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Paii,y’ t>,6140 Cotta1?.e Grov® Avenue> Chicago. Illinois. Tb# & “ » d “ “ April 3, 1 9 », s “ lhr" A Pa p e r M e s s a g e By CURTIS B. CAMP F YO U knew a good thing to \HIS article, which came uation that would curtail or limit I do would you do it? This ar­ to us entirely unsolicited, the use of printing in our Church. ticle is based on the belief that you is written by a prominent busi­ And yet our Church people are would, especially if you knew it ness man and churchman of Chi­ showing a strong tendency in that was something that would help to cago. W e urge you to read it, direction. They have almost de­ build up the spiritual life of our cided, indirectly, and due to that Church, and bring new interest after which we hope you will be Indifference we were just speak­ into the lives of many of our peo­ disposed to use one or more of ing about, that there shall be no ple. Let us assume it is a thing of the coupons on the last page. It more news printed, or editorials, that character, and then we will is not our intention to run a con­ or contributed,articles made avail­ prove it to you in this article. You test but we do hope there will able in Church papers for our are going to be convinced that this be sufficient response to his sug­ people to read. is something you ought to do, but, gestions to warrant us in pre­ It is unbelievable, but true, and will an opportunity to be of serv­ senting you with the results by here are the facts. There are, as ice to others, and to your Church you know, a number of high dioceses. (even though it costs very little grade, ably edited Church papers money and will take very little of devoted exclusively to' the interests your time), overcome your natural tendency not to act. of our communion. They bring us the news of our That is the question that is going to be tested if you National Church, contributed by hundreds of regu­ read this article. It is sometimes called “ Indifference,” lar correspondents, and edited in an interesting form but that is a tame name for it, because it is more deadly for us to read. They also carry interesting editor­ to any question than open opposition. ials and contributed articles, written by our bishops We are told that printing was invented many cen­ and leading clergymen; “ shop talk,” they might be turies ago by the “ Heathen Chinese.” They were not called, for Christians. If our people read these as efficient about it as the modern newspaper printing papers they would speedily become a well informed the news before the event happens, but they were body of laymen, with a more complete knowledge nevertheless printing, while the rest of the world was of their religion, their Church’s history and what conveying its information by means of single copies. it is doing in other locations than their own. They And the rest of the world, far from being abashed by would know how our progress compares with that the source of the information when it finally leaked of other communions, and they would be more in­ through the great Chinese wall, fell upon it as a great terested in their own parish, and its activities, be­ boon to mankind in every relation where the dissemina­ cause of this knowledge. And how else can our tion of information was desirable. So that the art of Church, or any organization composed of individual, printing came into use in every village and hamlet and units, make effective progress except through some tongue, and I am very sure you will agree that only a medium that creates an organization consciousness and dumb people would have been unable to appreciate its loyalty. importance. In fact, nobody, up to the present time, If you are a business man you know that it cannojCbe ever contended that printing was not an important and done in any other way. You know that organization con­ useful invention. And if they had, they would by that sciousness and loyalty underlie all progress, and that act have become nobody, seeing that that would have success is directly proportionate thereto. You know put them, not with, but back o f the Heathen Chinese, also that one of the surest and most approved methods for they appreciated it. It seems almost impossible, of creating such a cohesive intelligence in the member­ theref ore, to imagine anyone today acquiescing in a sit­ ship, is through the medium of these religious, papers Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four T H E WITNESS November 24, 1932 we have mentioned, the “ trade journals” of our Church. H IS Church paper needs your help as a subscriber And yet only d'few ajnong our Church membership T because it cannot sell remunerative advertising know that such Church papers exist. The great ma­ space as can the business trade journals we were just jority of our people have never seen a copy of them. talking about. It gets so little advertising that it must depend almost entirely upon paid subscriptions. It is S AN example of what could be done if our reli­ different in another vital respect also. It is not a com­ A gious papers were really supported by our Church mercial enterprise. It is not published for profit.