Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-14
M. sNELDON'S fxRERSNfHI.
AS the result Of widespread. systematic

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AS the result of widespread. systematic
advertising all over the country the
Sheldon. issue Of the Topeka Capital has
attained a temporary circulation of many
thousands of copies. So great has been
the advance demand hat the postOff1ce
in Topeka has been overwhelmed with
letter mail, and the edition Of the paper
has attained a magnitude beyond the
capacity Of the press. Duplicate copies of
and New York While the demand keeps,
upgS ASIA financial proposition thae nter1
prise will prove a temporary success be-
yond the anticipations of Its promoters.
Undoubtedly, curiosity is chiefly re-
sponsible for the extraordinary demand !
for a daily newspape which Is to be
edited as Jesus would edit it, were he en-
gagged in the newspaper business on earth
at the present time; but many are INK
'ious to note some possible Improvement
in the morals OF the daily press. From
jill elulC0l dIlu IclS lOuS SldAAupOANS NAR0 |
enterprise is a farce. bordering closely
upon the heels of sacrilege, as that term Is
commonly understood. 1t is not within
the power of the Rev. Sheldon to inter-
pref the course which Jesus would pur-
sue, were he a newspaper editor in this
age of the world; and it is a violent
cf,.oi ~, ,,nnn tho i,ro osro t;or tn pict,rro tho |
Saviour of mankind in any of the profess
sional lines of the present century.
In assuming to edit a paper as Jesus
would edit it. Mr.. Sheldon necessarily as
sumes the power of exhibiting Christ
like wisdom in journalistic work. He is
placing a purely human Interpretation
upon the attitude of the divine, through
the medium of impossible conditions. The
taste displayed is questionable, to say the
least, and the good to be accomplished Is
a still more doubtful quantity. The ex-
pertinent will be followed by a disgusting
line of imitators of high and low degree,
until public curiosity pals under the in
fiction. Efforts will be made to show
what Jesus would do were he delegated
with the duty Of running this vocation or
that, until the overworked patience of
the public will humbly thank the good
kind left his tenement of flesh two thous-
and years ago.
Instead Of trying to spoil a good news
paper, with crude, eccentric and unbusi-
ness-ike Innovations, and pandering to
the morbid curiosity of the public, Rev.
Sheldon should make al effort to show
what Jesus would do Iwr,e We
a modern pulpit. The reverend gentle
man will find in the field of church work
ample opportunity for the kind of reforms
which Jesus would doubtless i~naugurate
were he on earth in the flesh. He would
scourge the hypocrites from he temple
I deserving poor. He would give the tramp
= a front seat in the synagogue and con-
!, sign the silks and satins to the rear. He
: would administer comfort to the humble,
c and rebukes to the arrogant n the
r purse-proud. In short. He would re-es-
: tablish piety on the plane of personal self
sacrifice, and the anxiety to do good tc
8 all men. Let Mr.. Sheldon show to the
world what Jesus would do were He oc-
I cupying a pulpit in Topeka, If he wants
r the light of a fervid Christianity to shins
y upon the world.