic worlds printing
offices, secular and religious, are the
publications CT past years, bound up
year by year, AID in those Offices they
can tell just what they printed any
day for the last 20 years, and i'll the
great day Of Judgment ak that We have
ever written OF printed will be revealed
from the mighty volumes Of eternity.
All those who have ruthlrSsly pricd i'll
to the secret Of unhappy domestic life
and dcSpoilcd homes, come to judg-
mcnt. All those who have by the pen
assasSinated character, come to judS-
ment. All those who lave had anything
to do with salacious and Gcpraved liter
aturc, come to judgment. All those
who have produced pictures admins
trative Of vice, come to Judgment. Nc
one will then dare say, Il knew it was
not true, and l only intended it for Il
JOKE" or, Il had to make my living,
and the paper that worked for paid
me in proportion TO the startling nature
of the stuff prepar,d d. or, u correct
ed the falsehoGd III thc next issue" or,
Il felt my power il the editorial chair,
having opportunity to address such niul-
titudcs week by week, and | wanted to
keep the church and tie world IL awe
Cf me-. On that great day Of Judgment
all the power We have had Oh earth
will lie insignificant compared with tic
power that vii! pronounce cur rapture
or cur doom, and that which might
have b.cn considered 4 joke in the
"composiiS rOCm,' because il hulnil-
lated an enemy. will lie 70 joke at Ill
amid tic wreck Cf mountains and seas,
ard the inkhorn will there tell of all
We wrote anonymously ly and under the
impcrSonality CT u newspaper, as we'll a.
that which was signed wiki or own
name. But what u beautiful day for d
Frances Havcrgal, when She gets re-
warGcd for al the kind things she ever
wrote with the tears of her iuvalidiS!n:
or whc4l the authors ard authCrcsscs of
all lands and ages are tCld how many
came to heaven through tLCir instru-
mcntaliticS, aid for all those who u"
the influence Of the press to correct the
errors and cztirratc the wrongs and
break the scrfdOm Of mankind!
Letter CT Kindness.
Then the inkhorn by the side of the
angel Of the Few covenant will speak
out and tell Of what it had TO do with
all letters of kindness written, with all
emancipation proclamationS, with all ed
itUrial and rcEortcrial cUlr@lcS Of the
good. with all the messages Of salvation
to a lost world. Better in that day will
it be to have set up Tie Tyre fer oHe
line Of Christian encouragement OF writ