Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-03-30

lie Down on that sofa aud dapxle my
feet over the end. Lying New York
correspondents for ten yesrs mfsrep-
resented our church services: but we
waited. and people from every neigh
bcrhood Of Chris;endom came there
20 find the magnitude of the fslschoods
concerning the church aud concerning
nv self. a reaction set in. and soon we
had justice. full justice. more than JUS
tice. and as much overprsise as once
we had nncersppreeiation. and no man
that ever lived was so much indebted
60 the newspaper press for oppor,uD-
ity 20 preach the GOSPEL as / sm.
Young men in the ministry. young
men n Al -ro,- ssf-rs arc cccr-aticrs.
wait. You can AFFORD 10 wait. Take
rough representation az a Turkish
towel 10 star; up your languid circuia-
ton. OF a system of massage o. Swed-
tsh movement. whose pokes snd pulls
and twists and thrusts are saiutary
treatment. There is only one person
you need TO manage. and that Is your
self Keep your dispositions sweet by
communion with Christ. who answered
not again, get society Of genial people
and walk cut in the sunshine with your
bat OF. and you viii come out al! right.
And don't join the crowd OF people in
our day who spend much Of their time
dsmning newspapers.
Again. IN this effort 20 secure the
secular press as n mightier reen-
forcement Of religion, let US make IL
the avenue Of religious information.
Ny advice. often given 10 friends who
propose 20 start a new paper, is:
"Don'ti Don't! Employ the papers
already started The biggest finRn-
cial hole ever dug in this American
continent Is the hole in which good
people throw their money when thoy
start a newspaper. II IS almost as
good and as quick n way OF getting
rid Of money as buying stock in n
gold mine. Not more printing
presses. but the right use Of those
already established. All their cylin-
ders. all their steam power, all their
pens, al their types, all their ed
itorial chairs and reportorial rooms
are available IL you would engage
them IN behalf OF civilization and
Christianity.
Again. IL you would secure the sec
ular press a. miRhtier reinforce
/ L4EnN VI hEAAkA0n anu AAN kAAEAtf -
tend widest and highest Christian
eourtesies 10 the representatives Of
Journalism. Give them eRsy-chRirs
and plenty Of room when they come
TO report occasions. For the most
part they are gentlemen OF eduea
tion and refinement, graduates OF
colleges, with families 10 support b,
their literary craft. many Of then
weary With the push Of a business
that is precarious and huctusting
each one OF them the avenue of In
formation 10 thousands OF readers
their impression of the services q
be the impression adopted by multi
tudes. They are connecting links be
I tween q sermon, or song, or
r prayer. and this great population
J that tramp up and down the street
day by day and year by year wit
r their sorrows uncontrolled and thei
2 sins unpardOned. Oh. the hundred
I OF thousands OF people In our elite
D who never attend churchesl ON
e oities are not so much preached
: by ministers OF religion - by n
+ porters. Put all journalists into on
: prayers and sermons. or all the hur
s ared thousand sermons preached &
5 day there will not be three preache
Z 10 journalists and probably not on
= OF al the prayers offered for clsss'
u Of men innumerahle the prayers o
Z fered for the most potential elai
IL viii be so few and rare that the
e viii be thought a preachers idiosy'
Z Grassy. There are many journalists
n our church memberships. but IN
g, world viii never be brought 70 c.
20 until some revival OF religion sweet
'e over the land and takes into Il
in Kingdom OF God al editors, rePOr
10 ere. comPOsitors, pressmen and new
3 boys.
But some one might ask, "wou
=. you make Sunday newspapers also
10 reinforcement" I have learned
~ take things as they are. / wou
'e like 20 see the much scofed at G
81 Puritan Sabbaths come back aga
+ do not think the modern Sund
90 will turn out any better men q
n women than were your grAndfaths
u and grandmOthers under the o
fashioned Sunday. To say nothi
ns OF other results. Sunday newspap'
are killing editors. reporters, co
positors and pressmeD. Every MI
woman and child Is entitled TO
ne hours OF nothing TO do. II the ne'
." papers put on another set of han
that does not relieve the editor
and reportorial room of its cares q
ne responsibilities Our literary u
90 die fast enough without killing tn