A PARSON'S ATTACK ON THE PRESS.
The Rev. Philip Thomas, vicar of St Barna-
bas, Blackburn, has published an extraordi-
nary attack on the newspaper press. He says.
the press is the adversary of Christ's kingdom
upon earth, and as a whole it is unmistakably
hostile to Christ. The senior editor of the
press is the devil, and the press does the
work of the devil. The reviews present the
Pagan principles of ancient Greece and Rome
dressed in modern attire. A popular novelist
is one of the most powerful instruments of
the Devil. Myriads of the youth of both sexes
in our land are spoiled, corrupted, and ruined
for time and eternity by the pernicious poison
of our works of fiction. The newspaper is
made to sell. Come good or evil, the paper
must pay.
Who can tell the thousands of
souls that are damned to the nethermost hell
through the gambling fostered by racing tips
and telegrams in newspapers? - 20.43
Brocakauru. M. E. Soens has written an interesting essay upon the Devil as represented in Flemish plays of the Middle Ages.
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