Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-25

who could discern the face of the sky.
put not the signs of the times" In this
respect Jesus paper might lead all the
rest. recognizing ms it would, the soli-
darity of the world and the tremen-
dous Importance of the "signs of the
times"
The application of that important
incident in Jesus career when He
cast out all them that sold and bought
In the Temple and overthrow the tables
OIL the money changers, and said unto
them:-It is written, my house shall
be called the house of prayer, but ye
nave made it a den of thieves" may
be either broadened or narrowed. Ia
ken in Its widest sense, 1t would indi-
cate that this newspaper would attack
every monetary abuse to be found in
the churches of the day, whether it be
the rental of pews or the control of the
councils of some churches by men with
more wealth than spiritual power
Even in Its narrowest sense this incl
dent POINTS to sharp criticism OF the
worst of these religious abuses.
1t would be doing Jesus a great in
justice to think that his paper would
not not contain very much more than
moral considerations. He saw the i'm
portance of conforming to the laws of
the land. when he insisted upon Rem
DER unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars" meaning the taxes. and it is
therefore clear that this paper would
consider all questions of taxation and
valuation, just as the best of our Jour
nails do.
He who related the parable of the
talents would not neglect business in
terests in his paper; for if that parable
meant anything, it meant that it was
Il mans duty to use his ability in q
business way for the increasing of the
capital which had been intrusted to
him, whether that capital was money
or brains. So it would be permissible
to conclude that this paper would con-
tain full market reports-even an ac-
count of the dealings on Wall street.
1t is more than probable that in such
newspaper either the editorial sheet
would be very greatly enlarged or the
news articles would receive something
of editorial form, for Jesus found
something moral in every incident TINT
came under His view. and File would do
no less to-day. AS He commented un-
on the widows donation OF two mites
TO the Temple treasury, He would COM
ment editorialIy upon similar incidents
to-day. which other papers pass over
in silence.
The story of the temptation of Jesus
by the devil would suggest that His
paper would find room for dealing with
temptations of the life of to-day. aid
ing the youEg in preparing to meet
them, and Gliding those who were will
ing to live "by bread alone"
Jesus association with publicans and
sinners for which He was criticised in
His day. would suggest that His paper
would deal sympathetically with the
condition OF the Submerged tenth"
and perhaps give offence to many who
were not OF His frame of mind
1t is not probable that He who said:
Let the dead bury their dead" would
have given much space to the obituary
column. Praise or blame He would
have given In full measure to the lIv
Ing, and possibly He would have in
serted death notices in the advertising
column.
The wedding at Cana is full Of sug-
gestion for him who would understand
the kind of paper that Jesus would
conduct 1t would be no mournful
sheet forbidding by constant preach
Ing, but He would give considerable
space to the innocent merrymakings OF
the young. and His wedding notices
would be vivid. lengthy and interest
ing. He would not neglect to state
that the wine was of excellent quality.
II we are TO judge from John, IT,, 10
Every man Mt the beginning doth set
forth good wine, and when men have
well drunk. then that which is worse:
but thou hast kept the good wine until
now" and this was the wine which
Jesus had made, according to Johns
account.