The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-18

Gather all the editors aha inc reporters
N ,his country In one great eonven-
ton and ask Of them what Kind o.
na,er they would prefer TO publish.
believe they would unanimously say,
we would prefer 10 publish an eleval-
Ing paper" So iong as there Is an In
IapItous demand. there will be an In
,oul,ous supply. I make no apology
FOR A debauched newspaper, but am
saving these .hlnrs In order to divide
the responsibility between those Sho
print and those who read.
Another trial OF this profession IL the
fact. no ore seems 70 care for their
souls They feel bitterly about u.
though they laugh. People sometimes
laugh the loudost when they feel the
worst They are expected 10 gather up
religious proceedings. and to discuss
religious doctrines IN The editorial COL
umus. but who expects them 10 be
saved by the sermons they sienograph.
or by the doctrines they discuss In the
editorial columns? The world looks up
on them ~ professional. Who preach.
Is 20 reporters and editors? Some Of
them came from religious homes. and
when they left the parental roof. Who
ever regarded or disregarded. they
came on with a fathers benedicilon
and mothers prayer They never
think Of those good old times but tears
come into their eyes. and they move
through these great cities homesick.
Oh. II they only knew what helpful
thing Il Is for a man 10 put his weary
head down on the bosom % a sympa-
thetlc Christi lie knows how nervous
and tired you are. lie has heart
large enough 20 take In all your IN
terests for this world and the next.
Oh. men Of the newspaper press. you
sometimes get sick Of this world. II
seems so hollow and unsatlsfylng. II
there are any people Ia all the earth
that need God. you are the men. and
you shall have him. II only this day you
lmplore bis mercy.
A man was found At the foot OF Ca.
nal street. New York As they picked
him up from the water and brought
HIM 70 tho morgue. they saw by the
contour OF hls forehead that be had
great mental capacity. lie had entered
the newspaper profession. lie had gone
down In health. lie took 20 artificial
stimulus. lie went down further and
further. until one summer day. no, and
hungry. and sick. and In despair. he
flung himself On the dock They found
To- Dis pocket a reporters pad. a lead
pencil. a photograph Of some one who
had loved him long ago. Death. as
sometimes 10 VIII. smoo,hed out an the
wrinkles that bad gathered premature.
Iy on bis brow. and as he lay there bis
face was as fair as when. seven years
before. be- lgf, bis country home. and
they babe him goodbye forever The
world looked through the window Of
the morcue. ana said IT'S nothing but
ma outcas," but God said Il was a 81
sanuc soul that persisted. because the
world gave him no chance.
Let me ask ail men connected with
the printing press that they help rs
more and more 10 tho effort 90 make
the world better ! charge you Ia the
name % God. before whom you must
account FOR she tremendous Influence
you hold in this country. 20 cousccrate
yourselves 90 higher ondeavors You
are the men % fight back this Invasion
OF corrupt literature Lifi up your
right hand and swear rev allegiance 20
The cause OF philanthropy and religion.
And when. 90 'ast. standing on the
plains % judgment you look on, upon
the uuuImborol thr1ngs over whom
you have bad influence. may % De- found
that You were amongst the mlghuest
energies that lifted men upon the OK.
allied pathway that leads 90 the renown
~ heaven Better than 20 have .at In
the editorial chair. from which. with
the finger % type. YOU decided the de-
t.n.es % empires. but decided them
wrong. that you had been some dun
geouci exile. who. by the light OF win
dow iron-grated. on scraps Of New
Testament leaf. picked up from the
earth spelled out the story Of Him who
nkeih away the sins Of the world. In
eternity. Dives is the Beggarl Well.
my friends. wewlll an soon get through
writing and printing and prooi-reading
and publishing What then? our life
Is book Our years are the chapters
Our months are the paragraphs Our
day. are the sentences Our doubts
ARE the Interrogation points. Our iml-
iaiIou % others the quotation marks
Our attempts AZ display q dash.
Death the period. Eternity the perora-
ton. o God. whore viii We spend a.?