Advantages Afforded by the Press
By S. B. Horton
That the press affords great possibilities in the dissemination of our message will be readily recognized by those who have had any experience in preparing articles for the same. Two very recent instances will serve to illustrate. The writer has had access to the columns of newspapers in Louisiana in which synopses of discourses on the message have been printed. By speaking and writing on the subject of religious liberty and Sunday laws through the press the attention of several prominent men has been gained. One gentleman, mayor of one of our towns, said to me, “I read your letter to the editor of the Times-Democrat, and will say that I agree with your argument against Sunday laws.” This gentleman is a member of the Baptist Church. Another, a merchant of another town, wrote me, and said, among other things, “I read your letter of February 26 to the editor of the Times-Democrat in regard to Sunday laws. You are correct in your arguments, and I am glad that you are not a fanatic. . . . The Sunday law is not only destroying the liberty of the working people, but it is making slaves of liberty-loving people.” One prominent man in New Orleans said, “The church folk are driving people away from the church by this inordinate clamor for laws to compel their fellow men to be religious. It will take more than Sunday laws to bring men and women to church.”