Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-12-03

doomed. Now, it is the busEless OF
Young Men s Christian associations and
tract societies and Sunday school unions
and pronounced undenominational 5orH-
nails to show the falsity of the charge
that we are fighting among ourselves by
gathering all Christian Denominations
on one platform m Iaunching-the unit
ed sentiment Of all Christendom from
one style of religious printing press
Unity Complete unity Never was
any other army on earth sOlthoroughly
united under one flag and inspired by
one sentiment and led by one command
er as is the church militant Christ
commands all the troops Of all sdenomt-
nations Of Christians, and they are go
ing to shout together in the,fEEal VIC
tory when thewhole world is rHoeenfed.
But we have in al our Denominations
got tired Of trying to make other people
think as we doom all points The here
sy hunters in all denominations are
nearly all dead, thank God, and we are
learning that when men get wrong IL
their faith inSead.of martyriziDg them
by arraignment we do better to wait for
the natural roll Of years tor remove
them Men die, but the truth lliveS on.
We may not all agree as to the number
Of teeth in the jawbone with which
Samson slew the Plnlistines, or agree
as to what was the exact color tof the
foxes which he set on fire to burn up
. H.. IL. I.,t ta1c ra.
ligion we all agree.
If we could CALI into one great con-
vention the 645, ,566 Episcopalians, the
l,42O, 905 Lutherans, the 1,46O, 946
Presbyterians, the Abb, S57 Baptists,
the 1868, 2S9 Methodists, putting unto
them the following questions, We would
get unanimous answer in the affirma-
tive: Do you believe in God, good,
holy, just, omnipotent? Do you believe
in Jesus Christ as Saviozr? Do you
believe in the oOnyicting,A converting
and sanctifying power Of the Holy
Ghost? Do you believe that the gospel
is going to conquer all nations? II you
should put thesequestionsto to those assem-
bled millions on millions, while there
would not be a solitary negative, there
would be an aye, aye, aye loudtenough
to mako the foundations Of the earth
tremble and the arches Of the. heavens
resound. Let there be platforms, let
there be great occasions, let ithere be
undenominational printing presses to
thunder forth the unity Of an Christen-
dom. One Lord. One faith. One bap-
tism. One God and Father One Jesus
Christ. One cross. One heaven.
Liberty Against All Oppression.
So also there is room fora religious
journal that stands for liberty as
against all oppression. No authority,
political or ecclesiastic, must be per-
mitted to make US believe this'or that.
Liberty Of the Armenian to worship
| God independent Of the Turkish gov
ernment. Liberty Of Cuba as against
Spanish domination. Liberty Of Hawaii
as against all monarchical authority
which it has thrown off. Civil liberty.
Political liberty. Religious liberty.
The religious journal on whose sew.
enth anniversary preach has had for
its owner and publisher one who in his
ancestry experienced just the opposite.
His father, an exile from his native
land because Of his opinions, his prop
erty confscated, his life imperiled,
landed ON American soil bereft Of ey-
erything that foreign oppression could
rob him of. Naturally his son knows
right well how to appreciate liberty.
The most Of us are descended from
those who imperiled all to gain their
natural and religious rights. Let the
type and the printing presses and the
editorial chairs be oyerthrown which
dare to surrender to any attempt again
10 nut on the shackles. The movement
has started for the demolition Of all the
tyrannies Of church and state. Reli-
gious newspapers must stand shoulder
TO shoulder in this mighty march for
God and the world rescue.
Again on this seventh anniversary
say there is room for a religious paper
charged with old fashioned evangelism.
Other styles Of religious newspaper
may do for advertising purposes, or Tor
the presentation of able essays on elab'
crate themes, but if this world is ever
brought to God it will be through un-
qualified, unadulterated, unmixed, un-
mistakable evangelism. 1t was astound-
ing that the Lord Almighty should
have gone into great bereayements, sub
mitting TO the loss of his only Son, that
Son stepping off the doorsill of heaven
into a darkness and an abysm that no
plummet has ever yet been able to faith
ON. and through that funeral OF the
heavens life is offered to our world, but
how to get the tidings to all people,
and in such an attractive way that they
l. will take hold of them is the absorbing
question. The human voice can travel
only a few feet away, and the world
wants something further and wider
reaching, and that is the newspaper
press. and as the secular press must
necessarily give itself chiefly to secular
. affairs let the religious newspaper give
J itself to the present and everlasting sal
yation of all who can read, or, If not
} able to read, have ears to hear others
| read. II there be an opportunity higher
t deeper grander, than that offered to
: newspaper evangelism, name it and
guide us to it, that we may see its al
5 tars, its pillars its domes, its infinitude'
The Tender Christian Heart.
Again, on this seventh anniversary oi
|, The Christian Herald notice there is
room for a religious paper thoroughly
: humanitarian. The simple fact is the
: majority Of the human race have not
D enough to eat or wear. The ma
( iority Of the human race are in trou.
0 BILE. How to multiply loaves OF bread
and increase the fuel and heal the
wounds and shelter the homeless are
questions that Christ met equally al
soon as he did spiritual necessities. The
. first heart to respond to the cry Of sui
!, ferers from drought or flood or earth
!, quake or cruelty should be the Christian
: heart. Therefore let the pages OF reii
|, Rious journalism spread out the story Of
y ali srch ,vooe and collect relief and dis