The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-19

in the matter Of political issues and
their treatment from nonpartisan and
moral standpoint The News will not be
able to ply its operating expenses un-
less one factor in Raymond can be de-
pendod on.
He paused "a moment, and the room
was very qnict. Virginia seemed sr"-
cially interested. Her face glowed witt
interest 1t was like the interest oi
person who had been thinking har,! OF
the same thing Norman went On now
to mention.
That one factor Is the Christian
element in Raymond Say The News
has lost heavily from the dropping off
Of people who do not care for Chris
tian daily and from others who simply
look upon newspaper Us 3 purveyor
Of all sorts Of material to amuse and
interest them. are there enough genu-
inc Christian people in Raymond who
will rally TO the support Of q paper
such as Jesus would probably edit. or
are the habits Of the people 80 firmly
established in their demands for the
regular type OF journalism that they
will not take paper unless il is strip
ped largely of the Christian and moral
purpose may also say in this fellow
ship gathering that, owing to recent
complications in my business affairs
outside Of my paper. have been
Obliged TO lose large part OF my for
tune. | have had 10 apply the same rule
Of Jesus probable conduct to certain
transactions with other men who did
not apply il To their conduct, and the
result has been the loss Of a great deal
OF money.
las l understand the promise we
made, we were not TO ask any questions
about Will il payI' but all our ac-
ton was TO be based on the one Ques-
tion. What would Jesus do'' Acting
on tha. rule Of conduct. | have been
obliged 10 lose nearly all the money l
have accumulated in my paper. 1, is
not necessary for me 30 90 into details
There il no question with me now, aft
er the three weeks experience l have
had. that great many men would lose
vast sums Of money under the present
system Of business il this rule Of Jesus
were honestly obeyed l mention my
loss here because have the fullest faith
In the final success Of q daily paper
conducted on the lines have recently
laid down. and I had planned TO put
into il my entire fortune In order to
win final success As ii is now. unless.
as said. the Christian people Of Ray
mond the church members and profess
ing disciples. will support the paper
with subscriptions and advertisements.
cannot continue Its publication on the
present basis q"
Virginia asked q question She had
followed Mr.. Normsn's confession with
the most intense eagerness
"Do you mean that Christian daily
ought to be endowed with large sum.
like Christian college. in order to
make 1t payr"
"That Is exactly what l mean.
have laid out plans for putting into The
News such a variety Of material. in |
such a strong and truly interesting
way, that 1t would more than make mp
for whatever was absent from its col
umns in the way Of un-Christian mat
ter. but my plans called for very large
outlay Of money. am very confident
that Christian daily such as Jesus !
would approve, containing only what
be would print, can be made to succeed
if it is planned to the right
lines. but 1t will take large sum of
money to work out the plans"
"How much do you thinkr' asked
quietly.
Edward Norman looked at her keen
y, and his face flushed moment rs an
Idea Of Virginia's purpose crossed his
mind. He had known her when she was
} little girl in the Sunday school, and
he had been on intimate relations In