The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-11
PJJI PIT YELLOW AS
PRESS, SAYS RAMSAY
The Two Walk Hand in Hand as Ministering
Angels or 'Blistering Demons-Country Suf-
fering From Scourge OF Mad Sensa-
tionalism, Says Preacher.

the evening OF the Fourth many OF our
sentiment making citizens. and it
said that there were ministers among
them The object must have been to
get the details Of the fight between
black brute and the white brute in
Nevada. But In many cases the daily
papers have creatcds taste for this
most unwholesome reading The pub
lie fattens on what it's feeds upon.
Disregard Of Golden Rule.
One of the most pathetic violations
of the principles under discussion on
the part of many newspapers is their
utter disregard of the golden rule II,
dealing with family sorrows. Here is
boy in his adolescence belonging to
one OF the best and most correct FAM
lilies IN the South, who goes wrong.
A few years would bring him around.
with sympathetic help. II Is a sorrow-
full time for all concerned. But thE
matter is dished out daily in the most
sensational way with headlines and
sulkinG pictures OF the lad.
There should be great-hcarted
mother on the staff of our big dAilies.
Evil Is wrought for the want ot
thought. as well as the lack OF heart
The men connected with our leading
secular journals are In the main high
men Why can they not come TO some
better understanding OF what good
Journalism is? predict such result
in the not distant future Am too
sanguine?
The Yellow Pulpit.
"Now in all fairness let 1t be said
that there is similar demand upon.
the pulpit for the creation and main
tenance of high standards of good
preaching. To be sure. all fair-minded
people Will cheerfully admit tina; there
are times when public evils in civic and
social life must be rebuked. Then let
courageous men be praised for theic
public interest But ii must be remem-
bered that there is such thing as tho
yellow pulpit. as we'll a-s yellow Jour-
nalism.' 1t should be the crucial test,
| of a sermon that ii possesses power by
appeal TO the conscience to hit men and
women to higher things. Just as liter
ature is common experience sltted
through uncommon minds so that IL
| has become permanent in It's beauty
and potency for good. so should tho
sermon, by taking the common expe-
riences of life elevate and Inspire.
| This can be done by flashes of light
| rather than by sensational recitais..
| Why should man say in the pulpit
before a mixed crowd OF young men
and women what any gentleman would
not say TO a group of young people in
his parIor. where his own daughter is.
prescnt? Here, az in journalism. we,
must not yield 10 the temptation TO gfva
what the people, or what some part OF
them. want. but rather what they need:
not what will please. but what Will
ennoble
Must Have Love for Humanity.
| In closing. Dr. Ramsay said.
| ITO reach contamination so de-
| voutly to be wished for. it Is abso-
luteiy necessary that we buttress our
selves on the eternal principle OF
righteousness. which alone can rule in
such matters. To lay down mere
| opinion would be Of no avail. The
| text as / conceive holds the univer-
sal principle of the cross. the domi-
nant force In the life of Jesus, Paul's
way of stating his own conclusions
is: I resolve to know nothing among
| you save Jesus Christ and Him cruel
! ned.' Is it not this: My life shall be
/, regulated by an unselfish love for the
present and eternal welfare OF my fell
low man? That will hold as well for
( an editor as for a preacher