The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-06-28

VI INV p''ll' il We nave nolnlnW TO
say that is memorablel" David did
not have any difficulty in remember
ing Nathan's thrust, Thou art the
man. nor Felix in remembering
Paul's point-blank utterancc on right
eousness, temperance and judgment
10 come, nor the English king any
difficulty i'm remembering what the
court preacher said when. during the
sermon against sin. The preacher
threw his handkerchief into the
kings pew to indicate whom he
meant.
That Providence intends the profess
sion Of reporters 10 have mighty
share In the worlds redemption is sug-
gested by the fact that Paul and Christ
took reporter along with them. and
he reported their addresses and their
acts. Luke was reporter. and he
wrote not only the book of Luke. but
the Acts Of the Apostles. and without
/ that reporters work we would have
known nothing of the Pentecost and
nothing of Stephens martyrdom.
and nothing Of Tabiiha's resurrection.
and nothing Of the jailing and unjail-
ing OF Paul and S'as. and nothing Of
The shipwreck at Melita. Strike ont
the reporters work from the Bible and
you kill q large part of the New Testa-
ment. II makes me think that in the
future OF the kingdom Of God the re-
porters are to bear a mighty part.
About 25 years ago a representative
Of an important New York newspaper
took his seat in my Brooklyn church
one Sunday night about five pews from
the front Of the pulpit. He took out
pencil and reporters pad. resolved to
caricature the whole scene. When the
music began. he began. and with his
pencil he derided that and then derided
the prayer and then derided the read
ing Of the Scriptures and then began
10 deride the sermon. But he says. for
some reason his hand began 10 tremble. /
and he. rallying himself. sharpened his F.
pencil and started again. but broke /
down again and then put pencil and I
paper in his pocket and his head down /
on the front of the pew and began 20 '
pray. Al the close of the service he 7
came mp and asked for the prayers Of
others and gave his heart to God. and.
though still engaged in newspaper
work. he is an evangelist and hires
hall at his own expense and every Sun
day afternoon breaches Jesus Christ to
the people.
And the men Of that profession are
going TO come in body throughout
the country. know hundreds of them.
and more genial or highly educated
class of men it would be hard to find.
and. though the tendency Of their pro-
fession may be toward skepticism. an
organized common sense gospel invi-
tation would fetch them TO the front
OF all Christian endeavor.
Men of the pencil and pen in all de-
partments. you need the help OF the
Christian religion. In the day when
people want TO get their newspapers
at two cents and are hoping for the
time when they can get any OF them at
one cent and as a consequence the at
taches of the printing press are by the
thousand ground under the cylinders.
YOU want God to take care of you and
your families. Some Of your best work
is as much unappreciated as was Mil
tons paradise Lost" for which the
author received S25, and the immortal
poem "Hohonlinden" of Thomas
Campbell when he first offered IL for
publication and in the column called
Notices to Correspondents" appeared
he words: "To T. C-The Lines com
On Linden when the sun
was low are not up to our standard.
Poetry is not T. C's forte"
o men OF the pencil and pen. amid
-our unappreciated work you need en-
and you can have IT..
'rinters Of all Christendom. editors.
.eporters, compositors. pressmen.
publishers and readers Of that which
s printed. resolve that you will not
write. set up. edit. issue or read any
hing that debases body. mind or soul.
n the name of God. by the laying on z
4 the hands Of faith and prayer. or !
lain the printing press for righteous I
less and liberty and salvation. All Of
IS with some influence that will help I
n the right direction. let ms put our !
ands TO the work. imploring God to {
lasten the consummation. In a ship
With hundreds Of passengers approach {
no the South American coast the man '
n the lookout neglected his work. and 7
n a few minutes the ship would have T
een dashed TO ruin on the rocks. But a
cricket on board the vessel hat had d
iade no sound all the voyage, set up e
brill call at the smell of land and. the
aptain knowing that habit of the in b
nct. the vessel was stopped in time to j
void an awful wreck. And so insig a
ificant means now may do wonders. r
nd the scratch of a pen may save the b
lipwreck Of a soul. c
Are you an ready for the signing of Z
he contract. the league. the solemn J
-eaty proposed between journalism {
nd evangelism? Let IL be a Christian W
larriage Of the pulpit and the print u
~ press. The ordination Of the for p
er on my head. the pen Of the latter W
my hand. it is appropriate that I a
iblish the banns of such a marriage. u
et them from this day be one in the ,
agnifcent work of the worlds re-
.mption.
Let thrones and powers and kingdoms b. {,
Dhcdicnt. mighty God. 10 Thee. !.
Ard over land and stream and main H
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