Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-08
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SUBJECT - THE GOSPEL AND
THE NEWSPAPERS.
from the Text: The Children of This
World Are. i'm Their Generation, Wiser
Than the Children of Light"-Luke

course DR.. Talmage calls for warm
friendship between those who preach
the gospel and those who make news
papers. the spoken word and the print
ed word to go side by side; text. Luke
xvi. S. The children of this world are
in their generation wiser than the
children of light
Sacred stupidity and solemn incom-
potency and sanctified lazinesS are mere
rebuked by Christ. He says worldlinSs
are wider awake for opportunities than
are Christians Men of the world SraD
occasions. while Christian people let
the most valuable occasions DRIFT Dy
TnimprOved. That is the meaning Oh
our Lord when he says. The children
of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light
The Plain Truth
\ marked illustration Of Tie truth OF
that maxim is in the slowness OF the
Christian religion to take possession OF
the secular printing press. The oppor-
tunity is open and has been for some
time open. but the ecclesiastical courts
and the churches and the ministers or
religion are for the most part allowing
The golden opportunity TO pass unlm-
proved. That the opportunity IS open
! declare from the fact that al the sec
ular newspapers are glad Of any re-
ligious facts or statistics that YOU pre-
sent them. Any animated and stirring
article relating TO religious themes
they would gladly print. They thank
YOU for any information in regard 10
churches. If a wrong has been done
. any Christian church or Christian
Institution YOU could go into any news
paper office Of the land and have the
real truth stated Dedication services.
ministerial ordinations and pastoral
installations. cornerstone laying OF
church. anniversary OF charitable So
ciety. will have reasonable space in any
secular journal If it haye previous no
tice given Ii had some great injUs-
tice done ne there is not an editorial
or a repCrtOrial room in the United
States into which ] could not go and
get myself set right and that is true
Of any well-knOwn Christian man.
Why. then does not our glorious Chris
tianity embrace these magnificent OPP
pOrtunitieS9 ! have before NE a sub
ject OF first and last Importance: How
shall We secure the secular press as Il
mighty reinforcement 10 religion and
the pulpit
Indiscririnste Hostility.
The first thing toward This result is
cessation Of indiscrimnate hostility
against newspaperdom You might as
well de.Cunce the legal profession be
cause OF the shysters or the medica,
profession because OF the quacks. or
merchandise because OF the swindiing
bargain makers. as to slambans news
papers because there are recreant edi-
ters and unfair reporters and unclean
columns. Gutenberg, the inventor OF
the art of printing was about to de
Stroy his types and eXtinguish the art
because il VAS suggested 10 him that
printing might be subOrned into the
service OF the devil. but afterward e
bethought himself that the right | <
OF the art might more than overcome
the evil Use Of it. and so he spared the
type and the Intelligence OF all fol-
day in the depressed mood OF Guten-
berg. with uplifted hammer. wanting
to pound 10 pieces the type. who have
not reached his better mood in which
he saw the art of printing to be- the
rising SIN of the worlds illumination
Ii. instead of fighting newspapers. We
spend the same length of time and the
same yehemence in marshaling thei!
help in religious directions We would
be as much wiser as the man who gets
consent of the railroad superintendent
to fasten car to the end of 1t raj
train shows better sense than he who
runs his wheelbarrow up the track Il
meet and drive back the Chicago lin
tied express. The sillieSt thing that .
man ever does is TO fight 4 newspaper
for you mag have the floor for utter
while the newspaper has the foo,
every day in the week. Napoleon
though u inighty man. had many weak
nesSes. and one OF the weakest thing:
he ever dad was To threaten that if tn,
English newspapers did not stop theil
adverse criticism of himself he would
with 400 900 DayOnets, cross the chan
mel for their chastisement. Don't figh
newspapers Attack provokes attack
Better wait until the excitement blow!
over and then go in and get Justice
for get it you will if you have patience
and common sense and equiDoise o
disposition. 1t ought To be a might
sedative that there is an enormou
amount OF common sense in the world
and you will eventually be taken 70
what you are really worth, and yo,
cannot be puffed mp. and you canno
be written down, and if You are tn
enemy of good society that fact vii
come out. and if you are the friend o
good society. that fact will be estaD
lished
Reimbursement OF Religion.
Again. If you would secure the secu
lar press as mightier reinforcement
81 religion and the pulpit. extend wild
est and highest Christian courtesie
10 the representatives OF journalism
Give them easy chairs and plenty O
room when they come to report Occa
sions For the most part they are gen
tlemen OF education and refinement
graduates of colleges, with families I
support by their literary craft, man
of them weary with the push of a bust
ness that is precariOus and fuctuatins