The Newtown bee., 1901-03-29

body, mind and soul to the work of turning public opinion against all forms of iniquity, and in favor of peace, truth and righteousness. Christian citizens, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord.'
 Oh, that the church might feel the importance of her social mission in the world! Our Lord did not call us out of the world, to shut us away from the so-called secular affairs of men. Christian people are in this world to make the world better. Christian people must stand shoulder to shoulder, With voice, pen and ballot, back of our public school system, back of our daily press, back of our primaries, back of our legislative bodies, back of our executive officers, and back of public opinion. The externals of society must be rightly adjusted as we'll as the internals of principle, the heart. The easier 1t becomes to be good and the more difficult it becomes to do wrong, the will the people desire righteous ness, the higher will public opinion become, and the more readily will multitudes of sin-cursed souls seek redemption in Jesus Christ. Let the church be alive to her duty and to her opportunity. Over multitude of the best and most influential people of the land and of the world the church exerts direct and powerful influence. The pure Gospel of Jesus Christ, com mltted to the saints, contains the only divine character reforming Power, and it carries with it the highest ideals and possibilities of human life. The richest treasures of time and of eterni- ty have been committed to the stewardship of Christian people. It is the duty of the pulpit and the pew to carry, the eternal principles of the Kingdom of God into all forms and phases of human life and experience. The holy and beneficent teachings and works of Gods people, taken into the world fearlessly, must form, reform and ChristianiZe public sentiment.
 We must not forget that the daily and weekly press is one of the most powerful agencies in forming public opinion.
 THE NEWSPAPER IS UNIVERSALLY Where men know nothing else they know what the newspaper says. A clean, wholesome press is a tremendous power for good. A dirty, sensational, yellow journal is an awful power for evil. Let all good people, Christian PCoplC, pdl cuCo SpuII duu ucSplSe UIlc dirty, sensational newspaper. Keep it out of the children's hands, keep it out of your home, keep it out of your own hands. Let good people use for the uplifting of the public the great power of the press. The Sunday newspaper is a menace to Christian civilization. We are playing with live coals when we handle. Let us protest against this Sabbath desecrater.
 | By every possible means let us wit ness for honesty, truth, virtue and righteousness. Let us do all we can to purify and ChristianiZe public opinion. Let us try to make it easier for boys and girls, men and women to do right. Everywhere and in everything let us bear clear, bold and positive testi- mOny for Christ. Let us leave the world little better than we found it. Oh, the uplifting power of public opinion for Christ! May we do our part, each one of us as faithful witness bearers. "Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the utter most parts of the world.' Even so Lord Jesus. Amen.