The Princeton union., 1899-10-12

arrange the details OF her part in the
establishment Of the paper on its new
foundation. Henry Maxwell was pres.
ent at this conference, and the three
agreed that, whatever Jesus would do
in detail as editor Of daily paper. ho
would be guided by the same general
principles that directed his conduct as
the Saviour of the world
II have tried to put down here in
concrete form some of the things which
it has seemed to me Jesus would do. "
said Edward Norman He read from a
paper lying on his desk. and Henry
Maxwell was reminded again of his
effort to put into written form his own
conception of Jesus probable action
and also Of Milton Wrights attempt in
his business.
II have headed this, What Would
Jesus Do as Edward Norman. Editor of
Daily Newspaper In Raymond.
~. He would never allow sentence
or picture in his paper that could be
called bad or coarse or impure in any
way.
"s. He would probably conduct the
political part Of the paper from the
standpoint of nonpartisan patriotism.
always looking upon all political ques.
tions in the light Of their relations to
the welfare Of the people, always on the
basis Of What is right?' never from
the basis of What is for the best inter
ests Of this or that party? In other
words, he would treat every political
subject from the standpoint of the ad.
vancement of the kingdom of God on
the earth .
Edward Norman looked up from the
reading for moment. "You under
stand that is my Interpretation of Jesus
probable action on political matters on
other newspaper men who may have a
different conception of Jesus probable
action from mine. am simply trying
to answer honestly, What would Jesus
do as Edward Norman?' and the answer
I find is what have put down.
''3. The end and aim of daily pa
per conducted by Jesus would be to do
the will Of God That is, his main pur-
pose in carrying on a newspaper would
not be to make money or gain political
influence, but his first and ruling pur-
pose should be so to conduct his paper
that it would be evident to all his sub
scribers that he was trying to seek first
the kingdom Of God by means of his
paper: This purpose would be as dis
tinct and unQuestiOned as the PURPOSE
OF minister or missionary or any
other unselfish martyr in Christian
work anywhere.
"a. All questionable advertisements
would be impossible
''5. The relation of Jesus to the en-
ployees on the paper would be of the
most loving character
$50 far as I have gone" said Nor
man, again looking up, Il am of the
opinion that Jesus would employ prac-
tically some form of cooperation that
would represent the idea of mutual in
terest in business where all were to
move together for the same great end.
am working out such plan, and l am
confident it will be successful At any
rate. once introduce the element Of per-
sonal love into business like this take
out the selfish principle Of doing it for
the sake Of personal profits to a man or
company, and do not see any way ex-
cept the most loving personal interest
between editor, reporters, pressmen and
all who contributed anything to the
life Of the paper. and that interest
would be expressed not only in the per-
sonal love and sympathy, but in shar-
ing with the profits of the business
''6. AS editor Of a daily paper today
Jesus would give large space to the
work of the Christian world. He would
devote page possibly to the facts Of
reform, of sociological problems, of in,
stitutional church work and similar
movements
80. He would do all in his power in
his paper to fight the saloon as an enemy
OF the human race and an unnecessary
part of our present civilization He
would do this regardless of public sen:
timent in the matter and, of course, al
ways regardless of it's effect on his sub.
scription list
Again Edward Norman looked up.
II state my honest conviction on this
point Of course I do not pass Judgment
on the Christian men who are editing
other kinds of papers today, but as
interpret Jesus I believe he would use
the influence of his paper to remove the
saloon entirely from the political anG
social life of the nation.
''8. Jesus would not issue a Sunday
edition.
''9. he would print the news Of thu
world that people ought to know
Among the things that they do not nee6
to know and which would not be pub
lished would be brutal prize6ghts, lone
accounts of crimes, scandals in private
families or any other human events
which in any way would conflict with
the first point mentioned in this out
line.
40. If Jesus had the amount O.
money to use on a paper which we have
he would probably secure the best ant
strongest Christian men and wome1
to cooperate with him in the matter O.
contributors That will be my pur
pose, as shall be able to show you il
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