Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-05
sHELDOEs CHRISTIAN PAPER.


corTespondsnee Of the Ledger
MExIco, No., March 20. .--Wss Mr..
sheldon's experiments q faIlureH View
ed through some peoples spectscles
II was, and through those Of others II
wac not. In other words, II depends
very much on the way you lock at IL.
II the view you take ls not free from
prejudice 70 start with, you are NOT a
competent witness, The reason we
say this is because from the very day
the announcement was made that an
experiment. was to be tried by Mr..
Sheldonj oT,that he was going to take
q purely secular political newspaper
and run II as he thought Christ would,
lpreiudics against the scheme, II not
against the man, maniiested itself.
Now, that I am not talking through
my hat, nor as though ] had wheels In
nay head, let me quote you 3 few un-
complimentary utterances from one
Mr.. Harvey, and the editor OF such 8
magazine a. the North American Re-
uieag:
"The absurdly advertised expert
ment In Topeka can have been due
only to combination Of two causes:
First, Financial embarrassment on the
part of the newspaper. Second, de-
sire Of notoriety on the part Of the
preacher. Without advancing any d.
rect arguments In support of the for
mer proposition, IL II not sufficient to
ask the reader whether 1t is within
the range Of possibility that the
Springfield Republican, the Provi-
dence Journal the Hartford Courdnt,
or any one OF Q dozen reputable jour-
mails Of like reputation In towns Of
like size wonld have. ever given ab-
solute control Of its columns for even
Q week 10 an irresponsible person,
parson or no parsons
"There is no occasion for discussing
this point. It is too obvious. The
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desperate. The motive OF the Journal,
therefore, was despioable.
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ETY. -seenIng snterprise usIng tho
Savior Of mankind - . trademark By
the newspapers throughout the coun-
try did harm. II may induce a lot Of
still more irresponsible men TO at
tempt TO edit other papers In the
name OF the Savior and add to the
sacrilege already sufficiently damag-
ing.
~ can understand the desperation
which induced the Topeka Capital to
gamble its existence.
~ can appreciate the effect OF the
modern craze begun by DR.. Parkhurst
which led q possibly honest preacher
into sacrilsgious byways.
"But what can be said Of the iudg-
ment which should characterize the
intelligence OF the press OF the coun-
try In emphasizing and advertising
such exhibitions Of sacrilsgi0us pre-
tence and journalistic Wantonnessf"
Now, II the above quotation doesn't
demonstrate the fact that Mr.. Harvey
was looking through prejudice spec-
tacles In Sizing up this matter, have
taken the wrong kind Of bearings; ;and
Mr.. Harvey simply represents q large
number Of editors and people who are
cr,t,oiainO Mr.. sheldon and his work.
All this proves that II a man starts
ont even In a new enterprise (though
IL NAV seem sensationai) to try to do
good there are lots Of people who
will throw every possible obstacle in
the progress Of such a scheme and
Mr.. Harvey IL one Of them. notwith-
standing the responsibility OF his
position. He ought to be the last man
to undertake 60 throw cold water on
an undertaking such Al Mr.. Sheldon
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