The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-03-08

,8.aifgd and ppople from every ,,..;.L
borhood of Christendom came IL
to tndrbe MAGNITUDE of the falsebaods
concerning The church and CONCERNING
myself. 4 reaction set In. and SOM We
had iu.tice. fun Justice. more than ms
tice and as much oVerpraiSe as once
we had underapureciation. and no man
that ever lived wa, so much indebted
to the newspaper pres for opportun-
itv 10 preach the Gospei as am.
Young men iu the ministry. vopng
men iu all professions and occupations.
wait. You can afford To wait. V,ke
rough Misrepresentation as Turkish
towel TO start up Your guild circula-
lion. or system of massage o. SNed-
ish movement. whose poke, and mills
and twists and thru~ts are sanitary
treatment. There is only one person
You need to manage. and that is your-
SELF. Keep Your dispositions sweet BY
communion with Christ. Who answer red
not again. get society OF genial people
and walk out in the sunshine with your
HAT off. and You VIII come out ali right.
And ooat Join the crowd Of people in
our cay who spend much of their time
damuing newspapers.
Again. IN tn.s effort to secure the
secular press as mighticr reen-
forccmcut OF religion. let as make IL
the avenue Of religious information
My advice. often given 10 friends who
propose 10 start new paper. is:
Don't, Don't, Employ the papers
already started The biggest finan-
ciai hole ever dug in this American
continent is the hole in which good
people throw their money when they
start a new paper. II is almost as
good and as quick. a way of getting
rid OF money as buying stock in a
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. all their types. an their ed
itorial chairs and rcportorial rooms
are available If YOU would engage
them i'm behalf of civilization and
Christianity.
ular press as a miobtier reepfnr,e-
mont of RELIGION and the pulni, ex-
fond widest aud HIGHEST Christian
co,,rte.ies to the renr,.-.nt,tiyes Of
journalism Give tbar e,sv-cb,irs
and nlentv of room when they come
"a report occasions For the most
mart they mr.. g.ntle,u,, of aduca-
tiop and r,Grcnent .r,l,,,tes of
COLLEGES with families In .,nnor.t bv
their literary craft many, ~ them
worry with tl. ,u.b of d, trs;,ess
that Is nrecarious and Auctpatinr.
.acb ono of tbarn IN. ,ver,,. of IN
forra+ior "a tbo,.,uds of reoaars
tbeir ir,nr.ssior of tbe ser,ices IN
Inc tb. imnre..;o,, adorted nv r,nl,i-
t,des Tbe,. arc con,.,..i,,,, i;,,l, he
tween a sermon or = sono or a
n,.,,-e- and ,bie ,,ro,+ .,,,,,,,,,, i,,,
that tramp up and down tne streets
day by day and year by year with
their sorrows uncontrolled and their
sins unpardoncd. Oh. the hundreds
of thousands of people in our cities
cities are not so much preached 70
by ministers of religion as by re-
porters. Put all journalists into our
prayers and sermons. OF all the hun
dred thousand sermons preached to-
day there viii not be three preached
10 journalists and probably not one.
OF ali the prayers offered for classes
Of men innumerable the prayers Of
fercd for the most potential glass
vii! be so few and rare that they
VIII be thought a preachers idiosyn-
Grassy. There are many journalists in
our church memberships. but this
world will never Ice brought to God
until SOME revival of religion sweeps
over Inc And ana takes INTO the
h'hSu"m OF ""d All editors report
trS' eoihPosltors' pressmeh ana news
"oS =
But, some one might ask. would
YOU make Sunday newspapers also "A
reenforcement?" ! have learned 10
take things a they are. | would
like to see the much ScOffed at old
Puritan Sabbaths come back again.
/ 90 not think the modern Sunday
VIII turn out any better men and
women than were your grandfathers
and grandmothers under the old
fashioned Sunday. To say nothing
OF other results. Sunday newspapers
are killing editors. reporters. com
poSItors ana pressmen. Every man.
woman and child is entitled 70 %