The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-01

EsAs AAAkAMNN1hying rolls OF this
Hi11HneN' 1"II-" en- tury are the
REV. TALMAeE' newspapers They
carry messages human and divine.
They will decide the destiny of the
hemispheres. There are in the United
States about 90, 900 newspapers. The
religious newspaper of which l nm the
editor was born 10 years ago, but born
again seven years ago. Our country
was blessed with many religious jour
nails, edited by consecrated men,
while their contributors were the
ab1est and best of all professions and
occupations. Some of those journals
for half q century have been dropping
their benedictions upon the nation,
nd they live on, and will continue to
live on until there will be no more use
for their missions, the world itself
having become n 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 spiritual state,
we shall have such velocity that we
can gather for ourselves all the news
of Heaven, or. seeing some world in
confiagration, may go ourselves in an
instant to examine personally the
scene OF disaster.
Was there room for another religious
journal in this land, already favored
with the highest style of religious
journalism? Oh, yes, if undenomina-
tIonal, plenty of room. Nothing can
ever take the place of the denomiua-
tional newspaper. When the millen-
MUM comes in, it win find as many de.
nominations rs there are now. People,
according to their temperaments. will
always pr efer 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 amry in
order to make them one great host.
But then, there are great movements
in which all denominations wish to
ioin, and we want more undenomina-
tional newspapers to marshal and ad.
vance and inspire such movements.
Undenominational journalism is abb
solutely necessary to demonstrate the
unity of the Christian world. Wide
and desperate attempts are made to
show that the religion of Jesus Christ
is only a battle-ground of scots; and the
cry has been, eff you want us to ac.
cept your religion, agree, gentlemen,
as to what the Christian religion really
is. This denomination says few drops
of water dripping from the end OF the
fingers is baptism, and another de-
mands the submerRence of the entire
body. This one prays with books, and
that one makes extemporaneousu utter
ance. The rector of one delivers his
sermon in a gown, while the back
woods preacher of another sect ad-
dresses the people in his shirt sleeves.
Some of your denominations have the
majestic dominant in the service, and
others, spontaneity. Some of you
think that from all eternity some we're
predestinated to be saved, and that
from all eternity others were doomed" ."
Now, 1t is the business of Young Mems
Christian associations and tract socie'
ties and Sunday school unions and pro-
nounced undenominational journals,
to show the falsity of the charge that
we are fighting among ourselves. by
gathering all Christian denominations
on one platform or launching the
united sentiment of all Christendom
from one style of religious printing
press.
But we have in all our denomina-
tions got tired of trying to make other
people think as we do on all pointa
The heresy-hunters in all denomina-
tions are nearly all dead, thank God.
and we are learning that when men
get wrong in their faith, instead OF
marty rizing them by arraignment, we
do better to wait for the natural roll
of years TO remove them. Men die,
but the truth lives on. We may not all
agree as TO the number of teeth in the
iawbone with which Sampson slew the
Philistines, or agree as to what was
the exact color of the foxes which he
set on fire to bnru up the corn shocks;
but, on the vitals of religion, we all
agree.
If we could call into one great con.
vention the 045 500 Episcopalians, the
l,4a0, 0O5 Lutherans, the =, 400,S Pres
byterians, the 4, l5S, s57 Baptists, the
$685. $50 Methodists, putting unto
them the following questions we
would get unanimous answer in the
affirmative: Do you believe in God,
good, holy, just, omnipotent? Do You
believe in Jesus Christ as a Savior? Do
YOU believe in the convicting, convert
Ghost? Do you believe that the gos-
pei is going TO conquer all nations?
II You should put these questions to
those assembled millions on millions,
while there would not be q solitary
negative, there would be an aye! aye!
loud enough to make the foundations
of the earth tremble and the arches OF
the heavens resound. Let there be
platforms, let there be great occasions,
let there be undenominatioual print
ing pres u tAun Ier forLu tIe unity
of all Christeudom. One Lord. One
faith One baptism. One God and
Father. One Jesus Christ One cross.
One Heaven.
Again, on this seventh anniversary,
! say there is room for religious pa
per charged with old-fashioned evan
gelism Other styles of religious news
paper may do for advertising purposes.
or for the presentation of able essays
on elaborate themes, but If this world
Is ever brought to God it will be
through unqualified, unadulturated,
unmixed, unmistalSable evangelism.
It was astounding that the Lord AL
mighty should have gone into great
bereavement submitting to the loss OF
His only Son, that Son stepping off the
doorsiu of Heaven into u darkness and
an abvss that no plummet hiss ever yet
been able to fatEom; 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 Will take
hold of them, is the absorbing question.
The human voice can travel only few
feet away and the world wants some