The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-03-22

soldiers to the field. more nurses 10 the
hospital and NOR prayers 10 heaven
than any God bless the Methodist
chur,h bless all the churches. and blessed
Do God. who in ,h.s. our great trial Civ
eth us the churches"
When A had hook is printed. Won do we'll
~ blame the publisher. hut most OF all
hare the anthov. The MALARIA rose from
his inkstand: the pn!soa that caused the
moral or sniriral death dropned IN the
Auid from tho TN af his pen. The manu-.
facturer Of that ink could tell you that il
ls made of ,annin and salt of iron and nut
oal,s ard green vitriO' hut many an author
has iipped from his ukstand hyper
criticism and ma,cvolence AMID SANDER
and sA.aciouspess A. from fountain Of
death
But blessed ne God for the authors ink.
stand In l1.Ooo studies which are dedicated
% pure Intelligence highest insp ration
aad grandesi purnose They are the ink
stands out cf which will be dipped he re-
demptioo Of the world The DESTROYING
angels with thel~ swords seen IN ESekiers
vision will I've 6nally overcome hv the
mcrciful aNge, and the writer's inkhorn
Among the most imnorlnnt are the edi'
torial and reportNvlh lakstauds The
thick ink on thN printers roller is differ
ept from the ink into which the writer
lnr his pcn and il compcuuded of lnseed
pl and lamnh'ack and made thick nv
boiling or hUrang. But the editorial and
rencrtorial pens are responsible Tor that
which the nrintcr's ink ~N'lcr impresscs
upon the nvinc sheets Where one man
roads a book. 5o0o men read a newspaper.
What change Of opinion IN regard 10 the
priutng rrcss since the dav when the
great Addison wrote concerning A. One
cannot hut be sorry that such pcrnjcious
machine "a erected AMONG them and
when. under the reign OF Charles IL only
one ncwsna0er the london Gazette. was
allowed to he printed 2ud that only on
MONDAYS and Thursdays Not until the
mdgncnt dev. when the forces which have
Influenced the world shall bc compared
ard announced. will he known the power
of tho modern newspaper.
With rs tcicphonic and telcgraphic an
nevcs. all ihc world twice a day passes :,
rcvjcw. The manner IN which continental
and international c"ertI are put before us
makes deep impression.
We gaze on AL the 'oneaPratioas and
watch the pursuit OF AL the dnsocradoce
a0d hear the crash oi all the collisions and
rejoice IN AL the discoveries and thiul;
God for oll thn noble achievements
Attcy th, editor has corrected the last
proof of h.s editorial and the reporter has
put INTO the 'orm his last stenographic re
port of swift utterancc or announced IN
skctthad an most forceful stylc some brave
rcscue hv Gromcn or l,'chont. he he's a
right ~ 20 home feeling that h" has done
somcthn" worth dong, something that
his conscience viii appro5e and God viii
bless
4 wrong theory is abroad that the news.
paper impression Is Cphcmcral Because
we read aud cas-. It aside IN an hour and
never see It again we are not to Judge that
we are parted from i,s influence n, vol.
ume of 500 pages makes such impression
upon the people as the DALI newspaper.
II ls not what we put away carefully upon
tho shelf aud once IN awhile refer TO that
has az close relation 10 our welfare ~ the
story of what the world "a now doing or
has recently done Yesterday has more
TO do with to-day tnan something occur.
ring a century previous. The engineers
who now guide the rail trains, the sea
captains Who now commnnd the snips. tie
architects who now design the buildings,
the batons thai now control the orche'-
tr1s. the legislators who now make the
laws, the generals who now march the
hosts, the rulers who now govern the ma
tlons, the inkhorns that now food TIE
world with intcligCncc-thcsc are what
We have most 90 do with.
Thomas Guthrie dipped into IL aud
brought up The Gospel In Ezekiel John
The Apocalypse" Oh. the opulencc Of
Christian literature Oh. the mighty
streams OF cvangehstic power that have
poured from the writer's lnkhOrn that APP
peared IN Ezckieis vision
While you recognize tho distinguished
ones who have dipped into the inkstand
of the worlds evangeliyation do not for
get that there are hundreds of thousands
of unknown men aud women who are en-
"a n
same thing. How many anxious mothers
writing to the boys IN town How many
sisters writing encouragement 60 brothers
far away TOW many Invalids bOlstcred
MP ~ bed, the inkhorn on the stand at
their side, writing letters OF coincidence
20 thosc worse oil than themselves They
are flying all the time kiud words. gospel
words, helpful words saving words.
Call the cvangclistlc inkhorn into scrv.
ice IN the early morning. when you feel
well, and you are grateful for the protcc-
ton during your sleeping hours. and write
before You retire at close Of day 90 those
who all night long will be saying, Would
10 God It were morning. How many
bruised and disappointed and wrongcd
.ouls OF earth would be CAD 60 get a let.
ter from you! Stir up that consoIatory
Al Christcndom has been waiting for
great rcvIvals OF religion 10 start from
the pulplst and prayer meetings. ] now
suggest that the greatest revival of all
time may start from a concerted and or.
ganzed movement through the inkhorns
at all Christcndom. each writer dipping
from the inkhorn nearest him a letter cf
gospel invitation, gospel hone. gospel warn.
inC. gospel instruction The ink ~ all
ready on hundred thousand tables, and
beside % are the implements with which
20 dip ~ out. Why not through such
process have millions Of souls brought 90
God before next summer BY letter you
could make the invitation more effective
than by word Of mouth. The invitation
from your lips may BE argued back, may
evoke 9uoruiOus reply, may be answered
by a Joke, but good. warm. gospel letter.
written IN prayer, and started viii prayer,
and followed by prayer, will be read over
and over again ana cannot be answered IN
A frivolous way.
Within arms reach Of where you sit
there may be a fluid that you may put on
wing with message of light and love. Oh,
for the swift flying angel Of mercy which
Ezekiel saw m vision with a writer's ink
horn By his side"
The other angels spoken Of in my text
were destroying angels, and each had
what the Bible calls n slaughter weap.
on IN his hand II vas o lance or a bat
llrax or a sword God hasten the time
when the last lance shall be ghiverrd, and
the last battlcax dulcd, and the last
sword shcathod and the angel of the text.
who Matthew Henry says was the Lord
Jesus Christ. shall from the full inkhorn
Oi His mercy give a saving call to all na.
tIDn1. That day may be far of, but II is
helpful 20 think of ~ coming.
s. Dr. Raleigh declared that when thir-
ty..ix miles AZ sea of the coast of New
England the cattle on board the ship ~
well as himself scented the clover on the
New England hills. we amid all the toss.
ing waves Of the worlds controversies IN.
universal Doacc
II our Bible is true-ani no other book
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