The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-11
RELIGIOUS JOURNALISM.
DIR. Talmage Talks on the Mission
of Religious Newspapers.
Tho Grand Work of the sectarian Press
OF neutrality-suspicious. and Re-
wards OF Undenominationai'
journalism.

press Rev. L. Dewitt Talmhge in the
following tells of the mission of reli-
gious newspapers. His text is:
Then turned and lifted up mine eyes. and
looked. and behold flying roll. -Zcchariahv. I.
In a dream The prophet saw some
thing rolled up advancing through the
Heavens. 1t contained a Divine mes
sage. 1t moved swiftly, as on wings.
II had much to do with the destiny Of
nations But if you will look up you
will see many flying rolls. They come
with great speed and have messages for
all the earth. The flying rolls of this
century are the newspapers. They
carry messages human and Divine.
they will decide the destiny of the
hemispheres
There are in the United States about
10000 newspapers. The religious
newspaper OF which ] am the editor
was born 10 years ago. but born again
seven years ago Our country was
best with many religious journals
edited bv consecrated men, while their
contributors We're the ablest and best
of all professions and occupations
Some of those journals for half CEN
tury lral, been dropping their benedic-
tons upon the nation, and they live
on, and will continue to live on untir
there will be no more use for their
missions the world itself having be-
come flying roll on the temprsts OF
the last day, gonig out-,ot existence.
There will be no more Adse for such
, agencies when the worlRjccSases, be
cause, in the spiritual state, we Shall
have such velocity that we can gather
Tor ourssges all the news Of Heaven,
. or, seeing scme world in conlagration.
NAV 30 ougseb ss, in an instant TO ex-
anime pen sonally the scene of disaster.
Was there room for another religious
journal in this land, already favored
with the highest style of religious
iournalism2 Oh. yes, if undeuomina.
tional plenty of room, Nothing can
ever take the placeof the denominations
al newspaper When the millennium
Gomez in. it will find as many deuomi.
natohs as there are now. People. ac-
cording TO their temperaments, VIII H.
WAYS prefer this or that form Of church
government, this or that style Of wor-
ship. You might as well ask Us all to
worship in one house as to ask Us all
10 worship in one denomination. o. to
abolish the regiments of an army in
order to make them one great host.
But then. there are great movements
in which all denominations wish to
ion, aud we want more undenomina-
tional newspapers to marshal and ad-
vance and inspire such movements.
Undenomnational journalism is abso-
lutely necessary To demonstrate the
unity of the Christian world. Wide
and desperate attempt is made TO show
that the religion of Jesus Christ is onl y
battle-ground of sects, and the cry
has been: If you want us to accept
your religion. agree, gentlemen, as to
what the religion really is. This de-
nomination says few drops Of water
dripping from the end OF the fingers is
baptism, and another demands the
submergence of the entire body This
one prays with books. and that one
makes eXtenporaneous uttcrance.
The rector of one delivers his SER
mon IN a gown, while the back woods
preacher of another sect addresses the
people in his shirt-sleeves. Some Of
your denominations have the majestic
dominant in the service, aud others,
spontaneity. Some OF you think that
from all eternity some were predes-
tnated 10 be saved, and that from all
eternity others were doomed" Now,
" IL Is the business of Young Mems
Christian associations and tract
societies and Sunday. School unions
and pronounced undenominatioual
tn Sh Inl ~. nf
Charge that we are lighting among
ourselves by gathering all Christian
denominations on one platform or
launching the unite sentiment OF all
Chrstendom from one style Of religious
printing press.
but we have in all our denominations
got tired of trying to make other peo'
pie think as we do on all points. The
heresy-hunters in all denomination.
are nearly ali dead, thank God. and we
are learning that when men get wrong
IN their faith. instead of martyrizinl
them 10y arrangement, we do better Il
wait for the.natural roll of years to re
move them. Men die, but the trutf
lives ON. We may not all agree as t.
the number of teeth in the iawbon,
with which Samson slew the Philis
unes, or agree as to what the exac
color OF the foxes which he set on DIRE
10 burn up the corn shocks; but on til,
Vitals OF religion we all agree.
IL we could cali into one great con
yention the Gas, 500 Episcopalians, tn,
I'42D.905 Lutherans, the |, 400, $40 Pres
oytcrians, the 4,1S3,s57 Baptists tn,
o,to3, 2Ss Methodists putting unto the II
inc following question: we would ge
unanimous answer in the affirmative
DO you believe in God. good. holy
Just omnipotent? Do you believe IL
Jesus Christ as a Saviour Do you be
heve in the convicting, converting anC
sanctifying power OF the Holy Ghost
40 you believe that the Gospel is goini
70 conquer all nations? II you shoult
put these questions to those assent le'
millions on millions, while there woul,