Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-03-06
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ment day. when we must both be scru-
tinized for our work. heaIthful or blast
ing. The two worst off men in that day
viii be the minister of religion and the
editor il they wasted their opportunity.
Both OF rs are the engineers Of long ex-
press trains OF influence. and we will run
them into Il depot OF light or tumble them
oil the elabankmcntS.
That Providence intends the profession
Of reporters Ia have 4 mighty share in
The world redemption is suggested hy
the fact THAI Paul and Christ took re-
porter along with them, and he reported
their aldreSsts ana theiy acts. Luke
WIS i reporter, and he wrote not only the
book Of lake. 6ut the Acts Of the Apos-
ties and without taat reporters work
we would have kno~fn nothing OF the
icltce0st ana nothing 81 Stephens mar
tyrdom, and nothing of Tabitha's resur-
rcction. and nothing Of the falling and
unjailing OF Paul ana Silas, and nothing
OF the sliipwreck nj Alclita. Strike out
the reporters work from the Bible and
yon Kill large part OF the New fiesta
nlent. 1t makes me- think that in the
future Of the Kingdom of God the re-
purters are 10 bear a mighty part.
About twenty-five years ago a repre-
sentative of an important New York
newspaper took his seat in my Brooklyn
church one Sunday MI ht about five pewS
from the front Of the pulpit. He took
out pencil and reporters pad. resolved
10 caricatlirc the whole scene. When the
music begun. he began, and with his pen
ell he derided that and then deridcd the
utsa Np. mad tbna, Iopf.ln1 th.. ,.ao.1;p,r Of
the Scriptures and then began TO deride
the sermon. Bur, he says, for some rea-
SON his hand began to tremble. and he.
rallying himself. sharpened his pencil and
started again. but broke down again and
then put pencil and paper in his pocket
and his head down on the front of the
pew and began te pray. At the close of
the service he came up and asked for the
prayers Of others and gave his heart to
God. and though still engaged in news
paper work, he is an evangelist and hires
n han at his own expense and every Sun
day afternoon breaches Jesus Christ TO
the people.
And the men of that profession are go
ing to come in d 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 profession may be
toward skepticism, an organized, COM
man sense gospel invitation would fetch
them TO the front of Oh Christian en-
deayor.
SIen of the pencil and pen in all de-
partments, you need the help of the
Christian religion. In the day when .eo-
pie want to get their newspapers at
cents and are hoping for the time when
they can get any of them at | cent and
as a consequence the attaches 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 yon' best work is as much unappre-
ciattd as was Millions Paradise Lost"
for which the author received $50, and
the immortal poem, "Hohenlinden" of
Thomas Campbell when he first offered
it for publication aud in the column call
ed Notices to Correspondents" appear
ed the words: ITO T. C.-The Lines
commencing, On Linden when the sun
was low, are not up to our standard.
Poetry is not T. C.'s forte
Words of encouragement.
O men of the pencil and pen. amid
your unappreciated work you need en-
enlargement. and YOU can have it. Print
ers of all Christel iom. editors. reporters,
comp, 'itors, pressmen, publishers and
readers of that which is printed. resolve
that you win not write. set up. edit.
issue or readanything that debases body.
mind or soul In the name of God. by
the laying on OF the hands of faith aud
prayer nrduin the printing press for
righteousness and liberty and salvation.
All of us with some influence that Will
help in the right direction, let us put
our hands TO the work, imploring God
TO hasten the conSummati.s. In n ship
with hundreds of passengers approaching
{, o South American coast the nfan on
the lookout neglected his work. and in
few minutes the ship would have been
dashed to ruin on the rocks. But a
cricket on board the vessel, that had
made no sound all the voyage, set up
shril cali AT the smell of land. and, the
captain knowing that habit Of the in
sect. the vessel was stopped in time to
avoid an awful wreck And so insignfi-
cant means now may 10 wonders, and
wreck of Il soul.
Are you all read, Cor the signing of the
contract. the leagCe. the solemn treaty
proposed between journalism and evan
gelism: L. i be Christian marriage
of the pulp. and the printing press. The
ordination of the former on my head, the
nell - +l., latter in my hand, it is appro-
pirate that publish the banns of such
marriage Let them from this day be
one ms the magnificent work OF the