The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-02

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0NI timistic spirit that
1N|8 should pervade
WO them. His text To-.
"Then turned and lifted up mine eyes
looked. and beheld q flying roll" tZe-
and looked, and beheld q flying roll"
(Zechariah v. ~.
In q dream the prophet saw some
thing rolled up advancing through the
heavens. II contained a divine mes
sage. II moved swiftly. AZ on wings.
II had much to do with the destiny Of
nations. But II 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 tho
hemlspheres.
There are in the United States about
10000 newspapers. The religious news
paper OF which / am the editor was
born 10 years ago, but born again seven
years ago. In this brief time II has
grown to about 100000 circulation.
and. by the ordinary rule OF calculating
the readers OF paper, 1t has about
1000, 900 readers. Our country was
blest with many religious journals, edl-
ted by consecrated men, while their
contributors were the ablest and best
OF all professions and occupations.
Some OF those journals for half a CEN
tury had been dropping their benedic-
tions upon the nation, and they live on
and will continue to live on until there
Will be no more use for their mission,
the world itself having become a flying
roll on the tempests OF the last day,
going out OF existence. There will be
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 confagratlon, may 60 our
selves In an instant to examine person.
ally the scene OF disaster.
Was there room for another relig-
ious Journal In this land, already fav-
ored with the highest style OF religious
Journalism? Oh. yes, II undenomina-
tional, plenty of room. Nothing can
ever take the place Of the denomlna-
tional newspaper. When the millen-
tum comes In, 1t will find as many
denominations as there are now. Peo-
pie. according to their temperaments,
will always prefer this or that form of
church government, this or that style |
Of worship. You might as we'll ask
us all to live in one house as to ask |
US all to worship In one denomination
or to abolish the regiments of an army |
In erder 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 Ia a calamity to
all the other denominations. would
almost feel that a great misfortune
had happened me II The Christian In
telligencer Of the Reformed church
(my mother church) did not come to
my house every week, for was
brought up on it, and 1t has become q
household necessity. Such denomi.
national journal had better be edited
by some one who rocked in the cradle
If fhnf abnrnh Nd oil
affairs, having become venerable in her
service, sits spectacled and wise and
with heart full Of sacred memories
addresses the living of to-day. In the
most sacred crypt Of our memory
stands the statue of the religious edi.
ors Abel Stevens and Joshua Leavitt
and the royal family OF the primes,
renaeus and Eusebius, while Others
niger on the banks of the Jordan,
where they will not have long to wait
or Elijah's chariot, and when they
20 up. il we still be sitting at our eui-
orial desks. we will cry out in the
memorable words, My father, my
ather, the chariot Of Israel and the
lorsemen thereof"
But, then, there are great movements
II which all denominations wish TO
DIN. and We want more undenomina-
ional newspapers to marshal and ad-
'ance and inspire such movements. /
iet such journals have difficult task.
because all Christian men. II they have
'ehaved we'll in their denominations, .
or some reason prefer the one OF their
atural and spiritual nativity aud. even ,
ooking of upon the general field and ,
ttempting wider work, will be apt to ,
ook at things through denominational {
reference and to treat them with a ,
twist. 8
In the issuing OF tho religious jour ,
al whose seventh anniversary | G
reach that difficulty has been met and (
yeroome by the fact that its publisher 3
4 u Methodist and In its editorial
ooms there are \ Presbyterian. an =
and a Congresationalist. I
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